Bully Me [Larry/Ziall | AU]

Bully Me : Chapter 21

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Chapter 21

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'Stan?'  

Niall stared at the bespectacled guy standing in his doorway. He wore grey ripped off jeans and a black t-shirt that had 'Geeks rock' printed on it.   

His lips were spread in a wide smile that showed his braces and two dimples peeked out of his cheeks, the freckles more prominent around them.   

The guy did have a few cute factors, but not enough to pull Niall away from his daydreams about a certain beauty.  

'What are you doing here?'  

Niall didn't recall inviting Stan over. As far as he was concerned, Niall had made small talk with Stan during one of their classes and that was it. There had been no exchange of addresses or phone numbers.  

'What? You don't remember?' Stan's face fell and his smile turned into a frown. His eyes swept across the room behind Niall's face, trying to get a glimpse of the inside.  

'Oh! I am sorry. Come inside please.' in his haste to shoo away this guy Niall had forgotten all about his manners. He stepped away from the door and beckoned for Stan to come in.  

The guy gave him a quick grin and entered the living room with Niall following behind him. It was a good thing that Maura wasn't here yet. There was no telling how she would have reacted if she knew what her son had done.  

Niall knew the drill. He had been a part of it for as long as he remembered. Maura had raised him to be the ideal gentleman. The only thing that ruined this perfect image of Niall was his loud swearing. No matter what his mom said or did, no amount of scolding could change that particular habit.  

'Niall honey?' his mom yelled from the kitchen.  

'Wait here.' Niall whispered to Stan who nodded enthusiastically and flopped down on the sofa. The guy was definitely happy to be here.  

'What is it mom?'  

'Here.' Maura thrust a plate of sandwiches and his favorite coffee mug in his hand. She turned him around and pushed him back the way he came, causing Niall to stumble a little.  

'Mom...' Niall groaned under his breath. Sometimes his mom went a bit overboard, treating the guests as if they were a boon from God himself. She looks after their needs, feeds them like guinea pigs and flocks around them like mother hen. There was nothing that pissed him off more than his mother's abnormal urge to please everyone that sets foot into their house.  

It wasn't like Stan was anyone special.   

He had thought Mr. Bully had magically found his address, not his nerdy friend. The bitter disappointment still poked at his heart when he thought about it. One minute he was bustling with excitement on meeting the dark haired beauty again, dying to touch him and feel the smooth yet rough skin under his hand, and the next minute Stan's face had blocked his vision.  

'Niall? Niall, are you there?'  

A hand moved in front of his eyes from left to right. It disrupted the train of thoughts he had going and the focus shifted on his friend, who was standing opposite to him.  

'Yes. Stop doing that, you're making me dizzy.' Niall replied in a small voice.  

'Sorry. You were spacing out...so-' Stan left the sentence hanging but Niall didn't elaborate any further. It would be rude to tell him that he was unwelcome or that Niall had no interest in listening to him rambling about school issues.