Ch 33
Niall's POV
"You look incredible, babe." I smiled at her. I was mentally freaking out, how the hell did I get so lucky?
"Thanks." she smiled and winked at me. "You don't look too bad yourself."
"Thanks, love." I grabbed her hand and we headed down the hallway.
"Where are Max and Ally?"
"They already headed down to their club."
We got down onto the right floor and started to see teens going toward the club, but we also saw shorter and younger kids going the same direction. We were almost to our club but then we saw that the kids club was right next to ours.
"We'll be able to keep an eye on them." Hannah said to me.
We got into the line that was surprisingly short and looked around. I didn't see any girls around, mostly guys, and they were all staring at Hannah. I put an arm around her waist and chuckled when the guys made eye contact with me and then stopped staring.
When we finally got inside the party had just started. Hannah and I sat down on a couch and saw Chord, Tyler, Tom, and Steven. They turned and saw us and started to walk toward us.
"Hey!" Chord said, they stood in a line in front of us.
We waved.
"We heard what happened to you guys. I'm sorry, dude. Austin was cold for that." Chord dapped me.
"It's all good now, man." I half smiled.
Hannah's POV
I saw Tyler watching me and looking me up and down.
"Yeah, we don't fuck with him anymore. Or those other girls. They were too deep." Tom said.
They sat next to us on the couch and continued to conversate. I kept seeing Tyler staring at me, but I don't think Niall noticed.
Steven waved over some girls, I noticed they were the ones who we had seen at the pool.
"Hey, guys!" Valerie said, she looked so pretty! She came over and sat on Steven's lap. "What are you guys up to?" She smiled.
"Just sittin." I smiled at her, "You look gorgeous! You all do!" I said to the other girls. Sophie went and sat next to Tom, Krista next to Chord, and Kylee next to Tyler. I saw Tyler unwillingly create a space for her to sit. Reghan and Alyssa sat next to each other.
"Do you guys want to go dance?" Valerie looked at Steven and smiled. I looked at Niall and he playfully shook his head.
"Let's go!" I said and pulled him up. Our group took over the floor. Niall and just stood there holding hands and stepping from side to side. The rest of the group swayed, and I laughed.
Why the hell do they dance like that?
I looked around and saw Angela standing alone.
"Angela!" I yelled to her and she looked over. She started to walk around to us.
"Hey!" She smiled. "Do you have my glasses still?" She said.
"Oh shit, I thought I gave them back to you." I said. I had no clue where they were.
"No, but it's okay. I have contacts." She smiled and then started to move her hips. "Dance with me!" She grabbed my hands and pulled me farther onto the floor. We dance and I looked back at Niall, he smiled and then nodded toward the seats. "Okay!" I said back.
"So, are you alright?" Angela said, dancing still.
"Yeah, why?"
"I heard what happened with Austin. What a douche."
"Tell me about it... But didn't you like him?"
"Was I that obvious?" She laughed. "Yeah, I did. But he was a downer that night you introduced me to him, and then I heard what happened. Completely changed my feelings."
"Oh. Good. You're better than him." I said, she smiled and kept dancing.
Niall's POV
I sat down on the couch and watched everyone dance.
I got up to go get a drink and then smelled weed and alcohol behind me. I didn't turn around until there was a tap on my shoulder. It was Alexis.
"I forgive you, do you want to dance?" she said, obviously wasted.
I laughed at her slurred speech, "You're pathetic." I walked past her. I drank my drink and then sat back down. She grabbed one and pulled out a packet of who knows what and poured it in her drink.
"Want some?"
I didn't even respond, I just slid over a seat away from her.
"Come on!" She came closer.
I stood up and tried to walk away.
"I don't even know why you're still with that bitch!" She yelled in front of me. I saw Renee walking closer, she was holding Austin's hand. She grabbed Alexis' hand and pulled her away.
Austin looked back at me and then pulled the two of them onto the dance floor.
Hannah's POV
Angela and I were still dancing and then I saw Austin above everyone else. He was dancing with Renee and I saw Alexis dancing on her own with a cup in her hand.
Angela followed my gaze, when she saw him she rolled her eyes.
"He's so stupid." she said.
"I know." I said. I looked at the rest of our group dancing, they looked to be getting tired and bored.
"Do you guys want to head up to the lido?" I said to them.
Everyone nodded except for Valerie and Steven, they weren't even dancing anymore. They were making out in the middle of the floor.
I saw Niall sitting down again. "Let's go guys!" I walked over and grabbed his hand. "Lido." I said and kissed his cheek.
We all walked as a group and ended up in the buffet area.
I could see us all potentially hanging out for the rest of the cruise. Our own little posse. Fuck yeah.
"So, we will be at the Dominican Republic tomorrow right?" I said to the group.
"Yeah! We should all go walk around and stuff." Sophie smiled.
"I'm down." Niall spoke.
We all agreed to go. We sat there in the buffet area and just chilled. Everything was perfect.
"I'm going back to my room to get my camera." I said, "Anyone wanna come?"
The girls all came with me. We got to my room and then I grabbed it, when we got to the lido the boys were nowhere to be found.
"Where did they go?" Kylee said, looking around.
"I don't know." I said, "Let's go look outside."
We snapped selfies while we looked and just continued to have a good time looking for all of the boys.
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About ten minutes later, we finally found them. They were next to the bar on the outside part of the lido, by the pool and lawn chairs. The boys were all standing in a corner, surrounding Niall. It looked secretive.
"What are you guys doing?" Valerie yelled as we walked toward them. Then they turned around. They all had roses in their hands, Niall stood in the middle of them with his guitar in his hands. There was a microphone and he had connected his guitar to the amp. They were all ready to go.
Niall's POV
I was so nervous, I had butterflies. But I had to do this. I remembered the very first night when she had sang to me. I smiled at her, and she smiled back. I began strumming the guitar. This was going to make up for all the bullshit we had been through in the past 72 hours.