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When I woke up the next day I wondered if last night was a dream. There was no Niall in my bed, but he did say that we are taking things slow. I grabbed my phone as I laid on my back. I had a message from Niall:

Ni: Good morning :*

Me: Good Morning :* You’re up early since you don’t have music until later

Ni: It’s 6:30 and I went for a run. So you better get up and in the shower before your late for school

Me: Yes, Sir!

Ni: That’s more like it baby ;)

I got out of bed and went into the kitchen. Sophia was making herself a cup of tea and she looked tired, “late night?” I asked her. I started making my own cup of tea, “Liam couldn’t keep his hands to himself last night,” she tells me. I smirked as I nodded my head, “but what about you and Niall? I was so sure that he was going to stay over last night, but he is keeping to his word,” Sophia wondered.

“I know. I was hoping that he was going to give in. I would have just liked him to sleep next to me,” I admitted. Sophia kissed the side of my head, “give it time. I think he would give in this Friday night,” she smiled. I shook my head, “no sex tho. I really do think he is going to stick to it,” I sighed. Sophia and I grabbed our cup of teas before we sat down at a window, “I think it’ll be a good thing,” she says.

“Why?” I wondered. Sophia played with her cup, “to discover each other intimately. I’m talking about getting to know each other on a different level. One where you don’t hold back from each other. I know you both known each other for a very long time, but I can guarantee that you don’t know something about him. Can you honestly say that he knows everything about you?” Sophia questioned.

“Some things he doesn’t have to know about. Like he doesn’t need to know when it’s that time of the month,” I say. Sophia laughed a little, “you going to have to tell him when you’re on your period,” she pointed out. I pouted, “why?” I whined. Sophia grabbed my hand, “cause knowing him. He will try and jump you,” she explained. I screwed up my face, “but he should know without me telling him,” I say.

“Oh my god. Do you actually know how to be in a relationship?” she wondered. I shook my head, “I went out Max and look how that turned out,” I started. Sophia looked down, “I also don’t think Niall knows how. So this is going to be fun to see how long we last,” I finished. Sophia shook her head, “don’t think of it like that. You and Niall are going to find your own way to be together. You don’t need to be like me and Liam or even Harry and Louis. Just be you,” she tells me.

After Sophia and I finished our cup of teas we got ready for school. I put on the clothes that Niall left out for me last night after I had my shower. It was a white tank top with light denim shorts. He left out his bluish green checker shirt that he worn on my first day of college. I put it on before I finished my outfit with my black high top Converse and I left my hair down.

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Sophia got Liam up to drop us off at school, so we could get to design on time. We met up with Zayn in front of the classroom, “still mad at me for kissing you?” he smiled. I shook my head, “all I got to say is that you’re a great actor. I swear that you were actually disappointed when I told you that I wanted to go home,” I remembered.

“I was actually. I wanted to spend time with you. I wanted to know if you were alright with the whole England thing,” he confessed. We walked into the classroom, “I’m fine. I’m more worried about Niall,” I say. Sophia wrapped her arm around me, “you mean your boyfriend,” she teased. We all sat down at our table, “ah yes. Mr Slow,” Zayn smiled.

“Poke fun all you want, but Niall and I are happy with going slow,” I tell them. They both laughed at me, “that’s a load of bullshit. I know you want to jump him,” Zayn says. I ignored them as I got my laptop and my new drawing tablet out of my bag, “I know Niall wants to jump you,” he added. I looked at Zayn, “when don’t he? I think Soph right about me and Niall going slow. We might know how to act like a couple. I would love him to ask me how my day went. I would love to just sit there like we used to,” I admitted.

“You don’t do that anymore?” Sophia questioned. I played with my lip, “not like we used to. We still have moments, but the sex used to outweigh them and it wasn’t all him,” I tell them. Maybe Niall missed them too and that’s why he wants us to go slow, “but I’m done talking about this. I’m going to do some work now. You guys can keep talking about this,” I added.

Sophia and Zayn didn’t say anything else as I set up my drawing tablet on the table. Zayn set up the software on my laptop before he showed me how it worked. I got the hang of it quickly since it was so simple. It was like using a pen and paper. I started working out a couple of ideas for Fred website until Sophia poked me, “what?” I wondered.

“Perrie glaring at us,” she whispered. I looked to where Sophia was looking and she was right, “ignore her,” I say. Zayn nudged me, so I would look at him, “I think you need to put more colour here,” he tells me. I gave him a small nod as we heard a chair squeak across the floor. We looked up to see it was Perrie. She didn’t look happy, “here we fucken go again,” Zayn mumbled. Perrie came over to us, “so it’s fucken true that you two are together,” she spat.

“No. I’m with Niall,” I tell her. Perrie shook her head, “I heard about you and Zayn kissing last night at the shops,” Perrie snapped. I laughed a little bit, but I was shocked that she knew about that, “Perrie just shut up. You don’t even know what you’re talking about,” I argued. Perrie didn’t move, “oh I get it. Niall don’t know about you two,” she smirked. Zayn rolled his eyes, “he does, but it really has nothing to do with you,” Zayn tells her.

“Miss Edwards please sit down,” Mr Riley ordered. Perrie went back over to her table and sat back down. She was still glaring at us as Mr Riley came over, “is everything alright?” he wondered. We all nodded our heads, “nothing we can’t deal with,” I smiled. Mr Riley smiled back, “I see you got yourself a drawing tablet Claire,” Mr Riley says. He moved Zayn out of the way, so he could use it, “I think you need to put more colour here,” Mr Riley tells me. Zayn laughed a little bit as I nodded my head.

When the class finished Mr Riley asked me to stay behind. I told Zayn and Sophia that I’ll meet them soon. Mr Riley looked me up and down and I felt uneasy, “it’s ok Claire. I’m not him,” Mr Riley reassured me. I was confused, “I’m not Mr Hall,” he added.

“So you know about that?” I wondered. Mr Riley nodded his head, “I saw the report and I know that you’re telling the truth, but let’s just say that he has the chancellor under his thumb,” he tells me. I sighed, “but I didn’t ask you to stay behind for that. I just wanted you to know that I’m not him,” he added. I nodded my head, “I know you’re not him,” I smiled. Mr Riley smiled big, “so how’s Niall doing?” he asked.

“His doing great now,” I say. Mr Riley gave me a small nod, “I want to talk to you about Harry latest journalism article. Have you read it?” he wondered. I shook my head, “what is it about?” I questioned. Mr Riley went over to his desk and grab a piece of paper, “sexual assault. His article is quite amazing. It tells us that sexual assault can happen to men and women. It also could happen in relationships,” he started.

“But what does this have to do with me?” I interrupted. I felt myself getting upset, “because he talks about a girl in this. She was getting it from her boyfriend and a teacher,” he says. I stopped him again, “I get it, but why are you telling me?” I wondered. Mr Riley stepped closer to me and I took a step back, “I was just seeing if you knew about this. It doesn’t mention your name, so no one will know it’s you. It’s just that it’s getting published into a magazine and I thought you’ll like to know. I hope the guy his talking about knows too,” he tells me.

“Am I allowed to read it?” I asked. Mr Riley shook his head, “but I can’t stop you from taking it from my desk when my back turned,” he pointed out. He put Harry’s article back down on his desk, “I need to check something,” he says. As soon as he left I picked up the piece of paper, “Buttercup,” I heard Niall say. I turned to look at him, “you alright?” he wondered.

“I’m fine,” I tell him. Niall placed his hand on the side of my face before he ran his thumb under my eye, “Mr Riley can I leave now?” I asked him. Niall dropped his hand as Mr Riley came back. He looked at his desk, “yes. Sorry for taking up your time,” he tells me. I smiled at him and he smiled back, “it’s alright and thank you,” I say.

