Hey There Delilah Cry Me A River (Liam Payne AU)

Prologue

I walked into the large house which happened  belong to my best friend Harry Styles. He was having a party tonight to celebrate the 12th years last year at London Area High School. I have to admit, Harry throws some pretty great parties. His parties are usually some if the best of the year. As I walked in I heard the loud bass of the music pounding against my ears. People were taking, dancing, drinking, and all that good party stuff. I walked around until I found Louis and Zayn.

"Hey lads." I said to them. Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik are also some of my best friends. They have been since 3rd year.

"Vas happening?" Zayn asked me with his thick Bradford accent.

"Hello there Lili." Louis said. I could tell he was a bit tipsy already, and the party only started a little while ago. Louis was a bit of a drinker, but all the same he was still one of my best friends. I tended to stay away from alcohol, having only one functional kidney. I just have to be careful.

"Liam, whatcha thinkin about?" Zayn asked.

"Oh, it's nothing. Hey have you seen Harry or Niall yet?"

"Uhm I think Harry's talking to his girlfriend, and Niall is almost drunk off of his ass." Zayn answered.

I think I saw Louis physically tense when he heard Zayn say Harry's girlfriend. Does he like Harry? Couldn't be, it's probably just the beer in his system. Then I saw Harry walking towards us.

"Hey Liam, I'm glad you made it. I was starting to think you weren't gonna show." Harry said gleefully.

"Nope I'm here. So were you over there talking to Natasha?" I asked him cheekily. Natasha was Harry's girlfriend of about two years. Sometimes they were so cute together it was sickening, but I was happy my friend was in love.

"Yeah I was. Just broke up with her." Harry said as if it was the most simple thing ever. I nearly choked on air.

"Why'd you do that? I thought you guys were happy." Zayn said.

"Yeah seriously Haz, I thought you liked her." I told him.

"Well, I for one support our little Hazzabear' s decision to break up with his girlfriend. I'm so proud of you Hazza, my brave little boy." Louis said dramatically. Oh jeez, typical Louis.

"Well, thank you Louis. That's rather nice." Harry said obviously pleased with his best friend's statement.

"Just so you know Harry, Lou is a little drunk." I informed him.

Harry made a face that had shown me that realization had dawned on him. Louis tends to be weird when he's drunk. Well doesn't everyone get weird? Then I had remembered that I had yet to find Niall.

"Hey Harry, I haven't seen Niall yet. Do you know where he is?"

"Uhm, yeah. He's over by the the alcohol. I mean, where else would he be?"

I walked in the direction that Harry had pointed me in, and sure enough there was Niall. Downing what looked like his 3rd beer. The little Irishman spotted me, and his face lit up.

"HI LIAM! ITS ME NIALL! REMEMBER WE GO TO SCHOOL TOGETHER?" He screamed in my general direction.

"Hey Niall." I said to him as I gave him a big hug.

We pulled back from the hug, and he poked my cheek.

"Why'd you do that?" I asked.

"Didn't you know your cheeks were pokable Liam? Come on, you gotta pick up on this stuff Brian." He said. Had he really just called me Brian? Was he really that drunk.

"First of all Niall, I'm not Brian. My name is Liam. Second, just how drunk are you?" I asked laughing. Niall sure was funny when he was drunk.

"I'm pretty drunk Liam." He said as he cracked a smile.

Then I heard someone scream,"TIME FOR TRUTH OR DARE!"

The entire house erupted in screaming. I never really liked Truth or Dare. I mean, you have to admit that someone always ends up getting their feelings hurt. So while thirty or so people piled into a room, I stayed where I was.

"Come on Liam, it's Truth or Dare. You've gotta play." Zayn begged.

"Yeah seriously, you've got no choice." Harry said as Nialler and Lou pulled me into the room where everyone else had just entered.

We all sat in a circle, and the game had begun. The bottle had landed on Harry.

The boy that spun said,"Harry, Truth or Dare."

"Dare." Harry said confidently. He was a brave boy.

"I dare you to uhm........kiss Louis." The boy named Olly said.

Harry looked at Louis hesitantly, and in that split second Louis' s facial expression went from surprised to one full of want and lust. Louis already had Harry kissing him. Wow, someone was eager.

A few more turns had gone by, and I had seen some pretty strange things. Then Louis spun the bottle, and it landed on me.

"Okay Liam, Truth or Dare." Louis said evily.

I wanted to pick Truth, but I didn't want people to think I was a whimp. Then again, Louis did always come up with the most embarrassing dares this world had ever seen.

"I guess dare." I answered nervously.

"Okay then. You know that girl Delilah James?" Louis asked.

"Well kind of. I know of her." I said. Delilah James was our school's outcast. I mean she was really nerdy. Her head was always buried in a book, she wore the lamest outfits, and her glasses were absolutely huge.

"I dare you to give Delilah a makeover, and make her one of the prettiest girls that this school had ever seen."

I knew this wouldn't end well for me. I mean, I've never even talked to her before. We weren't even in the same social group, but I couldn't whimp out now. I had to make Delilah James beautiful.