I Won't Let Go
Chapter Seven
Jess P.OV.
After my brief encounter with Niall, I ran out on stage with some of my teammates. This isn’t the first time we have been on the show but this is the first time that the audience made this much noise for us when we came out. Recently our fan base has grown and I think it is because as a team we have grown stronger and we have worked harder than we ever have before. Since we put forth all this work, it has shown… our national ranking has now put us up to number two on the charts, just under the United States. We are now seen as competition which gets us more attention I guess, especially with us starting the qualification rounds next week in Canada.
Nancy starts off our segment of the show with us all talking about the World Cup and how we have been preparing for it. She then starts talking about if we are happy that FIFA has finally changed the field from turf to actual grass. There was this big argument about it because it was a fight for equality, which with as much protesters as there was, we won our case. Men and Women have the same rights.
After talking about the Cup, we start doing some games and some giveaways. We had juggling contests and freestyle tricks that we showed off. It is always fun to interact with some of our fans and fans who could juggle 25 or more times got a free ticket to our little skills clinic we are doing Saturday before we take off the Canada.
Heading to the end of the show, Nancy starts asking everyone personal questions, ones like how some of my teammates’ kids are, how relationships are going and all but no questions have been directed to me…. till the end.
“So Jess…. There has been talk saying you might be seeing Mr. Niall Horan…. Is this true?” Nancy asks. I should have seen these questions coming.
“You know, we realized we went to the same elementary and secondary schools until we got our big starts I guess and well maybe I do like him” I blush.
“Awww, that is so sweet! Well we can’t wait to see what happens in the future with you two! Unfortunately that is all the time we have left for today! Thank you ladies for coming in after your practice! We hope to see you soon”
As soon as I left the stage I checked my phone to see a text from Niall and I quickly responded.
Pick me up at 7:30 please J
That gave me three hours to take an ice bath to calm my sore muscles and then shower normally and then get ready.
I head back across the street to the trainers so I can get this ice bath over with. I really didn’t want to take one because for some reason I was already freezing even though it wasn’t that cold outside but my muscles were begging for attention so an athlete must surrender to the needs of their muscles.
“Well hey there Jess!......Are you feeling okay?” My trainer Geoffry asks.
“Yeah, I am just really cold and my muscles are sore. Can I hop into an ice bath for like 5 minutes before you close up the shop?”
“Hmm, you just look a little more pale today I guess. Just make sure you bundle up after your bath, we don’t need you getting sick”
“Yeah, of course! My thermal is in my locker, I’ll grab it before I hop in”
I grab it and my headphones and head over to the ice baths. Everyone else has done their dip in them already because a place that’s normally really busy is now quite. We share our training facility with the men’s team so I hear them making their way into their locker room which is the next room over to the ice bath room.
Geoffry has my tub all ready for me and I walk over and prepare myself for the coldness. I turn on music to hopefully block out how cold I am. I hop in the tub and set the timer for 5 minutes.
I just lose myself to my music because if I didn’t then all I would focus on was how cold I am. The bath really does help my sore muscles though so I can’t complain too much.
I dry off and put my thermal on but that doesn’t stop me from wearing shorts. I really just hate wearing pants. I tell Geoffry goodbye but before I leave the training facility I walk out on the field and wave at the boys’ team before I leave. They all blow me kisses and I jokingly catch them all.
I head to my car only to find a cute blonde lad leaning against my car with an edible arrangement in hand. I ran over to Niall and right before I got to him, he put the arrangement of fruit on my car so he could have his arms open for me. I jump into his arms, literally jump.
“Thank goodness you are so little and light and thank goodness you finally are done because some of your little pineapple flowers were about ready to be eaten because I am quite hungry” He said with a smile on his face.
“Well, I still have to go home and shower and such and I told you not till 7:30, go get some food!”
“Okay! I am going to get some Nandos as a snack and then I just can’t wait so I am going to come over after. I will just play with your dogs till you’re done getting ready.” He kissed my cheek and headed over to his car.
Driving home I just start thinking. Why does he make me so happy? Literally just like interacted with him almost two days ago and I am already all heart-eyed emoji for him. I think I need Kate’s opinion because I don’t want to come off as too strong but he got me an edible arrangement like he knew I didn’t really like flowers. I get out my phone and call Kate.
“Ay dude, what’s up?”
“Hey dude, I need your opinion, okay? I haven’t had a chance to ask you in person.”
