Rachel’s P.O.V.

My eyes fluttered open. There was a strong arm wrapped around me. I turned to be faced with Niall, still asleep. He was adorable when he was sleeping. I couldn’t help but smile at him.

It had been over a week now since I had promised to Niall not to keep anymore secrets. My feelings had only gotten stronger over the week and I was worried other people were starting to notice.

I assumed that Madi had told Allie about our little talk a while ago. I hadn’t seen wither of them since then. I had been avoiding their calls and messages. I wasn’t sure if I was ready to tell them what happened with Brad.

I pulled out of Nialls grip carefully and slipped out of the bed.

We had been sharing his bed since I left Brad. I had to admit, I was loving it. I loved the feeling of being protected. Niall always made me feel safe.

I went straight to the bathroom. On my way out of the bathroom, I checked myself over in the full-length mirror. My bruises were no longer evident. They were merely shadows of what they were. They weren’t even noticeable anymore.

I grinned at that fact. The bruises had become so consistent on my body that I had almost forgotten what I looked like without them.

I made my way downstairs to the kitchen. Only Zayn was there.

“Hey Rach, sleep well?” he asked.

I nodded.

“Yeah, I slept great” I replied, grinning.

He smirked at that.

“So, does Niall know?” he pressed after a minute of silence.

I felt nervous instantly.

“Know about what?” I replied, trying to sound as casual as possible.

He rolled his eyes.

“Please, rach. It’s so obvious you’ve got a thing for him” he folded his arms grinning.

I felt my cheeks heat up.

“I have no idea what your talking about” I muttered, pushing past him, to get a banana.

“C’mon Rachel, everytime he barely touches you, you blush nowadays. The only person who can’t see it is Niall himself” he continued.

I could hear footsteps upstairs now and started to panic.

“Zayn, can you please keep your voice down?” I whisper-yelled.

His smirk deepened.

“You worried he’s gonna hear?” he teased.

I nodded frantically. I could hear the footsteps coming down the stairs now.

“Relax, I’m not going to tell him. You should though” he said seriously.

“Zayn seriously shut up. We’ll talk about this later” I told him quickly.

He just nodded.

Thankfully, it was just Harry.

Great, I basically confirmed my feelings for Niall to Zayn for nothing.


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I’m sorry if I say I need ya,
But I don’t care, I’m not scared of lo-oo-oo-ove

“Is that your phone Rach?” Niall asked.

We were sitting on the couch in the sitting room, my feet resting on his lap.

I nodded.

“Its Allie” I told him, clicking ignore.

“You can’t avoid them forever Rach” he replied.

“I know, I just don’t wanna tell them about what happened with Brad” I said honestly.

“You don’t have to. Just tell them you broke up and you’re staying here until you figure out what to do” he answered.

I considered this for a minute.

“You should invite them over today. We can all hang out” he suggested.

I nodded.

“Yeah, okay..” I mumbled.

He was right. I could just tell them we broke up. They’d understand. But would they understand me living with Niall? We were a lot closer than most friends. And besides, Madi (and probably Allie) knew I had feelings for him.

I shrugged it off, deciding to just listen to him.

I sent them both a text saying to come to Nialls.

It took less than an hour for them to arrive. I felt nervous when I heard a knock on the door, but before I was given a chance to answer it, Zayn already had.

“Rachel! Your friends are here!” he yelled.

I stood up quickly and made my way to the hall where both Allie and Madi were looking sheepish.

“Rachel!” Allie exclaimed when she saw me, pulling me into a tight hug.

“Hey” I giggled back as Madi joined the hug.

“Girls are weird” I heard Zayn mumble from behind us.

I pulled out of the hug to stick my tongue out at him.

“Don’t act like your not happy to see me again” Allie winked at Zayn, as she walked past him. He blushed slightly causing me to smirk.

Madi followed Allie into the living room, leaving me and Zayn alone in the hall.

“Well that’s not at all awkward” I smirked at him.

“Oh your one to talk” he replied, folding his arms.

I narrowed my eyes.

“Touche” I muttered.

He couldn’t help but grin at that.

“Do you even know what that means?” he asked.

I bit my lip for a minute before shaking my head.

“No, but I’ve heard it in a lot of movies” I shrugged.

He shook his head laughing at me.

We went into the sitting room then where we found Madi, Allie and Niall talking in hushed voices. They all quietened when we walked in.

“What’s going on?” I asked, suspiciously.

“Nothing, just chatting” Madi said quickly, shrugging.

“About..?” I pressed.

Niall looked around awkwardly and Madi wasn’t sure what to say.

“We were just thinking , we should all go out tonight. To a club or something. It’d be fun” Allie said casually.

