The Two Directions of Love
Nando's, slapping, and a wedding.
"It's time to get up in the morning..." The usual alarm of every day went off.
"They better not..." I whispered to myself as they kept singing.
They jumped up onto the bed. "SO IT'S TIME TO GET UP, IT'S TIME TO GET UP! IT'S TIME TO GET UP!........... Waaaaaakkkkke uuuuuuuuppppppppp!"
"I'm TRYING to get some bloody sleep!" I yelled into my pillow.
"It's time to get up!" Harry yelled.
Instead of replying I simply punched my arm out at where I heard the voices. I hit hard. I smiled as I heard a squeak sound of pain, laughter, and someone falling to the floor.
'I wonder who the victim was this time?' I thought to myself.
"You hit him good this time!" I heard a familiar Irish voice.
"I thought it was my job to punch Harry there!" Louis said.
"Shut up, all of you, I'm in pain." Harry said. I got out of bed. Harry was holding his crotch.
"Well, maybe you'll know better not to stand in that spot next time." I said to him as Liam helped him up.
We all went downstairs to get tea, I spotted my "sisters" drinking coffee, typical, they never were the ones to adapt to a British/Irish life.
"Oi! Look! Sleeping beauty is awake!" Emily shouted motioning her cup towards me. Coffee spilled out and splashed to the table.
"I wouldn't call her beauty, but the sleeping part works." Mary said as she pulled her fingers through my tangled hair.
"Stop that!" I slapped Mary's hand out of my hair. "Where's breakfast? And what are you all doing here?"
"About breakfast..." Ahnna said. Everyone looked to Niall.
"What!? I was hungry!" Niall said.
"You're ALWAYS hungry, Niall." I said as I hugged him, "I guess that just means you get to make me breakfast." We smiled at each other.
"Don't go too lovey dovey! Save that love for later today!" Ahnna shouted pulling us apart just before he kissed me on the cheek.
'Later today? What the hell does that mean? Oh wait a minute' I thought. I then ran up to my room and looked in the corner. A blood red dress hung there rippled near the bottom. Clean white shoes stood under it.
"Oh,yeah, how could I forget?" I said out loud on accident. I jumped when I felt arms wrap around my waist.
"You nervous?" Niall whispered in my ear.
I said nothing, I merely stared at the dress.
Mary broke the silence, "I think you would look better in white but we all know that it wouldn't fit tradition..." Mary looks to Harry, "Isnt that right, Harry?"
"Oh, shut up, Mary , that was a long time ago. I'm married to Ahnna now."
"Yes he is." Ahnna said, as if it was the biggest achievement in the world.
That made me smile, "Oh, Harry, it's alright, Im kind of glad, I think I would look worse in white."
"Oi! You're on Tv!" Emily shouted from downstairs.
"Like that's such a big surprise, Emily!" I shouted in reply.
We all laughed. "Now, for breakfast," Niall said as he rocked me back and forth. "How bout Nando's?"
"Niall, that's not a very good breakfast." Liam said.
"Actually, it's sounds great." I smiled as I replied, "Lets get going."
"I don't think you can go out dressed like that." Louis said pointing at me. I looked down. I was still in my underwear.
"Oh, shhhhh, crap. " I said as I covered myself.
"How about this?" Ahnna said, holding up a beautiful blue dress.
"Ahnna, we're going to Nando's, not a royal ball." I told her.
I started getting dressed when I noticed all the boys and girls were still in my room, "You can leave now.", they all left except Harry. "Harry, that means you too."
"It's nothing I haven't seen already." He replied.
I pointed to the door, "You, out, now." I said, getting annoyed.
He shrugged his shoulders, "I thought, you know, since this is your last day of 'freedom'. We could..."
"OUT!!!"
He walked out of the room taking one last glance and then shut the door. I continued to put my tank top and jeans on.
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We were walking down the street, Niall and I. Trying to avoid mobs of fans for as long as possible. It was pointless.
"Niall! Niall! Hey! Hey Lilith!" "Where are you off too?" "Niall I love you!" "Where's the rest of you guys?" "Oh my god! I can't believe it!" "Where will your wedding be?" "I want you to marry meeeeeeee *sob*" the sound of all of them overwhelmed our ears.
