You & I **ON HOLD**

It was approaching the end of January. I had been living with Niall for almost a month. Perrie and I were great friends, the boys and I were close, and everything was great. everything except for One Thing (see what I did there? :D). Niall was starting to get distant from me. Unusually distant. He was still his usual immature, funny self, but he went out a lot, leaving me alone in our house. It was worrying me. Had I done anything?
'Don't worry, Teagan, it's probably the tour coming up. Niall just stressed. Either that or he's just getting used to living with you. One or the other,' Louis told me reassuringly.

'Teagan, Niall always gets really stressed before tours. Relax, he'll be back to normal soon.' Liam said.

'It's probably just the tour coming up they have,' Perrie told me. 'Zayn's really stressed and nervouse himself. Don't worry.'
I had Los been going out with Harry a lot. As friends, I assured myself every time we saw each other, but I knew deep down he wanted us to be more. I hadn't asked him for advice, though. I pressed the 'call' button on my phone one night when Niall was out.
'Teagan?' He answered straight away.
'Yeah, it's me. Would you mind if I came over?'
'Feeling crummy?'
'A little.'
'No, I don't mind. Come over if you like.'
'Thanks, Hazza.' I ended the call. It felt right talking to him. I was (apart from Niall) closest to Harry than the rest of the band.
Harry answered he door after I had knocked. 'Hi,' he smiled.
'Hi.' He ushered me inside and we both sat down on his sofa.
'So what's up? The Niall thing?'
'The Niall thing,' I replied with a sigh.
'What is it exactly that bothers you?' I found myself blurting out all my feelings from the past week.
'Well, he's been going out a lot on his own, and he comes back really late. Also, when I talk to him about something serious his eyes will stop focusing on me and he looks like he's daydreaming. And when I ask him if there's anything wrong, he'll shake his head and say there's nothing wrong, and put on a sort-of-forced smile. We've always been so close, so it kinda worries me.'
'Have you asked anyone else for advice?'
'Yeah, but they all say the same thing.'
'And what's that?'
' "Oh, don't worry, it's probably the tour. He'll be fine soon." It's not that reassuring, however much Louis, Liam and Perrie have tried to help.'
'Well, it could be partly the tour, but I'm sure he has something bigger to get off his shoulders. I understand you're worried, but if you've always been so close then it won't last long. It's probably nothing you did, otherwise he'd tell you about it.'
'Thanks, Haz.' I hugged him. 'Thanks for listening to me.'
'No problem. Just give me a call whenever you need to talk.' I hugged him again.
'Well, Harry, I should get going. Thanks again.'
'OK. See you. I'm here whenever you need me.'
'OK.'
On the way to Niall's, I wasn't looking where I was going and I crashed into someone. It was dark, but I could see him well. 'I'm so sorry,' he said.
'Don't worry,' I insisted. 'It was my fault. I wasn't looking where I was going.'
'I'm Oliver.'
'I'm Teagan.'
'I've seen you around here with the girl from Little Mix and Niall and Harry from 1D.'
'Yeah, I'm friends with them. I only just moved here from Ireland and I'm living with Niall now.'
'Cool. We'll, Teagan, I should get going now. I'll see you around, beautiful.' I blushed.
'See you.'
He's cute, I thought to myself as we walked in opposite directions (No! There's only One Direction! :D). Oliver. What a cute name. I shook it out of my head as I reached our house. Niall was in.
'Hey,' he said to me.
'Hey.'
'Where were you, then?'
'At Harry's.'
'Harry's?' He raised an eyebrow. I tried to hide my face as I felt it grow hot.
'Yeah.'
'Teagan, can I ask you something? Serious?' Something serious? What could It be? I was worried now.
'What?' I managed to get out.
'Teagan, how do you impress a girl?' I laughed lightly, relieved it wasn't anything bad.
'Got someone special then, eh?' I teased.
'Yeah, I guess,' Niall mumbled, going red.
'OK, I won't tease you anymore because I'm nice,' I said, my hands on my hips. 'So, you should start by complimenting on her eyes, hair, outfit or something like that.'
'Anything else?'
'Well, don't go over the top, complimenting her for every little thing. Don't rush right into complimenting on everything, either. Take it slowly. Oh, and also, don't try and tell her any corny jokes or force yourself to be funny. The best thing is to just be yourself. Soon enough, she'll be laughing.'
'Thanks, Tea Cosy.'
'No problem. I bet she'll be falling for you in no time, you being in the most famous boyband and all.'
'I hope so,' he said.
'Well,' I yawned. 'I'm going to bed now. Night.'
'Goodnight.'
Five minutes later I climbed into bed, still shaking off those thoughts of Oliver.

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