Under The Influence

Suddenly the door opens and my heart jumps out my chest. It slams shut and before I could even turn around, a voice filled the foyer. But it wasn’t just any old talking, it was singing. Beautiful, amazing singing.

‘’Every time.. that you get undressed.. I hear symphonies in my head.. I wrote this song just lookin’ at you-‘’ The voice stops as I stand up. I turn to the door way and see that it was a blonde guy.

I knew from the pictures I’ve seen that it was Niall. His lips part as he looks at me. I hear him gulp gently before stepping into the room. ‘’Uh.. Lynsey?’’ He mumbles gently as he stares at me from across the room. ‘’Niall?’’ I ask.

He smiles gently and nods, ‘’I’ve been waiting.. a while to.. meet you.’’ He sighs in relief. ‘’Same here.’’ I nod back, agreeing with him on that. ‘’You’re.. not what I expected..’’ Niall says in that deep, heavy, rich Irish accent that David also has.

‘’Oh.. um..’’ I furrow my eyebrows lightly, confused at that statement, but he soon clears my confusion up quickly. ‘’I mean.. I thought you.. would.. look different.. you know.. and be a little.. younger.’’

‘’Oh.. well.. no.’’ I shrug gently with just one shoulder. ‘’I.. don’t know much about you, sorry.’’ He sighs as he walks towards a door on left side of the room. I know it was the door to the kitchen because I had explored a few minutes ago.

‘’Its.. okay.’’ I say as I follow him, ‘’I know little about you really.’’ I add in as I see he was sitting his phone on the island top before going to the refrigerator. Niall opens the door and leans down to get a better look.

I watch him as he grabs a bag of grapes. ‘’You hungry?’’ He asks with out looking at me as he plops the bag on the counter top. ‘’Oh.. um.. no I ate earlier.’’ I say. He nods as he turns his back to me so that he was facing the sink.

‘’That’s good because I haven’t gotten much food yet..’’ He laughs a little after grabbing a bowl from the dish rack that sat beside the sink on the counter. ‘’Perhaps you could occupy me on a little shopping trip later on, or tomorrow?’’ He asks as he glances up at me.

‘’Um.. yeah, sure.’’ I smile with a nod before I sit down at the small, but perfect sized, kitchen table. The chair was cushioned and it was soft to me. ‘’How’s my.. dad been?’’ Niall sighs gently as he joins me at the table, sitting down across from me with his bowl of grapes.

‘’Um.. he’s good, I guess.’’ I shrug lightly. ‘’Is he.. nice to you and all?’’ Niall asks as he looks up at me before popping a grape in his mouth. ‘’Uh.. yeah.’’ I nod gently. ‘’Okay, enough about.. him. More about us, yeah? Good. So what’s your favorite color?’’ He asks, quick to change the topic.

“Um.. purple.’’ I laugh a little. ‘’Sorry for being so.. weird. I just… don’t like talking about my dad. And besides, you and I need to start off well with the basics.’’ He says with a smile as I look at him, I nod in response. That was sorta a good point really.

‘’Mine’s blue or green.. I can’t really decide.’’ He says furrowing his eyebrows lightly, but then snapping back to our conversation. ‘’What’s ya favorite food?” He asks, the curious tone in his voice.

‘’Cake… but probably the icing more.’’ I say with a sly smile on my face. ‘’Eh, I like all food.. well not like all.. but you know what I mean.’’ He says, sorta confusing me but I soon caught on and kept this going.

‘’You’re turn.’’ He says and motions hand towards me in a opening gesture. I sigh and nod lightly before asking my question. ‘’How old are you?’’ I ask him, still unsure at themoment. ‘’Twenty one.. you?’’ ‘’Nineteen.’’ I say. He nods and gestures for me to continue on, so I do for a few more minutes.

‘’When’s your birthday?’’ I ask next. ‘’thirteenth of September.. ninety three.’’ He sighs a little as he leans his elbows on the table but still continuing to eat his grapes. ‘’You?’’ he asks back. ‘’March seventeenth.. nineteen ninety six.’’ I tell him.

‘’Oh wow, three years. Well you certainly look mature for your age.’’ He winks gently before laughing lightly and continuing the questions on. ‘’So.. what’s your.. story?’’ Niall raises his eyebrows up at me.

‘’What do you mean?’’ I say. ‘’Like.. your past. If ya don’t mind tellin’ me.. Like ya dad and stuff.. if its okay.’’ He says as he looks at me, focused and steadying his gaze on my face again.

I sigh gently. He needs to know, I mean it won’t hurt anyone if he does. It might be hard for me to say it all, but still. He asked, and he’ll be a person I can trust, right? Yeah, for now I know that at least. For now..

‘’Oh.. well.. My dad’s.. um.. not.. alive.. but.. um..’’ I stop with a sigh as I look down at my hands that sit on the table top. ‘’Sorry about that.. if you don’t wanna talk about this.. we don’t have to.’’ Niall insists.

I look at him and keep my eyes on his face so I can keep myself calm, but mostly collected. I know he’s here and he’s watching, so I can’t freak out about this. Not here, not now, not ever.

‘’No.. its fine. I can.’’ I nod to him. ‘’Carry on then, Love.’’ He smiles gently as he listens closely. ‘’I was five when my parents split.. and.. it confused me at the time.. but I got used to never seeing my mom and my dad at the same time, you know?” I say, looking at him to see his response.

Niall nods as he rolls his lips in, I can tell he’s focused on this part of the conversation for sure. ‘’My dad remarried.. soon after.. they.. um.. got a divorce because he told my mom he wasn’t in love with her anymore.. so it was the end of that. The women he married.. was distant to me, she didn’t want anything to do with me.. so he took off with her for a year or two before finally leaving her and returning to me..’’ I take a deep breath as I pause. Just a break, that’s it.

‘’While my dad was gone with the women.. my mom had a boyfriend.. and he would.. abuse her.. and.. hurt me too.. and.. I.. he..’’ I stop myself mid sentence, knowing that I couldn’t tell him this, not now at least. Well, I need to.. but I don’t.

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