~NIALL'S POV~
Challenges. Pffffffft, how hard can it be? Trying gross food? I did NIALL'S n't know there was any such thing as food that tastes like shit. That was until I tried the banana and sprite challenge against Nelly and was so, so close to puking in her face, no kidding. We split into teams; girls against boys but there is an odd number of us so one of the girls have to go again, haha!
"So what challenge now?" I asked doing deep breaths in case I puke. We made a list of all the challenges we can do and this was our first one, and I'm dread I the rest to be honest if this is bad.
"Well, we have; the cinnamon challenge, the saltine cracker challenge, teabag challenge, vinegar and baking soda challenge and the salt and ice challenge. Next up is the... cinnamon challenge!" Louis yelled enthusiastically. I wish I had could be as hyper as he is.
"So, who's first?" Nelly asked.
"Not me!" Everyone shouted except me and her.
"Fucking assholes!" Nelly later at the other girls who shrugged.
"People have died from this, I don't wanna die!" Harry defended.
"Well, thanks a lot mate!" I gave him a thumbs up then quickly changed it to my middle finger and Nelly got the jar of cinnamon powder and two table spoons.
"Stay the heck away from me with them." Liam warned and stood back.
"Wish me luck." I muttered and poured the orange/ red powder onto my spoon and Nelly copied.
"1,2,3 go!" Nelly counted down and we both out the spoons on our mouths and tried to swallow it as fast as I could. I was alright for a moment b then it tasted awful and I wanted to spit it out but Nelly covered my mouth with her hand.
"Doh spli ih owth!" She tried to talk and clouds of powder came out which caused me to laugh and the same happened to me and Nelly laughed.
Next thing we know we're both laughing orange powder clouds like a pair of crack heads who scored cheap amnesia while the others were laughing at us.
"Dattss some goooood shiiiiiiiit!!" Nelly laughed pretending to be high.
"You both look high as a kite!" Perrie commented between laughs.
"That's what we do. Get high off cinnamon powder, all day, all night." I said in a 'like a boss' tone and gave Nelly a high five. I guess neither of us won that challenge.
"What's next? Saltine crackers, who's dong it?" Louis asked and me and Nelly were the first to call out.
"Not us!!" We shouted at the same time and a couple others followed quick after.
"Urgh fine." Zayn said and stepped forward.
"God help me." Dani mumbled and joined him after getting the saltine crackers from he cupboard.
"At least no ones died from this right?" Zayn chuckled and we all stayed silent. At least long think anyone has.
"Brilliant. Are all of these dangerous?" Dani asked.
"Well, saltine crackers contain a lot of salt as you can tell from the name and huge masses of salt will dry up your blood and you will die. But this is food so it'll be safe. You'll just feel really bloated probably." Nelly spoke up.
"That just makes us feel so much better Nelly, I don't now how to thank you!" Dani said sarcastically and Nelly bowed.
"Well lets do this." Zayn said and Dani got six crackers for her and six for Zayn and Liam set the timer on his phone for 60 seconds.
"Ready...set...go!" He yelled and clicked start.
"Come on Dani!" The girls spurred her on.
"Zayn, Zayn, Zayn!" Us lad's showed just as much team spirit and after the 60 seconds were up the winner was Dani making it 2-0 to the girls.
"We're in the lead, pull your socks up!" Perrie joked.
"So its the teabag challenge. Nelly, Dani, Niall and Zayn have already gone so they don't have to do it." Liam said.
"Not me!" Five of the others said in unison but two had to be slow on the mark. That two being Lou and El.
"This is going to be so fucking unattractive. Kill me now." El whined and the girls giggled.
"Don't be stupid babe." Louis chuckled and nudged El's arm.
"Right, you just need to eat the inside of a teabag as fast as you can with no drink, it's very messy." Harry explained.
"Right. Ready, set go!" Liam announced and Lou and El ripped the teabags and poured the tea leaves into their mouths with some end I up on their chins and t-shirts.
"You have teabag beards!" Nelly said and we all laughed. El and Lou were trying to wipe their beards off but there was brownish marks left behind.
"Ugh." El shuddered and covered her mouth.
"Ih tashtes like shih." Lou tried to say and scrunched up his face. El was still going strong but had to keep her hand over her mouth.
"Come on Lou lad!" Liam called out.
"You can do it Eleanor!" Dani cheered challengingly against Liam.
"Its nearly gone." El said and Louis looked at her in disbelief.
