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-x-
Kelsey's POV
Kelsey was pacing between the baggage claim, and the help desk. It had been three days since she and Niall had met, and not one text, phone call, or anything had been exchanged between the two. Kelsey and her Gram were in the airport, but this time it wasn't for Kelsey.
"Gram, when time does Paige's plane land?" Kelsey curiously asked. Paige was Kelsey's cousin. If Aleisha was Kelsey's best friend, than Paige was more like her sister, her second half. They had grown up closely attached to each other by the hip. Soon after Kelsey had moved, her Aunt Lucielle had gotten an editorial job for a magazine in Paris, so Paige had also moved aswell. Every summer they would both fly to London and spend time at their Gram's and just enjoy each others company.
"Well, last time you asked I believe I had said two o'clock, and right now it's 1:45. Just relax love! She'll be here soon." Her Gram said, patting Kelsey's knee in an attempt to calm her down.
Kelsey was worked up from so many things!
One; Niall hadn't offered to see her soon like he had promised.
Two; He hadn't even made an attempt to contact her.
Three; Her mother hadn't exactly made the most appealing entrance into London.
Four; That guy Kelsey had seen snogging her mother on the plane was at Kelsey's Mother's house at the moment. Apparently his name was Dan? Well, Dan was a douche bag as far as she was concerned.
Five; She was worried about Mark.
Six; She was anxious to see Paige.
Seven; She missed L.A
Eight; She thought about her Dad alot recently.
Nine; Would she ever see Niall again?
Ten; WHY WASN'T HE TEXTING HER?
Kelsey wasn't one to text first, and if she was, she had a wait-three-days rule. Don't ask her why, it was just something her and Aleisha did. She gave each boy eight days to contact her, and if he didn't, he was forgotten. POOF. GONE.
But I don't want to forget him ... He's different. Special. Kelsey thought. And a complete stranger! ... Well maybe not a COMPLETE stranger, but a stranger at that. Who she had snogged. Three times. On a ten hour plane ride. Not to mention he was a pop star ... She just really needed Paige and Aleisha's help.
"Gram, I'm gonna go get something to eat, I'll be right back okay?" Kelsey said.
"Sure love, but could you grab me a Pepsi? I'm quite thirsty." Replied Gram.
Kelsey laughed, "Sure."
As Kelsey turned around and attempted to walk away, she heard a familiar voice.
"I come all this way, and you don't even invite me to get food with you! Shame on you, McDougall." The voice snickered.
Kelsey turned around so fast she almost toppled over.
"Of course not Raines, you'd eat more than me and Gram both." Kelsey smoothly stated before running at her cousin, and doing the romantic-novel- hug, Paige picking Kelsey up and swinging her around. The two girls couldn't look more different. Kelsey had straight blonde hair, Paige had curly firey red. Kelsey was short and curvy, Paige was short and petite. But their faces were almost identical. Both with the same colour eyes, same shaped lips, and everything inbetween. They looked like a set of twins in eachothers arms, as they span around the airport.
"I missed you Barbie!" giggled Paige.
"I missed you Ken!" Kelsey giggled back.
"What about Gangsta G!" Gram said, running over and hugging both girls. Gangsta G was the name they had given Gram during their summer trip four years ago, when Paige and Kelsey had gotten into their "Rap Phase", and the name just kind of stuck to Gram.
"Well we couldn't forget our Home Dawg!" giggled Paige. As they all let go laughing, Paige's stomach growled. "Now then, where are we going to eat! Nando's? I'm starved!"
-x-
The three girls went to Nando's and all ordered the grilled chicken.
"Excuse me, but could we ge the bill?" asked Gram.
"Of course, I'll just be a minute!" The waitress flashed Gram a genuine smile, and walked away to grab the bill.
"Now girls, I was thinking about going to get Mark and spending the afternoon with him, and you two can go shopping? I know you girls, you were dying to ask." Gram said, with a smirk.
"Oh Gram, you know us so well." Paige said, while she and Kelsey both pretended to wipe fake tears out of their eyes. "But, I wanna get back to the house and shower first before we go anywhere. I have a three hour plane ride to wash off," Paige finished, wiping her hands her in napkin.
"Kelsey, can you go and see if the waitress has our bill?" Gram said, staring at her watch. "I'm supposed to pick Mark up at four, and it's already three thirty."
"Yeah sure, I have to go to the bathroom anyways. I'll be right back." Kelsey smiled had her Grandmother, and got up. She entered the bathroom to have a look at her face and make-up. Perfect, she thought with a smile. As Kelsey walked out, she walked into a tall man and fell right on her butt, spilling the contents of her bag all over the floor.
"Oh, I'm sorry I wasn't watching where I was going-" Kelsey stopped talking as soon as she looked up into his piercing green-blue eyes, as he flipped the curls out of his face. "Harry."
