Part Twenty-Six

Sophia’s POV

“Right have you got everything?” Mel asked me for like the millionth time.

“Yes, like I told you the last time… and the time before that, and before that, and before that, and bef-" I was cut off my Mel.

“I get it, I was just making sure. Now hurry up else you’ll miss the flight,” Mel laughed and pushed me out the door.

“I need my case!” I shouted and tried to get back in my room but Louis picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.

All the boys were here to say ‘bye’ to Niall and I.

“Liam’s getting your case,” Louis laughed as he walked downstairs with me on his shoulder.

“Be careful Lou! Don’t drop me on the stairs! I’m too young to die!” I screamed, clinging onto him. I heard everyone laughing at me but at that point I didn’t care because I was focusing on not dying!

“Alrigh’ time to give me my girlfriend back,” Niall laughed and Louis threw me from his shoulder, I screamed and landed in Niall’s arms.

“Suddenly feeling like a rag doll,” I muttered and climbed out of Niall’s arms. We heard a car horn outside and we said our goodbye’s quickly before Liam carried my case to the car and Niall carried his. We both climbed in the car and waved to everyone before we took off to the airport.

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The flight wasn’t too long and when we arrived in Ireland I felt at home again. I could tell Niall did because he had this huge smile on his face. When we arrived we went through the airport and got our suitcases, we then went to leave, but it seems that the fans knew we were coming and there was loads of fans blocking our exit.

“Now what?” I asked Niall.

“We go through them,” He winked at me and wrapped his hand around my waist, whilst one of the security guards that came with us took my suitcase.

The security guards at the airport had arrived and were starting to make a path for us. We walked through the screaming girls and Niall shook a few hands, and sighed a few autographs real quick whilst we walked through them. It took us ten minutes to get through the crowds, but eventually we made it to the car that was driving us to Niall’s house.

Lauren’s POV

“So what do you want to do?” I asked as we walked back into the house after Sophia and Niall left.

“Let’s go to the park!” Beth shouted.

“Oh my gosh! We haven’t been there in ages!” Molly smiled and the boys looked at us weirdly.

“You want us to go to a kiddie playground?” Harry asked.

“You wait till you get there,” Mel smirked and we all nodded.

“For Narnia!” I shouted and ran out the door with the girls. We ran down the street and up the back alley and found ourselves in the most amazing park ever. Well it was to us.

“There’s a castle!” Louis shouted and ran over to the small wooden castle that looked like it would break any minute.

“SLIDE!” Harry shouted and ran to the newly painted slide.

“Swings!” Zayn and Liam ran over to the baby swings and tried to get in them- if they get stuck I’m not helping them out.

We all laughed at them as Lou pretend to boss us around, Harry was screaming as he slid down the slide and then he ran back to the top and did it again, and Liam and Zayn were shouting about being stuck in the swings.

“SPOLDGE!” Beth and I screamed at the same time and the four of us girls ran to what was called ‘the birds nest’, it was basically a giant round swing. We all dived on it and landed in what we had named the ‘splodge’. Basically all of us in a heap on the birds nest.

“I wanna join!” Louis screamed and dived on all of us.

“Louis!” I groaned, “Elbow in the face!”

“IN THE FACE!” Beth shouted.

“Boo-bear!” Haz shouted and I knew what was coming.

“No!” I screamed as Harry made impact on top of Louis.

“I’m going to go on the monkey bars!” Mel said and struggled to get off the birds nest from under us all. She ran over to the monkey bars and, like a ninja, climbed on top of them and sat there. We walked over to her after a while, Beth had begun taking pictures. At the moment she was positioning Lou so it looked like he was eating Harry, who was sliding down the slide again.

“Guys,” Mel said quietly to Molly and I, “I’m stuck.”

“What?” We laughed.

“We haven’t been here for a while! I remembered how to get up but I can’t remember how to get down,” She muttered, blushing a little. I looked at Molly and gave her a mischievous look which she returned.

“Guys! It’s time to leave, you’ve got that radio interview soon,” Molly shouted.

“But I don’t want to go,” They all whined.

“We’ll come back tomorrow,” I said.

“What are you doing?” Mel hissed.

“We’re leaving,” I smirked.

“But I’m stuck!” She hissed.

“Your problem,” We laughed and headed out of the park with the others.

Mel’s POV

“Mel are you coming?” Zayn asked me; we were the only two left in the park now. Stupid Lauren and Molly, I am going to kill them!

“Yes…” I blushed.

“You’re stuck aren’t you?” He laughed.

“It’s not funny!” I shouted.

“It kind of is,” He laughed.

“Well are you going to help me down or not?” I asked, getting impatient.

“Hm, I don’t know…” He smirked.

