They Don't Know About Us

I woke up next to Niall’s sleeping figure. I peeled myself away and scurried out of the room grabbing my phone.

“Ryder?” I asked as she picked up the phone.

“I was just about to call you! What the hell is going on?!” She almost shouted.

“What do you mean?” I questioned nervously.

“I mean Twitter is blowing up with questions about you and Niall! E! News has been talking about you two for the past hour! I’ve read article after article that you two hooked up! What the hell is going on?”

“Ryder calm down! I can explain all of this! I’ll be over in an hour.” I state hanging up the phone running my fingers trough my hair. What the hell did I get myself into?

I flipped onto E! News and just as Ryder said, my name was emitting from Ryan Seacrest’s mouth. I turned the TV off and got on Twitter.

@itsa1derfullife: so is it true? Is my OTP FINALLY together?! #pleasepleaseplease

I scrolled through endless tweets just like it. I didn’t know what to say or do. Finally I got on Tumblr.

‘Nialor?!

So as all of you may know, I’m an avid believer in my OTP. Now I put together a post on why I believe they should get married and have beautiful blonde haired, green eyed babies together.

1. They are ALWAYS with each other. I mean ALWAYS! She visits him on tour and vice versa! She even flied to Ireland to support him in his charity golf game on his birthday this year! He flied to NYC to celebrate the release of her new album and her birthday.

2. She’s a fangirl just like the rest of us! She has a Tumblr account for One Direction that she made when she was 15! Even now, she gets excited whenever the boys do anything! Now they’re just her best friends!

3. They’re always smiling around each other. Our little Niall looks so bashful around her! It’s too freaking adorbs! Niall brings out such a fun side in her and she’s always smiling when she’s with him.

4. They’re too freaking cute not to be together. I mean just look at all of their pictures from over the years!

5. They’re my OTP. ‘

I sat there reading through endless posts about us. I couldn’t believe how much the fandom liked us. It honestly shocked me.

I put down my phone as I heard the door to my bedroom open. I looked up and smiled awkwardly at Niall who was beaming at me. He sat close beside me and I rushed to get up.

“Where are you off to?” He questioned as confusion washed over his face.

“Um Ryder asked me to come over. Her and Wes are fighting and she needed girl time. I’m sorry I’m having to scurry off but she needs me.”

He stood and walked over to me stuffing his hands in his pockets. “I understand. Um, want to grab a bite later? Maybe Tino’s?”

“Uh yeah sounds great how about I meet you there at eight?”

“Yeah.” He smiled running his hands through his hair. He closed the space in between us and pecked my lips softly almost making me melt right there. “You look beautiful in the mornings by the way.”

I blushed and hugged him quickly before pushing him out the door. I closed it and slid down to the floor. I ran my hands through my hair reflecting on the events that happened last night.

**

“Alright now explain yourself.” Ryder said plopping down on the couch next to me.

I explained all that went down as she intently listened to my rant.

“Holy shit.” She muttered after I finished.

“Yeah. Ry I don’t know what I’m going to do. I don’t know if I was caught up in the moment or if I really meant it. It’s hard to tell because I know I had a lot of alcohol in my system.” I rubbed my face in frustration.

“Well babe, think about it. Niall’s been there through everything and there’s no denying that.” She said.

“I know and that just makes me lean towards me meaning it. And this morning it felt surprisingly nice waking up to him. He was just so comforting to have last night. When he told me he loved me I knew it was true.”

There was only silence in the room as thoughts raced through my mind.

“Ry? Do you think it’s possible to love two people at the same time ?”

She looked up at me, “I guess that’s what you need to find out.”

**

I met Niall at Tino’s just like I said I would. He greeted me with a hug and a kiss on the cheek. I smiled and sat down.

We ordered our two favorite pizzas. His was a meat lover’s special and mine was five cheeses. We always did this whenever he was in town.

“Goal!” Niall shouted at the soccer game on one of the many TVs around the sports bar. I giggled at his enthusiasm as I bit into my pizza.

“You look beautiful tonight by the way.” He smiled sipping his beer. I blushed and looked down. He placed a finger under my chin and lifted my face to meet his. His baby blues staring into my green ones. A smile playing at the corners of his mouth. “I mean it.”

“Thank you.” I said kissing his cheek.

**

As we walked out of the bar he grabbed my hand and we walked down the streets of Manhattan. It was unusually uncrowned especially for this time of night. Paparazzi was scarce and it was nice.

“Um Niall?” I asked stopping in my tracks and sitting down on the steps to some building.

“Yeah?”

“Um, I’m sorry you had to miss the rest of the party last night because of me. I know you were having a good time.” I said.

“Don’t worry about it. You’re more important than some stupid party.”

“Thank you for last night. It really meant a lot to me.” I said quietly.

“I would do it again in a second.” He smiled wrapping an arm around my waist and kissing my temple. This felt nice. Niall made me feel wanted and loved. He made me feel like the only girl in the world.

**

I scrolled through Twitter as I got my hair done. I stopped when I came to one from Niall.

@NiallOfficial: Some people deserve more than they get, glad I could prove to her what she deserves.

