The Neighbors

Chapter 48

"Everybody on twitter is talking about some sort of fight," I scroll through my phone as Noah drives me home from the hospital. Yes, Im letting him drive Janis. I didn't want to go home with my mom and I don't feel like driving. Besides, he's the one who drove it to the hospital anyways.

"Hmm," he says as he drives.

@Jdawggy777 : That fight was sick today.

@lolputty45 : Did anybody else see him put a hole in the pool bin? lmao!

@alexisprincess12 : crazy party today.. wow.. no words.

@JanesMahName : This is what I get when I try to be fashionably late! I missed all the fun.

@NiallerIsDaCraic : I just heard what happened to Shea, hope she's alright.

@klollidegragio : Crazy fights and people drowning. @alexisprincess12 needs to have more parties ASAP!

@ohemgeeitsKaty : four boys in one fight! Yowza

"Did you get to see the fight?" I ask him.

"Um, yeah," he's acting weird.

"Was it as crazy as they're all saying?" I ask.

"I don't really know," he says and chews on his lips.

"Maybe somebody posted it," I say and click on Instagram.

"Maybe," he says quietly.

I scroll down my feed filled with desperate shout outs and see that one boy from school posted a video.

"Here's one," I say and click play.

It takes forever to load.

When it loads I hear 'oh shit' and 'oh my god' in the background. The video is blocked by fingers for a few seconds before panning up to show Zayn on top of somebody.

"It was Zayn," I tell Noah.

"Oh," he says.

I watch the video and the boy underneath flips him over and gets on top of him. Noah.

"Noah.." I say and keep my eyes on the video. When Noah gets hit by Zayn I cringe. In the background I can hear Noah's brothers shouting for him to stop. I cringe again when Noah punches Zayn in the face. Suddenly Harry runs in and tackles Noah to the ground and the video cuts off.

"What did you do?" I ask.

"It's not what it seems like," he says.

"It seems like you got into a fight with my ex boyfriend," I say and play the video again. I cringe with every hit.

"He was just.. I don't know," Noah says.

"Why did you fight him? because he had his mouth on mine? In case you didn't know, he saved my life today," I say and let out a small cough.

"No, he just was talking really big, and it bothered me," he almost whispers.

"He 'talked really big', Noah, do you hear yourself? What possessed you to do this? You should be grateful that he knew what to do," I get a little winded from talking so fast. I rub my temples.

"I just, went back to a place that I haven't been in for a long time," he says and I must not have noticed when we arrived at my house.

"Don't go there again," I say and climb out of the car, slamming the door behind me.

"Wait, Shea," he chases after me.

"What?" I say coldly.

"a-are you breaking up with me?" he chokes out.

"No, of course not, I'm just upset with you," I reassure him and cross my arms.

"Oh, do you want me to walk you to your room?" he asks.

"I'll be ok," I say and leave him in the driveway.