Chapter 11

“Wake up!” my mom screamed and I nearly fell out of bed. I was exhausted. After all the games we played this weekend I could barely move. When we got back last night all the girls and guys celebrated that we both won. It was the first time in years the boys team won in any playoff game. I was actually proud of them and Niall. Niall really got them in shape. “You’re going to be late!” she shouted again. I just didn’t have it physically in me to get out of bed. The team we played was tough and it drained all my energy in the second half of the game.

At twenty after seven I got out of bed and took a quick shower. I put on a pair of yoga pants and a plain t-shirt. I threw my hair up in a messy bun and only applied a little bit of eyeliner. Clearly I put in no effort to look good today but I just didn’t care.

“Beautiful” my mother said and rolled her eyes. “Me and your father are leaving in an hour. You’re going to be late. School started twenty minutes ago. I guess I’ll have to write you a note.”

“Guess you will” I shrugged.

“Just for the attitude I won’t.” I groaned and grabbed my books. I didn’t care that she wouldn’t write a note. I could either forge one myself or get detention, nothing new to me there. When I got to school I went to office and of course the mean secretary was working.

“Late again Miss Chambers.” I nodded and she handed me a detention slip. I was already late so I took my time getting to my first class. It would be over in ten minutes anyway so I decided to just hide out in the bathroom until the bell rang. Two of Nikki’s friends were in there. They were just as horrible as she was.

“Hi Kellie, you look” Ashley cleared her throat, “nice.” I fake smiled and proceeded to fix my hair.

“What’s going on with you and Liam?” Angie asked.

“Nothing” I replied coldly. I knew Angie always had a thing for Liam but he hated her. At least he used to.

“Right. Liam wouldn’t be into you anyway.” I brushed off her comment. These sallow girls think since a guy doesn’t like them they wouldn’t like anyone. Liam doesn’t have feelings for me but he definitely has tried to get with me. I don’t maybe he does have feelings for me but I don’t have any for him.

“What did Louis even see in you in the first place?” Ashley added. I gave her the evil eye and stormed out of the bathroom as they laughed. I didn’t really care. I’ve been dealing with these bitchy girls since middle school.

I just wanted to get through this day as quickly as possible so I could go home and rest in my hot tub. All my muscles were sore and I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I tried but in most my classes I dozed off. Luckily I wasn’t caught or I would be in detention for the rest of the week.

After school was over I walked to the detention room. On the way there I heard a beautiful voice with a guitar to accompany it. I followed the voice. I never heard such a soft, beautiful tone. Niall was sitting in the music room with a guitar in his hands. He stopped to write something down. He noticed me and smiled.

“Can I help you Miss Chambers?” he asked in seductive tone and raised his eyebrows.

“I have detention. I – I’ll see you later” I said limping out of the music room. My body was still aching, especially my thighs.

“What’s wrong?”

“Just sore.” I left the room and headed to detention. The entire time I stared at the clock and I swore it wasn’t moving. I put my head down and the next thing I knew the bell was ringing. I drove home and immediately changed into a bikini. I was thankful my family was out of town for the rest of the week. My brothers and sister were staying at friends’ houses and my parents let me stay home alone to take care of the house. I texted Niall and told him to come over and he said he’d be right there.

I greeted him at the door in nothing but my bathing suit. He checked me out from head to toe and grinned. I grabbed his hand and led him out to the hot tub. He picked me up bridal style and gently placed me in the steaming water. He lifted me with such ease. Niall removed his clothes, leaving him in just his tight black boxers. He sat behind me and started massaging my shoulders like Liam had done except Niall’s touch sent shivers down my spine.

“You played amazing” he complimented me.

“So did your team. I guess the saying is true…”

“What saying?”

“Those who can’t do, teach.” He shoved me forward a little and I laughed. “And those who can’t teach, teach gym” I added. He started tickling me for my comment. I turned around and wrapped my legs around his waist. He pulled me closer to him and pressed his soft lips against mine. I felt him growing underneath me. I wanted him so badly. Sex in the hot tub? Sounds like a good idea to me. He started kissing down my neck and I moaned. I wanted him to touch me. As his hand was sliding up my thigh I heard someone call my name from inside.

“Shit” I mumbled and jumped out of the hot tub. Niall tensed up and got out too. He ran around to the side of the house as I went inside. I walked around to the front of the house and Liam was standing in the living room. “How did you get in?” I asked placing my hands on my hips.

He held up a set of keys. “Your mom gave them to me in case of an emergency.”

“Okay, so why are you here?”

“I was bored. You busy?”

“Kind of” I shot back. Niall was probably freezing out in the backyard. I hope Liam didn’t see anything.

“Doesn’t look like it. I know you’re home alone all week so I figured we could order food and rent a movie.”

“Why?”

“Just trying to be a good friend and check in on you. I guess I’ll be going then.”

“No, wait. Come back around eight?” He smiled and walked back out the front door. I felt bad that I was being mean to him. He was doing me a huge favor for me pretending to be my boyfriend. My mom left me alone, which was really nice. I was able to hang out at Niall’s more often because she stopped questioning where I was going all the time.

I went back out to the backyard and Niall wasn’t pleased. I could see the goose bumps all over his body and he was shivering. I threw him a towel and giggled. “Come inside you baby.” He wrapped the towel tightly around him and grabbed his clothes. He started to get dressed. “Where are you going?” I asked

“Home. This is too risky. I shouldn’t have come here.” 

“Calm down. Let’s go take a shower. I’ll put your boxers in the dryer.” I tried being playful with him but he wasn’t having it.

“I have to go Kellie. Liam will be back soon since you’d rather hang out with him.”

“I do not” I argued. “I want to be with you Niall. Do you honestly think I would choose anyone over you? Come back over after he leaves?”

