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

sixteen

We walked inside the apartment and Niall, Riley and Louis looked up at us. Niall looked between Harry and I with a raised eyebrow, as if questioning why the two of us were together. Harry simply shrugged and sat down.

“I thought you were with Nick today?” Riley asked, while turning back to the t.v. I sighed while throwing my coat and purse on the floor. “We sorta broke up.” I replied. I saw Niall and Harry smile but I obviously thought nothing of it. I sat beside Riley and explained what happened.

“He didn’t like the fact that we have five boys staying at our place. Then he asked if I was in love with him and when I didn’t reply, he said we should take a break so I could figure it out.” I found myself smiling as I spoke. Maybe it was better that we broke up. I mean, did I really feel the same way that I used to?

“Never liked him anyways.” She said while digging into the bowl of popcorn that was sitting between her and Niall. She was always nice to Nick, but I knew she didn’t like him at all. Why did I even like him? “Yeah, I don’t think I did either.”

“So you’re officially single?” Niall asked. “Yup.” I nodded. I wasn’t sure if ‘taking a break’ meant I was single, but who cares. We weren’t exactly together. “I think we should party.” Riley smirked. “Clubbing! Woo hoo!” Louis cheered while jumping off the couch and typing away on his phone. Riley grabbed my hand and pulled me up to my room. Once we were there, she started going through my closet.

“What are you looking for?” I asked. I sat on my bed and watched as she pulled outfit after outfit out and threw them on the floor. “Something sexy, so you can impress Niall.” I must have choked on my own spit, because I started coughing uncontrollably. “Excuse me?” I stuttered. Riley sighed and turned towards me. “I’m not stupid.”

Before I could reply, there was a knock on the door. “Come in!” I called out. The door opened and I saw Louis and a girl who must have been Eleanor. “I just wanted to introduce you guys.” Louis smiled. Riley held out her hand to Eleanor, but was pulled into a hug instead. Riley was shocked but hugged her back.

“I’ve heard so much about you two! It’s great to finally meet you.” Eleanor said. “It’s great to meet you too.” I said, hugging her. She was tall and beautiful. She seemed so sweet and I hoped that we would become great friends. “You’re gorgeous.” I told her. 

Her eyes widened and she laughed. “Me!? Look at you! You could easily be a model!” I blushed and looked down. I could never take a compliment very well. “That’s what she wants to be.” Riley said. I shot her a look but she only smiled at me. “Really! I could totally get you in!” Eleanor smiled. I stayed quiet.

I had no idea what to say. “Are you guys getting ready?” Louis asked, looking around the room at all the clothes that were lying all over the floor. I nodded and looked around. Damn this was a mess. “Do you want to come?” I asked Eleanor. She turned to Louis with a pleading look in his eyes. “That’s why she’s here, duh.” Louis rolled his eyes.

“Great! Want to get ready with us?” Riley asked. “Sure! I’m just going to run home quickly and grab some stuff.” With that, her and Louis disappeared.

~*~

Eleanor made it back in no time. We were sitting in my room still picking outfits for tonight. “As I was saying,” Riley spoke. “We need to find the right outfit to impress Niall.”

“Wait, you like Niall?” Eleanor asked. “I thought you and your boyfriend just broke up?” I opened my mouth to explain that I didn’t like Niall, but Riley interrupted. She said how I was in love with him in high school and how I obviously still was. But I wasn’t! He was just a friend. A best friend, and that’s all he’ll ever be to me.

“You two would be so cute together!” Eleanor cheered. I picked up two pillows and threw one at the both of them. “Shut up! I am not in love with him! And I never have been.” Okay, so the last part was a lie, but I wasn’t in love with him anymore. “You’re not in love with who?”

I turned to see Harry standing in the doorway with an eyebrow raised, and his signature smirk across his face. “Nobody.” I rushed out. He chuckled and turned to Riley. “You might want to fix your hair.” He said before walking away. Riley’s jaw dropped and she ran over to a mirror and started fixing it.

“Has it been like this all day?” She asked, running her fingers through it. “Riley, your hair is fine. I don’t know what he’s talking about.” Eleanor told her. “I could strangle him.” Riley mumbled. It was strange, we were all best friends but Harry and Riley always had some feud going on. It was actually funny to watch sometimes.

~*~

Two hours later and we were all ready to go. Riley decided to wear a pair of short shorts that were maybe a little to short, her Ed Sheeran belly top, with black heels. She also had her hair straightened. Eleanor decided to go for a tight black dress that looked amazing on her. She had a pair of white heels and curled her hair. As for me, I went for a pair of white skinny jeans, a crop top, and black heels with my hair kept straight.

“You look great.” Niall smiled as I walked into the kitchen. “Thanks.” I replied. We walked into the living room together to find everybody sitting around. “Ready to go?” I asked. “Yup!” Riley said, standing up from the couch. “Ew Riley, you’re not wearing that are you?” Harry asked from the other couch. Riley narrowed her eyes at him. “What’s wrong Harry? Jealous that I’ll get more male attention than you will?” She spat at him.

“What…” Harry said slowly. He was clearly confused. “Mate, I think she just called you gay.” Zayn laughed. Everyone joined in on the laughing, as Harry turned red from anger. Riley smirked and made her way out of the room. Louis and Zayn ran after her while Niall, Harry, Eleanor and I slowly made our way out.

Hopefully tonight was going to be a fun one.