“Did you really have to be such a dick?!” Stella questions.
“She’s the one that over exaggerated!” the ginger exclaims.
“This is why I’m happy I’m a lesbian.”
“Girls are the ones known for it!”
“Don’t even go there! You know that Des and I are sexist!”
“Sorry.”
“It’s fine.”
“I’m just really upset with her. It’s just... you know how I am with her. I look out for her, but she always yells at me for it. She doesn’t yell at Carrie when she looks out for her.”
“Yeah,” Carrie says, “but I’m her sister. We look out for each other. You are her friend. You aren’t suppose to judge her. You are suppose to support her.”
“I... You’re right. I should probably apologize to her.”
“Well,” Victoria starts, “I would wait and let her cool down. Luckily, she only says and likes violent stuff. She won’t put a curse on you. However, I would still wait.”
“Yeah, but you know how I am.”
“We know, so luckily, she isn’t going to curse you.”
Brandon runs his fingers through his shaggy red hair before getting up. The tall twenty-two-year-old makes his way out the door and over to Des’s apartment. He lets out the breath that he was holding in. OK, this can either go horribly or she’ll forgive him now instead of later. God, Brandon really hopes for the latter. His fist is about to come in contact with the door when he thinks he hears something. Wow. These doors are really thin.
“You’re just a daydream away,
I wouldn’t know what to say,
If I had you,
And I'll keep you a daydream away
Just watch from a safe place
So I never have to lose...”
Brandon’s nail dig into his palm. Does his life always have to be like this? He’s never going to be that guy. He storms away and into his own apartment. Once there, he picks up the acoustic bass guitar that he started making after he got off work at his new friend, Joe’s, place. He stares at it’s surface. He’s done so much for her, but it never pays off. She always sees passed him.
~
“Des is pretty cool,” Louis says as he turns the game system off. “She’s a lot different than all the girls here.”
“Em, yeah,” Niall agrees a little too softly as he gets up off the couch.
After Des and Harry left, Louis and Niall decided to stay and play a little bit more. Louis, obviously, did a good job trying to fight against Des. He lost every game against her, but he came in a close second with Niall coming in third because Louis beat him in the last game. Since Niall turned out to be pretty good at games and make things interesting, they agreed to stay and fight a little bit more. Besides, unlike Des and Harry, Niall’s place isn’t that far from Louis’s flat. They are both in walking distance, but the blond’s flat is only about a five minute walk while Des and Harry’s is about fifthteen.
“We should have her over here more often,” Louis says. “Tonight was really fun, and I can’t even think of what else we can all do together. I can’t wait for that hangout that you set up. It’ll be fantastic!”
“Yeah, it will.” Niall is even more quiet, and he's refusing to look at Louis, who has no idea why his friend is acting this way. It’s not like Des is here.
In the blond’s head, he’s thinking about Des but not in the way that he has been. He’s thinking just like when Des was talking to Louis and laughing. He’s jealous again. Louis is talking about the girl that he has a crush on, and he really doesn’t want him to talk about her at all. It’s bad enough that he knows that he’s not going to get her, but it’s even worse when he hears Louis talking about how much fun she is and wanting to hang out with her some more. He needs to stop thinking about it. That’s what he keeps telling himself, but his mind also keeps telling him that Louis probably has a crush on her too now. It’s not hard to believe since she is different and cool. This brings bad news for the blond though. There isn’t even a sliver of a chance now. Des probably thinks he’s great. That’s probably why they became “soul besties” right off the bat. The brunette hasn’t even said that they are friends. She probably has a crush on Louis now, and any hope that he had is now gone.
“What’s wrong?” the worried friend questions. “Why are you still acting this way? It’s not like that cute brunette is still here.” He winks.
He fucing winked.
Niall can’t take it anymore. Yes, Louis is his friend, but this thinking is getting the best of him. These thoughts won’t go away. He should just leave and go home. Niall doesn’t want to be around the guy that Des probably likes. Of course his life has to be like this. As soon as he likes a girl, they think one of his friends is cute.
