The Player

Chapter 10

Niall and I had a problem already.

Maya.

We didn't know how to break the news to her that Niall and I were together now. But what I didn't know was if Maya had known all along about Niall's plan to make me jealous by using her. Niall left that part out when he was explaining it to me. It didn't seem like she knew considering she constantly wanted to talk to me when Niall would keep her away. Maybe it was all part of the act. I couldn't be sure. If she was part of the act it was going to hurt me to know that she would betray me like that after just becoming real friends again, but if she wasn't part of the act then it's going to hurt her to know that Niall never really loved her and it was just to get me to love him.

This whole situation was more complicated than it needed to be. Why did I fall for a guy as complicated as Niall? Before I started talking to Niall, my life was as complicated as a taco shell, but now it seemed to be as complicated as it could get. I just hoped I didn't make the wrong decision in being with Niall.

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"Hey." Niall said coming up behind me. I turned my head to see him smiling at me and coming to walk next to me.

"Hey." I said with a smile as well. Ever since we kissed in my dorm room last night, I couldn't stop smiling. Like I literally couldn't. Niall swung his arm and grabbed my hand in his, interlocking our fingers.

"It's nice that we can hold hands now right?" Niall asked, obviously referring to when he tried to hold my hand that night at the movies and I rejected him.

"Mmm." I mumbled.

"You okay?" he asked looking at me. I looked down at our interlocked hands.

"Um yeah." I said looking away from our hands.

"Come on. What is it?" Niall pried.

"I'm just worried about how Maya will react." I admitted.

"Don't worry about her Ella, we will talk to her and I'm sure she will understand." Niall said in an effort to make me feel better.

"Yeah, but she's my friend. I mean I just feel wrong being with you after everything, like how she thought you liked her that whole time and now you're with me. I mean...not that I don't want to be with you....I want to be with you.....ugh however I say it will come out the wrong way." I said getting frustrated.

"It's okay, I know what you mean. You feel bad that you're with me after Maya thought that I liked her and wanted to date her. And you don't want Maya to be upset about it." Niall said.

"Yeah, see if I said that, it would have come out wrong." I said.

"Well, I understand." Niall said.

"Okay, good." we walked in silence to the building for first class, Niall's hand in mine.

"Hey Niall." I said.

"Yeah?"

"Do you mind if I talk to Maya by myself? I just think it would be better that way."

"Umm, yeah okay. That's fine." he said.

"Okay thanks, I just feel like it will be easier on her. You know?" I said.

"Yeah I get it." he said in reply. We made it to the building and went inside. We made it to the classroom and I looked around for Maya. She wasn't in the classroom. I saw Jess walk into the classroom so I stopped her.

"Hey Jess, have you seen Maya?" I asked her. She just smiled and looked at me and Niall standing there looking at her. She seemed to not have heard me.