Chapter Two

"You need to get a watch. " "I don't need a watch." he leans in to kiss me but I pull back. I can't kiss him, I don't know if I can trust him. Also he's famous. I'm just a normal girl. I must have said my thoughts out loud because he stares at me. "Your not normal." "what?" "your different, your not afraid to be yourself. Most girls would be lining up to kiss me, but not you." I cut him off. "where is this going?" "Annie your different." "I just met you. I don't want all this." he starts yelling at me. "Why not?!" I remain calm. "I don't want to fall in love with someone and just watch them leave me. I trust people but then they take that trust and take advantage of it. They see how far they can push me." I look at the ground. "I'm sorry." I say lastly before I get up and go outside. I put my feet in the pool not daring to go in. I've never told anyone about my fears and what I can't do. People are always judging me. I try to ignore it but sometimes it just goes too far. A tear escapes my eye. I wipe it away and just look at my reflection in the water. A new reflection comes up. I turn and see Zayn standing behind me. "Can I sit?" I nod my head. He sits down beside me and puts his arm around me. I rest my head on his shoulder. "Are you okay?" he asks quietly. "I don't know." "tell me." "Niall tried to kiss me." he doesn't say anything. "I just don't want to fall in love with someone that will just leave me. I've always been hurt. I trust people but they just throw that away." "Niall won't do that." "How do you know?" "he's not like that." "Then what's he like?" "He's the most caring person. He listens, he's protective, he doesn't kiss anyone unless he knows your the one." I look up into his eyes. "and I think your the one." "what about when I found out Liam was my brother and I kissed Niall." "what about it?" "why didn't he do anything then?" "because you were hurt. No one knew what was happening. He's never stopped thinking about you." I look back down. Niall comes behind Zayn and pats his shoulder. Zayn gets up and Niall takes his place. "I haven't." he takes my hand in his. It's warm. I look up into his blue eyes. "Can we start over?" he asks me. He puts a smile on my face. "Annie, will you go on a date with me?" "yes." "it starts at one." he looks to his watch. "you got a watch?" "for you." I get up and go up to my room. I put on a white shirt. I start changing into purple pants. They're halfway up my legs when Louis walks in. "nice bum." I pull my pants up and turn around. "Can I help you?" "oh yeah." there's a long silence. "well what is it?" "oh I had to ask you something." "Can you get to the point?" "yes. What are you doing with your hair?" I raise my eyebrows. "I'm putting it up." "okay." I continue getting ready for my date with Niall. I put on some vans and walk downstairs. I wonder how this date will go. The doorbell rings. I look around for someone to answer it but no one comes. I answer it and Niall is standing there. "ready for our date?" "yes." there's a huge smile on both of our faces. I take his hand and he leads me down the street. We get to a little tea shop and sit down at a table for two outside. Niall orders tea and a cookie. "tell me about yourself." he says after we sit down. I think back to what Zayn said earlier. "well there's not much to tell. What do you want to know?" "what are you scared of?" I close my eyes and let out a sigh. "just tell me." "your going to think I'm a wimp." "I promise I won't." "okay. I'm afraid of spider webs, bees, ants." he doesn't look impressed. "and?" "ferris wheels and thunder storms." I close my eyes again. When I open them again he has a huge smile on his face. "what?" I ask him. "your afraid of ferris wheels?" "yeah." "why?" "I don't know. Bad childhood memories. I've always thought they would break. In also scared of falling off high places. Now your turn." "well I'm not scared of anything." "wow now I feel lame." "your not lame." "thanks." the tea comes and he pours me a cup. He splits the cookie in half and gives it to me. He devours his half. I take a few bites of mine. I see him watching my every move. I give him the rest of it. He leans over the table. "Can I kiss you?" he asks. I let out a chuckle. "yes." I lean over also. Our lips are about to meet when a couple of fans come up to our table asking for pictures. Most of them are teenagers that walk up to Niall. There's one little girl about five waiting in the back. It looks like she has a disease. She has bald spots and her eyes are getting grey. I walk over to her. "hello." I say squatting down to be her height. "hi." "are you here to get a picture with Niall?" "no I just wanted to say hi." "well come with me." I take her small hand in mine and walk back to the table. I set her up on my lap at the table. Niall stops and looks over. "hi what's your name?" he asks sweetly. "Morgan." "That's a beautiful name." She has a smile. "I just wanted to say hi." her mother walks up behind me. "Morgan is becoming blind and she has cancer, so I told her I would do everything possible to try and have her meet one of you. She lays in the hospital singing your songs." "well you are my hero." he says. Morgan hops down from my lap. Niall gives her a hug. They turn and walk away. "She's amazing." I say. "maybe we can get the boys to visit her in the hospital one day." "I think that would be amazing." we get up and start walking towards the beach. I hold my shoes in one hand and Niall's hand. It starts pouring. We take off running. "where are we going?" I shout over the rain. We go under a pier and sit down. He puts his jacket around my shoulders. "are you scared?" "terrified." he leans