Anjelica POV
“It’s a good things that you work at a game store” Louis said over the phone wedged in between my shoulder and ear.

“Yeah” I answered back, my tongue sticking out of my mouth. I didn’t pay much attention to his high pitched voice as I flicked through the mountain of video games in front of me. “Which one was it again?” I said, completely cutting him off and sighing as I leaned away from the pile.

“You’re the worst undercover agent ever. The next mission I’ll just do myself” Louis said. I rolled my eyes and impatiently tapped my foot.

“Well excuse me sir, I’m the one using MY break time to look for this stupid game” I grumbled. Harry’s birthday is just two days away and I was sent on a “mission” to find this certain game.

“Yeah yeah, it’s called- Hey! Nikki stop making faces with kids” Louis yelled.

“Shes cute!” I heard Nikki protest.

“You’re such a child” Louis sassed and then I heard a bunch of shuffling.

“Hey ‘Jelca” Nikki said over the phone.

“Give it back!” I heard Louis yell.

“Pay attention to the road!” I heard Liam scold Louis. I smirked and shook my head as my eyes drifted to the ceiling. They’re so crazy, I thought to myself.

“Let me say hi!” I heard my boyfriend whine making my smirk turn into a goofy smile. I’ve always loved Nialls irish accent. It’s heavenly and I love how it’s not a light accent, it’s very thick and just makes you want to melt.

“Niall no” Nikki said and I had to stop myself from protesting. Of course I wanted to talk to my boyfriend, I mean, who doesn’t? My eyes drifted to the clock in the corner of the large back room where the newest and oldest games hid from sight.

“Damn” I cursed, realising that I only had 5 minutes left of my break. And before you say something like “Why don’t you just get it after work?” Well I can’t. The game that they want to get Harry is limited addition and has been on sale for a week now and there’s only a few left. I have to snag this game while I can. I can’t save it for myself because it’s a store policy. And there’s no way I’m asking my manager to find it for me. He’s done so much for me and I’m always bugging him with my problems with work or telling him why I can’t come to work because of school. Louis was coming over today to buy it, and I just found out not to long ago that he brought company with him. That boy can never be alone.

“It’s FIFA 16!” Nikki shouted into the phone, followed by more shuffling and loud voices. I held the phone away from my ear, sparing my ears from all the harsh noise. Suddenly, I heard the click and the line went dead. I looked at my phone in confusion and saw that my phone had ran out of batteries.

“Oh well” I shrugged and slipped my phone back into my back pocket. My phone always runs out of batteries, so it’s not a big deal.

“Anjelica!” Tom, my manager called out.

“Coming!” I said and grumbled under my breath. Now my break is over and I spent it looking for that damn game. I walked out off the back room, the door closing behind me. I saw Tom standing behind the counter. He looked over and gave me a warm smile.

“Anjelica, can you help this nice, young lady for me?” Tom said, gesturing to the petite lady in front of him on the other side of the counter.

“Of course” I said politely, walking over to her with a smile. “Hi, how may I help you?” I asked and saw Tom walk away out of the corner of my eye.

“Yeah um..” she said, biting her bottom lip and looking around the room.

“Is there anything specific you are looking for?” I asked, encouraging her to speak.

“Well, there’s this game that I wanted to get my little brother...” she said, her voice drifting towards the end of her sentence.

“Yes?” I said, trying not to get annoyed with her hesitance.

“It’s called ‘FIFA 16’?” she said, more like question. I mentally sighed and whipped on a smile.

“Yeah, that game been pretty popular. I’ll go check in the back” I said and turned around, back to the room I was just in. I opened the door and stepped into the room. I immediately saw Tom organizing papers and checking off games.

“Hey?” Tom said, giving me a confused smile.

“Just looking for FIFA. Again” I said, rolling my eyes sarcastically.

“People really likes that game” He said as I walked over to the shelf. If it wasn’t in the pile of games I was looking at earlier, it has to be here on the shelves.

