Chapter 9
"Hey, you okay?" Liam asked as he propped himself next to me on the couch. We were all in my flat after we had ate dinner. Payton had gotten tired so Harry and her were both asleep in her room, Payton sleeping on the bed and Harry sleeping on the floor. I had changed out of my dress and was now wearing a pair a purple shorts with a white tanktop. My hair was lose around my face, my curls now in loose waves. I looked up at Liam, with a small smile as my eyes quickly moved over to where Niall and Zayn were, sitting on the floor as they watched 'finding nemo' because they are a bunch of little kids. I turned my attention back to Liam and nodded, putting on a small fake smile. Liam raised his eyebrows and looked at me. "Autumn, I hang out with you almost every day. I can tell when something's wrong." He said as I looked down, knowing he was right. "Okay, come on. We're having a heart to heart." He said sternly as he stood up off the couch, grabbing my wrist and pulling me away, the others to occupied in the movie to notice. We walked down the long hall way, before we reached my room and I opened the door, as Liam pointed to the bed. "Okay, sit down, and tell me everything." He said as he sat down on the edge of the bed. I walked over to where he was and sat Indian style as I started to talk to him.
"When I first met you, it was because Niall noticed me and told Zayn to come out and talk to me." I started off saying. Liam nodded, knowing all this was true. "I was, and still am, a huge fan of One Direction. To wrap my head around the fact that I'm so close with you guys, it's… it's indescribable is what it is." I said with a small smile, knowing how lucky I was. "I told myself that I would never fall for a celebrity because if I cant get normal guys to like me, why would a celebrity like me?" I said, shrugging my shoulder at the promise I had made myself. "But that hasn't worked out very well. It's been over two weeks, almost three. It's been close to a month. I know that isn't a lot of time, but I like him." I said with a sigh as I could feel my voice getting shaky. I never cried in front of people. I bit down hard on my bottom lip to keep from tearing up.
"Who do you like, Autumn?" Liam asked, running his hand through my hair as he tried to sooth me. I continued to bit down on my bottom lip, as I sucked in a shaky breath. I focused my attention back on the floor, not wanting to answer. "Autumn, tell me." Liam said in a stern, but kind voice.
"I like Niall." I mumbled to myself, knowing immedietly how stupid I was after the words had come out of my mouth. Liam sighed a sigh of relief and I turned to face him. "What was that for?" I asked as I saw a small smile on his face. "Why are you smiling?" I said, as a frown formed on my face and I started to get angry. "I know its dumb to like him but you don't have to mock me." I said, crossing my arms over my chest as Liam started to laugh.
"No, I'm not mocking you!" He said with another laugh as I glared at him. "You cant honestly tell me you don't see the way he looks at you…" Liam said with his eyebrows raised. I shook my head slowly and Liam face palmed himself. "It's pretty obvious that he likes you, Autumn." Liam said with a smile. I shook my head and Liam nodded his head in return.
"You're crazy. He doesn't like me." I mumbled to myself, playing with the hem of my shirt while Liam leaning over and flicked my head while I turned to him and opened my mouth. "Ouch?"
"Autumn, he likes you okay? Trust me on this one, just like I trusted you about Danielle." Liam said, giving me a small smile. I nodded and ran my fingers through my hair with a heavy sigh. "Can we go join them again?" Liam asked me with a small smile. I nodded and he gently took my hand, giving it a small, reassuring squeeze before pulling me into a soft hug, and pushing himself up off the bed as I did the same. Liam walked over to the door, pulling it open, as I followed behind him. We walked into the living room, as I started to walk towards the couch, but Liam grasped my wrist, his fingers pressing into my wrist as he discretely pointed over at Niall. I looked at my best friend, and Liam just gave me a small smile. I sighed and placed myself next to Niall as he looked over at me and smiled as his arm went behind me and rested on the floor dangerously close to resting on my hip. I pulled my knees up to my chest as I rubbed my arm, feeling a bit cold. We all continued to watch the movie as I got cold again and quickly rubbed my arm, looking around for a blanket. Niall turned his head to look at me as I gave him a small smile
"You cold?" Niall asked me as I dropped my hand from my arm. I shook my head slightly, lying to him. Niall continued to look at me, and I gave him a small smile, before turning my attention back to the television. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Niall unzip his blue hoodie. "Here," Niall whispered, as he placed the hoodie in my hand. I looked up at him and opened my mouth about to tell him not to give it to me, when he leaned over and pressed a finger to my lips. "Autumn, I know you're cold. Just take it." Niall said with a smile, as he was left in white sweats and a black long sleeved shirt. Niall grabbed the hoodie and held it open as I blushed and slipped my arms through the arm holes, as Niall leaned in and zipped it up, his face ending up close to mine as we both pulled away, a blush creeping onto our faces. We both sat there, his arm dangerously closer to my hip, as our bodies were almost touching, but hadn't actually touched yet. I wrapped my arms around myself, smiling to myself as I realized I was wearing an item of his clothing for the second time in almost three weeks. I let out a little yawn, and Niall looked over at me, then back at the television, to see that the movie was almost over. His foot nudged mine and I looked over at him while he grinned sheepishly at me. "If I asked you to take a walk with me, would you say yes?" He asked with a cute smile, and I bit my bottom lip and nodded at him as he grinned and beamed at me. "Then lets go." Niall whispered as he got up, and so did I. Casey was curled up on Louis chest as he played with the sleeping girls hair, talking about how he really liked her. It was so cute, besides the fact that Casey snores so she ruined the moment. Niall's fingers found mine, as they intertwined with each other, and we walked past Liam and Zayn, as Liam gave me a slight wink as I used my other hand to punch his shoulder as we walked by him. Niall opened the large apartment door, letting me go in front of him.
