Flipped - Cancer Support Center (Nancy's POV)

Nancy’s POV

       Since that screamy day, every night before I sleep I always thought about him. I can’t get over the day I actually met him. Remember when I fainted in his house? Yeah, Maura told me he was so worried about me. She also said that when she asked whether he liked me, his cheek turned completely red. I went bed that night thinking about the way he said sorry to me, the way he looked at me… it was so unforgetable. Could it be that Niall Horan actually loves me?

       Then I remember something Mrs. Stewart –one of the nuns in my old orphanage in Canada- told me. She once told me that all boys would do what Niall did when they love a girl, but they just too shy to show it. It was clear, Niall loves me. So I decided to help him out. I would give him a plenty of opportunity to get over his shyness.

       And like the God would really like to support my plan, He gave me another reason for getting me closer to Niall. So, after like three day past that screamy day, at the early morning I met a lady named Mrs. Nelson bringing some hard ingredients.

*flashback*

       “Excuse me, Mrs. Nelson… do you need any help?” I asked her.

       “Oh dear, I would love to get one” she handed me some of them. She stopped for a while before continued her sentences “Actually, dear… do you wanna help me in my cancer support center? I really need some, my employees went to summer vacation with their family…”

       “Well… Since I’m free for 3 months, and I guess George would be fine with it, I’ll take it then… it must be fun” I said.

       “Thank you, dear… don’t worry, when they got back, you don’t need to come again. And I’ll give you some salary” she said and smiled as we arrived at the cancer support center. Wait, what?! No! I’m not considering it as a help if they pay for it!

       “No! Mrs. Nelson don’t! I’ll do it just for free” I said politely.

       “Oh dear, you’re so kind… thank you so much”

       I nodded and said “When should I start coming?”

       “Tomorrow would be nice, dear… and thank you, Nancy” she said. I put the hard ingredients in the place she told me to.

*end of flashback*

       Since that day, I started coming to help her make food for people there. Just a few days after that, I found Niall was there too. God is so nice to me. Thank you, God.

       By the fifth week of the summer break I learnt to control myself. But then Amy Green emerged. Ugh! I hate that girl! Amy Green is nothing but a whiny gossipy bossy back stabbing flirt. Since she came here, all she ever did was told everyone to do this and that while she was just gossiping on her phone. When Mrs. Nelson came, she would pretend that she had done everything right. And that just be worse when Niall came. She’s such a good actress. And there she was, holding hands with Niall. MY Niall! My solution was just ignored them. I knew a boy like Niall would know the real Amy Green sooner or later. And it took a week. They broke up at lunch. She didn’t take it well.

       So by the fact that Niall had escaped from the devil’s arms, he started to be nice to me again. He was so shy and so cute, and he smells like an apple. I couldn’t get enough for it. I secretly sniffing apple anytime I got a chance to be next to him.

Flipped - Cancer Support Center (Niall's POV)

Niall’s POV

       Since that screamy day, all Nancy does is stalking me everywhere. Literally. Except the toilet. Maybe I should stay at the toilet forever. I don’t know if that was a good idea.

       Well, she always got a tiny little reason to make herself closer to me. Like yesterday, my family prepared things for barbequing, and she just appeared out of who knows where and started offering help to my mom. And it’s annoying because I need privacy! I lost it in One Direction, but please can I not lose that in my own house?

*flashback*

       “Don’t you need any help?” she glanced over at me after helped my mom clean the barbeque stove, “Cause it sure looks like it” she said when I tried to take a tweezers which I just dropped under the cupboard.

       “We should push together”

       “No umm… why don’t you run along home? Your family probably worried about you. Tomorrow is Monday, don’t you have school to go to? Don’t you need to study or something?” I said trying to look for an excuse to get rid of this annoying girl in front of me.

       This is one of my soon-to-become-acute awareness that the girl cannot take a hint. Of any kind. Does she zip on home like people usually should do when they have been invited to leave? No. She says “Oh actually George know exactly where I am. He said it was fine. Besides, this is summer break. There’s no school tomorrow”

       So here I am pushing the cupboard with the last girl I want to meet. It didn’t take any long time to push it. Thankfully. I take the tweezers then push the cupboard with her again. I was putting my hand to the side of the cupboard, but somehow I didn’t see Nancy’s hand is still there, so my hand wound up tangling into hers. I can’t believe this.

How can I get out of this mess?

*end of flashback*

       “Cancer Research? But I don’t know science” I said to Simon on the phone.

