Author's Note
This is AU and the boys aren't in a band.
__________________________How long has it been? Three years? No four I think.
I was finally coming home.
"So how was Uni?" Louis asked me as he drove us home from the airport.
"Fun, I guess," I shrugged. The only thing I'm concerned about at the moment is how I'm gonna react to seeing Niall at the welcome home party.
"What's bothering you?" He asked me poking my shoulder.
"Louis keep both hands on the wheel! Nothing's bothering me I'm just tired," I told him staring out the window at the trees.
I'm just a bit nervous. He's gonna be there and I don't know how I'll act.
No I'm over him, I told myself. Way over home.
After a while we arrived at Diana's flat where the party was being held. I begged them not to have one but of course no one listens to me and they went ahead and planned one. I made Louis carry my luggage up and could hear him struggling. I giggled. Poor guy. I'm so hard on him.
He put my suitcases by the door pretending to not be out of breath but I could clearly hear him. I grinned and shook my head while he got the key out. Unlocking the door he picked up my suitcases again and brought them in.
"Welcome back!!!!!" I heard people yell.
I stumbled inside tripping over the doormat before settling myself upright. I blushed hoping nobody noticed. Louis left my luggage by the door. Looking at the group of people I saw a lot that I didn't know.
"Oh Tori we've missed you!" I heard my friend Diana yell coming up to me and squeezing me into a hug.
My face was covered with her curly brown hair and I couldn't breathe anything but her shampoo.
"Lacking oxygen." I wheezed patting her back.
"Hey Tori how was Cali?" I heard a familiar voice say. Zayn!
Diana let me go so I could talk to Zayn. I saw him and grinned. He had more tattoos than four years ago.
"It was awesome Zayn I have to show you the pictures," I smiled rocking back and forth on my heels.
"Oooh Tori we've missed you I can't believe you've graduated already! Wasn't it yesterday that you were asking me to help you write a paper for religion?" My friend Macey called walking up to us.
I laughed, "Yes Macey it was yesterday."
She smiled whipping her blonde hair behind her shoulder as Diana excused herself to go find Louis leaving Macey, Zayn, and I.
"Is Niall here?" I asked a bit quietly trying to seem as harmless as possible. They all stared at me.
"Yes, he's here in the kitchen I think with Ale-" I heard Macey say before Zayn nudged her.
He kept his eyes glued to the floor as Macey looked at me. I froze for a second. Alex? The same Alex? I plastered a fake smile on my face, "Oh nice."
"Victoria!!!!!" I heard a familiar voice yell.
I turned around smiling and saw Liam. He opened his arms to envelope me in a bear hug grinning like an idiot. I giggled and hugged him, "I missed you Li."
He squeezed me and I squeezed back before letting go. He smiled and ruffled my head. I giggled again.
"Oh hey," I heard someone say and turned.