Black And White : A Niall Horan Fanfiction

38.

"Why-" I began but only a small sound came out. My throat was as dry as a bone from all my heavy breathing. Niall handed me my glass of water that was sat all alone on the island. I took a big gulp, swallowing loudly, and started talking again.

"Why didn't you call me?" I asked. It was killing me not knowing and I asked the question before I got to scared to.

"What?"

He sounded genuinely confused at my question which made me a little embarrassed.

"This is the first time we've seen eachother in 3 weeks Niall. I called you a few times but you would either never pick up or the call woud only last about 5 minutes. I stopped calling you because I figured you would call me when you had a chance but you didn't. Why?" I could feel even more tears at the bottem of my eyes and I tried my absolute best to hold them in.

"Lily you have to understand that me and the boys are working extremely hard right now. We've only just started on this album and it's already really difficult. I wanted to call you so much but we weren't meant to go on our phones because we'd get distracted," he said and took my hands in his.

I swallowed and a few tears escaped my eyes, "You weren't seeing anyone else were you. During those 2 weeks?"

It was a crazy question to ask Niall because I knew he would never do anything like that but I asked anyway to make sure. More tears fell and his hand wiped my cheek getting rid of them.

"Of course not! Why would you think that?" he asked. He sounded hurt and angry but also sad all at the same time.

"Because my last boyfriend said he was going away for a few weeks for some university thing and then I discovered he had been sleeping with next door neighbour the whole time. He hadn't even gone anywhere he'd just avoided me for 3 weeks. So I thoight-" Niall cut me off before I could finish.

"Listen to me, I love you. And I swear to you, on everything I have, I would never ever do anything to hurt you. I promise," he said. His fingers wiped away my tears from my check and my skin burned at his touch.

"Sorry. I honestly don't know why I got so upset over that," I said. I felt awful for ruining the night.

"It's OK. Shall we go back into the living room and finish the film?" he asked.

I nodded and hoped off the seat. Niall took my hand and we walked back into the living room. I saw Evie lying in her bed on the floor. She was sleeping peacefully, probably dreaming of sausages.

Niall flopped onto the sofa, pulling me with him. I laughed and tried to wriggle out from his arm brace but he was much stronger than me. I managed to make my way onto his lap. He looked at me with loving eyes. I couldn't see his face to well, the only light in the room was the one from the TV, but my eyes were focused on his lips. I wanted more than anything to kiss them, so I did.