The Neighbors

Chapter 18

"Sheaaa.." Noah groans from behind me. His arms are wrapped around me and I don't want to move. I fell asleep with him in my bed last night. We didn't do anything but talk.

"Shut it off," he says and I reach over him to shut my beeping alarm clock off. I lay back down and look at his cute sleepy face.

"Happy birthday, Shea," he says. I forgot today was my birthday.

"Thanks, I wish I could stay at home and sleep all day," I say and he kisses my forehead.

"You have to go to school, remember our deal?" He says.

"Ugh, fine, for you," I say and kiss his lips. It feels weird to just kiss his lips.

When I get done doing my makeup and hair I come into my room to find him holding a gift wrapped in newspaper.

"What's that?" I ask and he hands it to me. It's not wrapped in a box and I can feel the gift flop around in my hands. I rip off the newspaper to reveal a white t shirt printed with red converse all over it.

"I got that as soon as I found out today was your birthday," he says. I smile and kiss his lips.

"I love it," I say.

When we get ready he convinces me to ride with him and his brothers. Logan drives and I get shotgun since it is my birthday.

"So, Noah stayed the night last night?" Harry asks cheekily.

"We fell asleep, we didn't do anything," I explain.

"Oh! Today is your birthday, right!?!" Logan asks and almost swerves of off the road.

"Yeah, it is," I smile.

"We got you something!" Harry says and unzips his book bag.

He gives me a plain card that says 'happy birthday'. On the inside it is signed 'love Logan, Harry, and Noah'. I do a double take at the word 'love'. I'm sure they meant it as a friendly word. Do I love them as friends? Yeah, I think I do. They are a few of my best friends now.

"That's not all," Logan says as he drives.

"What else is there?" I ask.

"We're taking you out on Friday," Harry says with a dimpled smile.

"And don't say 'maybe'!" Noah says and I grin.

"Don't worry, it sounds fun," I say.

"Oo! Maybe I can drive us!" Noah jumps up excitedly.

"Oh that's right! You've got your drivers test today," I look back and smile at him. His hair is pushed up of of his face and he's flashing me that cute dimpled smile.

"Yeah, hopefully I pass," he says and I give him a wide smile.

"You'll ace it," I assure him.

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The rest of my day went pretty well and I received 'happy birthdays' from a lot of my classmates and a few of my teachers. Niall sang to me in study hall, earning a few stares, but it was cute. Louis and Jane gave me a piece of cake at lunch and Noah made them sing to me too.

At the end of the school day I had to keep up my agreement with Noah. I had to wait for Zayn by his car. Logan and Harry agreed to wait for me. Noah left early with his mom to take his drivers test. I see Zayn start to walk to his car. He sees me and runs to me.

"Happy birthday Shea! I was going to drive by your house, I haven't seen you all day!" He says and leans in to kiss me but I stop him.

"Babe, whats wrong?" He asks.

"You know what's wrong," I say and raise my voice slightly. I didn't mean to raise my voice, but I didn't care.

"Oh, that's why your mad?"he asks.

"Of course it is! You hit Logan and didn't even tell me about it!" I practically shout.

"You kissed Logan and didn't tell me about it!" He retorts, and shouts it, making me want to take a step back. I resist.

"Zayn, we were both wrong, which is why I think we should break up," I say and he looks pissed.

"What the fuck Shea?! This British asshole moves in and after two weeks you want to ruin a three year relationship?! That's bullshit Shea!" He shouts and throws open the door to his car. He climbs in and stuffs his hand in to his pocket, pulling out a blue velvet box, "and you can have your fucking birthday gift!" His harsh language scares me and I jump when he slams his car door shut. He roars his car to life and speeds out of the parking spot, almost hitting my feet.

When he leaves I pick up the blue velvet box and open it up. I see a pair of silver dangle earrings with two mocking birds at the ends. 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is by far my favorite book and I know he got me these because of that.

It makes me feel bad about what I just did. I stuff the box into my bookbag and suck in a deep breath before walking to Logan's car.

"Hey Shea, how'd it go?" Harry asks. I told him and Logan about my plans in geography.

"Um, like any other break up, not very well," I admit.

"You'll get over it," Logan tries to comfort me.

"Yeah, you've got Noah now," Harry says from the backseat.

((A/n hey guys, once again I am soo soo sorry for the late upload. I had to rewrote this chapter four different times and it really pissed me off. I'm sorry again:( If wattpad doesn't act like a dickhead then I will do a double upload tomorrow. Sorry again.))