Liam's POV
I pull out my laptop and log into Skype, we're going to have a bit of fun with everyone before we actually tell them the truth. Mari is waiting off screen after we discussed the plan and she's trying to suppress her giggles. Louis' account was online so I call him and pretty soon their screen was on to reveal Louis, Zayn, Harry, Niall, Lou, Eleanor and Diana all sitting in the living room of his flat.
"They're all there!" Mari mouths excitedly. This would be even better than we thought!
"Hey mate! Can you hear us? We plugged the webcam into the TV so we could all see you!" Louis shouts.
"Yeah I can hear you! Hi everyone!" I wave happily. Mari is patiently watching from the side, waiting for her cue.
"So where's Mari? How's she doing?" Diana asks.
"Oh she's fine...it's just..." I then bring my face closer to the screen and whisper. "...we're not really getting along." I falsely confess.
"Wait, what do you mean?" Harry asks.
"Its just that...she still hates me and it's so obvious. I don't even think she wants me here." I say with my voice low. That's Mari's cue.
"Liam, where the hell is my medicine?!" she shouts angrily. I watch as everyone's eyes grow wide with fear and shock.
"Uh...it's on the table. Hey I'm talking to everyone...do you want to say hi?" I ask nervously. From their expressions right now alone I can already tell this is going to be a breeze to pull off.
"Sure." she says flatly. On the inside, I'm laughing my head off at how believable we are I hand her the laptop, place it on her lap and she pretends to act overly happy.
"Hey guys! Oh my God I miss you all so much!" She gushes as she waves to the screen, they all wave and say hi back to her, Diana and Lou even blowing her kisses.
"So how's the leg?" Niall asks. Instead of telling them she turns the laptop to her leg that's encased in the big black boot propped up on 2 pillows. She turns it back to herself and rolls her eyes with a weak smile.
"Aw that looks rough." Niall replies, everyone nodding in agreement.
"I'm going to the bathroom." I lie off screen as I made noises to suggest that I've left the room when I'm really still sitting next to her watching everything unfold. She rolls her eyes in fake annoyance.
"Are you two not getting along?" Zayn asks nervously, she scoffs at his question. Her acting is so good that for a second I actually believe that she's mad at me!
"He's just acting like we're still dating by trying to control me and shit and...I don't know he's just overall annoying." She retorts rudely.
"I can hear you, you know? I'm still here!" I shout, causing everyone on the screen to watch awkwardly.
"Well I didn't ask you to come so you're gonna hear whatever the hell I want to say!" She screeches back at me, completely ignoring the audience of our little performance. I then return on the screen completely aggravated.
"Guys can you tell her that she's acting like a bitch?" I yell, pointing at her in exasperation. They all gasp when she falsely slaps me across the face, it was gentle but with the sound and my actions it looks completely real.
"CAN BOTH OF YOU STOP? For Christs sake, you're acting like children!" Harry yells, fed up with our arguing.
There's a pause, Mari and I look at each other for a moment and just burst out in gut-busting laughter. We have honestly put on an Oscar-worthy performance and they believed every word. We continue to laugh as we watch their priceless reactions: they're all looking at each other with wide eyes and dropped jaws.
"Wait...what the hell is going on?!" Lou shouts.
"I'm honestly so confused!" Eleanor adds. We tried to suppress our laughter so we can tell them that they had just fallen victim to our prank.
"I can't believe that you guys believed that we actually hate each other!" I mock excitedly.
"You should've seen your faces!" Mari squeals, pointing to the screen. We give each other a high five because we feel so accomplished.
"Okay...so you guys don't hate each other..." Diana looks completely bewildered. We nod our heads in conformation. "...so then what's the deal between you two?" She questions. Mari and I exchange another glance at each other, it's time to come clean.
"We love each other." Mari says quietly as she places her head on my shoulder. Their reactions to this are definitely funnier than the first: it takes them a moment to understand what she's saying, but then their eyes go wide with shock for the second time.
"Wh--" Niall stutters.
"YOU GUYS ARE BACK TOGETHER?!" Diana practically screams in shock. We nod at the same time, both with large smiles on our faces. Mari looks up at me and I place a quick kiss on her nose, the other side of the chat bursts into cheers and claps especially Diana who has her face cupped in her hands in shock.
"We just thought we'd have a bit of fun before we told you all." I smirk, satisfied with the reaction we received.
"That was cruel!" Louis begins, wagging his finger at us. "But we're so happy for you lot!" He cheers.
"It's about bloody time!!!" Zayn announces happily. It's true, it was about time: three months apart is three months too many.
"Aw you guys are so cute!" Eleanor squeals excitedly.
"So what's the plan?" Harry asks as the dust of excitement settles.
"Well I'm here for the next two days and then I rejoin the Little Mix tour for the next week and then I'm done." Mari announces with a smile. "So that means Liam and I only have the next two days together." She says, looking up at me with a pouty lip. The group bursts into a chorus of aw's.
Marielle's POV
After another hour of just talking to everyone on Skype we finally say our goodbyes with them and log off.
"We really deserve an Oscar for that performance." Liam jokes, causing me to laugh.
"Yeah, I thought we were gonna screw it up but we did an awesome job!" I laugh. Liam lowers himself so that he's laying down and I cuddle up next to him, laying my head right on top of his beating heart. He slips his hand with mine and intertwine our fingers. We cuddle in the comfortable silence, just the sounds of our audible breaths.
