Protecting Niall (Nouis, Niam, Narry and Ziall)

Chapter 5 - The rest of the week

Niall's POV:

I woke up late the next morning. I didn't mean too obviously, well actually I wouldn't have minded if I missed school all together but that wasn't going to happen was it? I ran out of the house and down the road I know I was about halfway to school to school so I decided to check the time. Damn! I had twenty minutes until school started. Damn my morning eye sight making me mistake the time. I sighed to myself what to do now? My stomach growled loudly; feeding time. Of course I had forgotten to get some breakfast. I looked up and down the street looking for somewhere to eat. A small cafe ten metres away from my caught me and I walked towards it.

I sat at a window table looking at the menu for a couple of minutes before I heard someones voice, "I'll be over with you in a second sir?" The voice sounded like an angel's. I knew it was a man's voice but I had already admitted to myself that I was at the very least bisexual as well as telling my brothers and Josh. They didn't oppose it at all, if anything the embraced it and encouraged it. And more often than not I met a boy that I liked than a girl. So I suppose that I was more on the side of being gay now that I thought of it. My thoughts turned to myself and my brothers when we were back in London, care free and happy. I knew that I had been thinking about them a lot recently but I missed them so much. They were the only people I could trust properly and while I was in Cheshire I could never be sure if I was being followed or spied on. I thanked my brothers for making me paranoid. I didn't want them to get hurt in any way I know that they weren't only fighting for the gang's reputation but for my safety. They didn't want me to get hurt by another gang.

I heard footsteps walking towards me. I snapped myself out of my thoughts I didn't want someone else to see me in my moment of sadness. "What can I get you sir?" The voice asked me. I looked up to answer him. I was shocked to find myself looking into Zayn's eyes. Great. "Ummm can I have egg and soldiers and some coke please."

"Yeah sure thing give me a minute."

I watched as he wrote it down and walked off into the kitchen. Thanks to the layout of the cafe I could see into the kitchen. I was surprised by what I saw, Zayn was doing all of the cooking. I mean I have nothing against it but I would have thought that there would have been at least one other person to help out back there. As Zayn focused on cooking and egg I focused on watching him concentrate. His eyebrows knitted together temporarily every time he had to move the pan around. I smiled to myself he looked so cute like that. It made a difference to his normally emotionless face - wait I shouldn't have been thinking about that. Yes he does look really good but I don't want him to know that I was thinking about that he was pissed at me yesterday and I didn't want him to get anymore pissed at me I don't think I would be able to deal with more people pissed and looking to beat me up.

Zayn came back to my table and put my food on the table, "Here you go."

"Thanks Zayn."

"That's okay." He walked off to serve some other people that came in and I started to eat. It was delicious. I shovelled into my mouth as fast as I could to be honest as nice as the food was I didn't really want to stay here for much longer. If anything I was scared that Zayn might ask me about PE yesterday. I walked up to the till and got a £10 out of my pocket.

"That'ull be £6.25 mate."

"Here. Keep the change." I handed him the note and walked out of the shop before he could react. As I walked up the path I could hear someone running up behind me. Gosh isn't someone eager to get to school? As the footsteps got closer I was expecting a year 7 or 8 to run past but I was surprised to see Zayn fall into step with me.

"Hi Niall."

"Hey."

"So do you mind if I walk to school with you?"