Niall's Biggest Secrets

Chapter Fifteen

The next day, Zayn woke up early. When he walked downstairs, none of the boys could believe their eyes. They saw Zayn with his new skateboard in his hands, walking towards the door. When he shut the front door, they all looked at each other in shock, before bursting out in laughter.

"The fans would get a kick out of this!" Louis giggled.

Niall's laugh was cut short when his phone rang. Modest! Was calling him again. He told the boys and stepped outside and walked to the back of the house. He pressed the accept button and put the phone to his ear.

" 'Ello' ?"

"Niall, have you finished the four songs we assigned you?"

"Uhm, well-"

"No excuses. You have to do it, or you're out of the band."

And with that, Modest! Hung up. He slid down the wall and did something that he hadn't in a while. He reached his hand into his pocket and pulled out his cigs. He put one to his mouth after lighting it and took a deep breath. He instantly felt relaxed and couldn't hear anything other than his breathing. Suddenly it was snatched from him, and his eyes shot open to see Zayn standing over him with the cig in his hand. He had a slightly surprised face, but mostly filled with disappointment and concern. Zayn didn't say a word. He simply slid down next to Niall.

"Ni?"

"Yeah Zayn"

"Why?"

That one Niall couldn't answer, at least not out loud. He thought of a million different ways to word it in his head, but couldn't find the courage to actually speak them.

"When did you start doing this?"

"When you guys started ignoring me for Liam after the break up."

Zayn stayed quiet for a moment, "I'm sorry mate, but he explained the situation to you right?"

"Yeah, but it still hurt."

"Who were you on the phone with?" Zayn asked curiously.

"Modest! Called. They wanted me to right a few more songs for the next album."

"Oh, were they hard on ya'?"

"Yeah."

"I'm sorry Ni, you don't deserve this."

Niall put his head on Zayn's shoulder, and after a couple minutes Zayn heard soft snoring. He chuckled and grabbed his phone. He snapped a picture and sent it Harry.

Harry laughed when he got the selfie of Zayn and Niall. He texted back asking if he needed help bringing him back in, but he didn't reply. After a few minutes he decided to go out and check on them, and grabbed a blanket. He walked out to the back of the house and quickly located them. He saw Zayn's head leaning against Niall's and draped the blanket over there bodies as it was a bit chilly out. He snapped his own picture of them and posted it on twitter and Instagram. As he walked back inside he saw a fuming Liam pass him and head straight towards them. Harry couldn't let this happen again. He ran after Liam and jumped on his back, putting his hand over his mouth, and tackling him to the ground.

"Think about what you're doing, do you really want to do this to your relationship again?"

Liam was shocked. Harry picked him up and carried him inside, even though he fought a bit, the fall had knocked the wind out of him. He laid him on the couch and groaned at the effort. He quickly fell asleep and he decided to check on his amazing boyfriend. He went upstairs and found him asleep in his bed. He smiled and walked over to him and cuddled into him. Louis wrapped an arm around him and they fell asleep.