The Neighbors

Chapter 21

"Y'all don't even know whats it's like 'round here, we go down to the rodeo e'ry night," Logan says in a horrible American accent.

"We don't even talk like that!" Jane says through her giggles.

"We don't all have country accents," I say.

"Maybe not in New York, but everybody in this town does," he might be right. I live in a small town in West Virginia called 'Weyrsville'.

"I don't have an accent," I defend. I don't think I have an accent.

"Yeah, you do," Noah says.

"You definitely do," Logan says.

"You just don't know it, you're surrounded by people who sound the same," Liam says. When he talks I listen close and notice that he has a country accent too. Everybody here does, now that I really think about it. The Styles' are probably the only people who don't sound redneck.

"Okay, I have an idea," Logan says and stands up. The group of people who are sitting down all look up at him, including me.

"What are you doi-" I start but get cut off.

"Raise your hand, if you have a truck," he asks and over half of the people here raise their hands, including me.

"Okay, now raise your hand if you've ever been hunting," he asks again and about 2/3 raise their hands and I sheepishly raise mine too.

"I rest my case," he says and sits back down.

"Whatever Logan," I say and sit back on my elbows.

"Now, I'm pretty sure it's your turn," Sam says. She smirks at me and I roll my eyes. She flips her brown hair and turns to her best friend, Caroline.

"Yeah, Shea, you have to participate!" Caroline says to back Sam up.

"Fine," I sigh. "I choose truth," I say.

"I have one!" Anna, another friend from school says.

"Go for it," Logan says as if he's directing.

"Did you and Noah actually make out at Louis party?" She asks and I look at Noah and he's looking back at me.

"She's blushing!" Viviana points out. Was I really blushing?

"Y-yeah, we did," I admit and accidentally stutter.

"Are you guys together?!" Anna asks.

"I know that you and Zayn broke up, but I didn't realize it was for him!" Viviana says.

"We broke up for a lot of reasons," I defend shyly.

"Is Noah your boyfriend?" Sam asks.

"We aren't that far yet," I try to explain.

"We do have a date tomorrow," Noah speaks up but says it with a blush.

"You.. Do?" Niall asks, surprised.

"Oh my god?!"

"Really?!"

"That's so cute!"

The girls from school coo and beg Noah for details. I can tell he's embarrassed by the attention and it's adorable. The crowd finally settles down.

"Niall, truth or dare?" Liam asks.

"Dare," he responds.

"I dare you to kiss Jane!" Caroline says and Niall looks at Jane awkwardly.

"I don't know her to well," he says.

"I hardly know him," Jane says.

"Whatever, it's a party!" Sam says.

"I-" Niall starts. Jane quickly presses her lips to his and then pulls away.

"There, next. Please," she says. Niall has this strange look. Not really a daze, I think he looks... Caught off guard. Jane rushes out of the situation. I'm not sure if I can see them as a couple.

The game of truth or dare only goes on a little while longer because most of the group quits to go swim. The sun is starting to set and a few of the party goers left.

"Hey, Shea, I had tons of fun tonight!" Janes friend, Amy, says and wraps her arms around me in a hug.

"Yeah, it was great," Grace says and hugs me when Amy is done.

"Thanks, Jane threw it, I really just showed up," I say sheepishly.

"Well it was fun! We gotta go now!" Grace says before her and Amy take off in their truck. Wow. We really do have a lot of trucks here.

Almost the whole crowd leaves eventually, Ashley was the last to leave and I couldn't help but sigh in relief when they all left. My closest friends stayed later than the others. Jane walks around with a garbage bag to pick up empty red solo cups and other garbage. Noah and I sit in the grass and hold hands. I can tell he's not into pda, but I want to show everybody that this hot piece of ass is MINE. Logan and Liam are swimming in the water even though it's getting dark. Harry finally shows up and he's sitting on Louis' truck bed, having a laugh with him. Come to think of it, I haven't really seen Louis too much either. They must have been hanging out all day. I'm glad Louis making a new guy friend. He stopped hanging out with Zayn after our break up and I felt pretty bad. Of course, this earned Louis three new friends.

"You know, I had the biggest crush on you from the second you walked out of your door," Noah admits.

"I have to admit, I thought you guys were pretty hot," I say and move to my side. I stare into his big green eyes and I could look at them forever.

"You guys?" He asks.

"Well, yeah, at first I only saw you and your brothers faces, and those are all the same," I say, "but then I actually started to talk to you and when i kissed you here I was tingly all over," I say and he smiles.

"I have no idea how I got the courage to ask you to do that," he says and we both laugh.

"Neither did I," I say truthfully, "of course, I realized I had a crush on you when you told Jane you had a crush on a girl, I did not want to hear anything about you and another girl," I admit. Noah is one of my best friends now, and I love talking to him like this.

"You have to imagine how I felt, you were dating another boy, and I thought I was going to be sick the day he kissed you in front of me," he says and I feel horrible. I know how it feels to let other girls talk to him and I can imagine what it's like to be in his shoes.

"I'm sorry Noah," I say and really mean it.

"It's ok, you've ended it now, that's all I need," he smiles and kisses my forehead.

((A/n hello everybody. Today I put in the requested names. I feel sort of bad about making Zayn the 'bad guy' in this story, but it had to be one of them and I'd feel bad no matter who it was.))