Unmistakable.

TEN - On bended knee

Thursday, 5am

Nick's POV

Words can't express how nervous I am right now, I bet y/n isn't even awake yet. I don't wanna lose her, but if I continue lying like I have been, then things could get so much worse. I need to do this.

I walk out of my room quietly, trying not to wake up the others. I slide on my jacket and pick up my car keys, heading for the door. "Nick, wait." I hear a voice behind me. I turn around to see Brian with a tired expression. "Good luck, man." He says with a weak smile. I smile back and nod, opening the door and walking over to the car. I turn the keys, and the car starts, I take a deep breath and look in the mirror. I wish I had just told her when we met. That way, I wouldn't have to risk losing the only girl who's ever liked me for who I am. (NO ANGELLL JUST AN ORDINARY MANNN) I take out the map and look at it, the right way up this time, and start driving. What do I even say? How do I start it? 'Oh hey y/n, I've been lying to you about who I am sincs the day we met, I'm actually in a really famous band and today I have to fly far away from you to a new country in a few hours'. Absolutely not. My plan is to get there by around 5:30, then try and figure out what the hell I'm going to tell her before she starts her shift at seven.

30 minutes later

Once I become familiar with my surroundings, I park in a parking lot next to the grocery store and get out. I start walking over to the lake where me and y/n went on a date, I smile at the memory but can't help feeling a lump form in my throat. I check my watch for the time, 5:37. Sitting down on the bank, I try gathering my thoughts. Perhaps I shouldn't sugar coat it, be real with her, she might appreciate that more. No...what if she thinks I don't like her anymore? I shake my head and look at the sparkling water, happy couples in paddle boats laughing and being close to one another. I sigh and wait patiently for seven to come around.

y/n's POV, 6:40am

I hear my alarm clock go off abruptly, and I shoot up out of bed, scrambling to get my work clothes on. "Morning, Iz." I say, rushing out of my room to find isabelle making us toast. "Hey girl." She smiles, taking a bite out of hers. I pick up my slice and shove it in my mouth, putting on my shoes and bag then swallowing the bite. "You ready?" She says. "As I'll ever be." I mumble, taking another quick bite as I try to finish before we leave the building. "Your boyfriend coming over today?" She smirks. "He's not my boyfriend!" I giggle, pushing her. "Not yet, he's not!" She laughs, pushing me back. "Yeah, I saw you two walk into your room the other night." She winks. "Oh! God! No, we didn't do anything!" I cringe. "Yeah... right." She nudges me. "Izzy, stop!" I laugh. We make our way into the café, setting up before customers start coming in. I hate this shift. It's my earliest one out of all my work days, and I always seem to be exhausted whilst on shift. The doors open, and the bell tinkles. People are pretty early this morning. We've barely just opened.

"Hey, y/n." I hear a voice say. I look up to see Nick standing awkwardly with an almost sad expression on his face. "Nick!" I grin, running up to him and hugging him tightly. He hugs me back and kisses the top of my head. "Look, I haven't come to take you out, as much as I want to." He says. "Right, okay, that's fine!" I smile. He sighs and takes my arm softly in his hand, leading me away from the counter. "I need to tell you something, I'll only be quick, but could we go back to your apartment where it's private?" He whispers. "Yeah, I'll just tell my manager my uniform was in the wash." I say. We walk back to my apartment, but Nick hardly speaks, I hope he's okay. I unlock the door, and we step inside, sitting down.

"y/n, there's something I haven't told you, and I think you should know before we take things further." He says. "Okay..." I reply, suspicious. "This may not be easy to digest, but I'm in a band, Backstreet boys? You may have heard of us." He explains, awkwardly shifting position. "Nick, you know I don't watch TV. Why are you being so sketchy about it? Is that not a good thing?" I ask. "Well, you see, we're kinda...well...famous." He shrugs. "Famous?" I say. "Yeah, turn your TV on." He says, pointing to the TV. "It only plays VHS tapes, remember." I laugh. Nick switches the TV on and uses the remote behind it to go onto the settings. He presses a few buttons, and a news show starts playing. "You were on the VHS setting." He says. I sit in shock. We've had this for years, and I never thought to change its settings. Suddenly, a song I recognise starts playing. "The new backstreet boys album, Millennium is now in the top ten!" The guy says. Nick changes the channel, his band is on. He changes it again, his band. He switches to a channel called 'MTV', and a young looking Nick appears, dancing with four other boys. He switches again, him and the boys are on some sort of show. Girls are surrounding him, screaming in delight, some sobbing, and one even faints. He looks like he's enjoying it. He finally switches the TV off. I'm honestly taken back. What the fuck. "So you're super famous." I ask. "I'm so sorry I didn't tell you." He says.

"Nick, why did you lie to me for so long? I trusted you."

"I was scared you'd want my money."

"Wow...so that's how you view me?"

"No! Of course not!"

"So I'm just one of your flings then, yeah? Like those girls you were flirting with on TV?"

"What? no! y/n, I really like you. Ever since we made eye contact for the first time, something inside me clicked-"

"Yeah, your dick, I bet."

"y/n, please, I'm telling the truth now, you mean so much to me."

"And how the fuck am I supposed to believe that after you lied about yourself? What else have you lied about?"

"Nothing, just my job, I swear no more lies from now on."

"From now on? You're assuming that we're gonna just make up and continue how we were? Pretend everything is all sunshine and rainbows? Like you haven't just told me you're actually some really famous singer?"

"I-"

"Save it, Nick."

"y/n, please-"

"You knew for a fact I liked you, yet you still thought what you did was okay? You have no idea how long I waited for a guy like you to come into my life! Now I know it was all just one big fat fucking lie."

"It wasn't all a lie! It was just my job! I still feel the same exact way I did before."

"Just go, Nick. Go do your dumb concert with your dumb fangirls, If you use them as a fling, I'm SURE they wouldn't mind, the way they act around you. It's not even the fact you're famous, but the fact i thought I had finally found a trustworthy guy."

"You were never a fling, I actually fell for you, y/n. You treated me like a human being instead of some famous guy you saw on TV...I've been waiting for something like this for so long I was starting to lose hope, but then I found you!"

"Did you never stop to think about how I would feel?! You practically used me to get away from the fame!"

"y/n, I'm in love with you."

"Just go, I'm done with this."

Nick's POV

I look at her in shock, I knew she'd be upset, but I didn't expect this. I feel like utter shit. Have I really just lost y/n because of a lie? I stand up in defeat and walk towards the door.

"And for the record, I was starting to fall for you, too."

I really have royally fucked up.

After leaving y/n's apartment I get to my car and slump down in the chair with tears in my eyes. I punch the wheel as hard as I can and hurt my knuckle doing so. "FUCK YOU NICK." I tell myself in pure rage, looking at my reflection in the mirror. "YOU SCREWED UP THE ONE THING YOU THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER GET, NOW LOOK!" I yell. I wipe my eyes and start the car, driving away. I figure that the radio would help with the overwhelming emotions so I turn it on. Boyz II Men comes on, the guys we had been inspired by, I hope this helps.

Darlin' I, I can't explain
Where did we lose our way?
Girl it's drivin' me insane
And I know I just need one more chance
To prove my love to you
And if you come back to me
I'll guarantee
That I'll never let you go

Can we go back to the days our love was strong?
Can you tell me how a perfect love goes wrong?
Can somebody tell me how to get things back
The way they use to be?
Oh God give me a reason
I'm down on bended knee
I'll never walk again until you come back to me
I'm down on bended knee

What have I done?