I would die for you, but I won't live for you -Niall Horan au

twelve

Jason didn’t say anything. Instead he just looked at Riley. My gut was telling me that I already knew what was going to happen next, and when it did, I wasn’t surprised. Jason grabbed Riley’s face and put his lips on hers. She was startled, but she didn’t do anything. She didn’t pull away, but she also didn’t kiss back.

I looked at each of the boys. Liam, Niall, Harry, and Zayn were obviously surprised. You could tell they were uncomfortable too. Then there was Louis. He never liked any of the boys that liked Riley. He was like an over protective big brother. He just didn’t want to see her get hurt. It was like that with Zayn and me. He was always protective when it came to boys and he helped me with the whole Niall situation.

Louis narrowed his eyes at Jason and his fist balled up. You could tell he was about to interject until Jason pulled away. Him and Riley just looked at each other. Jason had a big smile on his face while Riley looked emotionless. “I love you.” Jason said. Riley’s eyes widened and she was about to speak until Jason kissed her again.

And that’s when he snapped. No, not Louis, but he was close. Zayn was up on his feet and tackling Jason to the ground, away from Riley. “Zayn!” She yelled at him. “Don’t be rude!” Zayn let out a sarcastic laugh and stood up. “I’m being rude because you won’t be.” He replied. Riley crossed her arms over her chest and looked up at him.

“He’s right Ri. You’ve never let a guy you don’t have feelings for kiss you. Usually you would push them away from you.” I added. She looked at me, then back at Zayn. “Well I’m sorry if I didn’t want to be rude after he just broke up with his girlfriend of four years. I forgot I couldn’t be nice sometimes.”

She walked past the boys and I, and ran up the stairs and into her room. I looked back at Zayn and shook my head. “You didn’t have to do that. She can take care of herself.” His jaw dropped and he looked at me with wide eyes. “A minute ago you were just on my side!” I shook my head again and sat down.

“I should probably go…” Jason spoke up. With one last look at Zayn, he walked out the front door. “I don’t like him.” Louis said. “Who just breaks up with someone, goes to another girls house, then kisses her and says he loves her all in one day? It’s just a rebound.”

“I should go check on her.” Zayn mumbled. He started leaving until Liam grabbed his arm. “No Zayn. We need to talk.”

“Hazza and I will go talk to her.” Louis said. Harry groaned but followed after him anyways. I looked up at Niall who was already looking at me. When he caught my eye, he jerked his head towards the door, motioning for me to follow him.

And I did.

We walked outside and down the street. It was quiet between the two of us but it wasn’t awkward. It was as if everything were the same and he never left. I didn’t notice where we were until Niall stopped walking. I looked around and saw that we were in a cute little park. “I want to know what’s going through Zayn’s head. That’s not like him at all.” Niall said.

I shrugged and continued looking around. All I wanted to know was if Riley was all right or not. I was a terrible best friend for not going to check on her. She probably wouldn’t want to see me anyways. It may had seemed like I was taking Zayn’s side, but I didn’t. I was just stating what I know.

She could have been in her room crying right now and I wasn’t even there to give her a shoulder to cry on. Instead, I was standing in a park with Niall. What was wrong with me? “Are you crying?” Niall asked. I quickly brought my hand up to my face and wiped away the tears that I hadn’t even known were there.

“How’s your mom doing?” He asked suddenly. I couldn’t believe he remembered that my mom had had cancer.

Yeah, she had cancer

“Great! She actually got rid of the cancer last year!” I smiled. I turned and showed him the tattoo on the back of my neck. I had a pink cancer ribbon with boxing gloves hanging from it. “Wow! That’s amazing!” He cheered. As soon as I turned back to him, he gave me one of his famous hugs. There we were, standing in the park hugging. It was perfect. Well, almost.

“Payton?”

I turned to see Nick walking towards us, his younger sister with him. “Hey Nick.” I smiled. He looked Niall over before turning back to me. It was obvious he was waiting for me to say something. “Nick, this is Niall. One of my five best friends I told you about.” Niall smiled and shook Nick’s hand.

“Niall, this is my boyfriend.”