Clary's POV
Niall and I have been dating for about a week and a half now. None of the gang suspect anything. Do I feel bad that I'm hiding it from them yes...but do I really want everyone to know about us if I don't even know if we'll make it? Nope I don't. That would cause a huge rift in the gang...and I don't want that to happen. But I have to admit...I am quite enjoying being Niall's girlfriend.

"Hello earth to Clary!!" El snapped her fingers in front of my face.

"Huh?" I look at Niall and he's just chuckling.

"I asked if you had plans tonight..." Niall looked at me and shook his head. Niall has this super special movie night planned. He was so pumped for tonight. And frankly I was too...we haven't really had alone time.

"Uh...I think I do actually..."

"With who?...we're the only ones you hang with." I look at Liam and flip him off. He just laughs and shrugs. "What? It's true...you seeing a boy Clary?" My eyes went wide and I just laughed.

"No. All the guys over here are weird and dorks." That got me a face full of grass from Liam. Niall was just cracking up. Then Lilly pipes up.

"Anyways...break over..." So then we all got up and kept on playing. Niall just shoots me a wink before he went over by Louis and Liam. I couldn't help but smile. Then of course Lilly and I kicked butt. Lilly and I have been working out a lot more...El has kind of slacked off...not super badly but she doesn't really train a whole lot with Lilly and I anymore. But I don't think she's going for a scholarship for football anyways.

After about another hour everyone called it quits. Niall and I were walking back home. Just soaking up the sunshine. "So you leave for California when?"

"A week..." He nods then just drops that subject. Then he reaches out his hand and laces our fingers together.

"So what are the plans for tonight..." A smile danced on Niall's lips.

"It's a surprise baby." I groaned and then ripped my hand away.

"I don't like surprises! You know that!" He just grabbed my head and kissed me. His lips molding to mine. After a few seconds he pulls away and just smiles.

"Trust me...you'll love it." Then he went to his house and I went to mine. My mom was off painting at her studio in town so I was alone in the house. And what do I do when I'm alone? I play music.

I go to my studio and sit down at my piano. I run my fingers over the keys and smile. I plunk down on some and sigh. What song did I want to play...honestly I couldn't even focus on playing my piano. I just wanted to know what the heck Niall was planning for tonight. It made me nervous...and excited. No one every surprises me...they know I hate it...how I hate surprises. Surprises never were good to me...they were never happy...always laced with tears and hollowed out hearts.

Hours passed and soon it was almost dinner time. I was getting angrier by the hour...by the minute...by the second. He was supposed to come and get me when he was ready. I was about to cook something up for myself when there was a knock at the door. I flung it open to see Niall holding flowers...roses...the death flower.

[FLASHBACK]
"Саншайн what is your..." I sat patiently as I watched my grandma find the word for what she was trying to say to me in English. Her choppy English is was I loved about her the most. That and her pretty dark hair.
"Ah! Favorite flower?" We were currently preparing for my party about me becoming the next in line for the throne.
"Roses! They are so pretty and so so red..."
"No. We will not have roses. They are death...that is why they are red Саншайн. Red for blood." My eyes went wide at my grandma's harsh words. She never spoke to me like that...well she rarely spoke to me like that. I sigh and look at her, trying really hard to think of another flower. Red for blood...now I know what Daddy never buys Mommy pretty red roses. Red for death. They no longer seem pretty me now. I look at her and look away again.
"Orchids are pretty too...or daisies...Daddy buys Mommy daisies of all sorts of colors!" My grandma smiles at that and kisses the top of my head.
"I will get orchids for the party then...now we must pick out a dress...yes?" She holds out her hand and off we went to meet the tailor in a different room.
[END FLASHBACK]

I look at the roses in Niall's hand and resist the urge to slap them out of his hand and ramble off something about them in Russian. Of course he's looking at me waiting for me to take the flowers. But I am not about to touch death flowers...bad luck. God I really sound like her.

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Niall's POV
She turns around and heads back into her house...leaving me on the porch confused. I look at the flowers and sigh. Too much...shouldn't have got flowers. I hear her footsteps and she comes back with a plastic bag. "What are ya doing?"

"Taking these away..." She grabs them with the plastic bag and I follow her. She puts them on the counter and then turns around to look at me.

"Um...okay...well let's go." I just grab her hand and drag her out of the house. Soon we are over at my house and I pull her upstairs after me. My door is shut because I know what lies on the other side. A blanket fort, with Christmas lights hanging inside and my TV is also in there. It took longer than I thought to set it up but there is a pizza in the oven right now. So dinner is covered.

"Open it." She looks at me confused but slowly opens up my door. Her reaction was everything I hoped it would be.

"NIALL!! Oh...it wonderful!" Then she spins around and hugs me. I wrap my arms around her, kissing the side of her head. I am so relieved that she like it. She pulls back and looks at me.

"Do I smell pizza?!" I just die laughing at her. I nod and she runs back downstairs to see two pizzas just out of the oven. I follow her and watch as she cuts them up then hands me my meat lover's while she takes her just plain cheese one. Then back up we went.

She climbs in and just sighs. I follow her in and smile again. I'm so glad that I got to do this with her. Then I think back to the roses.

"Hey why'd you get all weird over the roses...do you not like roses?" She looks at me with wide eyes as if I just learned her deepest darkest secret.

"No..I like orchids."

"Orchids? You looked more like a rose kind of girl." I look at her and laugh then a light punch hits my arm.

"Yea really. And no roses are so cliché if you give me those again I will shove them up your butthole. Orchids are just so pretty and delicate. Daisies are nice too." I look at her for a moment and then kiss her cheek.

"Gotcha. Stay away from roses. You would like the exotic flower." She smiles at me and snuggles into my lap more. I just hold her as we continue to watch the movie.
Soon Clary was knocked out on me, curled up into me like how I always pictured. I hold her close until the movie ends. Then decide I should probably wake her up.

"Hey...Clary...wake up..." Her eyes slowly open and find mine.

"Hmm?" I couldn't help but smile. God she's too cute.

"You fell asleep...plus I should probably walk you back before your mom kills me." She laughs at that then slowly gets up, stretching a bit.

It was a slow walk across my yard to hers. Once we got to her door we both stop and look at each other. I slowly lean in and our lips brush ever so lightly. My hands wrap around her waist while hers loop around my neck. We both slowly pull away and she is smiling.

"I had a great time Niall...that was a good surprise...thank you." I grin like child who just got told they were going to Disneyland.

"Anything to get you to smile baby." Then I give her another quick peck on the lips before headed home. I get back to my room and throw away the pizza shards and then just fall asleep in the fort because I'm too lazy to take it down at the moment...plus...Clary might come over tomorrow...and she really loved the fort. For some weird reason...sometimes I feel like she missed a lot of typical childhood memories...maybe because she was always moving?

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