Harry's POV
As I marched past Niall and liam's room, I heard one of them say Nikkis name. I stopped in my tracks and leaned my ear against the door. It was hard to hear what they were saying, but I picked a few things out like "feelings" and "we're so close." I gritted my teeth at the thought of Nikki being so close to him.

"I'm going to get some water" Liam said and I backed up. Just as Liam opened the door, I rushed to me and Louis' room and slammed it.

"Harry, mate?" Louis asked, sitting on the bed we shared. I grunted, threw the sailor hat aside and started pulling the sailor shirt off. "Harry, talk to me" Louis said, standing up. I grunted again and slipped off the sailor pants. I brushed past Louis and slipped under the covers. I heard Louis sigh and not long afterward, the lights turned off and Louis slipped under the covers with only his boxers on. I turned my back to him, not wanting to talk. Louis placed his cold hands on my back and I shivered. He rubbed small circles on my back, his cold fingertips cooling my boiling skin. "You like her" Louis whispered, now tracing symbols on my back.

"Louis..it's only been a month. Why do I feel such a strong pull? You already know what happened with my past relationships.." I breathed, weakening under my best friends comforting presence.

"She's different Hare, I can even see that" Louis said, snaking his fingers in my curly hair.

"Louis, what if Liam likes her? She's so close with everyone except me.." I sighed as Louis gently played with my curls.

"Hare, you're not putting the effort in" Louis pointed out.

"Louis, she makes me feel like jello. I don't know what to do around her. I don't like it. I don't want to get caught up in her" I said, conflicting with myself. Louis slipped his fingers out of my hair and was silent. Curious, I turned around to face his blank expression.

"Harry, I can't help you with that one. I can tell that she likes you, but if you don't see it, then don't lead her on. I see how one minute, you're by her side, close to her, then the next, you're hanging out and flirting with the blonde. If you're going to do that, leave Nikki alone. I don't want her getting hurt and if she gets with Liam, then she gets with Liam" Louis said, his blue-green eyes tearing me to shreds. I frowned and looked down at his chest, trying to avert his gaze. I don't like what he said. I don't like Liam with Nikki, but he's one of my best mates and I could never be mad at him. "Get some sleep Harbear" Louis said. Louis was about to turn around, but I stopped him. I snuggled myself close to him, scared with my raw thoughts. Louis slowly wrapped his arms around me, my best friend comforting me, a sad, confused boy.

*Monday*
Monday came around fast. We all know what happened on Saturday, Halloween, and Sunday was uneventful, tension filled, but uneventful. I felt like Sunday didn't even exist, I was so out of it.

"Bye uncle!" Louis waved to Simon as he drove off. Usually we would walk to school, but today, Simon was nice enough to drop us off. I pulled my jacket closer to me, the clouds above and slight breeze chilling me.

"Boo!" Nikki yelled, jumping on Louis back.

"Who's there?!" Louis yelled and spun in fast circles. Nicole giggled and begged Louis to stop. I bit the inside of my cheek, trying not to get jealous. Louis stopped spinning and Nikki got of his back. She stumbled backwards and fell into Liam's arms.

"Dizzy.." She said, blinking a few times. Liam chuckled and Niall held onto Louis arm, Louis pretty dizzy himself. I abruptly turned around and stomped off, Nikki's bright smile plastering my every thought. I promised myself that I wouldn't do this, get so light headed and clammy around her, but I was.

"Harry!" Taylor said, pulling my arm. I looked down at her smiling face and flashed a fake smile.

"You look upset" she said, snuggling up to my side.

"A little" I admitted.

"Aw, I can make you feel better" Taylor purred. That doesn't sound too bad, to forget Nikki and go with Taylor.

"Harry" I heard a British, stern voice say. I looked up and saw Zayn standing there, glaring at me. "Can I talk with you? Alone?" He asked, burning holes in Taylors skin with his heated stare.

"Sure" I said, a little confused. I slipped away from a pouty Taylor, telling me not to take long.

"What's up Zayn?" I asked, slipping into the bathroom with him.

"You know what's up" he said, his voice as cold as todays weather.

"What?" I asked, now really confused.

