The Missing Piece
Chapter 3
Niall POV
We were dripping wet standing outside Tayla’s grandma’s door, her grandma was coming back with a towel for each of us, the rain was still coming down very heavily, it doesn’t usually rain like this.
“Here you are” her grandma said opening the door and handing a towel to each of us.
“Thank you” We thanked her and she walked back inside, we followed behind her to the living room, Tayla sat in front of the fire place, and I sat next to her. I looked outside the window, the rain was still going hard. There is some sort of statue at the back of the garden, it is made out of stone, there is something shining on it, but I can’t quite see.
“Hey Tayla, what’s that at the back of the garden?” Tayla looked in the same direction, and tilted her head.
“I think it’s the fountain” she said shrugging her shoulders.
“There’s something shiny on it” I squinted to try and see, Tayla did the same. Her grandma walked back in the room, she was holding a tray of chocolate-chip cookies, they were fresh out of the oven, they smell like heaven.
“You guys came here at the perfect timing” she chuckled while holding the tray down for us. We each grabbed a cookie and thanked her politely.
“Hey ma? What’s the thing shining on the fountain?” Tayla asked her, she put the tray down on the little table and stood up while Tayla and I ate out cookie.
“Ahh…the half heart” she said admiring it, what the hell is she talking about. I think Tayla thinks she is being odd as well.
“The half heart?” Tayla asked, knitting her eye brows together, what is she talking about?
“Before I moved in here, the lady that sold me the house, told me why she moved out, her and her loving boyfriend lived here, one day he brought home alarge rectangular stone, she said she had no idea what he was going to do with it, he would always be in the backyard playing around with it, he was inside one day, she thought he threw it away, but the day of her birthday, there was a fountain in the backyard that she had never seen before, she asked him how it got there, he just gave her a small box and said nothing, she opened it, inside was a small gold heart, they put the heart on the wall of the fountain” well isn’t that just adorable. I don’t think she is finished telling the story.
“Ma? What happened to it, why is there only half?” Tayla asked nervously, her grandma just sighed, I'm beginning to get lost.
“One day, the boyfriend saw his girlfriend kiss another man, he stormed home and threw a rock as hard as he could at the heart, it broke into two pieces, the woman came home to see all her boyfriend’s stuff, her boyfriend, and half the heart gone, later that month she found out he passed away in a car accident…” she sighed, and took the cookies back into the kitchen.
“Woah” I said completely stunned by the story, it’s so dramatic, I thought it would just be a broken part of a fountain, but the whole story behind it. I wonder where the other piece is.
“Where would the other piece be?” I asked Tayla, she tilted her head and knitted her eyebrows together.
“Ma? Where was the man last seen?” Noticing her grandma, who is walking past the living room.
“Around London” she said not stopping, just continued walking.
“So it’s probably in London somewhere, we should text our mums” she said, I haven’t told her I live with my dad.
“I have to text my dad” I said, that wasn’t a very good hint, she went on her little Nokia, she has a Nokia, I have a Samsung flip phone. Which isn’t much better, I sent dad a quick text to pick me up then put my phone in my pocket. I was fiddling around with my fingers, waiting for Tayla to finish texting.
“Let’s wait out the front” Tayla said getting up, I followed her outside, and we sat on the swinging couch on the front veranda waiting for our parent.
“Who do you live with, tell me about your family” I said turning to her, she just chuckled.
“Well that’s completely out of the blue” she said chuckling and raising her eye brows.
“I just want to hear your voice and get to know you better” I love her voice, its so sweet and light, and with the Australian accent, like angels.
“Naw, that's sweet, well I live my sister, Felicity, who is 10, and my mum” she said lightly looking right into my eyes, they were sparkling like usual.
“Are you parents divorced?” I asked, she looked away and sighed, uh oh…what did I do?
“Not exactly…” she said beginning to fiddle with her fingers.
“What do you mean?” I asked, she let out a deep sigh.
“When I was six…my dad passed away from cancer” I can see the tears forming in her eyes, they were starting to form in mine, I saw a tear start to fall from her ocean blue eyes, but I quickly leaned over and wiped it away gently. I grabbed her hand and held it in mine tightly. I could see a bright light from the corner of my eye, I slowly turned my head to see to bright lights, my dad’s car.
“That’s my dad” I said letting go of her hand.
“Oh okay” she said, with a little sniffle.
