Here's a picture of drunk Niall in a headband....

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Niall's POV

NEW YEAR'S EVE.

Well, the last week has gone by in such a blur and I didn't even how fast time flew by, and before I knew it, it's already New Year's Eve.

We were currently in Mullingar, just the way Carina and I had planned.

We decided to spend Christmas at her place and New Year's at mine.

Greg, Denise, Carina and I were at a pub and the atmosphere was buzzing here.

The place was dimly lit as the music roared around the place. The bar was basically over flowing and I almost thought that the liquor wouldn't be sufficient.

We were sat at a booth as we sipped on our drinks and looked at the people around us.

The girls around us barely wore any clothes and I suddenly felt like Denise and Carina were the only women who were properly dressed.

Mom and dad said they were too 'old' to be at a pub and that they'd babysit Theo at home.

Well, we weren't complaining.

"Let's dance?", Greg asked and Carina looked nervous.

The four of us stood up and walked towards the crowded dance floor.

I rested my hand on Carina's lower back and found her relax under my touch.

"Don't worry, baby. We're just going to be dancing like no one's looking at us", I yelled into her ears over the loud music and she smiled.

We began dancing to the fast rhythm of the music booming and we were such bad dancers.

Greg was always the good dancer and I barely even coped up.

Greg laughed his ass off as he looked at me dancing like a maniac and Carina just giggled. Denise's was high and was just dancing, so she probably didn't even notice our actions.

I saw a guy move his hands down Carina's hips and she turned around and pushed him.

By the look on his face he was pretty wasted and was just trying to get laid, but that doesn't mean he can touch my girl.

I pushed him forward and he put his arms up defensively.

"Let it go, he's pretty wasted", Greg yelled into my ears before I could punch the living life out of him.

"Babe, we wouldn't want to end this year and start the next one with trouble", Carina said as she yelled and placed her hand on my chest.

I put my hands around her hips and smiled like a five year old who got gifted the largest candy.

She's mine and only I can touch her.

The music went down and the crowd booed almost immediately.

"Whoa, woah, woah, hold on. It's time for the New Year's countdown", who I suppose was the DJ spoke through the microphone and the crowd cheered.

"Let's start counting in....", he said as he looked at maybe his watch.

Could he even see in this dim light?

"10", he roared and the crowd cheered.

"9", he said and the crowded said it with him.

I pulled Carina closer in my arms and she smiled as she looked at me.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Greg pulling Denise in his arms too.

"3", the crowd roared and I joined them too.

"2", Carina joined in too.

"1".

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!", the DJ exclaimed and I kissed Carina.

The kiss was gentle but got heated up soon.

"If all the couples are done sucking each other's faces then let's party all night", the DJ yelled and the crowd hooted.

Soon, another track played and the crowd was swinging to the beat.

"Happy New Year, baby", I yelled into her ears.

"Happy New Year", she mouthed and pecked my lips.

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We continued dancing our drunk asses for another hour or so until we couldn't even stand properly.

The four of us were pretty drunk, well, Carina wasn't really drunk but she was drunk.

So, that still counts as drunk, right?

We anyways managed to find a cab which drove us home and I'm just glad we were able to tell him the right address.

Mom and dad would be asleep and they'd surely kill us if they'd see how wasted we were.

So Greg managed to unlock the main door with a key which is kept under the big pot next to the main door and we managed to tiptoe to our rooms without falling or throwing anything.

I don't really remember what exactly happened, but I remember Carina taking my shoes off before everything went blank.

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THE NEXT DAY.

The pounding in my head was so bad that I couldn't even open my eyes.

After a few minutes I managed to make a run for my washroom as I rushed towards the toilet seat where I emptied all the alcohol contents.

Of course, my hangover is starting to kick in and it fucking sucks.

I puked until I could puke no more and flushed the mess away.

I heard some shuffling behind me and turned around to see a very uncomfortable Carina.

"Babe, have some water", she said she walked towards me with a glass of water.

She rubbed my back as I gulped down the glass of water in one go.

"I suppose some breakfast and lemonade would do you some good", she said as she helped me up and I smiled.

The next few minutes were spent as Carina and I got ready before we headed downstairs for breakfast.

We were greeted by the fresh smell of bacon and eggs which were being prepared by mum.

We came down to see a very hungover Greg and Denise as they held their heads in their hands and were sat on the barstool in the open kitchen.

"Morning, all", I said and they looked at us.

"Good Morning, son", mom said brightly and Greg groaned.

"How's the morning supposed to be good?", he groaned and Denise lightly smacked his bicep.

"Who asked you to drink like a maniac?", mum asked angrily and Carina and I sat on the barstools and watched the show ahead of us.

"Mum, it was New Year's Eve", Greg groaned and mom glared at him.

"Then shut up and don't complain", she replied and Greg nodded inattentively.

"Where's dad and Theo?", I asked.

"They're out in the backyard. Theo wanted to play dodgeball", she said and I laughed.

Mum served us our breakfast which consisted of bacon, sausages, eggs, baked beans and mushrooms.

We didn't even bother looking at each other until our breakfast was done.

"Here's some lemonade for my hungover kids", mum said and she placed four glasses of lemonade in front of us.

"Thanks, mum", Greg, Denise and I said in unison.

"Thanks, Mrs Horan", Carina said at the same time.

"Come on, you can call me mum, if you feel like", my mum said and Carina's eyes widened.

Soon she nodded enthusiastically and a huge smile spread over her beautiful face.

"Okay, mum", she whispered and mum and I smiled.

My mum gave her a side hug and kissed her forehead.

"I need a kiss too", Denise whined and we laughed.

"Yeah, I could kiss you", Greg said and she rolled her eyes at him.

My mum kissed Denise's forehead and she smiled brightly.

I'm just so glad that my family has gotten along really well with Carina and she with them.

What a perfect way to begin the year.

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A/N:

I can't believe there are only four more chapters until this book ends.

See y'all in the next one.

Lots Of Love
-Carita D'Costa❤️