Hiding in the Shadows

Do You Know Niall?

Hey, I know it's been a while but I do what to say I have not abandoned this. Work, school and family do come first though. If you have any questions by all means ask and I will do my best to answer. Thank you.

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After having put Niall to bed Louis looked at the time. It was merely 5:30. Having no desire to go to bed himself Louis checked on the sleeping boy one last time before heading down to Liam and Harry's room. He needed to talk to them anyways.

"Hey mate what's up?" Liam greeted opening the door to his room and stepping aside.

"Louis!" Harry called happily, "Where have you been up to all day?"

Louis sighed and sank down on the couch as he contemplated his answer. What had he been up to all day? He'd calmed Niall's nightmare, spanked the boy and then put him back to bed. He'd forced food into Niall then gotten so caught up in his own musings that he hadn't even notice when Niall slipped out of the room. He had spent almost five hours searching for Niall only to find the boy in the workout room and then proceeded to play a 'game' of who texted and why before Niall had a panic attack and Louis had to calm the boy down before putting him back to bed. So, what had he been doing all day? "I've been getting to know Niall"

Liam and Harry shared confused looks before Liam turned to Louis, "We already know Niall"

"Do we?" Louis questioned.

"Of course" Harry insisted, "We've known him for five years now"

"Is that so?" Louis asked.

"Yes" Liam and Harry answered simultaneously.

"Alright then," Louis sat up a bit straighter, "If you know Niall so well perhaps you'd be willing to answer a few questions?"

"Absolutely" Liam said.

"Bring it on" Harry challenged.

Louis just shook his head at his friend's certainty. He would have been the same way just a few days ago. "So, I will ask three questions. 1) What four people does Niall talk to the most, whether it be call, text or face to face? 2) How often does Niall eat? 3) What does Niall do with his spare time?"

Liam and Harry were so sure of themselves that they rapidly started spewing out answers. "1) is easy" Harry assured, "The four people he talks to most are the three of us and his family"

"2) is obvious" Liam smirked, "Niall eats all the time. The boys is obsessed with food"

"3 isn't hard either" Harry said, "Niall spends his spare time the same way we do. As a group"

Louis just shook his head, "Well for two people who insist that they know everything about one of their band mates you two have gotten every single question wrong"

"What?" Harry said annoyed.

"How could we have possibly gotten those questions wrong?" Liam argued.

"Easy" Louis said, "You don't know Niall"

"We know Niall" both boys insisted.

"Really?" Louis asked, "then let's go over the correct answers shall we?" without waiting for a response Louis jumped right into it, "The four people that Niall hears from most are the band, security, management and Bradford"

"Bradford!" Harry and Liam interrupted. The two of them had never met the man but they did remember the story that Louis had told them.

"You said that Bradford had been fired" Liam argued.