Clary's POV
I wake up and I'm in Nicole's place all the girls are collapsed about. My head is killing me. At least I didn't do anything last night…well not that I can remember. I hear another moan and I know someone else is waking up. I see Penny stir and I fling something at her. "Ow! Hey who threw that?"
"Penny! What happened last night?" I see her blonde mop sit up and she turns to me. Wow she looks bad…I hope I don't look that bad.
"Uh…last thing I remember is Ryan walking over…then you called someone…I think?" Who the fuck did I call? I grab my phone and see the last number I dialed was Niall's. Whew. Thank goodness…oh I bet that's an embarrassing voicemail.
"Why was Ryan there?" Penny sighs and gets up to grab coffee. I follow her and every step hurts like a bitch. She pours some for me and herself. Then Nicole wanders in, lipstick smeared. "Hit me Holden." She sits down next to me and Penny slides a mug over.
"Anyways…Ryan?" I start trying to get Penny to spill the beans. I knew he was trouble.
"Right! Um he just wanted to talk but I wasn't really coherent so he told me to call him tomorrow…go out for coffee." Nicole and I just gape at her.
"WHAT?!" We both shout at the same time. Then we hear groans come from Perrie, El, and Lilly.
"Guys! It's not a big deal we were best friends! It is just a catch-up meeting. Now it's almost 1pm so I should go and change then go text Ryan to meet-up." The other girls mumble a goodbye then Penny kisses my cheek, leaving out the door before I could tell her to not see Ryan. Lilly looks at us and smiles.

"Girls I have big news to share." She stands up and holds her head a bit. "Okay so I am moving to London! My mom is now cancer-free and I got a great job offer at the hospital here. So I'm moving here in a few weeks. Probably after your wedding Clary but yea." We all squeal and hug her then there's a knock at the door. Nicole groans then gets up. She sees Zayn and lets him in.
"Zayn's here to ruin the party…" He laughs then Perrie runs over.
"Hiya babe…you are still wearing your little number…C'mon let's get you home…" Perrie hugs all of us and then leaves.

Soon it's just me, Nicole, and Lilly. Tomorrow we are going bridesmaids dress fitting. The last one before the big day. Which I am kind of freaking out about. My phone starts to ring and I see that it's Niall. "Hey!"
"When are you coming home?"
"What if I said never?" I hear him gasp then chuckle.
"You can't live without me. Besides who could beat me?" I laugh then tell him I'll be home soon. Lilly was staying with Nicole. They both agree to drive me back, because Lilly wants to see the house.

When we get there Lilly just gawks at it. "You live here?"
"Yep…C'mon on I'll show you around." She throws her arm over my shoulder and we all walk in. Cosmo comes running down barking and jumps at me. I bend down and pet him, his whole body is shaking. Lilly picks him up and coos at him. "Oh my gosh he is so adorable!!" Cosmo looks at me then licks Lilly. I hear Niall thundering down the stairs. "IS MOMMY HOME BOY?!" We all start cracking up and Niall mumbled something then takes Cosmo from Lilly. They go outside to the backyard. Lilly and Nicole look at me and snicker, "That was adorable." I punch both of them. Then show them around. Soon we come back down and see Niall on the couch, Cosmo was on his stomach. Lilly and Nicole said goodbye and I sat down my Niall. Cosmo hopped off and went somewhere. Niall sat up and dove on me. "I missed you…"
"Didn't seem like it. I saw some lovely pics…" He sat up and looked at his hands.
"Clary listen…I…I didn't do her…just…kissed. As soon as I realized it wasn't you…I pushed her off and came back here." I stand up and look at him. My head hurt and frankly I didn't want to deal with this right now. So I went to my studio, shut the door, locked it, put in my earbuds and went to work.

