Live While We're Young

Chapter 11

Paul pulls up one of the boys who are tackling each other on the floor. 

"Boys, behave!" Paul snaps. 

Zayn pulls Niall up, then pushes him back down laughing. 

Paul immediately swoops Zayn up in one arm. 

"HEY, PAUL, STOP, IT WAS A JOKE, JUST STOP!" Zayn yells, thrashing, but still laughing. 

"Niall you alright lad, yeah?" Liam asks, offering him a hand. 

"Ughh." Niall moans, getting up off the floor. "My head hurts.." 

"Well that could be because there was a laughing hyena in your ear, or because Zayn shoved you against the ground!" Liam says, chuckling. 

"Hey, I don't know if you two mind, but could I join the conversation?" I ask, getting bored. 

"Hmm.. How about... No!" Niall says, sticking his tongue out. 

"You've been a naughty girl, you don't deserve to!" Liam says jokingly, shaking his finger. 

"Okay. Then can you get out of my room?" I ask, shoving my head into the pillow. 

"Actually I need to go get Zayn before Paul chews him out," Liam says, walking out the door. 

"Chews him out?" Niall mumbles, crawling back onto my lap. 

"Well of course you can sit on me Niall, don't ask it's okay." I say teasingly. 

"Well it'd have sounded perverted!" He says, poking me. 

"Well from my view it looks perverted!" I say, poking him back. 

"So.. You and, uh, Harry.." Niall says, dropping his head. 

"Yeah...?" 

"You guys, uhm, dating?" He asks, rubbing his neck. 

"Not exactly.." I say. 

Niall's head perks up. 

"I thought you were?"  

"He hasn't asked me out yet.." 

He replies with an 'oh'. 

"Why'd you ask?" I ask him, closing my eyes. 

I don't believe that Niall actually likes me, I think Louis wants to embarrass him.  

"Well, I know someone who sorta, kinda likes you.. And it's not, uhm, Harry," he says, getting off me and heading towards the door. 

"Niall wait, who is it?" I ask. 

He keeps walking. 

"Niall, who is it?!" I ask, more sternly. 

"The Irish one in the band!" He yells, slamming the door behind him. 

No, no, no no no, no! He can't like me! I like- I LOVE Harry! What am I going to do?! I don't want to ruin their friendship! 

I hear knocks at the door, right when my eyes start filling with tears. 

"C-come in!" I yell, quickly wiping my tears. 

"Why was there a slam?" Harry asks. 

"Niall was just goofing and he slammed the door.." I say, fake smiling. 

"What's wrong?" He asks, grabbing my hand. 

"I'm just.. I'm just excited to see my sister," I say, laughing. 

"WELL GUESS WHO IS HERE, BABE!" Briley screams, jumping through the door. 

"Briley!" I scream as she runs over to me. 

She leaps onto me, not even acknowledging that Harry Styles is in the room. 

"Bree, this is Harry. Harry, this is my twin, Briley." I say slowly. 

"Hello, love. Nice to meet you!" He chirps. 

"Wait.. Harry. Harry Styles!" She screams. 

Harry laughs a little. 

"Why're you here?!" She screams, hugging him. 

"I'm with your sister!" He says, hugging back. 

"What?" She says, looking at me. 

"I have a lot of explaining to do.." I chuckle, then I start explaining from the first moment I met him.