So, I really hate to ask this, but if you guys want, can you guys check out my new Niam story: Fatality or my new and first Lashton story: Love Ball Not Boys? Thank you so much!
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I'm actually glad that my parents were gone on a business trip until Sunday. It saved me from having to tell them what happened right away and I can use the time to think of a way to them without seeming so...pathetic or embarrassed? Plus, I really didn't want to go to school today and I didn't have any parents here to force me to.
I spent most of my day sleeping actually. I didn't plan on getting out of my sweatpants all day. I also plan on leaving my hair in a floppy mess and leave on my thick rimmed glasses. To top of my outfit, a sweatshirt of Liam's that I took a while ago and never returned. I'm not really planning on seeing many people today.
I had gotten numerous texts yesterday and throughout the day today from everyone, all of them mainly asking where I am and why I haven't been at school in the past few days. The only people I replied to was Luke, telling him I'm ok (lie) and I'm not coming to school today and to just tell everyone I'm sick, and Ashton, asking him if he can come over after school so we can talk.
Yeah, I decided to tell Ashton what had happened. I'm not really sure why? I mean I did just meet him a few days ago, but I trusted him so much. Maybe it's because me and him are in a similar situation, with him being in love with Luke and me with Liam, and Luke and Liam dating each other. Plus we just have a lot in common and we just connected so well.
As bad as this may sound, I have no intention of telling Liam. He may be my best friend, but I am in love with him and I just don't want him to know that. I don't want him to think of me as a bigger slut or that I'm even more pathetic then he thought. I just really don't want him to know.
I was broken out of my thoughts by the doorbell ringing downstairs. I glanced at the clock and furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. School literally ended like five minutes ago, I didn't really expect Ashton to be here so quickly. I just shrugged it off and made my way downstairs to let him in.
I opened the door to not only a frantic Ashton, but also a worried Luke. "I'm sorry Niall. Luke found out I was coming around here and he wouldn't let me go alone. He insisted he come to even though you had specifically said that you wanted to talk to me, but I just couldn't shake him off. He just insisted that he had to check up on you any way and then he gave me his stupid cute puppy dog pout look and I just couldn't resist. So, I'm sorry but I couldn't say no, so whatever you have to tell me you will have to tell him too. Also, you are going to have to do this quickly because the rest of your friends wanted to come over and hang out with you and comfort you since you are sick, although you don't look sick, and its Friday. So we only got like ten minutes because Liam is finishing up a test after school." Ashton rushed out, he was quite out of breath now.
Wow, this guy can challenge Harry in a fast talking/rambling competition. I raised my eyebrow at Luke, but he was too busy looking at his feet and blushing. That's weird, I'm going to have to ask him about that later. I just shook my head and stepped aside to let both of them in. "Um... It's fine Ashton. Luke already knows what I have to tell you."
I quickly led them to the living room and plopped down on the loveseat. Ashton took the seat next to me and Luke squeezed in on the other side, half on top of Ashton actually, causing the shorter boy to blush, hard.
I fidgeted with my hands, trying to find the right word to tell Ashton what happened. I have to do it quick because the rest of the guys will be here any minute. "Ashton I-"
"Dude, that is one nasty hickey! Who the hell gave you that?!" Ashton pointed out.
"Someone forced themselves on me yesterday!" I suddenly blurted out. As soon as that came out I regretted it. I covered my mouth with both hands. Tears immediately came to my eyes and I was just doing whatever I could to hold them back, I was failing.
Luke shot me a sympathetic look and reached behind Ashton to rub my back soothingly. Ashton seemed like he was frozen in shock and horror. "Oh my god N-Niall, they d-didn't, you k-know?" Ashton sounded like he was on the verge of tears himself.
I started crying even harder. Ashton pulled me into his arms and started silently crying with me. Luke tried his best to wrap his arms around both of us and try to calm us down. After a while I was able to calm down enough to continue. "N-no, Luke found m-me and s-stopped the g-guy before he c-could. The guys o-only manage to g-get my pants d-down, but it d-didn't get any further, t-thanks to Luke." I sent Luke another weak grateful smile and he just smiled back at me.
Before anyone else could speak up again the doorbell rang again, signaling the others were here. We all jumped away from each other, with me and Ashton quickly whipping at our eyes. I went over and answered the door to find that literally everyone was there: Liam, Harry, Josh, Louis, and Zayn.