"Kelsey." He said with a big, dimple filled grin. Just great. This is just what she needed. She was already on edge because of Niall, her family, and simply being home sick. She did not need an arrogant little popstar giving her attitude.
As Kelsey picked everything up, she attempted to walk away only to be pulled back by Harry.
"Forgetting something, aren't we?" He said with a smirk, while holding out her phone. She grabbed it out of his hand and stormed off back to her table. She hadn't even thought to ask if Niall was with him.
"There you are! We got the bill, shall we go?" Gram asked. Kelsey nodded, and the three of them left.
Niall's POV
To: Kelsey McDougall, A.K.A Pokemon Champion! 3
Hey love, I was thinking we could hangout after I'm done with rehersals if your free? Another round of Pokemon perhaps? ;) xxx - Niall
Niall's finger hovered over the send button for a few minutes. He had written and rewritten this text message at least five different times, none of them being good enough. This one would have to do. As he was about to click send, a very loud Liam had startled him.
"Ughh, lads where's Harry? We have rehersal's in fifteen minutes. Niall, what are you doing texting, go and find him!" Said Liam, obviously annoyed, as he snatched the phone out of Niall's hands.
"Hey!"
"Oh, relax Niall you can call your mum later. GO FIND HARRY! Simon's going to have a fit." Liam said, pacing.
To refrain from further yelling in Nando's, Niall set off to find Harry who was with a petite blonde girl. Typical Hazza, always hitting on the ladies. Is that ... No, it can't be ... Why would she be with Harry? She doesn't even like him ... I must be seeing things again, Niall thought to himself. He had thought he saw her at an ice cream stands, in the studio, and at the airport this morning. But why would she be in their recording studio, and in the airport three days after she had moved to London? Niall found the last two options absurd.
He quickly shook his head from the thoughts of Kelsey and closed his eyes. He opened them to find the girl gone and a curiously smug Harry smiling to himself.
"Oi, who was that mate?" Niall asked, genuinely curious if it was Kelsey.
"Oh, she's just an old friend. That's all." Grinned Harry, as the two boys walked back to their table. One they had reached their destination, Niall had finally clicked send.
Paige's POV
"Kelsey, can I play anry birds on your phone? They don't have it for blackberry ..." Paige asked.
Kelsey let out a snort. "Yeah, but I'm playing brick breaker!"
"Whatever, as long as I get to kill me some green pigs! OINK OINK !" Paige attempted to say in a southern accent, which mashed with her british one terribly.
Their Gram had laughed so hard at her two grand daughters, that she sounded like a dying duck. Which made Paige's move on gettin the last olden egg, a complete failure.
"OI GRAM! YOU MADE ME LOOSE MY EGG!" Paige said loudly, makig Gram laugh.
"Relax love, I'll but you some from the store!" They all laughed at her Grams attempt at Angry Birds.
Suddenly as the reached Kelsey's house, Kelsey's phone buzzed in Paige's hand.
Being the curious twat she was, Paige opened up the text.
From: Niall Horan The Love Of My Life! 3
Hey love, I was thinking we could hangout after I'm done with rehersals if your free? Another round of Pokemon perhaps? ;) xxx - Niall
Well, well, well. Paige was not going to let this one slide.
"Kelsey?"
"Yeah Paige?" Kelsey asked, lookin at the other girl.
"Who's Niall and why is he asking if you are up for another round of Pokemon?" Paige asked, eyeing her cousin suspiciously.
Kelsey ripped the phone out of her cousins hands, and red the text, quietly blushing to herself.
"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !" Kelsey half shushed, half screamed at her cousin, pointing at Gram.
Gram chuckled. "Are you girls coming? Kelsey you have to get your stuff, your mum doesn't want you here alone tonight."
"I was planning on sleeping over anyways." Kelsey winked at Paige. They were having their annual sleepover. Baking cookies, eating spicy Doritos, ordering late night pizza, watching Harry Potter, sneaking a bottle of vodka in, and late night drunk swimming. The night couldn't get better.
The girls walked up the drive way of the huge brown and white house. Gram was the first to walk in, while Kelsey and Paige followed close behind.
The first room inside the house was the living room. It was covered in boxes and dust, with a few things unpacked. Something was obviously going on. Paige's Aunt Atlanta had OCD, so there should not be any boxes in the house. Every thing should have been in it's place by now.
"GRAM!" shouted Mark as the three of them walked in the door.
"It's lovely to see you too Mark." Paige said, rolling her eyes.
"Sup home swizzle P!" Mark said, running and doing his and Paige's hand shake. Paige had it memorized for at least four years.
"Nuffin Playa M, just chillan like a villan!" said Paige, grinnign from ear to ear.
