Totally Not Me ( 1D/ N.H. / Niall Horan)

Chapter 18

"Can you believe the balls on that Irish asshole?" Brent blurts out. Apparently, he's still not over Niall dancing with me.

"I know. Brent, we shouldn't have left our dates by themselves." Ryan is trying to defuse the situation. He doesn't seem to be quite as big of a jerk as Brent.

"And you! You should have laughed in his face and told him to fuck off." He hisses at me.

"Let's just have a good time. Dude! It's our senior year. Our last homecoming. Don't let one dance ruin your evening. It isn't ruining mine...and that was my date!" Ryan tries again with Brent as he tightens his grip on my hand reassuringly.

"I'm so bored. Let's dance." Brent's date announces.

He suddenly changes his demeanor and leads her out to the dance floor.

"Niall did nothing wrong. It's my fault. I should have turned him down." I tell Ryan.

"It's not your fault. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous when I saw you dancing with him. I don't blame him for asking you. You look absolutely beautiful this evening." He brings my hand up to his mouth and kisses my knuckles.

I can feel the blood rushing to my face as embarrassment completely takes over.

I look up towards Niall only to see him look away quickly. Oh! How I long to be at their table. All of them laughing and having such a good time. Here I sit, tight lipped, and wanting to be out of these uncomfortable clothes.

I glance at the table next to Niall's to see a couple sophomore girls glancing at me and talking intently with one another. It's obvious that I am the subject of their discussion.

"You have no fucking clue who I am or what I'm all about, you jealous bitches! I'd gladly trade places with you any day of the week!" I scream at them in my head.

"Did you want to dance?" Ryan breaks the silence between us.

"Sure." I answer as I just notice a slow song begins to play.

As we make our way to the dance floor, Ryan pulls me in a little too close for my comfort and begins to step to the slow tempo of the song. I know if I pull away, I will have hell to pay. I don't need Brent any more pissed off than he already is.

I countdown the seconds in the song until I can break free from Ryan's arms wrapped around my waist and his body pressed so uncomfortably close to mine.

As the evening progresses, Brent gets crowned Homecoming king. He dances with the crowned queen in all their glory. Ryan and I watch them.

"It should have been you out there." Ryan says softly into my ear.

"Dancing with my step brother?! No thank you!" I respond overdramatizing that I'm offended.

"You know what I mean." Ryan chuckles.

"Thank you." Is all I can respond with.

Don't get me wrong, Ryan is hot. The problem is that he knows it. If he didn't hang out with Brent, I'd probably drool over him like half the girls in this school do.

Niall's POV

"I need to use the ladies room." Lou announces.

"The fact you announce it just proves that you're headed to the wrong room." Louis sasses her.

"Are you insinuating that I'm not a lady?!" Lou smirks.

"Nope. I'm pretty much telling you that." Louis smiles at her.

"You are such a twat!" She laughs and leaves the table while we are all laughing at what just took place.

I watch her as she walks over to Kaitlin's table. Lou leans in between Kailin and Ryan saying something. Kailin nods and gets up from the table only to follow Lou to the bathroom.

I notice Brent gets back to the table in his crown from being king of the douche bags. How that guy hasn't gotten his ass kicked is beyond me. They glance over at me. I can tell they are talking about me. I have myself looking out of their direction but keeping them within my view. I'm sure they are plotting my death right about now. Why did I ask her to dance?

"Why do you suppose girls go to the bathroom in groups?" I ask Dan, who is sitting next to me.

"I wonder that quite often myself. What goes on in there? And, do we really want to know?" He jokingly responds.

I can't help but laugh. Those are really good question. Do I really want to know?...That's the one I really need to be asking myself.

All this bathroom talk makes me realize that I have to go myself. I stand up and push my chair in.

Louis nods in my direction with a confused look on his face.

"I'm going to the ladies room." I announce sarcastically.

"Need me to come with you to make it a group and start a trend?" Dan responds with a horrible yet his best female impression.

"My doctor did mention that I shouldn't life heavy things. So, sure!" I wink and blow him a kiss jokingly.

"Ewwwww, Niall! Really?!" Amy chimes in and we all break out in laughter.

I make my way to the bathroom. It's a bit crowded. I notice a couple kids in the corner sneaking some sips of what looks to be a bottle of some sort of alcohol. After a couple more sips, they stagger out of the bathroom.

I finish and begin to wash my hands. The crowd has thinned in here a bit. I begin to head towards the door when it opens and in walks Brent and Ryan.

"Well...well...if it isn't the little Irish fucker." Brent blurts out.

I go to walk around them but Brent steps between me and the door.

And it is at this moment I wish I made Dan follow through with his offer...

A/N- I think I'm going to try and write the next chapter over the weekend. I almost feel guilty leaving you with such a cliffhanger...almost! ;) Please vote, comment, and/or share. Thank you so much for your patience and reading the updates when they come. :)