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Niall's POV
Clary has been in her studio for hours. I'm sitting outside of it, I've giving up on knocking, knowing that she had her headphones in. She let Cosmo in a while ago because he was pawing at the door. So here I am, being pathetic. I get up and grab my guitar and start strumming 'Fireproof'. The door flies open, I fall back and look up to see Clary stepping over me and heading down the stairs. I get up and follow her. "Clary…baby…I'm sorry honestly. Talk to me…"
"I don't know what to say." I grab her and force her to look at me.
"I don't care...just say something! Please…I don't like silence between us…it kills me." She touches my lips and sighs.
"You…stupid boy." Then she pushes past me and heads back up to her studio, food and drinks in hand. God I fucked up big time. I then go to our room and flop on the bed. I play on my phone and I text the other guys to see if they knew what the girls did. Zayn said that they just went to some clubs then back to Nicole's to play some JustDance drunk. So she didn't even do bad things. I ruined our relationship. I lie there waiting for her to come back but she doesn't.

"Niall…what a surprise…what can I do for you?" She was at the door of a house, arms crossed.
"I had to see you…I heard you were in town…I um…" She shuts the door and shakes her head at me.
"You shouldn't be here okay? If my husband finds out…he'll hurt you and I don't want that. Just go okay." She turns around and leaves, disappearing into her house, and out of my life.

I wake up and find that Clary wasn't here. I jolt out of bed and run downstairs to her studio. She's not there either. I'm in panic mode. I check the other master and see her in the bed. I sigh then pick her up and go back to our bed. "He loved me…he promised." She's mumbling in her sleep again. I stop walking and feel tears coming. I set her down and run to the bathroom. I let them fall and I lean against the counter. "I'm sorry baby I know I did…I'm sorry."

I feel someone poking me and I groan. "Ni…get up." I open my eyes and look at the woman I love and hurt. I stand up and hug her.
"I heard you crying last night. You brought me to bed…you…"
"I'm sorry baby…so fucking sorry." She just stood there while I sobbed into her. I held her close until she pulls away. Clary wipes my tears and looks at me.
"My stupid, stupid, annoying, loud, loving, sweet, soon to be husband." Then she pecked my cheek and walked back out. Cosmo and I followed in her wake, she went downstairs and straight into her studio, shutting the door. Cosmo and I look at each other, "C'mon boy, let's go for a run."

We get back, "Clary?..." I run up the stairs and knock. Nicole flings the door open and glares at me. Shit. "Well well well…look who it is? Clary…do you know this cheating son of a bitch?" Clary comes running over and glares at her.
"Coley! Shush. Niall…what?" I look from her to Nicole, Cosmo bursts into the room. Nicole leaves saying that she had an appointment. Clary turns and heads back inside. I spot what she has been working on, I move closer to the painting. I trace the painting, and turn to her. "Clary…" She bursts into tears and runs into my arms. I rub her back. "I love YOU. I shoved her away into some other girl, then I got slapped. So I left…god I'm so sorry…I never wanted to make you feel like this again. Never in a million years." She just clings to me and Cosmo lies down between our feet.
"I saw them…the pictures…and it hurt. But what hurt me the most was seeing the guilt in your eyes when you looked at me." I look at her and wipe away the tears.
"I felt guilty because I promised to never hurt you and I did…weeks before making you mine for the rest of my life. I mean weeks. God talk about fucking up all over again." She laughs and leans up to kiss me. I move so she kisses my cheek.
"Niall…" I look into her deep green eyes.
"I want to hear you say it."
"I love you and I forgive you? I don't know what you want me to say…I just had to paint before I lost the picture in my head." I chuckle then plant one on her. Cosmo yelps because one of us must've stepped on him. Clary jumps up and links her legs around my waist and I run to the other master. I throw her on the bed and she giggles. She starts kissing my neck and pulling at my shirt, then I hear a bark. Cosmo comes running in with his bone. He jumps on the bed and is wagging his tale. I groan then collapse onto Clary while she just cracks up laughing. "This is why I didn't want a dog." I mumble into her neck, then place a butterfly kiss on her. She looks at me and shakes her head. I throw Cosmo's bone then run to the door and slam it. I walk back and pin her down. I've become addicted to her. And the mere thought of her leaving or never speaking to me, killed me. I'm done drinking. If that is what could happen it's not worth it. "I'm quitting…no more drinking." She laughs at me and touches my lips and my cheeks.
"You don't have to quit Ni…just don't go crazy. Besides beer runs through your veins." She leans up and kisses me. I kiss back and thank god for letting me keep her. She is an angel and I'm not worthy of her. But I'm glad she picked me…and stays.

