Fools In Love *Ziall Fanfiction* (Finished)

Chapter 24

Niall's POV
 

“What the hell happened?” Louis immediately asked as me, Harry, Liam and him made our way to the cafeteria for lunch. I flinched slightly at his harsh tone.
“I got punched,” I mumbled embarrassed and fiddled with my thumbs, when we sat down at our usual table.

“No shit Sherlock! We want to know who it was! I swear to god if it was Zayn I'm gonna fucking-” I quickly cut Louis off before he could say anything too offensive, even though Zayn wasn't here at the moment. He had still been angry about Luke, that's why he went for a smoke as soon as lunch break started.

“Zayn didn't do anything. Why do you always keep making him look like the bad guy, when he clearly isn't.”

I was starting to worry a bit about him, he apparently felt the need to smoke after anything that got him worked up. If he didn't cut it down a bit I would be afraid he could get lung cancer or die at an early age.

“Niall you know how worried we are. Please just tell us the truth if he hurts you or not,” Liam begged, his food laying forgotten on his plate. “He's never hurt me I swear you can trust me Liam,” I reassured him tiredly. I was sick of everyone being against Zayn. And the whole school knowing that I was gay didn't help either. Now that I thought about it, I still didn't know who told everyone.

The boys obviously noticed my change in mood and looked slightly scared, but on Louis' face I could make out a tint of guilt.

“It was you wasn't it?” I asked coldly towards him. “Niall please... I-I'm sorry. Please believe me. I only told Brian. I didn't know he would tell anyone else.” His bottom lip was quivering and I could tell that he was on the verge of crying, but was trying to hold it in.

Louis rarely ever cried. He was always the strong one out of us four.

“Brian who?” I asked sharply, not even blinking as I looked straight in his eyes, which he was trying to avoid. “Kinney,” He mumbled, looking into his lap now. I scoffed and looked around the cafeteria, it was surprisingly empty.

After taking a deep breath and calming down I opened my mouth again. “You know that he was goes 'round spreading gossip. Why would you do that?” It was as if my anger was blown away and replaced with sadness and hurt. I felt sort of betrayed by Louis. He was my best friend.

Harry and Liam didn't say anything, too afraid to make the situation worse than it already was.

“Niall I swear to god I didn't mean it. I'd never intentionally do something to hurt you. I didn't think. I have no idea why I did it,” He tried again, eyes glossing over with unshed tears.

“There must have been a reason. Otherwise you wouldn't just go to someone, who you know can't keep any secrets and tell them something this big. You made not only me but Zayn too, look like cowards. We would have come out on our own eventually but everyone finding out this way makes us look as if we were scared to come out or even ashamed of our sexuality,” I ranted on, trying to fight the tears too.

As much as I didn't want to fight with Louis, and just wanted to say 'Hey, it's no big deal. I know you're sorry and you didn't mean it. Let's just forget about it.' I couldn't. I wanted for once to stand my ground and talk this out, because if not the problems would only be getting back at us and ruin our friendship.