"Bloody hell people! We're just going to get breakfast! My god leave us alone!" I shouted, "We love you too! But some peace and quiet would be nice!" They all spread out to all the breakfast places they knew of. We kept going on to Nando's. Nobody would ever think of that as a breakfast place.
The smell of chicken filled their noses. A sweet smell. The logo of Nando's glared at them with kindness, like an old friend.
"Finally, some quiet." Niall said just before we saw a scrawny teenager at the door.
"Hello." She said.
She knew we would go to Nando's, now that is a real fan.
"Could I, um, could I..." She stuttered, obviously nervous.
"Sure." Niall smiled and gave her a big hug and a small kiss on the cheek.
The girl blushed and looked to me and handed me a piece of paper. I signed it out of instinct. She was a nice fan who didn't attack us with questions. I liked her. "Hey, would you like to eat Nando's with us?" I said softly. Niall looked at me, surprised, I rarely spend time with fans.
"No, I cant, my mom said..."
"Okay then. Bye." I said.
"I love you!" Niall yelled right before we went in through the door.
I slapped him. He turned his head around back to face me, holding his hand to his cheek, his mouth wide open, and his eyes, just looking gorgeous.
"Oh come on! I didn't hurt you that bad! I practically tapped you!"
"No you hit me like this!" He slapped me on the arm.
"Ow! No it was like this!" I tapped his arm.
"No, it wasn't!"
"Come at me bro!" I slapped him on the arm, hard.
He slapped me on the other arm. This continued for awhile until we just burst out laughing. We sat down and saw that the waiter, or whatever you would call him, saw everything. You could tell by the look on his face.
"Well, uh, um...." He stuttered.
"Guess it's not everyday you see Lilith and Niall come into Nando's for breakfast on their wedding day, slap each other silly, and laugh about it eh!?" I yelled.
Niall laughed.We got our food, we both ordered a lot, and went out the door, laughing at the thought of how no one will believe that waiter when he tells them stories.
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"Where were you?" Emily asked while snuggling up next to Liam on the couch.
"At Nando's. Where else would we be?" Niall told her.
"It looks more like you were at a slapping match." Mary said as she looked at our arms.
We looked at each other and laughed again.
"You guys do know your wedding is in, like, 4 hours right?" Harry said.
"Yes, I think we should know that." Niall said, "By the way, where's Zayn? I haven't seen him all day."
As if on cue (yes this sounds like a cheesy movie), he came in and yelled, "Vas happening!?"
"Jesus Zayn! You scared me half to death!" Liam called from the couch.
"Did he scare you more than that spoon you once found next to you in bed?" Mary asked.
He glared at her. "I know that was you, Mary."
"Oh no! Zayn! He's staring at me weird again!" Mary ran over to Zayn and hugged him, and just so you know, Mary's hugs HURT.
"Oh my god I live in a reality show." I said as I face-palmed.
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"Oh my god! Oh my god! You look....gorgeous." Mary gasped.
"She looks sexy...in my opinion." Harry said.
"Uh, Harry, you probably shouldn't be here, you know, bad luck..."Emily told him.
"I'm pretty sure I'm not the groom, Emily."
"Obviously, DUH, Emily, there's no bad luck with the one of best men seeing her. He was already groom with me." Ahnna said.
"Exactly, now I need to talk with Lilith, alone, okay?" Harry announced.
Everyone poured out of the room. When Harry was sure everyone had left he said to me, "Lilith, you remember that one year? When we were dating? Please, you still have time, you can say no when they say the thing. Or just do it one more time? Please, you were the only one I ever felt right with."
I came close and hugged him. "I'm sorry, Harry, but I love Niall, I made that decision a year ago. And it already took me an hour to put this dress on, I don't want to take it off. Please, just, look nice, and don't ruin anything, please? Even if you still love me." I fixed his collar.
He didn't reply and just walked out of the room.
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I started to hear the music. I get into the archway and everyone turns around to see me. I blush, feeling the heat on my cheeks. I start to walk with a smile on my face. 'You probably look like such an idiot, smiling like that.' I thought to myself. I saw Niall mouth the words, "You don't.", great I'm marrying a mind reader. I saw Niall put on his gorgeous smile and saw his eyes light up. I finally got to him and looked him in the eyes.
I felt something cold touch my wrist. I looked down and saw my love charm bracelet, full of charms.
"You forgot it at home." He whispered in my ear.
