Part 15
The rest of dinner turns out to be fun. The five of us bonding, the girls bombard Niall with questions but he's used to this kind of attention plus it gives me the chance to get to know him more. I'm glad Niall and the girls are getting along. I hope Niall is having fun. Maybe I shouldn't keep my hopes up about this relationship though, I'm leaving in just over 4 weeks.
On the drive back to our hostel we are all quiet, I'm still a little sleepy from the night before and lost in thought. He pulls us up in front of the hostel and the girls exit the car before me. I hear his body shift towards me so I look at him. "Shall I pick you up at 4 tomorrow?" He asks with a shy smile.
Niall's POV
Jordyn is definitely not telling me something. Shes been quiet all evening and acting all shy again. It wasn't about the night when I left them in La Havre or even when I picked them up, she didn't act like this until after I dropped them off at the hostel, what happened this afternoon?
"Yes you shall." She giggles. I shake my head to rid my thoughts for now, I'll find out later she said she would tell me. I lean over to her side and kiss her. Her lips are so soft against mine every time they touch my heart skips a beat. I place a hand on her cheek and gaze into her jade eyes, "Sweet dreams Jordyn." I say in a low voice.
Her cheeks turn a rosy red and she bites her bottom lip. "You too." A secretive smile spreads across her face and she gives me a quick peck on the lips then leaves my car. I watch her walk up to the door she opens it about to enter but she turns around and waves at me. I laugh and wave back at her. Jordyn disappears behind the door leaving me sitting here in my car wanting more. I pull out into the street and head home. The rest of the night I think about Jordyn and what her secret is, hopefully it's nothing too crazy.
Your POV
The girls and I are getting ready for our morning of shopping. We are just trying to figure out what to do first because we've found more things to check out.
"Where do you guys want to go first?" Theresa asks us as she's putting her hair up in a ponytail.
"Oh, can we check out the Portobello Road Market?" Bri walks out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Chelsea agrees. "I want to shop!" She's probably getting bored at going to museums and seeing old buildings.
I sit up in my bed to check my phone and text Niall to see if he's up yet.
JordiePie181- Hey! :) What you doing?
The girls are still talking while I'm looking at my phone. It takes a couple minutes for Niall to respond.
IrishLad1D93- Top of the morning to you! I actually just got out of the shower ;) then I gotta get some things for dinner tonight
Well shit, Niall Horan naked, droplets of water streaming down his bare chest. STOP... I stare down at his text not knowing how to respond to that.
JordiePie181- nice ;) the girls and I are just debating on what to do for the morning. Are you going to cook dinner? :O
IrishLad1D93- haha maybe.. :D
I've never had a guy cook for me, it's sort of romantic...
"Jordyn you ready to go?" Theresa tilts her head to the side with her hands on her hips as she's looking at me.
I get off my my bed and smile at her, "Yeah I've been waiting for you guys!"
Bri and Chelsea's votes wins out on going to the market first, I've been getting into the habit of buying old books whenever we go to things like this and just mailing them to my apartment. Europe is full of old books and I love collecting them!
We eventually find the market and it's incredible, I've never seen something so big. There are a lot of different things at the market from antique furniture to a variety of food and it covers a whole block and spills out onto a park along the road. I already have a small stack of books in my arms as I'm looking through the antique furniture.
"You're buying more books?" Bri gasps from my side.
I laugh almost dropping my books, "Yes Bri," I roll my eyes. "I need more for my collection and I have to at least buy a couple from every country we visit." I smile sheepishly at her. I notice she has a big paper bag resting on her leg and I raise an eyebrow at her. "Looks like you found more clothes." How much clothes does this girl need? Well I'm no better with my books...
"Shut up." She thrusts her hip into my side.
"Ow!" I laugh almost falling over.
Bri and I walk together looking at the different items some more and eventually find Theresa and Chelsea inspecting some fancy high heels.
As we get closer to them Chelsea peeks her head up. "Hey Jordyn!" She picks up a pair of stilettos and walks over to me with a sly smile. "You should wear these for Niall tonight with that blue dress you bought." She lifts her brows suggestively. I did not tell them that Niall bought the dress because I know they would have an opinion about it.