“Is it about lover boy?” I can hear the smirk in her voice.
“I just worry that everything is happening really fast Kate. I mean I think I am heart-eyed emoji for him.”
“Jess, honestly the guy called me asking what kind of flowers were your favorite and I told him no flowers just food and what did he get you?”
“He got me an edible arrangement!”
“Oh man, that kid is a smart cookie!”
“I know! But really, do you think this is all moving too fast or what?”
“Honestly Jess, I think you two are moving at a pace that you two set and I think it works for you guys because you only have so long to see each other in person for a while and I think you should take advantage of it. You two are cute and you just seem so happy and he isn’t douchebag so. You guys are fine, trust me, I would be the first to tell you to get your shit together.”
“Phew! Alright, that makes me feel a lot better. Thanks Kate, have fun on your date night!”
“I sure will! You have fun too! Oh! And tell Niall that he did great!” She laughs and hangs up.
I trust Kate’s opinion so I am officially feeling good about the pace that Niall and I are going. It is true, I can’t expect my relationships to ever bloom like ones in movies to TV shows but I think our way is working.
I open the gate and the garage and park my car. For some reason I really just missed my dogs and I just feel this weird urge to just lie on my floor and just let my dogs trample me with kisses. So that is exactly what I do. I immediately make my way to my living room and I just lay there and as expected I am showered in puppy kisses.
Not sure how long I was laying there but Niall eventually comes in and is calling my name and looking around and he finds me just lying on the floor.
“Uh Jess? Are you okay?”
“Yeah! Shoot sorry, I didn’t know you would be here so quickly!” I say getting up.
“Hey Jess, are you feeling okay? You look kind of pale..”
“You know, my trainer said the same thing but really I am fine, I am just a little cold. I am going to go shower now while you decide where we are going to eat so I know what I should wear.” I laugh walking to my room.
“Why do I have to decide?” He is practically whining.
I just walk away and don’t answer him.
After a nice hot refreshing shower, I walk out to the living room wrapped in a towel to figure out what I should wear.
“Ew! gross, put some clothes on!” Niall said covering his eyes with his hand but with his fingers spread so he could peak.
“Ha ha, very funny Niall. What should I be wearing to dinner?”
“Just casual, nothing special because I figured you wouldn’t want to dress up” He said with a smile.
“Okay well let me go dry my hair and stuff and put on clothes, can you feed the puppies for me? Lucy gets a scoop of food and her medicine is right by the food and the two boys get two scoops of food. Thank you”
I walk back into my room and walk into my closet. First I pull out a cute bra and some cheeky underwear that matches, not that it matters though so. I then check my phone to see how cold it is going to be tonight. I am still a little chilly for some reason so I should probably dress a little warm.
I pick out some high-waist skinny jeans and decide that tonight is a night I need to try and put these bad boys on. The problem with jeans, especially skinny jeans, is that they are always really tight on my calves and thighs but always so loose in the waist. Also they are a huge hassle to get into but I am determined. I put on a white crop top before I start the process of putting on my pants.
Eventually I end up lying on my back on my floor in my closet trying to pull these pants on and Niall just walks in and sees me.
“Are we having troubles?” He asks trying hard not to laugh.
“Fuck you!” I say after I finally have my pants pulled up and snapped. I walk to the other side of my closet and grab a flannel. I think this is like fashionable, I mean I saw it on Pintrest so…
I put on some black high tops and Niall is just staring at me.
“Hey! Take a picture, it lasts longer!” I scowl at him.
“Okay!” He says and he pulls out his phone and starts taking pictures. “I really like your hair like that, can you wave it around like a model kind of person?”
“Niall I am not laughing.” I try to say with a serious face but fail miserably and end up smiling.
“Alright, the puppies are sleeping because I tuckered them out, are you ready to go on our date Ms. Reilly?”
“Of course, Mr. Horan.”
He takes my hand and helps me off my bed and starts to lead me out of the house. We get outside and he opens the passenger side door for me and makes sure I am in and shuts the door and the he runs over and he gets in.
“Well, Ms. Reilly, I hope you enjoy Chinese food because we are going to a Chinese restaurant unless you don’t like Chinese food I have a back up plan…”
“I LOVE CHINESE! I HAVE BEEN CRAVING IT!”
Niall just starts laughing which makes me laugh. I seriously love his laugh, it can make a horrible day….well wonderful.
