When In Cancun

"Surprise!" Louis shouted pulling me into a bear hug and making me drop the spoon I was holding. He let go and Liam was next to engulf me. They both stepped back and starred at me smiling widely. I just gaped at them not sure if they were actually here or not. Once it settled in that this was actually real I got excited and threw my arms around both their necks at the same time.

"What are you guys doing here?"

"Can't we come visit a friend?"

"Um yeah but don't you guys have like a million better things you could be doing?"

"Eh, not really." Louis shrugged. Then a thought hit me, there was definitely a reason they were here. I looked behind them to see if anyone else was in the hallway. They must have noticed what, or I should say who I was looking for.

"Don't worry he's not here." Liam assured me and I let out a breath of relief. "He doesn't even know we're here he thinks were visiting Tara at Cornell."

"Yeah, Harry wanted to come so badly but we needed him and Zayn to stay back so he wouldn't get suspicious." I nodded my head and just stood there absorbed in thought.

"Are you going to invite us in or do we have to stand out in the hall all night?" Liam waved his hand in front of my face.

"Oh shit sorry, come in." They both followed me to the living room with small duffle bags.

"How long are you guys staying for?" I asked.

"Just the night but your coming back to the city with us tomorrow." Louis smirked taking a seat on the couch. "Oo comfy," he said feeling the cushions.

"What?" I asked confused.

"Your coming with us we already bought your train ticket." Liam told me. They weren't asking.

"Funny, but no."

"Too bad, your getting on that train even if we have to carry you."

"I can't anyway I have way too much work to do here." That was a lie, I'm really ahead on everything but they don't know that.

"She's lying!" Andie shouted from the kitchen. She made her way into the living room and hugged the boys hello. "She's been working all week, she definitely could take a few days off." If looks could kill Andie would be on the ground right now from the daggers I was giving her. "And for tonight one of you can take the guest room and the other can have Emma's room. She'll with me or the couch." She smirked at me, ignoring my death glare.

"Perfect! It's settled then." Liam announced satisfied.

"Shotty Emma's bed." Louis wiggled his eyebrows. I rolled my eyes at him.

"I'm not going. I know what your trying to do. I'm not going anywhere near N- you know who."

"You don't have to. Plus Tara's coming because I'm taking her to the event on Saturday. She'll be disappointed if your not there." Liam pouted.

"Oh, she'll get over it, I'm seeing her in less then a month anyway for summer."

"I'm sooo telling her you said that." Louis teased. "Unless you come of course."

"Nope, not happening. I've known her longer, she'll believe me over you." I stuck my tongue out at him and crossed my arms looking away.

"Fine," Louis sighed. "Liam, I guess we'll have to find someone else to give the ticket to." My head jerked back to them.

"What ticket?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Oh you know, just a silly old Rangers game." Louis shrugged. "Not to forget, first row seats, right next to the players box, you could practically smell the sweat and if you wanted to-" I cut him off jumping into his lap. He wrapped his arms around me tightly in a friendly hug.

"You guys are the best!" I screamed. I'm a die hard Rangers fan. I have been ever since I was a kid. My dad always took me to the games and I kept the tradition alive. As I got older I dragged my friends and we got drunk yelling at the opposing teams. Apparently I get too excited during the games, but hey when you have been following a team since your three years old you have a lot of loyalty.

"I know aren't we." Liam batted his eyelashes and I tackled him with a hug as well.

"I should go pack! I definitely have my Zucarello jersey here with me!" I ran to my room. A few seconds later Louis followed me in plopping down on my bed.

"This will sure be comfortable tonight. I'm definitely snap chatting Niall that I'm in your bed." He joked. I chucked a sneaker at him, that was still a touchy topic that I didn't want to get in to.
"Oh pack something to wear out to a club." I nodded my head. I put everything I thought I would need for the weekend in a black and white Chanel duffle bag. Liam came in the room and sprawled out on the other side of the bed. I put a devilish smile on my face and they both looked at me nervously as I body slammed between them.

They both let out loud grunts. Drama Queens. "Oh come on, I'm not that fat am I?"

"Well..." Louis trailed off and I spread my arm out punching his stomach. "Kidding, your very fit, trust me Niall will probably never get it up again." We all bursted out laughing. "I'm serious though." Louis said between chuckles. I rolled on my stomach and faced them, placing my chin in my hands.

"So are you guys going to tell me the real reason your here? Don't get me wrong, I'm happy, but I know it has a lot more to do with taking me to a Rangers game." I raised my eyebrows expectantly.

They looked at each other quickly.

"We are worried about him." Liam sighed.

"Why?" I asked concerned, though I was still angry and upset with him, I still cared. I cared a lot. Definitely a lot more than I should.

"Well he wouldn't leave his bed for three days, he missed studio time, I practically had to force him into the shower before we could start smelling him all the way from my flat." Louis started.

"Yeah, and thankfully he grew out of that stage but he's still distant. He's not the bubbly guy he always was. He shows up to studio time and puts a face on for cameras but that's about it. Once were alone he barely talks. He spends all of his time at the gym or locks himself in his room writing songs." They both waited for me to say something but I didn't no how to reply to that. It was still processing in my head. He's really that upset over me? He seemed to get over it pretty quick letting another girl jump in his bed barely three days later. I know I can't be too angry about that we weren't together at that point but it doesn't mean it didn't hurt. When I didn't say anything Liam continued. "He really loves you Emma. He knows he fucked up and he's punishing himself for it."

"What am I supposed to say to that? I'm not ready to forgive him, okay. What do you expect me to do?" I groaned hiding my face in the mattress.I didn't like that he was in pain. I still loved him. I guess in a selfish way I liked knowing that he hadn't gotten over me so easily, because it surely hasn't been easy for me. I'm hurting every day I just have a good way of faking my emotions, I think it's from growing up the way I did. I was always expected to act a certain way.

