Apocalyptic {Niam/Larry/Zerrie AU}

Chapter 1: Niall & Louis

31st December 2012, 11:43pm

The Horan Residence

3RD PERSON POV:

The New Year's Eve party that Maura Horan threw every year was in full swing. People always had a good time at a Horan family party, as the Irish woman pulled out all the stops to make the party a huge success. She didn't go by half measures, either. Everything was extravagant and fun for everyone. She catered for adults, teenagers and even younger children. She was surveying the adults at the moment, walking around and socializing with all of her friends, every now and again being asked about her son's whereabouts, which she answered, telling them that the teen party was upstairs and Niall and his friends were all there.

Upstairs, the teenagers party was also in full swing and Maura's son Niall, his best friend Louis Tomlinson and assorted other friends were playing a game of 'Never Have I Ever'. It had been funny so far and it was about to get even more so. Louis was next.

"Never have I ever... sent nude photos of myself to someone." Louis cried out, smirking at several people in the room. There was a chorus of groans after this and many of the females and two of the males, one of which was Niall, grabbed a shot glass and downed the whiskey that filled the small containers. The people who hadn't drank a shot all looked at Niall, gasping in shock at the idea that their friend had done something like that. Niall just rolled his eyes. "Oh come on, guys. It's not that bad."

Next it was Niall's turn and there was a series of cheers as he stepped over the cluster of shot glasses and stood in the middle of the circle that his friends were sat in. Smirking, he decided he was going to get Louis back for embarrassing him.

"Never have I ever had sex with Ms Price." he called out. Ms Price was their school nurse at high school and Louis had somehow managed to bed her in the medical bay in Year 11. Everyone knew, but it was always the source of entertainment when someone mentioned it, as Louis would go bright red and get all flustered and frustrated. Ms Price wasn't exactly a looker, but Louis' only defence was that he was incredibly sexually frustrated at the time and, when he put his mind to it, he could charm anyone into the sack. At least, that's what the teen had always told himself.

"Oh my God!" Louis screeched in embarrassment, throwing his hands in the air dramatically. Blushing brightly at the assorted snickers he heard from his friends, he reached for a shot, drank it and then crossed his arms and pouted, looking very childish. Everyone laughed at this for a few minutes before deciding to finish the game, as the whiskey was almost gone. Everyone was very drunk at this point and their choice for the next game was pretty obvious; Spin The Bottle. So, after drinking the rest of the whiskey, they placed the empty bottle in the middle of the circle and one of Niall's friends, he couldn't remember who, span the bottle and the game began. The game brought around a lot of kissing, nudity and hilarious truths that everyone was gasping for air at, trying to stop the laughing.

It was Cher Lloyd's, one of Niall's close friends, turn to spin the bottle now, which landed on Louis. "Truth or Dare, Lou?"

"Dare, duh."

Cher thought for a moment, then a micheivous smirk ghosted across her mouth. "I dare you to make out with Niall." she said slowly.

Both Niall's and Louis' eyes went wide and Louis began to stutter. "Wh-what?"

"You heard me." Cher replied in an amused tone.

"Cher... don't I get a say in this?" Niall asked quietly. He wasn't the most confient of guys and he'd never kissed anyone before. To think his first kiss would be with Louis was weird.

Cher gives him a sympathetic look. "Sorry honey, but that's the way the cookie crumbles." she says with a shrug.

Louis figeted with his fingers for a second before looking at Niall, his gaze questioning, silently asking permission. Niall looked at the ground for a second, but then looked up to Louis and gave him a half smile and a curt nod. The two leaned in and their lips pressed together. Niall felt very nervous, very nervous indeed. The kiss was slow and, to everyone but them, looked fairly passionate. Louis had to admit, Niall was a good kisser even though he was only a beginner. Not that he'd ever admit it to anyone else except Niall when they were on their own later.

They only stopped because they hear Maura shouting them downstairs for the countdown. Quickly, they pulled apart and ran out of the door, the rest of their friends following behind them. As the teens flooded down the stairs, mingling in with the adults and the few children that had managed to stay awake until midnight, Maura started the countdown to the new year and everyone joined in.

"10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1... HAPPY NEW YE-"

*CRASH*

The sound that cut off their cheers was louder than anything that any of them had ever heard. It had sounded like lightning striking, but the sheer volume was enough to shake the Horan house, as evidenced by the crystal chandelier, which was swaying quickly, making a delicate tinkling sound. Apart from that sound, there was only silence. Nobody could have predicted what had caused the sound, but one thing was fated. As a result of the action that had caused the deafening crash, all but two in attendance at the Horan's New Year's Party would die that night.