We pulled into the bowling lane, and Harry shut the car off and turned to me. “Just warning you, Zayn and Liam are very…competitive.”
“So am I, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”
“No, I mean, Zayn actually got mad at Liam when Liam won. It was only for like an hour, but he was mad.”
“I don’t care.” I flipped my ponytail off my shoulder. “I’ma show these boys how Londoners bowl.” He grinned, and we walked into the room.
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“Hey Haz!” Louis screamed as we walked in. “Hey, Annie!”
“Hi, Lou,” Harry yelled back. I looked at him in shock, and he blushed. “I get…weird while I’m around these guys. You’ll see.”
“I think I like this ‘new Harry’,” I teased. He smiled.
“What, you didn’t like the old one?” he asked innocently. I wacked his shoulder, and he smirked.
“Okay, so this is Liam.” Harry motioned to a tall boy next to Louis. He had brown hair and chocolate eyes. He looked actually kind of intimidating. He waved to me and continued putting names into the computer. “Zayn,” Harry continued, pointing to a skinny boy with black hair and brown eyes. His hair was in a quiff, and had a strip of blonde in the front. He nodded to me and continued trying to pull his shoes on. “You already know Louis…” Harry waved his hand to his best friend, who waved hysterically at me. “And Niall…” Harry said, then sighed as he pointed to a blonde boy with screaming blue eyes who was currently chomping on a Crunch bar. “Everyone, this is Annie.” Harry said, but no one was paying attention. Niall looked up slowly, saw Liam glaring at him, and made a face. He sighed and put the candy in Liam’s outstretched hand, then sat down on a chair and pouted, glowering at the taller boy.
“Niall, don’t give me that look. You asked me to help you cut down on how much candy you were eating.” Liam said sternly.
“‘You asked me to help you cut down on all the candy you're eating’…” Niall mimicked. He crossed his arms and looked down. I glanced into my purse to make sure I still had my emergency stash of Reece’s Cups, and Niall squeaked as Liam walked toward the trash can. He covered his eyes. “Oh, my goodness, he’s murdering a poor innocent candy bar…I can’t watch. I can’t watch--” Liam sighed and threw the candy bar into the trash can. Niall fell out of the chair and onto his knees. “NOOOOOOO!” He wailed. Liam rolled his eyes and walked back.
“Please don’t mind him,” he said to the people who were now staring at Niall. “He’s going through candy withdrawal.” Liam turned to pick up his bowling ball, and I snuck a Reece’s into Niall’s hand. He looked up at me, and I put a finger on my lips. His eyes widen, and he sticks it into his pocket, and throws his arms around me.
“YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS AN ANGEL!” Niall screamed to Harry.
“She’s not my girlfriend.” Harry said.
“I’m not his girlfriend,” I said at the same time.
“Whatever, now we have an even number. Let’s play as teams!” Zayn says with an evil twinkle in his eye.
“I call captain!” Liam yells.
“I nominate Zayn as other captain.” Harry said. Zayn and Liam stood next to each other, and Liam put a finger on his chin.
“Niall.” He said. Niall pumped his fist and joined Liam. Zayn looked at us.
“Haz.” He chose. Harry walked over and whispered something in Zayn’s ear. Zayn looked at Lou and smiled. Liam noticed and smirked.
