Secrets, Lies and Love (A Harry Styles and Niall Horan fanfic)

But...I like Niall.

Once we got to Harry’s stepdad’s bungalow, Harry immediately went straight to the refrigerator. He pulled out a whole bunch of stuff and told Leah and I that he was making us a Harry Surprise for lunch which is different every time he makes it. I can honestly say I wasn’t looking forward to eating it. He pulled cabbage, an onion and noodles out along with a frying pan and a spatula. Odd I thought… Looks like I’ll be making myself a PB&J for lunch.

“Guys, we really need to stop skipping class. We’ve skipped four times in the last two weeks and our parents will probably find out soon that we aren’t in class.” I said.

“Oh, don’t worry about it. Live on the edge for once in your life.” Leah said. Wise words of my best friend. She is always the one to take risks when it comes to life. Like when she convinced me to go to the beach with her at 2:00am when we had exams the next morning. Guess who only got a 20 minute power nap after we got back to her house? Us, that’s who. We were miserable at school. But, it was an amazing time! And that’s what I love about her. She okay with taking adventures and not being afraid of getting in trouble. Sometimes I’m envious of her view on life…

A few minutes later, the Harry Surprise was done cooking, and the bungalow reeked. It smelled like an old ladies apartment. I thought I was going to puke when he showed Leah and I what it looked like. EWWW! No way am I eating that!

“Nice try Harry, you can enjoy your masterpiece and Leah and I will have a sandwich.” But, when I turned around Leah and Harry were already stuffing their faces with that nasty shit.

“Oh, come on you baby! Its actually not bad…” Leah said inbetween shoveling her mouth with this garbage they called food.

“No, I refuse. It smells like bottom and I don’t eat cabbage.” I said while walking to the kitchen to make my own lunch.

Harry shrugged his shoulders and started stuffing his face again.

-.-

After lunch, we walked up the street about a mile and went to an old mill that Harry always takes us to so we can get an ice cream cone.

On the walk back, I realized that my phone had been on silent for hours and I had no clue. When I checked it I had 5 missed calls from my mom and 6 texts asking “Where are you? Why won’t you pick up your phone?”

“Well, shit.” I said out loud, not realizing it.

“What?” Harry and Leah asked in unison.

“What? Oh, I forgot I had my phone on silent and I have a whole bunch of missed calls and messages. I think my mom might have caught me skipping school…should I call her or?”

“Well, if you call her you could get in trouble, but there may be something wrong and that’s why she’s calling you so much. I’d call her back and tell her that you got sick.” Leah said, she was right. There could be a really serious problem, I thought as I dialed her number. After the first tone, she answered:

“Ella, where the hell have you been? I’ve been trying to call and text you and I was starting to get really pissed off!” my mom hissed.

“Sorry, I felt sick so Harry took us to Robin’s bungalow so I could lay down and I forgot to turn my phone back on. Why were you trying to get ahold of me so bad?” I asked.

“Its Layla…she got loose from the back fence and we can’t find her.”

All of a sudden, I got a pit in my stomach. That dog was like my best friend. She slept with her head on the pillow next to me every night. I talked to her all the time, I would tell her secrets I wouldn’t dare telling a human. I felt so terrible, like I just got hit by a car.