I put it on and stared at it, memories all flushing back into my mind...
"They better not..." I whispered to myself as they kept singing.
They jumped up onto the bed. "SO IT'S TIME TO GET UP, IT'S TIME TO GET UP! IT'S TIME TO GET UP!........... Waaaaaakkkkke uuuuuuuuppppppppp!"
"I'm TRYING to get some bloody sleep!" I yelled into my pillow.
"It's time to get up!" Harry yelled.
Instead of replying I simply punched my arm out at where I heard the voices. I hit hard. I smiled as I heard a squeak sound of pain, laughter, and someone falling to the floor.
'I wonder who the victim was this time?' I thought to myself.
"You hit him good this time!" I heard a familiar Irish voice.
"I thought it was my job to punch Harry there!" Louis said.
"Shut up, all of you, I'm in pain." Harry said. I got out of bed. Harry was holding his crotch.
"Well, maybe you'll know better not to stand in that spot next time." I said to him as Liam helped him up.
We all went downstairs to get tea, I spotted my "sisters" drinking coffee, typical, they never were the ones to adapt to a British/Irish life.
"Oi! Look! Sleeping beauty is awake!" Emily shouted motioning her cup towards me. Coffee spilled out and splashed to the table.
"I wouldn't call her beauty, but the sleeping part works." Mary said as she pulled her fingers through my tangled hair.
"Stop that!" I slapped Mary's hand out of my hair. "Where's breakfast? And what are you all doing here?"
"About breakfast..." Ahnna said. Everyone looked to Niall.
"What!? I was hungry!" Niall said.
"You're ALWAYS hungry, Niall." I said as I hugged him, "I guess that just means you get to make me breakfast." We smiled at each other.
"Don't go too lovey dovey! Save that love for later today!" Ahnna shouted pulling us apart just before he kissed me on the cheek.
'Later today? What the hell does that mean? Oh wait a minute' I thought. I then ran up to my room and looked in the corner. A blood red dress hung there rippled near the bottom. Clean white shoes stood under it.
"Oh,yeah, how could I forget?" I said out loud on accident. I jumped when I felt arms wrap around my waist.
"You nervous?" Niall whispered in my ear.
I said nothing, I merely stared at the dress.
Mary broke the silence, "I think you would look better in white but we all know that it wouldn't fit tradition..." Mary looks to Harry, "Isnt that right, Harry?"
"Oh, shut up, Mary , that was a long time ago. I'm married to Ahnna now."
"Yes he is." Ahnna said, as if it was the biggest achievement in the world.
That made me smile, "Oh, Harry, it's alright, Im kind of glad, I think I would look worse in white."
"Oi! You're on Tv!" Emily shouted from downstairs.
"Like that's such a big surprise, Emily!" I shouted in reply.
We all laughed. "Now, for breakfast," Niall said as he rocked me back and forth. "How bout Nando's?"
"Niall, that's not a very good breakfast." Liam said.
"Actually, it's sounds great." I smiled as I replied, "Lets get going."
"I don't think you can go out dressed like that." Louis said pointing at me. I looked down. I was still in my underwear.
"Oh, shhhhh, crap. " I said as I covered myself.
"How about this?" Ahnna said, holding up a beautiful blue dress.
"Ahnna, we're going to Nando's, not a royal ball." I told her.
I started getting dressed when I noticed all the boys and girls were still in my room, "You can leave now.", they all left except Harry. "Harry, that means you too."
"It's nothing I haven't seen already." He replied.
I pointed to the door, "You, out, now." I said, getting annoyed.
He shrugged his shoulders, "I thought, you know, since this is your last day of 'freedom'. We could..."
"OUT!!!"
He walked out of the room taking one last glance and then shut the door. I continued to put my tank top and jeans on.
‰
We were walking down the street, Niall and I. Trying to avoid mobs of fans for as long as possible. It was pointless.
"Niall! Niall! Hey! Hey Lilith!" "Where are you off too?" "Niall I love you!" "Where's the rest of you guys?" "Oh my god! I can't believe it!" "Where will your wedding be?" "I want you to marry meeeeeeee *sob*" the sound of all of them overwhelmed our ears.
"Bloody hell people! We're just going to get breakfast! My god leave us alone!" I shouted, "We love you too! But some peace and quiet would be nice!" They all spread out to all the breakfast places they knew of. We kept going on to Nando's. Nobody would ever think of that as a breakfast place.
