Don't Go

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"

Last night, after I woke up from my nap, Clara and I went out to dinner. She was literally shaking from the events of earlier. She kept it pretty cool while we were at the boys' flat, but when I woke up she was sitting in the corner blasting Same Mistakes, her favorite song, crying. She was basically shaking the whole evening and she was up on Tumblr. stalking them half the night.

I woke up to her screaming in my ear. The room was dark.

"What time is it?" I groaned.

"It's 3:03am!! The exact time your were born!"

"Stalker," I mumbled, turning over in my bed.

"Lennon, you're eighteen!! It's time to freak out!" Finally, what she was saying processed in my mind. It was my birthday. I mean, I didn't forget about it, but with all the events going on lately, I lost track of the date.

"Wow, I'm old!" I groaned.

"I can finally be seen with you in public! I'm sure people were probably wondering why I was hanging out with such a youngin." Clara's birthday was in December and she always made fun of me for being so much younger than her.

"Very funny."

"What are we going to do?"

"Well right now, I'm gonna go back to sleep." I turned over and closed my eyes.

"Fine," Clara whined.

I woke up and immediately reached for my phone. I had a few birthday texts from family and friends but once I saw that I had one from Niall, I went to it immediately.

'Hey. Come over when you wake up. Clara can stay at the flat with the boys while we go out. You're all mine today ;)'

I took a shower and got changed. When I came out of the bathroom, Clara was just waking up.

"Hey. I'm going out with Niall. You're chilling at the boys flat today."

"Okay!" she jumped out of bed and skipped into the bathroom.

When she came out, she had on a cute dress with nude heels. "Why are you dressed so nice?"

"Just because," she shrugged.

We had a good amount of time before the next bus came, so we decided to run to Starbucks.

"Hey Sandy," I greeted her cheerfully as I entered the coffee house, the smell of freshly brewed coffee capturing my senses.

"Hey babe!" she smiled. "Who's this?"

"Sandy, this is Clara."

"Oh my god! This is Clara?" Sandy ran out from behind the counter and gave her a hug. "Lennon always talks about you! It's so great to meet you!"

Clara being the outgoing person she is immediately hugged her back and started shooting her with questions. Sandy eventually made us both drinks and turned back to me. "So how's your boyfriend?"

"Ya mean Niall?" Clara blurted in.

"Isn't that the name of that guy in One Direction?" Sandy asked.

"Oh, you haven't told her?" Clara asked me. Then she turned back to Sandy and whispered, "It is the guy from One Direction."

Sandy gasped," No way!?" I laughed and nodded. We talked for a little bit more, seeing as the Starbucks was surprisingly empty this morning, until I looked down at my watch.

"Shoot. The bus is gonna be here in a few minutes. We gotta run. You're off tomorrow, right Sandy? We're going out." Sandy nodded her head. Clara ran up to her and whispered something in her ear. She smiled widely and nodded her head before giving Clara another hug.

"What was that?" I asked Clara.

"I was just complementing her hair," she shrugged.

"Oh I know, isn't it cool?"

Once we got to the boys' flat, Clara was freaking out.

"Babe, calm down," I told her as I knocked on the door.

She shook out her arms and her legs and spun around. "Don't do that," I told her.

"Hey Lennon, Clara," Zayn said, opening the door.

"Hey Zayn!" I said.

We walked into the living room and Clara sat down next to Liam who tried to start a normal conversation with her without her freaking out. I was talking to Zayn in the kitchen when I heard Niall talking with Harry, their voices getting louder.

"It has to be a surprise," I heard Niall say.

"Mate we got it. Just go-- ohhh hi Lennon," Harry scratched the back if his head.

"Hey Harry, hey Niall."

"Hey love, I didn't know you were here yet," Niall said.

What were they talking about? A surprise? For who?

"Well here I am," I laughed. "Where are we going?"

"You'll see," Niall told me. "Guys I'll see you at 7," he looked at Harry and Zayn sternly.

"Niall, we're fine," Zayn said.

Weird.

Niall led me outside and into his car. "Princess, this is the last day we're gonna be able to spend together until I leave." My throat hitched. After today, Niall had a few more full days of rehearsals and then he was off to America. This was basically our last day together for weeks.

"Why would you say that?" I half-laughed, trying to hide the sadness in my voice.

"Because today's going to be great!"

"That doesn't make sense."

We drove to a sandwich shop and got five sandwiches, three huge bags if chips (crisps) and a liter of soda.

"What's up with the food?" I questioned. A smirk formed on his lips, but he said nothing. We drove to my hotel and he parked outside of it. "Niall?"

"Just go with it."

He grabbed a huge bag from the back seat of his car and walked into the lobby.

We walked into my room and he set the bag of food and the bag of mysterious items onto my bed.

I walked over to the bags and tried to grab the one which contents were secret.

"Nope," Niall said, blocking me. "First, we're making a fort."

"What?"

"Let's go, don't question it."