"Where's Mum, Mark?" Kelsey said, poking Mark in the stomach.
"She's errr ... with her friend in the kitchen." Mark said, scrunching up his nose. Friend? What friend?
"Come on Paige, let's go to my room."
-Time Warp-
Kelsey's POV
"HOLY SHIT KELSEY, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS EARLIER!" Paige exclaimed.
When was Kelsey supposed to tell her all about the plane ride with Niall, and her mum with her ... "friend"? The entire time Paige had been in London they were with Gram. Kelsey did not want Gram knowing about anything, mainly because she feared of how she would react.
"When could I have?! When we were with Gram!" Kelsey said groaning, sinking her head into her pillow.
"Well no, obviously. You could have texted me! It's not everyday a girl meets One Direction," Paige said loudly, "let alone snog a member!" she whispered/hissed.
"Paige what am I going to do?! He probably just wants to hangout today so i snog him..."
"Kelsey, come on! He obviously liked you enough for him to give him your number!"
"I CRIED ON HIM!" Kelsey blurted out covering her face.
"Why were you crying!" Paige asked, concerned.
"Me and Niall were playing some qusetion game - don't ask - and then Mark came over and told me mum was snogging some stranger and that she was shit faced drunk."
"That bitch!" Paige said, shaking her head.
"Tell me about it, AND she let him pat Mark's head." Kelsey said, a nervous smile on her face while a silent tear stremed down her face.
"Poor Mark." Paige said, sniffling. "But what are you going to do about Niall? Are you going to go and see him?"
"Paige, I don't want it to be awkward! I don't want to be his new 'make-out barbie'. I've been there before, it hurts too much." She said, while looking down.
"Well you already had your first kiss, how much awkward could it get, love?" Paige said, giggling. Kelsey looked down at her feet. The last time they were giggling about Kelsey's 'famous boyfriend', it had been Justin. And to be honest, the hole in her heart was still there because of him. Paige opened up her mouth as if to say something, but Gram's voice filled the room.
"Come on girls, if your still going shopping you better hurry up!"
"Finally, I can't wait to get out of these sweats. I'm sweating like a pig!" Paige said, pulling at her pants. Kelsey and Paige just stared at each other, untill eventually they both burst out laughing.
Niall's POV
Close the door
Throw the key
Don't wanna be reminded
Don't wanna be seen
Don't wanna be without you
My judgement is clouded
Like tonight's sky
The lyrics Niall had written on the plane were going through his head nonstop. It was like his mind was on eternal replay, the only ever thoughts going through were about Kelsey and food. They were quite a bit sadder than he was feeling. Although Kelsey had been crying on the plane ride, so that might have put a damper on his mood .. the song was still depressing though. Like he had written it because of death or tragedy, not out of love. Oh well, only time will tell how the song will turn out.
Niall was on the floor of his and Liam's flat, laying on their white shag rug staring at the ceiling. She hadn't texted him back yet. Maybe three days was too soon? But she snogged me, she must have liked me ... maybe it's because of my teeth! Or my ugly accent. What about my hair, maybe she doesn't want to date a blonde! Wait, no that's just stupid ... she's blonde herself! Niall's mind was waging war on it's self, his emotions being pulled left and right.
"Liiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaam." Niall whined.
"Niall shut up, she'll text you back." Liam said, pacing the room looking for his shoes. "Have you seen my shoes?"
"Errmmm ... which ones?" Niall said mischiveously.
"My red converse, you haven't seen them have you?" Liam asked suspiciously, staring at Niall's feet. Had Niall forgotten to mention that he had borrowed Liam's shoes? Ops.
"NIALL! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THOSE FOR AN HOUR!" Liam said, topplin over in laughter after just yelling at his best friend.
"Sorry mate," Niall said winking. Liam came over, and helped Niall to his feet.
"Whatever, let's just go! Where are your shoes? I'm stealing your black Supras-"
"NO! HERE, TAKE YOURS BACK!" Niall said throwing Liam's shoes at him.
"Niall, your sock is still in the shoe." Liam said, giggling.
"Ops, can I have that mate?" Niall asked, as Liam threw his sock at him. "Thanks buddy!" Niall ran at his best friend, and climbed on his back.
"You ready then? We're supposed to meet Lou and Zayn at the studio again at nine."
"Yeah, whatever. ON WE GO, MY TRUSTY STEED!" Shouted Niall, as Liam made horse noises and ran in side of their elevator.
Kelsey's POV
"Paige come on! Were not gonna have enough time to catch dinner after!" Kelsey yelled through the door of the girls shared bathroom.
"I'm almost done, calm your hormones!" Paige said laughing. "Did you text him back yet? God, that boy must be anxious." She said, once again giggling.