On the way to see the others I stopped Niall, “I can’t meet up with everyone just yet. I need to read something first,” I tell him. Niall was confused, “Mr Riley asked me to stay behind, cause of Harry article that he wrote on sexual assault. It mentions a girl and according to Mr Riley it sounds like me,” I explained.

“But that don’t mean he had to tell you. It is just something for school,” Niall says. I shook my head, “it’s getting published,” I tell him. Niall noticed the piece of paper that I was holding, “so where do you want to read it?” he asked.

I sat between Niall’s legs under a tree in the courtyard as we both read the article. It was a beautiful article, but I could tell the two people that he mentioned was me and Louis. It talks about what we went through and why we stayed. It also talked about how it affected the people around us, “this is fantastic, but I know it’s you and Lou his talking about. I had trouble reading your part,” Niall says.

“It’s ok. I just wondered how Harry wrote the whole thing. Could you write this?” I wondered. Niall shrugged his shoulders, “it be very hard, but so was reading from our journal’s and I got through that. I think Harry wrote this to have better understanding what Louis went through,” he tells me. I nodded my head, “just why hide it from us?” I questioned. Niall wrapped his arms around me tight, “not to upset us. This is a very touchy subject for us, because that means talking about Max and Mr Hall. Then I’ll end up angry,” he pointed out.

“I know,” I sighed. Niall kissed my shoulder, “but Max is gone and I learnt that I can’t change your past, but I can promise you that I won’t do it or let anyone do it to you,” he promised. I looked at him and he kissed me, “I love you Niall,” I whispered. Niall smiled as he kissed my nose, “I love you Claire,” he whispered back. Niall put his chin on the top of my head, “I’m late for music and you’re late for Fred,” he says. I grabbed my phone out and I had messages from Sophia and Fred:

Soph: Where are you? Are You alright?
Soph: I’m with Fred waiting for you

Fred: Claire where are you?
Fred: I’ll be in the music room

“I have to go to music. That’s where Fred and Soph are waiting for me,” I tell Niall. He smiled as he stood up, “so you get to watch me play,” he says. Niall helped me up, “I’ve watch you play before,” I tell him. Niall shook his head as he kissed me, “it’s different now. You’re my girlfriend and you have to tell me that I’m the best,” he smiled. I laughed a little bit, “I have a top that says Niall’s number one fan on it. I think you already know that I think you’re the best,” I reminded him. Niall’s cheeks turned pink, “thank you princess,” he mumbled.

When Niall and I got to music everyone was looking at us. Liam, Louis, Harry, Zayn, Sophia and Fred were smirking at us, “Mr Horan good to see you,” a man says. This man didn’t look like a college music teacher. He had muscles with short blonde hair and blue eyes. He looked like he should be saving the world, “and who’s your friend Mr Horan?” he asked.

“This is my girlfriend Claire.” Niall introduced me to him. I gave him a small wave as he looked me up and down, “I’m here to work with Fred,” I tell him. He gave me a small nod, “welcome Claire. I’m Mr Blake Tyler and I was just explaining to the class that Fred will be taking over for the first half,” he started. He looked at Niall and I to go sit down, so we did, “Fred would like you to fill out a simple questionnaire,” he says.

After Mr Tyler explained to the class what they be doing after they gave Fred the questionnaire. Everyone rushed off to fill it out as I went over to Fred and Sophia, “why you and Niall late?” Sophia smirked. I got my laptop out, “still going slow. I just had to read something,” I replied. Sophia nodded her head, “I worked on some designs this morning that you should look at,” I tell Fred. I give him my laptop, “I’ll be back. I have to show Harry something,” I added.

When I got over to Harry I put down his article. His eyes go wide, “Claire I can explain,” he started. I hugged him tight, “it’s really good Harry. I just wish you told me,” I reassured him. Harry took a deep breath in as he looked at me, “I know, but how did you find out?” he wondered.

“Mr Riley left it on his desk and it caught my attention,” I smiled. Harry laughed a little bit, “he is a fantastic teacher. I think he cares about his students more than himself,” Harry says. I nodded my head, “Harry does Louis know?” I asked. Harry slowly nodded his head, “he caught me writing it. He had a hissy fit saying that I think he is just a story to me. I told him that I was looking at it to get a better understanding what happened to him. Then I started writing the article. I just need to know what he was feeling. I learnt a lot about you too,” he explained.

“But I didn’t have it as bad a Louis,” I say. Harry shook his head, “that’s not true. You both experienced different things, but,” Harry started. He was having a hard time wording it, “what I’m trying to say is. Louis got it worse than you in a short time, but you had to deal with your shit for a long time,” he finished.

“I still don’t compare to Lou,” I whispered. Harry mumbled something to himself, “Harry does Louis know that I know?” I questioned. Harry shook his head, “it might be best that way. He’s ashamed of what happed to him. He keeps telling me that he should have fought back. I know why he didn’t fight back. He was worried what would happen to his mum and sisters,” Harry tells me. I nodded my head, “I better let you get back to work,” I say. Harry hugged me tight, “don’t think what happened to you was nothing. It still is something to you, to Niall and to the rest of us. We just need to move on,” he whispered. I kissed Harry cheek, “we are moving on. Some of us slowly, but we are getting there,” I tell him.

I let Harry get back to work, so I could work with Fred. He was still going over my designs, “so what were you and Harry talking about?” Sophia asked. I shook my head, “ask him,” I replied. Sophia pouted, “just ask him,” I tell her. Sophia nodded her head, “I like this theme. It’s cross between hipster and sophisticated. It gives us edge,” Fred started rambling. Sophia stopped him, “so you want to go with this one?” Sophia questioned. Fred nodded his head, “when do you think it be finished? So I can get this site up and do you lovely ladies want to help?” he wondered.

“Slow down. I can finish in about two weeks and I’ll help you,” I reassured him. Sophia agreed with me, “can you start helping me now? I need these questionnaires typed up as soon as possible,” Fred begged. It would take forever if we typed all of these questionnaires out, “why don’t you scan them? It would look better since it be their person handwriting,” I suggested. Fred started thinking, “their personal page would be more personal,” Sophia added. Fred nodded his head, “It would be easier and look better,” he says.

I worked on my logo and theme for Fred website as him and Sophia started working on putting it together. I stopped when I heard Niall singing, “Saw your body language and I know how you're feeling. You look like the kind of girl who's tired of speaking. Standing with somebody. But he doesn't know what you like. You caught my attention, you were looking at me first. All that I can see is you waking up in my t-shirt. If you're not hooked to anything. Right now I can be your vice,” he sang. He voice sounded husky and attractive, “Claire Bear you’re drooling,” Sophia teased.

“Shut up,” I say. He started playing some cords on an electric guitar, “Mr Horan that’s not what we are doing today,” Mr Tyler tells him. Niall smiled as he stopped playing, “thank you Mr Horan,” Mr Tyler added. Niall looked at me and gave me the kissy face. I shook my head as I cover my mouth. Niall pouted, “oh my god Liam right,” Sophia whispered. I looked at her for her to continue, “about nothing really changed. The only new thing is you kissing and fucking him,” she finished.

“We kissed before,” I say. I looked at Niall and he was pouting more, “would you go talk to him,” Sophia tells me. I shook my head, “his meant to be doing something. He can wait until lunch,” I smiled. Niall held his arms out to me as he kept pouting. I shook my head, “Mr Horan get to work or I will ask your girlfriend to leave,” Mr Tyler warned him. Niall quickly went back to work, “we should be leaving,” Sophia says.

