Tonight's Cloudy Sky (Niall Horan Fan Fiction)

Chapter 24- Love You

The last week went by too quickly.

I saw Niall every waking moment, and Harry and Liam were frequent visitors to our flat. As I had predicted, Meredith and Ariel were still holding out, though I could sense their barriers dropping. Liam or Harry would mention an art project Zayn was working on, or how Louis was constantly listening to The Head and The Heart on full blast in his flat, and they couldn’t help but smile to themselves. I could tell that Meredith and Ariel would finally give in to Louis and Zayn’s incessant phone calls and texts some time soon.

We had two days left with the boys until they left for tour- well, one and a half now. It was after dinner and we had all just gorged ourselves full on Harry’s and Niall’s join effort on spaghetti bolognas. It was delicious, but I was almost sure that I saw Mattie go into the kitchen to help them. That girl was an amazing cook, and an even better baker.

Niall and I were now in my room, having changed into our pajamas and about to watch some tellie before going to sleep. It had become a routine for us now; we would spend all day together, eat a large meal with all the girls, Harry and Liam, watch a few shows and then go to bed together. Since Niall has been staying over every night for the past week, he’s basically moved in. Well, temporarily moved in on a very minor scale. He had brought some clothes over to change into and other little things like his wallet, phone charger and toothbrush. I was too tired now for whining and moaning about it and trying to resist it from happening. I accepted it and all that was left to do now was try to keep my relationship with Niall intact while he was gone.

I climbed into bed in a pair of fleece pants and a tank top, my long hair pulled up in a messy bun. Niall was just wearing a pair of boxer shorts which still made me blush whenever I saw him.

He grabbed the remote and switched on the tellie. It was a show about how pencils were made and he immediately went to change it to something else.

We sat in silence, my eyes slowly growing heavy after a long day. We had gone out grocery shopping which was always a struggle and then went to see the Hobbit- which was amazing. Mattie, Liam, Janessa and Harry had gone out on a double date to some fancy restaurant leave Niall and me with the two Ms. Moppy Pants’.

It was late in the afternoon, which made me wonder where the lovebirds had gone off to.

“They’ll be back soon.” Niall reassured me, though I hadn’t even asked. He scooted closer to me and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I smiled to myself at this gesture and turned slightly so my head was resting on his bare chest.

Then, just as I opened my mouth to speak, I could hear the distant echo of the front door opening. Silence followed, though I could hear heavy footsteps.

“Told you so,” Niall whispered in my ear and I laughed quietly. I looked up at him to see that he was looking at me as well. Two more days left. I gave him a kiss and turned back to the show. There was giggling in the hallway and lot of bumping against walls. I had no idea what they were doing out there and I don’t think I really want to know.

“What the hell are they doing out there? Wrestling?”

I struggled to stifle a laugh. “They bloody might well be. You never know with Mattie and Janessa. Daredevils- troublemakers- I tell you.”

“Sounds about right,” Niall nodded and we turned back to the programme about pencils that was still droning on.

Minutes later I fell asleep in his arms and it felt like seconds passed until I awoke the next day.

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I was alone in my bed and groaned. I vaguely remembered Niall mentioning an interview scheduled for this morning. It was going to take up his whole morning.