**Ruby POV**

I walked into the boy's fabulous mansion, without permission. I don't need it, not that they would give it to me. Even when we were younger, I didn't need permission to do anything. I'm just naturally manipulative. Oh who am I kidding? There's nothing natural about me. Zayn knows it. Louis knows it. I forgot about Louis. They used to call him 'Little Lewis' just to piss him off. I didn't mean to.... It just came out. One day i acidentally called him that, but only because I'm so used to hearing it. I didn't mean to. He didn't talk to me for at least a week after that. But that's not why I'm no longer considered welcome in any of their households. Anyway, you see, I have this... condition, where I hear voices in my head. Bad voices. Sometimes they take control of me. Rid me of my pride. They do things, things I have no control over. I had always tried to stray away from people as a young kid. Pretended to be anti-social, just to prevent others from finding out. They wouldn't be able to accept me as I am. No-one would. Well, that's what I thought. Then then the boys came along. It was Zayn, Louis, Niall and Liam. They hadn't met Harry at this point. They met Harry after I left, around X-factor. Everyone wanted to be their friend, they were automatically popular but they only hung around with each other...

--Flashback--

**Ruby POV**

I sat behind the wall in the lower part of the quadrangle in the school's playground. No-one knew why there was a wall there. There just was. A completely random wall sitting in the middle of the playground. I always sat behind that wall. By myself. Either crying or just staring of into space. Today was one of the crying days. So I was sitting there, silently sobbing to myself when I heard voices. New voices that I hadn't heard before, male voices, on the other side of the wall. The strangers talked loudly together and I continued to cry. Suddenly everything went silent.
"Hey guys, can you hear that?", I heard one of them say.
They walked around the wall and saw me.
"Go away", I begged.
"What's wrong?", asked the blonde one. He kneeled down and grabbed my hands.
"Nothing, p-please just go away"
"Not until you tell us what's the matter", blondie insisted.
"I'm just sad, it's nothing, just voices"
"Are people teasing you?"
His Irish accent, lulled me into relaxation and made my tears cease.
"No"
He was the first person to talk to me at school since I got here. Three years ago. People just didn't talk to people who were wierd. They thought I was emo or goth or something. They didn't want to get involved with me. He sat down and hugged me. I tried to shrug him off but he wouldn't let go, instead he just held me tighter.
"I'm Niall", he whispered. "Ruby", I replied.

--Flashback Ends--

While I was in the kitchen I thought about how safe I felt that day. Zayn walked in.
"This is all your fault", he spat.
"My fault?!?", I yelled bewildered.
"Why did you have to come here?"
"Look, all I'm doing is catching up with some old friends"
"Which you know very well, your not allowed to do"
I looked straight into his eyes. "Zayyyynnnn? Zayn, look at me" His eyes snapped on mine, fixed. "Why are you mad at me? All I want to do is talk to you guys. Is that a crime? Why can't I catch up with you boys?"
He looked away from me. "Stop that! You know full well why", he muttered, just loud enough for me to hear. He was right. But I came here to make sure that they knew I didn't mean to hurt them. It wasn't my fault.

**Harry POV**
I looked at Louis, mesmirized by his extreme good looks. I can't believe I did this to him. I looked into his eyes. They were soaked in tears, red rimmed and irritated. The tears he cried for me. Because of me. I ruined his life. Why did I have to meet Ruby? Why didn't I just stay home that day? He was glaring at me and that only made me feel even more guilty. He gently smiled and I grinned. Maybe he wasn't that sad, maybe he forgave me. My dimples were obviously showing and he flushed red. He figeted with his trousers, obviously uncomfortable there. That only made me smile more he looked up again, seeing me looking at him still and that only made him blush and figet even more. We sat there, me flirting by giving him suggestive, but subtle looks and him blushing like mad, all from opposite sides of the room. It took evey single ounce of the little self control that I had not to instantly run and takle him to the ground. I tried so hard not to take him, right there, right then. I was slowly losing it. He was making me crazy. I could see his obviously rock hard length through his pants and that nearly tipped me over the edge. I was about to get up and walk over to him when there was a knock at the door. "Oi Louis, can you get that? I'm busy", came Zayn's voice from the kitchen. I looked at Louis. He went pale and wide eyed. "I-I--", he stuttered. I chuckled, he didn't want to get up. "I'll get it", I called. I winked at Louis and he looked relieved. I stood up and answered the door. "Niall?"
As soon as he saw me he grasped me by the throat and pinned me to the wall. "What the hell did you do to Louis?!?", he screamed at me. "NIALL STOP!!", Louis stood up but quickly remembered his situation and sat down. Niall let go and stepped away.

**Niall POV**
I saw Louis and his, uh, problem. "Somebody better tell me what's going on- now".
"Niall?", came a familiar voice from the kitchen. One I haven't heard in years but would recognise anywhere. "Ruby?"

Notes

I'm like a machine- I can't stop writing. I've already written the next few chapters but I dont wanna post them yet- cause I'm evil. MWAHAHAHAHA

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