Sophia and I left Fred to finish collecting the questionnaires from the music students. We sat in the library as I worked on history, “so have you decided what you want to cook for dinner?” I asked her. Sophia nodded her head as she got her phone out, “lasagne,” she smiled. She showed me the recipe that she wants to go with, “that be easy. We will go shopping after school,” I tell her. Sophia nodded her head, “Liam can take us,” she says.

“So could Niall,” I pointed out. Sophia shook her head, “Niall probably go back to the frat house before coming over for dinner,” she tells me. I shook my head this time, “he doesn’t need to go back. Why don’t you and Liam just go shopping? You already have a list,” I suggested. Sophia nodded her head, “I got to remember that we both have boyfriends now,” she says.

We met the boys for lunch in the cafeteria. Niall straight away kissed me, “you’re mean,” he pouted. I wrapped my arms around him, “you were in lesson. Maybe you should learn to stop being so needy,” I teased. Niall kissed my nose, “maybe you should learn to give into me,” he smiled. I shook my head as I kissed him, “go back to hating each other. This lovey-dovey crap making me sick,” Louis whined.

“Lou baby. Don’t be jealous that I didn’t pick you. I thought you were happy with Harry,” Niall smiled. Louis pouted at Niall and Harry walked off, “what’s wrong with him?” Louis questioned. Niall shrugged his shoulders, “oh my god you boys. Harry feeling hurt,” I started. Everyone was confused, “you and Niall playing around like that is making Harry feel left out. Cause you and Harry don’t really act like that anymore. He also upset that Niall is the only one that can help you Louis,” I explained.

“I need to talk to him,” Louis sighed. I nodded my head, “I think your overdue for a talk,” I say. Louis walked away to find Harry. Niall stopped me from moving as everyone went to go get food, “how do you know what Harry feeling?” he wondered. I looked at him, “well yesterday as we were waiting for Zayn to pick me up. I asked him about him and Louis. He told me Louis was doing great, but he never said anything about their relationship. He only told me that him and Louis haven’t had sex yet,” I tell him.

“I get it where Harry coming from. I felt the same way,” Niall mumbled. Niall hugged me tight as he kissed the top of my head, “when have you felt like Harry?” I asked. I looked at him, “when you told Harry what happened to you. I know it was accidentally, but it should have been me. Harry was going to be the one that was going to help you. That’s why I lied to you, so you would tell me. It’s just I can help Louis,” Niall admitted.

“How are you helping him? I’m worried about that,” I questioned. Niall kissed me, “I just am princess,” he says. I knew Niall won’t tell me yet, “we better get some lunch,” he added. I nodded my head, but as I moved I nearly fell over. Niall caught me, “you alright?” he laughed. I nodded my head as I noticed that Niall was on my shoelace, “you’re on my shoelace,” I tell him. Niall looked down before he moved his foot. He picked me up and put me down on a table, “Ni I can tie my own shoe,” I smiled.

“I know,” he smiled back. I will admit that I liked Niall tying my shoelace for me. He kissed my knee when he was finished, “why you being such a gentleman?” I teased. Niall helped me down from the table, “because you’re my girl now,” he says. I kissed his cheek, “I’ve always been your girl,” I tell him. Niall grabbed my hand, “and I have always been your boy,” he smiled.

After lunch Niall and I went to history. We sat in the middle row, “did you do your history homework?” I asked. Niall shook his head, “you’re going to get in trouble,” I teased. Niall shook his head as he smirked, “I think I did something better than homework last night,” he says.

“Like what?” I wondered. Niall bit his bottom lip, “um I still have them pictures of you that I took,” he started. Niall’s cheeks went bright red, “are you saying that you wanked over me last night?” I questioned. Niall nodded his head and I laughed a little bit, “it’s not the first time and it probably won’t be the last. I’ve known you’ve done it before,” he reminded me.

“I haven’t done that for a long time and I don’t count in the car,” I say. Niall smiled as he sighed, “I’ll never forget that,” he whispered. Niall turned to me before he put his hand on my thigh. He ran his fingers up and down my thigh, “so why haven’t you done it for a while? I was still wanking over you on our last break,” he asked.

“I guess that I’m not as horny as you,” I tell him. Niall moved in closer to my neck. I could feel his breath on my skin, “maybe you need me. I know how to make you feel good,” he whispered in my ear. He pulled on my earlobe with his teeth before Niall kissed down my neck, “what are you doing?” I wondered.

“Turning you on,” he smirked against my skin. I pushed him away, “and you’re going to do nothing about it,” I pointed out. Niall squeezed my thigh, “I said no sex. I can still do some stuff,” he says. I shook my head as I bit my lip, “I think we should wait for that too,” I tell him. Niall rubbed circles into my thigh, “ok. How about three to four weeks?” he questioned. I shrugged my shoulders, “how about we be normal couple and work our way to sex. Start with making out, then touching, then oral and then sex,” I suggested.

“Is that what you want?” Niall wondered. Niall put his hand on the back of my chair, “I think it is. I never had it,” I admitted. Niall leaned in and kissed me lightly, “you’re the only guy that’s brought me flowers,” I continued. Niall kissed me again, “you’re the only one that’s touched me,” I kept going.

“Good and it’s going to stay like that. Now stop talking, so I can kiss you,” he tells me. I smiled as Niall kissed me, “Mr Horan and Miss Reid save that for personal time,” we heard Mrs Young say. Niall sighed as he pulled away, “now class I hope you did your homework, because you’ll be needing it today. If you haven’t you’re going to be behind,” Mrs Young started.

After Mrs Young explained our history assignment. Niall straight away started the homework we were meant to do last night. I started helping him, “you’re going to behind princess,” Niall says. I kissed his cheek, “it’s ok. We can work on it tonight after dinner,” I reassured him. Niall kissed my nose, “you and Soph are cooking tonight,” he remembered. I nodded my head as Niall started copying my notes, “so what you and Soph cooking?” he asked.

“Lasagne. Her and Liam are going shopping. I think me and Soph going to have problems,” I say. Niall looked at me, “why you and Soph going to have problems?” Niall questioned. I leant my head into his arm as I wrapped my arm around his, “cause I have you now. Liam used to take us everywhere and now that I have you,” I started.

“I can take you places now, so Soph now feels out of place,” Niall pointed out. I nodded my head, “I told her today that you could take us shopping for dinner. She told me that you probably got back to the frat house before coming over for dinner. I told her to just go with Liam before I snapped at her,” I tell him. Niall kissed my forehead, “do you want to come over mine before dinner?” he asked.

“I do, but I meant to be helping Soph cook dinner,” I replied. Niall grabbed my hand, “I’m just saying that we could spend an hour at mine. If Liam and Soph going shopping. We got time,” he explained. I kissed him, “you’re getting nothing,” I smiled. Niall pouted, “you said we start with making out,” he pointed out. I poked his nose, “maybe,” I teased. Niall pouted more, “well if you don’t start your work now. I’ll make you do it when we get to yours,” I tell him.

When history was finished and Niall and I packed up. Mrs Young asked us to stay back, so she could talk to us. Niall seemed nervous, “now I understand that you two are together, but it doesn’t give you the right to display it in class,” Mrs Young started. She glared at me, “I was helping him with last night homework. So he could start his assignment,” I defended us. Mrs Young rolled her eyes, “I actually don’t see a problem with me and Niall showing a little bit affection towards each other. The couple in the back of the class are doing much worse than us, but you don’t stop them,” I tell her.

“Watch your tone with me Miss Reid,” Mrs Young snapped. I rolled my eyes this time, “there is no rule at this school saying that I cannot be affection towards my boyfriend in class. We are still doing work and handing up our assignments. It’s not like we’re fucking in the middle of class,” I augured. Mrs Young looked shocked, “I think you should leave,” she says. Niall grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the classroom, “you really don’t like her,” Niall smiled.

