"Well, I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now...My last question is: Will you be my girlfriend?"

My heart was beating so rapidly, I felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. He just asked me to be his girlfriend. What should I say? Why was I freaking out so much? I knew this was coming eventually. So say yes, you idiot.

"Y-yes, Niall. I'd love to be your girlfriend." I managed to get out. Niall's eyes met mine and his smile widened, if that was even possible.

"Torre, I think you're a wonderful girl, and I want to be able to call you mine." Was he always this sweet?!

"I like you a lot, too, Niall. And now you can call me yours." With that, he got up from the table, grabbed me by my waist, and pulled me to him. I wrapped my arms tightly around him, wanting to be as close to him as possible. He brought his hand to my chin, tilting it up to look at him. His blue eyes stared deep into mine. They were beautiful, and it me right then that I was falling for him. I was falling for him hard. He then moved his hands to my cheek and brought his lips to mine.

All I could focus on was the feeling of his lips on mine. The gentle pressure they applied to my own. The way one hand cupped my cheek and the other held my waist, pulling me to him. All of my senses were being overwhelmed, and I was lost in his kiss.

I wasn't even thinking of the fact that this was our first kiss as officially being together. All I could think of was Niall, and the way he held me close to him.

We were kissing for what felt like hours, but was really only minutes, and were interrupted  by laughing. I broke away immediately to see where the giggling was coming from. When I turned, I saw all four boys standing on the deck watching us. I blushed in response. We were getting really into the kissing and I didn't know they were watching us.

"Get it, mate!" Harry yelled and the other boys erupted in laughter before heading back inside.

"I'm sorry about them." Niall said.

"I know one way you can make it up to me." I said bravely, as he pulled me to him and kissed me again. I wasn't really one to be initiate the kisses, but I was desperate to feel his lips on mine again.  

"I like your thinking." he said with a smirk and kissed me one more time in the sunset.

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NIALL POV

It's been a couple weeks since I asked Torre to be my girlfriend. I'm so glad she said yes. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders, just to be replaced by another one. I'm not completely sure that Torre completely realizes what is going to happen to her life by dating me, and that worries me.

Everything has been pretty calm so far, but the media has not stepped in yet. Aside from getting a few pictures of us out on the town and such and the one interview where she came up, there hasn't been much to say about us, considering we've been pretty low-key. But now all that is going to change. I have an interview coming up where I'm going to have to confirm that we're dating, and then everything is going to fly out of control. Especially on social media. social media is going to blow up, as it always does.

I just want to make sure Torre can handle it all. I want to prepare her for it, so she's not caught off guard. Hopefully, if she knows what's coming, she will be able to handle it better. I'm planning on bringing it up to her soon, that way when the worst comes, we'll both be prepared.

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TORRE POV

I groan as I turn over onto my side and turn the hideous beeping from my alarm clock off. I lay in bed for a couple of minutes, trying to mentally prepare myself for my day.

 It's been a couple weeks since Niall and I have officially been together, and they have been beyond perfect. There hasn't been a day that I didn't see Niall or at least hear from him. I know I'm being crazy, for falling so hard so fast for him, but I can't help it---he's so charming.

I lean over to grab my phone and check my calendar. Call me lame, but I don't remember stuff if it's not written down somewhere. Organization is key in my life. I have class this morning, and then this afternoon I have to work. I work in a small daycare in the city. It's a really small place, probably the smallest preschool in LA, but I've always been a more small-scale person. That is until I started dating a superstar. That's not too small-scale, is it? I've always loved kids, and working in a daycare is the perfect job for me because I enjoy it more than anything in the world.

While scrolling through my list of things to do today, a message appears at the top of my screen and my heart leaps when I realize who it's from.

*Good morning, Beautiful! What do you have going on today? :)*

*Morning! ;) I have class and then work :(*

*Mind if I walk you to class?* Awww, he wanted to walk me to class. No way I was turning him down.

*Sure! I'm going to be leaving my apartment in about an hour*

*Kay, I'll see you in an hour then :)* What a great way to start my day. Niall walking me to class gave me the motivation I need to actually get out of bed. I stumble into the bathroom and hop into the shower. After showering, I throw on a pair of jeans and a short-sleeved ruffle top, then blow-dry my golden hair. I go put a couple pieces of toast in the toaster and went back into the bathroom to put some make-up on while they cooked. About 20 minutes later, I was dressed, had breakfast, and had all my stuff packed up and ready to go. I would not be late today!

