Rachels P.O.V.

I was a tad nervous about seeing the boys again. It had been a while since I had talked to them so I felt a bit awkward as I walked in the front door of the large house they were currently living in.

Liam was the first person I saw as I walked down the long hall. "Rachel! How are you love?" he asked, pulling me into a hug. My nervousness disappeared as I hugged him back. "I'm great. Its really good to see you again Liam" I smiled as we broke apart.

When we got to the sitting room, Zayn was sprawled across a couch on his phone. "We have a guest" Liam informed him. He looked up lazily but grinned when he saw me. "Hey Rach, long time no see" he said smiling. I smiled back widely. "Yeah, it's been ages" I nodded.

"Rachel!" I turned around quickly to see both Harry and Louis now in the room. Louis engulfed me in a hug so tight I could hardly breathe. "Its been ages! You really need to come see us more!" he told me as he pulled back. Niall always asked me to come see him while on tour. And of course I would have loved to, but Brad would never had said yes.

"I know, I've just been pretty busy" I replied. "With your boyfriend?" Louis asked, raising his eyebrows. I felt myself blush slightly. The boys had only met Brad once, and he had been surprisingly nice. So why did I get the feeling that they, like Niall, didnt like him?

"I guess..." I replied awkwardly, shrugging. "Well I dont really-" Louis began but Harry cut him off. "Drop it Lou, your embarrassing her" he told him, then pulled me into a hug. "Its great to see you again Rach" he told me.

As soon as we parted I changed the subject. "So how was tour? You have to tell me everything!" I insisted.

We all sat down and before long the boys were going over their tour in detail. Of course I had heard about a lot of it from Niall but it was nice to hear them all explain it. They told me about how much they appreciated all the fans and how amazing it was to see different parts of the world.

Then we got onto their love lives. Harry started telling me about one girl, Shannon, who took an interest in Niall. The others joined in, telling me about how they met Shannon on a night out and about how she took a liking to Niall. Then Loui took out his phone and found a picture they had taken with a group of girls. "See thats her there" he told me pointing to one.

I felt my stomach flip. She was gorgeous. Drop-dead gorgeous. I bit down on my lip hard. I felt almost...jealous?

"So did you go for it?" I asked Niall. He looked embarrassed but shook his head firmly. "Nah, shes not really my type" he told me. Harry rolled his eyes. I felt insanely relieved for some reason and felt the corners of my mouth twitch. Zayn caught my eye and raised an eyebrow. My cheeks flushed crimson.

I couldn't really understand why I was feeling relieved. I guess I was just a bit protective of Niall at times...

Notes

Heyy!
Okay so I just wanna let you know that in this story the boys are all single!
Perrie, Eleanor and Sophie aren't in it at all.
I have absolutely nothing against any of these girls, but I just feel it'll be easier for me to write without them since I dont really know much about their relationship.
All I know is what the media shows us, none of us knows how they act behind closed doors, so I find it easier to write without their relationships!
Well thats about it!
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