*3 days later*
Nicks POV
I lazily lounged on the couch as Nikki got ready in her room. Louis and Zayn were picking us up and taking Nikki to the doctor for a check up since Anjelica was at work. Nikki’s cousin would taken us to her appointment, but Louis offered and insisted that he would take us. The two brunettes (Liam and Harry) wanted to come, but Nikki refused to let them. She’s still mad at Liam and Harry. She doesn’t like how stupid they were acting and doesn’t want to talk to them just yet. Niall isn’t coming because he’s “visiting” Anjelica at work. More like hanging around to stare at his girlfriend.

I checked my phone for the thousandth time today, waiting for Zayn to text me back. I sighed when I saw that I had no new messages. Instead of putting my phone back into its rightful place in my pocket, I stared at my screen saver. It was a picture of me, Anjelica, Nikki and Zayn. Wonderful, amazing Zayn. The boy that makes me smile when I’m sad. The boy that tickles my sides to distract me from touching his hair. The boy that makes my insides go crazy when he laughs.

He puts up with my crazy ideas and random girl moments. He’s just perfect...but the only thing is..my feelings for him are so strong, and I know that he doesn’t feel the same. I will only be his best friend..

“Nick? Are you okay?” Nicole asked, snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked up at her worried face.

“Y-yeah” I stuttered.

“Is it about you know who?” she asked, slowly sitting down next to me. I set my phone down on my lap, knowing that I couldn’t lie to her. I sighed with a nod, looking anywhere but her face. “Nick, I know that you really like Zayn, and Zayn is a great guy, no doubt about it-”

“Nikki, I know. He’s not gay” I said, practically growling. I already know that he isn’t gay and I have no chance with him, but deep down, there still hope. The way he hugs me, tells me I’m his best friend, tells me how cute I am, how close he gets to me..

“Nick, thats not what I was going to say" Nicole said, catching me off guard. I looked at her, confused as to why she wouldn’t say that, I mean, Anjelica has already said it. “I was going to say, that you should get across to Zayn that you like him, so he understands. Zayns an amazing guy so you shouldn’t hide your feeling from him and so that he understands.” Nikki said.

“What!? NO way!” I said, jumping off the couch, my phone bouncing on the carpet a few inches away from me. There’s no way that I’m telling the love of my life th-wait, love of my life? Could I really love him? Nikki noticed my struggle, probably because it was written all over my face.

“Nick, you’re falling for him” she gently said, standing up.

“I can’t be..” I said. Sure, I’ve had major crushes, but love? That can’t be right...I’m not afraid to love, theres nothing to be afraid of. It’s just that I don’t know if I’ve been in love with Zayn this whole time.

“Nic-”

“I’m going to call Zayn, see if they are almost here” I said, quickly picking up my phone and heading to my room. It was not exactly a lie, I did want to see how much longer they were going to be, but also, I didn't feel like talking to Nikki about Zayn right now.

My room used to be a guest room that I never really used whenever I slept over. Now it’s my room, posters decorating the walls and nicknacks stacked on shelves. I closed the door behind me and locked it just incase Nikki wanted to barge in and continue our discussion. My thumb hovered over the call button, hesitant to call Zayn. Maybe I should just call Louis instead. The breif talk with Nikki kind of shook me up about talking to Zayn..

My heart disobeyed my mind and pressed the call button. I sucked in my breath as rings floated from my phone speakers. Just the thought of Zayns voice made my heart beat faster.

"Hey mate" Zayns voice answered. I shivered at how raw and raspy his voice sounded.

"Hey Zayn" I said.

"You're probably calling to see if we are almost there, yeah?" He said. I blushed and nodded, even though Zayn couldn't see it. "Well, does this answer your question?" He asked. The sound of a van honking could be heard outside and I smiled.

"We'll be right out" I said and hung up. I unlocked my door and swung it open. "Nikki, they're here!" I called out, walking to the front door.

