The Promise Ring (don't read, it sucks a lot okay)

~-Chapter Five-~

   "Ow." I said flatly, the doctor rubbing an alchohol-soaked cotton ball across my heel. "Ow!" I winced as he pulled at it gently. "OW! Son of a b-" Liam threw a hand over my mouth.

  "Damn it. I don't know where those have been," I pulled away.

  "What were you doing in Liam's room anyway?" Harry asked, looking at the hole in my foot.

 "Would you just choose already?!" Louis asked, irritated.

  "What?" I asked. He opened his mouth to speak but his phone started ringing. Lou sighed and walked from the room to answer.

  "What is he talking about?" I asked Harry. He shrugged and moved so the doctor could slap a band-aid on my wound, which make me wince again. "Maybe you could-" I started, glaring daggers.

 "Uh, how much?" Liam pulled out his wallet. "Niall, take her to the car."

  "I can walk, thank you," I snapped, standing up. Mistake number one. Instantly, pain shot up my foot, causing me to fall over and directly into Niall. Mistake number two, as I tried to right myself up, I wobbled and leaned forward, causing my lips to plant into his. Mistake number three, I managed to kiss him right as Louis walked back in the room.

    "Oh for God's sake. Get a room!"

 "What's up your ass?" I asked irritably.

   "You're really cranky when in pain, you know?" Niall whispered, chuckling.

  "That was Uncle Si. We have a concert tomorrow in LA." Louis adressed the boys, ignoring me.

  "Why is this the first were hearing of this?" Liam asked.

     "Last minute decision. But we have a plane to catch in about thirty minutes. And Candace is coming with us."

  "Why?" I asked.

 Lou turned to me. "Well, you're basically a part of this band." He said shortly.

 "Niall, let me go. I have something to... discuss... with Louis." I pulled away, hobbling on one foot.

  "No, Candace. Go to the car. You can talk to Lou on the plane." Liam turned back to the doctor. Niall pulled my arm over his shoulder, taking my hand, and pulled me from the room.

  I sighed. "Do you know what's wrong with him?"

 "Louis? Oh um... No not the slightest idea." His voice rose an octave at the end, giving away the fact that he was lying.

    "Niall."

  "Candace,"

 "Tell me."

   "Tell you what? I have no idea what you're talking about."

 "Niall." I growled again.

  "Honestly." He wasn't breaking. Well then... I'd just have to flirt.

  "But Nialler... please?" I put my lips to his ear. "I really, really want to know."

"I-I..." His voice cracked. He cleared his throat. "Don't do that to me!"

 "Please?"

 "Damn you and your seductive ways." Niall grinned. "Fine. But you cannot repeat these words to another soul. Louis... Well... Louis kind of... likes you."

 "What?"

 "Yeah. And... see, him and another member who shall not be named are kind of trying to win your heart."

  "Who is this other member?" I asked. Please say it's you, please say it's you!

 "Don't say anything but... Liam."

   "Anyone else I should know about?"

 Niall opened his mouth, ready to say something but with a look into my eyes he closed it and shook his head.

 "Oh. Well... That's no reason why he's acting like that."

 "Liam is winning. You being in his room? Louis automatically thinks something... intimate is going on. That's why he overreacted about you sleeping with me." He paused. "Oh, that sounded so wrong."

  I laughed, nearly falling over. "He was pretty upset that you were assigned to put up with me, huh?"

"Put up with you? Well it didn't help anything that that is twice now he's seen us kiss."

  "Sorry about that... again." I looked at the floor as we slowly moved down the hospital hallway.

"Don't be." He tilted my chin so I was forced to look him in the eye. "I was the one who kissed you first. Don't apologize."

  "But that was because I-"

 "Because I wanted to."

  "But just now you didn't."

 "What makes you so sure of that?"

  "Because I know you. And I'm.... ugh."

 "Candace." Niall stopped dead. "You are the most gorgeous, funny, amazing person I know. Don't degrade yourself like that.  Now THAT is something to apologize for."

  We continued moving, but I could tell that I had really upset him. I was just pissing everyone I cared about off today, wasn't I?