That does seem to happen a bit. No wonder those thoughts always make their way into his head. If only he could find a way to boost his confidence. Sadly, he has no idea how that could even happen. His mind just won’t budge. Deep down he knows that it’s because of his ex as well, but he doesn’t like to think about it. He buries it inside his mind and tries his best to keep it there. Of course, it does make its way into his dreams, but he just tries to forget it. No wonder he doesn’t know why he puts himself down so much. It’s not just the fact that the girls always like his friends more. It’s also because of the first time his heart was broken. In fact, it still kind of is.
“I’m going to go now,” he tells the brunet.
“Well, if you need to talk, I’m always here.”
“I know.”
Louis watches as his friend leaves. He doesn’t know why he was acting like that. he has no idea whatsoever. Being nervous around Des makes sense. She’s pretty and his type. Plus, all the blushing that he did was a dead give away. The brunet knows that his friend can get a wee bit jealous, but he doesn’t have anything to be jealous about. Yeah, Des and him clicked and labelled themselves “soul besties”, but he can tell that Des likes Niall. She was blushing just as much as the blond. Only a fool wouldn’t see it. Well, they are obviously idiotic enough to not see it for some reason. They’ll probably have to be put together. He doesn’t know how, but he wants to set them up.
A sigh falls from his lips. Enough of the future. He needs to do something in the present. He didn’t finish what he was doing at work, so now he has to do it at home. Louis makes his way over to this laptop and sits down. He opens it and stares at the document in front of him with hate in his eyes.
Have you ever hated something so much that you want to burn it to the ground? Well, that’s how he feels about work. He hates everything about it. He hates working in a cubicle. He hates how boring it is. He hates his co-workers. He hates his boss. Mostly he hates how fucking quiet it is. It’s like one of those libraries that he’s heard about.
Of course, the job pays well though. He never has any trouble with money, and he can afford this great apartment. He just wishes that the best paying jobs weren’t so boring. It doesn’t help when those particular jobs are the ones that are trying to hire him. Although he doesn’t act it, he’s actually the smartest of his friends. That’s why his job is better. The jobs like his friends don’t want to hire him because it would be a waste of his intelligence. In their world, they try to make sure that intelligence is not wasted at all. Louis is currently the only one in the group to have gone through C.O.L.L.E.G.E. The others are going to go. Harry just needs to save up a bit more money, Liam and Niall have their dates set, and Zayn is the only one that doesn’t plan on going. Louis has no idea why he doesn’t want to go, but apparently, he doesn’t want to go at all.
Louis finally starts to work on his work. His fingers fly across the keys as each word makes his way into his head. He sighs. It’s probably going to be a long night.
~
Niall shuts the door behind him. He goes over and to his couch. He lets out a breath as soon as he’s sitting. He just sits there for awhile without movie at all. He just tries his best to relax and forget about what his mind had been thinking about earlier when Des and Louis were having so much fun together while he just sat there and watched them.
Stupid Louis. Stupid Des. Stupid feelings.
If only they would just leave him alone. That doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen though. He’s only known her for five days, but they’ve had a lot of fun together. There's just something about her that sticks out. She’s different, fun, cute... It probably doesn’t help considering that he hasn’t had a crush in some time. He’s normally too busy with work and hanging with the lads. Now, he’s going to be hanging out with her a lot even if she does end up with that blue-eyed brunet.
He stays sitting there for a bit and finds himself humming. This is new. Humming isn’t exactly a normal thing. It’s the tune that Des was humming when they were playing that fighting game. Louis and Harry advised her to not do that in public because they don’t want anyone to think badly of her. Yes, the fashion is changing, but music is still an underground kind of thing.
Wait. Maybe Niall can write a song for her. That might make her see him.
He goes over and grabs his computer and gets to work trying to come up with some lyrics. Nothing comes to him. Of course, that just makes sense. Since when is putting your emotions out normal anyway. How did everyone do it in Des’s old dimension. Wait. Yeah. He’s starting to get something.
If I’m louder, would you see me?
Would you lay down,
In my arms and rescue me?
‘Cause we are the same,
You save me,
When you leave it’s gone again.

Notes

A Daydream Away Chorus Cover
This is the link to the real Des, me, singing the chorus of the song just like in the beginning of this chapter. Sorry that the audio sucks. I only have my camera that can make a decent recording. I sound better live. Of course, doesn't everyone?
Oh, snap. Wait. That's why Brandon was being a jerk? Poor Niall, and you go, Louis! Put those two together somehow!
Anyway, I hope ya liked this!