Chapter 22: Niall Hears Something He Shouldn't

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A/N Hello everyone! How was your week? Mine was pretty good, I got a few more ideas for stories. I've been thinking on this chapter for a lot, and it's kind of a combination of three ideas in one. I hope you all like it! Enjoy!

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Lucy’s POV

After I had gotten Harry and Ana out and back into the group, we had been able to hang out for the rest of the day.

Around six PM, I got a call from a friend that had gone to Chicago over the summer. I hadn’t seen her since the last day of school, and I missed her a lot. She said she had something incredibly important to tell me.

“Hello?” I asked as I answered the phone. I had gone into the kitchen to take the call, and was now leaning against the kitchen cabinets.

“O.M.G., guess what, Lucibelle?” Jasmine rushed, obviously excited. She never called me Lucibelle unless she was really excited.

“What is it, Jaz?” I asked, now becoming really curious. I opened the cabinet next to me and grabbed a glass from the shelves.

“You know how One Direction’s doing a concert back home in August?” Jasmine asked me in response.

I filled up the glass with some water. “Yes, of course,” I answered, walking over to the counter and sitting down on a stool in front of it. I heard a crash from in the family room. I covered the mouthpiece and called to them, “Hey! Keep it down, I’m on the phone!”

“Sorry, Lucy,” I heard ten voices chorus.

“Thank you,” I called before uncovering the mouthpiece again. Maybe leaving all of them alone wasn’t the best idea, even though all they were supposed to be doing was watching Percy Jackson on TV. “Sorry, Jaz, what did you say? Some people were being a bit loud in the family room.”

“I got tickets! I won third row seats to see them!” Jasmine exclaimed.

I was genuinely happy for my friend. She loved the boys so much, maybe even more than the girls and I did. “Good for you, Jaz! I’m so happy for you!”

“Thanks. Are you going?” She asked.

“I don’t know, maybe,” I answered.

“Well, I hope you are, fan girl,” Jasmine taunted me. I groaned while she laughed. “It’s not like it’s not true. You know you love Niall,” she added.

Oh, she hadn’t had a clue what was going on. “You love Niall,” I said, trying to cover it up.

“So do you. You need to admit a few things,” she lectured me.

Oh, great. “Like what?” I asked, drumming my fingers on the counter.

“Like this. Repeat after me: Niall James Horan is an Irish cupcake,” Jasmine said.

I groaned. “Are you kidding me?”

“Repeat it!”

I sighed. “Okay, fine. Niall James Horan is an Irish cupcake.”

“He is the hottest member of One Direction.”

“He is the hottest member of One Direction.”

“If I met him, I would kiss him on the spot.”

Jasmine!” I exclaimed.

“Say it!”

I sighed again, and said, “If I met him, I would kiss him on the spot.”

“I love Niall Horan.”

“I love Niall Horan.”

I then heard a cough coming from the doorway. I glanced over at the door and saw Niall waiting there, a smile on his face. “Oh shoot…” I blushed slightly. “Hey, Jaz, I gotta go. See you later,” I said, hanging up. I turned to Niall. “How much did you hear?”

“I heard ‘Niall James Horan is an Irish cupcake’ and so on,” he chuckled. “If you wanted to kiss me, why didn’t you?”

“Because that was my friend trying to get me to admit a lot of things,” I mumbled. “That’s all.”

Niall nodded, seeming to understand. “Alright…” he said. Then, his eyes lit up like he got an idea. “Hey, Lucy, I was just wondering, would you like to go out on a date or something sometime?"

“Yeah, sure,” I said almost immediately.

Wait, what did I just say? Did I just agree to go on a date with him?

Niall’s lips curved into a smile. “That’s…wonderful!” He exclaimed. It was almost as if he wasn’t expecting me to say yes. Well, I hadn’t been planning on it, but I guess it had just slipped out.

“How about we have dinner tomorrow? Does that sound okay?” I suggested.

“Yeah, that sounds perfect,” Niall said.

“Nialler! It’s time for us to go!” I heard Liam call for him.

Niall sighed. “Okay, Liam!” He responded. Then he turned to me. “I’ll see you tomorrow, Lucy,” he told me.

“Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow, Niall. Bye.”

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As I heard the doorbell the next night, I hurried downstairs to get the door, fumbling to finish the braid in my hair. I was wearing a nice plain white blouse and my favorite pair of skinny jeans. I didn’t want to be flashy, and I didn’t exactly know what to wear for this either.

I opened the door and found Niall waiting there for me. He had on the same outfit as he wore on the Up All Night Tour: the red polo and khakis. It was a good look on him.

