Chapter 10 ~ Niall's day

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Chapter 10 ― Niall's day

    I woke up the next morning groaning and curling into myself. Quickly, I felt a pair of arms hugging me and I leaned on the person who was helping me. I immediately recognised her sweet perfume and those caring arms: my friend Phebs. “Shh, I’m here with you, it’s okay. Belle, her pills. Now!” She asked as I was still hugging her desperately. The pain was so strong that a few tears streamed down my face. I heard Belle running out of the room and soon she came back with a glass of water and my pills. There were a total of seven pills that were going to leave me in the clouds for the whole day. I swallowed them as fast as I could, begging for their quick effect. As we waited, Phebs was hugging me the whole time, cooing and rocking me softly. I truly felt like I was being torn apart from the inside. It was horrible. I hate it so much!

After what it seemed like an eternity, the pain faded away and I stopped twisting in Phebs’ arms. “Are you feeling better, sweetheart?” Belle asked and I nodded sighing. “Want some food? I’ll make breakfast today, so ask whatever you want.”

“Something sweet, please!” I begged and they looked a tad disgusted, but I knew they were going to please me even if they weren’t going to try it. I smiled widely and hugged them, starting to feel that need of love and cuddling.

“Okay, let’s go to the kitchen before the boys wake up,” Phebs added.

We were sleeping in Harry’s room, which was the cleanest and tidiest. As we could see the night before, Louis was a total mess. I still felt weak, but I could walk by myself whilst we were making our way to the kitchen. I sat there waiting for them to find all the ingredients to make a sweet breakfast for me. Obviously, they looked for something salty as well, for them and the boys. As the smell started to fill the flat, we heard the lads coming being guided by their nostrils.

“What is that wonderful smell?” Liam asked appearing in the kitchen. He hugged me as he was observing the two girls cooking. “Why are they cooking today?” He asked looking at me.

“They are spoiling me today,” I replied as he walked over to my friends to kiss them on their cheeks as well. I felt someone at my back and when I saw Niall and his messy hair, I just jumped to my feet and hugged him tightly. “Niall!” I shouted surprising him, but he recovered fast and hugged me back, he even gave me a kiss on my forehead. “Good morning,” I said smiling brightly and looking up at him. When I said I was a needy girl during my period I didn’t lie, I truly was and that day in particular I felt like I needed Niall by my side all the time. Only him. My pills got me high so I couldn’t care less about the complications that my needs could bring.

“Good morning. You’re in a great mood, I see,” he commented with an amused expression.

“She’s high,” Belle corrected and I giggled already feeling like a silly girl. I knew that when I was back to my normal self I was so going to regret this.

“High? Who is high?” Louis asked joining us in the kitchen. I smiled at him and pointed at myself to answer his question. I didn’t let go of Niall. “Wife? Why are you high? But most importantly, why are you high and I’m not?” I giggled burying my face in Niall chest. I knew he didn’t understand what was happening with me that day, but I didn’t want to explain it to him.

“She took some pills. Nothing bad, I promise. She needs them,” Phebs answered to my lovely husband.

“Are you ill, Alex?” Niall asked me taking my face in his hands. I shook my head, still smiling.

“It’s normal, you don’t have to worry, lads. It’s just for a couple of days and believe me, you’re gonna love her more. She is all sweet when she is high. We really enjoy her in this state,” Belle told them as a grumpy Harry appeared. Niall looked at me worried but I raised my hand and stroked his face without losing my smile, that surprised him but soon he smiled back at me.

“I don’t get it, yet. What’s wrong with her?” Liam asked, still looking worried but at the same time amused by my display of affection with Niall.

“Nothing is wrong with her, Liam,” Phebs replied patiently. “It’s normal.” He frowned and I saw my friend nudging her fingers uncomfortable.

“Oh for God’s sake. She’s on her period and it’s horrible for her, that’s why she has to take so many pills. It’s normal! You men are so slow!” I giggled shamelessly, as high as I was I didn’t care about what my friend just said, I just cared about how the boys’ expressions changed. They all felt so awkward at that moment, I could see it easily. I hugged Niall again.

“I need cuddling today,” I said softly and Niall hugged me tighter.

“Oh, oh, oh! I want to cuddle with you!” Harry commented looking more awaken this time.

“Next day, Styles. Today I only want Niall!” I said and I felt the boy in my arms tense up. I looked up at him and he was blushing, which made him look cuter.

“Lucky Niall!” Liam joked and I giggled. I was doing that too much.

“Oh, wife, you prefer Niall over me? I’m hurt!” Louis protested faking pain. Harry hugged him as two men pulled together for the same suffering.

“Yup, today I rather stay with Niall,” I said honestly standing on my tiptoes a kissing the blond’s cheek. In that moment Zayn joined us and immediately his eyes met mine, his eyebrows tried to touch each other. “Hi, Zayn!” I said all excitedly. “Today is Niall’s day. He’s all for me!” I added giggling. I didn’t know why the lads hadn’t knocked me out yet. If I had been my normal self, I would have kicked my arse.