"You can't go running around with her" he spat. "You're just hurting yourself, and Nikki" Zayn said, crossing his arms across his chest.

"What? The only one hurting me is Nikki" I said, my nostrils flaring.

"How? Nick told me how he see's Nikki look at you, and I see how you look at her" He said.

"There's nothing going on" I snapped. "She's just some girl" I fumed.

"Harry, you going off with Taylor isn't the right thing to do" Zayn said, taking a step towards me.

"I don't want anyone getting hurt and I can feel the tension among us. It's been here since Saturday" Zayn continued.

“Zayn, who are you to tell me what I can or can’t do?” I countered.

“Whatever man” Zayn said, shaking his head.

“Zayn, how can I be around her when she’s so close to everyone, especially Liam” I growled.

“For pete's sake I even think Liam likes her!!” I said, now yelling,

“Harry, Liam likes quiet girls, not loud crazy ones like Nikki, they are just friends!” Zayn said, his chocolate eyes turning dark, so dark, I couldn’t see his pupils.

“I’m not having this talk with you” I said, brushing past him and shoving through the door. I walked over to Taylor and pulled her to my side.

“Oh, Harry” Taylor giggled. I smiled down at her and the bell rang.

“Shall we?” I asked her. She nodded and we strolled to class together.

Zayn’s POV
I don’t think that it’s a good idea for Harry to go against his feelings, they’ll just come back and bite his butt. Nick told me Sunday about Harry and Nicole, and I agreed one hundred percent with him. They obviously like each other. They’re fighting against each other when they shouldn’t. And this whole Liam thing, I really don’t know. This is all happening too fast. We were all cool Saturday, but it all cracked with just a few angry tones.

“Zayn?” Nick said, sitting next to me in the cafeteria.

“Yes?” I answered, picking at my food.

“Are you concerned about..you know” Nick said in a low voice, making sure that Niall, Liam and Nicole didn’t hear.

“I’m trying not to..” I said in a low voice.

“I talked to Liam second period, you know how we have English together, anyways, he said that he’s very fond of Nikki” Nick said, fearfully looking up at me.

“Does that mean..?” I said, thinking back to what Harry said earlier.

“I don’t know, but things are about to get sticker by the looks of it” Nick said, looking down at his food.

“Whatcha guys talking about?” Niall asked, scarfing down his third tray of food.

“Just talking about plans to do homework together” Nick lied, nervously shoving food down his throat.

“Oh, well that’s cool. Am I invited?” Niall asked, slowing down his food intake.

“Of course” I gave him a small smile and bit into my sandwich.

“Thanks, because I need help on math” Niall said, knocking on his head.

“Same here!” Nick said, lightening up. “Nikki’s the best at math. She always helps me” Nick said, smiling over at Nikki. Nikki turned away from her conversation with Liam and smiled.

“Yeah, I can help you” she said.

“Sweetness!! Okay, but if we are going to do it, can we do it on Wednesday? I mean that’s the one day of the week that we get out early from school” Niall said. I looked down at Nick, wondering if we should go along with the lie he said. Nick shrugged and Nicole nodded.

“Sure, that sounds good. I always find it weird how we get out of school early Wednesday instead of Friday” Nikki wondered and Liam nodded, not taking his eyes off her. The school has staff meetings every Wednesday, so we get out a little early. Apparently it should be on Friday, so that you get out of school a little early on Friday.

“Your place or ours?” Liam asked.

“Anjelica has a huge project to work on with a friend, and they are going to be at my place, so we better go to yours” Nicole said. Niall nodded and the bell rang. We stood up and dumped the leftover food in the trash, well except for Niall. His trays were clear of all food. I saw Liam lean down and kiss Nicole’s cheek. I frowned, but wasn’t mad at Nicole. She doesn’t know what she does to Harry, but at the same time, I think that she does.

Notes

Okay, sorry for yet another short chapter, it's just that I have so many things in mind that I just have to get to. I'm so excited you guys!! More things are about to go down!! Oh, and I think that Nick and Nicole should have another friend, like one of their friends come in the picture so that it isn't just the boys. What do you think? Thanks for reading! Comment, rate if you haven't and subscribe for more juicy drama!! :)