Dare I Say It?

*ROMANY'S POV*

The class groans. I don't understand why. It's thee most romantic, sad, most beautiful story ever! Apart from The Fault In Our Stars that is.

"Now people. Please. You didn't even let me finish. We're not reading it or watching the movie. We're re-enacting it, yeah? I'll hand out the complete script in a moment and you'll partner up. You and your partner will then choose a scene, practise it and perform it in the front of the class. This is a term project, so you'll have a month to prepare. Here are the scripts. Please take one and pass it back. You have the rest of the period to partner up and decide on a scene." He sits down abruptly and starts grading papers.

Wonderful. Give a term assessment when there's a new kid in class. That knows ABSOLUTELY NO ONE!!!! I mentally yell at him.

"Romany." Harry says.

"Yo?"

"Be my partner?"

"Ummm... Sure, why not?" I smile at him.

He pulls his desk closer to mine.

"So I was thinking - since there aren't many boy/girl scenes, maybe you and I could do a romantic scene?" He asks hopefully.

"Sure, no problem." I agree.

"Sweet... so..." He starts.

"So?" I raise my eyebrow.

"Holy shit!!" How'd you do that with just one eyebrow?!" He exclaims.

I shrug. "Ermm... I dunno... I just do it, I guess."

I spend the rest of the period laughing at Harry who's trying to raise one eyebrow, but just ends up looking startled.

"You really suck at this you know." I laugh.

"You know what I don't suck at though?" He asks.

"What?"

"This." He says and flips his tongue over to one side. "Bet you can't do that." He says smugly.

"Bitch PLEASE." I say and flip my tongue over both sides. "I own your ass." I declare triumphantly.

"You know what they say about people who can flip their tongues like that?" Harry asks.

"No, what?"

"That they're good kissers." He says and winks at me.

"Now that's something I can't do." I declare.

"What? Kiss?!" He exclaims.

"No, dumbass, of course I can kiss. I meant I can't wink fo' shit." I laugh.

"You're shitting me?" He says incredulous.

"Nope." I reply and try winking. Harry busts up.

"Holy shit woman! How can you not wink?!" He howls.

"Holy shit man! How can you not raise your eyebrow?!" I retaliate.

"Touché" He concedes. The bell rings.
Aww.

Harry gets up to leave. I yank his arm back. "Please tell me that you know where this is?" I point at my schedule.

2ND PERIOD. PE. MS LOVETT. RM 312.

"'Course I do. It's the gym. Come on, I'll show you."

"But you're gonna be late for your next class. Can't you just verbally direct me?" I plead.

"No way. I'm not good at that. And anyway. What kind of gentleman would I be if I didn't help the damsel in distress?" He playfully nudges me with his shoulder.

I scoff. "Damsel? In distress? As if."

"Independent are we? I like." He says and starts walking off. I pause and try to think of a comeback, but fail.

"Hey! Wait up!" I yell and run after him. After weaving through many hallways, he stops in front of these big ass double doors.

"Here we are. My pleasure. Laters baby." He says and walks off.

"I'm not your baby!" I yell after him.

"Not yet!" He shoots over his shoulder, chuckling.

I grin. Cocky bastard. I enter the gym and I hear a scream.

"AAAAHHHH!!! ROMANY EFFING MILLER!! YOU'RE HEREEEE!!!" I flinch and start laughing as I recognise Perrie's voice. She runs over and jumps on me, hugging me.

I grin. " Hi, Per!"

"How the hell are you?!" She asks.

"Surprisingly good, thanks. You?"

"Ohh just great, now that my new very bestest best friend in the whole wide world is in my school!" She exclaims happily.

Now THAT'S a long title.

"Are you gonna play volleyball in THAT?" She asks while scrutinising my outfit. I perk up when she mentions volleyball, but decide to keep it quiet.

"I've got nothing else." I say

"C'mon sister, I got some extras for you. You're lucky we're the same size." She says and drags me to the locker room. I get dressed and tie my hair in a ponytail. Time to show these Brits what a Saffa chick's made of. I got my game face on.

After introducing me to Ms. Lovett and the rest of the class, we start straight after Ms. L explains the object of the game. I serve a lethal overhead serve and as per usual, nobody can receive it, thus me scoring my first point. I smirk and go for point number 2. Success! My team cheers. After my third service, they start singing:

"OH ROMY YOU'RE SO FINE, YOU'RE SO FINE YOU BLOW MY MIND! HEY ROMY! HEY! HEY! HEY ROMY!!"

The game turns into a battle of the fittest. I dive for digs and soar for volleys. I feel sweaty and pumped. The bell for break goes as Ms Lovett pulls me aside.

"Romany! You have outstanding skills! We are in desperate need of a good centre, tomorrow is trials... you should come by. You won't regret it." She says.