“Yeah..” I said, trying not to worry about getting it for Louis.

“There aren’t going to be there” Tom said, and I could just hear the smirk in his voice. I kept looking on the shelf just to try and prove him wrong, which was just a stupid things to do because Tom has been working here far more longer than I have and knows everything about this place. I sighed when I heard some shuffling and I could sense him standing behind me.I held my arm over my shoulder and felt him place a game case in my hand.

“And where was this?” I asked, not turning around.

“Far left” he chuckled and I heard him walk away. I looked to my left and glared at the shelf. I remembered that I had a customer waiting and turned around to thank Tom.

Thanks” I said and headed for the door.

“No problem. Gonna have to order more of those” Tom said and I nodded.

“Yeah, a lot of people like it. Better stock up just in case” I said, placing my hand on the door.

“I should have thought of that earlier” he said, causing me to look over my shoulder to him in confusion.

“What do you mean?” I asked, not turning my body around, but just looking at him over my shoulder.

“That’s the last one” he said, shuffling through papers. I gulped.

“R-really?” I said. Oh crap. Louis is going to be so mad. “Are you sure?” I asked, now fully facing him. Tom glanced up at me.

“Yep. And it’s a shame to because we supply all the other stores with games too. So all stores now don’t have it” he said. “Should have ordered more earlier.”
“Are you positive?” I asked, gripping the game case in my hand.

“Are you alright? he asked, his attention now on me. I frowned and looked down.

“Yeah, I was just wondering. That’s all” I said with a sigh.

“Did you want the game or something?” he asked, tilting his head to the side.

“Just for a friend” I said and then left without another word. It takes up more than 4 days for games to be delivered and Harrys birthday was in two. I know that Harry really wanted it and I know that Louis really wanted to get it for him. I mustered up a smile as I approached the girl.

“You’re in luck! This was the last one” I said. The girl snapped her head away from the games she was looking at and brightly smiled, her eyes sparkling.

“Oh thank you!” She practically squealed.

“Is that all you need?” I asked, not handing the game over to her. I’m sure that she at least wanted to look at it before purchasing it.

“No, that will be fine” she said, still smiling. We both walked to the counter and I slipped behind it. I scanned the game and typed in a few keys. “I can’t believe it! My brother is going to be so happy!” she said, pulling out cash from her purse.

“I’m sure he will” I said with fake enthusiasm. Good thing she didn't notice. “That will be 61.59” I said, reading off the computer screen. She pulled out a fifty dollar bill, a five dollar bill and a ten dollar bill. I placed the game in the bag and handed it to her before taking the money off the counter. I sluggishly counted the right amount of money, hunching my shoulders. I was not in a good mood at all. I know that I shouldn’t be worrying so much, but I’ve never cared about someones birthday so much. Of course I cared about everyones birthday, but when it came to the boys and my sister, I really wanted to get them what they wanted and something great. Before the receipt could finish printing, the girl was already opening the door to leave.

“Keep the change!” she said. I looked down at the change in my hand.

“3.41” I muttered. I put the change back in the register and slammed it. I rubbed my forehead and bit the inside of my cheek.

“Hey!” I heard Louis say after less than a minute of silence. I looked up and saw Louis, Nikki, Niall and Liam walked in.

“Babe!” Niall said and I could tell that he was refraining from running over to me.

“Hi” I smiled, particularly at my lovely boyfriend.

“So, you got the game?” Louis bluntly asked, hopping onto the counter.

“Off off!” I said, pushing him off the counter.

“Well, do you?” Louis asked in annoyance. I gulped and rubbed my neck.

“Funny thing is-”

“Funny thing?” Nikki asked and everyones eyes on me intensified. Except for Nialls, his were still beautiful and adoring.

“Yea-”

“What could possibly be so funny?” Louis asked, narrowing his eyes at me.

