Stand Up

chapter 5

There is a link in the comments...that's what Noemi is wearing :D 

Zayn's POV

I watched Niall follow Amanda and Harry into the hallway--this situation did not look like it was going to go well. I was trying to understand what was happening here as I watched Niall wince slightly and then completely change expression. It seemed that the conversation between Harry and Amanda was pretty intense, and Niall didn't want to interrupt. He stood slightly off to the side, out of their view, but I was guessing he could still see them in the foggy reflective glass of the bathroom door, and he could hear them. I didn't immediately realize what was going on, but I could tell this situation was not good. Between last night and this morning, I noticed that Harry was quite different than usual. About 2 minutes later, Paul, Liam, Louis and I heard voices coming from their direction. We all rose and went over there to see what the commotion was about, and immediately saw that Amanda's face was fire engine red, her eyes wide and shocked. Niall, on the other hand, was pissed, glaring at Harry. His eyes said: "You need to run before I beat the shit out of you." 

Harry was rather quiet, as if this reaction had been expected. Not that he'd thought Niall would be in the  hallway, but that he'd be angry. 

I asked, "What's going on, guys?"

Liam, who stood close to me on the phone with Danielle, was stunned speechless. You could hear Danielle yelling through the phone: 

"Liam? Are you there? What happened?!"

Niall, in a rage, took off like a rocket with his hands reaching for Harry's throat. Paul and I ran over to him, holding onto his arms to stop him and calm him down. He kicked and struggled, trying to get free. He began shouting at Harry: "Harry, I'll kill you! You're fucking dead! What did you do? You came and took her, confessing your emotions and then kissing her! Are you fucking serious? What the fuck was going through your mind?!"

We were speechless; we'd all thought that in a situation like this he'd run and cry in his room...but now we saw that that wasn't true. At that point even Harry was taken aback, and began trying to calm Niall. 

"Niall, please, ket's talk calmly, and I'll explain everything! I was going to talk to you before I said anything to her, but I was overcome with jealousy. I had no control  over my emotions and the temptation to kiss her was too much." 

But I could tell that Niall didn't care what Harry said. I knew that he would never be able to forget what happened here, and we knew it would hurt the band, our friendships, our lives. 

"Calm down and clear this up!" Louis exclaimed. 

Niall snorted.

"There isna anythin to clear up! What's done is done, and I won't ever talk to this thing," he gestured at Harry disdainfully, "again!" 

In desperation, Liam, after having hung up on Danielle without explaining anything, replied,

"Niall, calm down lad! Have a drink of water and relax." 

"Do you have the slightest idea of what would happen if you and Harry don't clear this up?" I asked, "Are you thinking of the band at all? Of our fans? Don't tell me that you are willing to give everything up for a stupid kiss--that to Amanda probably didn't mean anything? You and her are amazing together..." 

I could see that I was getting through to him. He was calming, beginning to listen to my words. When I glanced at Amanda, she'd backed up against the wall, one arm across her stomach and her other hand brushing her lips again and again. It was as though she couldn't believe what had happened. I could understand her point of view; she didn't know Harry like we did, so she hadn't had an indication that he liked her. To her, this was out of the blue.