What am I saying? Oh shoot. Shut up Lucy.

Niall smiled at me when he saw me. “Hi Lucy, are you ready for our date?” he asked.

“Yeah, I’m ready. What are we doing?” I asked.

“I was hoping we could possibly have a picnic?” Niall suggested. That was when I noticed the picnic basket in his hand and the blanket under his arm.

“Oh, sure!” I said, smiling. That was when it slowly started to drizzle. “Or, maybe not. Here, come on,” I said, motioning him inside.

Niall came inside, closing the door behind us. “We could have a picnic indoors,” he suggested.

“That sounds alright. Come on, we can do it in the family room,” I said, taking the basket and blanket. I led him into the family room after he took off his shoes.

We set up the picnic and sat down on the blanket. We ended up eating in silence for a little while. It was kind of awkward, until Niall spoke up. “Um, so…” he began softly.

“So…” I said softly.

“Did you really mean what you said last night, about liking me?” he asked softly.

I bit my lip. What should I say? I went with what was technically the truth. “Um, well, like I said, my friend was trying to get me to say those things.”

Niall nodded, and continued to eat. I did the same. Then, I asked him a question. “So, Niall, what’s it like to be a part of the biggest boy band in the world?”

“It’s amazing. I love being able to travel the world with four of my best friends, doing what I love. It’s just incredible, and so hard to describe,” Niall answered.

I nodded, listening. “And of course having all the supportive fans is great too,” I added.

Niall nodded, smiling. “Yeah. We wouldn’t be anywhere if it weren’t for the fans,” he said.

I smiled and nodded. “That’s true,” I said. “Who else would buy your merchandise? Like the cardboard cutouts or the onesies?” I laughed, and so did Niall.

We both smiled at each other, and continued to eat. Throughout the night, we were chatting and just getting to know each other. It was really nice, and it was better than I expected it would be. I didn’t know it would be so nice, and feel so…not awkward…

Anyway, as we finished our meal, I thought I heard a door creak open. Niall must have heard it too, because our gazes both turned towards the garage door and the front door. We couldn’t see anything from where we were.

After a little while, we didn’t really hear much noise, so we just kept sitting there and chatting some more. “Anyway, so then, I’m sitting at the lunch table with the girls, minus Simone, and Brian comes up behind us and says-.”

I was cut off by the sound of footsteps. “What was that?” I asked softly.

“I don’t know,” Niall said, biting his lip.

There was a silence for a second. That was when we were bombarded with foam bullets! I saw the heads of all five of the girls, and the four boys peering out from around the corners.

I lifted up a pillow and used it as a shield, laughing a bit. Niall picked up a pillow as well and did the same as the shower of darts continued. He was also laughing, and I heard the rest of the group laughing as well.

I guess all of them had run out of bullets, because the firing stopped. I peered out from on top of my pillow. “What the heck was that?” I asked, shocked.

“Us having fun. What did you think?” Louis asked innocently.

“More like date crashing, if you ask me,” Niall mumbled.

“Gather up the bullets and let’s get them again!” Simone yelled. Everyone cheered, agreeing, except for me and Niall.

Niall locked eyes with me, and we got up, running. We pushed past the group and ran up the stairs towards my room. I ran into my blue 1930’s-themed room, Niall right behind me.

I motioned to the window, and ran to it, throwing the window open and climbing out. The roof was fairly flat, so Mom and Dad were alright with me climbing out here. Niall followed me, but wasn’t used to it and stumbled, falling into me. We didn’t fall, but we were in a slightly awkward hugging position.

We instantly moved after we realized how we were, sitting on the roof. I was positive they wouldn’t shoot us out here. “I think we’re safe,” I said softly.

Niall nodded, leaning back and laying on the roof. I lay back as well, looking up at the newly revealed stars.

We watched the stars for a bit. The group never looked out the window and tried to get us, thankfully. I pointed out a few of my favorite constellations to him: Orion and the Seven Sisters.

After a little while, Niall spoke up. “Do you know what I see?” he asked.

“No, what do you see?” I asked innocently.

“I see a beautiful girl sitting on a roof with me,” Niall began, sitting up slightly. I looked up at him with a hint of nervousness in my expression. “And, I see a girl who doesn’t know how amazing I think she is.” He leaned in and kissed me.

I didn’t respond immediately. My mind was racing, and I was hearing two different things: “Pull away! You can’t do this!” or “What are you doing? Kiss him back, you idiot!”

Guess whose advice I took?

We kissed for a little while on the rooftop until we heard someone yell,” LUCY BELLE COLE AND NIALL JAMES HORAN!”

We froze, knowing we had been caught.

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