The Runaway ***NIAM AU***

Chapter 7

ONE DAY. EXACTLY ONE DAY UNTIL I GO AND SEE ONE DIRECTION. GAH. ONE DAY I'M GONNA COME BACK AND READ THIS AND I'LL SEE THIS AND CRY. YEAH. I'VE ONLY BEEN WAITING OVER A YEAR FOR THIS CONCERT. OKAY I'M DONE. XX

****Kate's POV****

I sat at the table and watched as Liam scrawled down his grocery list for when Jay went later on. Jay was going out of town for a few weeks and he felt like he needed to do something for us so he said he'd go and buy groceries for us. Even Liam had to admit that it was a very nice and generous gesture.

“Are you going to be like this the whole time Jay's out of town?” Liam smiled up at me and I rolled my eyes with a smile.

“What's wrong with me wanting to spend time with my bestest friend in the whole world?” I asked and he just eyed me with a smirk.

“Here, give this to your little boyfriend when you go out and see him,” he said, sliding the slip of paper over to me and I looked over it and shook my head. Such a list Liam would write...I couldn't help but notice Liam wasn't his usual bubbly or sarcastic self.

“Hey, are you okay Li?” I asked quietly and he looked up at me and bit his lip with a nod.

“I'm just, you know, still adjusting I guess,” he replied, but I knew Liam too well to know that was why he was so down in the dumps.

“You know you can talk to me right?” I pushed on and Liam looked up at me and smiled genuinely.

“I know Kate, thank you,” he almost whispered as he stood up and hugged me. I smiled as he kissed my cheek.

“Have fun with Jay, I'll be here when you get back from your sex night,” Liam snickered as he left me alone in the kitchen. I couldn't help but laugh at Liam's comment; he was such a dork. I stood up and stretched and headed into the living room where I ran into Jay. He grinned down at me and gave me a kiss.

“Do you wanna come with me on my trip?,” he whispered as he kissed down my neck. I bit my lip and mentally hit myself because I knew Jay wasn't going to be very happy with my response.

“I can't just leave Liam,” I mumbled and Jay pulled back and looked at me in a bit of disbelief.

“Babe, you'd rather stay with Liam than come on a little vacation with me?” he asked and I pulled back from him.

“He's my best friend and he's going through a rough patch in his life okay? You know I love you more than anything else in the world, but it'll only be a couple weeks or so right? Once Liam's back on his feet we'll be attached at the hip again,” I whispered, holding his face in my hands and giving him little kisses. He sighed and held my lips to his lips before pulling away.

“I'm only going to let this go because I love you so damn much Kate,” he mumbled against my lips and I grinned, hugging him tightly.

“Thank you! Come on, we have all night to do whatever we want,” I spoke seductively as I dragged him out the door.

****Niall's POV****

I was actually enjoying myself being home alone...that is until Zayn came in the door and a fist immediately collided with my face; surprisingly not knocking me out for once!

“What the hell did you do this time?” Zayn growled holding me by my hair. I was in immense pain from the blow and the stinging on my scalp, but I showed no sign of pain or weakness otherwise, Zayn would only make the punishment worse.

“I told you! He was upset that I wasn't who I said I was!” I screamed and he threw me down onto the hardwood floor. He rolled his eyes and crossed his arms across his chest.

“What a lame excuse,” Zayn huffed and I shook my head.

“I'm serious!” I exclaimed frantically and Zayn looked down at me in disbelief.

“So we got a little innocent fruity kid?” he asked and I turned my head away, not being able to see Zayn's cold dark eyes piercing into my own.

“We don't have anymore time-,” Harry started, but wasn't given the chance to finish due to Zayn smacking him across the face.

“Thank you Harold! You think I didn't already know that? And you,” Zayn spat looking at me with fury in his eyes, “You're going back to that little ass and you're going to finish what you were sent out to do.”

“Unless you want us to kill you instead,” Louis grinned, but Zayn shot him a look and I started counting my blessings.

“Well don't just lay there looking at us like you don't speak English! Go!” Zayn erupted and I scrambled up to my feet, grabbing my laptop and running into my room before I got anymore fists lodged into my eye. I was breathing quickly as I frantically typed Liam a message.

N: Liam, I'm sorry I refused your offer to meet up. I'm bored and it's no fun not talking to you anymore....I was hoping maybe I could stop over?

Liam is typing...

L: That'd be awesome actually Niall. The only thing is that Kate's going to be home soon so...but it shouldn't be a problem other than that.

N: Awesome. Thanks Li. I'm on my way.

L: See ya soon!

I crept out of my room and thought I'd sneak out with anymore interrogation, but I had no such luck.

“Well?” Zayn asked, grabbing my arm tightly as I tried to sneak out of the house. His grip only continued to tighten me while I remained silent. He raised his eyebrows as his grip became unbearable and I finally broke.

“I'M GOING OVER NOW!” I cried and Zayn let go of my arm and nodded.

“Get it over with so we can get the hell out of here,” Zayn growled as he pushed me out of the house and I ran over to my car. I got in and took a deep breath as I planned out what I was going to do when I arrived at Liam's. I shook my head sped off quickly, hoping that I could seriously get this over quickly. Although, after I did this I would be back in the same situation all over again and I knew it was only going to get worse.