"No, I haven't yet! I'm just going to tell him I'm sick tonight. I don't wanna hurt his feelings by saying I'd rather hangout with my cousin then being his makeout girl ..." Paige grinned while waking out of the bathroom.
"It's just because I'm fucking amazing. Now then, how do I look?" Paige asked, doing a twirl for her cousin.
Paige's outfit - paige/set?id=44692704
Paige was wearing a white tank top tha wen long in the back, and shorter in the front. She had on jean shorts with silver glittery stars just peaking out of the bottom. Paige paired her outfit with a black feathery necklace, cute bracelets, a black purse, and black knitted gladiators. She looked fierce with her firey red hair.
"OH HOT DAMN! LOLjk you look like a slut. What about me?" Kelsey asked playfully.
Kelsey's outfit - kelsey/set?id=44695067
Kelsey was wearing a plan grey tanktop that showed the tiniest bit of her washboard stomach. She also had one ripped white shorts, an apple necklace, a 'love' bracelet, a brown cross-body bag, a red braided belt, and a pair of red toms.
"You look presentable."Paige said, completley serious.
"Perfect! Let's go." Kelsey giggled.
Half an hour later the girl's were finally at the strip of stores they loved. Jack Willis, Hollister, Vintage Virtue, Pac Sun, Juicy Couture, Victoria's Secret, etc.
"Can we go into Jack Willis first? I found a skirt in there I liked in Paris, except the prices here are about 1000 dollars cheaper." Paige said, sarcastically.
"Yeah sure- actually wait! I forgot to text him back!
To: Niall Horan The Love Of My Life! 3
Kelsey made a mental note to change his name later.
Hey Niall, I'm sorry for the late text my phone died. And, uhm I don't think I can make it today. I'm a bit under the weather and I wouldn't want to get you sick. -Kelsey x
Kelsey felt so bad for lying to him, but she couldn't face him today. She needed to get her heart straightened out, and her head in the perfect state of mind. She wasn't sure if she was ready to get involved again. Relationships only had one outcome : A broken heart.
"Kelsey, watch where your going!" She heard Paige shout, but it was too late. Just seconds after clicking 'Send', she had walked into somebody and landed flat on her ass. Just fucking great, second time today! She thought. She began to pick up the contents of her bag yet again.
"I'm sorry love, are you okay? I wasn't really paying attention, I was talking to my-Kelsey?" Kelsey heard a familiar voice, and looked up immediately. She was met with a pair of piercing bright blue eyes, covered by pieces of bleach blonde hair.
"Did you not get my-" Niall was cut off by the ping of his phone. SHIT! Kelsey thought, as she watched as Niall read his text she had assumed was from her. Niall had a confused look on his face,which was quickly subsided to a pissed off look.
"Under the weather, are we? You sure look fine to me." Niall said harshly, rolling his eyes. His tone of voice hurt Kelsey a tad bit. Though she knew she deserved it.
"Niall let me explain." She said as she stood up from her spot on the pavement. She had never really realized the height difference between her and Niall, but it was a pretty big difference. Kelsey was a mere 5'2 snd she guessed that Niall was around 5'7, 5'8 ish.
"Actually, I've seen enough explaining for a lifetime, so if you'll excuse me." Niall said, starting to walk away. "Oh, and by the way," he added while turning around, "all you had to say was that you didn't like me, instead of using me." Niall narrowed his eyes at Kelsey. He looked really upset and angry, and a part of Kelsey wanted to hug him and tell him everything, but another part of her thought it was for the best. Wait, he was worried about ME USING HIM? I really need to talk to him, Kelsey thought. Paige must have known from the look on Kelsey's face.
Kelsey had completely forgotten about her cousin and Liam being there.
"Liam is it? Let's err- go for a walk." Paige said, taking his arm and walking away.
"Oh, alright .." Liam said abit worried. After a few minutes, they were gone. But as soon as they left paps and a bunch of screaming girls came running up to Kelsey and Niall. They pushed Kelsey out of the way and Niall was getting mobbed. Flashes were going off everywhere.
"Niall! Can I get your autograph!"
"Niall, is this your girlfriend!"
"Niall, will you marry me!"
"Niall, can you tell us about the new album!"
Niall's anger had dissolved and turned into fear, as he was being crowded and crowded. He had gotten very nervous looking and Kelsey could see him getting really scared of all these people shouting his name.
Kelsey had suddenly remembered something he had told her on the plane. "I hate being in crowd's and small rooms, I panic and imagine the worst situation possible. Doesn't really help the job, does it?" Niall had said, with his adorable accent and a smirk.
She needed to help him.