“I really don’t,” I smiled back. Niall grabbed my hips and pulled me close to him, “you fighting like that was hot,” he smirked. I wrapped my arms around his neck, “can we just get out of here before you get a problem?” I asked. Niall kissed me as he nodded his head, “and I finished my work,” he smirked.

When we got to the frat house Niall pulled me straight up to his room. I threw my bag on the floor before I sat on his bed. Niall stood in front of me after he took his bag off. He grabbed my chin and pulled it up, so I would look at him. He looked into my eyes, “you look tired babe,” he says. I shook my head, “I slept alright last night,” I mumbled. Niall sat down next to me, “you looked tired in history,” he tells me.

“I’m fine,” I whinged. Niall kissed my nose, “it’s ok baby,” he whispered. Niall lifted my legs up and put them over his lap. He took my shoes and socks off before undoing my shorts, “why are you taking my shorts off?” I wondered. I didn’t stop him as he pulled them down my legs, “cause we are going to have a nap,” he tells me. I shook my head, “I’m fine,” I tell him again. Niall took his shirt that I was wearing off, so I was just in my singlet and knickers, “I don’t think new couples do this,” I say.

“Well we’re not that new,” he pointed out. Niall stood up with me in his arms, “I miss sleeping with you,” I admitted. Niall put me down on his bed and I got under the covers, “I miss sleeping with you too baby,” he smiled. Niall stripped down to his boxers as I took my bra off. He got in right next to me. He wrapped his arm around me as we faced each other, “have you been sleeping alright?” he wondered. I nodded my head, “any bad dreams? And you better tell me the truth,” he asked.

“I’ve been having bad dreams, but not every night,” I replied. Niall ran his fingers up and down my hip to my thigh, “but you’ve been having them. You hardly got them when I was next you,” he says. I wrapped my arm around him, “cause I had you. You make me feel safe to sleep,” I confessed. Niall kissed me as his hand went under my singlet. Niall left his hand on the side of my stomach, “do you want me to stay over tonight?” he wondered.

“I wanna say yes, but aren’t we going to fast?” I joked. Niall laughed a little as he kissed me, “we’re not going fast. We’re in bed now and practically half naked,” he smiled. I kissed his chin, “I miss this. We used to do it all the time before us,” I say. Niall looked down, so I could kiss him, “we did spend a lot of time in bed together,” Niall remembered. Niall pulled me closer to him, “especially yours,” he added.

“And we did nothing sexual,” I smiled. Niall kissed me, “but I did want to. I really did want too,” he admitted. Niall pushed me on my back as he hovered over me, “I wanted to do a lot of things to you,” he continued. I wrapped my arms around his neck before I pulled him down to my lips. Niall ran his hand down the side of my body to my thigh.

We made out for about ten minutes until Niall pulled back, “I think we need to stop. I can feel something getting hard,” he tells me. I bit my bottom lip trying not to laugh, “we are really going to do this,” I whispered. Niall kissed my nose, “yes we are,” he tells me. Niall laid next to me, “I’m going to treat you like a virgin. I’m going to pretend that your new at all of this,” he added.

“Niall if you’re going to do that. I think we need to put our clothes back on,” I pointed out. Niall shook his head, “I meant with all the sexual stuff. Like touching you,” he says. Niall ran his fingers down my arm, “but you know what I like,” I smiled. Niall nodded his head as he kissed me lightly, “I’m just that good with virgin’s,” he smirked. I turned my whole body away from him, “I better be the only virgin you been with. I don’t care that you’ve been with sluts,” I tell him.

“Baby those girls don’t compare to you. Your everything I want,” he reassured me. Niall kissed my neck, “you still didn’t answer me about me being the only virgin,” I pointed out. I looked at him and he was thinking, “I think you are,” he says. Niall was still thinking to himself, “are you saying that you took another girls virginity and you can’t remember?” I questioned. Niall hid his face into my shoulder, “you’re the only virgin I’ve been with. It scared me the first time, so I don’t want to do it again,” he mumbled into my skin.

“It’s ok,” I say. Niall kissed my shoulder, “you better get some sleep. You got to cook with Soph soon,” he tells me. Niall wrapped his arm around me as he pulled me closer to him. He kissed the back of my neck, “I don’t think I want to sleep. I just want to lay here with you. Like we used to,” I admitted. I turned around to face Niall and he was smiling, “when did you start having feelings for me?” I wondered.

“The day we met. Mum used to tell me about the day we met. Apparently I came running in from outside shouting that I met the prettiest girl. Then I got more upset when I realized that I hurt you. I ran outside, but you were already gone. I came back in and attacked Greg. Mum had to pull me off of him. I was so mad at him for ruining my chance with you. The next day I was still upset with everyone. Then mum came in and told me to go pick a flower from the backyard. I was confused as we both went out the backyard. She told me to pick a flower that I would give to you. I couldn’t pick any of the roses myself, so I picked a white daisy. Then mum told me you were outside with your sister. I quickly ran over to your house and apologized,” he confessed.

“You loved me back then?” I questioned. Niall nodded his head, “I knew you fell for me more recently,” he says. I shook my head, “it was actually the first Christmas after my mum and sister left. We were in the shower and you were holding me. Every time you kissed my skin lightly. I felt something that I wanted to keep feeling. I still feel it now every time your lips come in contact with me. It’s like a spark and my heart skips a beat. I felt it a couple of times before that shower we had together,” I admitted.

“So you did forget everything in shower,” he whispered. I nodded my head, “I was just thinking about us. If I wasn’t scared of you rejecting me. I think I would have asked you to go further and I don’t think I meant making out,” I tell him. Niall kissed me lightly, “I think I would have still have said no. You were fifteen and it was an emotional time for you,” he says. Niall kissed my nose, “you were sixteen. I’m surprised that you waited until your seventeenth birthday,” I pointed out.

“I think we would have done it sooner if they guys didn’t stop us,” he smiled. I nodded my head, “can I ask you something that might upset the both of us?” I wondered. Niall was unsure as he nodded his head, “I remember on New Year’s when we were sitting in the bath. You said you thought about life if we didn’t lose the baby. I want to know what you thought of?” I asked. Niall let out a shaky breath, “you don’t have too,” I reassured him.

“I want too. I would have moved in with you. I know you wouldn’t leave your dad. I didn’t want to miss anything with you or our baby. My granny would have convinced me to ask you to marry me, but I wouldn’t have made you say yes. I do think that my last name sounds good with your name. I was hoping that we were having a girl first, so she could be as strong as her mum. I would have made you stay at school as I looked after our daughter. I think I would have stuck with music more since I could do that as I looked after her,” he started.

“What would have you called her?” I interrupted. My heart was melting as Niall was telling me this. It didn’t make me sad. It made me love him more, “Grace,” he tells me. I placed my hand against his chest, “Grace Maura Horan,” I whispered. Niall grabbed my hand, “really?” he questioned. I nodded my head, “you know I loved your mum,” I reminded him. Niall kissed me lightly, “you know I would have loved that life with you. I would love to come home to see you stressing out over her, cause she wouldn’t stop crying. I would also love to see you singing to her as you hold her tight. But that dream has just been put on hold for a while. We could do it right when we are both ready,” I admitted.

“We got time now,” he smiled. I kissed him, “that’s why I like moments like this. It feels like we stopped time just for us,” I say. Niall ran his fingers down my cheek, “we do stop time for us,” he says. He kissed me, “like I really don’t want to tell you that your phone been going off for the last ten minutes,” he tells me. I laughed a little bit, “that probably Soph wondering where I am,” I say.