       “You’re not gonna do research, genius! It’s just the name. It’s actually a cancer support center. You know, like cancer hospital but for poor people. So you’ll help people there. Making food, sweeping, painting walls, anything they ask you” Simon explained.

       “For the rest of summer break?” I asked.

       “Yes”

       “Cool. I’m in” I said hung up the phone. I hatched a plan. Here’s the plan, so if I’m not home from the beginning of the morning till the late of afternoon for the rest of summer break, I can reduce the chance of meeting or seeing Nancy Holmes.

       But however, my problem is far so away from over.

this is how Niall Looks like when he saw Nancy

       The minute Mrs. Nelson explained the schedule and what can I do for the rest of summer break, I knew this place can’t be my protection place.

       “Hey Nancy! C’mere!” Mrs. Nelson called her. Yes, her. Mrs. Nelson said she’s new volunteer too… but she’s been here since weekend. Now it’s clear. She won’t let me alone. I really don’t understand. All that I wanna do is getting this girl out of my life, but instead of disappear, she always popped out in front of me. What sin have I ever made so God thinks I deserve this?

       Her smile gets bigger and bigger as she recognizes me standing right behind Mrs. Nelson. Just like other fan girls when they see me. Don’t get me wrong, I never hate a fan, but this one is out of line. Nancy Holmes got no concept of personal space. No respect for privacy. The world is her ‘playground’, and watch out below, Nancy’s on the slide!

       My first two weeks of the break was a disaster.

       Third week was not so much better. She was still hot on my trail every time I turned around. Same with fourth. But then in fifth, I took an action.

Amy Green

       It started out slow. This is one of those ‘no-that’s-not-right-ideas-you-get-and-forget-it’ idea. But the more I played with the idea, the more I thought, what better way to ward Nancy off? What better way to say to her, “Nancy, you are NOT my type”?

       So the idea is I’d ask one of the girls in the cancer support center, not the patient of course, but one of the volunteer. Her name is Amy Green. see the picture? yes, she is Amy Green. The thing is Nancy hates Amy Green. She always has, though it beats me why. Amy’s nice, friendly, and she’s pretty. What’s not to like?

       Okay, what I was thinking was that Amy would eat lunch with me and maybe walk around a little with me. That way, anytime Nancy was around, all I have to do was hang a little closer to Amy and things would just naturally take care of themselves. And maybe Nancy would be less interest. What happened, though, is that Amy took things way too seriously. She went around telling everybody –including Nancy- that we were in love.

       That was until my supposed-to-be-best-friend Dave Mcaullife attracts to Amy Green himself. Then he told her what I was up to. She slapped me at lunch and we ‘broke up’. She dumped me and started going out with a boy from her college. And this news was also heard by Nancy. Then she started up with the goo-goo eyes again. Only this time is worse, she actually started sniffing me. Yes, SNIFFING me. She does that anytime she stands or sits beside me. What was that all though?

Flipped (just note)

Hey there! I just want you to know some things... but I hope you wont hate me after reading this note. Okay then, are you ready? here we go:

- This fanfic 'stole' lil bit part of the real novel "Flipped"

- As you all know, this fanfic is a Niall Horan fanfic

- This is my first time write fanfic in English, so if there are many mistakes in grammar, you're probably right, and I'm sorry

- Last, it might take long time for the updates because now I'm senior in high school

Hope you enjoy the fanfic! xx

Flipped - It Couldn't Be Any Better

Nancy’s POV

       I open my eyes when my alarm is ringing so hard right before my ears! God! George must have raised the volume yesterday! Ugh! It could wake up the entire neighborhood with volume like that!

       I turn the alarm off then walked to George’s room. He’s already in his neat suit, ready to go to work. It’s only six thirty in the morning. What in God’s name he woke up at six thirty?!

       “Oh, hi Nance” he said after noticed I was standing behind him. I cross my arms and give him death-look.

       “Chill sister! Me waking you up at six is not without a reason…” I raised my eyebrows, curious. “I’m gonna take you around here, then I’ll show you your new college” he said putting his arms on my shoulder then push me into the bathroom.

       “So you better get ready! Quick!” he said before close the bathroom door.

       After I got ready, we drive around Raithin Road. He told me everything. Literally. How I got to college, how I get home from public library, and so much more. Oh right, we drive George’s company car. It came yesterday when I slept. Wait, I slept the whole evening???

