27 Tattoos

Great, school, you thought. Everyone would be asking you about what happened at the party, you just couldn’t be arsed. You got up and got dressed into leggings and a jumper, not being able to put effort into your appearance today. Applying minimal makeup, you jogged downstairs.

“MUM!” You yelled, not getting a reply. Obviously she wasn’t home, no surprise there. Picking up Dani’s shoes and Perrie’s dress, you grabbed your school bag and walked to school. You checked the time on your phone as you neared the school: 9:36, shit. You were half an hour late. You ran the rest of the way and checked in at the office, looking at your timetable to see that you had science. That’s okay, you sit next to Liam in science, everything can go back to the way it was before this weekend. Before all this crazy shit happened. You walked into the class, 20 minutes late and everyone’s eyes were on you.

“Sorry I’m late miss.” You murmur.

“That’s okay. Take your seat, (Y/N).” She replied sweetly. You shuffled to your seat and sat next to Liam, who was looking at you with a worried expression.

“(Y/N) are you okay?! Where have you been?! Everyone knows you’ve been with Harry, even though some people are saying you were with El. What happened?” Liam half yells, half whispers. All throughout that science lesson you didn’t do any work, you just told Liam what happened, Dani turned around and gestured to what was going on, you replied by mouthing “Outside.” Once Dani knew she took no time in telling El throughout her next lesson, which resulted in El rushing into English and pulling you out of the lesson.

“(Y/N), holy shit, are you okay?” She asked, worry spread across her face.

“I’m fine El, don’t worry. Nothing bad happened.” You laughed and returned to your English lesson, your teacher looking anything but pleased with your exit.

“Sorry, family crisis.” You say to her, hoping she will buy your excuse even though you’re a shit liar.

“It’s fine. Just next time I need a warning.” She replied, warmly. You sat down and looked around the room, only for your gaze to be met with Zayn’s. Fuck, since when was Zayn in this class? You had English 4 times last week and you could have sworn he wasn’t in any of those lessons. He probably ditched, you think to yourself, that being the only reasonable explanation. He was still staring at you so you gave him a ‘what the fuck?’ look and he just shook his head and smiled, his attention returning back to the teacher. This was how you spent the English lesson, glancing over at Zayn who would already be looking at you. Thank fuck it was lunch after this lesson, you would get to see all your friends, well the ones Harry hadn’t scared off, you would have to check on Noah as well, since him getting punched was partly your fault.

The bell rung and you sped out the door to meet with El and Dani outside P.E. They walked out and you gave them the biggest hug, them returning the gesture.

“Oh, Dani. Here are your shoes.” You say, rummaging through your bag and handing her the spiked heels.

“MY BABIES!” She yelled and hugged the shoes, you and El just laughed as the 3 of you walked to the cafeteria. You chose to go the long way, so you could catch up before you saw the boys, this meant walking outside. You were laughing at something ridiculous that El just said when you made eye contact with some electric blue eyes, Louis.

“(Y/N)!” he shouted, Dani and El’s expressions turned scared, fear washing over their faces. You didn’t know why they were so scared of him, he wasn’t as bad as what people said. When Louis shouted your name, a few more heads popped round the corner: Harry, Zayn, Niall and Perrie were all now looking at you.

“Dani, El. I need to return this thing I borrowed off Perrie, do you want to come or-“ You began but Dani cut you off.

“We’ll wait for you here.” She said, panic in her tone.

“Okay, I’ll be a few seconds.”

You give her a comforting smile and she shoots you a worried look.

“I’m fine.” You laugh at them, “Don’t worry.” You say as you walk over to the group who were surrounded by smoke. You stopped a few metres away from them.

“Perrie, I have your dress.” You state.

“Come over here then, love.” Louis says, smiling.

“Passive smoke kills, you know?” You say sassily and they all burst out laughing whilst putting out their cigarettes.

“Now, come.” Louis says, a hint of humour in his tone.

“Thank you.” You say, glancing at him and walking over to where Perrie was sat with Zayn.

“I washed it for you, thanks for letting me borrow it.” You say as she beams up at you, “No problem, so are you staying with us?” She says excitedly.

