Tour Life ||n.h|| [au]

Chapter 9: ||NIALL||

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"Who are ya texting?" Louis asked, looking over my shoulder.
"No one."
"Sure...," he trailed off.
"It's probably Erica," Liam said.
"You so love her," Louis stated, putting emphasis on the 'so.'
"I don't love her!" I defended myself.
"Oh. Right. You two are 'just friends,'" Harry butted in.
"Yeah. We are. We're just friends, that's it."
"Friends with benefits," Harry said quietly, but I still heard him.
"Harry,-" Liam started.
"You ass! I like her! Okay? Yeah, I like Erica! A lot," I yelled at them. I got up and stormed out of the house. I sat on the front stairs for what felt like forever.
About 20 minutes later, Sophia and Erica came back. They got out of the car with pizza and drinks. They both passed me, going inside and ignored me.
Damn, aren't I special? I thought to myself.
I heard a door click behind me. I looked up and saw Erica sitting down next to me.
"You okay?"
"Oh, uh, yeah. Why?"
"You just seemed off, I guess," she asked, worry obvious in her voice.
"I kind of am."
"What's wrong?"
"The guys were just joking around and they said that I- um, they just said stuff that pissed me off after you and Soph left."
"What did they say?"
"They just were being stupid."
"Niall."
"What?"
"Are you sure that that's all?"
"No," I sighed, "I like you, Erica. A lot. I know we've only known each other for a little while, but I still like you. And the lads were just saying stuff about it and Harry said something and I got pissed and I came out here. I'm sorry I just piled all this on you, but I had to tell you, but I didn't know how or when," I looked down at my feet.
"It's fine, really. I'm glad you told me. But, we can still be friends, right?"
I looked at her, "Yeah."
No. No, I want to be more than friends, and I can't stand it.
Yeah, just 'friends with benefits, right?

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