Butterflies (Niam + Larry)

Chapter 10

                                                                       -Niall-

Liam is flirting with me! Right in front of Zayn! I can't believe I'm finally allowed to openly flirt with him. It's  a dream come true. I guess he told Zayn, since Zayn didn't seem to be alarmed at all. Which is good! That means the boys shouldn't really care about Liam and I. Liam and I...what are we? Are we...boyfriends? How do you even determine that? "Hey Liam, are we boyfriends now?" "Sure!" Uhm, no. Awkward. Well, how would I do it with a girl? I'd take her to a fancy dinner and ask her then. So, maybe I should have a romantic dinner with Liam? Yeah! He'll love that. I'll love that. Besides, he got his chance to be romantic with the notes. It's my turn...I'll surprise him! A night alone to just talk about stuff...and make out. 

I smile to myself and throw another shirt into my suitcase. That's pretty much the last one! I roll all three of them into the hall and shut the door. I make sure I have my wallet and phone and walk over to the elevator. When it opens, I see Josh struggling with some big trunk.

"Hey Ni! Will you give me a hand?" He says. I roll my suitcases inside and grab the other end of the trunk. The doors close behind me and we begin to descend. 

"Long time no see, Joshy poo!" I tease him. He's been working hard on the new music for our album even though we're still on tour. He's a crazy hard worker. I really admire that about him. 

"I know! We gotta catch up!" He responds. I love how easy going Josh is. He's one of my best friends on the whole tour. We're constantly pulling pranks on Sandy and teasing Dan. Since I work on my guitar with the band so I have a close bond with them as well as the boys.

As we help people load their stuff into the buses we fall into our easy pattern of teasing and talking about random stuff. At one point we go over to see some fans who found the buses. We take pictures with them and Josh hands out some signed drumsticks. By the time everybody is ready me and Josh are throwing a tennis ball around. Paul yells for us to get on the bus, and dissapears inside to find the rest  of the boys. Liam is no where in sight but his phone is laying on the seat inside the bus. Josh spots it and whispers

"Hey I see a prank opportunity right there!" I wink at him and we sneak over and take a bunch of goofy pictures and set them as his wallpapers. Then we change the language and the passcode. Snickering, we get up to leave but as I set the phone down, it buzzes. A text pops up and I can't help but see it. It's from Danielle. "Can't wait for our date today! See you soon ;) x" My heart plummets and I gulp. Um, what date? Why would Liam be going on a date with her after all this? I thought we worked this all out and now he's hurting me again without even knowing it. Seriously?! I sigh and put the phone down, following Josh out into the road again. Before the other boys can come outside, I go over to the band's bus.

"Hey Joshy, can I crash with you guys for the drive?" I ask, not letting on that I'm kind of peeved. He welcomes me inside and we grab some Gatorade and start to play cards. Before I know it, we've pulled away from the hotel and we're heading to San Jose. 

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Josh has fallen asleep and Dan and Sandy stole our cards. I lean back against the window and close my eyes, pretending to sleep so no one disturbs me. I'm actually thinking about Liam. I feel really weird about all this that's been happening. If it's going to be like this, then why are we even going to try? It used to be easy and fun to hang out with him, just like with Josh. Now, it's complicated and crazy. I feel like a teenage girl! And I don't like it. Besides, it's not like we could ever come out to the fans. People would flip out. Maybe we shouldn't do this. It's alot of pressure, especially while we're on tour and rarely have  time alone to relax. I know I love him, but it might be better for both of us if I stay his friend. Nothing more. Then he can date Danielle, and everything will be normal. Yeah. No more kissing, no more flirting. Just best friends. I don't want to have go back to wishing abd dreaming that he'll like me the way I like him, but right now really isn't the best time to do this.