"Dafuq?" He mumbled rushed to swallow some but he was a bit to late as Eleanor announced that she was done.
"Woohoo! In yo face, in yo face!" She bragged pulling tongues at Louis while he looked like someone just pissed on his bonfire and pouted.
"Who's next? Vinegar and being soda challenge." Louis said through his teeth while Eleanor was still rubbing it in his face that she won since he was a sore loser.
"We should out names in bowls or something." I suggested and went to search the kitchen for anything that will make do. Hmm, plastic bowls will do, right?
"Write your name down and put it in the bowls, one for girls and be for boys. Now before I kick your asses." I said and got a pen and a piece of paper then wrote my name on and tore the paper and put it in the designated bowl. Everyone followed suit and Perrie chose two names.
"Nelly and Harry! Ooh, kick his ass Nelly!" Perrie said and high fived Nelly. She looks like she is shitting a street.
"I'm petrified! If you swallow it burns, like a mother fucker." Nelly said monotone and bit her lip, oh, the things she does to me without even realizing.
"We'd better do it outside unless you want to ruin your rug." She added and looked to me with her cheeks puffed out, which by the way looks fucking adorable.
"Yeah sure." I chuckled and poked her cheeks so they deflated.
We got outside and stood on the pavement part with the baking soda and vinegar ready. Nelly pulled her hair back into a loose ponytail so its out of her face and they were about to take a spoon of baking soda when Nelly seemed to remember something.
"Whatever you do, don't swallow any of it." She said cautiously.
"Why?" Harry asked with his eyebrows furrowed.
"It will burn your throat and if you swallow quite a bit it can damage your stomach lining with all the chemicals, your stomach already has enough acid in as it is." She explained and Harry nodded satisfied with his answer.
They both took their spoons of baking soda and tipped it into their mouths followed by the vinegar. Everything seemed alright for about two seconds until their eyes widened and Nelly sprayed white stuff from her mouth and Harry did the same within milliseconds after. Nelly was stood with her hands on her knees catching her breath and Harry was spiting the remaining baking soda from his mouth into the grid at the bottom of the pathway. I went to Nelly to see if she was alright but couldn't help the small laugh I suppressed as I saw the expression on her face.
"You've got a little something there..." I said biting my lip to stop myself from laughing while pointing to her chin where she had missed some of the baking soda that was dribbling down it.
Dani and Perrie got the hosepipe and cleaned the white froth away. God bless them.
"No shit. I'm never doing that ever again." She said between short breaths. And I had to laugh as she wiped away any remains.
"It weren't that bad was it?" I raised an eyebrow and patted her arm sympathetically.
"Didn't you just see that? My teeth feel all rough and horrid and I have a nasty ass taste in my mouth. It was like a bath bomb got dropped into hydrochloric acid but in my mouth. You won't understand unless you do it." She said mortified.
"Ohh..." I said making a 'o' formation with my mouth.
"Let's go inside." Nelly said standing upright and we all went back inside. She and Harry both got a glass of water and swilled their mouths out.
"So," Harry said sitting down with Nelly following behind him, "who hasn't done a challenge yet? There's one left."
"I haven't." Perrie confessed.
"Same here." Liam said.
"Well, you are doing the salt and ice challenge." Louis smirked and we all ooohed.
"Nope, not happening. People can get scars from this." Perrie protested.
"You can pass your go onto another team member so long as they are wiling to cooperate." Louis suggested professionally.
"Guys?" Perrie asked pouting and Nelly looked to Dani who was looking around the room trying not to make eye contact.
"Fine. But only if I get a favor afterwards." Nelly requested and pulled her bobble out remembering it was still in her hair,
"Huh? Why?" Perrie asked.
"I have choked on cinnamon powder, almost died from baking soda and vinegar and now I'm burning my skin for you with salt and ice. Its the least I deserve; one single thing." She bribed. She good.
"Fine what is it?" Perrie asked warily knowing what Nelly is like and Nelly's expression turned sinful.
"I haven't decided yet, I won't be too mean, relax!" She waved her off and stood up with her hand on her side, I'm guessing it's hurting again. It was okay before.
"Right. Salt...and ice." She said grabbing the them from the side and the freezer. Why didn't Liam get them before; lazy ass.
"Ready, set, go!" I called and they put a decent amount of salt on the top of their hands, maybe a little too much, then got their ice. We all looked at eachother a shocked-mixed with-amused look and looked back to Nelly and Liam.
