Second Kiss (Niall Horan Fan Fiction)

Chapter 16

*Niall’s P.O.V.*

I brought Alexis to my house. Even though she had been there before she still looked around in shock. “You know I would have thought your house would be bigger…” she told me, a slight smile forming on her pink lips.

I brought her up to my bedroom and automatically felt embarrassed with how it looked. There were clothes everywhere and my bed wasn’t made correctly, sheets sprawled all over it and hanging off of it.

I could tell she thought my room was a mess but she was nice enough not to say anything. “Welcome to Horan Manor” I said and brought my hands up over my head showing off my messy bedroom. Alexis laughs, “Very classy…” she mumbled as she plopped down on my bed, unbothered by all the clothes.

I went to my desk and grabbed two CD’s out and showcased them off for her dramatically, making her laugh. I put in ‘Up All Night’ and let her listen to it. She bobbed her head to the beat of the music and I smiled. The last song ‘Moments’ came on and a big grin escaped her lips when my part came through the speakers.

Next I put in ‘Take Me Home’ and let her listen to it. I still couldn’t believe she hadn’t actually listened to any One Direction songs besides ‘What Make You Beautiful’ before.

“I like it! I think I just became a directioner!” She told me when the last song on Take Me Home was over. I was happy she liked the songs, I was scared she wouldn’t. “I see you still play guitar” she said and pointed her petite fingers towards my guitar sitting in the corner of my room. I nodded my head and picked up my guitar, strumming it lightly. I played a few cords from the song ‘Use Somebody’ by the Kings of Leon, remembering it was her favorite song. Her face automatically brightened when she heard the cords.

She got up off the bed and walked over to my wood dresser, I saw her looking at the Platinum Record I had hung up on my wall from ‘Up All Night.’ She smiled wide, “I’m proud of you Niall.” I put my guitar down and walked over to her, putting my hand on her shoulder. After an awkward one minute silence I broke it, “you know I’ve missed you, right?” She turned towards me and hugged me tightly, my chin lying lightly on the top of her head. “I’ve missed you to Niall.”

*Alexis P.O.V.*

His familiar Armani Mania cologne seeped through my nostrils, which made me my grip around him tighten. I couldn’t help but think about him pulling back, looking into my eyes, and lightly pecking my lips.

Wait….WHAT?!!?

No! This shouldn’t be happening. I pulled back quickly and turned away from him, looking down at the stuff on his dresser. That’s when I noticed a little leather bracelet. I picked it up, my hands shaking. The brown bracelet had ‘Nialler & Lex’ engraved on it. He still had this?

“I kept it…” I heard his low Irish accent say behind me. I turned up and looked at him shocked. “Why’d you keep it? After everything we went through…you kept it.” I asked. He sighed, “I never wanted our friendship to end Alexis…” “Then why did you?” I heard myself say.

He brushed his long fingers through his dirty blonde hair, “It’s just…you really hurt my feelings. And right when I said our friendship was over I automatically wanted to take it back. But you know how I am Lex! I’m so hardheaded! I wouldn’t let myself apologize to you.”

I furrowed my eyebrows, “You know you shouldn’t have been mad at me. You can’t force someone to like you Niall!” I said trying to yell but failing miserably when my voice cracked at the end. Niall put his hands up, “I know! I know! And I’m sorry for that…I’m over it.” I sighed relieved.

He looked down towards his shoes, sadness in his eyes. “So…I’m guessing you didn’t keep your bracelet?” he asked. My face fell. What was I supposed to tell him? ‘No, I threw it away’ No! That sounded terrible.

I grabbed his wrist and clasped the leather bracelet around it; looking into his crystal blue eyes I said “I’m sure it’s somewhere…” I know I lied to him! But it was awful seeing Niall so upset, especially over something so small. His face lightened up a bit, intertwining our hands together. ‘This isn’t weird right?’ I thought.

His intense blue eyes stared into my matching ones. “What are you looking at?’ I blushed slightly, letting my head drop down to look at my shoes. I attempted to remove my hand from his but his grasp wouldn’t let me. “You’re so beautiful Alexis…” he half said, half sighed. My mouth dropped open slightly, my eyes becoming wide. Did he really just say that? Didn’t he say he was over us? Is there even an ‘us?’ After all these years, could he still have feelings for me? Could he….

“Uh…Um…” was all that I could manage to come out of my mouth. Niall’s face slowly leaned in towards me. His blue eyes gazed into mine, then to my parted lips, then back to my eyes; searching for permission to kiss me. ‘No!’ I screamed in my head but I just couldn’t seem to say it out loud. Right before Niall’s lips met mine I turned my head to the side, his soft lips hitting my cheek.

I didn’t want him to kiss me. It seemed like we were just getting the friendship we use to have back. Why should we ruin it?

And I was pretty sure I had feelings for Harry…even though I would never admit it out loud.