in and kisses me. His lips are soft and gently. They fit perfectly with mine. A clap of thunder makes me pull back. He sets me on his lap and wraps his arms around my stomach. He rests his chin on my shoulder. This can't get any more perfect. He sings wonder wall softly to me. He kisses my cheek when he finishes. The rain has finally ended. We walk back by the shore. We sit down on the sand and face the ocean. We sit there and watch the sunset. "Those are my favorite colors." I say breaking the silence. "mines sky blue." we lay down and look at the stars. I lay my head on his arm. "it's getting late. Do you want to go home?" he asks turning towards me. "yeah." we sit up and walk hand in hand all the way home. He tucks me in bed. "This was the best day ever." I say to him before the door closes. I lay awake in bed. My mind is wandering with what Zayn said about Niall. I look at the time and see it's one in the morning. I walk to Zayn's room. I sit down on the edge of his bed. I whisper his name over and over. He finally wakes up. "What?" he asks sleepily. "I can't sleep." "come here." I sit down beside him. He brushes through my tangled hair. "what's wrong?" he asks. "I don't know, I just can't stop thinking about what you said earlier and Niall." "well it's true. He never stopped thinking about you after that night." "but how do I know he's different?" "trust me you'll know. Now go back to bed." "thanks." I get up and walk back to my room. I crawl back in bed and fall asleep. I sleep for a couple hours. Someone comes in and kisses my cheek. I open my eyes and see Niall. "where are you going?" I say sitting up. "to the studio. Zayn's going to drive you when he wakes up." "okay." I take a shower and blow dry my hair. I put it up in a messy bun. I put on my pink sweatpants and a T-shirt. I get on my dirty vans and walk downstairs. I make scrambled eggs for myself. Zayn comes down. "Any for me?" he asks standing behind me grabbing eggs off the plate. "no." I put the plate in the sink and grab the car keys. "your not driving." he says taking the keys. "aw why not?" "because." "wow great reason." I say handing over the keys. We get in the car and drive in silence. We get there and run inside. We slip on the wood flooring and fall backwards. The boys burst into laughter. I get up then help Zayn up. We walk over to the others and push them off the boxes they were sitting on. I look over to Niall and he stops laughing. I take his spot and watch the boys practice. I fall asleep laying on all the boxes that they were sitting on. Harry walks over to me and screams into my ear. I fall off the boxes. Why can't I just sleep in peace? Harry is laughing on the floor. I look over to him. "You better run curly." he gets up and runs. "Im a big fat idiot!" he yells running around. He slips in the same spot me and Zayn did. "did anyone get that on video?" I say laughing uncontrollably. "I think we've had enough practice for the day." Liam says helping Harry up. The boys get in the car but me and Niall drive the other one. He turns down a different street. "Where are we going?" "It's a surprise." we get to an entrance of the forest. He jump out and opens the door for me. He grabs hi guitar and leads me into the woods. We climb up a tree and sit on a branch hanging over the ground. He starts playing his guitar. "I wrote you a song." he starts singing it. It's the best song I have ever heard. I watch his fingers stroke the guitar. I look up into his eyes. He looks right in my eyes. He stops playing. "That was beautiful." "I'm glad you liked it." we climb back down the tree and sit on the hood of the car. I take the guitar and start playing. "I'm not that good." "Don't worry I'll teach you." I give him a smile. We get back into the car and drive back home. I decide to go for a swim. I change into my bathing suit and let my hair down. I grab a towel and walk downstairs and outside. I set my towel down and lay on a chair to tan. A cold pair of hands comes under me and picks me up. I throw my sunglasses on the chair so they won't fall. I look up and see Niall's blue eyes. He jumps into the pool with me. I don't know how to swim so I struggle to get a breath. "Niall I can't swim." I say when he comes up for a breath. "Don't worry I got you." he grabs my waist and pulls me close to him. We go under again and kiss. We get out and lay on the grass. He rolls so he is laying on top of me. I brush the hair from his eyes as he kisses me. My phone starts ringing. The ringtone is What Makes You Beautiful. Niall grabs it and reads the ID. "Cameron." "give me." he hands me the phone and I answer. "hey." "Annie I'm going to be in your town in England for a week let's hang out." "That would be amazing." he hangs up and I put my phone down. It rings again. "I'll be at the house in twenty minutes." I hang up. "I have to go." I say quickly grabbing my towel and sunglasses and running inside. I go up to my room and put a loose tank over my bathing suit and pulling up my Jean shorts. I put my hair into a messy ponytail and grab my sunglasses. Niall is talking to Cameron at the door when I walk down. I kiss Niall's cheek and run out the door with Cameron. We Han out everyday that he is here. On his last day before he leaves we stay out late. When we walk through the front door Niall is on the couch making out with some girl. I run out the door and slam it shut. Tears are streaming down my face as I run to the beach. Zayn's sitting there. I walk up behind him still crying. "Annie what happened?" "Niall." "What about him?" I sit down and tell him everything. About Cameron, and the kiss. Someone says I'm sorry but it's not Zayn. I turn and see Niall.