Trust, Love, and Lost Relations

A Dark Past

Felicity's P.O.V.

When I woke up, I could see sunlight through the window. I rolled over to see Niall was still asleep. I silently and carefully crawled out of bed and went downstairs.

I walked straight to the kitchen and made some tea. Once it was made, I walked back out into the living room to see how big of a mess there was to clean up.

Surprisingly, there were no drunk strangers passed out on my floor, so I was happy about that. I glanced at the room to see I didn't have too big of a mess to clean up, so I got started.

About two hours later, I was about halfway done cleaning the house. I went to heat up my tea, when there was a knock on the door. I set the mug down on the table and went to answer it.

When I opened it, I glared at the person on the other side. "What the hell do you want?" I asked Niko angrily.

"Aw, that's not a very nice way to greet a guest," he said, fake pouting.

"Oh, really?" I said sarcastically, "then I guess it's a good thing you're not a guest. Nor are you welcome," I said, reaching for the door, "so go away." I tried to close the door in his face, but he blocked it with his foot.

"Ah, ah, ah," he said to me, "that's not very polite."

"Yes, well I don't tend to be polite to jackasses who don't deserve it," I said, pissed now.

"Oh, so I'm a jackass now?" He asked me sarcastically, feigning hurt.

"I'm so glad you finally caught up," I said sarcastically.

"That was very rude," he said.
"Oh yeah? Well too bad"
"Yeah, deliberately even."

"Why the hell is he here?" I asked, noticing the man standing behind him. Venom dripped from every syllable. "You aren't welcome, and he especially isn't."

"Oh, but why not babe?" He said.
"Don't fucking call me that."
"I could call you baby instead."
"No, you can't."
"Awe, but why not? You used to always blush when I called you that."
"Well now I just burst with hatred."
"Well that's too bad."
"Isn't it?"

"Christian, I think we should remind her what is was like for her in public school, don't you?"

No. No, he swore he would never use that against me. And now he's bringing Christian, of all people, to take me back to that? I could feel my eyes tearing up.

I looked at the floor for a few minutes, composing myself. "How about you leave my house before I call the police?" I suggested.

They ignored me. Christian advanced on me slowly. I backed away from him, but it wasn't long before my back hit a wall.

"What the fuck is going on here?!" Niall yelled, coming down the stairs. Christian backed away, and Niall walked up beside me, grabbing my waist protectively. I hugged him tightly from the side, grateful for his impeccable timing.

"Just reminiscing about public school," Niko said, trying to brush it off. Niall was having none of it.

"Really?" He asked, pissed right off, "because my girl here, looks terrified and was trapped against a wall a few minutes ago." I would've had a huge amount of butterflies in my stomach when Niall called me 'his girl,' except for the fact that I was fucking terrified right now.
"Oh, is that what it looked like?" Niko started nervously, "because we were just joking around. Christian was just uh..."

"Just what?" Niall asked through gritted teeth.

"Just um, just..." I could tell he was running excuses through his head and it made me feel a little better knowing that he was so intimidated by Niall. "He was just trying to tickle her."