Rachel's P.O.V.

As soon as I got back to the house that day, me and Niall began planning our trip to Ireland.

I didn't tell him that I had met Brad, I figured it was best to leave it.

I wanted to go as soon as possible so Niall booked us plane tickets for only two days later.

They had to be pretty expensive but he didn't seem to mind.

We spent the rest of the day talking about what we were going to do when we got there.

Visiting his family was our top priority. We'd stay with his mom for a couple of days and then probably go on a bit of a drive around the country. It had been a while since we had seen it.

By the time I got into bed that night I was feeling really good about the trip. A bit of quality time with Niall would be great as well.

When I woke up the next morning I was alone in the bed.

I slipped out quietly and wandered downstairs, still in my pyjamas.

Zayn was the only person in the kitchen when I walked in.

"Good Morning" he gave me a tired smile from where he was standing by the fridge.

"Morning Malik" I smiled back, walking past him to turn on the kettle.

I filled it up quickly and put it on, needing my tea.

"So.. your heading to Ireland with Niall" it wasn't a question.

I sighed turning to face him.

"Yeah, I am" I folded my arms as I spoke sensing what was coming next.

As I had predicted, his face broke out in a smug smirk.

"Just the two of you huh? And you're taking a road trip together he said. Sounds like the perfect opportunity to tell him how you feel.." he trailed off slightly.

I felt the heat rise to my cheeks.

"Shh! Someone could hear you!" I whisper-yelled, poking him hard in the stomach.

He rolled his eyes.

"Please! The only person in this house that doesn't know your in love with Niall is Niall" he replied, still smirking.

"I'm not 'in love' with Niall" I muttered.

He raised his eyebrows quickly.

"The first step is always admittance" he teased.

He poked me back then playfully and I poked him back quickly.

"Admit it Rach - Admit it" he continued poking me.

He was being completely childish but I couldn't help but laugh.

"I have nothing to admit!" I told him firmly, though grinning slightly.

Zayn shrugged.

"I didn't wanna do this.." he mumbled before suddenly grabbing me, tickling my stomach.

The initial shock of it left me frozen but once I realised what he was doing, I started laughing uncontrollably.

I was extremely ticklish and all the boys knew this.

"Admit it" Zayn continued calmly.

"Zayn-" I gasped "Please - Stop-"

He showed no mercy however.

I tried to push him off but he was a lot stronger than I was.

"Just admit it Rach and I'll stop" he sounded amused.

"ZAYN- PLEASE-"

"What is this?"

Zayns hands instantly dropped from me and we both spun to face the door.

Niall was standing with his arms folded, looking quite annoyed.

"Hey" I gave him a warm smile, but his stony expression didn't change.

"What's going on here?" he continued.

I opened my mouth to explain but then closed it quickly.

I wasn't exactly sure what I was explaining.. Why was he so annoyed?

"Nothing mate, we were just messing around" Zayn answered casually.

Niall didn't relax.

"I'm just gonna go get dressed" I mumbled, not wanting to stay in the room any longer.

I sidled past Niall awkwardly and headed back upstairs.

I could hear Niall and Zayn talking after I left, feeling glad that I wasn't involved in the conversation.

It made no sense to me that Niall was mad. I understood that he may have misinterpreted the situation with Zayn, but why would that make him angry?

I guess he was always quite overprotective of me.

Heading into the bathroom, I got a quick shower and got dressed.

Afterwards, I went back downstairs, hoping to find a different atmosphere than I had left.

Niall, Zayn and Harry were in the living room watching tv.

As soon as I walked in, Niall hopped up off of the couch.

He walked past me, grabbing my hand to bring me with him.

"What's going on?" I asked, once we were out of the living room and in the hall.

He let go of my hand and began shifting his weight form foot to foot awkwardly.

Eventually he let out a sigh.

"We need to talk" he said, meeting my eye.

All it took was those four words to make me panic.

Notes

Hey!
Okay so its been what, 8 days?! :p
Sorry for the long wait!
I am as usual super swamped :(
I just saw One Direction in Croke Park on Sunday ♥
It was absolutely fantastic..
Me and my friend LITERALLY cried..
Like we were holding hands sobbing, singing Little Things♥
It was just the most amazing experience of my life!
5sos were fantastic awell :')
Amnesia ♥
For those of you who may not have heard it check it out!
Someone threw a battery at Harry and then someone took jeans off :p
Harry, the little doll was hilarious:
"Why aren't you wearing jeans?! Don't stand so close to him.. Put your jeans back on!"
It was adorable :') ♥
Sorry for bragging guys.. I was just soo happy about it :p
I bought 1D cups.. :p
My friends made fun of me cause they all bought t-shirts and I was the weirdo with the cups :p
Well anyhoo.. If you liked this chapter, please comment below saying "GOLD CHAPLIN" ♥
Love you all :*
Thank you so much for reading.. I appreciate it a lot :p ~ Lee xxx