Everlasting love - Niam

Chapter 10

Zayn:

"The fuck were you doing with Niall this morning?" I asked Liam with a glare

"What - how do you know about that?" Liam asks as he closes his locker.

"Don't fucking worry about that." I had absolutely zero interest in sharing my sources. Instead I glared down at Liam, the fury radiating off of me in waves. "What you need to worry about is explaining to me just what you thought you were doing this morning."

Liam sighed before speaking "I was just talking to him alright?"

my eyes narrowed even more. "He looked like a mess when I saw him"

"We got into an argument that was it."

"You really expect me to believe that? After all you did?"

He folded his arms over his chest. "I'm not asking you to believe shit Zayn. I'm just telling you the truth. I tried talking to him to sort things out but we started arguing. That's fucking it."

"And you had to speak to him for what reason?. Leave him the fuck alone. He's been through enough" I say,

"What, I can't talk to him without a reason? I just want everything to be okay between Niall and I"

"Everything will never be okay between the both of you and you got some nerves  thinking you can come slithering back in after what you did. He doesn't need the stress you're putting on him, he's been okay for a little while now and you're fucking it up because he's having relapses. You're not good for him." I say, i wanted Liam to get that he couldn't continue to mess with Niall like this. As his best friend I am not going to allow it.

"Zayn I'm -"

"If you apologize to me I'm gonna knock your teeth down your throat." I shut him down before he could even finish. "You understand? Go make nice with someone else. Just leave Niall the fuck alone." Liam made no attempt to agree or argue with me.

He just stared at me, stumbling back a bit as I shoved him roughly into his locker. His eyes stayed on me as I stormed off.

I was absolutely pissed off at Liam. He was playing Niall like he was some toy. He knew the affect he had on Niall and he just keeps on making everything worse for him. I know Niall doesn't see it but he was getting better he really was and now everything was falling apart because Liam wants to be back in his life again.

I let out a huff of frustration as I walk upstairs to meet Niall in the music room.

"Ni?" I say as I walk into the room.

"Hey" Niall says and I can hear his voice is a bit horse like he's been crying. I close the door behind me and take a look at him. He was sat on a chair his guitar in his hands, cheeks stained with dry tears.

"What are you writing?" I ask noticing the notebook on floor.

"Nothing important" he says "just English stuff"

"Okay" I say taking a seat on the floor. There is silence between us and  I know it's because of the unspoken conversation about this morning. What happened with him and Liam.

I am about to say something when the sound of Niall's phone buzzing catches my attention. He digs it out of his pocket, freezing up when he saw the text. I knew who it was immediately.

"What does he want"

Niall frowned and looked over at me.

"You have a Liam face" I saw his confusion and tried to clear it up for him.

"I have what?"

"Liam face." I sighed as he just stared at me in bafflement. "What? You don't know? You got this wickedly bad sad face whenever his name is even mentioned. It's worse when he's like nearby."

Niall groaned. "I'm really that obvious?"

"With him? Fuck yeah." I gestured towards his phone. "What does he want?"

"Don't know." He shoved his phone back to his pocket.

"You're not even gonna read it?"

"No."

"Because you don't care or because you're scared?"

He glared at me. "I'm not scared"

"Yeah well, I know it isn't because you don't care..." my words were met with a more fierce glare. "It's okay to still care. I still cared about people even after they hurt me."

He dropped the glare, knowing I was just trying to help. "I just...I fucking hate him for what he did."

"But you miss him."

He stayed quiet.

"And you still love him."

More silence.

I sighed. "Niall, does he want you back?" I waited and didn't get anything. "Do you want him back?"

"No I don't want him back" he says and I know full well that he is lying "he wants to be friends and I can't do that Zee. Not after everything"

"Listen," I say "He hurt you a lot, and I think he knows that but no matter what anyone else thinks, it's up to you to decide if he's worth forgiving. He fucked you over, but maybe he's trying to fix things, repair he's damage. It may seem hard at the moment but maybe friendship is a good start to moving on. It doesn't mean you guys will go back to the way it was before. It's just a fresh start for the both of you"

"And what if he hurts me again?" I knew he hated how fucking vulnerable he sounded as he asked that. "What if he just fucks me over again?"

"Maybe he will," I replied with a shrug. "Maybe he won't. It won't be your fault if he does though."

"Wouldn't it be?" He asks "If I'm dumb enough to forgive him that easily..."

"Well I'm not saying that you should like, forgive him right away" I patted him on the knee. "Just like, maybe give him a chance to prove whether he's really sorry or not. Then you can decide whether you actually want to forgive him."

"Why are you even saying this? You don't even like Liam"

"Well no," I admitted. "But I know how it was when people were telling me what to do or what to feel when it came to a certain someone. Nobody gave a shit about what I wanted." I patted his knee again. "It sucks. And it's not really fair to ignore your feelings."

"Why are you so wise" he asks with a groan.

"I don't know" I say with a laugh.

"Friendship?" He asks

"Yeah babes, it's the first step to a fresh start" I confirm.

"I think can do that" he says and I grin at him.

To new beginnings

I guess we're getting somewhere with some niam reunion. Friendship is the first step to a happy niam. Sorry for the wait for the update I really have no excuse but I hope this makes up for not update.

Not edited or proof read it's fucking 12am I'm tried.