I sighed, opening all of the cupboards and draws in the kitchen of the apartment that I shared with my best mate, Will, as I looked for my phone. I walked into the living room, ignoring the fact that Will had the boys around to film the most recent Eboys video. They all looked at me, their eyebrows furrowed but all of them trying to suppress smirks as I started to lift pillows up. 

"Y/N, man, what you doing?" Will laughed. 

"Yeah, it's not like we're filming a video or anything." Alex chuckled. 

"Sorry, lads, I can't find my phone. I've looked everywhere." I sighed. 

"Are you sure that it's not in your room?" James asked. I looked at him. 

"Aye, James, that's why I'm tearing the rest of the flat apart because I didn't think to check in my room first." I scoffed. 

"Do you want me to ring it?" Will asked as he gently took my hips and sat me down on his lap. I sighed and nodded as I hooked my arm around his shoulder. 

"Go on, then." I mumbled. He nodded, trying not to smirk as he dug his phone out. 

"Will, why are you trying not to smile?" I asked. He looked at me. 

"Aw, um, it's nothing, like." He reassured as he called my phone. My eyes widened as I could hear my phone. In my bedroom. 

"What? I literally checked my room ten minutes ago." I scoffed, standing from Will's lap and rushing towards the hallway. 

"Obviously didn't check hard enough!" George yelled after me. 

"Fuck off, you Tory!" I shouted back, making the boys laugh at my comeback. I opened my bedroom door. Immediately the bucket tipped and poured freezing water all over me, making me scream loudly as I could also hear the boys laughing and clapping. 

"WILLIAM LENNEY! WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO, YOU SQUARE-HEADED CUNT!" I screamed, only making the boys laugh louder. 

"Come here, mate, let's see Will's handy work!" Alex yelled. I clenched my jaw and turned around to walk back into the apartment, my body frozen to my bones and my sopping wet clothes now sticking to my equally wet skin. All four boys were pissing themselves laughing as Will stood up. 

"I fucking hate you boys." I shook my head. 

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I love you!" Will laughed as he grabbed a towel from the kitchen table. 

"Fuck that, you're helping me dry off." I huffed as I grabbed two fistfuls of his hoodie and pulled him into a hug. 

"Alright, I'm sure I can do that for ya." Will chuckled, looking back at the boys and the camera as he wrapped his arms around me and returned the hug. 

I sat in Will and I's living room with the rest of the boys, having a movie night since they'd finished filming the Eboys video. 

"What do you guys want to watch?" George asked as he flicked through Netflix. 

"How about a horror movie?" Will asked, his arm around me. 

"Fuck no, you know that I have nightmares." I groaned. 

"You'll be fine, lass, you can just sleep with me tonight." He smirked. I rolled my eyes playfully and gently slapped his chest, though admittedly not disliking the idea of sleeping with my best friend. 

"How about...Avengers? Classic?" George asked. 

"Sure, why not." James nodded as I stood up and headed into the kitchen to help Alex with the snacks. He looked up at and gave me a smile as I stood next to him. 

"What do you need doing?" I asked. 

"Not much. Just open those bags of crisps and put them into a bowl." He shrugged. 

"So simple that a Geordie could do it." I joked. 

"Your words, not mine." He teased back, making me chuckle and shake my head as I opened the first bag of crisps. Alex flicked his eyes up, looking at Will before looking back down. 

"So, what's up with you and Will?" he asked quietly. 

"What do you mean?" I chuckled. 

"Oh, come on, Y/N. Surely one of you must see what everyone else does." He scoffed. I looked up at him and raised an eyebrow, hinting for him to continue. 

"Jesus, I thought that at least you would have realised. You're in love with each other." My eyes widened and I quickly raised my hand to cover Alex's mouth. I gulped and looked at the boys in the living room, checking to make sure that Will hadn't heard what Alex had just said. I looked at him. 

"What are you talking about?" I asked in a hushed voice. Alex sighed and looked at me as I moved my hand. 

"I mean that you two are far more than best friends. We all notice the stolen glances, the smiles, the cuddling, the touches. Hell, even after he soaked you in the prank for the Eboys video, he could have just taken off his hoodie and given it to you, but instead, he hugged you. I don't care what you say, Y/N. There's something there. And it goes both ways." He nodded before grabbing two bowls and walking into the living room. I gulped, my heart almost beating out of my chest as I tried to process what Alex had just said. The idea of Will liking me back wasn't one that I had entertained before now, the beautiful brunette lad seemingly being so out of my league that I hadn't let myself believe that I might have a chance. But it seemed that maybe I did after all. I bit my lip and tried to recompose myself as I grabbed the last two bowls before heading into the living room and sitting down next to Will. 

"What were youse two talking about? Looked intense, like." Will chuckled as his arm fell around me so that his hand was on my lower back. I gulped and looked at him, making his smile dip. 

"U-um...it was nothing." I stuttered. 

"You sure, lass? You know that you can tell me anything, yeah?" he asked, a look of concern now plastered on his face as he reassuringly put his hand on my knee. I gulped and looked at Alex, who looked away as soon as I looked at him. Will's eyes squinted at Alex as I looked back at him. 

"I'm fine. I promise, Will." I reassured. He sighed and nodded, giving Alex another look as he gently put my legs over his lap and we started to watch the movie. 

Will's P.O.V

Will lay on the sofa as he watched the movie with the boys, his hand gently combing through Y/N's hair as she lay on top of him, asleep. Every so often, his eyes flicked to Alex, his brain unable to shake the image of Y/N looking at Alex when she told him that she was okay, implying that Alex knew what was wrong. And he couldn't figure out why his best mate would tell Alex and not him. 

"Alex, mate." He mumbled, making the boy look up at him from his spot on the floor. He raised his eyebrows, hinting for Will to continue. 

"What did you and Y/N talk about in the kitchen?" he asked. Alex's eyes widened slightly, James and George's attention also now on Will. 

"Um...it was nothing, she's fine." He shook his head. Will squinted his eyes at him. 

"If it's nothing and if she's fine, why couldn't she tell me but she could tell you?" he scoffed, starting to feel slightly hurt at the idea that Y/N felt more comfortable telling Alex something over him. 

"Fucks sake, Will, it's not like that." Alex shook his head. 

"Then fucking tell me what it is, lad." Will snapped, getting more agitated by the second. Alex sighed and looked at him. 

"You really want to know?" he asked. 

"Course I do, lass is me best mate." He scoffed again. Alex sighed and rubbed a hand over his eyes. He looked at Y/N, checking that the only girl in the group was asleep before his eyes flicked back up to Will. 

"We, well...we were talking about how there seems to be something between the two of you." He admitted. Will's eyes widened slightly before his eyebrows furrowed in an attempt for him to fake ignorance. 

"Meaning what, exactly?" he gulped. 

"Stop playing dumb, we all know that you're in love with her." George scoffed. Will's eyes widened and he quickly covered Y/N's ears with his hands, looking down at the girl to check that she was still asleep and so hadn't heard his twat of a mate's poorly timed confession. 

"Aye, fuckin' wake her up with that, why don't you." Will spat. 

"It's fine, Will, because one of the things that we talked about in the kitchen is the fact that she feels the same." Alex nodded. Will's eyes widened, his heart almost bursting out of his chest as he looked down at the sleeping queen that lay on him. 

"She...loves me back?" he mumbled. 

"She has for ages, mate. It's some sort of twisted miracle that neither of you has seen it before now." James scoffed. Will stared down at Y/N, his lips seemingly stuck into a smile as he leant down and kissed her head softly.