“Zayn,” I whined.

“Fine, I’m coming,” He laughed and jogged over to me. He stood in front of me and held up his hands, “Jump.”

“I’m not jumping! What if I die?!” I panicked.

“You’re not going to die, it’s like not even a two metre drop,” He laughed, “And I will catch you.”

“But what if you don’t?” I frowned.

“I will,” He smiled, “I promise.”

“Okay,” I let out a shaky breath and braced myself for the fall.

“Mel, I won’t drop you,” He said and I knew he wasn’t lying- he’s already said he loved me.

“I know,” I smiled at him.

3…2…1…

I pushed myself off the monkey bars and towards Zayn’s open arms. I squeezed my eyes shut praying I wouldn’t die, but then I felt Zayn’s warm, strong arms around me.

“I told you,” He whispered in my ear as I opened my eyes again.

“Thanks,” I kissed him as he set me on the floor.

“Come on,” He grinned and kissed me again before taking my hand and leading me out of the park.

“Finally!” Liam shouted as we walked in.

“Where were you?” Beth asked.

“Places,” I shrugged.

“Oh yeah, that really answers my question,” Beth said sarcastically.

“Whatever,” I muttered.

“We’ve got to go, we’re already running late,” Liam threw a glare in our direction.

“Bye,” They all said, “We’ll be back in about an hour and we can celebrate New Year together.”

“Bye!” We all shouted and then the boys all rushed out of the house and dived into the car Paul was waiting in outside.

“I wonder what Soph and Niall are doing…” Molly muttered.

“I don’t think I want to know,” Lauren laughed.

“True,” Molly grinned.

“So you all got tickets to America as well?” I asked sitting on the sofa.

“Yeah Buddy,” They all grinned and sat next to me.

“We need to organise a shopping trip,” Lauren grinned and we all nodded.

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Beth’s POV

“Happy New Year!” We all shouted as the clock struck midnight.

We were all a bit tipsy now, the boys came back with lots booze and we’ve pretty much drank it all. We’ve got the stereo blasting and we’re all singing and dancing around the room with drinks in our hands.

“Come with me,” Louis whispered in my ear and pulled me up the stairs.

“Louis,” I giggled as he pulled me into my room, locking the door behind us, and kissed my neck.

“I love you,” He whispered against my lips.

“I love you too,” I smiled and kissed him.

He pulled me over to the bed and he laid down, I climbed on after him, my knees either side of his thighs, so I was straddling him. I kissed him and well as they say in Mamma Mia… dot dot dot.

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I woke up with a slight headache, I’m so glad I didn’t have too much to drink last night. I feel sorry for Lauren, Harry, Mel and Zayn who were necking them back. They’re going to have killer hangovers today.

“Morning beautiful,” Louis whispered.

“Morning handsome,” I whispered back, “Are we going to the park again today?”

“I think so, depends how bad the others feel,” He laughed quietly, “You feel okay?”

“Yeah, just a slight headache, nothing I can’t handle. You?” I replied.

“Same,” He mumbled and then yawned, aw he’s so cute!

“When do Sophia and Niall get back?” I asked him after a while of us both lying in comfortable silence.

“Early tomorrow morning I think, but they’re going back to our complex. They said it was because they didn’t want to wake us, but I think they just want some alone time without us barging in,” Louis laughed.

“I think you could be right,” Beth laughed. We heard a bang on the door and frowned.

“Did someone just run into your door?” Louis asked me.

“Ow! It’s locked! You could have told me! Crap! My wrist!” Liam moaned.

“It’s not my fault, I was seeing if I could put chocolate buttons in my eyes!” Molly shouted.

“Shut up!” We heard four people groan… hangovers much? I just looked at Louis and he shook his head, let them sort it out not us.

“You know, when I go to America, I’m really going to miss you,” Louis said.

“It’s only three weeks, and then we’ll be together again,” I smiled at him.

“I’m still going to miss you,” He smiled sadly.

“I’m going to miss you too,” I whispered, “But you’ll have a great time, you won’t have time to miss me.”

“It’s going to be a long year next year,” He sighed.

“It is,” I agree.

“You’ll have to visit us in Australia too,” Louis looked me in the eyes and I knew he was being serious.

“I’d love too, but don’t go wasting your money on me,” I laughed.

“It wouldn’t be a waste,” He smiled. I blushed and looked away from him. I honestly can’t believe how lucky I am.

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“Louis!” I squealed as he threw me over his shoulder and ran around the park.

“I shall save the damsel in distress!” He shouted. I laughed along with the others- Harry, Lauren, Zayn and Mel seem to be feeling better now they’ve had some coffee and painkillers.