"So I'm guessing that it was Louis who honked?" Nikki said, coming out of the kitchen with her bag and slung right arm.

"Yep" I replied and watched her lock the front door. The sky was cloudy and unfriendly, the typical California winter season. Louis honked the horn as we approached his van.

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear those last couple honks" Nikki sarcastically said to Louis, who smiled happily. I sat in the middle with Nikki, chatting with Zayn while Nikki and Louis playfully joked back and forth.

"You know, Liam and Harry both with you the best today at your check up" Louis finally brought up. I froze, knowing that even a week later, it still something she didn't want to talk about.

"Thats nice" Nikki said through gritted teeth and I could feel the sudden anger rolling off of her. Louis looked at her though the rearview mirror and frowned.

"Why are you mad?" Louis asked.

"Because after what happened they don't have the decency to apologize to each other and Harry hasn't apologized to me for pushing it. On top of that, they are the ones who haven't spoke to me" Nikki said, leaning forward in her seat.

"Maybe because they want you to talk to them first about it" Zayn piped in.

"They need to man up, grow some balls" Nikki said and I gasped. Nikki wasn't one to say stuff like that.

"Maybe its you who needs to grow some balls" Louis sassed. Nikki shot him down with her brown eyes, her deathly stare digging past his sass.

"Says the owns who got none" she said. Louis opened his mouth to throw in more trouble.

"Guys stop" Zayn said. I could tell that he didn't like his friends fighting against each other. I was on the same boat as him.

"Whatever, we're here" Louis said, pulling into the parking lot of the hospital.

"Don’t bother coming in. You're better off driving away" Nikki said, yanking the door open and stomping out. Louis grumbled and Zayn looked back at me.

"Please stay, she'll come around" I said, begging both Zayn and Louis to stay

"Of course we aren't leaving her" Louis sighed.

*1 hour later*

I mindlessly played stupid games on my phone, waiting for Nikki to finish up with her appointment. Louis and Zayn decided to just wait in the car, why, I don't know. Its cold outside and the car would be cold.

"Guess who upgraded?" I heard Nikki say. I paused the game and looked up to see Nikki waving her right arm around, it was now in a cast.

"I did on solitaire" I said with a smirk and pointed to my phone.

"Ha ha" Nikki said, but couldn't hide her smile.

"Any news?" I asked.

"I got cheese loads of physical therapy, other than that no" Nikki shrugged and fished her phone out of her bag.

"Who are you texting?" I asked, watching her type a message.

"Anjelica, her boss let her leave early just a few minutes ago and I'm asking her to pick me io" she said, sending the message and dropping it back onto her bag.

"Why? Louis and Zayn are waiting in the parking lot to take us home" I said, stopping her from walking away.

"I just don't want to talk to them. I don't want to argue with them anymore than we did" Nikki said.

"Nikki please! I'm sure Louis didn't mean it" I begged. And it was true. I know that the boys would never want to argue with us intentionally and they wouldn't mean to be rude or anything.

"Alright..but now I have to text my sister back" Nikki said, whipping her phone back out and walking out the front doors with me.

"Hey, look at you" Louis yelled out the van window. Even though Nikki and Louis were at each others throats just an hour ago, they both seem fine.

"Yep, upgrated" Nikki said, tilting her right arm up a bit.

"Can I sign it?" Louis asked as Nikki and I hopped in the van.

"Sure, but not while you're driving" Nikki joked and Louis scoffed.

"But I'm a multi tasker" Louis winked at Nikki. I smiled to myself, glad that there at least wasn't arguing among us. Louis started the car and headed to Nikki's. About halfway through the car ride, Louis got a little serious as he stopped at the red light. "Hey Nikki, I just wanted to apologize for earlier" he said, looking over his shoulder at Nikki.

"Oh Lou, its alright. I apologize too" Nikki said, giving Louis a small smile.

