Heartbeat

Niall's Nerves; Stay The Night

Alex-

"So it wasn't awkward at all? That's a good sign Alex!" Eleanor squeals quietly, leaning against the still broken stove in the kitchen of the boys apartment.

I nod with flushed cheeks before spinning around on my heel to pop open the microwave which had begun to beep, signaling the microwave pizza is done. I can feel her eyes on me as I grab a plate from the kitchen cabinet to set the pizza on, turning to see her with a goofy smile on her lips.

I slap her arm with a laugh, making her smile even more. "I knew you would be able to do it! Did you like it? I mean watching hi-"

I clamp my hand over her mouth to stop my embarrassment from going any further on this topic. "Fine, I'm sorry!" She mumbles against my hand.

I take my hand off her mouth, my eyes giving her a warning kind of look as I pick the pizza off the countertop to bring it out to the boys.

"Do you really think that is going to feed all of us?" Liam chuckles as I set the plate down on the coffee table.

"Niall will eat that whole thing." Zayn informs me. I look at the pizza which has about six slices worth, and then to Niall who just shrugs his shoulders nonchalantly.

"Do you want me to help you make more?" I look to Harry who is sprawled across the couch in some comfortable looking sweats and t-shirt. My cheeks warm as I think of what had happened only a few nights ago. His smirk made it seem like he could read my mind.

I nod, and he gets up to follow me into the kitchen. On the way there, Eleanor walks passed us and wiggles her eyebrows at me, making me roll my eyes.

"What was that about?" Harry chuckles, reaching around me to push open the kitchen door for us. I shrug my shoulders and my heart leaps as he wraps his arms around my waist, leaning his chin onto my shoulder as we walk still.

I look over my shoulder to him and smile like a giddy little girl, turning around in his grasp to peck his lips. He hums against my lips, and I could feel his smile also. I trail my fingertips down the sides of his neck, before winding my fingers in the little ringlets at the back of his neck.

"Piazzas." He mutters against my lips. I nod with a soft laugh, stepping away from him to retrieve another pizza from the freezer. I pass it over to Harry for him to put in the microwave, admiring his hands as he unwraps it and sticks it in.

I lean against the stove where Eleanor had been before, and look down to my feet as Harry approaches me.

"I want to tell you something Alex."

I look up to him and nod my head for him to go on. He looks down to his hands, something I've learned he does when he's nervous. He lifts one up and tucks a strand of hair behind my ear.

"I want to....to uh, sleep with you." I stop breathing as he looks up to me after speaking the words. I know my eyes are wide at his honest words, and he's quick to speak again.

"Not sex." He stutters.

"I mean not that I wouldn't want to do that, because I do." He shakes his head at himself, his eyes fluttering around at our surrounding. I can feel my skin heating.

"What I'm trying to say is that I just want to sleep with you. As in for you to stay the night with me." His large palms rub up and down my arms, making me relax against his warm touch.

"Would you want to do that?" He asks me quietly. I nod my head, thinking about staying in between the sheets with him all night, cuddled up against him and having the feeling of his chest rising and falling beneath my cheek as I drift into unconsciousness.

He smiles widely at my response and I smile back. "I find it amazing that I have this kind of affect on you." Harry states.

I give him a questioning look and his hand trails to my collar bones, before moving down a little further. I don't take my eyes off his face, his watching the own movements of his hand as my pulse races.

"This kind of affect. The one that makes your heart race when I touch you."

I notice his hand is pressed flat to the left side of my chest, eyes flicking up to meet mine.

"I can feel your heartbeat." He smiles. I release a content sigh, leaning my head down to rest against his chest. Our peaceful silence is crushed by the beeping of the microwave, making us both startle in place.

"I'll get it." Harry chuckles. I wait until he puts it on a plate before following him out of the kitchen.

"Oh uhm, so will you stay tonight?"

He seemed a little shy at asking the question, and that only made him even more adorable to me. I nod my head yes.

*****

Harry-

"No guys, I mean like I actually need you to stay somewhere else tonight."

I had urged Niall and Louis into the kitchen a short while after Alex agreeing to say over tonight.

"You guys are planning on doing it aren't you?" Niall accuses with a grin.

"No." I snap.

"Well, what I mean is that I don't know what will happen." I tell them.

"Do you think I have other friends besides you guys? Where am I supposed to stay?" Niall speaks.

"Go to Brianna's, and Louis you go to Eleanor's." I tell them. Niall shys at the topic of Brianna.

"She's not going to want me to stay over at her apartment!" Niall exclaims.

Louis lets out and exaggerated sigh. "Just tell her you like her already, damn! Give the girl what she wants and go call her!" Lou shoves Niall out of the kitchen, shaking his head in the process.

"I swear, that boy has no confidence in himself that it's quite saddening."

I agree with the nod of my head, looking to Louis as I feel his hand lying on my shoulder.

"I've got your back mate. I'll stay at El's tonight, and if Niall doesn't gain the balls to call Brianna Ill just drag him along with me or something." He tells me.

I smile before telling him a chorus of thankyou's.

******

A few hours later Liam and Zayn had went back to their apartment, and Alex went to hers to take a shower before coming back over here for the night. I listen to Niall rambling on nervously about staying over at Brianna's, Louis telling him to man up and stop being a girl about it as he packs for Eleanor's.

"Thanks for this guys." I tell them, receiving pats on the back from each of them as they leave the apartment for good.

I hurry to my room to gather new clothes, deciding on taking a really quick shower before she arrives, but instead I hear a light knock on the door, sending my heart into a beating frenzy.

When I open the door, Alex stands outside in her usual grey sweats and tanktop that she wears to bed. "Get in here it's cold." I tell her with a smile. She sends me a shy smile and walks inside.

"Listen, the boys aren't going to be here tonight." I inform her. Her cheeks heat and she nods her head. I tell her I'm going to go take a quick shower and she sits down on the couch.

Alex-

I sit on the couch to wait for Harry to return from the shower. I can hear the water running from over hear, as well as his voice as he sings quietly. I didn't bother on putting the tv or any music because I didn't mind just listening to him. I didn't know he likes to sing, or that he is even good at it for that matter. When he told me the boys wouldn't be here I had already known. Because Eleanor had squealed and came up to me, saying Harry had asked the boys to leave the apartment tonight.

I hear the shower water cut, pulling my knees up to my chest as I hear the door pop open. Harry slides out of the door with a towel hanging low on his waist, his skin wet with droplets of water. "Let me just get dressed real quick." He tells me.

And as he walks away, I can see his back muscles move beneath his skin.

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