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Niall had always loved Liam. Liam had always loved Louis. Louis had always loved Zayn. Zayn had always loved Harry, and Harry had always loved Niall. It was a big mess in their small group of friends. They were friends since they were young, and the five of them were inseparable.

Niall was loud and obnoxious and innocent, but drank and swore like a sailor. Liam was gentle, and kind, and had these eyes that made everything suddenly okay. Louis was a joker, and you always knew that when you woke up with hair shaven from your leg, that it was him. Zayn was the "bad boy," but he wasn't really. Sure, he wore leather jackets, rode a motorcycle and smoked, but they five knew him better than that. The five of them knew he was just a really big weirdo and a nerd when it came to English. Then there was Harry, and Harry was...a lover. He was a flirt, sure, but really the only thing he understood was love. He was also the youngest, only by a few months, but the youngest nevertheless.

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Liam fell in love with Louis the summer before seventh grade year. Well, Liam thinks he's always loved Louis, but that summer, he defiantly realized it. He doesn't really know how, he just suddenly let the thought through and he let himself believe it. It was kind of downhill from there. Liam went spiraling, because who falls in love with their best mate? Louis didn't even look at Liam like that, and Liam knew he never would, it's just now Liam's in too deep, and now it's impossible to dig him out of the hole that is Louis.

Harry was the second boy to fall head over heels in love with a boy of their group of mates in the beginning of eighth grade. That bottle blonde, bubbly, obnoxious Niall, he was the one that Harry looked as if God himself had sent him down to live on this Earth as a living, breathing angel, all for Harry. And who would have known that Harry, of all people, would think that about Niall? Niall was the polar opposite of Harry. Harry let himself be quite for the moments needed to be most, and while Niall couldn't bare a second of silence. Niall drank and swore, while Harry was the kid who never swore and hasn't even been to a single party. They were completely different, so why Harry fell for him is a mystery to even Harry himself.

The next boy to fall for a friend was Louis, and he fell for Zayn, possibly harder than the other two boys pervious to him. Zayn was crude and quiet, and so bloody moody, but he was the sweetest guy once you got to know him, and Louis can't help but think that he got to know him the best. It was near Christmas in the eighth grade, when Zayn was hanging up lights, and something about the way the lights light of Zayn's cheekbones and his eyes, and his lips, made Louis re think about what he thought about Zayn. Zayn was Louis's closest friend, but now this is something new. The next morning, he knew he loved Zayn. He knew that this wasn't a phase. When Harry talked about love, and how he was in love with someone, and how beautiful and painful it is, Louis never understood, but that morning, he got it, because he was in love with Zayn.

Then there was Niall, sweet innocent Niall who suddenly took a plunge down the drain when he fell for Liam the start of freshman year. He realized how dumb it was, falling for your best mate, and how stupidly cliché it was, but he couldn't help it. Liam was so nice, and kind, and smart, and he always looked after Niall, and Liam is so handsome, and he knows the way he looks at Liam makes it just so obvious that he had fallen hard for Liam, but he didn't care, and he knew that Liam didn't look at him like that back. He knew that Liam had something for Louis, but he didn't care. Liam was the one that Niall wanted, but he knew he could never have. Niall was silent about it until he came crying on Zayn's shoulder about it, and Zayn was the only one to know. He was the only one to ever know.

Zayn fell last, and it was for Harry, and it was the last day of freshman year. Zayn was always really reluctant to even let himself think about love, but now that he knows that what he's feeling toward Harry, he isn't scared anymore. Harry always talked about how he loved someone, and Zayn really hoped it was him, but he knew it wasn't, because Harry wouldn't look at anyone, just a wall, and sometimes he'd glance toward Niall, and Zayn wasn't stupid, he could put two things together. Harry loved Niall, and Zayn knew that he was the only one to figure it out, because the rest of his mates were idiots, but he also knew that Niall didn't love Harry, and that broke Zayn's heart. Zayn was a reasonable man, and he knew that if you love someone, you have to let them be happy, but Zayn also was sort of selfish, and deep down he knew the wanted Harry, and he wanted to make Harry happy.