I was right about it being Sophia wondering where I am, so Niall and I got dressed and went to the apartment. Sophia and Harry look over Niall and I, “what the fuck are you two doing?” Niall questioned. Harry and Sophia stepped back, “did you two do it?” Sophia questioned. Niall and I both shook our heads, “we laid in bed talking,” I tell them. Harry seemed happy with my answer, but Sophia didn’t, “about what?” Sophia asked. Niall frowned at her and I could tell he wasn’t happy, “none of your business what me and Claire do when we are alone,” Niall snapped.

“Niall calm down,” Harry tells him. Niall grabbed my hand and walked passed Harry and Sophia, “maybe we should have stayed at the frat house,” Niall mumbled. Niall and I put our stuff in my room as there was a knock on my door. We looked up to see Liam, “before you say anything I’m not apologizing. I have a right to keep what happened between Buttercup and me,” Niall tells him.

“I know. Just don’t get snappy,” Liam smiled. Niall nodded his head, “I’m guessing you two had a good afternoon?” Liam wondered. Niall smiled as he nodded his head again, “it was a great one,” Niall tells him. Liam left and Niall looked at me, “I think we got closure,” Niall added. I hugged him tight, “we did,” I smiled. I looked at Niall and he kissed me, “I love you,” he says against my lips. I kissed him, “I love you,” I whispered.

I helped Sophia cook dinner for all of us. She did try to ask about what Niall and I did, but if Niall didn’t want to tell her. Then I won’t tell her. I need to keep things between Niall and I sometimes.

We were all siting down at the table eating. Niall was kept playing footsies with me, “would you stop. You’re getting nothing tonight,” I whispered in his ear. Niall smiled at me, “is my foot turning you on?” he teased.

“No. You touching me is. I’ll make you sleep on the lounge,” I warned him. Niall kissed my nose, “I’ll stop,” he smiled. I noticed that everyone was looking at us, “look at the happy couple,” Liam says. Niall wrapped an arm around me, “we are happy,” he tells them. Louis looked at Harry and Harry smiled at him, “I bet Zayn happy that he stayed at the frat house tonight. It’s too lovey-dovey for him,” Liam laughed.

“His not at the frat house tonight. His got a date with a pretty girl,” Niall informs us. Everyone was shocked part from Louis, “his taking her to dinner and then to an art show,” Louis continued. We stopped them, “do we know her?” Sophia asked. Both Niall and Louis shrugged their shoulders, “I don’t even know her name. I just know they are going out tonight,” Niall replied.

Everyone asked Niall and Louis about Zayn new girl in his life. They didn’t know anything else part from what they told us already, but that didn’t stop them. Harry and Sophia decided to call Zayn about ten tonight to find out more about this girl.

Niall and I sat in my room on my bed doing our history assignment. I had my glasses on, “I wanted to say this today when we first got our assignment. You lied to me. We’re learning about war,” Niall whined. I laughed a little bit, “it’s about the battle of Dunkirk. It’s about the British,” I pointed out. Niall nodded his head, “we learnt this years ago,” Niall says. I kissed the side of his head, “then this be easy for you,” I smiled. Niall moved on my bed, so he could lay down. He was on his stomach with his history book in front of him, “someone studying hard,” I teased.

“Well the quicker I get my notes done. The quicker I can start writing the assignment,” he tells me. Niall started writing notes down into his history notebook. I took my glasses off, so I could watch him reading his textbook. He was concentrating so hard that I thought it was cute. I straddled his lower back and ran my hands up the rest of his back to his shoulders, “babe that not studying,” he groaned.

“I know, but you just look so cute studying. That I can’t help myself,” I tell him. I ran my hands back down his back, “this is fucken unfair,” he swore. I leant down close to his ear, “what’s unfair?” I whispered in his ear. I kissed under it, “you,” Niall moaned. Niall pushed me next to him before he hovered over me, “you’re making it hard,” he groaned.

“I know,” I smirked. Niall shook his head as he smiled a little, “you’re making it hard to go slow. I really want to run my hands places that I can’t yet,” he admitted. I ran my hands up his chest to around his neck, “I want that too,” I whispered. I bit my bottom lip, “remember I don’t play a good virgin,” I reminded him. Niall laughed a little bit, “well you going to have to learn or I might go home,” he warned me. I shook my head as I wrapped my legs around him, “baby,” he started.

“What’s the rule about saying baby?” I questioned. Niall kissed me, “well someone is rubbing me and making my dick twitch,” Niall growled. He kissed the top of my chest, “Ni we’re playing a dangerous game here,” I say. Niall nodded his head as he kissed a little bit further down my chest, “you started it,” he mumbled against my skin. He kissed the top of one of my boobs, “if we were teenagers what would we do?” I wondered.

“Are we talking about teenagers now or teenagers when we were teenagers?” Niall questioned. He looked at me, “cause teenagers now would just fuck, however when we were teenagers. I think there was this thing call making out and dry humping,” he smiled. I pulled him back up to my face, so I could kiss him, “I think you need to shut the door,” I tell him.

“That might be a good idea,” he says. When he got off of me his hand went straight to the front of his pants. Niall grabbed himself, “even if we don’t do anything. I’m still taking my pants off,” he tells me. He closed and locked my door, “you know we could go back on our word,” I suggested. Niall shook his head, “I don’t want too,” he tells me. He took his pants off and I could see his semi hard on, “you could be completely naked and I will still tell you no,” he added.

“Was that a hint Mr Horan?” I wondered. Niall shook his head before he took his top off, “I was hitting about taking your shorts off,” he smiled. I smiled back as I bit my bottom lip, “I’ll take them off if you close your eyes and turn around,” I tell him. Niall raised an eyebrow, but still closed his eyes and turned around. I quickly took off my shorts, singlet and bra. I put Niall’s shirt that I have been wearing all day back on. I left it unbutton and tied it together. I knelt on my bed, “can I look now?” Niall wondered.

“Yep,” I smiled. Niall turned around quickly and his mouth opened as soon as he saw me. He kept looking me up and down, “baby that outfit too much,” he mumbled. Niall came over and knelt in front of me. He ran his fingers over my stomach just under my belly button, “this is so unfair,” he whispered. I ran my hands down his chest as I watched his face. He closed his eyes when my fingers played with the waistband of his boxers, “princess we’re not doing it,” he tells me.

“I know. I just want to feel you against me. We really haven’t had that connection for a while,” I admitted. Niall kissed me lightly, “I want to kiss you all over your body and,” he started. He looked emotional, so I placed my hand on the side of his face, “you can do the same to me,” he whispered. Was Niall giving me permission to touch his scars? Niall grabbed my hand that was on his face and ran my fingers over one of his scars. I felt Niall’s hand shake as he held mine, “you said that they are a part of me,” he says.

“And I love every part of you,” I tell him. I leant down and kissed one of his scars on his chest. Niall took in a deep shaky breath, “we don’t have to do this,” I reassured him. I looked at him, “I need too. If I can’t accept the past. I think it’s going to ruin our future,” he confessed. I kissed him, “I feel like this is something we should do after six weeks. I want to show how much I love all of you,” I tell him. Niall looked down as he smiled to himself, “I also want you more prepared. I don’t want,” I started.

“You don’t want me freaking out,” he interrupted. I gave him a small nod, “you want to make sure that it’s not a spur of the moment thing. It kinda is a spur of the moment thing, but I have been thinking about it tho,” Niall admitted. I kissed his nose, “we are going to wait then,” I tell him. Niall kissed me, “I kinda killed the mood,” he says. I pulled his hip towards mine, “you know how to get it back. If you want to,” I say.

“I do know. Don’t I baby,” he smirked. Niall brushed his lips over mine, “just no teasing,” I whispered. Niall sucked on my bottom lip, “but that is all we can do baby. I can’t touch you where you really like me to touch you,” he says. Niall ran his fingers down my neck to the top of my chest, “please,” I begged. Niall shook his head as he ran his finger between my boobs, “no we’re going to wait,” he tells me. Niall pulled on my shirt, “can I?” he asked. I nodded my head, so he untied my top, “Niall. I want to try dry humping,” I tell him.

