The New Boy. A Niall Horan Fan Fiction

One Direction

Niall grabbed an electronic guitar from the holder and sat down on a stool, the instrument lovingly in his hands. "It's a beauty, isn't it?", Harry grinned, as Niall carefully strummed the strings and then put it back onto the stand. "This is amazing", the blonde boy mentioned once again and looked around in the basement. "It's pretty cool", Harry shrugged, drumming with his fingers on one of the drums of the drum set. "My family is very musical. I think my dad can play perfectly on each instrument down here." Niall nodded, delighted. "That's so cool. What about you?" Harry let go of the drums and walked over to Niall whilst talking. "I play the drum set for seven years now. But I also like to sing. It's not easy to connect, though... Something wrong with you, mate?" Harry had looked up and realized that Niall stared into the air with watered eyes. The irish boy looked down quickly, nodding and shaking his head at the same time. "No, Yeah, Not really", he stuttered and blinked the water away. "Heey!", Harry grabbed a chair from the other side of the room and sat down in the opposite of his friend. "What's going on? C'mon, tell me about it. Is it about Lindsey?" Niall looked up in astonishment. "Lindsey? Why?" The curly boy shrugged, half smiling. "I don't know, I just, I saw you guys talking the other day and I don't know, I thought you were good friends."  Niall looked on the floor again, ruffling through his hair and sighing. "Harry, I - Okay. You know, I first met her on the day before my first day when I checked out my way to school, she was still there due to practice and we got to talk, which was really nice.....

And then her boyfriend showed up.... was acting so weird.... we wanted to be friends....

So I told her all about it because I was worried! Drugs are shit!....

She's probably really mad now, and I can understand it but I just couldn't keep it from her!"  So Niall told Harry all about it. He didn't leave out any detail. Harry listened carefully and Niall was so grateful to get to talk about it. He finished and then the room was silent for a few seconds until Harry spoke up. "Okay, first question. Do you think Lucas and Ben really do drugs?" Niall shrugged with a big sigh. "I don't know. You know, they talked about something called Valium. It's actually medication but I don't think they suffer from anxiety disorders, do you?" Harry nodded slowly, obiously thinking. "Actually I don't. Imagine, if you could proof you were right about it, she won't be mad anymore!!" Niall shook his head immediately. "No way am I ever gonna talk about him anymore." They both looked at each other, unsure what to do. "I could", Harry suggested. "If we find out the truth and I tell her about it she will so be sorry about not believing you, trust me!" Niall didn't look satisfied. "You're right, but I really don't want her to be hurt. She will be heartbroken when she finds out about it - if it's true!" Harry smiled. "You're too adorable. We will find a way, okay? But first we will try and find out what Lucas and Ben are hiding. I'll help you!" Niall smiled happily, seeing a silver lining on the horizon. "Thank you, Harry. It means alot!" Drrring! Harry jumped up. "Oh, someone's here. This is so exciting! I'll go get them."

It was awful. After Niall left, I just couldn't stop thinking about what he told me. I was so mad at him for interfering in my relationship but at the same time I was more than worried. What if it was true what he told me? At some point I even thought it would've been better if he never came here. He wouldn't have heard anything and the whole situation wouldn't be such a mess. I tossed my pen on the desk, unable to think of any correct sentence. Then I started walking up and down in my room. Suddenly something came to my mind. I took my phone out of my bag, opened the contact list and scrolled down. I slowed down when I came to L and stopped when I saw Lucas. Then I pressed call and pressed the phone to my ear, my heart pounding. Beep. Beep. Bee - "Hey, Babe!" My heart jumped, as I exhaled. "Hey!", I tried to sound normal. "What are you doing?" Lucas sighed and I heard him walking around in his room. "Homework... Sucks!" I smiled. "Yeah, same here. I'm so bored! Wanna come here and go for a little walk to get some fresh air? Maybe it's easier then." Lucas seemed happy about this and ten minutes later he rang. I grapped my keys and joined him outside. He pecked my lips cheekily and took my hand as we were walking down the street. "What was your homework about?", I asked him stupidly. Lucas laughed and answered. I didn't even hear what homework he had to do since I was too nervous, because I had a plan. "You know, I have to write a big essay about drugs for my health class", I told him. We were leaving my street now and going left, the direction where the park was. "Really?", he asked, but didn't sound too interested. "Yeah and I found a very interesting article about medication abuse in the internet! Did you know that many people use for example sleeping pills or calming pills as drugs? Just to get high?" I looked up to my boyfriend's face. He looked down to mine. "Of course I did, but I think it's just awful. Drugs are shit. I would never do something like that, I mean I don't want to destroy my body! Never in a million years", Lucas said clearly. I smiled, satisfied. "Me neither. Never!", I answered and kissed his lips.

"Okay, guys, let's start", Harry called excitedly and made everyone sit, either on a chair or the floor. Niall looked around. There was Liam, Zayn and Harry and some guy he barely knew. He just knew it was the captain of the soccer team. He looked like he was very outgoing and funny. Niall liked him from the first second. "So, the first thing we have to talk about is...", Harry started. "... what we wear", Louis finished and all the boys laughed. Niall watched Louis. He wore sneakers, rolled up black jeans and a simple black sleeveless shirt. "I think we all should dress like Louis", he pointed out. Zayn shook his head. "Are you insane? No way I'm gonna stand on a stage wearing the same clothes as the other four boys!" Louis laughed. "Zayn is vain!" They all had to laugh and mess around for a while until Liam made a serious suggestion. "I think we should all wear what we like. Though we'll be a band, we should still all be ourselves, shouldn't we?" Zayn nodded. "Yeah, I like that." "Fantastic!", Louis shouted and clapped his hands together. "Next point. We need a name and I already thought about it. I think there's no discussion. The band's name should be 'Louis'."  Niall laughed and shook his head. "I have a good one. What do you guys think of 'Niall and the potatoes'?" They joked around for a while until it was Liam again who interrupted it. "Stop it, boys! This is a serious band meeting! We are all worth the same, so we need a name that includes everybody, okay? Let's keep it serious!" Harry nodded. "Thank you for being so responsible, Liam. So, does anyone have an idea?" They were silent as they were all thinking about a possible name for the new band. "What do you guys think of 'One Way'?", Liam asked, interrupting the silence. Niall nodded slowly. "It's good", Harry said, "but it needs improvement. I have a better idea. What about 'One Direction'?"

"It's perfect!", Niall called. "I preferred my suggestion, but yeah, I like that one", Louis nodded and then it was clear. Harry smiled brightly. "Guys? Welcome to One Direction!"