“Do I need to know something?” The black-haired boy asked staring at his other band mates who looked all so uncomfortable that I laughed.

“Oh, not again! Zayn, believe me, you don’t wanna know!” Liam cried out grabbing his friend by the shoulders and shaking him slightly.

“Oi, don’t be so dramatic. It’s normal, natural,” Belle complained rolling her eyes whilst I was giggling again, still hugging Niall who kept his arms tightly around my waist. I liked to be like that so much. “Don’t worry, she just took her pills a while ago. She’ll be a tad more normal in a while.”

“I’ll stop being so annoying!” I said smiling.

“You’re not annoying. You’re cute,” Niall said softly and I looked at him biting my lower lip.

“Okay, let’s feed her. That’s what she needs right now to be normal again.”

* * *

We got into the bus really late, after all the preparations. We were going to travel during the night, that way we were going to have the whole next day to prepare for the boys first concert on the tour. By then I stopped the annoying girl act. I still was all girly and in need of affection, which was why Niall was next to me all the time, but I could talk like a normal human being again, closer to my normal self. The tour bus was massive, with a kitchen with a telly and a comfy booth for us, a bathroom, and four sets of bunks where we were going to sleep whilst traveling.

Whilst we were going to the first city in schedule, we decided to watch a movie and as the girls wanted to take advantage of my state, they made the boys agree to watch a cheesy film that was going to make me cry for sure.

As I expected, I cried with my friends and even Liam. I hugged Niall and he comforted me stroking my hair over and over again. I loved the shelter that his body was for me, his scent, his warmth, the way his arms held me. It had been a busy day and in spite of that he never left me alone. Where he was needed, I was with him, learning so many things, meeting tons of new people.

“Okay, time to sleep,” Liam reminded us standing up and stretching his muscles. “We’ll be arriving early in the morning and I don’t want any of you walking around like zombies.”

They lads mumbled as they stood up and went to their bunks. I didn’t want to sleep alone, I didn’t want to be alone, period. I grabbed Niall’s hand before he could get into his bunk. He looked at me worried, those sweet ocean blue eyes fixed on mine. “Something wrong?” he asked and I shook my head.

“I just… I was wondering… May I sleep with you tonight? I don’t wanna sleep alone,” I confessed in a whisper. “I don’t snore nor kick whilst sleeping,” I promised and he smiled stepping closer to me. “At night it hurts the most and I don’t like to be alone when that happens.”

“Of course you may, love,” he answered softly.

So we went to bed together, but we waited till the rest of our friends were asleep so no one would tease us about it. Niall put his arms around me and it felt so good. We stayed like that, I felt his breathing becoming slower and I knew the exact moment when he fell asleep. I turned to face him and he looked so cute, so peaceful. My eyes fixed on his lips and I felt this part of me who was dying to kiss him, to feel and taste those cute lips. I never thought I could feel so attracted for a man like Niall, I would have never imagined it, but it happened, I wanted to kiss him so badly. I knew he was being a good friend, that I wasn’t the girl for him, but those things didn’t keep me from wanting him like I did.

Not thinking thoroughly, I leaned in and pecked him on his lips softly for a few seconds, enjoying the sensation and those butterflies fluttering in my stomach. I pulled back and looked at him again, he was still asleep and he would never know what I just did.

I got out of bed leaving him alone but I walked away with all my butterflies. I could say it was normal when I was on my period, but that wasn’t the only cause. My heart was beating like crazy, scared and amazed by what I was feeling. I underestimated my feelings for Niall; I really, really liked him. I was falling for him hard and –as I feared– that started to hurt, because I knew it was impossible between us. When summer was over, I was going back to Uni, he would carry on with his career and we would hardly see each other again. These days we had ahead were the only thing I was going to get of him, that little peck was going to be the only taste of his lips; and that hurt so much, the realisation that even if I wanted to be with him and he wanted me back, we couldn’t be together because our realities didn’t fit.

Sensitive as I was that night, I hugged my legs and sobbed quietly because what I feared the most just happened: I was suffering for a man again. I just got over Marcus and what he did and then this. Why couldn’t I have a break? Always falling for the wrong guy. But in this occasion it felt worse because I knew Niall was great, I knew we could be together and he would never betray or break my heart like my ex boyfriends did. It hurt because I couldn’t be with him when he was the best man I’ve ever met.

I needed to sleep, I needed to stop thinking and pitying myself, so I took the first book Phebs made me buy: Divergent. She promised me that it was a great book, that it was going to hook me up from the first chapter. We were going to see.

I opened it and started to read Tris’ story and about this different world were society was divided into factions. Without even noticing it, I turned over page after page, incapable of letting the book go.

I finally fell asleep close to dawn when I finished the book.

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