Running Away (Sequel to The Runaway)

Chapter 5

                                                                                                             

****Liam's POV****

"Niall! We're going to be late if you don't get out of bed!" I called for the third time as I walked down the hallway and looked in on Niall who was still managing to fall back asleep each time I woke him up. Niall and I had agreed the previous that we would go and look at a new car for me, but Niall was of course a complainer, and not mention the laziest human being I'd ever met.

"Niall!" I yelled, finally at my breaking point as I walked over and grabbed his arm to try and drag him out of bed. 

"Liam no! Let me sleep! We can go tomorrow!" Niall groaned, trying to grab the bedpost, but I was faster. 

"You said that yesterday," I huffed as he fell on the floor with a grunt. 

"I don't even know why you need me to go with you!" Niall screamed as he stumbled up from the floor and glared at me. I knew he was just tired, but it was still hurtful to hear him say that. I bit my lip and watched as he violently picked out a shirt. 

"You know what? Forget it. I'll just call Kate and have her come with me," I decided quickly as I left the room and heard him sigh loudly. I pulled out my phone and called Kate as I went and grabbed my car keys. 

"Hello?" she answered only a couple rings later. I took a deep breath and saw Niall in the room pulling on a shirt. 

"Hello Katie dearest! Would you care to accompany me to the car dealership?" I asked and I heard Niall throwing something down the hallway in our room. Sometimes Niall did get very violent, and I forgot sometimes that he was in a gang at some point even if he didn't murder someone. 

"What about your fiance? It's nearly impossible to break you two apart!" Kate exclaimed as Niall came in the living room and just stared at me, anger in his eyes. 

"Well, sleep is more important to him, so I told him he didn't need to go," I said, staring at him the entire time and watched him clench his fists.

"Yeah I can come! Jay got called in today, so I'm all alone! I'll be there in like ten minutes!" Kate said cheerily and I nodded as I shifted my weight. 

"Sounds good, see you in a bit. Bye!" I exclaimed before hanging up and looking at Niall who was sitting on the couch, not looking at me and his arms crossed tightly over his chest. I could see his jaw was clenched shut tightly and the veins in his neck were slightly visible. 

"You knew I was only joking," Niall grumbled softly and I sighed as I went into the kitchen and grabbed myself a water bottle. Niall and I rarely fought, and if we did it was never for very long, but since Niall's dream episode the prior week, he'd been acting a little different. 

"Yeah well, I don't want to spend all day with you if you're going to be grouchy and whiny," I said and Niall looked at me in disbelief. 

"Oh don't act like you're angry! You're the one who said you didn't want to go to begin with!" I exclaimed before Niall could say anything. I saw anger and sadness in his eyes, making the blue not as vibrant and bubbly. I wanted to collapse in his arms and snuggle with him and postpone the trip to the dealership, but sometimes I had to show Niall he couldn't get everything he wanted.