“Wel-”

“Enlighten me” Louis sassed.

“Will you stop interrupting me?” I snapped in frustration and small guilt.

“Hey Anjelica guess wha- oh hey guys” Tom said, walking out of the back room.

“Hi Tom!” Nikki enthusiastically said.

“Hello” Liam politely spoke.

“Hey” Nialls irish accent drawled.

“Tommy!” Louis said, slinging his arm around Tom. Tom was introduced to everyone a few weeks back and warmed up to them rather quickly, particularly Louis.

“What you guys doing here?” he asked. I bit my lip and looked down.

“We were just dropping by to buy the new FIFA game. Anjelica was getting it for us” Louis said and I glanced up to Tom. He first furrowed his eyebrows then smiled.

“Yeah, well I got it right here” Tom said pulling out the game from behind his back. My jaw practically dropped all the way to China.

“Bu- wha- Yeah!” I said, trying to find my words.

“Great!” Louis cheered it and snatched it from Tom.

“Yeah, I was just bringing it out to Anjelica just incase you guys were here. I guessed right” Tom smoothly lied, making my eyes widened.

Kindest. Person. Ever.

“Why don’t I ring you up? Oh and Anjelica, you can leave early, work is slow today”

Scratch that. Best. Boss. Ever.

“O-okay” I stuttered and whispered a thanks as I passed by him.

Nicks POV
“So, why did they go again?” Harry asked for the thousandth time. “I mean Louis still grounded and not allowed to drive” Harry huffed. Yup, that’s right. The boys are still grounded, but Simon was nice enough to let Louis drive to go get Louis present. Simon was going to unground the boys on Harrys birthday, but of course he was going to lay down some rules.

“I’ve already told you” I said, sighing and trying to make my lie believable. I totally suck at lying, just like Nikki. “Louis-”

“Jeez Harry, let it go” Zayn said, cutting me off, but I didn’t mind. I was thankful that I didn’t have to lie. Zayn made up the lie, just minding me that Zayn could lie easily...

“But I want to go! Why did Liam and Niall have to go?” Harry groaned, shoving his face in Simons couch pillow.

“You whine too much” Zayn said.

“He’s just mad that Nikki left too and didn’t stay” I teased, both Zayn and I trying to hold back our snickers. But instead of Harry protesting, he kept his face in the pillow.

“Its obvious now that I like her. I now just have to get her” Harry mumbled into the pillow. Zayn and I exchanged a look. I slightly raised my eyebrows at Zayn and he did the same.

“Just ask her out mate” Zayn said, looking over at Harry.

“I can’t!” Harry finally protested. He sat up and looked at us. “She doesn’t think I like her and I can’t just go ‘hey, be my girlfriend.’”

“I didn’t mean like that” Zayn snapped.

“He meant ask her out on a date” I said, and Zayn nodded.

“Well...Liam thinks that I should ask her out to the valentine’s day dance..” Harry said.

“Really?” I asked.

“I know cheesy right..?” Harry said, blushing.

“No” Zayn said, and I looked at him. I didn’t think it was cheesy at all. “I don’t think it’s cheesy” Zayn said.

“I just thought that!” I gasped and then blushed. I can’t believe I said that out loud. Zayn chuckled and Harry smiled.

“You’re so cute” Zayn said, squeezing my shoulder. Great, now I’m even more red.

“But you guys, I don’t know if I can” Harry said.

“Wait why?” I asked, snapping out of my embarrassment.

“Because, Liam seems so okay about it” Harry said. “I know that he liked Nikki, or maybe even still likes her..” Harry said, voicing his concerns.

“Mhm..” Zayn hummed and I tried not to get distracted by how throaty and sexy it sounded. But back on track.

“I’ve actually thought about that..” I said, realising the real conflict here. Harry needs to go get his girl.

“I mean, I don’t want to hurt him, but I really like Nikki” Harry said.

