Bad Blood {n.h}

Chapter Twenty-Six

AN: Meant to post this the day I last updated but then stuff happened and now I have my computer to finally update yay! BTW THANKS FOR ALMOST 30K READS ASDFGHJKL

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Niall's POV

Addison said it. She said she loved me. What is love, really? I feel like I don't know. 

I pulled out my phone and googled it. 

"Love; noun; an intense feeling of affection." I muttered to myself as I walked to my dorm. "Could you be more specific, google?" 

I scrolled through, rolling my eyes at the titles along the lines of "How to tell you're in love" and "Is (s)he the one?"

Useless information, this doesn't clarify shit for me. 

I feel something for Addison that I never felt with anyone else before but I don't know if my heart's what's talking or my penis.

Pretty sure it's my heart.

I stormed into the dorm, who's door was unlocked to no surprise. 

"Hey brother.." James sang from the couch. 

"Not now James." 

"Whoa, what crawled up your ass and died?" 

"Addison told me she loved me." I sighed, collapsing on the single chair. 

"I don't see a problem?" 

"What is love?" I groaned, rubbing my hair in frustration. 

"A truly unexplainable thing, I guess. But I can see the way you look at her and the way you treat her. I'm pretty sure it'd be considered love." He admitted. 

"I'm not experienced in this. I just felt so guilty for not saying it back but I didn't know if it was the right thing to do." 

"Since when did my brother turn into a pansy?" 

"James, I'm gonna kill you." I threatened, "wait a couple of months and I'm sure you'll be coming back to me with the same situation and I'll just call you a pussy and walk away." 

"Calm down there, it was a joke. Look, hear me out as your brother here." He began, "I believe you are in love with Addison. Now, I for one, do not know what love is but there's something I see between the two of you I remember seeing between mom and dad when we were younger, obviously before the arguing and blame game. I'm pretty sure what I see is love and if she feels that way, and you actually felt guilty for not saying it back, it means something. You should really tell her how you feel." 

I sat there with my jaw open. 

"Who's the pansy now?" 

"Fuck you, Niall. I'm trying to help." James sighed, throwing his arms up in defeat. 

"I know and it helped. But what do I do now?" 

"Rent a horse and ride to her window with a dozen roses and declare your love for her." James shrugged.

"Yeah, I'll get right on it." I kid back. 

"Seriously though, say it when it feels right. If she wasn't mad that you didn't say it back, then you'll be fine and have time to find the perfect time to tell her." 

"Thanks, James. I mean it." I stood with a big smile, opening my arms to him, knowing how he would react. 

"Nope, still don't like hugs from you." James rolled away from me. 

"Wow, you're the worst brother ever." I flicked him off and he returned it back to me. 

"Now get ready to go to the gym, we both have some manning up to do." 

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"By the way, Niall," James huffed at me, his words choppy as he was reaching his fortieth chin up, "Some of the old guys invited us out to eat and drink at the Irish pub not too far south. Girls are welcomed in the words of Tanner." 

"Are you bringing Maria?" I asked, in midst of my push ups. 

"Her names Mara, dipshit. But yes I am, will you bring Addison?" He asked, dropping from the bar. 

"I'll ask her, who all is going to be there? Surely not all the guys?" I asked, "the guys" is our reference to those who escaped the business of street fighting. 

"Tanner and his girlfriend, whatever the fuck her name is. Ethan and Callie, Ryan and Stacey, Jackson and Bradley, uh.." 

"Did you just say Bradley?" My eyes bulged, besides Addison; she was the only hookup that I came back for seconds. 

Well Addison wasn't just a hook up..

"Yeah, her and Jackson are dating now." 

"Oh, cool. Let's not mention the past to Addison, yeah?" I looked at my brother, waiting for his promise. 

"Who's Bradley?" James smiled and I gave him a high five.

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The day finally came and Addison agreed to come out with James and I. 

I'm pretty sure she thinks Bradley is a guy but I won't be the one to burst the bubble until they meet. 

"I'm excited to meet your friends." She smiled as we walked hand and hand into the pub. 

As we entered a crowed of guys cheered mine and James' names and Addison shied away from the group a bit. 

James introduced everyone and Addison politely smiled and shook everyone's hand. 

"Oh and Bradley went to the little girls room." Ethan announced, just when an all too familiar brunette girl appeared at the table. 

I saw Addison's eyes widen and I felt bad but to be fair, she never asked Bradley's gender..who is very very much female. 

"Were you talking about me?" She smiled, sitting in her seat next to her newest boyfriend. 

"We were introducing everyone to the twins' new girls. Mara and Addison." Jackson told her, kissing her cheek. 

I squeezed Addison's hand to see if she's alright in the sense of awkwardness, and she didn't squeeze back.

"I'm surprised Niall,of all people,has a girlfriend now." Tanner teased, his girlfriend wasn't even here so who is he to talk. 

"We all thought it'd be Bradley." Ryan shrugged. 

"Yeah, after the second hook u-" Ethan began before both me and Jackson stopped them with a loud and firm, "Stop it." 

Addison let go of my hand and I began to wonder how deep I just got myself in.

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AN: Kinda had to divide this into two parts so I'll upload the next part whenever I feel I got a good amount of comments cos last update I got one.. (I hate sounding like I'm complaining but yeah..) I still have that instagram if you want to give it a follow, I'm trying to figure out an alternative plan for it since my orginal plan stopped working lol oh well, it's ashtonpls_ if you care to follow!

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