“Louis put me down!” I laughed and he put me in the baby swing and began to push me, “If I get stuck I will kill you!”

“You won’t get stuck,” He laughed.

“Lifeguard run!” Molly shouted.

I, amazingly, jumped out of the baby swing and joined Lauren, Mel and Molly in a line. We all then began running forward in slow motion doing our best lifeguard runs. I personally think mine was the best, I did the famous taking off of the jacket and throwing it on the floor, whilst slow motion running, and I did the hair flick whilst pulling a sexy face- I’d make an awesome lifeguard!

“Amazing!” The boys all cheered and clapped.

“Thank you, thank you,” We bowed. The rest of the day we just spent in the park- seen as the boys had a day off.

Sophia’s POV

It went way too fast, I loved being back in Ireland, I felt like I was home again, I felt happy. Niall’s family was very welcoming and made me feel like I belonged in the family as soon as I arrived. His mum had thanked me greatly for getting time off for Niall to visit home.

When we had arrived at Niall’s house his whole family was there, it was a great atmosphere. We celebrated all night and did the New Year countdown. We got a little drunk, but who wouldn’t? I got on with all of his family, they were all so nice. He’s so lucky to have a nice family. I wish mine were more like this, but then if it was I never would have moved to London, met the girls… I would have never met Niall. Maybe it was for the best.

We’d said our goodbye’s to his family before we left, and we are now at the airport ready to go home- and again the fans were there, so it took us a while to get through, but we did eventually. “Did you have a nice time?” I asked Niall as we took our seats on the plane.

“It was amazing, thank you so much! I just wish we could spend more time here, how about you?” He smiled at me.

“I loved it too, your family are all so nice and welcoming,” I grinned.

“I told you they’d love you,” He laughed and kissed my forehead.

“We’ll have to come back after your tours,” I said.

“Definitely,” He grinned.

The flight back didn’t take too long, and it was very comfortable. When we arrived at the airport, there were fans swarming the place.

“Niall, I think you should see them,” I said as the security guards said something about taking him out the back exit.

“Huh?” He turned to me as did the security guards.

“I said, I think you should see them. They’ve probably been waiting all night to see you. All you have to do is say hi, wave, smile, let them take pictures, maybe sign a few autographs,” I said boldly.

“But it would be quicker if-" I cut the security guard- who’s name I didn’t know and didn’t want to- off.

“I don’t care if it would be quicker. They are Niall’s fans, they are the people that called up when he was on the X Factor to get One Direction through each week. They are what made One Direction, and they can easily break them. What’s the point in supporting them if you don’t ever get to see them?” I snapped back.

“Management said-" I cut him off again.

“I don’t care what management said, they’re not here and I am, so you can go that way, but I’m going this way,” I snapped and began walking with my bag (I’d left my suitcase for a security guard to take to the car) to the exit where the fans were. There was a walk way down the middle of them, which was marked by metal barriers keeping the fans one side and the people leaving the airport the other.

“No Sophia’s right, we’ll go this way,” I heard Niall say and then he was at my side and taking hold of my hand.

“Sorry Niall, but I just think they deserve to at least see you,” I sighed.

“It’s fine, you were totally right,” He smiled at me, “Have you got a pen?”

“Here,” I laughed and handed him one out of my bag.

“Thanks,” He grinned, “You ready?”

“As I’ll ever be,” I grinned and together we walked around the corner.

As soon as we did the whole place erupted in screams and flashes of light. Niall and I smiled and waved at the fans who were shouting his name, and mine? That’s so weird!

“Can I have an autograph Sophia?” Someone asked to the side of me.

“Sure sweety,” I smiled at the ten year old girl who held her pad out to me. I quickly scribbled my signature and handed the notepad to Niall, he quickly signed it and I handed it back to the grinning girl. It carried on like that for about another hour until we got to the car and drove back to Niall’s apartment.

“I really enjoyed that Sophia, I’m glad you stood up to the security guards,” Niall smiled at me.

“It’s alright, I enjoyed it too,” I laughed, “But it’s all so weird!”

“That’s how I felt on X Factor, I guess I’ve got used to it now, but sometimes it seems weird,” Niall laughed.

“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this,” I shook my head, but secretly I hoped I did.

“Come on,” Niall grinned and took my suitcase for me, he then carried both our cases in the apartment and I followed behind him.

“I’m so tired,” I laughed and pulled on my pyjamas- it was now one o’clock in the morning and we hadn’t gotten to sleep until about four in the morning yesterday, and then we woke up at about eight so we could spend the most amount of time with his family as we could. So in the past two days I’ve had four hours sleep.

I climbed into Niall’s bed and he followed, he was wearing a pair of sweats and that was it. I rested my head on his bare chest and easily fell asleep.