The Lost Souls (Emo/Punk Niall Horan Fanfic)

Chapter 3 - Human

*Nikita's P.O.V.*

"So where are you from Nikita?" Cher asked me.

"Cheshire"

"That's cool" she replied. She was looking at a pen on the teacher's lab station before putting it in her pocket.

I followed her to an empty lab station. I didn't know why she stole the pen, but I didn't question it.

Our Biology teacher introduced himself as Mr. Blake before telling us his class rules and explaining lab safety to us.

He was a very clumsy man, not the type of man you'd picture in a science lab. With the way he was constantly tripping over himself, he'll never notice Cher stole his pen.

He told us whoever was at our lab stations with us would be our lab partners for the rest of the year.

"Where is my pen? I could have sworn I left a pen right here" he said, looking through his things after he went to write something down.

I chuckled quietly and Cher smirked while he was fumbling through his things.

"Gemma? I thought you graduated" Mr. Blake said, looking up at me.

"No, I'm Nikita. Gemma's my cousin"

"Oh, Gemma was such a good student. Have you seen my pen, Nikita?" He asked me. Cher looked at me casually, but I could tell she was seeing if I would rat her out.

"I haven't" I told him.

He ended up finding a different pen in his desk and carrying on with what he was saying.

Cher smiled at me as sort of a silent 'thank you' before turning to listen to what Mr. Blake had to say.

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I sat down between Niall and Melanie in the large room filled with students.

"What is this class?" I asked Melanie.

"It's not really a class, it's more of a study hall really. You basically sit in a room and do homework or talk. It's just something they throw you in if they don't have another class for you" she replied.

"I'm hungry" Niall whined.

"Here, have my Pop-Tarts" I said, pulling them out of my bag.

"Oh, thanks. You don't want them?"

"No, I just keep them in my bag in case I get hungry" I lied.

"Aren't you hungry? You didn't eat lunch" he pointed out.

"No, the first day of school always gives me anxiety and I can't eat when I'm anxious" I lied again.

"Niall doesn't know what you mean. He loves food so much, he'd marry it if he could" Melanie told me.

I guess I'm gonna have to eat around him.

"Can I ask you something?" I asked her.

"You can ask me anything"

"In Biology, Cher stole Mr. Blake's pen right in front of me and when he asked if I knew where his pen was she sort of looked at me like she was wondering if I would snitch"

"She was testing you" Niall said with his mouth full.

"Yeah, she does that. She was seeing if she could trust you by stealing something minor like a pen in front of you. If you were a snitch she wouldn't get in that much trouble 'cause it's only a pen" Melanie added.

"What do you mean?"

"We all have our secrets. The four of us aren't perfect, we all had something shitty happen in our lives and we all have some way of coping with it. Some people would call our behaviors 'unhealthy'" she said before she and Niall laughed.

"What kind of behaviors?"

"When Louis was young his father abandoned him, now he uses drugs, but drugs are expensive, so he also sells them on the side. Cher comes from a large family and is neglected. She never gets anything she wants and hardly gets anything she needs, so now she steals things. When Niall was younger he was kidnapped and now he-"

"Don't" Niall said, cutting her off.

"You were kidnapped?!"

"He doesn't like to talk about it" she said before whispering "he has anger issues"

"So do you" he retorted.

"What's your story?" I asked Melanie, changing the subject from Niall since he was getting angry.

"My mom dated a guy who was physically abusive towards both of us for about 12 years. It fucked me up mentally and I'm considered clinically insane and like Niall I have anger issues"

"If you want someone to smash something up for ya, she's your girl" Niall said. "So what's your story?" He asked me.

"I don't really like talking about it"

"Neither do we, but we told you our stories" Melanie told me.

"Well, I never met my dad, so it was always just my mum and I growing up. No matter what I did it was never good enough. She was very verbally abusive towards me and apparently I'm such a disappointment that she took off with some rich guy about a month ago, leaving me all alone. When my Auntie Anne found out she had me move in with her"

"Any 'unhealthy' coping mechanisms?" Melanie asked.

"It's kinda recent so...." I said, trying not to draw attention to the fact that I've had an eating disorder since I was 12.

"Maybe she'll be a pyro! What do you think Niall? Pyros are sexy" she said, unusually cheerful despite our dark conversation.

"Yeah, as long as she doesn't set me on fire" he replied.

"You guys are so weird" I told them. "I have a feeling I'm gonna fit right in"
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(A/N)

Heard the news about Louis' mom. I honestly can't believe it. So sad. R.I.P. Johannah.

💋 -TVo