If I Was Your Man (BWS)

Thirty-Three

*Maddie P.O.V*

"Okay, you sure? There's no going back. I don't want you to feel you have to-"

"Mads, shh. I want to, I 100% do." Brad said, smiling at me. "You don't have to worry. I am ready to post about this, are you?"

"Of course I am." I said. "I just worry about forcing you into stuff you don't want to do."

"Maddie, trust me, he wants to. I know him, he's certain." Connor said, reassuring me. Brad nodded and smiled.

"Besides, I would be making up excuses to get out of it if I didn't want to do this." He laughed, and Connor agreed.

"Okay," I said, typing out the caption to my post.

Me and Brad looked at each other and nodded.

"3, 2, 1." Connor egged us on, and we both hit send.

Holy shit. It's out there. It's really, really out there. I sat in shock for a moment, taking it all in. The moment we'd both been waiting for for weeks was finally here and it was surreal. The fans finally know the truth about us. Although I felt alive and excited, a part of me also was worried. I knew there would be certain fans out there that would give me harsh comments and harass me on social media because I'm dating Brad. But as long as I brace myself for that and don't focus my time on the negative comments, I should be okay.

"Babe, we did it." Brad said.

"We did? We did!" I said, and we both hugged each other tight. My heart was going mad, and my brain was all a slush on excitement and fear. Connor came over and gave us both a hug.

"I'm so happy and proud for you both, I really am. I know I tease you both and wind you up a lot about this, but I can see just how happy you've already made each other and I've got to admit, you're a proper little power couple." He turned to face me, putting his hands on my shoulders. "Now Maddie, whatever happens now, good or bad, me, the lads, Reece, Blake, George, Luce, Kirstie and all of our management and team have got your back, okay? We all love you so much, and we want you to try your hardest to ignore any negative comments made." Connor said. "We can't sugar coat it and say there won't be any horrible comments made because the harsh reality is, someone somewhere is going to be horrible. But you've got to try and look past those and look at the nicer comments because overall we have a lovely fan base and I know most of them will be so happy for you and Brad."

"Thank you, Con. I love you." I said.

"I love you too." He said, giving me another hug. "Alright well, James and Tristan are on their way over now, so I'm going to go and wait for them. I'll see you in a bit." Con left my bedroom, leaving just me and Brad.

"I fully back everything Connor said." Brad said to me instantly. He took hold of both my hands and sat down on the bed, pulling me down next to him. "I don't care what anyone says about you online, okay? Remember, you're stunning, hilarious, amazing, everything, I love you so so so much and I promise I will defend you against any haters. Don't be afraid to talk to me or Con or anyone about any backlash you receive. It's going to be horrible and hurt, but we all love you and we're here for you, and soon it'll all calm down and go away again because it'll become old news and everyone will settle into getting used to us being together. Besides, like Con said, we're a little power couple."

I giggled, leaning into his side and he wrapped his arms around me. "I love you so much too. Thank you... for everything. I know we haven't been together for long but you really have made me the happiest and you're just over all amazing. I don't even know why you want to be with me but here we are. So thank you."

"There is no need to thank me, although I'm going to be a hypocrite and thank you too." Brad said, and I giggled and kissed him before he could say anything else.

"You never have to thank me." I said, and I reached for my phone and saw it was blowing up.

"May I make a suggestion and say that you don't check your social media's for a while. For multiple reasons; One, the news has only just broke out. Two, the fans will be going insane. Three, you really wanna wait for it to settle down first before you check it. Besides, you've got the video to upload in 45 minutes time. I suggest you could go online after that. Of course, I won't stop you, but I'm advising you against it from experience." Brad said.

I chucked my phone back down on the bed beside us. "Good idea. I can't even read any notifications properly anyway because it's all just a blur of likes, comments, tweets, etc." I knew I could simply log out of my accounts or something for a while but that was effort and also I'd prefer to just stay logged in. Knowing me, I'll forget my password or something.

"It will, it'll be crazy for days. I can't wait to go through comments later and see the reactions of everyone." Brad said. "We'll have to do that together."

"Of course." I said, and I fell back against the bed, folding my arms over my head. My life was kinda crazy before, but it just took a whole new level by posting this.

I felt the bed move beside me, and before I knew it, Brad was on top of me. He pulled my arms away from my face, and smiled, tilting his head a bit like a puppy does. "You're beautiful, you know that?"

"Shut up." I giggled, putting one of my hands behind his head and pulling him down to kiss me again.