Chapter 6

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There might have been a time
When I would let you slip away
I wouldn't even try but I think
You could save my life

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"Niall is going to flip when he finds out you're going to the party with Louis." Stacey told me as we climbed the driveway up to the fraternity house. 

"Do you think he'd kick him out?" I asked, worried. Stacey bit her lip and didn't answer.

"C'mon." She said as she walked into the house. I hesitated, I really didn't want to see Niall again. He actually kind of scared me.

Zayn almost immediately came to us and ushered us up to his room, "for privacy". Louis was already sitting on his bed, apparently they were roommates. The minute we were all in his room, Zayn locked the door and turned around.

"He knows." 

Stacey and I gasped.

"H-how?" I whimpered.

"Niall was questioning both of us about our gum wrappers and we have to tell the truth when we're asked a direct question from the president."

"Is he going to kick you out?" I turned to Louis.

"I don't know, he just remained really quiet and then he stormed into his room. He's going to be pissed if he finds out you're here. You should leave." Louis looked at me, concerned.

"No. I'm staying. What's the worse he can do?" I grabbed Louis' hand and squeezed it reassuringly. Zayn and Louis' phone began to vibrate and I leaned over and looked at Louis' screen. 

"Oh shit." I heard Zayn say.

"WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE?!" There was a loud sound like a door being thrown across the room and the ground vibrated. 

"He just found out. Fuck, one of the boys must have told him." Louis said to me, worry was evident in his eyes. 

"It's only a matter of time." Zayn said before we heard pounding on his door. 

"Zayn, I swear to God, open the fucking door." Niall's voice was cold and toneless. Zayn closed his eyes and remained where he was.

"Zayn....." Niall warned. "I'm going to break it open if you don't open it in the next 10 seconds." He began counting down. Once he hit 5, I stood up. They all looked at me like I was crazy, but I gave them a reassuring smile, even though my body was shivering with fear. As Niall said "1" I opened the door. 

"Took you fucking long enough-" Niall began before he realized who it was. "Gene." He breathed. I gently shut the door behind me and turned to face him, looking a lot braver than I was. 

"Niall." I said cooly. I looked behind him to find several boys sweeping up shards of glass. "What have you done?" I exclaimed, noticing blood dripping down his hands. Niall looked down.

"I-it was just a glass jar."

I sighed."You need to wash out your hands." 

"Not until you talk to me." 

"There's nothing to talk about." I said, leading him to the bathroom. I gently rinsed his hands in the water and picked out shards of glass from his skin. He winced. 

"Sorry." I whispered, before bandaging up both hands.

"Go to the party with me." He demanded once I was done. I pursed my lips.

"Niall, this is why I'm not going to. Because you expect me to."

Niall looked confused. 

"But you'll go with Louis?" He sounded disgusted.

"Louis, surprisingly, is nice to me." 

"I'm not nice to you?" 

I rolled my eyes and walked out of the bathroom.

"DON'T TURN YOU BACK TO ME!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me back to him, keeping a firm hand on my lower back so I couldn't move.

"Let me go!" I tried to shove him away, but he was too strong. 

"Give Louis back his wrapper." He said quietly.

"Are you insane? You don't tell me what to do!"

"Oh, but I do. Give him back his wrapper or he's out of this fraternity. And mind you, he has no where else to live." Niall smirked.

"You're an ass." I hissed. Niall grinned.

"I'm not even done yet, sweetie. After you give it back to him, let him know you'll be going with me." Niall pulled out his wrapper from his pocket and slid it into my back pocket. I hissed as he squeezed my butt before letting me go. 

"You're disgusting." I spat. "I thought you didn't want any of the boys to know about me."

"Not anymore. Now all of them know you're mine." Niall smiled as I glared.

"I'll never be yours, I'm just doing this for Louis." I hissed before ripping myself out of his arms. I ran back into Zayn's room to find them all deep in conversation. Louis immediately looked up and came to me.

"What did he say? Did he hurt you?" 

"No, of course not. I-umm, I'm really sorry Louis." I mumbled. 

"She has something she wants to give to you." A voice said from the doorway. I didn't have to turn around to know who it was. Tears brimmed in my eyes as I pulled out Louis' wrapper. He looked away, and I knew he was trying to hide his feelings. 

"I-I can't accept this. I'm so sorry." I pressed it into his hand and he crumpled it up in his fist. 

"It's alright." His voice came out surprisingly strong. An arm wrapped its way around my waist and I looked up to see Niall.

"C'mon, we're going out." He pulled me away from them.

"I'm not going anywhere with you." I tried to pull away, and his eyes darkened. 

"You don't have a choice. Now come with me or I'll force you to."

"Aren't you already?" I grumbled as he dragged me outside to his car. 

"Where are we going?" I quickly put on my seat belt, recalling how fast Niall drove.

"How the fuck am I suppose to know." He made a sharp turn immediately onto the highway. 

I glared at him.

"Tell me or I'll get out of the car."

"You're not going to-"

I undid my seat belt and pushed on the door.

"Holy fuck! Gene....." Niall warned. I heard a loud click and realized he had locked all the doors. I sat back and pouted.

"Aw, c'mon babe. We're going somewhere fun." 

We drove for another 10 minutes before pulling up to a popular cite.

"The zoo? Really?" I asked.

"I don't know, isn't that the kind of shit girls like?" Niall shrugged and looked embarrassed.

"Maybe 7 year old girls." I huffed, preparing to get out of the car. Niall grabbed my arm and pulled me back into my seat.

"I'm-I'm sorry. For earlier." He said quietly, he began to blush. I widened my eyes and nodded for him to continue.

"I don't know......I haven't..........felt this way about someone in a really long time." He ran his hand through his hair. "I just didn't want Louis to fuck up our shit before it had even begun." He looked up at me, hoping that I understood. I nodded and he turned beet red and quickly got out of the car. I smiled as I followed him to the ticket booth. Maybe there was still good in Niall. 

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