Chapter 6:
Niall’s POV
‘Liam’ I heard Danielle hesitate. Shit! She doesn’t want to be with him! It’s going to break his heart. Everyone was silent and the auditorium just felt awkward. I looked to my side and realized Mel was holding on to me, waiting just as impatiently as I was for Dani’s answer.
‘Yes’ she said. And everyone cheered them on.
‘YEAH BUDDIE!!’ I said as I ran over to congratulate them, Mel still not letting go of me, something about her made me feel weird. Like I’ve said I don’t fancy a lot but Mel was different.
‘Nando’s to celebrate?’ asked Liam. ‘You know it’ I said. The girls laughed at our wicked suggestion we haven’t even started rehearsals. And Liam owed be breakfast. He ran to his bag and took out a set of pancakes, eggs, hash browns, syrup, OJ, and a muffin.
‘That’s mine?’ I said shockingly as he read me like a book. He just nodded. ‘You know me too well, Li.’ I dove head first into all the food. It was delicious. Mel grabbed a hash brown and I looked at her with a death glare. All she had to do was laugh and I was fine again. I usually go crazy if someone takes my food. But for Mel…I’ll allow it.
I look to my left and I can’t see Liam anymore, he was there a second ago. ‘Over there’ said Mel pointing toward the first row with a grin on her face. I choked on my pancake as the sight of it.
‘YOU’VE KNOWN EACHOTHER FOR TWO WEEKS AND YOU’RE ALREADY SNOGGING ON EACH OTHER!!’ I yelled. They both turned a dark shade of red as everyone realized what I was yelling at. I laughed like crazy and filled the whole auditorium with my voice, tilting my head back almost laying on the stage. Until I felt someone touch my hand and play around with my fingers.
‘Niall?’ Mel said. I couldn’t respond. I wasn’t used to a girl’s touch before it felt so warm and delicate, my face turned red and the rush of her feel on my hand was covering my entire body. It sent shivers down my spine and in that moment I had the intention to lean in an kiss her.
‘Yeah?’ I said regaining control of my thoughts as I fought body back up to a normal position. ‘You’re even cuter when you laugh’ she said in a shy whisper.
Wait did she just? Call me cute? But then again I was always cute…to anyone. To my mom, to my cousins, to the old lady at the candy shop, to the cash register lady at the store across from my house. This is going to just be a onetime thing, she’ll say I’m cute today and then in a few days she’ll be dating one of the cool kids that sit around the parking lot after school. When I wave at her in the hall she’ll realize I was nothing compared to them and she’ll ignore me for the rest of my life! The same thing happened to Meli…she was my best friend when I first got here. Then she met Harry, they fell in love and went out, do you think she ever talked to me again when she realized that Harry didn’t like me? Yeah! Right. She ignored me like everyone else. I never fancied her but it seemed real shitty on her part after saying she was my friend. She hasn’t even apologized for making me feel bad, not that she could care.
‘Thanks, you’re cuter though.’ I say making her giggle. I don’t know if I should get my hopes up thinking she’s different or just play it cool knowing it will all fade away soon. Not that I could ever “play it cool” I trip on things and mumble words, space out and write her name in my journal. Im the type of guy that falls hard…really hard! And if she isn’t there to catch me than ill just get hurt. I was so used to the feeling I didn’t care how it turned out.
