Same Mistakes (Harry Styles Fanfiction)

Chapter 1 : How it all Began

It was the beginning of December, I was sleeping on the couch with my headphones on and a book lying on the carpet. I had slept that night listening to my tracks and reading the Forever Young by One Direction.

"Nicole! Nicole!", my brother shouted from the stairs. I ignored him and drifted back.

"Wake up Sis! Wake up! Its snowing outside." My eyes flew open at the word... without any warning I jumped off the couch and practically ran towards the window but on the way, I tripped on my brother's foot and ended up landing on my back. I heard my brother laughing, I quickly stood up, embarassed.

"Aww Nicole, tried to out run me again, didn't you? Well, lets see your record hasn't been established yet. Ok... lemme give you a chance. Get ready and we'll race to the park."  Jeremy challenged and smirked.

"Ofcourse not Jere! You know how I love the snow and by the way the challenge is on." I smiled with an innocent face.

I ran up and got dressed, it was cold outside so I decided to wear a black coat over my t-shirt, a black skinny jeans, my uggs and a white beanie. I was stepping down the stairs slowly, afraid my parents might get up when I heard a voice behind me.

"Where are you going Nicole?", Ah, just what I needed.... I stopped in the midst and turned around to see my mother standing at her doorway with a night gown wrapped on her. " Um... Me and Jere wanted to go the park to because its snowing.''

"I am well aware of that... did you send the application to college in London and study for the exams? You want to graduate, don't you?" My mother tormented with a stern face. She apparently didn't want any arguing by the look on her face. She is not usually like that but she is very serious when it comes on the matter studies thats the reason I have always been perfect at everything but beating my brother at speed and my friends at having a very long-term relationship.

" Mom! I will do it when I come back but please let me have some fun, I can't have myself suffocated all the time if I have my exams next week! I have studied everything twice and why do you want me to revise it again. Remember the fact that I have never failed you and have the highest activities chart at school. And about the application, no, I'll do on the way back because I was too tired because of the tennis practice that I didn't want to go yesterday."

"Fine. Fine. Go where ever you want but remember that I want you to be perfect for your own good and don't dissappoint me next week sweety." Good, thats my mum.

Two hours later.

"Haha! I told you would lose sis, I gave you a chance to beat me this time but you never change." Jeremy teased. He's right. I had lost the race again! I felt blood rushing into my face as I turned red. I was so angry at myself being beaten again, even though I had practised alot on the tennis court yesterday. I beat Emily and Roma, the mean girls of our school and one of the fastest runners at school but what so ever they have never been able to get on the top of me at anything. But a different senario has always been played with my brother. 

I can't believe that I lost again and that I will leaving this life behind in a few months. That is because I know I will get accepted in LCA, college in London because 1. I am one of the top most achievers in my batch of Excel students, Canada, 2. The college is not very famous( but it has been my dream since childhood but my mother didn't like it, She just asked me to give it a go, incase). The application office was to get closed in a day now so it was important for me to do it that day.

After spending some time with my brother, I walked down the post office and put the letter inside. I had got grumpier by the time I was walking home as I had to shut myself in the room again to study again. As I walked on, I heard a loud grumble and realised it was my in stomach. I hadn't eaten all day and decided to go fetch some food. Since Nandos was the nearest I stepped inside to smell the delicios food been eaten. I went to the counter and ordered a burger and waited.

I guess it was five minutes or so when my order came back, I took the package turned in the direction I came in when somebody bumped into me and I fell on the floor. I shut my eyes from the embarassment. God! Not again. This is the second time! 

" Excuse me, I'm so sorry, are you alright?" a voice said, it had an irish accent as well as a nervous tone. "Watch yourself bro!" I scolded as I got up. I stormed out of Nandos without looking back at the guy who had made me fall. I was red and was pacing at a high speed towards my home when I heard someone running with after me. "Miss! Miss! You left your package back there!" This was a different voice, a deep one with a british accent. I turned around and waited for him to catch up. He had brown curls and a very cute face. He handed me the package, I said a thank you and  he apologized for his friend. I don't now why but that guy had a confused expressions to his face and tone as if I was missing out something about him. But I was too raged to get into more of a fuss.