"Oh my gosh, Cody!" I screamed and jumped into his arms. He laughed a little and hugged me back. Cody Hayes was one of my closest childhood friends. He also happened to be one of the longest crushes I ever had, besides Niall. "What are you doing here?"

"I came looking for a flat," he said as I let go of him. He was still smiling. "I'm moving to London soon"

"Really?" I said a little more excited than I should be.

"Yeah, why not. It'd be a nice change. And, since I was in the area, I thought I'd stop by and say hello."

"How'd you find me?" I realized I had never given him my address. We talked from time to time and had kept in contact but since I hadn't expected him to visit I hadn't told him what it was.

"Your dad told me where you lived. He says hi by the way." Of course. It was just like my father to say hello through someone else instead of picking up a phone

"Well it's great to see you" I said and hugged him again

"So… Can I come in?" He put his hands on his pockets and shrugged his shoulders. He looked unbelievably cute when he did that.

"Oh, uh, yeah. Wait! Actually…" I couldn't let him in. I had completely forgotten that Niall was waiting for me inside. And it wasn't just that I had something important to tell Niall; these two couldn't be in the same room without something happening. They were not very close. There was a time where they were but for some reason they had a fight and never got over it. I stayed friends with both but they refused to be in the same room together.

"What is it?" he asked confused as to why I had taken my invitation back. But that confusion was put aside when Niall called my name

"Kitty!" he called a little loud. Cody's face turned surprised then annoyed. Niall walked up behind me and leaned in to look outside. From the look on his face I guessed he had recognized Cody's voice just as Cody had recognized his.

"Niall –"

"What are you doing here?" he interrupted me using a menacing tone. It seemed out of place on Niall's lips but matched his expression perfectly.

"What are you doing here?" Cody replied in the same tone. On him it was more fitting. His hair was shorter than I remember but he still had a bad boy look. Sort of like a skater

"Kitty and I were having a little talk. Why are you here?" Niall said moving closer as if to protect his territory

"Kitty was just about to invite me inside" Cody said moving closer too

"We're busy"

"Well this is nice…" I said quietly. I was used to having to come between them but it usually wasn't so literal. Right now, both were leaning into each other with only me separating them. I was afraid to think of what would happen if I wasn't here

"I'm sure you weren't too busy if she had time to come talk to me" Cody replied not having heard me. I heard Niall take a deep breath.

"Leave!"

"Make me!"

"Hey!" I said pushing them away from each other. "We've talked about this! Be nice okay"

"Whatever" they both said and glared at each other.

"Alright, now why don't both of you come inside… we could talk or something." They both gave one nod and walked inside. I sat on the couch and each took their place on either side of me. I tried not to focus on the fact that they were having a staring contest above my head. I didn't understand what had caused them to act like this when, as kids, we were all really close. Neither ever told me what the argument that had changed that was about

"So, Kitty" Cody said not pulling his eyes away from Niall. "Mind if I ask what you two were talking about." I saw Niall's turn to me for a second, probably since I had never actually said the words out loud.

"Oh, umm, we were just spending time together actually…" I said looking down. If I couldn't tell Niall when we were alone I certainly couldn't tell him with someone else here. Especially since that someone was Cody.

"Really? I guess that talk wasn't so important, was it Niall." Cody mocked as Niall gave him another look. I couldn't help but compare them to one another. Niall had softer features and Cody's eyes were hazel rather than blue. Both had brunette hair but since Niall dyed his it was only noticeable on Cody. Besides that and Cody's slight height advantage they looked somewhat similar. And they were both unbelievably attractive.

"What is it?" Niall asked looking down at me. I had spaced out I suppose.

"N- nothing. I'm fine"

"You sure?" Cody asked. Both looked a little worried. I nodded realizing I couldn't handle these two by myself. I sighed and changed the subject.

"Why don't I go get us some drinks?" I patted their knees and pushed myself up. I walked until I was completely out of sight in my kitchen and took out my phone. I hit the speed dial button and put my phone between my ear and my shoulder before turning to my fridge. Careful not to drop anything I poured three glasses of lemonade and waited impatiently as the phone continued to beep. I was about to give up when Lexi finally answered the phone.

