Lillian's POV
It's been a few days since I was over at Harry's. It's been a strange few days at that. Seriously. Yesterday I found a guy with a camera in the bushes outside of my apartment complex. What I was doing in the bushes, don't ask me. And then Niall is acting strange; not answering my calls and hardly responds to my texts. Even Harry is responding to me more. Maybe he just needs a break. Maybe he's tired. Maybe he's sick of me. I don't know what's going on with him.
"Open the door!" I hear someone yell playfully from my front door. I leave my bed and look through the peephole on my door.
"Hazza!" I smile, opening my door and giving Harry a hug. "How did you get in the building?"
"I'm Harry Styles, I've got my ways." Harry smirks.
I roll my eyes and say, "Cocky much?"
"Only when I'm with you." He laughs, pinching my cheeks.
"What are you even doing here? Niall said you guys were in the studio today." I question him, walking to the kitchen so I can make some tea for Harry.
Harry follows and says, "When did he tell you that? We won't be in the studio for another week or so. Break and all."
"You guys are on break?"
"Yeah, didn't Niall tell you that?"
"No he didn't." I huff, taking a coffee cup out of it's cabinet and putting hot water in it. "He hasn't been talking to me often."
"Really? That's not like him." Harry comments.
"It's frustrating, actually." I furrow my eyebrows, putting a tea bag in the mug.
"Why don't you just tell him that?" He questions, taking the mug from me.
I sigh, saying, "I don't want him to think that I'm being clingy. We aren't even dating, Haz; I don't want it to end before it's started."
"I'd say I would talk to him for you, but I haven't seen him since you two were at my flat." He tells me, confusing me.
"What? You haven't seen him since then, too?" I ask, slightly worried.
"None of has, surprisingly. I know that when we're on break we don't hang out all of the time, but when we're in the same city we like to see each other every few days." He admits to me.
"That's definitely not comforting." I frown, suddenly wanting to go to Niall's apartment. I look to Harry to see how he's taking this and he looks conflicted.
"Can I tell you something?" Harry asks after a few minutes of silence.
"Of course you can, Harry."
"This isn't the first time this has happened." He says, shocking me. "Niall was so down -depressed, even- before he met you. He had been getting so much hate that he wouldn't even leave his flat unless it was truly necessary. We all thought this was over when you came into the picture, but with none of us seeing him we're getting worried."
"We need to see him." I say, rushing to get my shoes and car keys.
Harry follows my lead and says, "We can try, but I'm sure he won't answer the door." The both of us quickly walk to our cars and drive off to Niall's apartment.
When we get there I walk to the gate and realize that I don't know how to get past the gate. Harry moves me to the side and puts in a code on this pin pad thing that's next to the gate. Harry opens the gate with ease and I run past him to get to Niall's apartment. I knock on the door -probably a lot harder than I should- and wait for a response. I get nothing.
"I told you he wouldn't answer." Harry says in an 'I told you so' tone of voice.
"Just shut it." I roll my eyes at him. "Niall, I know you're in there. Could you please open the door?"
"How would you know he's here? Maybe he's somewhere else." Harry questions.
I ignore Harry's question and continue trying to coax Niall out of his apartment -or to at least open the door-, saying, "It's me; Lillian. I miss you terribly. I really need to see you, babe." I add the 'babe' for good measure, hoping it'll make him want to open the door.
"Why?" I faintly hear Niall cry out. I stick my tongue out at Harry, then I put all of my attention towards Niall. Now, if babe worked maybe I should use more things like that? Sounds like a pretty decent plan to me.
"Because I want to see my almost boyfriend." I answer him, knowing that phrase is his weakness. I wait for a response and after a few moments I'm about to try again but I hear the door unlock. The door opens and I'm shocked at what I see -and smell. Niall looks like he hasn't eaten or showered since the last time I saw him, and his apartment looks like a dump and smells similar to one as well.
"You're alive!" Harry cheers. Niall mumbles something in response to Harry, but I can't make out what he's saying.
"I missed you." I tell Niall as I give him a hug.
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AN: I know it isn't very long, but it's all I could come up with. I'm moving this story slightly quick. I don't want to drag it out too long, so it may end up being short compared to other stories. My birthday was 5 days ago :) I turned 16, and it was a pretty awesome day. I didn't have some huge birthday bash, but I spent it with my family and that's all that matters.
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