I rolled my eyes at a sleeping Eliza as I passed her room and headed for the door. Looks like she isn't going to make it to class today. I headed down the elevator and into the lobby of the building where I saw my boyfriend---it sounds surreal to call him that, but that's what he is!---standing there waiting for me. He held two coffee cups in his hand. He didn't see me yet, as he was staring out the window.

"Hey there stranger," I said and he immediately turned around to face me. He was wearing a plain white t-shirt and jeans, and I must say, he looked good.

"Hi!" He said, a smile taking over his face. "I brought you coffee." He handed me the cup and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. It was the simplest gesture, but to me it meant everything.

"Thank you. You didn't have to do that." I said as we headed out the door.

"I thought you might need a pick-me up before class." He said and reached for my hand, lacing patterns into my palm as we walked down the street.

"Well thanks. This was really sweet of you!"

"It's my pleasure." he joked, bringing my hand up to his mouth and pressing a gentle kiss to it. "So how are you?" he asked.

"Good. Great actually. There's only about a month left of school and my classes are starting to slow down, so I haven't been too stressed out lately." I said cheerfully. "How have you been? It's been a couple of days since I've seen you."

"Yeah, sorry about that. We've had promo stuff like crazy this week, and there's just so much to get done. But yeah, I'm good." Niall said, he seemed a bit off when I asked him, like there was something he wasn't telling me.

"Well that's good." I said, leaving the door open for anything else he would want to tell me. He stared at the ground as we walked in sync for a minute in silence, neither of us saying anything.

"So this is kind of a weird question..." Niall started.

"O-kay." I said slowly, stressing each syllable.

"It's also random, but....do you have a twitter? We've never talked about it before." I laughed at his question. That was what he wanted to ask me?

"Well yeah I do, but it's pretty pathetic. I have like 15 followers and half of them are my family, and I never tweet. I haven't been on there in ages!" I laughed.

"Oh okay, well good." he said and that confused me. Why was that good? And why did it matter so much.

"Good?" I questioned.

"Well, yeah. I've been meaning to tell you this Torre."

"Tell me what?"

"Well, as soon as we go public, things are going to get crazy. And I do mean crazy."

"Um...okay. Define crazy." I said, nervous about what he would say. I knew going into this that it wouldn't be your average relationship, but honestly the way Niall was acting now was scaring me a little.

 "You're going to get a lot of attention---probably more than you bargained for, and from everyone, fans, media...all eyes are going to be on you for awhile. Until they get used to seeing us together all the time, you're going to be a topic of conversation. Social media is going to explode." He said, looking me in the eye as we walked.

Although I knew all this would happen, and it was something I thought about when debating over whether or not to go into a relationship with Niall, hearing him say all this worried me a little.

"Well, uh, I guess I'll just have to get through it all. I think I'll be okay though. I mean, I feel like its worth it." A smile grew on Niall's face when I said that.

"It will be worth it, Torre. I promise. I just want you to be prepared because, well, not everything they say is going to be...nice." He sighed.

"I understand that, and it's something I've dealt with before. I'll get through it. I'm stronger than I look." I laughed at the end. I was, after all.

"Good. As long as you know what you're getting in to." Niall chuckled. I was glad for the mood shift. It was much too tense for this early in the morning.

"Yeah. I know." I said. We were getting close to the University, and my walk with Niall would be over soon. I really want to hang out with him again soon, but he's so busy right now and I don't want to push anything.

"Well, I'll have some free time this weekend, so you want to go out with me?" Niall asked. Yes!

"Of course!"

"Great well I'll talk to you later. Have a good class and learn lots of new stuff!" Niall teased, as we neared my lecture building.

"Oh I will. And then I'll definitely be smarter than you, Horan." I smirked back. He then hooked his arm around my waist and pushed me up against the wall and pressed his lips against mine.

"That's what you think, sweetheart." he laughed and turned around, starting to walk away, a smirk painted on his face. I gave him a wave and he just winked at me in response, leaving me at class for the next hour and a half.

{A/N: I hope you liked the chapter...It was super long! (For me at least, lol) I know I say this every time, but thanks again for reading! It really means a lot! Please please please vote (it only takes a second!) and comment! And tell your friends about the story ;)  Love you all! ~Macy}