I sit on the edge of my giường while Niall paces in front of me. "I don't understand, Kate." he starts. "Why are bạn diễn xuất so weird around me?" I look up at him helplessly. "It's not like you're weirded out bởi me being famous, right? So I don't understand what the deal is. It's like everytime I'm around, bạn go into this shell and don't let anyone in." Niall continues, running his hands through his blonde hair. "I know who bạn really are, but bạn don;t hiển thị it! bạn act shy all the time, bạn act like you've been hurt really badly... if you've been hurt Kate, I want to know! I want to know so I can protect bạn and make the hurt go away!" I stood up and threw my hands to my side. "Enough!" I đã đưa ý kiến angrily. Niall looks at me in surprise. "Sit down, pretty boy." He cautiously sits on my bed. "I am hurt." I say angrily. "I am very hurt. I have tried to get over it, but everyday has just been so hard since bạn left. Niall, bạn didn't even say goodbye to me! How did bạn expect me to feel everday since then? I felt like I had done something wrong, something to make bạn hate me, something to make bạn regret every saying bạn loved me. Do bạn remember that Niall? bạn đã đưa ý kiến bạn loved me before!" I cried. Niall's eyes soften and he pulled me tiếp theo to him. "I never got to say it back to you." I whispered. "And then bạn left a few years later... but it still hasn't change for me, Niall. I stil care... I still tình yêu you. I always have." He hugs me tightly. "I was afraid if I told bạn I was leaving, things would only be harder." he admitted quietly, playing with a strand of my dark brown hair. "You were wrong." I whispered, barely audible. "Well that doesn't matter now. It's in the past, and I'm here now." Niall says, coming closer to my face. "Please don't." I beg. "I thought bạn wanted this?" Niall asked, confused. "I do, Niall. I really do. I just don't want our first Kiss to be at a time like this." Niall stood up and took my hand. "In time, I will make up for all those chances I should have kissed bạn at. I promise that." I smiled and he wiped away my tears. "It's always been you." Niall says. "Nobody compares to you."