I felt one of them lightly rub my back. "Look," Liam sighed. "I definitely don't expect you to forgive him, at least not for a while. What he did was a prick move. You didn't deserve that, especially for the whole world to know. He made you look like a fool. I'm sure you've seen the tweets and stuff about you, I hope you haven't but you can't listen to them okay." I actually hadn't seen anything on twitter but I did see a lot of rude comments on Instagram. Most were just telling me I was a dumb bitch for thinking I had a chance with Niall. I just ignored them, that honestly wasn't what bothered me. I don't care what the public thinks of me. I'm not my grandfather or my mother. That stuff doesn't get to me. Of course it hurts a little, I'm not weird, I obviously want people to like me but if they don't that's there loss.

"I don't care what those people or anyone else says about me. That's not why I'm angry or upset with him. He knew how much it hurt me the last time I was cheated on. Yet he still did it anyway. I know I sound immature but I have self respect and I refuse to let myself be played with."

"Don't worry I reminded him of that the moment I saw him with the girl in his bed. So if it makes you feel any better he felt like even worse shit after that." Louis admitted proudly. I giggled slightly but I felt tears coming on I didn't want to hear about the other girls in his bed.

"Look Emma," Liam sighed ignoring Louis. "I haven't seen Niall that drunk since, well since ever. Drunk doesn't even cut it he was completely obliterated and not himself."

"I don't fall for that whole 'I was drunk and didn't mean it' bull shit." I told him. It was true. I've been drunk loads of times and not once would I ever cheat on someone especially if I claimed to love them.

"Trust me, I don't either but this was like nothing I've ever seen before. Niall is usually such a happy and fun drunk, plus annoying if he ends up getting sick. But that night he was just a complete dick. He was rude and aggressive. He even punched me in the face for trying to stop him from doing something he would regret. I honestly think that he thought that girl was you."

I looked up at him, my mouth open slightly in shock. He punched Liam? I've seen Niall angry a few times and they all had to do with that jerk Steven trying to take me away from him. Maybe that's what he thought Liam was doing? Could he really have thought that girl was me? I mean from the photo I saw there was a slight resemblance mostly just in the hair. I don't know it still doesn't change that fact that it happened. Especially the reasons that he got drunk in the first place, he was angry with me for not saying I love you back. That wasn't fair to me. You can't say I love you after less than two weeks and not expect the other person to be surprised. On top of the fact that he was leaving and I didn't even know if our relationship could work out.

"I just- I don't- I can't handle this." I got up from the bed and ran into Andie's room. I had been holding my tears back for a while. I didn't want them to tell Niall I was crying. Once I was safe on her bed I let them spill out like a waterfall. A couple minutes later I felt the bed dip I looked up to see Louis beside me. He wrapped his arms around me and I cried into his chest while trying to calm down. He rubbed my back soothingly.

"I'm sorry we upset you. That's not what we came to do. We just wanted you to maybe understand his side of it. But most importantly we wanted to make sure you were okay. We only met you a short time ago but your really an amazing girl Emma. You left an impression on all of us. Eleanor loves you. Even Zayn is excited to see you again which is strange for him. Niall was really lucky to have you and he knows that and that's why he's so crushed and hates himself so much. We were all really angry at him for hurting you. We wanted to make sure you were alright, and I wanted to cheer you up a bit. So how about we make the rest of the night fun, yeah? We can watch movies, do whatever you want. Then tomorrow we will spend the day in the city and go to the game does that sound okay?"

I hugged him tighter. These were probably the sweetest boys I had ever met. I must have done something good somewhere to have been blessed with them. All of them, even Niall. No guy had ever been so romantic and loving with me in the ways that he was. He was the best relationship I ever had, no matter how short it was. That still doesn't change the facts. He betrayed me in the worst way possible and I just can't bring myself to forgive him. At least not yet. But his friends were still willing to be there for me and that means a lot. I looked up at louis through my glossy eyes. I smiled and nodded my head. "Can I pick the movie?" I croaked giggling slightly. He laughed and wiped my tears.

"Of course just nothing too girly!" He grabbed my hand and led me out of the room to the kitchen. Andie and Liam were there with Seth who brought over tons of pastries. My stomach growled in anticipation.

The rest of the night was a lot of fun, just as Louis promised. I didn't feel like cooking anymore, and Andie was right I was far enough ahead to take a weekend off. We tried everything Andie made, and all of Seth's Pastries. Liam and Louis were practically in heaven. They hit it off pretty well with Seth, bonding over some bands that I had never heard of. We watched Anchorman 1 and 2 as I snuggled on the couch between Louis and Liam. It was around two AM when we went to bed. Louis went in my room as he called dibs on so Liam took the guest bedroom. I cuddled close to Andie as we laid in her bed. She had a lot of fuzzy blankets so it was a lot cozier than mine. I made a mental note to get some similar ones.

"You okay Em?" She asked me.

"Yeah, I'm just nervous to go tomorrow." I admitted.

"I know, do you want me to come?"

"No it's okay, don't worry. I know you still have a lot to do. I don't want you to be behind. Tara will be there so I'll be good. Thank you though, I wish you could come."

"I know me too, it'll probably be loads of fun. Don't sweat it okay. You might not even see him."

"I'm just afraid if I do and I see his face, those eye's looking at me. I don't want to just go back to him."

"Then don't. You owe yourself a better reason to go back to him than just looking at his face. Your amazing and any guy would be lucky to have you even a world famous pop star. Remember that okay?"

"I will, thanks Andie."

"Any time babe, goodnight."

"Night." I rolled over on to my side getting comfortable, eventually drifting off asleep.

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