Your Greatest Mistake

Chapter Six

Niall's POV

I got up wiping my eyes and looked through the peep hole. It was the boys and Cat and Ana. Shit. How were we gonna explain this? I opened the door and the boys rushed in. They looked mad.

"You've been here the whole time?" Louis shouted.

"We've been worried sick about you!" Liam shouted.

"We thought something happened to you!" Zayn yelled.

"Sorry." I mumbled.

"You're a mess! Have you been crying?" Harry asked.

I didn't answer.

"And you! What's so hard about answering a phone?!" yelled Cat pointing at Riley.

"We thought you went off somewhere and got hurt or lost!" screamed Ana.

"Sorry." she muttered.

"What happened?" asked Louis.

"Nothing." Riley and I said in unison.

"That's a lie." Cat said.

"For the fact Niall looks like he has been crying non stop all night." Liam said.

"I'm fine. It was only an anxiety attack." I muttered.

"Only an anxiety attack?! That's serious Niall!" Ana shouted.

"Told you." Riley said.

"And Riley what's that on your leg?" Cat asked.

Shit. She forgot to roll down her shorts. Her cuts were visible. She pushed her shorts down.

"Niall cried himself to sleep." She said.

I felt the heat rising in my face. Sorry, she mouthed.

"Niall never cries. What happened?!" Harry yelled.

"Nothing!" I yelled back.

"Riley I thought we got you to stop!" Shouted Ana.

I looked over at Riley to see a cigarette in her mouth and a lighter in her hand.

"Guess not." She said taking a drag of her cigarette.

"Put that out. It's bad for you." Liam said.

"A lot of things are bad for her but she still does them." I mumbled.

She shot me a dirty look and I laughed. She reached for an ash tray and put out the cigarette.

"There, happy?" She asked.

"Ecstatic." I said.

It got quiet and the tension in the room was obvious. I coughed and looked down.

"There's something you guys aren't telling us." Cat said.

"And we're going to find out." Louis continued.

"Do you guys want to get food?" Ana asked.

"Not hungry." Riley said.

"You can't start that again." Cat said.

"Start what?" I asked.

"You ended up in the hospital last time." Ana said.

"Start what?" I asked again.

"Another thing that's bad for me. Shocker." Riley muttered.

"Start what?!" I yelled.

"When you broke up with her she stopped eating and ended up in the hospital." Cat said.

"So much for secrets." Riley said in a pissed off tone.

"Another thing that's my fault." I said.

"What else was your fault that we don't know about?" Zayn asked.

"Nothing." Riley said tugging on her shirt.

"They should know. They're your friends." I said.

"Shut the hell up." Riley spat.

"Fine geez." I said.

"You two get ready. We're all going to eat.You both look like you need food." Liam said.

"I don't have any clothes." I said.

"I still have some of your stuff you left here." Riley whispered.

I could hear the sadness in her voice when she said that. I damaged her. I shook my head and we both went upstairs to get ready. Instinctively, I grabbed her hand. She looked at me and nodded. We walked up the stairs holding hands and getting some confused looks from our friends.