“I’ll text you tomorrow” I said standing up and grabbing my bag.
“Ok” she said looking up at me.
“Bye, love” I said kissing her forehead, I turned around and got into the car, waving goodbye to Tayla, she waved back and we started the car and drove off.
Tayla POV
Niall: Want to come to Star bucks with me? X
Me: Sure! What time? X
Niall: I will pick you up in an hour x
Me: Ok, see you then x
I got up off my bed, I have to have a shower, I opened the door peaking around the hall, no one is up yet, so I have to be quiet, it’s only 7:30, my family get up late, I see that as a waste of time. So I’m up fairly early, I quickly tip-toed to the shower grabbing a towel on the way, I locked the bathroom door behind me, I hung my towel over the hook and stripped off. I stepped in the shower, I have to wait for the water to heat up, my foots tingling, what the heck, I looked down to see a spider crawling on my foot, oh my gosh.
“Ahhhhh! Get off! Get off!” I screamed shaking my leg, the spider let go and went down the drain. I sighed to the sight of it disappearing. There is a knock at the door.
“What on earth do you think you’re doing waking us up?” I heard a voice on the other side of the door, over the noise of the water running.
“There was a spider, just go back to bed mum” I rolled my eyes, the shower has gotten warmer, I can finally go in, the warm water rushed down my back, I scrubbed the shampoo into my hair and rinsed it out watching the soap at my feet. I put the conditioner in and rinsed it out. I quickly washed myself and stepped out the shower grabbing my towel. I walked down the hall to my bedroom, I have to decide what to wear now.
I put some black flats on finishing off my outfit (http://www.polyvore.com/starbucks_with_niall/set?id=96633130), I wonder what the time is, I ran out to the kitchen to check the time, I looked up to the wall, Niall will be here in about 5 minutes, I need some money, I have someinmy safe I think, I went back to my room, the shower was running, I think mums up. I walked over to my bed andcrouched down, I reached under my bed, I grabbed my safe, I put in the combination and opened the lid, I don’t have much money left, I took $10 out of the safe and locked it back up. *ding* I picked up my phone.
Niall: I’m out the front x
I walked out of my room closing the door behind me, I felt a tapping on my shoulder, I turned around to see Felicity looking up at me.
“Where are you going?” she asked rubbing the sleep out of her eye.
“I’m going to Starbucks, I’ll be back later” I kissed her forehead and walked out the front door, the cute, blue-eyed, blonde, Irish boy was standing out on the path holding a skateboard. I grabbed mine which was leaning against the wall.
“Come on slow poke let’s go!” He yelled chuckling.
“I’m not a slow poke!” I said chuckling, while riding behind him.
“Yes you –“ the front wheel of his skate board went on the grass, stopping his skateboard, he stood there innocently.
“Good one!” I chuckled skating away, Niall flicked his skateboard back onto the path.
“Wait for me!” He shouted, trying not to laugh. He slowly caught up to me, we were riding side by side, we passed the park where I heard him sing, there were more people there.I looked back at Niall to see him looking up at the tree we were sitting on. He looked back at the road and turned around the corner.
We walked into Starbucks holding out skateboards, we stepped up to the counter.
“Hey Jack” I recognise the boy at the counter, must be a friend from school.
“Hey Niall, what you ordering” his accent is not as strong as Niall’s.
“I’ll get a Caffe Mocha and an Almond Croissant, what do you want Tay?” Niall turned to look at me, I look at Jack, he is staring at my boobs, what the hell, he’s creeping me out.
“Umm…I’ll get a Caffe Latte and a Classic Blueberry Muffin” I said smiling at Niall, I looked at Jack he was still staring, he slowly licked his lips, I turned to Niall, Niall turned his head to face Jack, I could see anger in his face while noticing what Jack is doing.
“Jack” Niall spoke sternly, Jack looked up at Niall.
“Yeah, what does she want?” he asked as if he was doing nothing wrong.
“Not you” he said sternly, I couldn’t help myself, I just broke into laughter. Jack just looked completely shocked, Niall dead serious.
“Our orders” Niall said softening up his tone, tilting his head down and raising his eyebrows.
“Umm…yeah…I’ll call you up when they are ready” he said nervously, I didn’t think it would effect Niall that much, we aren’t even dating, we are just friends for now.
