Traitor

9.

"Hey." Niall said poking my face. "What are you doing today?" Niall asked. "I'm going to work and then coming back here and then hopefully you will help me find an apartment." I said to Niall. "But I love having you here." Niall whined. "And I love being here Niall, but I just can't bother you guys anymore." I said brushing a strand of hair out of my face. "Come on I'll take you to work." Niall said grabbing his keys and walking out the door. "So what's with you and Brittany?" I asked. Niall blushed furiously as he began to drive. "She's so pretty and nice. She's helping me get over April." Niall said smiling proudly. "I'm glad Niall." I said smiling with him, his smile is so infectious. "How's you and Zayn you two have been quite cuddly lately." Niall said raising his eyebrows. "Nothing he is just helping me with my sister." I said before unbuckling my seat belt  and getting out of the car.

~*~

"Wake your bitch ass up!" I heard Niall shout in my ear. "What the fuck do you want." I groaned. "You have to help me get ready for Lindsey's birthday." Niall said. "It's her birthday?" I asked groggily. "Yup, she doesn't even remember her own birthday though." Niall said shaking his head. "So get up and let's go." He said. I wiped the sleep from my eyes and went to put on a shirt. "What are we doing first?" I asked. "Alcohol." Niall said smirking at me. This was going to be interesting.

~*~

"Hey have anything going on tonight?" Diana asked. "No, why should I?" I asked. "Every year." she chuckled. "What do you mean?" I asked. "Every year you forget." she said simply before going back into her office. I was going to ask her what she meant, but a customer came up and started asking me question about a certain type of lipstick. "Thank you for everything." The lady said before leaving the store. Now it was my lunch break and I was thinking about going home. I couldn't wait to just curl up on the couch and go to sleep.

~*~

"Hey um Niall." I said. "Yes Zayn?" Niall asked carrying a giant box which was Lindsey's cake. "I have an issue." I said. "A relationship issue." I added quickly. "Okay so what's going on?" Niall asked putting the cake on the table before going and sitting down on the couch. "I think, I April is annoying." I said. "Yeah well that's nothing new or different." Niall scoffed. "Hey!" I said defensively. "Don't try and defend her when you just insulted her." Niall said. "Touche." I said back. "Is that it?" Niall asked. I looked down at my hands, "Oh.OH! You like someone else don't you?" Niall asked. I sighed "I think so." I mumbled. "It's Lindsey isn't it!?" Niall shouted. "You two have been hanging out so much, I knew something would happen." Niall said excitedly.  "Niall, I like Lindsey, but I love April." I said. "But you still like Lindsey." Niall sang. "It's not my fault she's very like able!" I said.

"Just try talking to Lindsey about it." Niall said shrugging his shoulders. "That's it?" I asked. "I'm sure she'll be ecstatic to hear this trust me." Niall said chuckling slightly. "What?" I asked confused. "Find out for yourself." Niall said waving a hand at me.

~*~

I walked up to her doorstep and knocked. After waiting for about five minutes I tried opening the door, I knew April was home because of her car parked in the driveway. The door was unlocked and swung open with ease. I jogged up the stairs and went to her room. When I opened the door what I saw made my jaw drop. April was making out with a guy, and it wasn't Zayn. I spun around and quickly exited the house. I pretty much ran to Niall's house. My sister was actually cheating on Zayn. I felt my heart hurt for him as I burst through the door and I took off my coat. "Hey." Niall said excitedly. "Not now Ni." I said. I felt like I was about to throw up and sadly that's exactly what I did. I ran to the bathroom and upchucked my insides. "Lindsey are you okay?" Niall asked with a worried expression on his face. "I am now." I said smiling weekly at him. "I'm assuming you don't want cake?" Niall asked a sad smile on his face. "Niall why did you buy cake?" I asked. He chuckled "You always forget you're own birthday." Niall said softly. "Oh shit." I mumbled laying my head against the cold tile on the bathroom floor.

"Drag me out please." I said completely serious. "By your feet or arms?" Niall asked. "Feet please." I said and Niall picked me up and dragged me into the living room. "Why are you dragging Linds by the feet from the bathroom?" Zayn asked as he emerged from his bedroom. "She just threw up." Nial said as he laid me on the couch. "Thanks." I mumbled. "Did I get you sick?" Zayn asked. "No I saw something really disturbing on the way home from work." I said softly. "I should be fine." I said sitting up. My stomach did feel better and I knew I had to talk to Zayn about it as quickly as possible. "I need to talk to you." I said pointing at Zayn from the couch. "I do as well." Zayn said smiling slightly. "Now how about that cake?" I asked Niall. He smiled and ran into the kitchen "How about a beer too?" Niall asked. "Ooh yes please!" I shouted. With what I was about to tell Zayn I was going to need all the alcohol I could get my hands on.

"Okay look I really need to talk to you now." Zayn said grabbing my hand and leading me to his room. "Look I have to tell you something really important and you can't tell April anything about it." Zayn said. "Zayn I have to tell you something about April." I said. He fell silent at me saying that and watched me with careful eyes. "Look I saw April kissing another guy when I went to her house to apologize." I said quickly. Zayn's brow furrowed and the hurt was present in his eyes. "Oh." he said softly as he fell on to his bed. I felt terrible, I just wanted to hold him and tell him it's going to be fine. "Come here please." Zayn said his voice cracking. I walked over and laid gently on the bed. "What I wanted to tell you." He said shakily. "Was this." He said taking my head gently in his hands and pressing his lips softly to mine. He rested his forehead on mine and then it hit me. I kissed Zayn. Or Zayn kissed me. I still couldn't help the smile that crept on to my face. We kissed.