"Uh, no way!" I scoff. "I would look like an awkward baby giraffe trying out his new legs."
They all laugh but Chelsea pipes up. "Yes you have to!" And Bri nods in agreement. "You'll look so sexy! I remember all the eyes on you the last time you wore high heels." A devilish grin takes over her face.
I glance at Theresa hoping she'll take my side on this but instead she quietly says, "They're not wrong..." Not making eye contact with me. Wooww 3-1 on this.
I cross my arms at Chelsea, "I'm not-"
Chelsea stops me in my tracks by putting her finger up. "Yes you are and I'll buy them for you." Before I can protest, she turns around and walks over to the little table to buy her items along with the heels. Goddamnit.
"What the hell guys!" I bark at Theresa and Bri.
They both just kind of shrug then Bri chirps up, "You and Niall seem to be getting kind of serious and this seems like a really romantic night for you. I mean you are going over to his place for dinner." I shift awkwardly in my stance while Bri looks back to her sister then back at me and continues, "We just want to make Niall drool for you because you need this! Ever since you and Chris broke up it seemed like you would never be happy again then you bumped into Niall and it's like the old Jordyn is back."
Well, it was hard after that breakup and my friends were there for me. I didn't know I was that depressing though. But do I really need this? I am happy with him, I mean I don't even know where this is going with Niall. So far I've had fun with him and we have to leave in a month. What's going to happen then?
"Don't worry about the future just worry about the now." Theresa responds softly as if reading my mind.
I bite my lip and just nod. I definitely overthink things especially when it comes to my love life. "Can I just a little bit?" I grimace at her.
She just laughs and shakes her head, "Come on," Then looks over to where Chelsea and Bri have walked off to. "Let's go eat."
The four of us get our own thing to eat, I get some Indian cuisine, Chelsea got a burger, Theresa got a sandwich and Bri got some Chinese.
After we get our food we join up and sit on a wooden picnic table. I open my food and it makes my mouth water, I take a bite from it and HOT! "Ahh!" I yelp scaring my friends in their seats.
I jump out of my spot with my mouth wide open. "Oh! That's hot!" I groan fanning my tongue, that's really spicy food.
"Here!" Theresa hands me her drink.
I quickly grab the cup from her grasp and down her iced tea. "Ah." I breathe loudly after gulping down the cool liquid.
The girls start to laugh hysterically then Therea peeks up at me. "Are you okay?"
My eyes narrow at them, "Yes thanks for asking." I tell them while crossing my arms. None of them even stood up or anything!
"I thought you were dying!" Bri exclaims.
"Yeah! You scared the living daylights out of me!" Chelsea barks at me but fails to hide her smile.
I sit back down and push the food away from me still feeling the burn on my tongue. "That's way too spicy for me to eat." I pout my lip at my tasty looking dish. I look around to the vendors for some more food. "I'll be right back." I tell my friends and head for the Chinese food stand.
After we finished eating the girls come with me back to our room so they can help me get ready for tonight. I change into my dress and put on the heels. Oh god, I need to practise a bit before I see Niall! With a ton of caution I step out of the bathroom already feeling regret, the girls haven't seen me in the dress yet so I'm a little nervous in showing them.
"Damn Jordyn!" Chelsea stares at me with her jaw dropped.
"You bought that dress?" Theresa asks incredulously.
"Yeah." I shrug. "Niall picked it out for me for our dinner in Milan."
"For how much?" Theresa presses on crossing her arms.
I wobble over to my bed and sit down. "I got it on sale T, don't worry."
She raises a brow, "Right." Thats all she says as we stare each other down and I don't break so instead of trying to argue more she just goes back to reading her book. Phew.
I try walking around the room in my heels some more before Niall picks me up, I haven't worn heels in a while hopefully my feet don't kill me halfway through the night!
By the time Niall calls me I've managed to walk around the room without wobbling or having to hold onto furniture. "Hey." I say to Niall through my phone.