I couldn’t help but doubt that what was they were talking about but I just shrugged. A night out did actually really good. I had basically just been hanging around the house since I moved in.
I nodded.

“Yeah, that sounds like a good idea” I agreed.

Zayn shrugged.

“It’d be fun” he nodded.

“I don’t think I have anything to wear..” I mumbled, suddenly realising I had nothing suitable for going.

“No problem, we can go shopping! We’ll find you something amazing” Madi told me, grinning.

I bit my lip. I had literally no money. I was taking a gap year before college and I didn’t have a job. Before I started going out with Brad, I would teach piano for money. But when I moved in with Brad he stopped me from having people over to learn.

Niall noticed my hesitation and took hold of my hand instantly.

“You should go. My treat. You deserve a day out shopping” he told me, rubbing the back of my hand with his thumb.

Madi and Allie exchanged a look at the small gesture.

“Thanks” I gave him a small smiled. I always felt bad taking Niall’s money.

“Great! We should go now, before it gets too late and then we can go get ready at my place” Allie suggested, after a minute of silence.

Madi agreed so we decided to leave right away. Niall took me to the kitchen with him in search of his wallet.

“Here, get whatever you want. You deserve a treat” he told me, handing me his credit card.

“Thanks Ni, I’m really sorry about this” I mumbled.

He rolled his eyes at me.

“Go, have fun!” he grinned.

I nodded.

“I will, I’ll ring you later” I told him.

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“Wow!” I mumbled in awe.

Madi had tried on a dark blue dress and she looked amazing.

“Does it look okay?” she asked, nervously.

“It looks better than okay Mads. You look beautiful” Allie grinned widely at her.

She looked down, blushing slightly.

“Thanks” she mumbled, heading back into the changing rooms to take it off.

As soon as she had come back out of the changing rooms, Allie grabbed the dress off of her.

“We’re buying this” she stated simply.

Madi raised an eyebrow at me.

“You looked really great in it” I told her, making her smile.

She ended up buying the dress which was great.

I was starting to get worried though. I hadn’t found anything to wear and I didn’t want to look stupid. Secretly, I was hoping to impress Niall.

“Come in here! We still need to find you something” Madi mumbled, grabbing hold of my arm and pulling me into yet another shop.

I looked through the dresses, simply frustrated at this point. There was nothing right for me. Of course I just had to be the one who couldn’t find anything. I had to be that one friend who goes shopping and buys nothing.

“Hey, look at this” Allie was suddenly behind me, holding a black dress.

I raised an eyebrow.

“Looks more like a top Al” I muttered honestly, running my fingers over the fabric of the dress.

She rolled her eyes.

“Just go try it on” she insisted, handing it to me.

I shrugged, giving in. It couldn’t hurt to try it on.

I made my way into the changing room and began stripping off. I pulled the dress on quickly, zipping it up and smoothening it out before looking up at the mirror.

I was genuinely surprised at what I saw.

The dress hugged my body in all the right places. I was worried it would have been too short but surprisingly enough it looked okay.

“Do you have it on?” Madi called, through the small curtain separating me from them.

I pulled back the curtain, walking out to them, causing them both to gasp.

“Woah! Rach, you look amazing!” Allie grinned.

“Now that will be sure to impress Niall” Madi added.

I felt my cheeks flush.

“I’m not trying to impress Niall” I mumbled, running my hands through my hair.

Allie rolled her eyes.

“Whatever you say” she smirked.

I took the dress off, and decided to buy it after Allie said she had shoes to match. I didn’t even look at the price and was quite surprised when I got to the checkout. It was far more expensive than I had thought.

I felt instantly bad for spending so much of Nialls money but both Madi and Allie insisted it was fine. He had given me the credit card to use, right?

Once I had bought the dress we headed back to Allie’s place to get ready. I had a shower before I began getting dressed.

Once I was out of the shower I dried and curled my hair and then put the dress on. I called Niall, arranging exactly where we’d be meeting.

I was genuinely extremely nervous. I really did want to impress Niall but I was worried of what he’d think of the dress. What if he thought it didn’t suit me?

“Relax. You look amazing” Madi assured me.

I nodded, taking one final glance in the mirror before leaving.

This was how I looked.

Notes

Heyy!
Soo I'm going to Paris in like two days!
So I probably won't be able to update for like over a week ;p
I'm going for six days, and I'm sooo excited :D
Caspar Lee is in Paris right now (if you don't know who that it, look it up on youtube. I LOVE him♥) so I might get to meet him if he's still there :p
Yeah, so what do you think of this chapter?
Will Rachel be able to impress Niall?
And what was it than Niall, Madi and Allie were talking about?
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