Millions of Lies (A One Direction Fanfic)

Lie #1: I Told Him I Was his Girlfriend

Dedicated to @PrettyLittleWriter14 because she helped me plan out the story and her awesome advice for the cover #LaurenIsAGenuis

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I stared at his shocked face. The words that just came out of my mouth echoing in my brain. It felt like the world had paused so, that I and only I could see his reaction to what I said.  On his face was an emotion I couldn't describe, a mix of horror and awe. 

Guilt poured through me and I just couldn't stop it because then I would drop down in tears. His blonde hair was unusually messy and his blue eyes held such an emotion that could make me weak to the knees in contrition. 

I never thought it would be that hard to take a million dollars just to become his girlfriend but I guess I was greedy. Or maybe it was my uneducated mind that thought things would end up simple in the end but  I never knew playing with someones feelings was going to be so, difficult h*ll; I didn't even know what love was until I met him. 

I guess being homeless shields you from the drama of the rich. My eyes dropped to the ground, I couldn't look at his agonized face anymore. I was a monster, an evil, jealous, greedy monster. 

I let go of the phone that was somehow still stuck to my hand fall to the floor. I heard a terrible crashing sound but I didn't care anymore. Bye-bye a million dollars and bye-bye Niall Horan. I was an idiot. 

I heard a faint, "Hello?" On the other end of the cellphone which was on the floor. A couple of beeps and the voice died down. Stupid technology these days. 

"Faith." The voice was quiet and feeble but I refused to look up and face my guilt monster.

"I trusted you." He said again and I couldn't hold it any longer I let a tear escape. 

I felt like I needed to defend myself but the lump in my throat just wouldn't budge. I felt like I should look up and be my usual confident self but my eyes refused to leave the gaze of the ground. I guess I had learnt my lesson, never take a million dollars because their's always a catch; always. 

I heard faint footsteps and I knew it had to be now or never. F*ck the million dollars I had to tell him the truth. I felt my eyes travel upwards towards where he was walking away. 

"N-niall, wait!" I said with a sudden rush of confidence. He stopped walking but didn't turn around. I took it to my advantage to run to him. 

"Sometimes there is no next time, no time outs, no second chances, sometimes it's now or never."