We walked along the small wooden bridge that went over a small pond, stream thing, as we stood on the bridge, looking down at water, while our fingers were intertwined, his hoodie still around me, while we stood in silence. Nither one of us wanting to break the silence, we just stood there. I felt a drop on my head, and I moved my attention to the sky, looking up to see it raining slightly.
"Niall, we should probably head back." I said as the rain started to pick up. The blonde boy looked up from the water to face me, our fingers still intertwined as he gave me a dashing smile. I could help but give him a small smile back, before feeling more rain on my head.
"Wait for it…" Niall muttered to himself, as the rain started to down pour, leaving me soaked head to two in a matter of minutes. "Autumn," Niall shouted over the rain. I looked up at him, glad that most of my makeup was off before. His blue eyes pierced mine, before he continued to speak again. "I know I've only know you around three weeks. But I've spent every day with you. I've grown so close with you. I can honestly say that you are one of my closest friends. Ever…ever since I saw you that day, you, outside in your white sweater with your shorts on, screaming at the sky because you had somewhere to be… do you remember that day? I do. I thought you looked absolutely beautiful. You weren't wearing anything special. Your hair was messy, and you were holding that over stuffed bag of your from when you got off the airplane." Niall started, remembering every detail of the day that he first saw me. I stood there, frozen, unsure of what to say or do. "I was to scared to talk to you, afraid that you wouldn't like me." He said with a slight chuckle, running his hand through his wet blonde hair as the rain continued to drench us. "Where was I going with this?" Niall asked himself, confussed as to what he was saying. I let out a giggle and he turned his attention back to me. "Oh right, I was saying that you are beautiful. You are everything I've ever wanted. Smart, talented, funny, shorter than me," He said with a laugh as I joined in.
"Hey, we're leprechauns together remember?" I said with a giggle as Niall nodded with a laugh. He stepped closer to me, and used his free hand to intertwine his free fingers with mine.
"Leprechauns for life." He said with a chuckle as I smiled. "Autumn, you are beautiful. I know you don't realize it, but you are everything I've ever wanted. Three weeks is a short time to develop a crush on someone, I know. But we can try it out. If it works, it works, if it doesn't, then we stay friends." He said with a heavy sigh. "What I am asking is…" Niall took a shaky breath and let out a laugh. "Why is this so hard to ask?" He mumbled to himself, as I gave his hand a quick squeeze. "Autumn, will you be mine?" Niall asked, his blue eyes meeting mine, as I waited for him to burst out saying something like 'lol jk I don't like you!' but he never did. Niall seeing my hesitation, stepping forward, removing one of his hands from mine as he gently cupped my face, bringin his lips lightly mine. My eyes fluttered shut, as the rain poured around us, my hand on his shoulder, while the other one was on his shoulder, as his lips moved gently against mine. His tongue flickered over my bottom lip, before he pulled away slowly. His nose grazed mine as he pulled away and looked at me pleadingly. "Please be mine Autumn?" He asked pleadingly. I pushed myself up onto my tippy toes, pecking his check lightly.
"I'd love to be yours Niall." I said, while my lips curled into a happy smile.
