She's Not Afraid (Niall Horan)

Chapter 6

Ruby's POV

I was sitting in Nialls lap with my legs resting in Louis' lap as Harry sat behind the wheel along with Liam sitting in the passengers’ side and Zayn was sitting beside Niall, playing with my hair. I could tell that the boys were trying to cheer me up but I was really upset.

I rested my head on Nialls shoulder and closed my eyes.

"We're here, Ruby~!" Harry cheered, stopping the car.

I started to open my eyes when a hand covered them. "It's a surprise, RooRed! You have to keep your eyes closed!" Louis whined.

I sighed and nodded, closing my eyes again. I didn't really feel like arguing with any of them right now so I just did what I was told.

I felt Louis open the door and get out. "Give me your hands, RooRed!"

I sat up straight and held out my hands. He grabbed them and next thing I knew I was leaning against the side of the car. "Why do I have to keep my eyes closed?" I asked, a little confused.

"Because," I heard an Irish accent start to say as they got out of the car, "it's a surprise, Roo."

I pouted and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Just relax, Roo~. You're going to like this surprise," I heard my brother say.

"Not if it's some place where people will hate me just for being related to you," I mumbled.

"Forget about them, what they say doesn't matter," I heard Liam say.

I felt someone grab my hand and pull me forward. I groaned but followed anyway. I groaned bt followed anyway.

As we continued to walk, I could hear music playing and people singing; some off-key if I may say. It made me wince a little. 'Wait a minute! People singing? Music playing? That only means one thing...' "Karaoke!" I cheered, opening my eyes to see Harry smiling at me.

"Well her mood sure did change," Louis pointed out, chuckling.

"Like I said before, this will cheer her up," Harry said, grinning. "That is, if she could overcome her stage-fright~."

My face paled as we entered the karaoke place. It was full of a lot of people. I'm only comfortable singing if I was alone or singing with my brother! Not in front of people I don't even know! I mean what if I'm not good?

"You have to face your fears at some point, Roo," Harry said, letting go of my hand. "Plus you're really good! People should know it!"

I shook my head and backed up. "No! Nah uh! Nanda! Nunca! I'm not getting up there in front of these people to make a fool of myself!" I said, nervous.

"Come on~! We wanna hear you sing~!" Louis whined, pouting childishly.

"Then you can hear me next time I'm in the shower; that is if I sing loud enough but I'm not getting up on that stage," I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

The boys stared at each other than looked at me, grinning. "Would you do it for a cookie?" Zayn asked, grinning.

I blinked a few times then narrowed my eyes at him. "Who do you take me for; Shaggy and Scooby?" I spat, glaring at them. (A/N: XD I couldn't resist!)

They started laughing but I just continued to glare at them. "I kind of saw that one coming but I had the urge to ask," Zayn said in between laughs.

I pouted then noticed that Niall wasn't laughing. 'Everything okay, Ni?' I asked him.

He blinked a few times then looked at me. ‘Yeah. Just thinking,’ he said, smiling softly. ‘But why don’t you at least give it a shot and try to overcome your stage fright?’