       “And there you go. Your new college! Mullingar University! Remember how you can get home, right? You can take the-”

       “Bus. I got it, George. I’m not a- wait! Did you say Mullingar? We’re in Mullingar?” I asked.

       “Nance, we’re here like the whole day and you just noticed that?” said George.

       “Oh my God, George! I’m in the same city with Niall Horan!!” I scream full of excitement ignoring his words. George just groan and roll his eyes.

       “Well then, I have to go. Bye brother! Thank you soo much! And good luck on your first day!” I said after fangirling, then I kissed his cheek and get out from the car. He just nodded and waved. Oh my God! Could it be any better??

Niall’s POV

       “God! Why the heck the alarm is ringing!?” I said covering my face and ears with pillow. I didn’t know I set alarm yesterday? Or it was Mom? No. My mom never set alarm, especially when I’m home.

       I get up looking for the alarm and want to turn it off. But I didn’t find any alarm or thing which is ringing. Then I follow the sound, apparently it was my neighbor’s. Gee, why the heck they set alarm at six thirty?! It’s not even the time for work?! No one works in six thirty in the morning! Wait, I didn’t know if there’s someone living in that house. I tried to sleep again but it didn’t work, so I decided to walk down the stairs and find some food. Then I found my mom is cooking.

       “You already wake up? What is it? Why you already wake up? You have never woke up at…six thirty before?” my mom said after watched the clock. I told her about the alarm and asked her about the neighbor.

       “They just moved yesterday. I haven’t met them yet… maybe later, I didn’t have opportunity to do that, I was preparing food for your coming yesterday. But Patsy said they’re nice. They’re Canadians. She had met them yesterday” my mom explained. And all I said was “Oh” and nodded. Then I go back to my room and try to sleep again.

Nancy’s POV

       I take the key from my pocket then open the door. Oh my God, I’m really tired today. Really, why should I come to school a day before summer break? It’s kinda wasting time you know. Actually, George said he did that because he wanted me to know my new friends better, so when the summer break is over, I’ll make a really good friends. But uh, it really is still called wasting time.

       Well, out of things, college was awesome today! The teacher was not really rude, and they were nice. But the classmates were… I don’t know if it was how Irish people treat other people or they were just not being nice to me. But people I met the other day were nice? Well, I don’t want to think about it now. It’s four in the evening. I just laid my body on the sofa when the phone rings. The phone is not too far from the sofa, so I take it.

       “Hello, Nance. It’s me, George. I think I’m going to be late to be home today. So, can you do the house works? Good. Thanks” and he hung up the phone. I haven’t even said anything yet!?

       I did the house works like he told me to after I changed into this. We don’t really have something to clean, because we did that yesterday when we moved here. So I just sweep the floor and watering the flowers.

       I took the hose and turn it on, but it doesn’t want to slur the water. Then I hit the hose to the fence many times, but still, it doesn’t want to slur the water. Till, I raise the end of the hose up. It suddenly slurs the water! But…

Niall’s POV

       I was stretching on the frontyard when some cold water scold all over my body.

       “Oh God!” I shouted. It is really cold water! God dammit!! It must be the new neighbor. Is that how Canadian greet other people? Argh!

       “Oh my God! I’m sorry!” said a girl who I think is around my age. Wait. God! This is not good! I suddenly cover my face.

       “Are you okay?” she asked from distance. “Yes” is all I said. I have to go inside the house!

Nancy’s POV

       “Are you okay?” I asked from distance. “Yes” he said and he left. I haven’t said sorry in a proper way. But I decided to continued watering my flowers anyway.

       Having my flowers watered enough, I walked in to my bedroom sleeping.

       The morning after, I decided to make breakfast for George and make some cookies for the boy I met yesterday and his family. Well, just for saying sorry and greet them. I didn’t do it well yesterday.

       *at the boy’s house*

       I knocked their door, then it slowly open. I saw the woman who I met in market the day I moved here.

       “Oh it’s you! How do you know I live here?” she asked.

       “I didn’t, actually. I’m your new neighbor, Ma’am… and I make some cookies for you and your family” I said politely.

       “Oh, thank you so much, dear… you helped me once, and now you brought me cookies. Come in” she said let me in and let me sit while she puts the cookies in the kitchen. And while she’s in the kitchen, I’m looking around her living room. She has a nice house. I saw her family picture on the table. Then, I noticed something. Is he?

       “Mom, where is my jersey?” I hear someone shouted. I turn my face to make sure if the voice belongs to-

       “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

       “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

Maura’s POV

Since you all have already known Niall’s Mom’s name, I put her name here.