Kelsey quickly reached in the crowd untill she found Niall's hand. He took it, only hoping to be rid of the crowd. As she pulled Niall away, fans and paps chased them. They ran away, going through corners, alleys, and streets. They reached a very modern looking apartment building and Niall ran inside. Kelsey didn't think he would want her to follow, so Kelsey began slowly walking to the shops her and Paige were originally at. She felt a hand on her back, which quickly spun her around.
"Where do you think your going?" Niall said, his face completely serious. He was breathing heavily from all the running the two of them had just done.
"I didn't think you'd-" Kelsey started to say, all of a suddemn Niall exhaled the world. He grabbed Kelsey's face, and pressed it to his lips to her own and began kissing her. In the middle of the kiss, it had started to rain. Kelsey could feel Niall smiling into the kiss, before he abrubtly pulled away, took Kelsey's hand and dragged her through the doors of the apartment.
"Mr. Horan," nodded a red headed man at the front desk.
"Doug," Niall smiled back at the man, taking Kelsey's hand and leading her into the elevator.
As he clicked the button for floor four, Kelsey's stomach began to feel nervous. But the odd thing was, it wasn't a bad nervous. With Niall she always had good feelings, safe feelings. As Niall dropped her hand, Kelsey looked down at her red toms, remembering the conversation that was sure to come up. How was Kelsey going to tell Niall how she felt, when she herself didn't even know? After Justin, things for her were never he same. He had hurt her so much, that Kelsey's self esteem had hit an all time low she hadn't even thought was possible. How was she to know Niall wouldn't do the same? Kelsey couldn't base everything on a feeling. Feelings had lied and decieved her before. She wouldn't let herself begin to feel that way again. She couldn't let herself feel that way again.
After a few moments silence, Niall finally spoke.
"Thanks, you know, for earlier." Niall said, looking down as he put his hands in his pant pockets and awkwardly shuffled his feet.
"No problem, I'll always be here for you." Kelsey said, going on her tippy toes to kiss his cheek. What was she doing? Was she ready for Niall? To let him in behind her walls? She hoped so. What she was doing was difficult, her body was pulling her a million different ways. Her brain was pulling her away, while her heart pulled her back. She was sick of all the confusion, for both her and Niall. It wasn't fair, she hated Justin for doing this to her.
Ding!
The elevator had reached thr fourth floor, and Niall walked down the hallway untill he reached door number 13. He took the keys out of his pocket and unlocked the door. Niall stepped through the door way first, and motioned for Kelsey to follow him. She was abit hesitant, so Niall gently took her hand and smiled which made Kelsey feel the least bit good about lying to him earliar.
Niall closed the door behind the two and pulled her over to his black leather couch. He let go of her hand and sat himself down, criss crossing his legs like the time on the plane. Thinking back to the memory, it made Kelsey smile. He was such a kid. Which mad him even more adorable.
"So talk." Niall said
"The girl you saw with me was my cousin Paige. She's like my sister, we're attached to the hip and I haven't seen her in over a year. Her plane landed here a few hours ago and I promised I'd spend the day with her. I'm sorry I lied to you." Kelsey said, looking down and biting her lip.
She looked up and saw Niall nod.
"Now are you going to tell me te truth? Because honestly Kelsey, your a terrible liar." Niall said, his eyes searching her own for answers. Shit! How did he know! Okay Kelsey, think of something else to say ... anything but the truth. My dog died. My house blew up. My feet smell bad. ALL LIES! For once, Kelsey was not going to listen to her head, but her heart. It was the right thing to do. It was what Niall deserved. The truth.
"I'm not sure." Kelsey whispered, looking down again.
"What?"
"I'm not sure of how I feel." Kelsey said, looking up and staring at Niall's nose. She couldn't look him in the eyes as she said this, it was too much. "I mean I like you, and believe me, my heart is saying 'YES!', but my mind's saying, 'No, not again,'. I can't take being hurt anymore Niall." She finally had the courage to look into his eyes. They were blue and crystal clear, and full of understanding and concern. It made Kelsey feel terrible about what she said.
Niall opened his mouth, but closed it. Kelsey could tell he was unsure of what to say. She new he would try his best to say the right thing. She could almost see the gears in his head turning.
"Kelsey, if I didn't make it clear enough on the plane, I'll say it again. I would NEVER hurt you. I don't know what jerk did, but he missed out. BIG TIME. I'm always going to be here for you." Niall said, looking Kelsey directly in the eyes. She looked down. She didn't like when people stared at her, it made her feel like they were thinking about all the things wrong about her. "Follow your heart." Niall whispered. He reached his hand up to Kelsey's face and gently caressed it.
"Okay," Kelsey slowly whispered back, crushing her lips against Niall's. The two had no idea how long they were like that. It may have been, hours, minutes or seconds before Kelsey's stomach growled, making Niall laugh and pull away.