“Ok baby,” he smiled. Niall kissed down my neck as I felt his hand go up my stomach. He grabbed one of my boobs, “I’m just going to play for a little bit,” he whispered in my ear. Niall wrapped his other arm around me and sat down. I straddled his lap, “just don’t spend too long playing,” I tell him. Niall smirked as he attached his lips around my nipple. I put my hand through his hair, “I think this is breaking the rules,” I moaned.

“I really don’t care,” Niall mumbled against my skin. He continued to suck on my nipple as his other hand played with my other boob. I squeezed my legs around him as I was trying not to moan. I hid my face into the top of Niall’s hair as I was letting the feeling take over. I pulled his hair when he gently bit my nipple, “baby I can feel how wet you’re getting and all I am doing is sucking your nipple,” Niall smirked.

“You know how much it turns me on,” I whined. I was fighting the urge to touch myself right now, “Niall baby. Lay down please,” I begged. Niall kept smirking as he laid down on his back. I noticed that he was quite hard already, “I don’t need you to touch me. I just need you to react to me touching you,” he tells me. I ran my hand up his member, so the tip would stick out of his boxers, “I think that was breaking the rules,” Niall groaned.

“I don’t care,” I smiled. I leant over and kissed Niall, “we missed this step before,” Niall says. Niall kept me down, so he could kiss me again. I moved my lower half onto Niall’s member as we kept kissing. I started grinding down onto him, “fuck. This shouldn’t feel this good,” Niall moaned into my mouth. I kissed down his neck before I sat up. I ran my hand down his chest to the tip of his member, “that’s touching me,” he groaned.

“I thought you might like it,” I say. Niall nodded his head as he grabbed my hands, “but if I can’t touch you like that. I don’t want you to touch me like that. It’s not fair,” he tells me. Niall placed my hands against his chest, “plus baby this feels fucken awesome,” he added. I quickly kissed him and he ran his hands up my thighs. I kept my hands on his chest as Niall grabbed my hips, “I would normally have to beg for you to be on top,” he pointed out.

“Hunny. Shut up,” I tell him. Niall pushed me down into him more, “if we keep going like this. We are going to cum,” Niall groaned. I covered his mouth with my hand, “you need to learn not to talk,” I smiled. I bent down to kiss him and Niall kept me there, “I normally have something to occupied my lips,” he smirked. I kissed him again as I kept grinding on him.

About five minutes later Niall and I both came from dry humping. We were that exhausted that we just changed our undies and clean up before we got into bed. I still had Niall’s shirt on, but he done it up for me. I watched Niall as he was looking at the ceiling. He was thinking about something, “what’s wrong?” I wondered. Niall smiled a little as he looked at me, “that was a first for me and I liked it too much,” he tells me.

“I think you only liked it, because that’s all you going to get from me for a bit,” I pointed out. Niall shrugged his shoulders, “but I do think I got friction burn,” he says. I raised an eyebrow at him, “I feel fine,” I tell him. Niall laughed a little bit, “that’s because you had your own lube. And I didn’t use my hand last night,” he mumbled. Niall’s cheeks went red, “what did you use last night?” I questioned.

“Just don’t laugh, but I humped my bed,” he admitted. I bit my bottom lip as I was trying not to laugh. Niall knew I was trying not to laugh, “can I ask why?” I smiled. Niall covered his hands with his face, “I was bored with my hand, so I went online to see what else I could do,” he says into his hands. I moved his hands away from his face, “don’t be embarrassed baby. I would have loved to see that,” I tell him. Niall gave me a questioning look, “baby I’ve seen you play with yourself before. I caught you wanking off when we were younger,” I reminded him.

“Yeah, but I had to really go at it last night,” he says. Niall pushed the covers off of us and pulled down his boxers. I turned the light on as Niall showed me where it hurt. I could see a little bit of friction burn, “you lucky that I have known you for a while,” I tell him.

“Why?” Niall wondered. I was still looking at his friction burn, “I’m looking at a burn on your dick. This is something your wife does. Not your girlfriend that you’ve only been with for twenty-four hours,” I pointed out. Niall laughed a little, “you’ve been my girlfriend for fifteen years,” Niall tells me. I nodded my head, “but why does it feel like we only started this relationship yesterday?” I joked.

“Because we love each other that much,” he smiled. I kissed him, “I have something for you burn,” I say. I leant over and kissed his friction burn. Niall moaned a little as he member twitched, “baby,” he groaned. Niall pulled me away, “I was only kissing it better,” I smiled. Niall pulled his boxers back up, “but you miss my lips there,” I added. Niall nodded his head as he kissed me, “now shut up, so we can go to bed. We have creative writing with him tomorrow,” Niall tells me. I laid back down next to Niall after I turned my lamp off. Niall wrapped his arms around me, “goodnight princess,” Niall whispered. He kissed the side of my head, “night Ni,” I whispered back. I looked at Niall and he kissed me, “I love you,” I added. Niall pulled me closer to him, “I love you,” he tells me.

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It was Friday night and Niall and I decided to move our date to Sunday. Niall had a better idea then what we were going to do tonight. Which is probably a good idea since his in a bad mood with Sophia. Niall and Sophia been snapping at each other for the past couple of days. All of us don’t know why, but it getting worse. Every time I ask Niall what’s wrong. He just tells me to ask her.

Niall and I decided to stay home and watch movies with Louis and Harry, but before that. Niall and I did some homework, so we could have the weekend free. We didn’t have much to do and Niall wanted to start his creative writing assignment. Our creative writing assignment was to write a story, but we must use another lesson as inspiration. Niall immediately chose history since he had an idea for a war story.

About an hour in doing schoolwork I got bored. I started poking Niall, “I’m not done yet,” he tells me. I kept poking him, “baby why don’t you go have a shower,” he suggested. He looked at me and I shook my head no, “I want you,” I pouted. Niall laughed a little bit, “and I want to finish this. You can have my full attention if you let me finish this,” he says.

“How much more you got to go?” I wondered. Niall shrugged his shoulders, “when the ideas stop,” he replied. I sighed as I got off my bed, “well I’m going to have a shower, cause you’re not going to finish anytime soon,” I say. Niall gave me a small nod, so I walked to my door, “princess don’t be upset that I want to study,” he started. I looked at him and he was already looking at me, “plus we can’t do anything part from make-out. I still have that burn on my dick, so go play with yourself in the shower. Then we can cuddle on the armchair,” he finished.

“It’s not the same without you, but I just might do that,” I smirked. I went over to my bedside table, “oh no you don’t,” he says. He quickly moved to grab me, “you’re not using that. No real or fake dicks in you for six weeks,” he added. Niall looked really serious, “that’s unfair,” I pouted. Niall shook his head, “use your fingers,” he smiled. He kissed me lightly before I started walking out, “baby. This will be a one off thing. The next time you feel like touching yourself. I’m doing it,” Niall tells me.

After I had a shower and a played with myself. I got dressed in black track pants and one of Niall’s white t-shirt. I found Niall out in the lounge room just in a pair of grey track pants. He was sitting in our armchair with his back against the arm. Louis and Harry were cuddling on the lounge. Sophia and Liam were in the kitchen making tea and coffee. I sat between Niall’s legs and lent back into him. Niall wrapped his arms around me, “did you get much homework done?” Harry asked me.

“I think Niall got a lot done,” I replied. Niall laughed a little bit, “this one just watched me,” Niall says. I nodded my head, “he was concentrating and it was so cute,” I teased. Niall rolled his eyes as he shook his head, “when Harry concentrating on his schoolwork. He puts on a headband. He gets frustrated when his hair gets in the way,” Louis tells me. I laughed a little as I pictured Harry getting angry at his hair, “but does Louis distracted you when you studying?” Niall questioned.

