He loves me, He loves me not

Ch-48 The award show..

Niall's POV

"Oh thank god you're here mate," I felt relief wash over me as Harry entered my apartment.

"I had to come, you sounded like a constipated little boy on the phone" he chuckled to himself as he plopped in my couch beside me.

"Ha ha Harry, my stomach aches from laughing" I said with an expression blank as a white canvas.

"Okay I'm sorry for the pathetic joke, but really, how do you manage to jump into trouble without even trying?" Harry laughed out again.

But I couldn't deny, he spelled out reality for me.
I always manage to get myself into trouble.
Like.. god?
Why me?

"I know man, but I'm being forced... again." I let out a sigh as my hands pulled on my hair.
Remembering when I was about to break it off with her but was forced not to.

"Hey, calm down we'll find out a way to get you out of this..," he placed a  reassuring hand on my shoulder, and I smiled with hope.

"You think so?"

"Well may be not out... but we can at least make it work?" He smiled sheepishly.

"Okay now tell me what exactly happened, everything" he demanded.

"Okay so I was walking around, two blocks down the street, and I got a call from management.
They started on asking about my progress on our recent song. So I said I was done with my recording. Then that man informed me about this award show coming up this weekend and I just listened to him, until he brought her up. He said I was supposed to show up with Kate, and I almost flipped and said that they can't force me into stuff like this.. they can't force me at all actually.. but the contract.. the fucking contract was the reason I had to seal my mouth before I barfed out profanities at them and hurriedly hung up." I breathed out in frustration at the end of my story.

"And now you're stuck with this.." Harry shook his head. 

"I guess I am.."

"I knew about the award show, but I always imagined you on the red carpet with Emm.. "

My heart thudded loudly, I wouldn't have imagined that..

"What?" I finally let out.

"Come on Niall stop acting so fucking oblivious to everything. We can all see that you like her, everyone but you.."

That made my brain stop working. What the hell is wrong with them?
Why are these guys acting as if it's such a big deal. It's not!
It's nothing like they think it is. It's friendship dammit!

"I don't know what you're on about.."

"Sure you know what I'm on about, Niall why is it so hard for you to accept your feelings for her?"

"Oh let me guess, maybe because there aren't any! It's just friendship that you guys aren't used to seeing!"

"Oh no no, big boy, I've known you for long enough and I know mixed emotions when I see them whirling in your eyes like they are right now!"

"I might like her, that's not my point, what I'm saying is it's in a friendly way.. what you are judging this situation by, my drunk self, not me as I am right now"

"No I am not talking about the time you were wasted Niall I'm talking about the time you guys flirted shamelessly and argued nonstop and all those cute fights you had together.. those are the ones making me judge your situation.."

"We are really awesome together and shit..but I don't really think she likes me like that.. I mean looking at any girl like that is just a part of being a boy, that isn't emotions buddy, it's just boyish nature, it's in all of us" I shrugged.