"What the fuck, Niall! She's mine!" Zayn's voice was pulsing through my head as he and Niall bickered. When I finally opened my eyes, Harry was in the corner with his jaw on the floor, and Zayn had Niall pinned up against the wall. Niall went pale as Zayn brought his fist back, but I came to my senses.
"Zayn! Stop it!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. He turned and stared at me, then let go of Niall when he realized how angry I was. I ran to Niall's side and checked out his bloody nose from a previous hit he had taken from Zayn. "I'm not yours."
"What are you talking about?" He asked, his shoulders slumping.
"Zayn, you promised a week and it was three months. Niall was there for me when I needed you most. He made me smile and laugh when you couldn't." I got teary eyed and Niall hugged me from behind, but I quickly stepped out of his grasp.
"She has a point." Harry stated from the corner where he was licking peanut butter off of a spoon.
"Shut up, Harry." Zayn retorted with his voice shaking. "Are you telling me we're over?"
"I'm telling you I figured since you abandoned me that you wanted it to be over." Tears threatened to fall, but I sucked it up and remained strong. "I'm nobody's girl." I picked up my bag and walked out of Harry's apartment, leaving behind a bloody Niall, a devastated Zayn, and an amused Harry.
XX
"Natalie! Is that you?" A voice yelled from behind me while sat on a park bench thinking. I slowly turned my head to find a messy-haired boy in a striped t-shirt and suspenders.
"Hey, Louis." I weakly smiled at him then patted the empty spot on the bench next to me. He gave me a quick hug then sat.
"How have you been, hun? I haven't seen you in a while!" He grinned ear to ear while looking at the sky. I looked up too, but there were only clouds so I figured he must see more than I understood. Who knows what goes through the boy's head?
"I've been okay. Lots of stuff goin' on lately, ya know?" I felt exhausted, but refused to leave. I wanted to talk to Louis, he always listened.
'I've heard. A lot of drama with Zayn and Niall, hm?" He asked with that cheesy smile still plastered to his face. Everything he did seemed so relaxed, yet spontaneous. It was actually quite admirable.
"How do you know so quickly?" I asked, genuinely curious.
"Harry tweeted it, of course!" Louis smiled even bigger than before, but I just made a displeased face.
Oh, Harry. What would happen if you didn't have Twitter? "Of course. Hey, have you talked to Liam lately?"
"Yeah, I saw him this morning. He should be at the beach, why?" Louis stopped smiling and it shocked me. Something must've happened between them, because when I looked back at Louis, he was staring at the ground and his eyes were full of sadness.
"You okay, Lou?" I asked, giving him a hug.
"Yeah. Just be careful talking to him. He's having a rough time lately."
"Thanks, Lou. Text me okay?" He nodded with a gentle smile and I got up to go to the beach.
XX
I had six calls from Niall that I rejected and twenty-two from Zayn that I also rejected, but I was happily texting Louis. The beach was desolate when I arrived, except for one person surfing. After all, it was quite late to be at the beach.
"LIAM!" I screamed and the surfer fell into the water, I fell too, but into the sand laughing. The surfer swam to shore and carried his board up the beach.
"Oh, lord. If it isn't Little Miss Sunshine. Hey, Nat." He smiled and tried to hug me, but I backed up and screeched.
"No! You're soaking wet!" I yelled, laughing. "Liam! I've missed you!" I exclaimed, giving him a high five.
"It's been a while, Nat. What've you been up to?" His British accent was more noticeable for some reason.
"Same old, same old. A lot of drama." I sighed, but quickly smiled when I realized I had seen both Liam and Lou in the same day. A pretty good day when you get to see TWO of your best friends in one day.
"Ah, I see." He smiled. "Hey, you got a bathing suit with you? I could teach you how to surf." I quickly backed away.
"I have absolutely no intention of drowning today."
"You won't! Do you have a bathing suit, though?" I shook my head no and he sighed. "Oh well." He came closer to me, picked me up, and threw me over his shoulder.
"Liam! Put me down!" I yelled as I slapped his back and kicked, but he just got closer and closer do the water. "N-No" I screamed as he dumped me in.
I surfaced to find Liam sitting on his board laughing his head off. I sighed, then started laughing too, "You're terrible!" I exclaimed with a smile at my face.
Liam tried to get me to stand on the board, but every time I'd just fall off and we'd end up laughing again. It took my mind off of everything that had happened earlier in the day and he drove me home soaking wet with a smile on my face. I thanked Liam for trying to teach me and walked up the stairs to Niall's apartment.
Slowly, very slowly, I opened the door. The lights were off and I walked in hoping that Niall wasn't there, but when I turned the lights on, he was. The he was on the floor, pinned to the ground gasping.
"Niall!" I screamed and started to fun over to him, but stopped dead in my tracks when I saw who was pinning him to the ground.
"Hello, darling." Zayn said with a devilish grin.
