“um, im sorry but who are you?” kinga asked politely. “hi, im niall.” He smiled at her. He had an amazing smile. “im kinga, nice to meet you.” She said as she crept over to me and whispered. “he’s cute!” i just nodded. “so niall, do you want to play basketball with us after school? we’re an undefeated team!” harry laughed. “ya, but thats because we have kinga on our team!” i laughed. “ya sure, ill come. but i don’t have a clue how to play.” Niall said. kate rolled her eyes. “why does he have to come?” she moaned. Niall looked offended.


“don’t mind kate.” I whispered. “she doesn’t like people.” “um, good to know. Now i know that she doesn’t have something against me.” he whispered back. Oh god his Irish accent sends shivers down my spine! After school i grabbed my bag and ran out the door. I couldn’t wait to play basketball, especially if niall was there! Im the only one in our group that doesn’t have a boyfriend and i sometimes feel left out. I doubt its gonna happen with me and niall though, he probably thinks im quite strange!


When i got there Louis and harry were messing around, kate and kinga were arguing and niall was just standing there trying to shoot a basket. He was terrible at it! I wanted to go over to him, but i chickened out at the last minute. I went over to try and stop kinga and kate arguing instead. “oh guys can ye stop arguing for one minute.” I said. “fine.” They both said, pussing. I rolled my eyes. “what were ye fighting about anyways?” i asked. “we were seeing how long its gonna take for you and niall to get together. And then kate started calling niall blondy.” Kinga said. “why did you call niall blondy?” i asked kate.



“he has blonde hair doesn’t he?” she replied. “ya, but i have black hair and you don’t call me blacky!” i said. “leah, be careful or else you will have a black eye!” she threatened me. i stood back. “ok then. Come on the coach is here!” i said to them. We ran over to the coach. He said: “ok guys. We have a new guy today and his name his niall everyone say ‘hi niall’” “hi niall” we all said. niall waved shyly. “now everyone im going to put you in pairs. Harry and Louis, kate and kinga, Amanda and madi, Amelia and lois and leah and niall.” Oh god! Im with niall! Woo-hoo! We all went off into our pairs. “i guess i have to be with you!” Niall said, cheekily. “well then!” i laughed.

“so you any good at basketball?” i asked him. “um, no i have no idea how to play.” His face went red. “its ok. Its easy ill show you how.” I smiled. I grabbed a basketball and passed it to him. “shoot.” I said. he threw the ball at the basketball hoop. He missed and it nearly hit kate. “ok then..... ill show you how to shoot.” I said. he just laughed.

I threw the ball into the basketball hoop and scored. “like that?” he asked. “ya. Try it!” i laughed. He threw it the same way i did and scored. “yay!!” he said, jumping up and down. I clapped. “well done!” i winked at him. We messed around for ages until niall fell to the ground.
Kate had thrown a basketball at his head. “kate! Why did you do that?” i roared over at her. “i got bored.” She said.


i rolled my eyes and looked over at niall. He had gotten up by now. “are you alright niall?” i asked. “ya im fine. Im guessing kate doesn’t like me.” he said, clutching his head. “oh no! I’d say she does, that’s just her way of saying welcome.” I said. he looked at me strangely. “its weird right?” i asked. “ya, kinda!” he laughed. Then basketball training was over and we all walked home together. “so where are you living niall?” kinga asked. “um, silverbrook.” He said, quietly.
“omg! So is leah!” harry said. “cool! I don’t have to walk home on my own then!” niall giggled. He has such a cute laugh! “aw man! I have to walk home with you?” i joked. “ha ha! Very funny leah!” niall chuckled. They two of us started messing.