Star Crossed (Nouis)

Chapter 15

When Zayn's invitation for the ball arrived in the mail, he ran straight to Louis. "I know how you can win back Niall" Zayn exclaimed, shoving the paper in front of Louis's face.

Louis calmly took the paper and read over it. "This is perfect" Louis smiled. "Thank you so much, Zayn."

"Looks like we need to go shopping for some masks" Harry added, after reading the invitation.

All week long, the Horans were busy setting up the building for the party. Bobby needed everything to be perfect. All of Niall's favorite food would be served and the dj would only play his son's favorite artists. This party was to make the blond happy again, no matter the cost.

"Niall, please eat" Liam begged, giving his cousin a plate of food.

Niall shook his head. "I'm not hungry. I had a big breakfast."

"No you didn't. I talked to the chef and he said you never came down for breakfast."

"Fine, I promise I'll eat" Niall groaned. "Can you please leave, so I can get ready for the ball."

"Okay, but when I come back I expect an empty plate."

Liam left the blond's room and gently closed the door. Niall took one look at the food, and threw it out in the trash can. Niall was too sad to eat. Whenever he forced himself to eat, Niall would gag. He just gave up on eating. Eating was too much effort, and reminded him too much of Louis. Well, everything reminded Niall of Louis.

After hiding the food deep in the trash can, Niall jumped in the shower. He still needed to look presentable for tonight. The suit he was wearing for the party was hanging up in his closet. It fit him perfectly and had no wrinkles on it. The mask Niall would be wearing was red and black and covered the upper half his face, mostly just his eyes. It had music notes on the left side and was covered in beautiful golden designs.

Louis looked at himself in the mirror, straightening out the mask. The mask was colored silver and covered his whole face. He needed to stay hidden, and Louis knew a small mask would give him away. Louis wasn't Superman, where he could get away with wearing glasses. If only real life were more like comic books. Harry also wore a full face mask, and hid his curls under a hat. If Liam saw the curls their covers would be blown.

Zayn walked over to Louis with an all black mask that just went past his nose. "You ready?" he asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be" Louis replied. "I'm scared he'll hate me."

"Don't worry Louis. Everything will work out" Harry promised, patting his cousin on the shoulder.

Zayn warned, "neither of you go near Liam. He is great at recognizing faces. I'll distract him best I can, but I will be helping a lot with the party tonight. You need to remember the party is for finding Niall another boyfriend. Liam and Niall's parents will be talking to all the guests. So please be careful and don't draw attention to yourself."

"Will do" Harry said, saluting Zayn like a military officer.

Zayn glared at Harry. "Can we please leave soon? The longer I am without Niall the more I die on the inside" Louis requested. Harry rolled his eyes at his cousin's dramatic statement.

Nodding his head, Zayn waved the two boys forward and walked toward the Horan building. A guard stood out front collecting invitations, and checking people's names off the list. "Hey Calum" Zayn greeted the guard.

"Hi Zayn" Calum replied.

"I brought two guests I hope that is okay, since they aren't on the list."

"That's fine I guess, since you are such great friends with Niall. Do you think one of those boys can be Niall's new boyfriend?"

"Definitely" Zayn smiled, shooting Louis a look. "How is Niall doing by the way?"

Calum sighed, "not good. He hasn't left his room the whole week. Today was the first day I had seen him since the incident. He looks like shit. If I ever see that Louis kid, I won't hesitate to show him a piece of my mind."

"Same here" Zayn growled. "Well it was great catching up with you." Guilt ate away Louis, as he walked past Calum. How could he cause Niall so much pain?

The elevator ride up was dead silent. Louis kept thinking about what he was going to say to Niall when he sees him. The ding from the elevator snapped Louis out of his trance. Zayn whispered, "good luck" leaving Harry and Louis to find Liam. Harry and Louis went in separate directions, both trying to find Niall.

Louis went to the balcony where he first met the blond. He hoped Niall would be there just like the last time. Stepping out on the porch, Louis was greeted with disappointment and silence. Louis was all alone. He felt like crying, but he couldn't. He couldn't rest until he found Niall.

The party was packed with people. Everyone seemed to be perfect for Niall. Louis didn't think he could complete with all those potential bachelors. Niall's parents and Liam were going around to the guests and asking them questions.

Louis saw Liam begin to walk towards him. Panic seized Louis, as he tried to figure out what to do. Zayn came to Louis's rescue and distracted Liam. Releasing his breath, Louis continued his search. "Any luck?" Harry asked, coming up behind his cousin.

Shaking his head no, Harry left Louis's side. Louis looked over at Liam, and saw the boy had a nervous expression on his face. Something was wrong, very wrong. Maura and Bobby seemed too tense. Louis ran to find Zayn. "What's wrong?" Louis questioned.

"Liam can't find Niall" Zayn admitted, running his hand through his hair nervously. "He was supposed to be in his room."

"Shit" Louis cursed, walking away from Zayn. "Where have they checked?"

"The whole building" Zayn answered. "I'm worried, Louis. Niall would never disappear without telling anyone."

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