       I leave her in the living room looking at the picture of me, Niall, Greg and their Dad. I knew she doesn’t know that I’m Niall’s mother. Because she said she likes One Direction but she still treat me the same. Not like other girl. I think she hasn’t noticed yet. So I let her know by herself.

*flashback*

Maura’s POV

       After shopping in the market I decided to go home. I bought loads of foods there. Since my son is gonna be home today. He likes food, so I bought these for him. This market lil far from my house because the old supermarket I used to buy things at is on repairing, so I was put here by my first son Greg, but now he is working, so I decided to hire a cab.

       I was about to find some cab before a man hit me till I fall on the ground. Thank God the food is covered by plastic, so I don’t need to buy the new one. But really, it’s hurt. But then I realized, the man brought my wallet!

       “Somebody stop that man!” I shouted.

Nancy’s POV

       “I’m thirsty” I said to no one. I stopped the bike at a market, then I buy some lemon juice. I slurp it and ready to ride my bike again till someone hit me and made me spill my juice out of its place to my favorite dress. Then I hear someone shouted.

       “Somebody stop that man!” it was lady’s. Then I realized, the man who hit me was a thief. So I ride my bike as quick as I could to get him.

       After some dramatic pursue, I’m kinda tired, (I swear it feels like a game) so I throw him with my shoe right on his head. And he fell down! Yeah! Nancy wins the game! Then I take the wallet and my shoe, and leave him.

       “Thank you, dear…” said the woman to me after I gave her the wallet.

       “It’s okay, Ma’am… besides, he made me spill my lemon juice” I said giggling a little. She told me what happened, then I helped her to get a cab. Since I still have to buy some groceries.

*end of flashback*

Maura’s POV

       I was replacing the cookies till I hear

       “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

       “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA” It was Niall’s voice, and Nancy’s! what happened? Oh God!

       I ran from the kitchen to the living room, and I saw Nancy is fainted, and shirtless Niall just wore a towel in his waist. Now I know why. Greg who was watching TV, ran down the stairs to see what happened.

       “Greg, help” Niall said. Then he helped Niall lift Nancy to the sofa. I made sign for them letting me take care of her. Greg left us after Niall told him what happened. And Niall still sits next to me.

       “Is she okay? Will she get amnesia?” asked Niall. I swear his foolness is not from my gene.

       “She will be fine, Niall… she fainted, not crashed by a car or something… And, you better get some clothes” I asked. He nodded and went upstairs. I left Nancy for a while, making her some tea. When I walked back, I saw Niall staring at her from upstairs.

       “You like her, don’t you?” I said smirked at him. It’s okay for me, because I like this girl too. She is nice, polite, and different. It’s a good different.

       “I do not like her, Mom… I just don’t want her to twit something bad about me or worse, about you. Besides, she scold some cold water all over my body yesterday” he said after having some clothes.

       “Oh that’s why you were wet yesterday. I thought it was because you had some hard excercise” I joked. He just gave a pokerface. I laughed.

       “Urff…” Nancy’s moan.

       “Are you okay, dear?” I asked.

Nancy’s POV

       I open my eyes slowly and moan. Where am I?

       “Are you okay, dear?” I hear a woman voice. Then I realized, I’m at Niall’s house. Wait, what?! NIALL’S HOUSE? THAT NIALL?? What am I doing here?! Oh! Maura! She is… she is… Niall’s Mom?? Oh My God!!

       “I’m okay” I said. I doubt if anyone could hear me saying. Maura smiled, and Niall sighed.

       “Niall, do you have anything to say?” Maura said.

       “Right… I’m sorry” Niall said. Did Niall Horan just say that to me??!! Oh my God!! I could jump around the house now because of this!

       “No… I’m sorry, I was the one who scold you water yesterday. That was you, wasn’t it?” I asked looking at him. I saw his eyes. His beautiful blue eyes. I think they’re made up of many other different shades of blue. Those dazzling eyes look like an ocean. When I look into them, I feel like I could get lost in them, drown in them. Like the ocean does.

       “It’s okay. Well, I’ll be in my room” Niall said waking me up from my crazy thoughts. Oh my God. I can’t believe it! I just met Niall Horan! And had some chat with him! Wait, if Maura is his mom, and Maura lives here, it means…? NIALL HORAN IS MY NEIGHBOR!!!!!!!

God, it couldn’t be any better!