After my brief encounter with Niall, I ran out on stage with some of my teammates. This isn’t the first time we have been on the show but this is the first time that the audience made this much noise for us when we came out. Recently our fan base has grown and I think it is because as a team we have grown stronger and we have worked harder than we ever have before. Since we put forth all this work, it has shown… our national ranking has now put us up to number two on the charts, just under the United States. We are now seen as competition which gets us more attention I guess, especially with us starting the qualification rounds next week in Canada.
Nancy starts off our segment of the show with us all talking about the World Cup and how we have been preparing for it. She then starts talking about if we are happy that FIFA has finally changed the field from turf to actual grass. There was this big argument about it because it was a fight for equality, which with as much protesters as there was, we won our case. Men and Women have the same rights.
After talking about the Cup, we start doing some games and some giveaways. We had juggling contests and freestyle tricks that we showed off. It is always fun to interact with some of our fans and fans who could juggle 25 or more times got a free ticket to our little skills clinic we are doing Saturday before we take off the Canada.
Heading to the end of the show, Nancy starts asking everyone personal questions, ones like how some of my teammates’ kids are, how relationships are going and all but no questions have been directed to me…. till the end.
“So Jess…. There has been talk saying you might be seeing Mr. Niall Horan…. Is this true?” Nancy asks. I should have seen these questions coming.
“You know, we realized we went to the same elementary and secondary schools until we got our big starts I guess and well maybe I do like him” I blush.
“Awww, that is so sweet! Well we can’t wait to see what happens in the future with you two! Unfortunately that is all the time we have left for today! Thank you ladies for coming in after your practice! We hope to see you soon”
As soon as I left the stage I checked my phone to see a text from Niall and I quickly responded.
Pick me up at 7:30 please J
That gave me three hours to take an ice bath to calm my sore muscles and then shower normally and then get ready.
I head back across the street to the trainers so I can get this ice bath over with. I really didn’t want to take one because for some reason I was already freezing even though it wasn’t that cold outside but my muscles were begging for attention so an athlete must surrender to the needs of their muscles.
“Well hey there Jess!......Are you feeling okay?” My trainer Geoffry asks.
“Yeah, I am just really cold and my muscles are sore. Can I hop into an ice bath for like 5 minutes before you close up the shop?”
“Hmm, you just look a little more pale today I guess. Just make sure you bundle up after your bath, we don’t need you getting sick”
“Yeah, of course! My thermal is in my locker, I’ll grab it before I hop in”
I grab it and my headphones and head over to the ice baths. Everyone else has done their dip in them already because a place that’s normally really busy is now quite. We share our training facility with the men’s team so I hear them making their way into their locker room which is the next room over to the ice bath room.
Geoffry has my tub all ready for me and I walk over and prepare myself for the coldness. I turn on music to hopefully block out how cold I am. I hop in the tub and set the timer for 5 minutes.
I just lose myself to my music because if I didn’t then all I would focus on was how cold I am. The bath really does help my sore muscles though so I can’t complain too much.
I dry off and put my thermal on but that doesn’t stop me from wearing shorts. I really just hate wearing pants. I tell Geoffry goodbye but before I leave the training facility I walk out on the field and wave at the boys’ team before I leave. They all blow me kisses and I jokingly catch them all.
I head to my car only to find a cute blonde lad leaning against my car with an edible arrangement in hand. I ran over to Niall and right before I got to him, he put the arrangement of fruit on my car so he could have his arms open for me. I jump into his arms, literally jump.
“Thank goodness you are so little and light and thank goodness you finally are done because some of your little pineapple flowers were about ready to be eaten because I am quite hungry” He said with a smile on his face.
“Well, I still have to go home and shower and such and I told you not till 7:30, go get some food!”
“Okay! I am going to get some Nandos as a snack and then I just can’t wait so I am going to come over after. I will just play with your dogs till you’re done getting ready.” He kissed my cheek and headed over to his car.
Driving home I just start thinking. Why does he make me so happy? Literally just like interacted with him almost two days ago and I am already all heart-eyed emoji for him. I think I need Kate’s opinion because I don’t want to come off as too strong but he got me an edible arrangement like he knew I didn’t really like flowers. I get out my phone and call Kate.
“Ay dude, what’s up?”
“Hey dude, I need your opinion, okay? I haven’t had a chance to ask you in person.”
“Is it about lover boy?” I can hear the smirk in her voice.
“I just worry that everything is happening really fast Kate. I mean I think I am heart-eyed emoji for him.”
