Flicker -NH

Part 6

Lexi wipes off her make up and opens her arms to hug a few more people before walking out of the studio. The smile on her face quickly vanishes as soon as she walks out the door. Her body is exhausted from the daily 12 hours on set. Her naked eyes feels heavy although no trace of makeup is there to weigh it down anymore. 

She reaches down her bag to get her phone and call an uber because her old car is at her uncle's repairmen shop. And then a gust of wind blows through her dry skin, making her change her mind and decided to walk home instead. 

She hears the metal door pushes open and close but she's too tired to to turn around. 

"Hey, wait up." She keeps going, not realising it was meant for her. 

"Lexi." The voice calls again. 

"Lexi," He laughs finally catching up to her grabbing her shoulder turning her around. 

"Oh hey." She smiles. 

Niall awkwardly smiles rubbing his own hair facing the girl he kissed for like fifteen times previously, feeling a familiar shyness crawling up his body. "You didn't turn around I though I forgot your name a second there and called a random name." He chuckles and she scrunches her face. 

"You kissed me ten times and don't know my name?" She jokes. 

"Ten times? Could've sworn it was more than that." He plays along making her laugh. 

"Anyways," She sings. "I'd love to stay here and chat with you but it's freezing and I'm tired and I'm kinda getting sick of your face." She tells him. 

"Oh," He raises his eyebrows grinning. 

"Yup," She nods. "So I'm going now. Sayonara." She waves giving a tired giggle and turn around continuing her walk. 

"You ubering home?" Nialls catches up to her again. 

"Nope. I'm walking home. Can't waste a lovely night, right?" She opens her arms wide before weakly slumping it back to her sides. 

"I'll walk with you then." He suggests. 

She lets out a questioning hum as the two walks down the road. "Really?" She tests. "It's a forty-five minute walk." She warns. 

"Never freaking mind." He exclaims and she laughs. 

"Then go home. Go." She playfully pushes him away but he comes back chuckling. 

He lets out a loud huff, slouching his shoulder. "It's okay. I can use the exercise." He says. "Don't want to get you kidnap in the middle of the night or something" He smiles. 

She lets out a laugh. "If we meet a kidnapper on the way, I'll probably be the one fighting for us."

"I believe you."

She snickers, bumping her hips to him as they walk down to her house.