We were dripping wet standing outside Tayla’s grandma’s door, her grandma was coming back with a towel for each of us, the rain was still coming down very heavily, it doesn’t usually rain like this.
“Here you are” her grandma said opening the door and handing a towel to each of us.
“Thank you” We thanked her and she walked back inside, we followed behind her to the living room, Tayla sat in front of the fire place, and I sat next to her. I looked outside the window, the rain was still going hard. There is some sort of statue at the back of the garden, it is made out of stone, there is something shining on it, but I can’t quite see.
“Hey Tayla, what’s that at the back of the garden?” Tayla looked in the same direction, and tilted her head.
“I think it’s the fountain” she said shrugging her shoulders.
“There’s something shiny on it” I squinted to try and see, Tayla did the same. Her grandma walked back in the room, she was holding a tray of chocolate-chip cookies, they were fresh out of the oven, they smell like heaven.
“You guys came here at the perfect timing” she chuckled while holding the tray down for us. We each grabbed a cookie and thanked her politely.
“Hey ma? What’s the thing shining on the fountain?” Tayla asked her, she put the tray down on the little table and stood up while Tayla and I ate out cookie.
“Ahh…the half heart” she said admiring it, what the hell is she talking about. I think Tayla thinks she is being odd as well.
“The half heart?” Tayla asked, knitting her eye brows together, what is she talking about?
“Before I moved in here, the lady that sold me the house, told me why she moved out, her and her loving boyfriend lived here, one day he brought home alarge rectangular stone, she said she had no idea what he was going to do with it, he would always be in the backyard playing around with it, he was inside one day, she thought he threw it away, but the day of her birthday, there was a fountain in the backyard that she had never seen before, she asked him how it got there, he just gave her a small box and said nothing, she opened it, inside was a small gold heart, they put the heart on the wall of the fountain” well isn’t that just adorable. I don’t think she is finished telling the story.
“Ma? What happened to it, why is there only half?” Tayla asked nervously, her grandma just sighed, I'm beginning to get lost.
“One day, the boyfriend saw his girlfriend kiss another man, he stormed home and threw a rock as hard as he could at the heart, it broke into two pieces, the woman came home to see all her boyfriend’s stuff, her boyfriend, and half the heart gone, later that month she found out he passed away in a car accident…” she sighed, and took the cookies back into the kitchen.
“Woah” I said completely stunned by the story, it’s so dramatic, I thought it would just be a broken part of a fountain, but the whole story behind it. I wonder where the other piece is.
“Where would the other piece be?” I asked Tayla, she tilted her head and knitted her eyebrows together.
“Ma? Where was the man last seen?” Noticing her grandma, who is walking past the living room.
“Around London” she said not stopping, just continued walking.
“So it’s probably in London somewhere, we should text our mums” she said, I haven’t told her I live with my dad.
“I have to text my dad” I said, that wasn’t a very good hint, she went on her little Nokia, she has a Nokia, I have a Samsung flip phone. Which isn’t much better, I sent dad a quick text to pick me up then put my phone in my pocket. I was fiddling around with my fingers, waiting for Tayla to finish texting.
“Let’s wait out the front” Tayla said getting up, I followed her outside, and we sat on the swinging couch on the front veranda waiting for our parent.
“Who do you live with, tell me about your family” I said turning to her, she just chuckled.
“Well that’s completely out of the blue” she said chuckling and raising her eye brows.
“I just want to hear your voice and get to know you better” I love her voice, its so sweet and light, and with the Australian accent, like angels.
“Naw, that's sweet, well I live my sister, Felicity, who is 10, and my mum” she said lightly looking right into my eyes, they were sparkling like usual.
“Are you parents divorced?” I asked, she looked away and sighed, uh oh…what did I do?
“Not exactly…” she said beginning to fiddle with her fingers.
“What do you mean?” I asked, she let out a deep sigh.
“When I was six…my dad passed away from cancer” I can see the tears forming in her eyes, they were starting to form in mine, I saw a tear start to fall from her ocean blue eyes, but I quickly leaned over and wiped it away gently. I grabbed her hand and held it in mine tightly. I could see a bright light from the corner of my eye, I slowly turned my head to see to bright lights, my dad’s car.
“That’s my dad” I said letting go of her hand.
“Oh okay” she said, with a little sniffle.
“I’ll text you tomorrow” I said standing up and grabbing my bag.
“Ok” she said looking up at me.