We ended up making a pretty awesome fort out of the desk, the desk chair, the two lounge chairs, and a lot of blankets from my room. "Can you please explain to me why we just made a fort?" I said, crawling inside of the dark space. Niall appeared moments later with the two bags in his hands. First, he dumped out the bag of food onto the floor of our fort. I couldn't really see it though, the blankets causing an eerie darkness. Next he reached into the other bag, pulling out something and setting in onto the floor. Once eyes adjusted, I could see it was a laptop. He opened the lid and started it up, causing the space to light up. Then he reached into he bag again and pulled out about five DVDs. "Is this how we're spending our last day together?" I asked him. From the light of the computer screen, I could see him frown a little bit.

"Yeah."

"I love it!" I squealed, hugging him around his waist.

"You got me so nervous, loser!" he whined. I giggled, squeezing his tight waist harder. I could feels his abs through his thin t-shirt.

The movies he had could not have made me any happier. There was The Little Mermaid, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Monsters Inc., and Tangled. We decided on watching Monsters Inc. first.

Niall set the laptop in front of the both of us and I had my head leaning on his shoulder. I felt him lean over and grab a sandwich. He unwrapped it and started eating it loudly, so I nudged his shoulder. "Sorry," he whispered.

About halfway through the movie, I leaned over Niall to grab a sandwich and a bag of chips. We both lost our concentration on the movie when both of our hands were in the bag of chips fighting for them. "Niall, get your own bag," I said.

"No," he responded stubbornly. I finally got my hands on a chip and pulled it out of the bag, shoving it into my mouth. Niall realized that there were no chips left in that bag and he pouted. "But I'm hungry!"

"Sucks!" I said, even though there were two more bags and three more sandwiches left. He leaned over quickly and pushed his lips onto mine. He pulled away too quickly.

Licking his lips, he said, "You're lips taste salty." I hit his arms for that one.

Once the credits for Monsters Inc. rolled around, I started looking at which movie to watch next.

"Wait, Lenn, I have to tell you something."

"What?" I looked up at Niall.

"Well, it's kinda stupid."

"Then stupefy me," I laughed.

"That wasn't funny."

"Well then." I shifted myself so I was facing him and he did the same.

"I don't mean to bring back all this old stuff but I wanted to clear something up before I leave. Stacy," I cringed at that name, "I was only with her because I was trying to get over you. When I saw that picture of you and Matt, I was miserable. Ummm, looking back, I don't even know what I was thinking."

"It's okay," I said, even though the thought of Niall with her hurt like hell.

"No it's not. It was such a dick move."

He looked down. "Well did you?"

"Did I what?" he said.

"Get over me?" I inched myself forward so when he looked back up, I was right there. His mouth formed a crooked smile and he looked up. I could tell that at first he was surprised by our closeness, but he quickly leaned even closer and laughed.

"Not even close."

I reached my arm behind his neck and I pulled his lips to mine. I quickly pulled away and went to move back to our previous position but he held on to my waist. "You're staying right here," he said before pulling his lips onto mine. This kiss was more heated than others. I got my fingers tangled in his messy blond hair as his hands moved up and down my sides. I didn't want him to leave in a few days. Why couldn't he just stay? He leaned back on the wall and I straddled his waist. His lips moved slowly against mine and I definitely did not want to pull away. He moved his hands to my cheeks, rubbing his thumb across my cheek. I slid my hands down to his neck.

We pulled away and I rested my forehead on his. "Are you sure you have to leave?" I asked.

He laughed and shook his head. "Yes."

We put Tangled into the laptop and began watching that. We were both laying down. Niall was behind me leaning on his elbow and I was laying my side. About halfway though the movie, my eyelids started to get heavy until I couldn't keep them open anymore. Right before I dozed off, however, I felt a blanket being put on top of me and Niall's arm snaking itself around waist, pulling my back tightly into his front.

I woke up and felt Niall's arm still around me. I could feel his stomach evenly rising and falling and when he took a breath out, I could feel it on the back of my neck. I smiled lightly, not wanting to leave this position. I liked the way his arm was protectively around me. It made me feel safe. Whenever I was around Niall, I felt safe. I noticed that the laptop was off and it was very dark in our fort. The low hum of the radiator could be heard, however, adding some white noise to the atmosphere.

All of the sudden, I heard Niall take in a deep breath and pull me closer to him. He let out his breath in a sigh and nuzzled his face in the crook of my neck.

We laid like that for a while until Niall got up to check his phone. As the light illuminated the fort, I squinted my eyes, trying the cover the blanket over them.

"Did I wake you up?" he questioned.

"No, I've been up for a while," I stated matter-of-factly.

"Oh well it's six so we better get ready."

"For what?"

His face formed a shocked expression but then he quickly went to a smile. "Dinner, dress nice."

"But we've been eating sandwiches all day!"

"Well all the guys are coming and we have to meet them at the flat so..."

"Okay," I agreed.

