The Setup

I don't even have anything else to say about our room situation. Its obvious that we would not be switching. I kind of unpack some stuff. Mostly just my makeup and bathroom crap. Niall is sitting on the ground looking at something in his suitcase. There was a knock at the door and Niall gets up to get it. I hear someone ask him if he is ready to go. Go where? "Yea just let me get shoes on…I'll met you in the lobby." He shoves on shoes and then closes his suitcase. He looks at me. I can tell. I am sitting on the window sill. Looking outside, wondering if I can see the orphanage from here. I can't. "Hey Cleo…um I have to go and check out the stadium…but you can feel free to use my car and driver to go somewhere if you get hungry or if you just want to go shopping…" I look at him. He is looking at me with those icy eyes of his. I know he is trying his hardest to be kind but why would I go anywhere. Then I have an idea. "Oh okay…thanks. Um…have fun? When will you be back?" He smiles at me. He always had a cute smile. Wait what?...no. He comes and sits down by me. "I'm not sure. Maybe closer to 4 in the afternoon. Want to go get food when I get back? You haven't really eaten anything." I just nod. He grabs my hand and kisses it then sends me another smile and leaves. Finally. I look out the window and watch the boys file into a car and drive away. I go and check the time. It was almost 1pm. So that gave me 3 hours to go and see the kids. Oh, some background. I go once a month to the orphanage that saved my life. I also donate a nice portion of my paychecks to them. I slip on a pair of my Nike's and grab my purse and phone. I go and find Niall's driver and car. Then tell him where to go. It was about a 15 minute drive. "You can just go back to the hotel. I'll be here for hours. And I know how to get back. Thanks for the ride here though."
"Mr. Horan won't like that I left you miss."
"Well tell him I insisted. You would be bored waiting anyways. Please it's fine." He just sighs and I get out. I watch him drive away then I go inside. I smile when I see Ms. Haddie. "Cleo! Oh darling! Look at you. Stunning as usual! How's Rachel?"
"Hi Ms. Haddie. Mom is fine thanks for asking. Is everyone in the common room?" She nods and leads me there. All the kids run over and hug me. I love going here. Its an escape for me. I don't know why but this is the only thing from my past that makes me happy. I think it is because this is were my new life started. The life that I wouldn't trade for anything. This is the place that saved me. I play with all the kids in the backyard. Ms. Haddie was out there too. The kids here call me 'Auntie Cleo'. I look around and see some new faces. but I know most of the kids. I have no idea what time it is. And honestly I don't care. I don’t really want to go back to Niall. I just want to stay here. I left my purse on a hook inside. And my purse held my phone. Well if Niall called I would not be answering. We go back inside and Ms. Haddie tells the kids to go clean up for dinner. Shit is was almost dinner time? "Oh I have to go…I had fun. I'm here this whole week. Maybe I'll stop by again."
"The kids would like that honey. It was good to see you. Oh and congrats on your relationship with Niall Horan. He seems like a nice boy." I was grabbing my purse off the hook and look at her. "Oh um…thanks." I had my purse off the hook and was about to put it on when the door exploded open. Niall looked at me and seemed to calm down. What? How did he find me? "Cleo! There you are. Its almost 7pm. You weren't there when I got back. I was so worried. You didn't answer my calls. Why didn't you answer?" Ms. Haddie jumped in because I was standing there in shock over the fact he had to come all the way down here to make sure I am okay. "Oh sorry! I make Cleo leave her phone and purse up here, the younger ones go crazy over electronics. She was just about to head back though." He just stared at me. Not like creepily but just intensely. "Um yea I'm sorry I loose track of time when I am here. But we can go get food now?" I grab his hand and pull him towards the door. "Bye Ms. Haddie! I'll try to stop by once more before I leave."
"Okay darling! Goodbye! Oh tell Rachel I say hello!" I smile and wave at her. We get outside and I see Niall drove here. He stops walking and pulls me in for a hug. He wraps his arms around my waist. I just stand there frozen. "I thought you left me again." My heart was racing. Why did he care so much? "Well I didn't…can we go get food? I'm hungry." I push my way out of his arms. But I could still feel them around me. He smiles and agrees. We get to a local pub and I order a burger and water. Niall gets a burger and beer. "Should you be drinking if you have to drive?"
"Don't worry babe. I know how to handle my beer." He winks at me. I look around. Rachel and I used to go here every so often before we moved. "So are you going to tell me why you were at the orphanage?"
"Why do I need a reason?" He just looked at me. Ugh I suppose I could just lie again. "I um…used to volunteer there when I lived here."
"Right and that explains why the lady knew about Rachel?"
"Yea Rachel is my dad's sister." I don't really know if he bought it but our food came so we both stopped talking. I moaned after I bit into my burger. "God I forgot how good burgers were."
"You weren't allowed to eat burgers?"
"Nope too fatty. I wasn't allowed to eat a lot of things. I was only allowed to have two meals a day too. You know got to keep up my figure. But I cheated a lot." I laughed at that. It was true I loved food way too much to starve myself. So I ate what I wanted and just worked out a lot. Niall just nods. We finish eating and he puts his hand on the small of my back. His touch sent a wave of sparks through my body. What? I can't be getting attracted to him. I can't. I won't. We get back to the hotel. Harry and the rest of the boys were waiting outside our door. Liam shot up and smiled. "You found her!"
"I could've seen the headlines. Niall Horan loses girlfriend in Dublin." Louis snickers. Harry looks at me and crosses his arms. "Where did you go?"
"To see some old friends."
"Right you used to live here. I'm glad you're safe…we were all a bit worried." I just nod and open up the door to my room. I hope Harry and I become good friends. It would be nice to have someone else besides just Niall to talk to. Niall stays out probably to tell them what actually happened. It was almost 10pm. This whole bed situation is going to be bad news for me. I look around the room to see if there was any other option. Maybe I'll sleep out in the hallway. Niall comes in. My back was facing him so I didn't see him getting closer until I felt him wrap his arms around me waist. "What the hell do you think you are doing?"
"Hugging you."
"Get off of me."
"No." I try to get out of his grasp but he's too strong. I sigh in defeat. I feel his breath on my neck and then he kisses my cheek. He lets go and gets ready for bed. I do the same. I lay down on the bed as far away as possible. Maybe I'll just pull an all nighter? Oh yea for the next 6 months. No. God, please let me not have nightmares tonight.

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