mixed || n.h

34

niall's birthday started out... interesting. michael, luke, calum, and ashton had grown fond of niall, and decided it would be a good idea to throw a surprise party for him. none of them could legally drink, but that didn't stop them from having a few beers with niall.

november knew about the party, being the one who had to buy all of the food, but hiding it from niall was the hard part. of course he was surprised when he walked into michael's apartment and there were streamers and balloons everywhere, but he had a feeling they were all planning it.

november sat awkwardly on michael's couch while the boys were playing video games and drinking beer. michael insisted she had a drink, but she kindly declined.

niall made his way over to november and sat next to her and kissed her, earning a disgusted groan from calum. niall gave him a dirty look and kissed her again, ignoring yet another groan from calum.

"why are you just sitting here by yourself? don't you want to hang with us?"

"i don't want to drink and i hate call of duty. i'm just going to go back to the apartment," november stood up, only to be pulled back down by niall.

"don't leave me alone on my birthday," he stuck his bottom lip out, "i'll go with you. guys, i'm going with november back to our room. thanks for throwing me such a cool party."

the boys didn't look away from the tv, focused on the video game. ashton paused it, and turned to niall, giving him a sad look.

"you only stayed for an hour and a half, ni. are you sure you want to leave?"

"yeah, man. just stay a little while longer! your birthday sex can wait," michael smirked.

november scoffed, "i'm going to the room. you can stay here and have fun with your friends."

she left michael's apartment without niall, feeling left out. niall sighed and returned to watching his friends play their video games. of course he felt bad about not spending time with his girlfriend, but spending time with his friends was fun too.

"if you want to go with her, go ahead. it's your birthday," luke patted niall on the back and handed him a beer.

niall took a swig, contemplating wether or not he should be with november. michael rolled his eyes at him and opened up a soda.

"i like hanging out with you lads, but i feel bad just letting her be by herself. i'll see you guys later, yeah?" the boys nodded, "thanks again for the party."

so niall left michael's apartment, and walked into his, surprised when he found november and zayn sitting at the table together.

"what the fuck is he doing here?"

zayn looked up, cheeks flushed. his hair was shaven, bleached blonde. he now had a nose ring and niall was surprised at his new appearance.

"i came to explain-"

"no, you don't get to explain. you made a mistake, you don't get to treat me like shit because you owe some moocher money," niall spat.

november gave niall a dirty look and looked at zayn, who was giving her a dirty look. he stepped closer to her, balling his fists.

"i told you not to tell him. who else have you told?"

"j-just niall, i swear. i didn't think it was a big deal-"

"shut the fuck up," zayn warned.

niall pushed him, knocking over a vase in the process. thankfully the floor was carpeted, so it wasn't damaged. november stood out of her seat and gave niall a warning glance, which he ignored.