Extended Visits - A One Direction Fanfiction

Chapter 5

"Liam," Niall called as he slammed the door open. His eyes moved from Liam's arms to Cassandra's body and he backed up, red creeping all over his face. "Um. I didn't mean to," he said quietly.

Liam sat up and quickly got out of bed.

"Wait! What is it, Niall?" He glanced at Casandra and miraculously she was still asleep.

"It's nothing." Niall covered his face from view and tried to walk out of the room. Liam quickly grabbed his Niall's arm.

"So you're starting a new hobby, then? Do you like slamming doors open?"

Heat rushed through Niall's cheeks.

"No," he whispered, not meeting Liam's eyes.

"What's that?" Liam made a gesture for him to speak up.

Why should he answer? Liam wasn't in charge of Niall; he didn't need to tell him anything.

Niall furrowed his eyebrows and looked Liam straight in the eye.

"It doesn't matter," he said, as he pushed Liam off of him. Niall quickly walked all the way down the hallway and angrily sat on the couch. Zayn began to stir with the amount of noise he was making, but Niall didn't care.

What was Liam doing with Cassandra? Why were they together on the bed? Liam wasn't like that.

Niall pouted and crossed his arms. With a pang in his heart he realized something incredible: why should he even care if Liam was with Cassandra? He only met her yesterday! It made sense for Liam and Cassie to be together since they knew each other for years. Yet there was that cold feeling deep in his heart that he couldn't fight down.

Niall was jealous of Liam. He was jealous of his own best friend.

But it still didn't make sense! In order to be jealous, one had to want what the other had close to them. They were just cuddling in bed. It wasn't anything.

But he'd seen them. Together. At the beach, in the car, at the house. Maybe Niall was just jealous that he didn't have a relationship like that with his friends back home. Or maybe it's because the boys were always in England. Why can't they take a break in Ireland sometime?

Zayn woke up while Niall was deep in thought and put a reassuring hand on the Irish lad's shoulder.

"Are you okay, mate?"

Niall blinked away tears and shook his head.

"No," he managed to get out. "I'm not." I'm in love with Cassandra, he wanted to say. He wanted to scream it to the world!

But he couldn't do that without breaking Liam's heart.