“Jess, honestly the guy called me asking what kind of flowers were your favorite and I told him no flowers just food and what did he get you?”
“He got me an edible arrangement!”
“Oh man, that kid is a smart cookie!”
“I know! But really, do you think this is all moving too fast or what?”
“Honestly Jess, I think you two are moving at a pace that you two set and I think it works for you guys because you only have so long to see each other in person for a while and I think you should take advantage of it. You two are cute and you just seem so happy and he isn’t douchebag so. You guys are fine, trust me, I would be the first to tell you to get your shit together.”
“Phew! Alright, that makes me feel a lot better. Thanks Kate, have fun on your date night!”
“I sure will! You have fun too! Oh! And tell Niall that he did great!” She laughs and hangs up.
I trust Kate’s opinion so I am officially feeling good about the pace that Niall and I are going. It is true, I can’t expect my relationships to ever bloom like ones in movies to TV shows but I think our way is working.
I open the gate and the garage and park my car. For some reason I really just missed my dogs and I just feel this weird urge to just lie on my floor and just let my dogs trample me with kisses. So that is exactly what I do. I immediately make my way to my living room and I just lay there and as expected I am showered in puppy kisses.
Not sure how long I was laying there but Niall eventually comes in and is calling my name and looking around and he finds me just lying on the floor.
“Uh Jess? Are you okay?”
“Yeah! Shoot sorry, I didn’t know you would be here so quickly!” I say getting up.
“Hey Jess, are you feeling okay? You look kind of pale..”
“You know, my trainer said the same thing but really I am fine, I am just a little cold. I am going to go shower now while you decide where we are going to eat so I know what I should wear.” I laugh walking to my room.
“Why do I have to decide?” He is practically whining.
I just walk away and don’t answer him.
After a nice hot refreshing shower, I walk out to the living room wrapped in a towel to figure out what I should wear.
“Ew! gross, put some clothes on!” Niall said covering his eyes with his hand but with his fingers spread so he could peak.
“Ha ha, very funny Niall. What should I be wearing to dinner?”
“Just casual, nothing special because I figured you wouldn’t want to dress up” He said with a smile.
“Okay well let me go dry my hair and stuff and put on clothes, can you feed the puppies for me? Lucy gets a scoop of food and her medicine is right by the food and the two boys get two scoops of food. Thank you”
I walk back into my room and walk into my closet. First I pull out a cute bra and some cheeky underwear that matches, not that it matters though so. I then check my phone to see how cold it is going to be tonight. I am still a little chilly for some reason so I should probably dress a little warm.
I pick out some high-waist skinny jeans and decide that tonight is a night I need to try and put these bad boys on. The problem with jeans, especially skinny jeans, is that they are always really tight on my calves and thighs but always so loose in the waist. Also they are a huge hassle to get into but I am determined. I put on a white crop top before I start the process of putting on my pants.
Eventually I end up lying on my back on my floor in my closet trying to pull these pants on and Niall just walks in and sees me.
“Are we having troubles?” He asks trying hard not to laugh.
“Fuck you!” I say after I finally have my pants pulled up and snapped. I walk to the other side of my closet and grab a flannel. I think this is like fashionable, I mean I saw it on Pintrest so…
I put on some black high tops and Niall is just staring at me.
“Hey! Take a picture, it lasts longer!” I scowl at him.
“Okay!” He says and he pulls out his phone and starts taking pictures. “I really like your hair like that, can you wave it around like a model kind of person?”
“Niall I am not laughing.” I try to say with a serious face but fail miserably and end up smiling.
“Alright, the puppies are sleeping because I tuckered them out, are you ready to go on our date Ms. Reilly?”
“Of course, Mr. Horan.”
He takes my hand and helps me off my bed and starts to lead me out of the house. We get outside and he opens the passenger side door for me and makes sure I am in and shuts the door and the he runs over and he gets in.
“Well, Ms. Reilly, I hope you enjoy Chinese food because we are going to a Chinese restaurant unless you don’t like Chinese food I have a back up plan…”
“I LOVE CHINESE! I HAVE BEEN CRAVING IT!”
Niall just starts laughing which makes me laugh. I seriously love his laugh, it can make a horrible day….well wonderful.
Notes
In process of writing chapter 8 guys :) hopefully should post it this weekend! please leave me feedback or whatever you like because I feel lost without it. Thanks dudes! Oh and have a happy valentine's day!
Please update! I fell in love with this story from the beginning.
7/3/15