It's Gotta Be You

-15-

We were back on the bus, heading towards the next venue; I think it's in Arizona, but I could be wrong. 

By some miracle I had managed to avoid both Liam and Niall, and was now sitting in the back room of the bus, listening to music and "sleeping"

I had asked Louis to make sure no one bothered me, and he knew why. He was like a big brother to me, which I needed so badly right now. 

But here I was alone, listening to a bunch of punk rock music to drown out everything. I may sing pop music for the most part, but rock was always my favorite type of music. 

I closed my eyes and leaned down on the couch, hoping that I could just fall asleep.

Without warning, I felt another body next to me and quickly sat up to find Liam there. 

"What the hell are you doing back here?"

"I wanted to talk"

I pulled my knees to my chest, just sitting there and anticipating the worst "About what?"

"Don't play dumb; you know exactly what I want to talk about" he looked me over waiting for my response.

"What?"

"How dare you start something with one of my best mates" he said, standing up mad.

I slowly stood up as well "And you have a say in this how?"

"He's my best mate, Gracie! That's not right" he yelled.

I looked away "Can you please just go?"

"No, it's not going to work like that, because we have to talk about this!" he said, shaking his head "Look, I know that I messed everything up, but that doesn't mean you have to go and snog Niall just to get back at me"

"Excuse me?"

"I apologized; now it's your turn" he said, which pissed me off. 

"No! Okay that's not how it works. And I have nothing to apologize for when it comes to Niall. It is between us, and I'm certainly not doing this to get back at you; don't flatter yourself"

He took a moment to gather his words "Are you two actually dating?"

"Not exactly" I said, making him laugh.

"Are you screwing him then? Didn't know you had it in you"

"We have kissed a few times, so shut your mouth!"

"Look, you're clearly confused about your feelings. I know you, and if you were as into him as you want to believe then you wouldn't be ashamed to kiss him in front of us"

He was right, but there was no way I would let him have the satisfaction in knowing that. 

"Fine!"

"Fine?" he asked, confused.

I stormed out of the back room and walked to the front of the bus, with Liam following behind me. Everyone looked confused about what was going on, but I didn't hesitate in walking up to Niall and kissing him with everything that I had.

He was extremely taken back, but he kissed back.

When I pulled away I saw shocked looks all around and a pained expression on Liam's face. 

"What the hell does that prove?" he said, looking disappointed.

Everyone looked at him confused, while I felt so ashamed of what I had just done. 

Niall looked just as confused as the others.

"I'm sorry" I said, quickly walking back to the back room, just as everything had just happened.