1+1 Makes 3 | Niam

Chapter 3

Niall's p.o.v

"Ni, where exactly are you going to stay? I'd offer to let you stay at my place, but there's no space. Seriously, where?"

Sat on the floor opposite him, Louis was watching Niall pack.

Rubbing his back, Niall took a break from placing his belongings in boxes as he said "Lou, I'll find somewhere. I'm lucky I'm only being evicted now, I haven't paid rent for the last six weeks. And anyway, until I find a place, there always the YHA."

Snorting in disbelief, Louis knocked over a stack of books as he muttered "The youth hostel? Ni, you've got to be joking. Staying there isn't good for you or for my Godchild."

Sighing, Niall moved to tidy up the books as he muttered "Stop saying that, Lou, or I won't make you godfather. It'll only be for a few days until I get a new job and can afford a place. Can we talk about something else?"

Huffing dramatically, Louis rocked back on his heels before saying "Fine. You wanna talk about something else, tell me about Liam."

"Lou!"

Smirking, Louis stopped Niall from packing, tacking the pile of plates he was sorting away from him as he said "What? You're gonna be stuck with him in your life for the next eighteen years, I want to know about him. What's wrong with that?"

Frowning, Niall shook his head slightly before he muttered "Louis......."

"Oh c'mon Niall. Just tell me his full name, what he's like, his job...... stuff like that." Pouting as he spoke, Louis took over packing, expertly folding a pile of jumpers in a matter of seconds.

Shaking his head at his best friends perseverance, Niall wrapped his arms around himself before conceding "Fine. His full name is...... um..... shit. I don't actually know his full name. I know he's called Liam, I know his address and that he's so goddamned confusing. One minute he's an asshole, the next he's being nice and acts like a gentlemen."

Frowning at Niall, Louis looked concerned as he said "You don't know his full name? Ni..... How much older than you is this guy??"

Rubbing his temple, Niall couldn't look Louis in the eye as he said "Liam is thirty four. He told me he was eleven years older than I was when we ..... first met."

Choking on his drink, Louis spluttered slightly before he managed to say "Ni? That's ...... Jesus. He's eleven years older than you?! Be careful, seriously......."

Rolling his eyes, Niall resumed packing as he said "Lou, calm down. Besides, it's too late for 'being careful', don't you think? Anyway, Liam doesn't want a relationship, he's only bothering with me because he got me knocked up. If I hadn't got pregnant, I'd never have seen him again."

Still sputtering, Louis resisted the urge to try and shake "Ni, that's not the point. It's really inappropriate, what was ten weeks ago you thinking?"

Starting to get pissed off, Niall stopped packing and glared at his best friend before he said "Well, what's done is done. Louis, ten weeks ago me wasn't thinking. I was pissed, as was Liam, and I wouldn't have even gone out that night if you hadn't been fucking my ex boyfriend on my couch."

Opening his mouth to speak , Louis was cut off by the doorbell.

Glaring at him, Niall stood up and headed for the door, muttering "I'll get it."

Following Niall, Louis nearly killed himself tripping over a pair of shoes as he muttered "He was your ex? Don't blame it on me, Horan. I'm not the one who slept with a stranger."

Opening the door, the first thing Niall noticed was the suit, the second thing was the pizza the guy wearing the suit was holding. "Liam? What are you doing here? How did you get my address?"

Letting him in, Niall frowned slightly, taking the state of his cramped flat. Not that it would be his flat for much longer.

Handing the pizza over to Niall, Liam looked out of place, surrounded by the clutter and boxes. "I hadn't heard from you in a while. I thought I'd drop by, see how you two were doing....."

Looking awkwardly around the place, Niall glared once more at Louis before he said "Oh. Well, we're good. Even better now that there's pizza. You gonna come in? Or are you planning to stand in the door way?"

Noticing Louis for the first time, Liam coughed nervously before he muttered "Ummm, yeah, I'll come in."

Leaning awkwardly against the kitchen door, Liam took in all the boxes and the state of disarray engulfing Niall's flat before he asked "What's going on here? What's with all the boxes?"

Stealing a slice of pizza from Niall, Louis shushed him as he said "Niall here is being evicted. He has three days to leave, before the landlord calls the cops."

Frowning at Niall, who looked up from his pizza with an equally disconcerting scowl, Liam looked concerned, glancing at all of the boxes before saying "Who are you, anyway? Niall, is that true?"

Looking offended, Louis stole another slice of pizza as he said "I'm the best friend."

Dropping the box of pizza, Niall mumbled something before he ran over to the bathroom, puking the pizza back up noisily.

Looking awkward, Liam exchanged a nervous look with Louis before asking "Is he really getting evicted?"

Coming back threw, Niall shot the pizza box a dirty look before muttering "I am. My rent went up by five hundred quid and I couldn't afford it after getting made redundant."

Absentmindedly folding one the sweatshirts lying around, Liam pulled at his shirt collar before asking "What are you going to do? Where are you staying?"

Once again interrupting Niall, Louis seemed pleased with himself as he said "Niall here plans to stay in the local YHA."

Giving Louis the finger, Niall bit back a string of curse words as he muttered "It was an idea...... Just until I found anywhere else to stay."

Looking down at his shoes, Liam but his lip, deliberating over what he was about to say. "Niall, you could move in with me. I have two spare bedrooms."

Dropping a stack of books into a box, Niall stuck his tongue at Louis before saying "Really, Liam? You'd let me?"

Smiling slightly at the look of relief on Nialls face, Liam didn't really think as he said "Yeah, if it would help. I don't want to miss anything, this would make it easier......."

Interjecting, Louis stared pointedly at Niall as he muttered "You don't even know his last name."

Rolling his eyes at Louis, Liam folded another sweater as he said "My full name is Liam James Payne."

Realising that Liam didn't know his last name, Niall hugged his stomach as he mumbled "Mine is Niall James Horan."