[ Harry's POV ]
"Oh my God!" Louis squealed for the seventh time, obviously trying to be as quiet as he could. I winced at his loud voice in my ear and faked a smile. He's been jumping around in a circle like a little girl on crack ever since I lied to him about Niall. How could he even believe me?
I rolled my eyes. "Louis, you're going to wake the other boys up."
"I don't care, this is important!" Louis chirped, rubbing his palms togetuer as if he were coming up with some kind of evil plan. I rolled my green irises again and watched him skip around merrily in the cabin. Goodness, his hair is just perfect. His eyes, his smile, his TOMS. It's all just perfect.
"This is not important at all!" I insisted, crossing my arms across my chest.
Louis turned to face me. "This is very important!" He plopped his big bum down beside me and one of his hands were placed underneath my chin. His fingers lingered around my chin, making me shiver. Oh, his touch. "My wittle Hazza's in love!"
"I wouldn't actually call it 'love'," I mumbled, pulling myself away from Louis' grasp. I know, it's very unlike me to pull away from Louis, but this is weird. If we were talking about anything other than this, I would feel comfortable. But no, we're talking about Niall, which just makes this ten times more awkward than it needs to be.
"I can't believe I've never noticed!" Louis continued, making me roll my eyes. His voice suddenly became serious, which is very unlike Louis and his normally playful, banterous self, as he looked me in the eyes. "Harry, I never knew you were gay."
I bit my bottom lip. "Well, you know... I, uh... Erm..."
He held his palm up. "It's okay, you don't have to explain it," Louis noted, interrupting me. "I can't believe that I never saw the way you looked at Niall! Now that I think about it, it was so obvious!"
"It was?" I asked in a skeptical voice while raising my eyebrow. I tried my hardest not to laugh because of how plainfully stupid he sounds right now. Obvious? Oh, please. I may be gay, but I certainly don't like Niall like that. Louis gave me an odd glance. "I mean, yeah, it was!"
Louis grinned wildly. "I have to set you two up!"
"No!" I shouted abruptly. Louis looked apauled by my random outburst and squinted hard at me. I let a sigh escape my thin lips as I ruffled my hair out. If Louis really knew me, he'd know that I was extremely stressed out right now. Now I feel guilty. Not for me, but for lying to my best friend. Louis doesn't diserve to be lied to. If anyone, it should be me.
I wish I could just tell Louis what's going through my head right now. I wish I could just let him know that I really love him, not Niall. I wish I could tell him that I cry myself to sleep almost every night because I know he'll never love me the way I love him. There's just one small issue though; I can't. Trust me, I won't.
Standing up and walking away from the couch, I let out yet another frustrated sigh. "I'm sorry, Louis."
Glancing backwards, I saw his sweet smile in my direction. "You say sorry too much, Hazza." I watched his amazing blue eyes as he also got up and began walking in my direction. Once he was within touching-distance of me, he spoke again. "Why are you so on edge lately?"
"No reason," I lied. There goes another one. I could feel the pinch in my chest again as I told him something far from the truth again. I shrugged and tried my best to smile at the innocent boy in front of me. He has no idea, I thought.
"Oh, I get it!" Louis said, reaching up to pat my back, as I towered above him slightly. "You're just nervous because I found out your little secret. Awh, Har-"
Louis was cut off by a loud feminine scream and someone bursting through the door. What the fuck? I shielded my eyes and upper body from the intruder by grabbing Louis' small body and pulling him in front of me. Louis yelled as well, tossing his arms around me like a baby. I think we might have sat there in that grasping-onto-each other position for a few seconds before the yelling and screaming stopped.
My eyes grazed up, searching the room for whoever the bloody hell just scared the shit out of me. With a hint of amusement, my eyes met Zayn's. He was standing in a fighting position while holding a long, brown object in his hands. It didn't take very long to realize that the long object was a baseball bat. His golden-hazel pools looked shocked and paralyzed with fear. I guess as instinct, I was the first one to laugh.
"What the bloody hell were you doing, mate?!" Louis asked, clutching his heart to show how scared he was at Zayn's random outburst. "You nearly gave me a heart attack!"
"Sorry," Zayn mumbled while dropping the bat down to his side. "We heard Harry screaming. Niall and Liam thought you lads could use my help so they sent me in here."
I continued laughing. "You scared the hell out of us!"
"Sorry." A smile was slowely forming on the apologetic boys' face.
I turned around, not wanting to finish my conversation with Louis, and decided to join Niall and Liam back in the other room. Besides, they're all awake now, anyway. Louis' bright blue eyes were burning into the flesh on my neck; I could just feel it. I didn't dare to turn around and meet his eyes, though.
I sat down in the seat beside Liam and yawned.
"Where the hell did you get a baseball bat from on a plane?" Louis questioned, sitting beside Zayn in the booth across from us. Liam, Niall, and I all snickered. Eck, I don't even feel comfortable saying his name anymore. I just feel weird. Niall and I are only friends and that's all we ever will be.
Zayn shrugged. "You'd be surprised at what I find in Paul's bags."
"If we really were being attacked, we'd be dead before your scary self would come to rescue us," Louis joked, nudging Zayn's shoulder. I could tell that they were both still a little tensed up from the scare, but were trying to hide it. My eyes roamed down and I fiddled with my fingers. I don't want to look at Louis anymore. One, for being so stupid. Two, for not realizing that I only want him.
"He's the Bradford Bad Boi, though!" Niall insisted with his infectious laugh. I tried to block him out. I don't want to hear him, look at him, touch him, or be within ten feet of him anymore. It is just too weird.
"Of course he is," Liam said from beside me, laughing along with Niall, which only made me grimace. I hate that I can't ever get away sometimes. I love being with the boys; they're my brothers now. I just want a short little break sometimes, and now would be a great time for one. Of course I can't do that, though, unless I want to plumit out of this plane to my death... That isn't an option.
So I layed my head back onto the conforting warmth of the seat and let myself drift off to sleep.
[ Niall's POV ]
Why isn't Harry laughing at Louis? Why is Louis all of a sudden so giddy? Why am I the only one who noticed that? Normally Harry would be the one to laugh at our jokes the most or be so outgoing and in the conversation. So why not now? I know, I sound so over-protective, but Harry is like my little brother. The other lads and I would give him the world if he asked for it.
I would ask him what's wrong with his mood, but he might get all pissy and go off on me again, and that's the last thing I want to happen again. To be honest, I'm still kind of upset about that. There really was no need for yelling at me; after all, I didn't do anything.
I know Harry likes Louis. I can just tell by the way he acts and looks at the Doncaster boy. I can see it in his amazing green eyes. Wait... I don't necessarily mean amazing... I just meant... Nice. Yeah, that's a good way to put it. Harry has nice eyes. Not that I always look or anything, because I don't. But if I did, I'd say they were amazing... They aren't amazing, though. They're just nice, like I said.
Man, what the hell is wrong with me?
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