"Hey. I'm just coming around the corner."
I smile, "Awesome! I'll see you out there."
The girls squeal in excitement and so do I. I'm so nervous for some reason! I've been on a date with him before! Theresa hands me my little clutch, I stuffed some flats into my purse just in case my feet start to hurt.
"Have fun." Chelsea winks at me.
"Yes have fun and I put some condoms in there just in case." Bri tells me with a evil grin.
Oh my god! That will not happen tonight!
"Bri! That is not going to happen." Will it? I'm not ready for that yet. I start to laugh awkwardly as I walk towards the door and pull the strap of my purse over my shoulder. "Bye guys!" I say to my friends as I walk out the door.
Sex is way too soon in our relationship. That was the last thing on my mind but now it's at the top! Oh god I hope he's not thinking that we'll have sex tonight?!
I trot to the front door and step out into the warm evening air letting in a large inhale to calm myself a bit. I spot Niall's car just a couple feet down the street pulling up to the sidewalk. As I approach his car he gets out with wide eyes probably because of my outfit, "Hey." He coughs.
I bite my bottom lip, "Hi."
Niall looks down at my feet then up into my eyes. "I thought you don't wear heels?"
I shrug my shoulders and smirk at him, "Chelsea's idea."
"Hmm." His eyes fall down to my body again so I start walking to the passenger side. DROOLING!
He quickly follows behind me and opens the door for me. "Thank you." I smile sweetly at him as I carefully hop in the seat.
He smirks at me, "Your welcome." And closes the door. Niall walks to the drivers side and jumps in. Before he drives off he turns to me, "We aren't going to my place straight away, I want to take you somewhere first."
I blink at him. "Okay?" I say starting to regret my outfit choice once again. Where is he taking me?!
"Cool." His eyes are dancing which makes my heart pound in my chest. Niall pulls out onto the street taking me to somewhere. Before the silence settles between us Niall asks me what we did today.
I sigh, "Well we had breakfast at this little cafe place, they had really good French toast there, then we went to the Portobello Market and bought some things there. I got more old books for my collection and a couple of little trinkets for my sister." I smile to myself. I peek at Niall, "What about you?" He drives with one hand on the wheel and doesn't take his eyes of the road. Why do guys drive like that? It's hot though...
Niall shrugs, "Not much. Just slept in till 9, had a shower then did some grocery shopping." Again with the shower!
"So what are we having for dinner?"
"You'll see." A corner of his lips turns up into a smirk.
He stops on the side of the road in a parking spot. Niall unhooks his seatbelt and gazes at me with dark blue eyes. "We are here."
Once I get out I look at the building we are about to step into. It's a two story brick townhouse with a sign hanging over the door that says 'Daunt Books.' A book store?
I look back at him with a raised brow. He grins and grabs my hand, "Let's go have a look!"
Right as you walk in here you are surrounded by books that are stacked in tall piles and a large wooden staircase in the centre of the room leads you up to a loft full of more books where towering shelves line the walls and on the floor creating a maze. Wow.
Niall smiles at me with kind eyes, "It's cool right?"
I laugh, "Yes, how did you find out about this place?"
"I just looked up bookstores online and this was the top of the list. Why aren't you looking around." He questions with a frown.
"Ah, I kind of spent enough today on books." I shift my eyes away from his, feeling bad that he brought me here when I can't even spend money.
He squeezes my hand and grins at me like he's about to laugh. "Jordyn, I brought you here so I can buy you something."
We spend about a good 40 minutes here and I only pick out two books because I don't want him to spend too much money on me... again. Honestly I could spend hours in any bookstore but I don't want to bore him and I just want to go back to his place because I feel awkward wearing this dress and high heels in here.
We kind of wandered away from each other so I have to walk around in the maze of shelves to find Niall in a quiet corner looking at a book.
"Hey." I say quietly when I approach him.
He glances up at my two books that I'm holding and frowns. "Just those two?"
I nod and run my hand over the cover of the top book. "Yeah this one was published in 1845 and the other in 1861."
