Fix You (Niall Horan)

Chapter 11

Liam's POV:

Where is he? We've been looking everywhere and it's almost like he's vanished into thin air. I was repeatedly calling Niall's name when my phone buzzed, which distracted me a little bit from my searching.

One New Message: Simon Cowell

What the hell is Niall doing?!

I read the text again, confused. Until I noticed there was a picture attached. A picture of Niall kissing some fake blonde, big-boobed waitress.

No. He didn't. He wouldn't. That's not him. It can't be. I tried to convince myself that this was some sort of mistake, but I knew it wasn't. When Niall gets angry, he's almost like a different person.

I was about to open my mouth to say something to the rest of the boys, but when I looked up they were all peering down at their phones. SImon must have sent it to all of them.

I forwarded the message to Niall, and within seconds I got a reply.

Nialler!: shit.

Me: what the hell were you thinking?!

Nialler!: SHE kissed ME

Me: where are you?

Nialler!: walking back to kylies.

Me: youd better hope she hasn't already seen this. good luck mate.

I sighed. The daddy was slowly creeping out in me. What was he thinking, putting his own reputation on the line for some ditzy waitress? I thought him and Kylie were doing fine. Who was he turning into?

I immediately logged into twitter, and sure enough, tweets of Niall's picture were everywhere. Damn paparazzi. Always showing up where you least expect it. Sometimes I wish we could get some privacy.

"That picture's everywhere..." Harry said, nervously.

"I know...I hope Kylie hasn't seen this," Louis told us. Him and Kylie were good friends, and I could tell that he was mad at Niall for what he did. He put not only his reputation at risk, but everyone else's as well. And Kylie's heart.

She was fragile, everyone knew that. She'd gone through so much. You could see it in her eyes. And Savannah had gone through it all with her. The two were truly inseperable.

I secretly hoped that Kylie wouldn't see the picture. But she was a fan. There was no avoiding it.

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Kylie's POV:

Savannah and I stayed up and waited for the boys to come back. I pulled out my phone and started scrolling through my twitter feed. There was some picture of a familiar-looking blonde guy with quiffed hair kissing a busty waitress, but I didn't take interest.

UntilI saw it again.

And again.

And again.

Whoever this kid was, he obviously wasn't supposed to be kissing this girl. I looked at the trends on twitter, hoping maybe that would tell me something.

Niall's Kiss

What? Why would that be trending now? The last person he kissed was me...wasn't it?

I saved the picture into my phone and zoomed in. Sure enough, that was Niall. And that girl definitely wasn't me. He must have gone to the diner a few blocks down when he ran out. That asshole. I took a closer look at the girl.

No. It can't be.

It was Stephanie. He was kissing Stephanie, that bottle-blonde slut that Michael dumped me for because she would actually do stuff with him. She was a gold-digger, and he was a fucking idiot if he couldn't see that.

Just as I was about to tell Savannah to check her twitter, Niall comes bursting through the door. I took one look at him, and the way he glared at me. My eyes stung with tears.

"Excuse me," I said, harshly as I pushed past him to go into my room. I've cried in front of him enough, I wasn't ready to do it again.

I held myself together until I got to my room. With a shaky hand, I turned the knob and pushed the door open. As soon as I was inside, I slammed it shut and flopped onto my bed, not being able to hold it in any longer.

I was crying because of Michael. Because I missed Dad. Because my mom turned into a drunk when Dad went missing and I had no idea where the hell she was.Because of Niall. Because Stephanie gets whatever she wants. I was crying because I was still fat. My life was far from perfect. And I had no one, accept Savannah. But I knew sooner or later she would get sick of my shit and leave. It had just taken her longer than others.

My phone buzzed, but I barely felt it because my entire body seemed numb.

I weakly read the message in front of me, which was from Savannah.

Savannahhh my lovee<3: what happened?!

Me: check your twitter.

Savannahhh my lovee<3: holy shit.

Me: i don't wanna see him. ever again.

Savannahhh my lovee<3: you gotta face him sometime, ky.

Me: no.

Savannahhh my lovee<3: come down here, the rest of the boys are back. he's explaining it.

Me: If only he realized who he was kissing. that was STEPHANIE.

Savannahhh my lovee<3: that whore who dated michael right after you?!

Me: that's the one.

Savannahhh my lovee<3: awwh kyliee:( come downstairs.

i sighed and looked in the mirror. There's no way I could face them all like this. I washed my face and took off the make-up that was running down below my eyes. I inhaled deeply, trying to gather myself before I went back to Savannah and the boys.

I stalled as much as I could, considering I really didn't want to go downstairs. I would take a step and wait ten seconds. My cheeks were still damp with tears and I took deep breath after deep breath to try and steady my heart rate.

I couldn't believe that Niall of all people would do this to me. The guy I told one of  my deepest secrets. The cheeky Irish lad with the huge heart. He's starting to seem more and more like a stranger to me.

I turned the corner and stepped into the living room, where everyone was gathered around listening to Niall explain himself. I felt all eyes on me, and Niall stopped in mid-sentence. I figured Savannah told them all about Michael. Not that I minded. I avoided Niall's gaze and went right over to my best friend. She gave me a quick hug and I sat down on the floor next to her.

"You okay?" She whispered.

I looked at her and nodded, with a feeble smile. But she could see right through it. She gave my hand a quick squeeze and her attention turned back to Niall.

"I just went into the diner and she was there. She took my order and we talked for a little bit," Niall explained. "She asked me about myself, and I told her about the band and stuff. She acted like she didn't know who I was."

"Are you crazy?" Savannah asked him rhetorically. "She'd have to live in a hole underground to not know who you guys are. And adding to that, you kissed Stephanie, of all people." Sav shook her head, disappointed.

"You know her?" Liam asked us.

"Hell yeah we know her," I spat. "She was the only one who would fuck Michael, so that's why he dumped me."

All eyes went wide.

"Kylie...I'm so sorry. I had no id--" Niall began.

"Just don't."