"Hello?" she answered, sounding confused.

"Lexi! Where were you?!" I whispered as loud as I could

"I left my phone in my room. Mel why aren't you with Niall? Did you tell him? How –"

"Lexi, not now! I need you to come over right away!"

"Why? What's wrong?"

"I can't explain right now, just come over okay?"

"But why –"

"Come over right now!" I hissed at her

"Alright, alright, I'll be right there" she said and hung up. I quickly picked up the drinks and rushed back. Thankfully they were still alive, sitting on the couch, giving each other death stares.

"Here you go" I said handing each of them their glasses. They thanked me and I sat between them again. Niall took a sip from his as Cody put his arm around me, making me blush.

"So, Kitty, we haven't talked in a little while. How've you been?"

"Good" I said not able to think of anything else. He smelled so good…

"That's good" he said and leaned in with smile; a smile that made me blush even more. "How about you Niall? You must be very busy with your little boy band and all"

"Yeah I am actually. You know with travelling all over the world, winning so many awards, and having a single going double platinum it keeps a guy busy." Niall said with a superior look on his face.

"Dancing around to teen pop songs, very masculine" Cody smiled sarcastically and took a sip of his own drink. Niall leaned forward and I had to put a hand on his chest to keep him back. He leaned back but took my hand in his. Cody noticed too.

"It's okay I like teen pop songs. And Kitty does too right?" Niall smiled and surprisingly Cody did too

"Yeah that's why she's wearing a heavy metal band's t-shirt. You know Kitty with me moving here we can spend a lot more time together. A lot. Maybe we could go to a concert sometime." Niall's smile faded just as someone knocked on the door

Oh thank God, I thought as I got out from both their grasps; taking my hand back from Niall and the rest of me back from Cody.

"Be right back" I said and went to the door. When I opened it I wasn't at all surprised to see Lexi on the other side

"Hey so why the rush –" She didn't get to finish her sentence; I had pulled her inside.

"Hey look who decided to drop by" I said as I walked back to the two boys sitting on my couch. "It's Lexi! Cody I told you about Lexi right? Lexi, this is my friend from Mullingar, Cody Hayes"

"Hi, it's nice to meet you" Cody said as both he and Niall stood up. He shook her hand but neither of the boys looked very excited

"You too" Lexi replied smiling. She turned to me and gave me an approving look. This meaning she thought he was cute. I had told her about him but it hadn't been much other than a name.

"Hey, you know what" I said after the brief introduction. "You don't have drink yet. Why don't we get you one?"

"Wait but –"

"Be right back you two" I said interrupting Lexi and dragged her into the kitchen. They both sat back down, sharing a quick look, and proceeded to ignore one another.

"So is this why you asked me to come?" Lexi asked once we were safely in kitchen.

"Yeah… Look there's some things I didn't tell you about Cody that I probably should. So that you understand why I need you here"

"Like what?" she asked and I took in a deep breath so that I could get everything out as quickly as possible

"Okay. So Niall, Cody, and I used to all be friends back when we were kids. One day those two got in a fight and have refused to talk since. I don't know what the fight was about; they didn't tell me, so don't even ask. I still talked to both of them but it was usually separate so this didn't happen. Now Cody's moving to London and he came to visit and now they keep giving each other death glares and I don't know what to do."

"Okay I could see how that might put a damper on things…"

"That's not all. I'm also, kinda sorta, in love with him too… Don't give me that look! They're both really cute and really sweet and I care about both of them okay! And it's really hard to deal with just Niall and now I have Cody to worry about too and it's a lot of emotions! So please help me"

"Okay, calm down, so it's a little bad. Okay, really bad. Kinda like your outfit. What are you wearing?!" She almost screamed just now looking at my clothes.

"Really? You're doing this now?!"

"Fine, fine, sorry but honestly woman you couldn't have at least done something, I don't know, nice to your hair." I stared at her. "Okay, okay, so what do you want me to do?"

"Help me distract them so they don't kill each other" I said as I reached in the fridge for some lemonade. Hopefully with someone else here they'd feel more obliged to act nicely. Hopefully

"I'll try" she said as doubtful as I was