A Slide Into First ➵ narry

Chapter 10

“Fuck off, Li,” Louis said into his hands.

“Nah, Louis’s actually a hidden romantic. Him and El are the…”

“Oh my God, shut the fuck up!” Louis yelled, throwing himself into the grass. Zayn was beside him, rolling on the ground with laughter.

“Wait…” Niall started, feeling like he was missing something, “Who’s ‘El’?”

“Well, losers, if you had come over to our house today you would know,” Liam teased, sticking his tongue out.

“Oh, come on, we want to know!” Harry whined.

“Fine, fine,” Zayn relented, Louis just growled into the ground, “So remember the bonfire…”

“Wait! It’s my story! I’ll tell it!” Louis yelled, picking himself up, “So yeah, the bonfire and what not. Do you remember a girl there who was like a bit shorter than me with long brown hair?”

“Lou, that was like half the party,” Niall said.

“Shut up. She was gorgeous and wearing a really nice white dress, and she had come there with Dani. Remember?”

“Ok, it’s bringing up a memory I have. Continue,” Harry answered.

“Well she’s one of Dani’s friends from back home. Her name’s Eleanor and she goes to Oberlin where she studies Politics. And… we kinda have a thing going on or something,”

“Why haven’t you talked about her, asshole?” Niall asked.

“Because it’s really been pretty much nothing! We had a few text conversations and we skyped one night, but that was about it. Then last night Dani was stopping up here for the night because she needed a place to crash on the way back from a friend’s house and El just happened to be with her! Then while Liam and Dani snuck off to God knows where…,”

Liam smirked.

“…I showed Eleanor around town for a bit and let’s just say Liam and I had to fight over who got the bedroom to themselves,”

Louis entertained them with a few more stories about his romantic escapades before Zayn pulled out a few joints he had snuck out. Niall, sadly, had to refuse but Harry and Louis delighted in the change of vice. Before they knew it the sun had blown out and the stars overhead were beaming down on them and, frankly, Niall needed to get to bed.

Niall cursed as Harry pulled him off the ground, shaking a bit at his left knee.

“Ni, are you okay?” Harry asked.

“Eh, nothing major. Just my knee’s been acting up. Should be fine,”

Harry hunched down, swiping a finger across Niall’s cheek and asked, “Would you like a piggy-back ride?”

Niall nodded and grinned, so he hopped onto Harry as they strode together back to the car.

“So you liked my song, eh?” Niall asked, resting his head on Harry’s shoulder.

“Best song a boy has ever played for me. And only song,”

“You are a rock,” Niall sang lowly.

“I was missing your beautiful voice on it, though,” Harry noted.

“You didn’t really miss out on much. Play much better than I sing,”

“I tend to disagree,” Harry whispered as he nuzzled into Niall’s touch.

“So you want me to sing on your next one?” Niall asked.