They put the ice cube on the salt and applied pressure to it. Nelly hissed slightly and licked her lips. See there she goes again! Liam exhaled deeply through his mouth. Nelly closed her eyes still doing good but Liam, not so good. He flung the ice cube off his hand wiped the left over salt off his hand frantically.
"How the fuck is she still going without even flinching?!" He asked bewildered as Nelly was still going.
"I don't even know..." I replied just as amazed. She's just doing it dead casually.
"Can I stop now? Its starting to burn a bit." She asked nonchalantly and we laughed.
"Sure..." Zayn said.
"Okay." Nelly said with a smile and put the ice cube in the sink and wiped the ice off her hand.
"That's how you do it Li-Li. Learn from the pro." She bragged.
"Its not my fault you ain't human." He defended.
"Pftt. Oh look, a mark." She said and showed her hand. There was a bright red mark in a circle form.
"Will it scar?" Eleanor asked her.
"Nah, probably not. My skin weren't warm enough for the temperature change and the salt and ice to react badly enough to damage it. It should just be red for a bit." She said smartly and shrugged. I love it when girls aren't ashamed to be clever; intelligence is sexy, not being a dumbass hoe.
"You, are the one i'm gonna go to if I'm stuck with my science." I stated and she grinned and looked at the floor. Aw, she's embarrassed!
"PREACH!" Perrie, Eleanor and Dani exclaimed and laughed. They are mental.
"Hahaha, you guys aren't bad at science, we are in the same class with basically the same grades! But sure, come to me if your stuck witcha homework or you could just use Google or something." Nelly rambled and shrugged again.
"I'd rather go to you to be honest." I said and nudged her arm with my elbow.
"We know." Dani winked.
~NELLY'S POV~
"So, anymore challenges?" Eleanor asked.
"Nah, I couldn't find any others that are good." Louis frowned.
"Aw, don't get down Loubear!" El said and pinched his cheeks.
"No." Louis pouted and settled her hands away before wrapping his arms around her, they are too cute sometimes.
"I feel left out. I need a hug." Harry said standing there with his arms crossed making a puppy face.
"Aw, Harold needs a group hug!" I announced and we all closed in on him wrapping our arms around him.
"Aww!" We all cooed.
"Okay, thanks guys but I need oxygen too." Harry said muffled from eight people suffocating him with hugs.
"Sorry... you asked for it." Eleanor shrugged and Harry furrowed his eyebrows.
"I guess we need to clean up?" I suggested.
"We done the being soda in the garden because we are wonderful people like that." Perrie said and Dani fist bumped her in a 'like a boss' way.
"Thanks cherubs!" I said grinning.
"Cherubs? Now its out turn to ask what that means." Niall raised an eyebrow and I giggled.
"Its like calling someone and angel. My nanna calls me it. Don't diss." I said with a sideways smile.
"Aw, my wittle chewub!" Niall said in a baby voice and pinched my cheeks and I hit his hands away.
"Shh." I said giggling.
"Anyway, let's clean this shit up." Dani said while shaking her head at us.
"Let's." I said and put my phone full blast on shuffle and one of my jams came on. Its an oldie but its still good.
"Oh my gosh! As if you know this song!" Eleanor squealed while putting some things back in their places.
"Who doesn't know 'Joan Jett-Do you wanna touch me'?" I asked rhetorically.
"Do you wanna touch, do you wanna touch, do you wanna touch me there? Where? There? Yeah!" We both song along to the chorus at the top of out lungs while the others where looking at us like we had needs.
"Oh come on! As if you don't know this song? Its old but everyone knows it!" I said and started it again from the beginning.
(Lyrics to song)
'We've been here too long
Try a get along
Pretending that your oh so shy
I'm a natural ma'am
Doing all I can
My temperature is running high
Cry at night
No one in sight
And we got so much to share
Talkings fine if you got the time
But I ain't got no time to spare
Yeah
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch me there, where
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch me there, where
There, yeah
Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Every girl and boy
Needs a little joy
All you do is sit and stare
Begging on my knees
Baby won't you please
Run your fingers through my hair
My, my, my, whiskey and rye
Don't it make you feel so fine
Right or wrong
Don't it turn you on
Can't you see we're wasting time
Yeah
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch me there, where
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch me there, where
There, yeah
Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch (yeah)
Do you wanna touch me there, where
My, my, my
Do you wanna touch me, yeah
Touch you, touch me
My, my, my, yeah
Touch me there, yeah
You know where, yeah, yeah, yeah'
By the end of the song, me and El were dancing on top of the kitchen island, dishcloths and scrubbers in hand, Perrie and Dani were bouncing on the sofas and the boys were doing air drums and air guitar. All singing our hearts out not giving a shit about the neighbors.