“Yeah, we know” Zayn and said at the same time. We looked at each other.

“Woah” we said again in unison. We broke out into goofy smiled and Harry groaned again.

“Go get a room!” he said, throwing his pillow at us. The pillow hit Zayn square in the face, and to be honest, it was hilarious. Zayns hands immediately flew up to his hair and Harry and I burst out laughing.

“Oh shut up, just because you’re the birthday boy doesn’t mean that you’re getting away with that” Zayn threatened.

“What are you going to do? Shave my head?” Harry laughed, but then stopped when he saw the evil smirk on Zayns face. “Don’t even think about it!” Harry said.

“I think I’ve got something better in mind” I smiled evilly and whispered random words in Zayns ear, not meaning anything. Zayn caught on to what I was trying to do and played along.

“Mhm, ooo!!! Yeah” Zayn said and I loved how close I was to him. Not to mention how adorable he was while he made facial expressions.

“Guys!” Harry whined and stood up.

“Yes, that sounds great” Zayn said when I pulled away.

“I’m throwing away every item that poses as a threat” Harry said, walking to the kitchen.

“We’re joking Harry!” I laughed and Zayn grabbed my hand. I was startled by the sudden action, but he only did it to drag me to the kitchen. I didn’t want him to let go of my hand, but I knew that if I didn’t, he might get freaked out, so when he pulled his hand back to his side, I didn’t make any attempt to stop him. Harry took a juice box out of the refrigerator and stabbed the stray roughly into the box.

“Woah man, what’s wrong?” Zayn asked. I stared at Harry with concern. He seems so suddenly upset.

“If it’s about shaving your hair, we’re sorry” I said. I don’t like seeing him upset.

“It’s not that it’s just...I’m afraid of what will happen with Nikki and I” Harry said. He ran his fingers through his curly hair and sighed.

“It’s gonna be okay” Zayn said, patting his shoulder.

“But Zayn” Harry said, shrugging his hand off his shoulder. “Aren’t you concerned?”

“About what?” Zayn asked. I looked at Harry puzzled. What is there to be concerned about? Nikki and Harry are going to be together and we all are going to stay best friends and Liams going to find someone great, right?

“We leave in less than 6 months” Harry said. I froze. I totally forgot about the boys leaving.

“Wh-um..” Zayn stuttered, suddenly flustered. He frowned. “We have time” Zayn said.

“Zayn, Niall is going to have to leave Anjelica back here. You’re going to have to leave Nick back here. I’m gonna have to leave Nikki” Harry said. I froze when he said my name. Sadness washed over the room t the thought of being separated. I’ll go with them to England in a heartbeat. I couldn’t bare to leave Zayn, even though he was never meant to be mine.

I bit my lip and shook my head. I don’t want to think about this.

“Harry, stop” I said. Harry sipped on his juice box with his eyes furrowed. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. One, because why would he say that and two, I couldn’t bring myself to look at Zayn. Harry stopped sipping his juice and straightened up.

“Nick, you k-”

“I don’t want to hear it” I said, holding up my hand.

“He’s right. I’m going to have to leave” Zayn said, with an expressionless voice. I gasped and finally looked at him. His face was blank. My heart was beating wildly in my chest, like a
warriors drum. Zayn looked away.

I can’t believe he said that. I’m his friend, he shouldn’t think so negatively. He should think positively!

“Zayn!” I said. Before he could say anything the front door opens.

“We’re back!!” Louis hollered and I heard everyone shuffle in. I took one last look at them both before running out of the kitchen.

“Hey Nick-woah” Liam said as I ran past him and the others.

“Nick?” Nikki said, but I didn’t stop.

“Nick, wait!” I heard Louis say, but I didn’t. I stomped right up the stairs. I headed for my rom, then remembered that I shared it with Zayn.

“Arg!” I grumbled under my breath and went to Liam and Nialls room instead.

I just...I don’t want to think about anything right now.

Notes

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