"Food sounds like a good idea to me too." Niall giggled, and grabbed his phone that had some how ended up on the floor. "I have Nando's on speed dial." Niall said, looking up smiling.
"Nah, I had Nando's for lunch." Kelsey replied, winking. Niall looked at her strangely for a few seconds, it maade Kelsey feel abit awkward, so she moved her hand through her hair, the way she alsways did when she felt insecure. "But I could go for subway ..."
Niall's POV
So she really was at Nando's this afternoon? And Harry Hadn't even said anything? When Niall asked him who that was, he said "Oh, she's just an old friend. That's all." Why would he lie to me? Thought a very concerned Niall. He knew how much I've been worrying about her ...But wait! Kelsey had lied to, had she not? She didn't say a word about speaking to Harry. Niall was so confused, he felt as if his head was spinning. What was this girl doing to him?
Kelsey's POV
Niall seemed to snap out of the daze he was in, and looked up at her.
"Oh, yeah sure." Niall smiled. "Let's go." He said, while taking her hand. They exited the apartment, and were halfway down the hall way before Kelsey had remembered her purse was missing.
"Niall, I forgot my purse ... I'll be right back." Kelsey said smiling, and running back to his apartment. She opened the door and ran over to the couch, where she heard something buzzing. What the fuck?
Kelsey reached into her purse, and found that it was her phone that was vibrating.
It was Paige.
"Hello?"
"KELSEY LEE MACDOUGALL, WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU!" Her voice was impatient and worried.
"Uhm .. I'm at Niall's apartment. Why, what time is it?"
"11:30! Your lucky Gram went out with Doreen, or your sorry ass would have been dead!"
"Oh, thank the fucking lord! She would have skinned me ... WAIT! Where's Mark!"
"He's asleep ... he's been in bed for hours, me and Liam have been watching movies for a while. Gram's gone all weekend by the way, so we can just have our sleepover tomorrow."
"Well that's lucky ... BUT WAIT, YOU AND LIAM?" Kelsey wasn't the least bit surprised. Liam was cute, and Paige was beautiful. They made more sense then her and Niall. Niall was gorgeous. And Kelsey was ... well Kelsey. Plain. Nothing special about her.
"Yeah ... we'll talk later. I, er, I gotta go." And with that, Paige hung up.
Kelsey was stuck in her thoughts, when something touched her and she screamed. She turned around to see a startled Niall giggling to himself.
"Errr ... hahaahha ... sorry love ...hhahhaha .. did you find your purse?" Niall tried to control his laughter, but failed miserably.
"Yeah, it's right here. Sorry, my cousin called me ... "
"No problem, love." Niall said, showing his adorable toothy smile she was in love with. Wait, did she really just think that? More like in deep like with ... Kelsey thought. It was WAY to early for love. They weren't even dating!
On the way out of the elevator, a sudden thought popped in her mind.
"Niall?"
"Yeah?" Niall asked.
"I never asked you how old you were .." She heard Niall snort.
"I'm seventeen, be eighteen in September. You?"
"Oh, I'll be fourteen in November." By now, they were walking just outside of the apartment. She thought it would be funny to trick Niall. She wanted to see how he'd react. He stopped in his tracks, and stared at Kelsey with his eyes wide open.
"Your thir-thirteen?" Niall asked, stuttering.
"That's not a problem, is it?" Kelsey asked, pretending to be sad. She knew she looked young for her age, but not that young.
"Uhh ... uhm, .. ermm .." Kelsey couldn't help but laugh at Niall. Did he really believe her? He just told her she was a terrible liar .. perhaps she had improved.
"Niall I'm kidding! I'll be eighteen in November." Kelsey laughed, holding her stomach. Niall looked so relieved. But he laughed aswell. They continued to walk past the buildings, untill they reached the corner of the street. Immediately, Kelsey had wished she was wearing something warmer. But no, she had gone out in shorts and a tank top. She shivered, feeling the wind on her skin. London air was nothing compared to the warm, humid L.A air.
Niall must have noticed, because he took off his hoodie and put it onto her shoulders. It looked like Kelsey was wearing a big red dress.
"Thanks Niall." Kelsey said, looking up at him.
"No problem," He replied smiling, shooving his hands in his pocket. He looked so adorable in his green 'Free Hugs' t-shirt, that it made Kelsey smile. Finally, they had reached subway. Before they entered, Kelsey had gotten a text.
One New Message : Aleisha Rose You and Niall Horan? I leave you for one week and this happens? Girlie, you've got some explaining to do! xxxxx
Oh, fuck. How did people already know! For christ sakes, they weren't even dating.
Kelsey just shook her head, and put her phone in her back pocket. She couldn't deal with Aleisha right now.
As they entered subway, Kelsey wasn't surprised it was only them in the store. After all, it was quarter to twelve.