"Gotta love that song though." I said calming down while the song changed and we all got back to cleaning up while laughing.
"I'm getting that song on my phone." Perrie promised holding her hand up and Dani and Eleanor agreed and the boys nodded.
"How did you even come to know about that song, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are old." Harry asked.
"Mom and dad were fans, there are pictures and everything of them when they were younger in my album upstairs. I'll have to show you all sometime. And you?" I asked smugly.
"I'm a vampire. I knew them personally back in the day." Harry answered sarcastically.
"Nah just kidding, similar story." He smiled.
"And you El?" Perrie asked.
"My parents are and were good friends of Harry's mom and they obviously had good taste in music." El said and she and Harry laughed.
I love how we are able to talk about parents without a suffocating layer of awkwardness hanging over us. Its a lovely feeling.
"Its a shame Ally isn't here isn't it?" I sighed and slouched against Niall on the sofa. I don't think he minds. He's really comfy, its a shame he will never understand just how comfy he actually is.
"Yeah, right Harry?" Dani winked and Harry groaned and leaned his face into his arms against the armrest on the sofa. He was definitely blushing.
"Harry, just say something to her! Ask her out! Its not like she's gonna say no is it?" Louis stressed.
"You don't mind me sitting like this right? Speak now or forever hold your peace." I asked Niall.
"Nah, not really. Why? You comfy?" He chuckled.
"Good. And very, very comfy. You don't even understand." I said and got even more comfortable with him by adjusting his position slightly to my liking.
"Just man handle me why don't you?" Niall smirked.
"I ain't a man." I scowled and narrowed my eyes at him.
"Well 'woman handle' then." He shrugged.
We all just sat, or slouched, whatever and made small talk for a short while about random shit until we run out of things to say.
"Nelly, can I ask you something? Its okay if you don't want to answer or whatever-" Liam began but I cut him off.
Why does he feel as if he has to ask me if he can ask a question? Silly boy.
"You don't have to ask me if you can ask me something Liam. Course you can. " I laughed lightly and waited for him to speak.
"Well, how come you were put into care?" He asked cautiously and I stiffened in my place. Now I know why he asked first.
I'm not mad that he brought it up, I just weren't expecting it. I'm not entirely sure of the answer myself to be honest.
"Um, I'm not too sure. As far as I know I was put in shortly after birth because my real parents were against abortions because its 'baby killing'. I don't think they were bad people for doing it and I respect their decision, but if they didn't want a child they should have been a bit more careful. But at the same time I'm glad they made that mistake because it weren't a bad one, right?" I said with a wink.
"Too right! But don't you want to meet them?" Dani asked.
"Not really. I've never really thought about it to be honest. They've probably forgotten about me and have a new family, I'm nothing to them, no point in sugarcoating it. I don't want to get to know them because they obviously don't want to know me, they abandoned me at birth 17 years ago and I've heard fuck all since." I said.
My answers are long because I have to think while I'm speaking as I've never dwelled on the questions myself.
"Sometimes though, I wonder if I ever do come to their minds. Just a vague image or memory when they are in their own little worlds thinking of nothing in particular of the first baby they had but never kept for whatever reason." I huffed staring at the ceiling.
This had me wondering. What are they like? Assholes. Do the ever really think of me? Don't be so stupid! Why didn't they keep me? Because I was never meant to be conceived in the first place and my parents were off their faces at the time, but they didn't have the heart to kill me when my mom was preggers, so they decided to cart me off to a care home.
I didn't realize I said my thoughts out loud until I sighed and looked to my side and saw Nialler look at me worried, then I glanced around the room to see the others frowning at me.
"I'm sure that weren't the case Nelly, they probably had their own reasons." Niall said while smoothing my hair against my back, calming me down.
"What else could it be though. If it was me I would have kept the child no matter what, even if the dad didn't want it. I'd raise it to kill the bastard for leaving, Bust seriously, I couldn't just abandon my child, despite my situation, I wouldn't be able to live with myself." I babbled frowning and Niall held me closer to him.
