Drive [Narry/Ziall]

Chapter Five

As far as the average college student is concerned, University was all about having sex, going to parties, and getting drunk (of course, there was always studying, but who could remember academics when you're getting shit-faced with your buddies and lovers?).

It was well after midnight, and even though most students had classes in the morning, the party was at its' highest peak of the night.

Zayn and Niall were in the midst of the action.

Even though they had come almost against their will, they were having a grand time. Both were throwing down drinks like nobody's business.

Niall's becoming too sozzled to even notice his boyfriend dancing his way away, over to Josh to play a good ol' game of Never Have I Ever.

But he's not too drunk to see Harry.

The curly-haired lad was currently in the arms of a boy that Niall's sure he's never seen. He's buff, with short brown hair - he looks like your stereotypical jock. They're kissing so deeply that they're practically swallowing each other. Harry's hand lingers close to the larger lad's zipper, about ready to pull it down, and Niall wonders how he got this one.

And maybe, if he weren't so intoxicated, he wouldn't have interfered when he did. But he was a good lad, really, and he was concerned.

So he practically danced his way over, a drunken smile on his face. Harry broke away from his kiss, and glanced up at the blonde - his eyes wide, quite nicely resembling a baby deer caught in the headlights of a speeding truck.

"Hi Harry," Niall cooed, voice thick. Harry realized that he was quite noticeably strung - and there was this little feeling in his heart that told him this wouldn't end well. "Looks like you've hooked a lad, huh? Is this one loosening up, too?"

The stranger looked at Harry, eyes filled with pain. "H-Haz? What is he talking about?"

"Niall," Harry hissed at the blonde, venom in his voice. Niall only smiled at him. He didn't know what he was watching. "Fuck off."

"What? I'm only playin' with you, Harry. After all, that's kind of what Uni is about, right? Did you tell this guy the same thing you told me? Or shall I enlighten him myself?"

"Harry!" the boy cried out, pushing the smaller lad off and rising to his feet. "What the hell is going on? Tell me!"

Niall giggled and swatted at the boy's arm. "Did he tell you that you're really fuckin' pretty? Ask you out to dinner, a movie - perhaps back to his place? Were you overly mellow? Not willing enough to experiment? Did you just go for it?"

"Liam!" Harry cries out to the boy - assumedly Liam - and bolts up as well. "It's not what you think, I swear-,"

"What the fuck are you playing, Styles?" Liam mumbles, tears beginning to flood his eyes. "Are you kidding me? I think that this is exactly what I think it is, isn't it? You were going to cheat on me?"

This statement seems to sober Niall up just enough so that he can really get angry at Harry. "Oh, looks like you're the master of loosening up, Harry. You have a boyfriend, and yet you've been trying to ask me out? I knew you had no shame, but this is a little messed up - even for you."

"Liam..." Harry tries to grab his arm, but Liam yanks back before he can.

"Don't touch me! You never loved me!"

Then, Liam grabs Niall's arm and pulls him away from Harry - through the crowd, and away from everyone else. Niall can momentarily see Zayn, but he's not watching - too involved in his game to pay attention to anyone else. Liam drags him to a bedroom, and Niall follows him willingly enough - this boy just got his heart broken, after all.

Liam slams the door behind them, lets go of Niall, and sits on the bed. He looks at Niall, eyes filled with pain, and gestures for the blonde to come sit beside him. He does.

"Thank you," Liam breathes out before Niall can speak.

Niall's heart crumbles into a million pieces as he whispers, "Don't thank me. I...I really shouldn't have interfered. I-,"

"No," Liam cuts him off, and smiles. Niall wills himself to return the gesture. "People have warned me about Harry, and I just didn't have any proof until now...I just thought he loved me. I wanted him to love me. But he never could. And, I guess I would have figured it out sooner or later."

"He shouldn't have cheated on you. Or tried...I don't know."

...

"I, um...I'm Liam, in case you didn't catch that earlier."

"Niall."

Niall doesn't know it then, but he's just made a lifelong friend, in one of the weirdest ways he could ever think of.

[So, they party a lot, it's Uni and...yeah, parties rock.x]