Less then five minutes later my phone buzzed as a text from Harry came through.

Haz: we need to talk.

“Shit.”

**

I arrived at Harry’s hotel room two hours later. The guilt I suddenly felt was overpowering.

He opened the door with a tear stained face. I wanted to pull him into my arms and tell him everything was going to be okay, but right then, I knew we weren’t going to be.

“Hey.” I say quietly looking down.

“Come in.” He croaked.

I followed him into the big suite and sat in a chair.

“So is it true?” He asked sadly.

“Depends on what you me-“

“Cut the shit Taylor, you know exactly what I mean!” He shouted. “All this hanging out with Niall lately? You leaving with him last night? What the hell?”

“I don’t know what you expected me to do while you were out with the slut the whole time! I wanted to spend time with you but you’re obviously too damn embarrassed to tell the world about us! And Niall was there keeping me company! He took me home after you decided to party with her! He stayed with me and comforted me when I was upset about all the shit you’re doing! Do you know I literally cried my heart out the other night? I wanted to hate you so bad but knew I couldn’t because I loved you to damn much!” I screamed.

“That doesn’t explain why there are pictures and articles about you and him hooking up!”

“We didn’t hook up! Yes he went home with me, yes he stayed the night but we didn’t do anything except I kissed him!” I confessed shouting.

“What?” His voice broke.

“Yes, I kissed Niall because he made me feel wanted. He made me feel loved. He loves me Harry and I love him! He treats me like I wish you would have! He doesn’t care about what people will think of us because he loves me! I thought you did too but I guess not.” I sobbed brushing past him walking towards the door.

He grabbed my hand spinning me back towards him. “Why didn’t you just tell me you didn’t feel loved?”

“I shouldn’t have to Harry! You were my boyfriend, you were supposed to know these things!”

“What do you mean I was your boyfriend?” He croaked as a tear slid down his cheek.

“Were as in the past. As in I’m done with feeling this way. I’m done with you neglecting me and our relationship for fame! I’m supposed to mean more to you than some stupid publicity stunt! Our relationship is supposed to mean everything to you! But you proved that it doesn’t.”

“But I can’t lose you!” He protested pulling me closer to him.

“You should have thought about that before you went out and did all of this. I’m sorry, but I think it’s time that we stop pretending that you even love me.”

I broke free of his grasp and walked out of the room slamming the door behind me. I saw her making her way down the hall. She had a smile on her face as she continued walking. She stopped when she saw me.

“Taylor! What’s wrong?” She asked frantically.

“Wouldn’t you like to know?”

**

I sat in my floor crying more than I thought I would. I heard the door open and close knowing it was Ryder.

She walked into my room with arms full of junk food. I was grateful for her. She sat and turned to me ready to listen. I hadn’t told her the reason for coming over she just knew it was serious.

I teared up again just thinking about it. “I just lost the love of my life.”

She pulled me into a tight embrace and let me sob. She didn’t talk, she just listened.

Eventually she put in a movie and I found just about everything sad in it. I cried into my bowl of ice cream and continued to watch the movie.

**

I was at the meeting for the New Years Eve bash I’d be performing at. Little did I know, so would she.

She walked in talking on her phone, probably to Harry. I rolled my eyes and swallowed back my tears as she sat down.

The meeting finally finished and I made a quick break for the door. I felt someone follow me and I finally turned around to face her.

“What?” I snapped.

“Can I talk to you?” She asked.

I rolled my eyes and walked into an empty room. She closed the door and turned to me.

“Um, if I did anything for you to hate me please let me know.”

“Are you really that stupid and oblivious to the fact that I’ve been dating Harry for a year and a half now?”

“Oh yeah sure like I’m going to believe that! I’ve never seen anything in magazines about you two.” She scoffed.

“That’s because we kept it a secret and just because there wasn’t a magazine article about it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. We were doing fine until Modest decided the world’s biggest boy band needed more publicity. So they called little miss America’s slut’s manager and set up this whole fucking relationship!” I slightly shouted.

“Excuse me? Are you really accusing my relationship of being fake and staged?”

“You really thought you two were actually dating? Honestly?” I scoffed.

“I don’t have time for this.” She said rolling her eyes and walking out of the door.

**

I was cooking dinner when I heard a knock at the door. I opened the door only for my lips to be attacked by Niall’s. one of his hands at the back of my head pulling me closer to him and the other gripped my waist. Mine cupped his face as our lips moved in sync.

We broke and he brought his forehead to mine. “I’m sorry; I’ve just been dying to do that.”

I smiled and crashed my lips back onto his. He kicked the door shut and I pulled him further inside. He picked me up and walked us to the couch and threw me onto it sending me into a fit of giggles. He climbed on top of me and peppered my face with kisses.

“Niall?” I asked calming down a bit.

“Hmm?”

“I broke up with Harry.” I said quietly.

He looked up at me. “Really?”

I nodded in response tearing up. I was surprised I had any tears left. I finally looked at Niall who was looking at me with hurt eyes. He slid behind me wrapping his arms around my waist as I buried my face into his neck. He stroked my hair gently.

“I’ll take care of you, I promise.”

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