“Bye, love” I said kissing her forehead, I turned around and got into the car, waving goodbye to Tayla, she waved back and we started the car and drove off.
Tayla POV
Niall: Want to come to Star bucks with me? X
Me: Sure! What time? X
Niall: I will pick you up in an hour x
Me: Ok, see you then x
I got up off my bed, I have to have a shower, I opened the door peaking around the hall, no one is up yet, so I have to be quiet, it’s only 7:30, my family get up late, I see that as a waste of time. So I’m up fairly early, I quickly tip-toed to the shower grabbing a towel on the way, I locked the bathroom door behind me, I hung my towel over the hook and stripped off. I stepped in the shower, I have to wait for the water to heat up, my foots tingling, what the heck, I looked down to see a spider crawling on my foot, oh my gosh.
“Ahhhhh! Get off! Get off!” I screamed shaking my leg, the spider let go and went down the drain. I sighed to the sight of it disappearing. There is a knock at the door.
“What on earth do you think you’re doing waking us up?” I heard a voice on the other side of the door, over the noise of the water running.
“There was a spider, just go back to bed mum” I rolled my eyes, the shower has gotten warmer, I can finally go in, the warm water rushed down my back, I scrubbed the shampoo into my hair and rinsed it out watching the soap at my feet. I put the conditioner in and rinsed it out. I quickly washed myself and stepped out the shower grabbing my towel. I walked down the hall to my bedroom, I have to decide what to wear now.
I put some black flats on finishing off my outfit (http://www.polyvore.com/starbucks_with_niall/set?id=96633130), I wonder what the time is, I ran out to the kitchen to check the time, I looked up to the wall, Niall will be here in about 5 minutes, I need some money, I have someinmy safe I think, I went back to my room, the shower was running, I think mums up. I walked over to my bed andcrouched down, I reached under my bed, I grabbed my safe, I put in the combination and opened the lid, I don’t have much money left, I took $10 out of the safe and locked it back up. *ding* I picked up my phone.
Niall: I’m out the front x
I walked out of my room closing the door behind me, I felt a tapping on my shoulder, I turned around to see Felicity looking up at me.
“Where are you going?” she asked rubbing the sleep out of her eye.
“I’m going to Starbucks, I’ll be back later” I kissed her forehead and walked out the front door, the cute, blue-eyed, blonde, Irish boy was standing out on the path holding a skateboard. I grabbed mine which was leaning against the wall.
“Come on slow poke let’s go!” He yelled chuckling.
“I’m not a slow poke!” I said chuckling, while riding behind him.
“Yes you –“ the front wheel of his skate board went on the grass, stopping his skateboard, he stood there innocently.
“Good one!” I chuckled skating away, Niall flicked his skateboard back onto the path.
“Wait for me!” He shouted, trying not to laugh. He slowly caught up to me, we were riding side by side, we passed the park where I heard him sing, there were more people there.I looked back at Niall to see him looking up at the tree we were sitting on. He looked back at the road and turned around the corner.
We walked into Starbucks holding out skateboards, we stepped up to the counter.
“Hey Jack” I recognise the boy at the counter, must be a friend from school.
“Hey Niall, what you ordering” his accent is not as strong as Niall’s.
“I’ll get a Caffe Mocha and an Almond Croissant, what do you want Tay?” Niall turned to look at me, I look at Jack, he is staring at my boobs, what the hell, he’s creeping me out.
“Umm…I’ll get a Caffe Latte and a Classic Blueberry Muffin” I said smiling at Niall, I looked at Jack he was still staring, he slowly licked his lips, I turned to Niall, Niall turned his head to face Jack, I could see anger in his face while noticing what Jack is doing.
“Jack” Niall spoke sternly, Jack looked up at Niall.
“Yeah, what does she want?” he asked as if he was doing nothing wrong.
“Not you” he said sternly, I couldn’t help myself, I just broke into laughter. Jack just looked completely shocked, Niall dead serious.
“Our orders” Niall said softening up his tone, tilting his head down and raising his eyebrows.
“Umm…yeah…I’ll call you up when they are ready” he said nervously, I didn’t think it would effect Niall that much, we aren’t even dating, we are just friends for now.
Notes
I wrote this while drinking a blue berry smoothie, sorry for the late update xI hope you girls like it! Tell me what you think in the comments, don't forget to subscribe and vote!
9/8/13