Teardrops on My Guitar [Ziall] ~On Hold~

Chapter 22

[Niall's POV]

Dan ended up coming over around and we made crêpes. He drove Liz and Justin back when it was late and Liam slept on the couch. He'd refused to go back to his room as "it's not the same without Lou". Sweet, but kinda sappy. And we didn't see Zayn the whole night.

This afternoon we've got a meeting with management. A general meeting, they called it. We've had really short notice and none of us (of those that were informed) were too happy. Well at least, on the brighter side, Liam and Louis aren't on house arrest anymore.

"Hurry up Niall. Paul's coming to pick us up soon," Liam said as he busied himself in the kitchen.

"Are Lou and Zayn up yet?" I asked as I finished the last bit of my cereal.

"I don't know."

"Hey guys, good morning."

We turned and saw Harry as he trudged down the stairs.

"Terrible morning actually," Liam said dryly as he handed Harry his coffee.

"What? Why?"

"We've got a session with Modest," I supplied.

"Darn it. I was supposed to have a date with Liz."

"Sucks." I felt bad for him, but maybe it's cause I just woke up that it came off a little mean.

"Haz, go make sure Lou and Zayn are up. Your job since you're the last one up," Liam instructed.

"What? Why? I just got down. Ugh... Fine." Harry groaned as he dragged himself up the stairs.

I sighed. "Feel sorry for Haz."

"Yeah. I don't wanna see Modest either."

"Hey mate, relax. Everything's gonna be okay." I tried to assure Liam but he was still tense.

"Thanks Ni." His words were forced. His expression blank. This wasn't the Liam I knew and met. He was usually warm and caring.

"Li, I'm always here if you need to talk okay?"

"Thank you.. It's just..I love Lou so much and, despite him being insufferable and annoying and having these terrible habits, I still love him. I don't know what I'll do if they try to separate us or anything.."

"Shh, it's gonna be okay." I awkwardly put my arm around Liam, attempting yet again to comfort him.

"Niall, you don't understand, I love him so much."

"You've yet to apologise to him," a voice echoed from the stairway.

Liam pulled away immediately, almost giving himself whiplash as and ran towards the stairs.

"Louis."

He wasted no time grabbing Louis in for a tight hug, which was reciprocated just as urgently.

"I love you, I'm sorry," Liam whispered hoarsely.

"I know. I love you too. I'm sorry," Louis replied softly, voice muffled by Liam's shirt.

I wanted to coo at how disgustingly cute they were being but I felt it inappropriate during this time. Maybe I could just save the image in my mind and fanboy about it to myself later. Yeah, later would be good. If I'm not wrong we kinda have a meeting to get to.

"Wow, isn't this sweet," Harry's voice droned, annoyance clear in this tone. "LiLo all lovey dovey and patched up."

"Aw c'mon Haz," I said. "Give them their moment yeah?"

He snorted at me. "Now really isn't the right moment. Paul just called me. He said he's gonna be here in like five. Zayn's actually up and getting ready. And I'm actually good to go."

"That's wonderful. Now hush, Lou and I can go just as we are," Liam said, tightening his grip on Louis.

"I'm joining," Harry announced before engulfing the couple with his arms.

"Hey! I want in too!" I said as I latched my arms onto Harry's, squishing Liam and Louis between the both of us.

An indignant grunt broke our little group hug apart.

"Hey Z," I grinned.

He only grunted in reply, pushing right past us as he headed for the kitchen to fix himself some coffee.

"Well good morning to you as well," I snorted, a little offended.

"Ready for a session with Modest?" Liam perked, his mood a whole lot lighter compared to how it was twenty minutes ago.

Another grunt and a pointed stare followed.

"I'm taking that as a no."

Zayn only rolled his eyes and slumped into a seat at the counter with his steaming mug of coffee.

"What do they want with us any ways?" Harry asked.

"We aren't exactly due for another session with them until our album gets out."

"Probably want a progress report of some sort," Liam supplied.

"As well as to deal with Lou's and my 'situation'."

"Yeah probably. Do you think they'd wanna find out about Lizzy?"

"I reckon you should at least inform them you're in a relationship. Just to keep on the safe side, ya know?" Louis suggested. "It'll probably be easier for you cause you're dating a girl."

"I really doubt management are that homophobic." Harry gave Louis an apologetic look as he helped himself to a bagel (un-toasted).

A loud honking followed by Liam's cell ringing signalled Paul's arrival.

"I guess that's us," Liam said as he grabbed his keys from the counter.

"Great start to a day," Zayn commented.

[A/N] Sorry for the extremely late update. I'm starting school soon so it'll be tough to schedule in time to write. I'll try my best. Please bear with me. Love you all.

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