My Sister's Boyfriend ◾ Ziall [EDITING]

Chapter 10

• NIALL •

 My eyes fly open at a loud crash and I jerk into a sitting position. Someone hits the floor and curses echo through the room. Louis shoots up into a sitting position and we share a look. We look over the edge of my bed and see Harry half awake on the floor.

 "Haz?" I mumble. "Why are you on the floor?"

 "No idea..." Harry yawns, eyes closing.

 Soon his quiet snores fill the room and I smile at how innocent he looks. Louis nudges me and I look at him to see a smirk on his face. I frown and he pulls me out of the room, down the stairs and into the kitchen.

 "What are we doing?" I hiss.

 "Pranking Haz," Louis chuckles.

 "How?"

 "We need...straws and a permanent marker."

 "Um..."

 "Please."

 "Straws in the second draw on the right and the marker is in the jar on the cupboard."

 Louis grins and opens the draw I mentioned. He grabs the straws and marker before we hurry back upstairs, small laughs escaping our mouths. We enter my room and see Harry still asleep on the floor.

 "Now what?" I ask.

 "Show time!" Louis says.

 Louis sneaks over to Harry's prone form and gets the straws out of his pocket. He pokes a few into Harry's nose and I stifle a laugh. I get the marker out of my pocket and hand it to Louis. He draws and writes a few things on Harry's face.

 "Return these to the kitchen," Louis hisses.

 I nod and take the marker and straws from Louis. I hurry quietly down the stairs and into the kitchen. I put the marker back in the jar and the straws back in the draw. I hear someone coming downstairs and I grab a cup, filling it with water.

 "Ni?" Liam yawns. "What are you doing?"

 "Getting a drink," I say. "What are you doing?"

 "Same."

 "I'll get it for you."

 I get another cup and fill it with water. I hand it to Liam and he smiles his thanks. We drink our water before drying the cups and putting them away. We say goodnight and wander back up the stairs. I walk into my room and see Louis laying on the bed.

 "What took you so long?" Louis hisses.

 "Liam," I mutter.

 He rolls his eyes. "Of course."

 "I'm going to sleep now."

 "Come on then."

 Louis moves over and I lay down next to him. His back presses against mine and I get an idea. I roll over and pull him to me. His back presses against my chest and my arm automatically goes around his waist. Louis sighs and shuffles closer.

 "Comfortable, Lou?" I whisper.

 Louis nods. "Tired too."

 I chuckle and my eyes close slowly. I press a kiss to Louis' cheek and he shivers at the contact. His eyes close and he sighs. I bury my face in Louis' shoulder and sigh. This feels so natural and normal. It also feels so right.

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 "WHAT THE FUCK?!" Harry yells.

 "Huh?" Louis mumbles. "What going on?"

 "No fucking idea," I mutter.

 We sit up and the blanket tangles around us. I curse and rip the blanket off us, causing Louis to laugh. I roll my eyes and get up. Louis stands next to me and we walk out of my room. I see the light on in the bathroom and go to the door.

 "Harry?" I ask.

 "Hey, Niall," Harry mutters.

 "Why are you up so early?"

 "I came to go to the toilet and turned the light on."

 "That's why you yelled?" Louis groans. "Too early, Haz."

 "That is not why I yelled."

 "Why then?!"

 "This!"

 Harry faces us and our gasps fill the room. There is permanent marker all over his face; words, pictures and symbols. I look over at Louis and we burst out laughing. This just made our day, and it made it good.

 "Hilarious," Harry says sarcastically.

 "It is!" Louis exclaims.

 "Louis."

 "Alright. Sorry."

 "I need to eat," I groan. "I feel sick."

 Louis rolls his eyes. "You haven't eaten for two days."

 "Yay."

 "What do you want?"

 "Is Nandos open?"

 He checks his phone. "By the time we get there."

 "Let's go."

 "I'll drive."

 "Can you bring me back something?" Harry asks.

 "If I don't eat it all!" I laugh.

 "Niall!"

 "No promises!"

 Louis chuckles and grabs my arm, dragging me back to my room. I grab a t-shirt off the floor and pull it on, Louis scent filling my nose. Louis pulls on a shirt and rolls his eyes when he sees that it is one of mine.

 I pull on a pair of my skinny jeans and Louis pulls on some jeans. We put our shoes on and Louis 'tests' them out by almost falling down the stairs. I reach the bottom of the stairs and shove him playfully.

 We walk outside and it turns out that Louis' car isn't going to work for us. I groan and we start our walk to Nandos. We reach it half an hour later and walk inside. We order two of everything and head back to Zayn's, me having been stopped from eating it all.

 "We're back!" Louis shouts.

 "With Nandos!" I add.

 Liam, Harry, Doniya, Waliyha, Safaa, Zayn and Trisha run down the stairs and sit at the table. Louis and I spread the food out on the table, gasps escaping from everyone. I watch Louis slip a card into his back pocket and smirk.

 "Those are Harry's," I whisper. "Aren't they?"

 Louis nods. "I did it again."

 We start eating and the smell of food must wake Yaser, because he wanders down here and starts eating with us. Louis, Harry and I are still eating ten minutes later, and there is still quite a bit of food left on the table.

 "I'm full," Louis groans.

 "I don't think I'm going to eat ever again!" Harry exclaims.

 "I agree with you, Lou," I say. "I'll be back down here soon."

 "No you won't!" Louis snaps. "This is for lunch."

 I whimper.

 "Sorry, but it is."

 "What are we going to do until then?"

 "Make out?" Harry suggests.

 Louis and I stare at him in shock.

 "I wasn't being serious!"

 Louis smirks. "Sure you weren't."

 "Maybe a bit."

 "I'm in."

 "Me too," I say.

 "I'm shocked, Nialler," Louis says. "I never thought I'd hear you say that."

 "Well, now you have."

 "Yep." Harry and Louis say in sync.