“Uhm, I think I’m going to stay with Dani, El and Liam but feel free to come with me. Actually please come with me, we are much more fun than Zayn.” You say laughing.

“HEY! No fair, (Y/N)!” He whines,

“Well, it’s true.” Perrie laughs at this.

“I don’t know, maybe some other time.” She replies, her smile faltering.

“You’re always welcome, Perrie.” You say reassuringly, she just nods and smiles at you.

“So, I hear you have a date with a certain Irish boy tonight.” She says with a wink, suddenly the whole groups attention is on you, you glance back at Dani and El who are stood there, chatting.

“Maybe.” You say laughing.

“OOOH NIALL’S PULLED!” Zayn shouts, getting up and tackling Niall, as they start play fighting.

“Shut up.” You say flatly as Niall starts to laugh.

“Why did you tell them?” You question him.

“I’ve got a date with a pretty girl, why wouldn’t I tell them?” He replies with a cheesy grin on his face as he pulls you in for a hug, kissing you on the cheek as you push him away and start laughing.

“Control yourself.” You say to him, giggling and he just shoots you a wink in reply. Harry and Lou had wandered off, that was weird but you decided to shake it off.

“Anyway, I have to go. Bye!” You shout over your shoulder.

“BE READY FOR 8!” Niall yells after you and you smile to yourself.

“What’s happening at 8?” Dani questions, shit.

“Right, don’t be mad but Niall asked me on a date and I kind of sorta said yes?” You stated but it came out as more of a question. Dani and El looked disappointed. “Look, they honestly aren’t that bad. Well, Niall isn’t at least. If he was really that bad then I wouldn’t have said yes.” You say hopefully.

“We just can’t lose another friend, (Y/N).” El said, her head low. You placed your hands on her shoulders and she looked up at you.

“Then don’t.”

*Harry’s P.O.V*

“OOOH NIALL’S PULLED!” Zayn shouted, getting up and tackling Niall, as they started to play fight. I couldn’t take it. I stormed off out the gates, not giving a shit if there were any teachers there or not. How did he get there first? How did he snatch her from right under his nose? It was that night with Stan, where he went outside and comforted her. I volunteered to go, but Niall insisted for me to stay inside. I bet that was his plan all along, to steal her from me. Sure, Niall doesn’t know how I feel, only Lou does but still, it was a dick move. I kept saying she was mine and Niall asks her out, and what’s worse is she says yes. What does Niall have that I don’t? He has tattoos, he has piercings, and he smokes, does drugs, gets into fights and fucks girls like me. So why does she like more than me? What was all that bullshit about starting over, getting to know each other again, when she goes out with Niall? I thought I actually had a chance, how stupid of me.

“HARRY!” I hear someone yell from behind me and I see Lou running towards me.

“Harry mate, I’m sorry.” He says panting.

“Whatever, I’ve tried. I’m the one that’s been trying and all Niall has to do is swoop in and grab her. What part of she is mine, did he not understand?” I ask, my voice breaking at the end. Why was I so upset about this? She was only a girl. I would find another girl like her, so why did it bother me so much that she is going out with Niall?

“Harry, you’ve only known her for a week, and you barely even know her. You probably just like that fact that she doesn’t give into you. It turns you on to think that someone can be so powerful and not just give you what you want. You’ll find another girl like her and start falling for her just like you’re falling for (Y/N), she’s nothing special.” He says reassuringly.

“I don’t even know why I feel like this, you’re right, I don’t know her. What I said in the bedroom the other day Lou, I meant it. I’m not falling, I’ve already fell. It scares me Lou.” I say, looking up at him,

“What scares you?” He asks, his eyes searching my face for an answer.

“I’m just scared to feel how I do towards her. I’m scared that she is going to fall for Niall. I’m scared that she’ll just forget about me, forget about our deal. I’m scared that she doesn’t feel the same way. I’m scared of putting her in danger, pulling her into the life I live. I’m scared of not having her around. I’m scared that she will choose Niall over me. Most of all, I’m scared of the fact that I’ve fallen so hard, so fast for a girl I barely know. That’s what scares me, Lou.”