"Yeah, you kind of overreacted" Zayn mumbled and we all looked at him in shock.

"Zayn..?" I said, surprised that he would say that.

"Its true, I don't mean to be devils advocate, but there was no need to snap at Louis. He was right" Zayn said. Cars behind us honked, urging us to move since the light now was green.

"Zayn, we all deal with problems differently" Louis said, accelerating.

"But Nikki needs to stop sitting back and being mad" Zayn said and for first time since I've known Zayn, I was getting a little mad at him.

"Well Zayn, it was Liam and Harry's doing. They were the ones fighting over Nikki" I said, stating at the back of his seat.

"But Nikki was the cause of it, so she needs to grow balls" Zayn said and the three of us gasped at him.

"Zayn, Liam and Harry need to apologize first more than anything" I debated. They were both being ridiculous.

"Nick, you don't understand" Zayn said, looking back at me.

"What do I not understand?!" I said, raising my voice.

"Forget it" Zayn snapped.

"Zayn, control yourself" Louis warned.

"Forget it? Well I can’t forget it now!" I yelled.

"Nick" Nikki said.

"See! Now everyones making a big deal about this" Zayn snapped at me.

"Well then why don't you just 'forget about it'" I hissed back.

"Obviously that's something hard for you" Zayn growled.

"Zayn stop it!" Nikki said, seeing the tears at the corner of my eyes. I don't want to cry, there's no reason to. Its just that this is so frustrating and I don't know why Zayn is being this way. I thought that him and I were on the same boat earlier.

"Stop the car" I said.

"What? N-"

"I said stop the car!" I yelled, demanding Louis to pull over.

Once Louis pulled over, I jumped out the van and marched off, Nikki following close behind me.

"Nick! Nikki!" Louis yelled, pinching the van next to us.

"No. I cant be in the same car as him" I grumbled.

"You cant just walk home" Louis objected.

"Of course they can" Zayn grumbled.

"Just go!!!" Nikki yelled, now marching past me. Louis kept objecting, driving his car next to us. How could Zayn just say that? I mean, we all have a right to say what we feel, but he could have said it a little nicer. He should have been supportive and understanding, even if he thought different. That's what friends do. Me thinking and Louis protesting to Nikki went on for about 5 minutes until Anjelicas car pulled over to the side in front if Louis van.

"What is going on here?" She yelled, getting out of her car and running over to us. An unexpected Niall also jumped out of Anjelicas car and followed close behind her.

"Please, just take us home.." I said, deepening the dent in my frown and eyebrows.

"Not until you tell me what's going on" Anjelica said, standing her ground. Usually at this point, I would have wondered and questioned why Anjelica was here out of the clear blue, but I didn’t care. I was just glad to see her.

"We got on a fight.." Nikki mumbled.

"Another one?" Niall asked.

"Yes, another one" Zayn irritably said.

"Woah, tone" Anjelica said, raising her eyebrows.

"Zayn..?" Niall softly spoke to him. Niall walked over to the car window. "Zayn what did you say?"

"Stuff" Zayn suddenly snapped, anger hardening his face.

"Get in the car" Anjelica ordered. Nikki and I gratefully scurried to her car. We sat in her warm, better than walking in the cold winter. Moments later, Anjelica got into the car, but with no Niall.

"Where's Niall?" Nikki asked.

"Hes going with the guys" she said, not paying to much about it.

"Did Zayn say anything more.." I quietly asked, my voice cracking as I said his name.

"Nothing that should concern you any further" she said, her jaw set with very faint frustration.

Notes

Hey! Sorry for not updating, my laptop hates me and just ughhh. But on a lighter note, I plan on updating more now that my grandmother is gone.
What do you directioners think? What do you predict is going to happen next? Sooo much drama!
I love you all for reading and I thank you for being patient with me! And sorry, for like the thousandth time, but if you haven't voted than please please vote, I'm BEGGING you!