We had left the smoothie shop and where now walking around window shopping. The entire time Lexi hadn't stopped talking about Niall. That was probably because she knew how much I missed him. But it got me sad, thinking about it the way she did, because I knew that would never happen. She had finally stopped talking but I knew it wouldn't last long. I walked by a store with some nice dresses on display and I drifted off again. One thing leading to another in my mind, leaving me thinking of going for a picnic, when Lexi interrupted my thoughts.

"All I'm saying is"

There it is I thought and took a sip of my milkshake

"That, you know-"

"I know what you're saying Lexi but you know I just don't want to get my hopes up."

"Alright fine you're stubborn and I know when to shut up."

No you don't

"Then just look around it'll take your mind off things."

"Yeah you're right it's not like everywhere I turn and every store we go to has something to do with One Direction" I said sarcastically looking at clothes and merchandise covering stores and even people all around us.

"Well I mean there is some stuff so you do-"

"I was being sarcastic"

"Oh. Wait you can do that? Anyway it's not that bad"

"That girl has his face on her shirt…" We both stared as she walked by. Knowing she could say nothing to make me feel better Lexi just took my hand and pulled me into one of the stores there.

We weren't rich but we had money so it wasn't a big deal for me to buy myself and Lexi some things from time to time. Although it wasn't long before I saw his face again Lexi did a pretty good job of distracting me for the day. I loved her. We got home and put our bags in the living room. Lexi went to get a snack to watch a movie we rented and I went in search of my cellphone. After the call this morning I had left it in my room. If I had missed a call from my mom she'd probably be on the first plane back to London by now. Eventually, I found it on my bed and made my way back down the stairs to the living room.

"I made popcorn!" Lexi yelled as she heard my footsteps. "So are we expecting your mom anytime soon or...?"

"There's a missed call but it's not from her."

"Well I'm here so who else calls you" she asked genuinely surprised

"Other people call me... Just not as often. I don't recognize the number though."

"It's probably your stalker then" she said shoving a handful of popcorn into her mouth.

"I don't have a stalker." Although I knew she was joking it still creeped me out a bit. Since I was a kid I always though I saw things when there was nothing really there so the idea of a stalker wasn't very pleasant. But why someone would want to stalk me I didn't know…

"Mel" Lexi said in a singsong manner

"What? Oh there's a message"

"From your stalker" she said throwing some popcorn at me

"You're cleaning that up" I laughed and started listening to the message. Lexi said something but I couldn't hear her because the boy on the other side of my phone had all my attention. I stood quietly as the angelic voice with that Irish accent spoke to me.

"Hey Kitty, it's me. It's Niall."

Like I could forget his voice. And nobody else but Niall called me Kitty anymore…

"Listen I know I haven't called you in a while and I'm so sorry. I broke my phone and my other one didn't have your number on it. I knew I should have put it in last that day." He said the last part to himself but was it really him? Was it really Niall? Or had my feelings for him finally made me snap and I was imagining this whole thing… I made myself focus on his voice in case this was real, so I wouldn't miss anything he said.

"I didn't have time to get it fixed; you know how busy we've been. I'm so sorry. I missed you. As you probably heard we're heading back to London and it'll be a while until I go home so I thought we could spend some time together. Yeah I'm coming! Hey I gotta go I'm using my friend's phone mine's out of battery and it won't charge because it's still pretty messed up. We're on our way to the airport. I'll see you soon Kitty"

The message ended and all I could do was stand there with my phone still by my ear. From the moment he said Kitty all those memories started flashing back. When we were kids and he found out my middle name was Katherine he and all my other friends started calling me Kitty. And although as I grew up everyone went to Mel he continued to call me Kitty.

"Mel!" Lexi yelled getting my attention back to earth.

"Huh what is it?"

"You spaced out again. You were starting to scare me. Who was that?"

"Niall" I whispered

"Who?"

"It was Niall"

"I told you so. I told you so" Lexi gloated after she heard the message Niall had left on my phone

"Of course he'd say that if he didn't his mom would get mad at him. In fact, Maura calls me more than he does." Lexi just rolled her eyes and walked towards my couch. I'd like to believe that it was true, that Niall really wanted to see me but that just didn't seem likely.

"Why don't you think it's likely that he wants to see you?" Lexi asked surprising me. Either she was reading my mind again or I had said it out loud. Either one seemed possible so I didn't even ask.

"If he really missed me and wanted to see me why didn't he come visit me last time he had time off."

"You know exactly why. Last time he was here your mom took you with her to New York and you just missed him."

"Why do you keep defending him?" I demanded frustrated at her answers

"Because you want me to" was all she said. After that Lexi just smiled and went on to play our rented movie. I sat next to her and watched the romantic comedy that made me wonder if that kind of love was even possible.

I heard Ed's voice again and found Lexi and I had fallen asleep on the couch. It didn't matter, all love stories ended the same so I didn't even need to watch it to know what would happen. I didn't want to wake up Lexi but I couldn't find my phone. During my little nap I had lost it again. Great... Finally, I found it under the couch. I reached for my phone just as it stopped ringing. I was worried it would be my mom but open my missed calls to see the same number that I'd missed last time. Niall's number. Well Niall's friend's number. I stared at it for a little bit and began to lose myself in thought when a beep woke me up from it. Another voicemail. Again Niall's angelic voice was at the other end of it.

"Hey Kitty. I really hope you're not avoiding me. I said I was sorry I really did break my phone. I just wanted to call and tell you we just landed and that maybe you could come over. Or maybe I could go over. I miss you. I still owe you two birthday presents remember. I hope you still like pandas. Well it is late so maybe you're asleep. Yeah maybe that's why you didn't answer. How about I call you tomorrow? Alright well goodnight. I probably won't sleep for a while. Jetlag you know. So then if you're awake call me. If not I'll call you. Well goodnight Kitty."

And again all I could do was sit there and loose myself in thought.