Ghostly (Narry)

Chapter Three: The First Night

Niall waits a long time under Liam's bed. He listens to the muffled conversation between the three friends out in the living room. He hears more of Harry and Louis' bickering, but he can only make out a few words of the exchange. Eventually, Niall hears the door open and slam shut and he figures Louis has gotten sick of Harry's attitude and left.

The next hour is spent thinking about the effect he had on Louis. Niall feels bad for the lad, he does, but he is glad that Harry and Liam seem to not believe him about his spirit being trapped in the apartment.

He wasn't haunting the three, far from it. Niall is a bit offended by those words, but he can't explain himself to them.

He had felt something when passing through Louis. He could feel the shock and fear that the boy was feeling, only for an instant. Niall wonders if he could possess someone's body.

He wonders what it would feel like, to be living in someone else's body for a moment in time. Would he feel how scared the host is or would he only feel his emotions instead? Niall thinks he would certainly feel bad for controlling someone and being in their body without permission. He vows to never possess someone without their consent.

Niall imagines how they would react if he walked out of Liam's room all of a sudden. He could imagine the shocked and scared looks of the boys. Would they try and throw him out? He pictures Liam grabbing his arm in a tight grip and dragging him to the door, trying to push his body out of the apartment but finding it impossible.

He thinks that Liam would be the nicest one. Harry would probably think he's mental. He could picture Harry watching with guarded eyes and upon seeing him not being able to leave he would probably just make something up in his head to make the situation sound rational. Niall rolls his eyes at the thought.

Niall had believed in the paranormal spirits when he had been alive. Zayn and he loved watching scary movies and they were convinced they had one time encountered a ghost themselves. No one believed them when they had told the story, so their excitement of ghosts being real was something kept between the two.

Niall being who he is now only confirmed their thoughts.

Niall almost laughs out loud when he thinks of how scared Louis would be if he was just to appear in the middle of the room out of thin air. He could see the boy screaming in fear and bolting from the apartment completely.

He wonders if he's scared Louis so badly that he won't come back.

After a while, Niall starts to get antsy, but he knows he can't move. He can't sing to himself like he normally does, he can't wander around, bored and trying to think of dumb things to pass the time. He thinks he's been under the bed for a few hours now and he wonders when the boys will go to sleep. He doesn't think that it will be any time soon.

Niall closes his eyes with a soft sigh and his thoughts drift to Harry.

His tall stature and bright green eyes that just seem to pierce anything they come in contact with. Niall had witnessed the glare he had been shooting Louis and Niall never wanted to be on the other end of that look.

Harry often wore what can only be described as a resting bitch face. He was always so guarded, and Niall had yet to see a soft side of the lad, something that he yearned for. He was a very attractive lad, and Niall would have definitely put the moves on him if he had seen him before he died.

Niall wondered why Harry acted so closed off. Surely, something must have happened for him to be acting the way that he did. Niall knows that there was some sort of riff in his and Louis' relationship, anyone could see that clear as day.