"Oh my gosh Ms L! I wouldn't miss it for the world!" I gush.

"Alright then. Be here tomorrow straight after school."

"Sure thing. Thank you so much for letting me know!"

She smiles and walks away, so I run to the showers. Luckily Perrie waited up for me, so she keeps me company while I shower.

"Just so you know..." She starts.

"Yeah?!" I yell over the noise of the water.

"You're sitting with us starting today." She informs me and I immediately worry about Sean.

"Sure, no prob." I say.

"YAAAY!!" She whoops.

We enter the cafeteria, get our lunches and I start looking for Sean. Luckily for me, he spots me first and comes over.

"Hey sis, I'ma have to decline sitting with you, 'cause I actually made mates, and they all play hockey!! But yeah... sorry." He grins happily.

"No prob bro, I got friends too, and guess what!! I literally just made the volleyball team... although I didn't get the spot right now, 'cause there's still trials tomorrow, bt we both know that's just a minor technicality."

"Hey! Congrats!" He says and hugs me. When he releases me, I see Harry in my peripheral vision, scowling at us.

What?

I follow Perrie to the table and greet everybody. Harry avoids eye contact.
Again... What??

"Hey! Check it out! The hungry boy got his food before he passed out!" I exclaim, ruffling Niall's hair, referring to the first time I met them all. The laugh. Perrie and I sit.

"So who was that beefy guy you were hugging?" Eleanor winks at me.

"Hey!" Lou protests.

"That was my brother, Sean." I say. I get a lot of "Ohhhh's" and "Ahhh's"

*HARRY'S POV*

Her BROTHER? She saw me scowling at them. Fuck. I feel like such an idiot. She's so pretty. Not normal pretty, but the kind of pretty that deserves to be made a big deal about. And shit is she witty! And funny! And she's so funny and so nice and so... so... Talking to me?

"What?" I ask unintelligently.

"I said: "Isn't that right Harry?"" She says.

"Isn't what right?" What?

"You can't raise your eyebrow and I can't wink." She giggles. That just became my favourite sound ever.

"Oh... yeah." I agree lamely and attempt a smile.

She frowns slightly, but brushes it off. What the hell is my problem? I am SUCH an idiot!

*ROMANY'S POV*

"Soooo... Rome..." Lou starts. "Meet any potential baes yet?"

"Um.. what?" I ask lamely.

"Baes. Meet any yet?"

"What the hell is a bae?" I ask, confused a.f.

They all burst out laughing. Except Harry. He just gets up and storms off. That guy is seriously schizophrenic. I swear. They barely notice him leaving. Okay then?

"Oh Romany, Romany, Romany... you're so cute." Lou tuts. "Bae means Before Anyone Else, get it? Like a potential bae is a potential boyfriend??" He clarifies.

"Ohhhhhh.... Hah um no. Not yet." I shrug.

"Come on. I think you're lying. You've been here long enough." He folds his arms.

"Lou, honey, I've only been here for two periods. Give a sister a break." I chuckle.

*AFTER SCHOOL*

*incoming call: Mama <3*

I answer after the second ring.

"Hey mama, what's up?"

"Hi baby, your dad and I are gonna be home later than usual, so just get yourself and Sean a snack after school. I have to go. Byyeeee! Love you!"

"Okay bye mama! Love you too!" I hang up. I suddenly really miss my best friend back home. I decide to call her. After what seems like forever, she answers. Only, it's not her.

"What do you want, whore?" I hear Cherise, my other friend hiss.

"Um... Hi Cherise. Why'd you answer Mel's phone?" I cautiously ask.

"Listen bitch. No one wants to hear from you. As far as they're concerned, you're just a memory. A very bad one at that.

"What the fuck, Cherise? Why're you such a bitch?" I ask enraged.

"Cher, who're you talking to?" I hear Mel ask.

"Oh just someone trying to sell us something. Gimme a sec to get rid of her." Cherise tells her sweetly.

"Listen up you fugly whore. Don't you ever call Melissa again. Understand? Oh and BTDubs. Jesse and I hooked up the day you left. 'Kay byyeeee!" She hangs up.

What the actual fuck just happened? I feel a lump forming in my throat. I force it down, because I see Sean running to me from the across the parking lot. I don't like crying in front of people. It makes me feel like a weakling.

"Hey sis. I'm not walking home with you today, I'm going to Dean's for a bit." He points to a guy at the other side of the parking lot, who waves. Must be Dean. I wave back.

"Oh alright. Mom and Dad're also coming home later, so I'll just text her mom and tell her." He grins and runs off.

I look up at the sky. It's overcast and chilly. I pull my sweater tighter around myself and start walking in the direction I assume is home. I get about 50 feet away when I hear a low rumble. Then a flash of lightning and a crack. Then suddenly I'm soaked. I stop and glare at the sky.