"Wow that's old and they look good still." He takes one and looks at it. "I'll go buy these for you then we can go." He carefully grabs the second book and I follow him to the first floor to the front counter.
"That was really sweet of you to buy me these, thank you." I say gripping the books to my chest as we walk out.
Niall holds the door to his car open for me. "You are very welcome." He grins then goes to the drivers side, "Are you getting hungry?" He asks me as we buckle in to his car.
I shrug, "A little." I smile back at him and he returns my smile with a toothy grin.
"Good." He takes off to his apartment which isn't very far from the bookstore.
We ride a short elevator ride up to his apartment. "You look amazing in that dress by the way." Niall says quietly.
I smile and look up to the ceiling of the elevator, I can see our reflections standing next to each other. Niall's reflection is looking at mine so I peek at him. "Thanks." I squeeze his hand. "And thank you for the books." I grin at him.
Niall unlocks his door to his apartment and lets me step in first. It's very spacious with a modern touch to it, for some reason I thought it was going to be more extravagant since it is a celebrity's apartment. "Holy shit." I whisper to myself in realization.
"What?" Niall questions me with a concerned expression.
I put my hand up to my mouth and giggle. "Nothing sorry, I just realized that I'm in a famous persons house." I explain trying not to fan girl too hard, I mean not many people can say that they have done this.
He closes the door behind him and chuckles. "Well welcome to my flat." He bows then grins at me when he raises his head. "I'll give you a tour."
I trail behind him as he shows me around, we start off in the kitchen which is just to the right of the front door then his little patio. On the left is the open living room. A giant L shaped couch sits in front of a fireplace with a tv mounted above it. In the corner looks like a little office space, there's a desk with a computer and some trophies on the shelves above that. "And that door is to my bedroom." He points to a closed door on the wall opposite from us.
He leaves that last sentence hang in the air, "Cool, it's a nice apartment." I smile at him moving my hands behind my body feeling a little awkward.
"Thanks." He smiles at me. "Let's make some dinner!" He grabs my hand and leads me over to the kitchen. "I am going to make you Chicken Alfredo." Ohh sounds delicious.
He lets go of my hand to open the fridge and takes out the ingredients, "Would you like some wine?" He questions with a sly grin holding up the bottle.
I narrow my eyes at him but nod, I need to calm my nerves a bit. He pours a glass for me and passes it over.
"Go make yourself comfortable." He suggests. "I got this."
First I take my heels off and put them by the door then walk up beside him, "I want to help though." I pout.
He laughs. "Fine. You can cut up the chicken."
Yay! I go over to the sink to wash my hands while Niall brings out the cutting board and knife with the chicken sitting on top for me. I start cutting it in nice even slices. It's starting to feel less awkward now, I think this is the first we are really alone.
It's like Niall feels the same tension when he coughs and asks if he can play some music. "Yes!" I agree a little too quickly. He steps over to his tv where I'm guessing the stereo is. He turns it on and let's some random music play.
"Is that Micheal Bublé?" I ask while listening to the melody.
"Yeah! I love Bublé!" He grins walking back to the stove.
I'm done cutting up the chicken and toss the pieces into the frying pan. "How's the sauce coming along?" I shift my weight so I can lean in to look at the bowl.
"Try some." He hands me a small spoon.
"Mm! That's really good!" I say licking my lips.
"Good." He stares at me then rubs the back of his neck. "Now go sit, the man has got the rest." He smirks at me.
I roll my eyes. "Fine." Its just cooking it together now anyways.
I grab one of the books Niall bought for me and sit at the table. I don't want to sit too far from him. I feel his gaze on me as I inspect my book but I keep my eyes on the paper until he speaks up.
"So can I ask you now why you were acting all weird yesterday?"
I peek up at him and he's leaning on the counter staring at me which makes me start to blush. "Well," I scratch the top of my head, should I tell him? He crosses his arms now waiting for my response, fuck it, "during my nap yesterday... I may have had a dream about you... and me." I mutter embarrassed.
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