I leaned against the doorway tiredly. "Hey, what's up guys?" I mumbled out.
Harry grinned at me. "Hey mate! We heard you were sick and it's quite obvious you are because you kind of look like shit. But that's ok, we're here to make you feel better and keep you company because we honestly got nothing better to do on a Friday night! Anyway, we got junk food and movies! Have you seen Ashton or Luke by the way?"
I rolled my eyes at him and ushered them all in. "They're already here."
All of them nodded and said some kind of greeting or 'sorry you're sick' to me as they entered the house. Liam stopped for a second to whisper into my ear though. "You look so cute in my sweatshirt." Then he followed the others into the living room.
I stood there for a moment just blushing. I can't believe he said that to me. Isn't he supposed to be with Luke? I mean I enjoyed the compliment, but he's with Luke, not me, as much as I wish he was.
I just shook my head and made my way to the others. When I entered the room I saw that the menu to Pitch Perfect was up. I smiled to myself and surveyed the room for a seat. Louis and Harry were cuddling each other on the ground in front of the three person couch. Zayn and Josh are now occupying the loveseat, both of them preoccupied by their phones. Ashton, Liam, and Luke are all on the three person couch. Instead of actually sitting in an actual spot, he chose to sit between Luke's legs, who looked to be very uncomfortable. Ashton was on the other side of the couch, just looking plain miserable.
I sighed and plopped myself right next to Ashton. I immediately wrapped my arms around his stomach and laid my head on his shoulder. As soon as the movie played, I leaned up to whisper to him. "Hey are you alright?"
He glanced at me real quick and raised an eyebrow at me. "Shouldn't I be asking you that?" He whispered back.
I shuddered and shook my head. "No, but I'll live." He didn't say anything else besides pulling me more into him.
About halfway through the movie is when it happened. "Hey Ni, that's a pretty nasty hickey you got there. Did you give it to him Irwin?" Louis attempted to tease.
"Nope." Ashton immediately answered, but then quickly covered his mouth afterwards. He gave me a scared look which I returned real quickly.
Everyone's eyes were now on me now and it was making me extremely nervous. "Then who did give you that mark?" Zayn asked.
I made eye contact with Luke real quick and I could tell he was pleading me to just tell them. I sighed, might as well I guess. I still really don't want to tell them, especially Liam, but I can't see another way out of this. "Um, truth is I-"
I was interrupted by a snort from Liam. "Typical. Are you really such a slut that you make out with someone else when you already have a boyfriend? You know Niall, ever since we started this project, you've turned into a monster, a big slutty monster." Liam seethed out bitterly.
Everyone sat there in shock and broke the eerie silence a minute later by bursting into tears and jumping off the couch and ran to the bathroom. I vaguely heard Ashton call at for me, but I ignored him and locked the door behind me. I started sobbing a lot louder, but I quieted down when I heard yelling.
"What the fuck Ashton?! Why the hell did you just punch me?!" Liam yelled out.
"What the fuck is wrong with you Liam?! Niall is your best friend?! Why are you calling him that?!" Ashton yelled back.
"Maybe he shouldn't be whoring himself around and trying to hook up with the whole damn school! Why aren't you concerned that your boyfriend has a hickey that wasn't done by you?!" Liam shouted at him. I started crying even harder, but still kept quiet so I can listen what was going on.
"ENOUGH!" A new voice yelled out, Luke. "God damn it Liam! You are such a fucking arsehole and literally the worse friend ever! If you would have just let Niall explain you would have found out that he was almost fucking raped yesterday! I found some guy forcing himself on Niall in the hallway and if I had shown up even ten minutes later who would have known what happened?!"
It was silent for a little bit before I heard some footsteps running towards the bathroom door. A second later there was loud and consistent pounding on the door. "NIALL! Niall, oh my god! I am so fucking sorry! Please let me in so I can apologize!"
I shook my head and didn't bother replying. I made my way over to the widow in the bathroom, don't know why we have a window in here. I wiggled my way through it and started running as fast as I could.
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Kind of a shitty chapter, but oh well. I know I asked this before, but now that we are further into the story I want to see if people's answers have change. So:
Who's your favorite character and why? Also, what do you think will happen in the next chapter? Who's going to find Niall first?