For some reason, even though I never talked about them much, I tend to get a little nervous when talking about my birth parents. I never knew why though.
"Sorry, I get a little sketchy when I all about them, I don't know what say or think." I mumbled and bit my lip.
"Don't apologize, I wouldn't know what to either. Just tell us whats on your mind. You haven't talked about these things before, so it might feel better to get them out." Zayn said. How does he now all this? Who needs a therapist who you've got Zayn Malik eh?
"Well, you see, I guess I respect their decision, but I don't know if I love them or not. They created me and brought me into this world and I'm thankful for that, but they're no parents of mine. They don't deserve that title and its far too late to earn it. Elena and Damon are my parents, biological or not and I love them. But, Kathryn and James, they're my birth parents and I love them. I guess that's just instinct though because you cant love someone without knowing them. I literally have one old, torn photograph of them which Elena gave me on my 12th birthday when I found out about them, they probably erased everything of me though. I just don't know." I said and groaned and put my forehead in my hands. A few sighs surrounded me.
"Do you wanna hear my thoughts on this?" Perrie asked.
"Yes, please." I said and looked up to her.
"I think that you have pushed away any thoughts of 'loving' them or getting to know them and your only allowing yourself to accept what they did. Which is perfectly fine, but you don't know the whole story so you shouldn't be so quick to guess. For all you know, they could have all those baby scans and photos it in a box or something. They might of put you in care because they couldn't afford to raise you right and they didn't want to ruin your chances of becoming something worthwhile when you grow up instead of working as a cleaner in McDicks. Who knows?" She reasoned and I thought for a moment.
She could be right, maybe I've been looking at this from the wrong angle. But there's always that chance that she's wrong.
"Why don't you try to track them and find out their side to the story?" Liam suggested. I looked to Niall who shrugged still playing with my hair.
"I don't know. Ugh, I've said that too many fucking times! Its something I'd have to sit and just think about. And not just a weekend. " I sighed, again.
I looked at the time on my phone, it read 7:55
"When do you guys have to go home?" I asked the girls.
"Um, I have to be home for 8:30." Dani said and Perrie nodded in agreement
"I'm probably gonna be late..." El trailed off.
"When do you have to be home?" Louis groaned and rolled his eyes.
"8:00 and I live 15 minutes away." El said.
"Come on then, let's get you home. Dumbass." Louis commanded standing up and Eleanor did the same, grabbing her bag and slipping her shoes on.
"Hey, I'm not the dumbass. You didn't tell me what the time is." El accused.
"Sorry, you didn't set me to ring when it turns 7:45. My mistake." Louis replied sarcastically.
"Don't be smart with me or I'll roundhouse your ass. You know I'm not joking too." El threatened.
"Don't get sassy with me or I'll get Nelly onto you." Louis replied and I made a paw with my hand and growled then winked.
"At least I can actually fight my own battles." El scoffed and headed out the door with Louis, you could hear their banter continue and distinctively fade away as they furthered.
"Well, that was nice to watch." Liam said.
"Yeah, you can clearly see how much they care about eachother with those lovely threats. Brings a tear to my eye!" Perrie said pretending to wipe a tear from her eye and we laughed.
"I think we should all hide from Lou and make him shit himself when he gets back." I suggested.
"Yeah! He always does pranks on us and always catches us when we try to get him back. He's an ass like that, as you know." Zayn whined.
"Well, I'm a pro at pranking people, so listen dafuq up." I said in a ghetto voice and everyone leaned in.
"Right we don't have much time but I have an alright plan in mind." I said and they all nodded urging me to continue.
"Right, who doesn't want to hide?" I asked and no one raised their hand.
"Okay, but we need at least two people to stay out and distract Louis. Perrie and Dani have to hide though." I said and Niall raised his hand.
"I'll stay out. I can have him make me food." He said and winked. Food.
"Well, if foods in the game, I will stay out too." I said and Niall high fived me. We were all still in the same places as before.
"So, all we need to do is hide and wait for a cue to scare him shitless, right?" Perrie asked.
"Yes. We need a cue." I said thinking.
"We could have a coughing fit?" Niall said.
"Yeah, now hiding spaces! We could lead him into the kitchen first so they could hide in the pantry where we was that time when we all played hide and seek."
"Boom. Let's hide!" Harry said and jumped over the couch and dived into the pantry, the others following behind. Me and Niall stayed on the couch.
"Hey." I said turning over onto my back and lied over his lap.
