Chapter 2-
Author's Note: Hello guys. I kinda just left this story hanging but I've finally come back to it. I've had this chapter done for months but never got around to posting it. I promise I'll write a better summary later and the first 3-4 chapters will be filler chapters and I will upload 2 and 3 today and hopefully 4 and 5 within the next few days. For now I'll just write fluff and I might write smut in later chapters. I plan on making this no more than 25 chapters since it is within a week span, and it's kind of like a little vacation for them but at Niall's house (or mansion). Any further questions just ask. This will be written only in Harry's P.O.V, as of right now. Thanks for reading, until next time.
Harry's P.O.V.
"I'll race you." I said staring into those endless ocean blue eyes that I loved so much. I regretted my suggestion as soon as the words left my mouth, not realizing how stupid it sounded at the time. To my surprise Niall narrowed his eyes in anticipation and said, "You're on." Niall looked at me with a mischievous grin on his face. "Let's count to three." I was pleased by his response and positioned myself into a running pose, hands on either side of me and legs in place, ready to run. One foot was flat on the ground and the other in front, just waiting for him to signal he was ready.
The chains against my bare chest were dangling in mid air and soon I began the countdown starting backwards. "Three... two..o-" And before I could even finish counting Niall was already off running down the winding hallway. "Heeey! Get back here Horan. That was so not fair." I whined like a little child. Picking up my speed I did my best to catch up to him only to trip over something. Just mere seconds before Niall had turned around to stick his tongue out at me and didn't happen to watch where he was going. He collided into Zayn who was silently humming to himself as he was coming out of his room. (Poor Zayn) A towel was draped over his shoulders and he was dressed in his bathing suit.
We were set to meet up in the back of the house and go swimming in the pool. I toppled onto both of them and was soon solely thrown onto Zayn by Niall who got up and started running again. "Sorry mate!" He yelled over his shoulder and laughed to himself. "He's such an arse." Zayn said. I looked up at him giving him a playful glare and responded with, "Hey! That's my arse you're talking about." Referring to Niall. I stood up and fixed my sunglasses which kept sliding down my face. Pulling Zayn up with me I muttered a quick apology and ran down the hall in determination and suddenly felt slightly behind.
My steps echoed in the loud halls and soon I found myself standing in the kitchen, having long given up on catching up with Niall. I'd seen him outside I figured. As I was making my may over to the glass sliding doors I paused in the doorway of the kitchen and glanced over at Maura who was bent over the stove examining something closely. "Hey Mrs. Gallagher." I said. She seemed surprised by my presence for a second and the confused look left her face in seconds, only to be replaced with a warm, welcoming smile. "Please, call me Maura, Harry." She scolded in a playful tone and brought me in for a hug. "Would you mind if I helped?" I asked her.
"Of course honey. I missed you, you know." The grin on my face grew as the words left her lips. "And your cooking too." I laughed at her last statement and said, "Thank you. Now what do you need help with?" Handing me a wooden spoon she said, "Here, stir this chicken and add in anything you like, the spices are in the cabinet over there." She said pointing to the left. "I have to quickly run to the store to buy some ingredients I forgot I didn't have." I nodded and mixed the chicken in the pan as she had asked. "Not a problem. You take your time and get what you need." I said looking back at her and watching as she grabbed her keys and a light jacket. "I'll be back as soon as I can dear." Nodding my head in response I went back to cooking the meat and turned the burner on low.
There was an apron draped on a hook by the door and I grabbed it before walking over to the window, watching the others outside in the pool. There was laughing and water splashing everywhere. It seemed like they hadn't noticed my absence other than Niall who kept looking at the door hopefully every few seconds before turning his head towards the pool longingly. Shaking my head slightly I chuckled at his actions and went back over to the stove before peering into the cabinets for possible spices I could add to the mix. There were many things to choose from and I was having a difficult time picking something that would be good enough.
After a couple more minutes of shuffling around I settled on three main spices that would blend well together giving the dish have a new taste. About fifteen minutes later the chicken was done and I heard the front door being opened. "I'm home!" Maura yelled and I saw her making her way through the hallway. "Let me help you with those." I said taking the bags from her and setting them down on the counter top. "You're such a sweetheart." I blushed at her words and let her know the meat was done cooking. "Thank you so much for helping darling, I appreciate it. Now go have fun outside with the boys, I've already kept you inside for too long." She said shooing me outside.
Once through the door I was hit with the warm air, where as inside it was cooler due to the air conditioning. "There he is!" someone said. "Where have you been?" Louis questioned from a lawn chair. "I was helping with dinner, unlike you twats." They all scoffed because they knew I had a point and that I was the only one that would do that. "Just get in the pool. Have some fun, yeah?" Liam said. The atmosphere was relaxing and this was exactly what I needed. What we needed. During the day we could do whatever we want, and just had to go to one show a night. No hotels. No paparazzi. Home cooked meals for a week.
The had just started and I already missed my home life. And the more I thought about staying here, the better it sounded and I was so glad we had decided on this. I was about to go in the pool but was stopped shortly when I heard someone behind me and was instead attacked from behind and pushed in the water. It was unexpected but nonetheless I laughed and when I resurfaced turned around, only to be met with a soaking wet Niall. "You're so going to regret that." I said before grabbing him around the waist and pulling him in for a bruising kiss. The guys whistled but I had grown accustomed to it and gave them something to look at, by deepening the kiss with Niall and wrapping his legs around me.
A few minutes we pulled away and went back to swimming, and just fooling around with the others. It took a while to convince Lou to get in the pool because he just 'had to' work on his tan, but he would have all week to do that. Another hour was spent in the water before we were called in for dinner. "Boys, dinner's ready!" Maura called through the kitchen window and we got out, grabbing our towels and drying off. "So, did you guys decide who would get the pool house?" I asked looking between Liam and Louis who glared at each other. Both of them started talking at the same time and started bickering over it again. I shook my head and laughed at them. "Why not share?" Zayn suggested, but they gave him a look as if saying 'you're crazy' and made their way inside, still arguing over the topic. My hand slipped around Niall's waist and I brought him even closer to me, before we headed inside.
Author's Note: So up to chapter 3 will just be their first day settling in since I wanted to do shorter chapters to update sooner and a lot happens. I just broke it up more to make it seem less confusing if that makes sense. Like I said before just (filler) shorter chapters for now but they will get longer as the story goes. I don't know if I'll write smut.. maybe later on. Chapter 3 is going to be up later tonight and possibly 4 and 5 within the next day or two. Keeping my word and going to actually start this. Enjoy!
P.S. I realize that when they were in Ireland it was probably cold, but I'm just going to pretend it was warm weather or else this wouldn't work... sorry. Let's say spring came early this year haha.