Over Again

The Gang Together At Last?

Zayn's POV

There was a gentle tapping at my door so I hooked my earphones out and rested them on the desk. I padded over and flicked the latch pulling it towards me, revealing Liam. "You still up too then?" I left the door open behind myself as I walked away and sat back down at the desk. He followed me, perching on the bed.

"The weirdest thing just happened, I went over to Louis' room and he took ages to answer and I was sure I could hear voices. Anyway, I asked if he wanted to go out because I can't sleep and he totally shut me down. I went back to my room and then I know I heard voices, I think him and Harry were fighting again."

I gulped and shifted nervously trying to look at our feet rather than his face. "Zayn? Do you know something?"

"What? Of course not..."

"You are a terrible liar. Are they still bad?" I didn't answer. "So...they're alright?" I didn't answer. "Better than alright?" I still didn't answer. "Zayn just tell me."

I sighed and turned to face the wall, switching my music off before swivelling in my chair to look at him. "I promised I wouldn't say anything".

"So you do know something?"

"Yes".

"Ok...? Is it bad?"

"I dunno."

"What?"

"I dunno."

He huffed and got up. "Just tell me for god sake everything's a secret around here."

"Fine, but you have to act normal and not say ANYTHING they're trying to keep it a secret." He frowned at me and sat back down. "Basically, it was the first day of tour and I was coming back to the dressing room and I walked round a corner and there they were, making out." Liam's eyes grew wide with shock and he edged forward.

"So they're together?"

"Yep, apparently have been since the BRITs but they're going really slowly, Louis won't let Harry hurt him again so is trying to assess everything but they obviously still have all those feelings and stuff".

"Wow, I didn't even notice, am I that blind?"

"No, they're just a really casual thing...with feelings I'm not really sure how it works." He shook his head back and forth. "I cannot believe it, the bastards, the BRITs was ages ago, why can't they tell us?" I shrugged. "I guess they're just scared it won't work out again and they'll end up hurting us all again".

"It'll work out". Liam smiled at me like he knew for sure.

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We stood outside Niall's room waiting for him to get changed. "Louis and Harry not joining us then?" Me and Liam exchanged glances before Liam answered. "No mate."

"I guess it's still weird for them then." He walked out the room pulling the door closed and shoving his wallet in his pocket.

Outside was dark, and weird as there were no people around. We were use to being bombarded by fans, paparazzi and other strangers but it was quiet. I clicked the button on my phone revealing the time was in fact 1am. No wonder it was quiet.

Liam lead the way to a bar he'd seen and we ended up getting lost by taking the wrong turn. He insisted it was right and after walking for an extra 20 minutes he saw the lights of it and dashed ahead holding his arms up in victory, yelling he knew all along.

We sat drinking, Liam most of all, until Niall insisted we do karakoe. "It'll be fun to sing something that isn't one of our songs". They got up, taking turns right before they forced me to go up and do a duet with one of them. Liam jumped off the stage and did a moonwalk as we sang out of tune. "Come on lads, you can do better than that." But it was more fun to belt it out rather than do it properly.

Afterwards, we both climbed off stage laughing and hobbled back to the bar ordering one more round.

"It's a shame Lou and Haz aren't here, they're missing out." Niall leant on the top to look at both of us. "Well, they sing every d..." I started, but was cut off by Liam. "They're having too much fun being together anyway." He hiccuped. Niall's face contorted into shock and stood up properly looking at the two of us. "TOGETHER?" Liam nodded over dramatically. "And you both knew and didn't tell me?!"

Before Liam could say anything to make it worse I stepped towards Niall, getting his attention. "Liam only found out tonight, and you can't say anything." He rolled his eyes and turned to the bar picking up his drink. "Fuck 'em"

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I woke up with my head reeling. I was propped up against the head board looking out over the room. Niall was on my right with his head at my feet and half his body hanging over the side of the bed, and Liam was on my left, just his head resting in his arm on my bed. I swallowed, realising how dry my throat was and looked around, remembering last night.

I sat up and disturbed Niall who rolled over, falling onto the floor. Our laughs echoed through the room and Liam jolted up, groaning. Niall's head popped up over the end of the bed which made me laugh more. "What time is it?" Liam's voice cracked and he groaned again. "'Bout half 2."

"HALF TWO!" He dragged himself up and staggered into the bathroom.

"Zayn?"

"Mmhm?" I turned to look at Niall who was still sat on the floor. "Are Louis and Harry together again or did I imagine that conversation?" I sighed and reached up to rub the back of my neck nervously. "They're together, and have been since the BRITs but you have to act like you don't know."

"But if we all know we can just say we know...?"