The smell of chicken filled their noses. A sweet smell. The logo of Nando's glared at them with kindness, like an old friend.
"Finally, some quiet." Niall said just before we saw a scrawny teenager at the door.
"Hello." She said.
She knew we would go to Nando's, now that is a real fan.
"Could I, um, could I..." She stuttered, obviously nervous.
"Sure." Niall smiled and gave her a big hug and a small kiss on the cheek.
The girl blushed and looked to me and handed me a piece of paper. I signed it out of instinct. She was a nice fan who didn't attack us with questions. I liked her. "Hey, would you like to eat Nando's with us?" I said softly. Niall looked at me, surprised, I rarely spend time with fans.
"No, I cant, my mom said..."
"Okay then. Bye." I said.
"I love you!" Niall yelled right before we went in through the door.
I slapped him. He turned his head around back to face me, holding his hand to his cheek, his mouth wide open, and his eyes, just looking gorgeous.
"Oh come on! I didn't hurt you that bad! I practically tapped you!"
"No you hit me like this!" He slapped me on the arm.
"Ow! No it was like this!" I tapped his arm.
"No, it wasn't!"
"Come at me bro!" I slapped him on the arm, hard.
He slapped me on the other arm. This continued for awhile until we just burst out laughing. We sat down and saw that the waiter, or whatever you would call him, saw everything. You could tell by the look on his face.
"Well, uh, um...." He stuttered.
"Guess it's not everyday you see Lilith and Niall come into Nando's for breakfast on their wedding day, slap each other silly, and laugh about it eh!?" I yelled.
Niall laughed.We got our food, we both ordered a lot, and went out the door, laughing at the thought of how no one will believe that waiter when he tells them stories.
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"Where were you?" Emily asked while snuggling up next to Liam on the couch.
"At Nando's. Where else would we be?" Niall told her.
"It looks more like you were at a slapping match." Mary said as she looked at our arms.
We looked at each other and laughed again.
"You guys do know your wedding is in, like, 4 hours right?" Harry said.
"Yes, I think we should know that." Niall said, "By the way, where's Zayn? I haven't seen him all day."
As if on cue (yes this sounds like a cheesy movie), he came in and yelled, "Vas happening!?"
"Jesus Zayn! You scared me half to death!" Liam called from the couch.
"Did he scare you more than that spoon you once found next to you in bed?" Mary asked.
He glared at her. "I know that was you, Mary."
"Oh no! Zayn! He's staring at me weird again!" Mary ran over to Zayn and hugged him, and just so you know, Mary's hugs HURT.
"Oh my god I live in a reality show." I said as I face-palmed.
‰
"Oh my god! Oh my god! You look....gorgeous." Mary gasped.
"She looks sexy...in my opinion." Harry said.
"Uh, Harry, you probably shouldn't be here, you know, bad luck..."Emily told him.
"I'm pretty sure I'm not the groom, Emily."
"Obviously, DUH, Emily, there's no bad luck with the one of best men seeing her. He was already groom with me." Ahnna said.
"Exactly, now I need to talk with Lilith, alone, okay?" Harry announced.
Everyone poured out of the room. When Harry was sure everyone had left he said to me, "Lilith, you remember that one year? When we were dating? Please, you still have time, you can say no when they say the thing. Or just do it one more time? Please, you were the only one I ever felt right with."
I came close and hugged him. "I'm sorry, Harry, but I love Niall, I made that decision a year ago. And it already took me an hour to put this dress on, I don't want to take it off. Please, just, look nice, and don't ruin anything, please? Even if you still love me." I fixed his collar.
He didn't reply and just walked out of the room.
‰
I started to hear the music. I get into the archway and everyone turns around to see me. I blush, feeling the heat on my cheeks. I start to walk with a smile on my face. 'You probably look like such an idiot, smiling like that.' I thought to myself. I saw Niall mouth the words, "You don't.", great I'm marrying a mind reader. I saw Niall put on his gorgeous smile and saw his eyes light up. I finally got to him and looked him in the eyes.
I felt something cold touch my wrist. I looked down and saw my love charm bracelet, full of charms.
"You forgot it at home." He whispered in my ear.
I put it on and stared at it, memories all flushing back into my mind...
5/18/13