Just Trust Me || n.h. (EDITING IN PROGRESS)

Niall’s P.O.V.

I hadn’t been asleep long when I wake up and see Tatum sound asleep on my chest. I look outside and it’s still dark. I check my phone. 4 am. I sigh realizing I should leave before her mom wakes up and finds us or before my family realizes I am gone. I gently try to slide out from under her without waking her and I think I had succeed until she groans and slowly opens her eyes.

“Where are you going?” she quietly asks.

“I probably should leave before we get caught. I was wanting to leave without waking you,” I tell her sitting on the edge of the bed as I brush the hair away from her face.

“It’s ok. I would go out the window just to be safe.” I stand up and put my shirt and shoes on and Tatum follows my action and gets my jacket and hands it to me. She then grabs my hand and leads me to the window. “Be careful driving home.”

“I will.” I climb through the window and turn around putting my head back through. “I love you,” I say leaning in to kiss her. She puts her left hand on my cheek and rubs her thumb along my skin.

“I love you more,” she says smiling.

“Not possible.” She drops her hand and I grab it, kissing the top of it. “I’ll let you know when I get home so you know I’m safe.”

“Thank you.” I start to pull away from the window but stop when she starts to say something else. “Don’t forget we are going to Louis’ New Year’s Eve party.”

“How could I forget? Until then we will spend time with our families but I will be in touch.” I pull myself back up to the window to give her one last kiss and wink at her knowing how much she loves it. I finally walk to the edge of the roof and get in the tree to climb down. When my feet hit the ground, I look up to see Tatum watching me. I wave at her with a big smile and she returns the gesture. I run to my car to try to escape the cold. I parked down the street so her mom wouldn’t hear my car. Once I get in and turn the car on I crank the heat up and drive home once it’s comfortable enough.

I arrive home shortly, thankful to find my family still asleep. I go to my room, text Tatum I made it home safe, then hop in the shower. About 10 minutes later I turn the water off and dry off. I wrap a towel around my waist as I head back into my room. I check my phone to find a text from Tatum letting me know she got the text. I put on some clothes, lay down in my bed, and slowly drift off to sleep.

*few hours later*

I feel something on me moving around. I open my eyes to see Theo crawling around on me. Talk about a way to get woken up.

“Theo!” I sit up and grab him holding him up causing him to laugh. “You better be glad you’re cute and that I love you.” I put him on my lap as I check the time. 9 am. “Shall we go get some breakfast?” I ask even though I know he is too young to answer me. But he is old enough to use his hand because he just hit me in the face, hard. “Ok time to give you back to your parents,” I laugh as I stand up with him in my arms. I walk into the living room finding everyone awake. I walk over to Greg. “I believe this belongs to you,” I say handing him Theo.