One Week Later…

We are in the dining room, going over the last few things before the wedding. Clary is on hyper drive. She's currently on the phone with Nicole, who still hasn't forgiven me for that horrible night. Frankly I don't think I ever will. "Nicole! Just shut up! I don't care what you think okay? It was a few kisses! He's kissed other people before too…I know it's not the same…I love him so I'm willing to look past it. I'm not talking about this with you anymore. For once keep your opinion to yourself. We are not your parents, and not every relationship is." She hangs up and sits in my lap, resting her head on my shoulder. I rub her back trying to calm her down.
"I just hate fighting with her but she's being a bitch." I smile then kiss her head.
"Well I do kind of deserve it…I'm not going to tell you what to do baby…everything will be fine." She nods and then sits up, we look over the seating arrangement for like the tenth time. There's a knock and I go get it while Clary calls the caterer to make sure everything is good. "Nicole…what do want?" She pushes past me but I grab her arm. "If you think that you are going to change her mind you should just leave. She ignored me for days. I still feel awful but Clary forgave me. Let her make that choice. It's not yours to make Nicole. So if you came here to get her to leave me, you better be ready for me to fight because no way in fucking hell am I letting her go again." Nicole looks at me and yanks her arm out of my grip. Then she walks to the dining room.

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Clary's POV
I get off the phone right when Nicole walks in. I look to Niall and he shrugs, for once I wish he would just slam the door on our friends. "What?" Nicole sighs and sits down by me.
"I'm sorry…you're right…one mistake shouldn't define the rest of your relationship. I'm sorry." I gape at her, Nicole rarely admits she's wrong. Especially when it comes to relationship stuff. I hug her and kiss her cheek.
"Thanks Coley…I hate being mad at you." She laughs and looks at all the crap cluttering the table.
"Yea I hate being mad at you too. Well this is awful looking. I'll see you for the wedding. Niall you better never let her go." She hugs him then leaves. I just sit there while Niall comes over and pulls me up. He hugs me and I inhales his cologne. God I still have no clue what he uses but damn this is good stuff. He lets go but I don't. I'm clinging for dear life. "Clarissa…babydoll talk to me."
"I'm scared." He pulls me over to the couch.
"About what?" I look at him and take a deep breath.
"The wedding. I'm scared that I don't know…I'm just freaking out." He takes my hand and looks at me. He wants me to elaborate. I take another deep breath.
"What if…we wake up one day and realize that this isn't what we wanted…what if one of us stops loving the other one…what if your work makes me hate you? What if--" He slams his lips into me and leans me back on the couch. He whispers into my ear.
"Sometimes you think too much. You are the number one thing in my life got it? Work will never ever be more important than you. Nothing will ever tear me away. If I had it my way you and I would never leave our bed." He smirks then pecks my cheek. I laugh and hug him again.
"I love you…and thank you for talking me out of my craziness." He cuddles into my neck.
"That's my job…although someone should have talked you out of buying Cosmo…but I'm glad they didn't that little sucker has grown on me." I laugh again then whistle for Cosmo. Finishing off the wedding details turned into family cuddling while watching Harry Potter movies.

Notes

Another chapter!! This one had a bit of drama but like all great couples Niall and Clary push through. Whew...how many of you thought the wedding was gonna be cancelled? Gotcha didn't I? ;) Don't worry...I would never do something like that.................

So since Thanksgiving is coming up I'm not sure when the next update will be...but it will be hopefully by this weekend so it won't be too long of a break. I hope all of my fellow Americans have a loving and wonderful Thanksgiving!! :) And I just want to say how thankful I am for all of you guys for reading this story it means a lot to me. And thanks for getting it on the popular pages as well. :)

Sending all my love,
~Annie Xxx