"I'm sorry, but we were just about to close so-" The girl behind the counter said, fiddling with the cash register. She stopped talking as soon as she looked up from the counter.
"Hello." Niall said, smiling at the girl. She lookes about sixteen, with short black hair and bright green eyes. She was a very pretty girl, and you could tell by the way she fluttered her eyes she was trying to catch Niall's attention. But Niall being Niall, was looking up at the subway sign.
"H-hi." The girl managed to get out.
Niall ordered his and Kelsey's food, and they left.
Kelsey was a bit surprised Niall wasn't staring at the girl. Even when he looked at her to order, he wasn't looking at her. It was like his mind was somewhere else ...
"Kelsey?"
"Hmmm?" Kelsey said, jolted from her thoughts. She raised her face up to look at Niall, but he wasn't there. She turned around to find him about ten feet away.
"Where are you going?" He said, laughing. That was when she noticed the apartment infront of them. She looked at Niall and gave him a sweet smile.
"Errrm... no where?" She said, giggling.
Kelsey walked back to Niall, and they entered the apartment together.
"Oh my god, I am soooooo hungry!" Groaned Niall, in his adorable accent. The expression on his face was pure agony. Kelsey couldn't help but laugh at the strange boy infront of her.
Niall laughed along with Kelsey, revealing the perfect harmony once again. She smiled, thinking to herself how adorable he was.
Niall walked ovver to his and Liam's dining room table and placed the subway bag down. Kelsey sat down in a nearby plush chair, and took a big bite into her pizza sub.
"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ..." Kelsey said, chewing what tasted like heaven. She hadn't eaten since three o'clock, and the nervous feeling she had earliarr mus have pushed her hunger away. Kelsey looked over at Niall and saw him giggling.
"What?" Kelsey said, swallowing her food.
"You have pizza sauce on your nose ..." Niall giggled.
Kelsey went to reach for her napkin, but Niall grabbed her arm.
"Here, let me get that ..." Niall said, leaning in to kiss her nose. It was so sweet, it made Kelsey blush and look down.
"Smooth." Kelsey whispered looking up at Niall, who was now just centimeters away from her face.
"What do you mean smooth? I just wanted the pizza sauce ..." Niall said, winking at Kelsey.
After they finished their food, Niall suggested they watched a movie.
"What do you want to watch?" Kelsey asked Niall, sitting on her knees and leaning against the couch. She was watching Niall go through a stack of movies on the couch. Please don't pick a scary movie, please don't pick a scary movie, please don't pick a scary movie ... Kelsey thought, as she crossed her fingers.
"Erm, I was thinking Paranormal Activity?" Said Niall , looking up at Kelsey for approval.
Kelsey gulped. "Uh, yeah sure." She said with a nervous smile. Kelsey and scary movies didn't mix. Niall put the movie in, and sat across from Kelsey on the couch. Kelsey wanted to cuddle up to him so badly, but she didn't want him to think of her as a clingy girl. Kelsey's idea of watching a scary movie would have been cuddling up wih someone. The rest of the night was going to be hell.
-x-
About half an hour, the first thing had popped up. Kelsey screamed and hid her face in her hands, briefly peeking every once in a while. Now and then she would look over at Niall who had a very smug look on his face.
When Kelsey finally put her hands in her lap, after about three minutes something else popped out. Without even thinking, she jumped onto Niall's lap and covered her face inbetween the crook of his neck and his shoulder. There was something oddly comforting and familiar about the position she was sitting in. She could feel Niall's laughs vibrate through his body, as he cuddled her on the couch. The last thing she remembered was Niall kissing her temple, and the Katie character in the movie being dragged off of her bed before Kelsey fell asleep to the sound of Niall's heart beat.
-x-
When Kelsey opened her eyes the next morning she had no idea where she was. She was in a room with red walls and she was laying on a black leather sofa. Kelsey was a bit frightened untill she saw the familiar arms wrapped protectively around her body. She sighed heavily, breathing in the smell of Niall's after shave. Right then, did she remember that she was in Niall's apartment. Kelsey closed her eyes and drifted away to a half-asleep state. She felt Niall yawn and shuffle on the couch, and then a big bang and a throbbing in her knee.
Niall had pushed her off the couch in his sleep.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow..." Kelsey said, limping to his fridge to get some ice for her knee. She had hit it off the coffee table, and it was throbbing badly. As she opened the freezer, she looked around for about five minutes untill she found an ice tray. Great, now what am I going to put it in? Kelsey thought to herself. She searched through cupboards and draws untill she found a box of sandwhich bags. AHA! Finally.
"Kelsey, what are you doing?" Said a groggy voice, walking towards her from the couch. Niall walked up to her, scratching the back of his neck. He looked so adorable when he just woke up. His eye's were squinted, and his voice was innocent.