"Hey." Niall replied and took my still bruised wrist in his hand.
"Do they still hurt?" He asked.
"My wrists? Only if I press on them but if I just go about my day then no." I said.
"How about your head?" Niall asked.
"Its alright. As long as I don't touch my scalp I'm fine." I smiled at him as he gently took a lock of my hair and played with it.
"And your stomach?" He asked and I giggled. I love how he's being so caring, he always is but even more so when its just us.
"Same as my wrists, but when I bend or reach to far it hurts. Like my sides do but they're feeling better quite fast." I replied.
"I wish he would seriously fuck off, Joe I mean." Niall huffed still playing with my hair.
"Likewise. I hate him more than the sound of nails on a chalk board." I agreed and shivered at the sound.
"I hate that sound, ugh." Niall said and made disgusted face which was actually really cute.
Unexpectedly, Louis burst through the door causing a huge draft to sweep over me. Niall looked at me as if to say 'let's do this' and I nodded barely moving my head.
"Louis, can you make us some food? We don't know how to cook the pasta and the other lot went to take the girls home." Niall asked and I nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, and were starved to shit." I said.
"Well, hello to you too. Do I have to? I can't be arsed." Louis said sarcastically and rolled his eyes.
"Yeah. Its in the freezer still, we didn't take it out because we weren't sure when anyone would be home." Niall lied believably.
"Fine. Lazy asses." Louis mumbled and walked into the kitchen.
"This is our cue to cough!" I whispered to Niall when Louis was near the pantry and he winked then I sat up.
We both began coughing like a pair of smokers who puff 50 a day. Louis looked in at us, confused at our outburst then suddenly the pantry door flied open.
"BANG!!!" Everyone shouted except for Louis who jumped 10ft in the air and squeaked.
"What...The...FUCK guys?!" Louis exclaimed.
"Surprise! Payback." Perrie sung and out her hands up and wiggled her fingers.
"For what?" Louis asked regaining his composure.
"Well, you apparently always prank this lot so we decided you needed a taste of your own medicine. Even though you haven't got me yet and never will." I answered for us all with confidence.
"Well, we will see about that." Lou laughed bitterly.
"So, is our food ready yet?" Niall asked patting his belly. All eyes averted to him and we all looked him silently before bursting out with laughter.
"I don't know, I'm not cooking it." Louis sassed.
"Harry, go check the food. Your an alright cook, right?" I asked.
"Uhm, how did you find out?" He inquired. Oh shit, I can't exactly say Niall told me can I?
"Who doesn't know?" I play it cool.
"That doesn't answer my question." He pressed. Why is he so touchy with his food?
"Word gets around I guess." I shrugged. He nodded and turned too to the kitchen and i looked to the others for an answer as to why he was so sketchy about me knowing he can cook.
"Dunno." They all replied. Okay then...
Zayn and Liam decided to take Perrie and Dani home and we exchanged big hugs and they left. Niall and Louis were watching TV in the living room and I was bored so I chose to kill my boredom by talking to Harry who was in the kitchen messing on his phone,
"Haz. Haz. Haz." I said going to him slowly but he never answered.
"Harry. Harry. Harry." I continued but only to be ignored still.
"Harold. Harold. Harold." I said getting impatient, he acknowledged my presence this time with a swift glance.
"Harriet. Harriet. Har-" I was cut off.
"What?!" Harry growled agitated.
What's up with him? Have one of his curls flattened? Jeez, if he was gonna get all angry with me I would never have bothered.
"Fine. It doesn't matter now." I snapped and turned and walked away, i heard him sigh behind me. Nothing to do now, fabulous.
It's now 9:00 so I decided I should shower and prepare my shit for school tomorrow, god knows how I will cope. I mean seriously? How am I meant to beat Anastasia's ass if she pisses me off if when I have sides like this? It just can't be done; I can just about use the stairs and get dressed. Anyway, I got my jammas out and my underwear then I grabbed a towel and headed to my bathroom to shower.
After I shaved my legs, washed my hair, body, face and brushed my teeth, I dried and dressed then headed to my wardrobe to pick out my clothes tomorrow. Ugh I just remembered, I need to go back to my old house and get the rest of my things at some point, kill me now. I chose dark blue super skinny jeans that turn up at tge bottom, my red lace t-shirt with my white low top Nike air force 1's and probably my black leather jacket over it. I put them aside with my underwear and went downstairs in my pjs.