He shook his head. “I have work tomorrow. Goodbye Kellie.” He gave me a quick kiss before searching outside to see if anyone was out there. He put up his hoodie to shield his face as he made his way to the car. This wasn’t going to be good.

Things were going so well with me and Niall. Well at least the best it could be for him being my teacher. I think I was officially falling for him. It was obvious I had feelings for him but they were growing deeper and stronger everyday and I feared that he didn’t feel the same.

Niall kept his distance from me over the next few weeks and I understood. We almost got caught. We started being careless. We needed to back off for a little so no one would get suspicious. He would still text me everyday and send me cute messages and ask how my day was going. He would call me every night before I went to bed. He probably hated having such a childish relationship but he did it for me. We couldn’t see each other outside of school for a while. In school we had to act like we barely knew each other. Yet he was the one I told all my secrets to or I would just ramble to.

Tonight would be one of the first nights we would see each other. It was New Year’s Eve and his family was throwing a huge party at their house. Tori dressed me up in a tight black dress with subtle gold sparkles and a pair of gold sparkly heels to match. It was a little short for me but I didn’t care. Niall would go nuts when he saw me. He wouldn’t be able to resist and that’s exactly what I wanted.

I drove with my parent’s to the Horan’s. Niall wasn’t there yet but Liam and Louis were. Liam kissed me on the cheek and held my hand as he pulled me away from my parents. My mom told me to have fun. Liam got us both a glass of champagne. I didn’t like the taste of it but I downed it anyway. About an hour into the party, the house was filled. I saw Niall come in with Harry and two busty blondes. Of course. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t jealous. I wanted to be the girl on his arm but I couldn’t and who knows if I would ever be. This relationship worked because we lived off the thrill of being caught. What if it was just boring if we had a normal relationship? Would he get sick of me just like Louis did? But then again Niall wasn’t anything like Louis.

I mingled amongst some of my friends from school. I was stumbling around trying to find the bathroom when someone pulled me into a room. The light turned on and Niall had me pinned against the wall and covered my mouth.

“Shh” he said when I tried to scream. He removed his hand and he led me over to the bed. “I need to talk to you. You look really hot tonight” he smirked. I rolled my eyes and motioned for him to continue with what he actually needed to talk to me about. “I got offered a job at another school.” I was really happy at first. If he wasn’t my teacher than we could be together. “But it’s two hours away.”

“So you’re just leaving?”

“Well, no. That’s why I wanted to talk to you. I really like it here and I don’t want to leave.”

“Then don’t” I said cupping his cheek. The thought of him leaving was killing me inside. I wouldn’t be able to handle not seeing him everyday.

“I have a few days to make a decision. So you’re here with Liam tonight?”

“It’s a show for my mom. Who did you bring?”

“She’s friends with Harry’s girl. It’s New Year’s.”

“And I want my kiss to be with you. Don’t you dare kiss her” I said pointing my finger at him.

“Then don’t kiss Liam” he replied raising his eyebrows at me. “Meet me back in here right before midnight.” I nodded and gave him a kiss.

“Cute room” I said looking around. It was obvious it was his childhood bedroom. Sports posters lined the room. It looked like his mom never touched it after he moved out. It was nice.

I exited the room before he did. I made my way back to Liam and Tori. I downed a few more glasses of champagne to loosen me up. I was having a good time dancing around with my friends. It was nearing midnight and I was trying to find a quick escape to go meet Niall. My mom started talking to me and Liam telling us how cute we are together. He kissed my cheek again and I wrapped my arms around him for show.

“I have to go to the bathroom” I lied.

“It’s almost midnight. You can wait” my mom said. I rolled my eyes as she held onto my arm. She wasn’t letting me get away. The countdown started and I started to freak out. I wanted to be with Niall but there were some many obstacles in my way.

“Three, two, one” and everyone screamed. My mother pushed us together and our lips crashed against each other’s. My mother snapped a picture and I tried to pull away but Liam held me tight to him as his lips caressed against mine. When he let me ago I saw Niall standing behind him. I’ve seen him mad and jealous but this was bad. He stormed out of the house and onto the balcony. I wanted to chase after him like I always wanted to do but I couldn’t. It was killing me. I knew how he was feeling inside.

People started rushing out to the front of the house to watch the fireworks. I went to the back porch as Niall was hanging up his phone. “I’m sorry” I whispered as I wrapped my arms around him. He was facing away from me and he shrugged me off his body. “Don’t be at me” I begged.

“I just got off the phone with the school. I accepted the offer.” My heart sunk. I couldn’t believe he did that without even talking to me. He wasn’t my boyfriend so I couldn’t stop him. I just can’t believe he made such a rash decision.

Tears started to fall down my face. I felt like I couldn’t breathe. My whole world was crumbling. “Don’t go” I cried.

“I can’t do this anymore Kellie. We are getting too involved. It’s not worth losing my job.” Those words hurt more than the fact that he was moving away. I wasn’t worth it to him. I started crying harder and he pulled me into the garage so no one could see us when they came back into the house. “I didn’t mean it like that Kellie. I love teaching. I can’t pass up this offer.” I wrapped my arms around his waist and held him tight.

“I understand. I’ll just miss you.”

“Please stop crying babe. If we’re meant to be together in the future than it will happen. It’s not our time right now.” I nodded and cried into his chest. He rubbed my back as I tried to collect myself. “Just enjoy the rest of your senior year. Have fun. Be a kid.”

“I’ll miss you.”

“I’ll miss you more. It will all be okay. Goodbye Kellie.” And with that he was gone. He left the garage. He left me. He left me standing there alone. Did you ever think you had everything you ever wanted and then it suddenly it all goes away? I lost my everything. I lost him. He was wrong. It wasn’t going to be okay.