"I was looking for ice ... I, er fell off the couch and hit my knee on the table." Kelsey said, looking innocently up at Niall. He had a smirk on his face, like he knew what really happened but didn't say anything.
"Morning," he said, engulfing her in a huge bearhug. His arms fit around her almost perfectly.
"Good morning." Kelsey whispered back, ice pack in hand.
"I'll be right back," Niall said, flashing Kelsey a grin and walking to what she assumed was the bathroom. She could hear shower taps turning on, and the rustling of curtains. Kelsey decided to look for a mirror. She needed to fix her hair and make-up, she could only imagine what she looked like.
The first place she looked was what she guessed to be Niall's bedroom. There was a picture of him and the rest of One Direction on his desk, next to a picture of Niall and his family. She finally caught site of a mirror. What she had imagined was abit more appealing than what she saw. Her hair was a blonde tangled mess. Bits and pieces sticking up everywhere. Her mascara was smudged all around her eyes, making her look like a racoon. Her light lipstick was left on random spots of her lips, as was her foundation on her face.
She ran back into the living room and grabbed her brown cross-body purse. She needed to fix her make-up, and her breath was in desprate need of some minty gum. She quickly popped a piece out of the pack, and into her mouth. She hated the taste of mint, but Kelsey new it would pay off. If she had to choose between minty gum and morning breath, well she would go through the mint taste. She grabbed her purse, and walked back to Niall's room.
Kelsey hadn't heard Niall's shower turn off. So when she walked into his room, she had quite a surprise. Luckily, Niall was clothed from his waist down. He was just pulling on a white long sleeved Jack Willis shirt, exposing his toned abs. She walked away before he could see her, and attempted to make herself half decent without a mirror. Looking at her reflection from the back of her phone, she didn't look half bad. She turned her phone on, only to see that she had five text messages.
The first one read:
One New Message: Mom
Sweety, I won't be home tomorrow. Business meeting for the label, leaving to catch my plane in an hour. Watch Mark for me. xx love you guys
Typical.
One New Message: Paige
I take it your not coming home tonight? Have fun, don't do something you'll regret. - Paige xx
Another read:
One New Message: Aleisha Rose
Hello?! KESLEY!
The other two messages were from friends she had back home, telling her all about some 'epic party' they had attended the previous night.
"Niall?" Kelsey called to the boy.
"Yes?" He said creeping up from behind her and grabbing her waist, plopping them both down on the sofa.
"I have to go." Kelsey said, poking his cheek. She went to get up, but Niall grabbed her hand and dragged her back to the couch.
"No you don't. Stay." Niall said, pleading with his eyes. His accent sounded so cute and irresistable. "Pleaaaaassssseeeeeee."
Kelsey laughed.
"I can't, I look a mess and I have to go watch my brother." Kelsey said, looking into his startling blue eyes. There was something different about them today. Like a sparkle that wasn't there before.
Niall sighed. "Alright, I'll walk you home." He said, grabbing her hand.
"Kay," Kelsey said, smiling up at Niall.
They walked down the hallway, into the elevator and down the door. It had taken twenty minutes to get to Kelsey's Gram's house from Niall's, but they enjoyed themselves the whole way there. Niall made fun of Kelsey for jumping on him because of the movie, and Kelsey made fun of Niall for pushing her off the couch. By the time they reached the house, they're faces were red.
"Here we are," Kelsey said, stopping to take Niall's hand. They couldn't hold hands the whole walk, fear of being seen by paps or fans.
"Is Liam in there? We have rehersals in an hour." Niall asked.
"I think so," Kelsey said giggling. "I'll go and get him."
While she attempted to walk to the house, she was pulled back yet again. This boy would simply not let her go.
"That's not a very proper goodbye, now is it?" Niall said, while smirking.
Kelsey leaned up to kiss Niall on the cheek, but he quickly turned his face, forcing Kelsey to kiss his lips. Kelsey had to admit, he had skills. She was also glad she had eaten that piece of gum earliar.
As they both pulled away, Niall wrapped his arms around Kelsey and kissed her forehead.
"I'll see you later, yeah?" Niall asked.
"Of course, I'll text you." Niall let Kelsey go, and she ran inside her Gram's house.
"PAAIIIIGEE!" Kelsey called, looking for her cousin. As she entered the living room, she was welcomed by a pillow being thrown at her face. "Love you too! Anyways, where's Liam ... Niall's waiting for him."
Liam popped out of a pile of blankets on the floor. He looked tired, and his eyes weren't fully open yet. He jumped out of the blankets, and ran to throw his shoes on.
"Bye Paige, I'll text you later. Good to see you Kelsey," Liam winked. And with that, he left, leaving Paige and Kelsey alone.
"Where's Mark?"