~NIALL'S POV~
Zayn and Liam returned before and we were all watching TV in our pj's/sweats we all changed into beforehand. I've decided against asking Nel about what caused all this hatred between her and Joe for tonight. She's been interrogated enough with all those questions about her real parents. Speak of the devil; Nelly just came down the stairs in her pajamas.
"I was wondering where you got to." I said to her.
"I just got a shower and that. Gonna go to bed in a bit." She said back with a small smile which I returned and she came to sit with me shoving Louis it the way.
"Gee, thanks. If I'm not wanted then you could have just said." He joked and budged over for her.
Harry walked into the room shooting Nelly an apologetic look and she gave a small nod accepting it. What happened between them two?
"What's wrong?" Louis asked noticing their little exchange too.
"I was an ass to Nelly before and I shouted/snapped at her." Harry said and sat down. Why the heck would he do that?
"Why? What happened?" I asked.
"I was bored with the girls gone and I decided to annoy Harry for a bit, I guess it worked." Nelly said and smiled at Harry and they laughed. That's not an excuse for him to shout at her.
"Why was you pissed off anyway Harry? Surely it wasn't all because of me saying your name over and over and over again until you answered." Nelly asked looking him directly in the eyes from across the room.
"I just really miss my mom and Gemma, and I always used to cook for them. It just brought back memories and I wasn't in the best of moods at the time. Sorry for shouting, it was assholish." Harry answered her and she got up and went over to him. Now I get it, he still shouldn't of shouted at her though.
"Sorry for bringing it up." She said and hugged him.
"Its not like you knew, don't apologize." Harry said back and they let go and she came back to me. Just then and idea came to mind.
"Harry, if you miss your mom and Gemma then why don't you just go and visit them?" I suggested.
"She doesn't want to see me. I thought that when I killed him I was doing us all a favor. He was abusing them for gods sake! She kicked me out for doing it and hasn't called or anything so she obviously doesn't want to see or talk to me. It will just be a waste of time asking." Harry said through his teeth and his eyes got slightly glossy. It hurts seeing my best friends so upset, as gay as it sounds.
"If you don't try you will never know Harry. Just call her and see." Liam said.
"And if your mom doesn't, its not like she can answer for Gemma. She might be dying to see her brother." Louis pointed out and Harry showed a small smile and one tear escaped. Nelly got up again and went to comfort him.
"And if neither of them do then you've got me, your other sister. The non biological one who isn't going anywhere." She smiled and Harry copied showing his dimples and hugged her. If she's so close to Harry I can only imagine how she was with Wesley, its lovely to see.
Its reassuring knowing that they are just like brother and sister and nothing else; though I know they wouldn't do anything with eachother.
"Thank you." Harry mumbled.
"Don't thank me Harry, its what friends are for. I'm always here for you, as I am for the others." Nelly said and turned to us with Harry's head still in her shoulder and mimed 'Harry needs a group hug!' Followed by a cheeky smile.
We all got up and went over to them and crushed them in a huge hug. I wish he knew we are all here for him; we're his brothers and the girls are his sisters. Well, except for Ally who could end up being his girlfriend maybe.
"Thanks guys. I might call up, I don't know when but I'll think about it." Harry said and sniffled wiping his eyes.
"No probs mate, we're always here no what, were your bro's and the girls are your hoe's." I said and patted his back.
"Hey! I'm not a hoe!" Nelly scowled.
"Don't even deny it. You know you are." I said back.
"Ok, maybe a little." She joked and I pulled her to me. At least she knows I'm joking.
"Hey Haz, Ally will be your hoe too when you decide to ask her out." Zayn winked.
"Not this again." Harry groaned and forgetting about the conversation before. We all laughed at his reaction and he hid his face in his arms on his knees.
"I'm gonna go to bed now, in my awesome room!" Nelly said giddily once we all settled down.
"Goodnight!" All of us said out of sync.
Nelly went to each of the boys and gave them hugs, then when she came to me she kissed me on the lips then hugged me.
"Night." She said and pulled tongues and went to bed.
"Aww, Nialler got some!" Harry cheered.
"Bitch please. It was a kiss, we have kissed before." I laughed.
"I'm gonna go to bed now too, we got school tomorrow." Liam grumbled and we all nodded and went upstairs to our rooms.
I went to my room and got in bed after setting my phone alarm and went to sleep
***3:40AM***
I woke up to screaming in the room next to me. Nelly. I jumped up and ran to her room.