He quickly kissed my cheek and we both got out of the fort, the light from the window blinding us. "Dear Lord!" I yelled, placing my hand over my eyes.

I walked over to my walk-in closet called "the middle of the hotel room where all my clothes are piled up". Catchy, I know. I sat down next to them and looked for a nice outfit. Aha! I strolled into the bathroom with my outfit.

Niall said it was fancy so I quickly curled my hair and put on light eyeliner and mascara. That was as far as I went with my make-up. It wasn't heavy at all, just made my eyes pop. I flattened out my skirt and walked out of the bathroom.

Niall was sprawled out across my bed, typing away on his phone, a worried expression on his face. "Ready?" I asked.

"Yeah." He turned off his phone and sat himself up. He grinned widely when he saw me.

"What?" I asked, feeling slightly uncomfortable with him looking me up and down.

"Wow," he whispered.

"What?" I laughed awkwardly. He got off the bed and walked over to me. He grabbed my waist and pulled me into his chest.

"You're beautiful." The way he said it melted my heart and made me want to die. His amazing accent accentuated every word and I wanted to hear him say it again and again and again and again. The fact that he didn't call me hot, he called me beautiful, made me grin. He was so perfect and in that moment, I realized that I was falling in love with Niall Horan.

I looked up at him and pressed my lips to his.

Before we left, I grabbed a navy blue clutch and ran in front of the mirror. I had on a white lace skirt paired with a fitted navy blue blazer. On my feet, I had my favorite pair of heels. They were navy blue and about 3 inches high. I was finally about the size of Niall in them.

"C'mon," he laughed, grabbing my hand and pulling me out the door.

The car ride was spent talking about food and what we might be eating tonight. The thought of food made my mouth water. We finally reached the boys' flat. I was about to walk in when Niall stopped me. "What?" He looked at his phone. "Seven fourteen," I heard him say under his breath.

"You can go in, but first, today is very special," he said. "Well first of all, we met two years ago today." We did.

"Oh my goodness, Niall, I forgot!"

"It's okay." He kissed my nose. "Second of all," he swung the door open, "it's your birthday."

"SURPRISE!" I heard many voices yell. I looked around the room. I saw Harry and Clara behind the counter, Louis and Eleanor were sitting under the table, Sandy and a girl I recognized to be Danielle were standing in the doorway, Zayn was sitting on a stool with quite possibly Perrie Edwards on his lap, and Liam was sitting in the middle of the kitchen on the floor.

"Oh my goodness," I squealed, jumping up and down.

"Surprise," Niall whispered in my ear. I turned around and threw my arms around his neck, holding him tight.

"You remembered!"

"How could I forget your birthday?"

I had just figured Niall forgot. I only told him my birthday once and it was the day I met him. He was the best! What made it even better was that I had always wanted a surprise party thrown for me. I had begged my mom and Clara for years but they always said that if I asked then it wouldn't be surprise. This was incredible!

Clara giggled and ran over to me, hugging me tightly when I let go of Niall. Sandy followed quickly. Was this what Clara had whispered to Sandy today at Starbucks? Niall grabbed my hand and led me over to where a girl with gorgeous curly hair stood. "Lenn, this is Danielle."

"Dani," she corrected, immediately moving in to give me a hug. "You're more gorgeous than Nialler described you."

"Thank you," I grinned, "I love your hair!"

"Thanks babe!"

We moved over past Harry who gave me a quick wink. Then Niall pulled me over to Zayn. "And this is Perrie." She hopped off of Zayn's lap and gave me another hug.

"It's so nice to meet you, Lennon! Happy birthday."

"Thanks. It's nice to meet you too."

I soon felt arms from behind. "Hey Lennon."

"Hey Eleanor," I giggled. These girls sure liked to hug.

"You said I needed to take you shopping because my style was nice, well can I steal your outfit?" I laughed. Eleanor Calder, one of my fashion icons, complimented my outfit? Okay, I'm dreaming.

"So I guess we're not going out to dinner?" I asked Niall. He shook his head. "Well there better be food here, Mr. Horan," I laughed.

"Right on it, princess." He kissed my cheek before walking over to Louis to help him out from under the table.

"Awwww," Dani squealed.

"What?" I said.

"Let's talk in the living room," she said.

Clara and Sandy were consumed in a deep conversation with Liam, who was still sitting in the ground, so I let them go.

The four of us walked into the living room and sat down on the enormous couch.

"Do you love him?" Dani asked me.

"I don't know," I said honestly.

"Well he sure loves you," she said, looking to Perrie and Eleanor for their agreement.

"We've known Niall for a while," Eleanor said, "and we've never seen him happier."

"You guys are adorable," Perrie added.

"I think I'm falling in love with him," I said.

They all squealed.

"What are we missing?" I heard Clara yell, followed by Sandy. They plopped down on the couch and smiled.

I guess we were having a girl talk. Although I wasn't prepared for everything they had to say.

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