A Whole Bunch Of Clichès

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Niall burst into a laughing fit as Liam joined the table. Liam glared at him and then frowned as he looked down onto his tray.

"Oh my god! Harry," Niall said, trying to control his laughter, "You won't believe what Mr. Payne did yesterday"

Liam huffed and turned his head to look at Zayn, who was sitting next to Louis. I decided not to look and kept his gaze on Liam and Niall. Liam turned back and pouted.

"I fucked up really bad, didn't I?" he asked and Niall started laughing again.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Liam came over while Zayn was over for our project and he burst into my room asking where Zayn was because he thought Zayn wasn't there but he was! sitting on me bed right next to me" Niall said smirking at Liam.

"I've probably creeped him out" Liam said and sighed. I smiled at him sympathetically and patted his back.

"Pfft, creeped is an understatement. You're probably on his list of 'People I should avoid'" Niall said, taking a huge bite from his sandwich, "that, or you gave him more of a reason to have his jocks friends beat you up"

I glared at Niall and pulled Liam into a hug. Liam was bullied way too much. He was bullied for his grades, and he was bullied by his whole running team (he was the best runner though). He was even bullied for his hair once. So really, the bullying isn't a laughing matter in this case.

"Did you know Bridget and Zayn are dating?" a girl on the table next to us asked. Liam tensed in my embrace and I looked at the girl who said it. We weren't meant to hear it...

"They're going on a date tonight" the same girl said, picking out olives from her salad, "I heard one of her friends say that he got them a reservation in one of the most expensive restaurants"

I looked at Liam then Niall, who looked annoyed. He looked like he was about to slap someone... he might be having a bad day... Niall looked at Liam, then me and shook his head.

"That's not possible, he's coming over to my place for a project" He said, loud enough for the girls on the other table to hear. Liam relaxed a little and sighed, rubbing his nose against my chest. I looked up at the feeling of someone watching and saw Louis looking at us with a blank expression. He's to far to hear what we're talking about. Why is he looking over anyway?

"Well, whether it's a rumor or not, if Bridget's heard about this, Zayn better be planning that date because she's going to flip" the girl said, frowning as she played with her food, "and since her friends are talking about it, I doubt she hasn't heard"

Liam sighed sadly again and nuzzled closer. I looked at Louis and his eyes were narrowed into thin slits as Eleanor kissed his forehead. Right... He's dating Eleanor, no more day-dreaming about him.

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"Can you fucking believe he canceled our meeting for the project?" Niall shouted, and I sighed. the phone was on loudspeaker on my bed and I'm going through my bag looking for more homework to finish. I guess I'll just write another essay for my English class and submit both for correction.

"How am I gonna tell Liam he canceled, Liam would be so upset"

"Niall, he probably canceled for something else"

"Yeah, he probably did" Niall said sarcastically, "I mean that would totally explain why Bridget wasn't at the bakery now, wouldn't it?"

"Niall, it's none of our business anyway" I said and sighed loudly.

"Still upset"

"Okay, yeah. I understand, now can we not talk about this? We both have better things to do."