I Won't Let Go

Niall P.O.V.

I wake up to the sound of an alarm going off and I reach over to shut it off only to notice what time it is. I look around and notice that I am still tangled up with a peacefully sleeping Jess. I really didn’t want to wake her up but I wanted to take her to breakfast.

I kiss the top of her head, which makes her groan and get a little frown on her face. I keep doing it till her head raises to look at me. She slowly sits up and looks at me with a grouchy look on her face before she just buries her face into the pillow next to her.

“Jess….Babe…. We need to get up and get dressed so we can go eat before my plane leaves.”

She groans one more time before reluctantly snatching a blanket and sitting up. She wraps the blanket around her and crawls out of our tent. She then runs into her room and I run after her. I just do not understand why she is so self-conscious of being in the nude.

“Jess, let me in, for one my clothes are in there and two I have already seen you naked, I don’t see what the whole problem is babe.” I whine.

Very slowly the door opens.

“We don’t have much time, I think only one of us can shower so you can since you have to get on a plane and I can come home after and shower.” She shyly says.

“Or we can just take one quick one together…. Jess, you don’t need to be self-conscious with me. Really,” I smile at her and take her hand as I guide her to the shower.

In the shower, Jess is really quiet and something just seems very off about her but I can’t pinpoint it. I mean she’s happy and smiling but it’s almost as like her body is just full of aches because she seems very brittle in her moments. Her skin also has a weird looking, very light yellow tint to it that isn’t normal. I kiss her shoulders and take in the scent of her body wash that smells wonderful.

“Hey babe, do you feel okay? You seem like you ache everywhere and your skin has a yellow tint to it.” I ask her because it is worrying me.

“I do feel really achy, I will probably go to the doctor after I drop you off at the airport because I don’t know what is going on,” I can tell she is worried about it at this point.

I turn her around so we are facing each other and under the nice steaming water. I hug her close to me and plant a kiss on her lips.

“Babe, everything will be okay, especially after we go stuff our faces, pancakes sound good?” I ask with a reassuring smile.

“WELL DUHHHH!” she practically runs out of the shower.

I turn off the water and I can hear every movement she is making as I am drying off. I hear her get into her drawer and throw probably at least twenty articles of clothing on the floor before she finds the shirt, sweatshirt, underwear, and leggings she wants to wear and she gets them on in record time. She then runs out of the room and starts messing with her dogs and getting them all fired up before she feeds them.

I take my time getting dressed. I have a traveling outfit that consists of sweatpants, a long sleeve shirt and I notice one of my sweatshirts is missing. I grab another sweatshirt that I packed thankfully, put on my socks and shoes and then I pack my bag up and walk out into chaos.

Jess is jumping out the couches and the dogs are flipping out trying to catch her. I drop my bag and run over to Jess and snag her and then put her on the floor to let the dogs mob her with kisses. She starts giggling uncontrollably.

“Ready to go pokey?” She asks.

“Ready as I ever be!” I say after I kiss her once again.

Jess kisses each of the dogs on the nose before we make our way to the garage to her car. I offer to drive to the restaurant because I wanted to surprise her on the place we were going, she surprisingly agreed. I put my suitcase in the trunk and climb into the car.

“So I see you helped yourself to one of my sweatshirts,” I look at her and she just smiles.

I will admit it looked good on her, it was huge on her but it looked good. I wished her car wasn’t a manual transmission so I could hold her hand easier but I will admit it was fun to drive. I couldn’t help to take in her beauty as she stared out the window. She had her hair up in a messy bun, with my sweatshirt on and Nike leggings and then since she was wearing flip flops, she had them off and she had her knees hugged against her.

We arrived at the little diner that I hoped Jess hadn’t been to yet. I don’t think she has because she just gave me a half sleepy look of confusion that made me laugh. I hopped out of the car and ran over to the passenger side to open the door for me lady.

“What is this place Niall? It looks really cute!” she exclaimed.

“I used to come here as a kid, my parents would take me whenever we were in Dublin. They have the absolute best pancakes, you’ll love it”

“Good morning Niall! Haven’t seen you around in a while and I see you brought a beautiful guest! Please come this way, I have your table already ready!” The owner of the restaurant knows me very well. His name is Bob. Such a simple name for such an awesome person.
We sit down and I don’t even need to look at the menu, I already know what I want but I help Jess decide on what she wants.

“So obviously you want pancakes, but do you want anything in or on your pancakes?”

“WHIP CREAM!” she yells with a giggle.

“So just a ton of whip cream and that’s all?”

“Yup!”

The waiter comes over to take our order and as soon as she sees that it is me and Jess is with me her smile goes from big to non-existent in a matter of seconds.

“Niall! Are you getting your usual?”

“Sure am Susan! Thanks!” I pass her my menu.

She looks at Jess and her tone turns ice cold when she asks Jess what she wants.

“I will have the classic pancakes but topped with a whole bunch of whip cream, possibly even a whole container if possible,” she said obviously trying to be funny.

“Okay.” It didn’t work, Susan was being so cold to Jess and you could tell that it hurt Jess’s feelings a little.

After I watch Jess down four cups of coffee and then a glass of milk while in between we talk about whatever comes to mind, our food arrives. We stuff our faces and don’t say a word till she decides to be funny. She takes some whip cream from her waffle and reaches over to smudge it on my face. I frown.

“Are you going to come over here and lick it off or…?” Since we were in a private area, I really didn’t care.

She comes over giggling and sits down on my lap. First she just sits there giggling uncontrollably and then she starts to lick the whip cream off my cheek. She moves down my cheek to my lips and we’re locked in. I hug her close to me knowing this is going to be one of the last kisses I get for a while.

We pull away and just sit for a little while before we way and get ready to head to the airport.

Notes

Hey guys! I think I am going to have another new chapter up tonight. Hope you all are doing well!