The Cinema

Ch. 5

I wake up alone on the couch and wipe the sleep from my eyes. I check my phone and see a text from Ashton, Have to go to rehearsals, see you later!

I rub my forehead to remember what happend last night. Oh yeah, nothing. I go to the bathroom and clean up my face. I look like trash. My mascara is smeared and my hair is literally a rats nest.

"Maaaaarley! Theres something in the kitchen for you!" Kendal yells from the kitchen.

After I'm done fixing my appearance, I walk into the kitchen to see a boquet of flowers.

"Oh my God, who are they from?" I ask

She looks at the tag "Umm, Holy shit Mar, you're not going to believe this. They are from Niall Horan!"

WHAT. THE. HELL. Why would Niall send me flowers? I was for sure he was seeing this chick named Barbara?

"He wants to go on a date with me... Tomorrow night." I bite my lip.

"So are you?!" Kendal practically screams

"Well yeah!" I don't know if I can because I'm already falling for someone else, someone I can't have.

"Good because if you don't want to, I will happily take the opportunity!" She gushes and jumps around extremely happy for me.

The rest of the night is pretty boring. It's filled with a new book im reading and a bowl of popcorn. But pretty soon morning comes along and it's time for me to get ready for my special date. Yay.

I decide to straighten my hair. I go for a natural look for makeup, but it still looks very well put together. I wear a black cocktail dress that isnt too revealing.

Kendal left me a note saying she went out with some friends to check out the city. We are in Nashville now and the people here have funny accents. Niall is supposed to pick me up at 5 because we have reservations for 6:30.

For some reason I feel like I'm betraying Ashton. Yeah were not official or anything but Ashton still feels like something. Oh well, hopefully Niall is a dick.

Niall picks me up at 5:30. I had a feeling he would be late. He's wearing a nice red shirt with dressy dressy pants and a black tie.

"Wow Marley, you look amazing." He compliments me as he opens the car door for me.

"Thanks, Niall. You too." I reply. Why isn't he a douche so I can stick to Ashton?

"Do ya know where were going?" He asks.

"Nope but I'm pretty sure somewhere nice." I answer him and look out the window. I don't want any part of this.

"We're going to Etch. It's this really cool place I got reserved for just us. No one else will be in the resturaunt to bother us." He says with a smile and I smile back.

He puts his left hand on my right thigh. I cant help but get turned on... No one has made any physical contact with me in a long time. This should be fun.