The smile which was spread on Mr. Niall's face was a smile which was very rare to be seen. Why was he so happy by coming to a small building? I thought. It was strange that after walking so long we found a building. It was like we were in a new city. After that incident, I never went out of the city cause I was too much caught up in my trauma and then job hunting.
Mr. Niall grabbed my hand and dragged me.
'Let's go it's getting late.' He said with the same smile as his eyes sparkled with happiness.
I was quite glad to see him so delighted. Cause earlier he looked too tired but now he was quite energetic. We went into the apartment and to my astonishment, there were already many people there. Some bowed down their heads after seeing Mr. Niall as they knew him earlier. And then they looked at the lady walking beside him holding his hand, me and gave warm smiles as they knew me too. It was quite nice since I had never been to a place like that. The building looked quite ordinary from inside with dim lightings, we kept walking in until we reached the backyard.
I looked at Mr. Niall with many questions in my eyes but he looked at me and gave a warm smile and we walked in the backyard. There was a party going on, with many people dancing, chatting, drinking, and eating. Why were we here? I thought again. But before I could ask anything a man came to me and said,
'Wanna join the dance, lady?' Not knowing what to reply I looked at Mr. Niall and he nodded slightly with a warm smile still plastered on his face.
I went with the man as he took me on the stage. It was partner changing dance, we all made a circle together and started dancing on the beats. It was the best night I could ever imagine. As we started dancing the beats started to get faster and faster and so our feet. We changed partners one after another, and danced in great sync, roaming all around forming a quite huge circle as we passed by each other's partner. I laughed out loud while dancing cause this was something I always wanted to do. I was not able to stop myself from laughing as I was uncontrollably happy. It was the best experience I could ever have. Side by side my eyes looked for Mr. Niall who was not here anymore. My eyes roamed through the whole backyard and I saw him standing beside a girl talking and laughing about something. It looked more like flirting.
I felt a bit unpleasant, it was like I didn't want him to talk to someone leaving me alone. But then the other half of my mind started thinking why was I jealous? But I wasn't jealous, I just felt a bit unpleasant because he never talked to me like that. But why he didn't? I thought again. But my thoughts shattered as the music stopped and everyone clapped. I came back to the senses and realized that everyone was clapping for me.
'You still dance great!' A man whispered from behind.
I turned around and he winked at me, I gave him a small smiled. And then, I thought what did he mean by again? I never came here before, or did I? I thought.
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Here Niall was happy to Sarah laughing and smiling to the fullest as she danced. She looked too beautiful to him as she laughed out loud. Cause that was the first thing Niall liked about Sarah, the way she laughs when she is happy, forgetting all the pain and miseries for a while. The memories of him dancing with her on the same stage, on the same song two years ago, flooded his mind and his eyes. He remembered each and every moment that they lived together and now he urged to dance with her too, along her side.
Sarah was once again asked for a dance by a guy, she was not able to refuse and so, she went. This time too, it was a partner-changing dance and they hopped along with the beats as the guy held her from her waist and she tightened her grip on his shoulder. The guy spun her around and she changed the partner.
She was shocked to see that this time her partner was Mr. Niall. As she kept her hands on his shoulder and he held her from her waist she got froze at her place. The music got changed from fast beats to a slow song, 'All of Me' by John Legend. This song was Sarah's favorite. Sarah looked here and there not knowing how should she react while Niall looked at her with his affectionate eyes.
He just wanted to make Sarah remember how they danced on this same song two years ago while looking at each other with a warm smile. He just wanted Sarah to remember how much they loved each other back then, not directly but by going to all those places where they used to go back then.
They moved slowly according to the song in great sync. Sarah was surprised by how she danced so perfectly with him as she had never danced before with him. But the thing which was bugging her was Niall's affectionate green eyes. She looked at them and was not able to tear her gaze apart. She felt so relaxed and delighted to be here with Niall. They kept dancing and came back to the world around them when the song ended and everyone clapped for them.
Niall bent a bit towards Sarah's ear and whispered,
'I hope you had fun.'
Sarah smiled and nodded lightly as she was so overwhelmed by Niall's behavior. But, before she could say something, again, Niall grabbed her hand and took her out in his car again. He started driving again without uttering a single word.
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We were now standing on a beach. This beach was outside the city far away from that apartment. It has been around 2 hours now since I was with Mr. Niall.
He held my hand interlocked his finger with mine and we started walking on the beach towards the sea. I didn't question anything to him since I knew he wouldn't answer me. This journey of almost one month with Mr. Niall, made me understand one thing, that Mr. Niall was someone I will never be able to understand. So, I kept doing whatever he asked me to do. It was so dark to see anything but, the crescent moon enlightened our path. I looked at Mr. Niall and realized how beautifully he was shining. Like a bright star on a dark night. His green eyes reflected the shining moon which resisted me to tear my gaze apart from him again.
I kept looking at him and didn't realize when we reached near a big rock. He sat there and motioned me to sit beside him.
As I sat beside him, I felt like this moment was something I have lived earlier too. The same beach, beautiful tides, and me sitting on a rock with someone. I looked at my surroundings to recognize where I've seen this before. But nothing came to my mind. I was still thinking when I felt a warm breath near my ear. I turned around towards Mr. Niall and realized he was too close to me.
He held my hand which I rested on the rock and looked at me with warm eyes and said,
'Even if I forget everything I won't forget this moment. I want to capture you at this moment.' He smiled.
And his smile looked just so familiar which added another hint to my thought. I felt like I've lived this moment before, I've seen this smile before too. I kept thinking while looking at his smile.
Soon, I realized that he tilted his head a bit, and started coming nearer...