~Stole My Heart~

'Niall and Lila Simmons are SO going out!:D'

'Are Niall and Lila dating? OMG if they are...'

'Wait, I thought Zayn was with Lila? Lila girl, you got 2 boys of 1D chasing after you? I'm jealous! XP'

I scrolled down my timeline, reading all the tweets from these fans. I didn't know whether I should be laughing or if I should hide myself already. Who would ever thought that having these boys as my friends could stir up dating rumours between us? No, who would even thought that me, a normal girl with no talent at all, would be known among so many people around the world? I sat myself down and laughed at the thought of it.

Ever since that day I had lunch with Niall at Nando's, we've gotten even more closer to each other. He listened to my ever-so boring stories, and he actually paid attention to me. He encouraged me to make things work with Zayn, and it took me all the courage to talk to him again. So now, Zayn and I had patched up and we're like the same best friends we always are. Though we didn't once mention about the almost kiss we had, we did managed to start talking about all other random things in life without feeling awkward.

It was a week before the boys' tour finally kick off. Everyone's crazy excited, and the atmosphere around the boys and the crew were just hyped up to the maximum level. Since I didn't actually have an actual part in the tour, I usually had nothing to do while everyone's rushing to places. The boys sometimes had to go for radio stations to promote themselves, or do signings. Pixie and the dancers were busy practising their moves. The band was busy tuning their guitars and stuff. I usually just sit around, follow wherever the boys go to lend whatever support they need from me. Sometimes, I felt like just an extra. I knew I shouldn't feel that way but sometimes I do wonder what's the actual purpose of me tagging along this tour. Especially with all these tweets from some fans who pointed that out to me sometimes, I felt insecure about myself. But with one hater, there's at least 1000 more fans. And their support towards my relationship with the boys were overwhelming, that I decided that even if I were to be in real relationship with one of the boys, these fans would always have our backs and there's nothing for me to be scared of.

Or at least that's what I thought.

The day before we left for the boys' first show at Liam's hometown Wolverhampton, the tour manager called us all up for a little pep talk. Everyone who's on board the tour were expected to attend, so that meant I was supposed to be there too. He gave a speech, gave us some inspirations, warned the boys from doing any unnecessary mischief at which the boys all sniggered cheekily. Then everyone huddled up together and did a loud cheer before we all started partying. I met up with Zayn and Pixie and gave them a group hug and wished them good luck. It felt like school days when they would both be participating in the school's talent competition and I would be supporting them from the side. 'Happy Times!' used to be our last cheer before they went on stage.

"HAPPY TIMES!" I cheered but this time, I couldn't stop my tears from flowing out.

Zayn and Pixie looked at each other, shouted "HAPPY TIMES!" then cuddled me up together. We talked about old times, and started telling old stories and joked around. I excused myself from them, to wash my face. I bet my eyeliner had smudged from all the crying I did back there. I washed up and when I left the restroom, I bumped into, who else if not Niall.

"Hey," I smiled. "We've got to stop meeting each other outside the girls' restroom!" I joked.

He laughed awkwardly.

"Having fun back there? Good luck for the tour by the way, I'm sure you'll do great," I continued when he didn't said anything back.

He thanked me, but then I thought for the first time, we didn't have much to talk about. We stood there awkwardly. I was trying to find something to engage a conversation with, but somehow nothing was on my mind. He was glancing around nervously too.

"Erm..well, if there's nothing else, I'll let you get back to whatever you were doing? I'm gonna join the rest out there," I motioned towards where the party was.

"Yyeah.." he answered.

But as I turned to move, the Irish voice spoke again.

'Lila! Erm..I..I..what would..erm..how.."he stuttered.

I gave him a confused look, and tried to prompt him. "What is it Niall?"

"Would you like to go out with me sometime?" he uttered.

The words flew out of his mouth so quickly, I didn't quite grab it when I heard it. But when the question finally registered into my head, and I realised that he was asking me out, my jaw just dropped. I started stammering, not knowing how to answer his request. I mean, I like him. But I've never thought of us like that. And since when did he even took such an interest in me? Hadn't we always been just friends?

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have. I'm sorry..I don't know what came over me. I just felt the need to ask you that today..I mean, I've been wanting to ask you out..but..I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's okay if you don't want to..I'll just go now," he apologised profusely.

I felt so sorry for him, and when he started to turn to move, I just couldn't find the courage to turn him down. So I quickly called him back.

"Niall! Wait.." I waited for him to turn back, and I stepped in closer to him. "Erm, I haven't given my answer yet." I took a deep breath and smiled as I said,"Yes, I would love to go out with you sometime."

I looked as his frown turned to a 'Are you serious?' look, then to the widest grin I've seen on him. I was sure he wanted to jump of joy right there and then but he had to control his excitement in front of me.

He stumbled over his words as he told me he'll call me that night. I grinned at his excitement. It kinda made me excited for the date too. As I walked back to the party, I prayed that it wasn't a mistake for me to say yes to him. I kinda like him too, I thought, somewhere deep down in my heart and I was sure I'll feel something if I let myself. I took a deep breath, realising that I'm entering another roller-coaster ride.

A/N:

Yo! Again, I would like to thank all of you who's continued reading this.

Quick update now: Chapter 7 now..I'm left with another 7-8 more chapters before the story ends? Apologies to Sarah-Bella who wanted me not to stop writing this, but as much as I love writing this, every story have to end right? But I have another 1D story coming up soon I think..don't know yet:P

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