Wait... They're OUR Neighbors?

Party Time

     Once everyone was introduced the boys led us to the backyard where they had a fire pit ready to be used later that night. It wasn't too late at night, so they weren't going to start it up quite yet. We sat one the chairs that they had put out for us all to sit on and we just started to chat about life and other stuff. 

     "So, ladies, where are you from?" Louis asked, trying to get to properly know us. 

     "We're from America, obviously. We grew up in Colorado. But Finny here, went out and lived in Arizona for a bit with her dad. Once we both graduated we decided that we wanted to move out of America and go somewhere new. So we ended up in Manchester, then we moved outside of town and we both bought the house next door." Winnie said, watching all the boys. They listened intently. I nodded and glance over at Niall who was taking glances at Winne every once in a while, a smile on his lips. I smiled, thinking about how cute he is. I look over at Liam and he was laughing at something Louis had said. His laugh was really cute and he looked like such a happy person. 

     "So, what do you lot want for dinner? We haven't eaten yet because we were going to just have dinner with you guys." Liam says, turning to me. I smiled and looked away, looking towards Winne. I shrug and she just shrugs. 

     "How does pizza sound to you guys? I'm not really up for a big meal." I say and I look around the circle. Everyone just nods agreeing with me. I turn to Liam who is also observing what people are saying. 
     "Looks like it's pizza." we say at the same time. We just look at each other and chuckle. We both get up and walk into the house so that everyone else can keep talking. He chuckles when he sees that I'm following him. 
      "Stop following me you weirdo." he shouts and dashes away from me. I laugh and start running after him. 

     "No! Don't leave me!" I say. He dashes up the stairs and I follow suit. He does a sharp left turn and locks himself in a bedroom. I knock on the door, waiting for him to answer. "Lima! You don't know what kind of pizza I want!" I yell.
     "Nope! I'm ordering us all pineapple pizza and that's it!" he yells out to me, laughing soon after. I start to knock on the door again, leaning against it. Suddenly the door opens and I nearly fall until I feel a pair of arms catch me. I grip onto his shirt out of instinct and look up at him. He smiles and I blush. He helps me up and I stand up straight, a smile on my face. "I'm kidding, I'd feel bad if I did that to you. I know you don't like that kind of pizza." he says. 
     "Good. If you did, I'd have to beat you up." I said, making myself look tough. He pokes my side and I instantly break out in laughter. His face lights up at his new discovery. "Uh oh..." I say, slowly backing out of the room. 

     "I found someone's ticklish spot.." he said, slowly moving towards me. I shook my head no and put my hands up. He nods and charges at me. I turn around as fast as possible and start running. I see the bathroom and I try to turn to lock myself in it, but I felt his arms wrap around my waist, pulling me back. 
     "Liam, please don't. If you do this, the injuries you sustain are not my fault." I said, trying to warn him that I would be flailing. He dragged me down the stairs and threw me on the couch, climbing on top of me. I put a hand on his chest, trying to push him away. I was laughing as he was doing so. "Liam, I'm serious. Don't!" I said. But he did it anyway. He poked my sides and I began to laugh, nearly to the point of not being able to pee. After a minute or two of torture he stopped and got up.
     "Well, we should probably get that pizza now." he said, leaving me a giggling mess on the couch. I sat up and hung my arms over his shoulders, watching him order what everyone wants.  He ordered a pineapple pizza for Winnie and Niall, a cheese pizza for me and Harry, and a pepperoni pizza for Louis and Paul. He pressed send on the order and the timer started to count down. The pizza should be here in an hour or so. 
     I wrap my arms around him tighter and yell, "Piggyback to the backyard!!" in his ear. He laughs and stands up suddenly, I yelp and wrap my legs around him too. He grabs under my knees and walks out the backyard. I laugh as he sets me down and I sit back down on my chair. Everyone looks at us as we continue to laugh. 
     "What happened between you two?" Louis asks us loudly, smiling. 

     "He found out about how ticklish I am and decided to torture me for the past two minutes." I say, glaring at him in a playful way. He just smiles at me and sticks his tongue out at me. 

     "Well you two get on quite well I see." Paul says, bringing out two six pack of a light beer. Liam and I look at each other and smile. Louis looks away from his staring at the sky, seeing the beer.
     "Oi oii!!" he yells as he gets up and grabs two beers. He heads back to his seat, handing Harry one. 
    "Thanks." Harry says quietly and Louis just nods. I watch them as they smile at each other, I smile because they seem to be really good friends. Niall gets up and goes inside. We watch as he grabs his guitar from the little stand near by and come back out, sitting down in his chair. He starts to play some chords and the other boys go silent, listening with a smile on each of their faces. Paul started to pile fire wood into the fire pit, adding a little bit of paper and lighter fluid. I look up and notice the stars and how bright they are.
     The fire was crackling, the wood popping every once in a while, and everything was quiet. We hear a car pull up to the house out on the road.

     "That must be the pizzas. Paul, do you mind getting that?" Liam says, reaching for his wallet. I pull a twenty out of my pocket and hand it to him. "Oh no, love. I can get it." 

     "Just take the twenty."  I say, making him take it in his hand. He sighed and handed it to Paul and a five from his own wallet for a tip. Paul went to the front door once he heard the knock on the door. A minute or two of silence, he come's back, pizzas in hand. Everyone, except for me, get up and get a slice. 

    "Not hungry?" Liam asked, patting my shoulder. I just nod and watch the fire. I start humming Moments by them to myself. Liam hears me and starts singing it out loud. Soon enough, all of them are singing it. I stop and watch them as they do. The seem so relaxed in this environment, when they don't have to be in front of a crowd of people or worrying about the questions being tossed at them from all sides.
     I turn and watch Liam as he sings. Something I noticed when he sings, he tends to put his own spin on it, whether it be a riff or he harmonizes in a way he usually doesn't. I smile as I continue to listen and watch. I look over to Winnie and she's watching the way that Niall is playing the guitar. It was a nice night, a night long needed.