“All the time. I had to hide out in Perrie old room just to get five minutes,” Harry tells him. Niall seemed happy talking to the boys about this sort of thing, “you do it to me. I was trying to study for P.E and you were rubbing me up,” Louis smiled. Niall laughed, “but you were studying too hard. I had to distract you,” Harry says. Louis shook his head, “I had a test the next day,” Louis reminded him. Niall looked like he was enjoying watching Harry and Louis. Liam and Sophia came in with cups of tea and coffee. They put ours down before going to go get theirs, “so what are we talking about?” Sophia wondered.

“Distracting your other half from studying,” Louis replied. Liam and Sophia sat down on the other armchair, “I managed to keep readying my textbook as Liam was giving me oral once,” Sophia tells us. All the boys started laughing, “oh that means it wasn’t good,” Harry laughed. Liam glared at the boys, but then at Sophia, “thanks for defending me,” he mumbled. Sophia kissed his cheek, “it wasn’t that good. I wasn’t in the mood,” Sophia says.

“Low blow Soph,” Niall tells her. I don’t know what’s up with Sophia and Niall, but they look like they’re about to go to war with each other. Harry looked at me and motioned between Sophia and Niall. I shrugged my shoulders, “what the fuck is wrong with you two?” Louis questioned. Sophia and Niall looked at him, “you haven’t stop snapping and glaring at each other,” he added.

“Nothing,” Sophia lied. Liam rolled his eyes and I knew something was up, “your full of shit,” Niall snapped. I looked at Niall, “don’t,” I whispered. I looked into Niall’s beautiful blue eyes and they knew something I didn’t. I gave him a questioning look and he sighed, “just tell them or I will,” Niall warned her. Liam shook his head no, “you’re not even meant to know!” Sophia yelled. Louis, Harry and I were confused, “what the fuck is going on?” Harry shouted. Niall squeezed my hands, “me and Sophia broke up,” Liam says.

“What?” I questioned. Sophia nodded her head, “why?” I wondered. Sophia moved away from Liam, “because I,” Sophia started. I could tell Niall was getting annoyed, “because she pregnant, but doesn’t want to keep the baby. She not getting an abortion. She going to put it up for adoption when it’s born,” Liam interrupted.

“What do you want Liam?” Harry questioned. I saw tears in Liam’s eyes as he took in a deep breath, “I want my baby,” he says. Liam looked at Sophia, “what are you going to do with a baby Liam?” Sophia snapped. Liam stood up, “I will raise it. I would give up everything for it. If I let my child go. I will never forgive myself,” Liam tells her.

“I’ll help,” Niall says. Louis and Harry agreed with him, “brothers until the end,” Louis mumbled. Sophia looked at me for support and I didn’t have any for her, “I’m with the boys,” I tell her. Sophia started crying, “I’m leaving,” Sophia cried. She ran off to her room, “about time,” Liam whispered. Liam hid his face into his hands, “what happened to you guys to end up like this?” Louis questioned.

“Louis don’t,” Harry whispered. Liam looked at Louis, “it’s alright Harry. I should really talk about it, but let’s wait for Soph to leave,” Liam tells him. Liam stood up, “I should help,” he added. Liam left the lounge room slowly, “when did you find out Niall?” Harry wondered. Niall grabbed my hands, “when I was leaving Tuesday night. Buttercup was asleep, so I decided to go back to the frat house,” Niall started.

“Wait why did you leave?” Louis interrupted. We all looked at him, “really Lou?” Harry questioned. Louis nodded his head, “because me and Buttercup just started our new relationship and we’re going slow,” Niall explained. Louis slowly nodded his head, “go on with the story now,” Louis smiled. Niall smiled a little as he shook his head, “anyway they were talking in the lounge room about Sophia being pregnant. Sophia told Liam that she was giving it away when it was born. Liam was getting upset with her and told her no. They started arguing and then they noticed me when I was trying to go back to Buttercup’s room,” Niall finished explaining.

“You know more,” Harry pointed out. Niall nodded his head, “I think Liam should tell you,” Niall says. I nodded my head as I wrapped Niall’s arms around me. Niall kissed my shoulder, “you alright?” Niall asked. I shrugged my shoulders, “why would she do that?” I wondered. Niall kissed my shoulder, “cause she not as strong as you and she thinking about herself,” Niall tells me. I looked at him and he was telling the truth about the last bit, “I can’t believe her,” I whispered.

“Neither can I,” Niall whispered back. I noticed that Harry and Louis were talking to each other, “Buttercup. If um you found out about um,” Niall rambled. I stopped him, “I wouldn’t have given her up. I couldn’t. She would have been more important than my life,” I reassured him. Niall kissed me, “let’s go make a baby,” he joked. I shook my head, “Liam going to be a daddy first and we’re going to wait. I want a ring on my finger before that,” I tell him. Niall seemed surprised, “babe you do realize that you just said that you wanted to marry me?” Niall wondered.

“Did I?” I smiled. Niall kissed me again, “I’ll ask you when the time right,” he smiled against my lips. I kissed him, “we’re going to tell Zayn what’s happing,” Harry tells us. Both Niall and I nod our heads, “let’s just hope his not doing anything,” Niall says.

After Louis called Zayn to tell him what was happening without telling him that Sophia was pregnant. Liam came back into the lounge room, “Sophia going to stay at a hotel until she decides where to live,” Liam tells us. Sophia stood behind Liam, “I just wanted to say goodbye,” she says. I looked away from her, “I thought you would have understood Claire,” Sophia admitted.

“Why would I?” I asked. I looked at her, “cause you would have done the same when you were pregnant,” she tells me. I shook my head as I stood up, “I wouldn’t. My child would have been the most important thing in the world to me. I would have changed my life to fit my child in it,” I argued. Sophia shook her head, “really? Because you wouldn’t be in New York right now if your baby made it,” Sophia pointed out.

“We’re not talking about Claire and Niall. We’re talking about you and Liam. However, I do think Claire and Niall would still be in New York with us. We would just have a one-year-old with us,” Louis snapped. Sophia looked at him, “you would get annoyed with it since it’s not your child,” Sophia says. Louis laughed a little bit, “I grew up with four sisters and Harry is my boyfriend. I think I can handle a one-year-old,” Louis pointed out.

“Trust me. You will get sick of it,” Sophia tells him. Louis was getting angry as he shook his head, “leave!” Louis shouted. Louis was breathing fast, “I think it’s best if you leave,” I say. I didn’t look at Sophia. I was keeping an eye on Louis, “go fuck yourselves,” Sophia spat. She stormed off, “Lou?” I questioned.

“I’m fine,” he tells me. We heard the front door slam, “you alright Claire?” Harry questioned. I nodded my head, “Claire hunny your crying,” Liam says. Niall quickly got up as I wiped my eye, “sorry,” I apologized. Niall wrapped his arms around me, “I’m fine,” I tell him. Niall kissed the side of my head, “I thought Sophia was a friend. I thought I could tell her how much my child meant to me. I thought I could tell her anything,” I say.

“We all lost someone today,” Liam mumbled. Liam came over to me and hugged me tight, “we will get through it,” he whispered. I hugged him back, “I’m alright Liam. I’m worried about you,” I whispered back. I looked at him, “I’m worried about my baby,” he admitted. I kissed Liam’s cheek, “so am I,” I say. We all heard the front door open, “what is going on? Louis really didn’t tell me anything,” Zayn questioned as he walked into the lounge room.

