{ON HOLD} Stole My Heart (A Niall Horan fan fiction)

Chapter 9

Cat's POV

"WE WON! HOLY CRAP! WE WON!" I screamed.

Zayn laughed. "Of course we did. It's just a battle of smarts." He said while smiling at my joy.

"Omg! WE WON!" I screamed.

I saw Josh walking towards us and turned to the two boys behind me. "That's Josh guys. Act cool and be normal."

Niall and Zayn seemed to stiffen and become frightened. They looked at each other uneasily. I tried my hardest to stiffle my laughter.

"Hi, Josh!" I waved happily.

"Hey, girl!" He replied in a mocking girly voice. I twitched my eyes over to Niall and Zayn to alert Josh. Josh immediately caught on and began acting his part. "I hear you have brought guests, again?" He asked more seriously.

I nodded. "Cathrine! You know how I feel about this kind of thing. Especially since him." He said. I frowned at the last part.

Quickly getting back into character, I smiled. "Yes, but these boys are nothing like him. These boys..." I paused and looked back at the boys' scared expressions. "TOTALLY FELL FOR IT!" I burst out laughing and so did Josh.

"Oh my. Where did you find a couple of suckers like these, Cat? M & S had them too. But the one dude looked very protective."

"Yeah. That would be Paul." I said, still laughing.

"Yeah, well he came up to me and threatened to have me fired or like punch me to protect them. I gotta get me a Paul." Josh said, smiling. We continued to laugh for a minute or so after until I finally remembered the boys.

"Oh! I should probably introduce you guys." I said. "I wanna try something though."

All three of them nodded and looked at me expectantly.

"Okay. Here goes nothing." I mumbled. "NiallmeetJoshJoshmeetNiallNiallmeetZaynZaynmeetJoshJoshmeetZaynZaynmeetNiall." I said really fast and all in one breath.

"But Zayn and I-" Niall started.

"Boy, you best not be correcting Miss Cathrine the Catastrophe." Josh cut him off.

I smiled. "Josh, guess what?!" I yelled.

"Hmm... you finally won?" He responded smugly.

My jaw dropped. "Joshua! These boys weren't supposed to know that I haven't ever won a war!" Zayn and Niall stared at me in shock. Wait... Zayn and Niall..... "HOLY CRAP JOSHUA FRANKLIN! I AM IN THE PRESENCE OF 2/5 OF ONE FREAKING DIRECTION!!!! ONE OF WHICH IS MY FAVE!!!!!" I screamed.

Niall and Zayn looked downright confused as I stood there jumping and screaming for the thousandth time tonight.

"She'll do that every now and again when she's around you. Just saying." Josh said to them.

"Which of us is her-" Zayn began.

"Niall" Josh said.

I stopped jumping and screaming. I turned to Josh. The color drained from his face. I ran at top speed. He tried to turn and run. I jumped on top of him.

"JOSH!" I screamed, tears coming from my eyes.

Niall looked really concerned. "Hey. Hey. Shhh. It's okay. That doesn't make any difference. You're still a great friend. Do you know how many times I hear that on a daily basis?" He tried to calm me.

I laughed. "Niall, I was just kidding." Niall's face got beet red.

"Oh, um, well, I just..." He trailed off, looking kinda sad.