"You've got to be FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!!!" I yell up at the clouds. And then as the next lightning bolt cracks, I crack too.

I just stand there and cry. In the middle of the street. I just bawl. How could she? How could he? How could they just have sex? Just like that? Jesse promised me he'd call and text me every day. I've been here for almost a month ad I've heard nothing. Plus it's really fucking cold here and I HATE the cold. So while I stand here, pissing my eyes out, I hear a voice.

"Romany! Hey! Rome! What the hell are you doing out here in the rain?!" Niall yells. He comes to a standstill in front of me.

I sniffle. "I'm walking home."

"Are you crying? Holy shit, are you okay?" He asks.

"Yeah, fine." I shrug,

"No, you're not. What happened? Why are you walking home in this weather?" He's bloody relentless. I quickly pull myself together.

"Well, for starters, it wasn't raining when I started walking. And I just found out that one of my so called best friends hated me all along and waited for me to leave so she can fuck my boyfriend. Plus, I really hate this weather and also I think my period's here and holy shit why am I telling all this to someone I barely know?" I put my face in my hands. I want to start crying again. I feel his arms wrap around me and I just break again. So we just stand there in the rain. Niall and me.

"Wait. You have a boyfriend? Wow I feel really weird holding you like this. " He says suddenly.

A snort escapes my throat. "More like had. I should have listened to Melissa when she told me that he was trouble. She always knew. Moses how I miss her." I sigh.

"I gather she's your best friend?" He asks.

"Another was. Was my best friend. Now no one from SA wants anything to do with me."

"You know what, Rome?"

"What?"

"Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em all. If they're too stupid to realise how witty and funny and nice and beautiful you are, then fuck .Them. All." He says and hugs me tighter.

I giggle and look up at him. "You think I'm beautiful?"

"Out of everything I just said, THAT'S what you choose to focus on?" He laughs and runs a hand through his hair.

"Niall." I say.

"Gah! Romany! Yes! I think you're gorgeous!" he scrunches up his face and I laugh at him.

"Come on, let me take you home." Niall says and puts his arm around me again, steering me to his truck.

*NIALL'S POV*

I may be falling for this girl. I don't know. I know that Haz kind of likes her, but then again, Haz likes every new girl. I'm so confused.

I'm taking her home, she looks like she needs a drink or something chocolatey.

"So here I am, driving a pretty girl home, but I have no idea where her house is." I say.

She looks over at me.

"Don't look at me. I dunno where my house is." She looks so innocent, I can't help but laugh.

"What is it? What did I say?"

"Nothing, you just looked really innocent there." I look at her, then back at the road.

"Um..." She bites her lower lip. Gosh I'd love to do that. Stop it Niall. Her heart it broken. I silently scold myself.

"Uh... Oh!! I live in Perrie's street!" She exclaims.

"You're joking." I say dumbfounded.

"Nope, why'd you say that?"

"'Cause I live in Perrie's street too!"

"Wow... what're the odds?" She says.

"Yeah, what luck." I say. More like fate.

"How's it lucky?" She asks, I can see a blush creeping to her cheeks. I decide to have some fun with her.

"Oh you know, now I don't have to waste extra money on gas. I can just drive home and let you walk to your place. In the rain." I grin at her.

"You're such an ass Niall... Do you want to get me wet?" She huffs.

I splutter. And then she realises how that just sounded.

"Holy shit! I didn't mean it like that!!" She blushes a deep red and covers her face with her hands. By now 'm practically peeing myself. The car swerves a bit.

"Shit! Niall Eyes on the road damn it!" She yells and clutches onto the dashboard.

"Yes, ma'am." I say and salute her.

I turn into my street.

"Which one's yours?" I ask.

She scans the houses.

"Over there, to the right." She points. This really must be fate stepping in. I pull into her driveway and stop my truck.

"Here we are neighbour." I say.

"Neighbour?"

"Yeah... I live right next door." I say and point to the house on the left.

"Wow... that's weird. Kinda like fate stepping in, huh? She asks.

"You have no idea." I say.

Notes

Hiiii lovers!!!

Been a while, huh? So the bold thing.. yeah... it's kinda freaking out on my ass this morning.
This chapter was originally 30 pages long, but I stopped at page 23, 'cause you know.. it's actually 4 am over here... been up all night typing this chapter out... heehee... up all night ;) anyway, I'm also so sorry for not updating since forever... I'll try my best to update as much as possible, 'cause I'M ON VACATION!! Only going back to school on January 21.. so yeah :D FYI.. turning 18 on January 3... just sayin' ;)

Okay.. now for the important fanfic related stuff:
-Am aiming to make all my chapters this long.
-Planning to go though every day of Romany's week.

PS. Who do you think Rome should end up with?
Harry or Niall?

I love your sexy faces
Good night/morning!

NicolaMuller*