"NO! Please! Don't hurt them!" She was having a nightmare, crying and thrashing around her bed.
I went over to her and put my arms around her limiting her movement and slid in behind her.
"Nelly, wake up. Your okay, your safe." I said rocking her gently, waking her up from whatever hell was going on inside her pretty head.
"Niall?" She whispered groggily while sitting up and I wiped her tears away.
"I'm here princess." I said and kissed her head with my arm still around her.
Five shadows burst into the room with baseball bats up in a defensive manner.
"What happened?" Liam asked frantically.
"Nightmare." Nelly muttered and they all lowered their weapons.
"Are you alright?" Zayn asked and they all sat around the room in seats they could find in the darkness.
"Yeah, I am now, I couldn't wake up from it. It was of him." Nelly said referring to that prick they call Joe.
"Wanna talk about it?" Harry asked and she nodded even though we couldn't see her clearly.
"We were all coming upstairs, I think we were just chilling in one of our rooms but I can't remember which one, I think k it was mine or Niall's maybe. We entered and when we shut the door he was stood there behind us blocking it so we couldn't get out and he held a gun up." She said and paused in thought and the hand I had around her right side traced her left arm
The moonlight creeping through the crack in the curtains reflected off the tears brimming up in her eyes.
"He was gonna shoot me but then he moved to Niall instead. But before anything happened, Niall woke me up. I can't get that image of him holding that gun up out of my head though." Nelly finished and leaned back into my chest and a tear escaped her eyes. I rested my chin on her head and sighed.
"I won't let him anywhere near you, he's dumber than I thought if he even thinks of trying again" I whispered in her ear and she giggled remembering when I beat his ass the other day.
"Why why do you think its always Niall who dies or gets hurt the worst in these nightmares?" Liam asked while getting up to turn the light on. We all squinted our eyes at the sudden brightness until our eyes adjusted to it
"Because he means so much to me. Its not like you lot don't mean a hell of a lot to me, you have no idea. But you know..." she trailed off and looked at the duvet while bushing slightly.
"We know you love him, its not breaking news anymore. He obviously loves you too." Louis chuckled and Nelly rolled her eyes
"No shit Sherlock. She knows I do." I smirked and she blushed even more.
"I am here you know, say it to my face next time." Nelly said and winked while her face returned to its normal shade and we laughed lightly.
"I love you Nellybear!" I rolled my eyes and she smiled.
"I love you too Niallerbear!" She said back and rolled her eyes too and she kissed my cheek.
"The is cheesier than the movie '50 First Dates'." Louis said and grinned.
"So. Everyone likes a bit of cheese!" I defended.
"True. I'm gonna go back to bed now, alright? See you in the morning!" Zayn said yawning and stood up, the others got up as well. A look of guilt washed over Nelly.
"Okay, and by the way, I'm really sorry for waking you all up." She apologized.
"Don't say sorry Nelly. Its not your fault you have nightmares, its not as if you can choose not to." Harry smiled reassuringly.
"Okay, night guys." She said after them as they said their 'goodnight's again and left the room.
"I'm gonna go now too. Just call me or come to my room if you need anything, okay." I said and kissed her on the lips and she nodded. I got up from her bed and headed to the door and turned the light off before opening it.
"Niall?" A small voice said and I turned to her before I opened the door.
"Yes princess?" I replied.
"Can you stay?" Nelly asked quietly unsure of my answer. How could I say no though?
"Of course I will." I said and went to her bed and slid in next to her.
I wrapped my arms around her small waist holding her to me, she tucked her head into my chest and her tiny hands gripped my t-shirt like she didn't want me to leave. I ran my hand up and down her back relaxing her.
"Sleep now babe, we have school tomorrow." I whispered, she was still staring at the ceiling in the corner of the room, probably in thought.
"Night Niall, love you." She said snuggling closer to me and her eyes fluttered closed.
"Night princess, love you more and don't bother denying it." I said closing my eyes and she giggled.
"If you say so." She said and we both fell asleep, peacefully.

Notes

WOOHOO! I fixed my problem and as it turns out its not Bill Gates' fault its Google Chrome so i changed my web browser and viola! I'm back and here is the first of my two super long chapters, and as usual I hope you enjoyed it! :D

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P.S.S: As i said i do my chapters on my tablet and I couldn't figure a way to add images, but I will keep trying for you!<3