“Tell him,” Harry smiled. I knew Harry has been waiting to smile about Liam coming a dad, “I’m going to be a dad,” Liam tells Zayn. Zayn looked confused, “but Louis told me that you and Sophia broke up,” he remembered. Niall pulled me away from Liam, “Louis weren’t you going to show me and Claire that music thing,” Niall says. Louis was confused, but Harry got what Niall was saying, “Louis give me and Zayn ten minutes please,” Liam tells him.

We all sat on Louis’s bed in his and Harry’s room, “well what are we really going to do?” Harry wondered. I know we all said that we will help Liam, but can we? We all have school, “I think if we all help it won’t be so much on us all. But I will say this tho,” Niall started. Niall grabbed my hand, “our relationships come first. I know that little one going to be cute like their dad, but I don’t want to sound like a bitch,” Niall continued.

“It’s Liam’s child,” I interrupted. Niall nodded his head, “like if we still had ours. I wouldn’t except you to help look after her all the time. Just maybe a night here and there,” Niall admitted. Harry and Louis nodded their heads, “but she would have been cute as her mum,” Harry teased. Louis leant into Harry, “I want to keep talking about babies, but it’s unknown territory at the moment. So I’m going to change the subject. So did you two fix things?” Niall wondered.

“Yes we have. I was getting jealous of you Niall. I wanted to be the one to help Lou, but I know you’re the only one that can. However, Lou and I came to agreement to let me be there more and we going to try stuff again,” Harry admitted. I knew stuff meant sexual things and we all knew Niall couldn’t help with that, “but did you guys have sex yet?” Louis questioned.

“Nope. We dried humped until we both came the other day,” I tell them. Both Harry and Louis looked at Niall, “oh you really gone back that far,” Louis sighed. Niall slowly nodded his head, “we’ve never done it before, so we went right back,” Niall says. Niall looked like he was playing the victim, “don’t you dare start that game. I suggested that we go back on our word, but you said no,” I reminded him. Niall bit his bottom lip as he smiled a little, “I thought maybe we could at least touch,” he smiled.

“I was touching you before, but you pulled my hand away,” I tell him. Harry and Louis started laughing, “Niall was trying to tell us that it was all Claire, but when it was all him,” Louis laughed. They kept laughing at Niall and he looked like he was actually getting upset with them, “Niall you do know we don’t care? It’s up to you and Claire what you do. It’s not our relationship,” Harry tells him. Niall slowly nodded his head, “who’s the girl out of you?” I asked. They all looked confused at me, “I mean who’s going to help me now? I have no girlfriends anymore,” I explained.

“Harry,” Louis says. Harry nodded his head, “I would go shopping with you,” Harry smiled. I smiled back, “but maybe you should make new girlfriends. I know Jess would like to come your friend,” Niall suggested. Harry looked at Niall with a questioning look, “doesn’t Jess want to get into Claire’s pants tho?” Louis asked.

“That was a bit of drunken fun,” Niall replied. We all looked at Niall since he seemed so sure about Jess, “what I have talked to her,” he says. Harry slowly nodded his head before he smiled big, “you told Jess to back off. I bet you told her that Claire was yours,” Harry tells us. Niall looked around the room, “oh baby. Jess is a good girl. I wouldn’t do anything with her unless you were there,” I teased.

“You’re doing nothing with her. I’m not sharing you with anyone,” Niall tells me. I kept smiling at him, “but Niall that’s nearly every straight man wet dream. Watching two girls going at it,” Louis pointed out. Niall shook his head, “not mine,” he says. I looked closely at him and I realized what he really wants to do, “baby really?” I questioned. Niall was confused as he looked at me, “you want a threesome with another guy,” I say. Harry and Louis was shocked as Niall went bright red, “is she telling the truth Niall?” Louis wondered.

“I don’t have anything to say,” he mumbled. Louis and Harry got excited, “are you a top or a bottom?” Harry asked. Niall shook his head, “I not talking about this right now. I need a few drinks,” Niall tells them. Louis and Harry pouted, “you’re so unfair,” Louis sighed. Liam and Zayn walked in and Liam was holding a little book. We made room on Harry’s and Louis’s bed, so they could sit down with us.

We all didn’t say anything for a little bit. I noticed Liam was playing with the book in his hand, “what in the book?” I asked him. Liam smiled a little bit, “my baby,” he replied. Harry and I quickly sat on both sides of Liam, “well show us,” Harry smiled. Liam laughed a little bit, “how far along is she?” Louis wondered.

“About nineteen weeks,” he tells us. We were all shocked, “she not very big, but our baby healthy,” Liam added. Liam opened the first page of the book he was holding. It was an ultrasound picture, “when we first found out. It was about six weeks into the pregnancy,” Liam says. Niall, Louis and Zayn got closer to us, so they could see.

We went through the book, but it wasn’t very big yet. Liam had tears in his eyes, “I’m going to be a dad,” he whispered. We all hugged him at the same time, “daddy Payne,” Zayn says. We all stopped and looked at him, “you’re never saying that Claire,” Niall tells me. I was trying not to laugh at how serious Niall was, “but it is daddy Payne,” I smirked. Niall pulled me away from Liam, “well I think it’s bedtime,” Niall says.

“I think Niall just wants Claire to call him daddy,” Liam teased. It was good to see Liam making jokes, “I don’t have the daddy kink, but I do have the master one,” I smiled. Niall got off the bed and threw me over his shoulder, “and her master doesn’t like sharing,” Niall tells them. Niall started walking out, “if I hear moaning. I will come in,” Zayn warned us. Niall gave him the thumbs up as he left the room.

Niall threw me onto my bed as soon as we got close. He hovered over me and I placed his face between my hands, “go spend time with Liam and the boys. I think that’s where you need to be,” I tell him. I pulled his face down, so I could kiss him, “ok. You going to be alright?” he wondered. I nodded my head, “going to do some reading,” I say. Niall kissed my forehead, “don’t think about it,” he whispered. Niall kissed me before he got up, “I’ll make sure the boys go to bed and I’ll be sticking Zayn with Liam for the night,” he tells me.

After Niall left I grabbed my Harry Potter book out. I sat on my bed and started reading it, but the sound of rain caught my attention. I moved on my bed, so I could sit by my window. I looked at the window as I watched everything go by. I started to think how life can change in an instant. I lost Sophia as a friend tonight, but I also found out that Liam going to be a dad. I don’t know what New York is going to hold for me and my friends at the moment. All I know I think I can take what it gives me.

Niall came in about an hour later and I was still looking out the window, “it’s raining,” he says. Niall sat down next to me, “it’s been like that for over hour,” I tell him. Niall pulled me close to him, “you have always loved the rain,” he whispered. Niall wrapped an arm me as he kissed the top of my head. I leant into him, “but you know what has always been perfect?” I asked. Niall shook his head, “you and the rain. We had some great moments with the rain,” I admitted. I looked at him and he straight away kissed me, “I can think of some of them,” he smiled.

“Like what?” I wondered. I laid down, so my head was in his lap, “there was this one time we were sneaking around at night. We broke into the school to prank Louis, but we nearly got caught. We had to run and hide from the security guard. We hid between the gym and block one. It started pouring down with rain and all you did was laugh. We were so close at getting caught and there you were laughing. I just remember watching you laughing and wondering how lucky I was. I was lucky, because you were next to me,” Niall confessed. I pulled him down to kiss him, “and I wanted to do that,” he added.

“That’s why I started laughing. The space between the gym and block one not that very big. I remember looking at your lips and thinking that I wanted to kiss you. I started laughing at what I was thinking about you. I thought that you didn’t think about me like that,” I remembered. Niall kissed me, “life would have been different if we knew what the other one was thinking about,” Niall smiled. I nodded my head, “I love you,” I say. Niall kissed me, “I love you,” he says against my lips.

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