Summer Love

Chapter 20

August 2011

Carter's POV*

      When I woke up the next morning, the thunder was gone and there was only the loud sound of the pouring rain, dancing on the roof of my cabin. Niall had his arms laced around me and I turned over to face him. He looked like an angel. His blonde locks fell in sleepy tuffs on his face and his mouth was slightly parted allowing him to breathe through his mouth.

     I quietly slipped out of his grasp, replacing my body for a pillow so he didn't wake up because of my absence. I padded over to my dresser and pulled out a pair of jean cut offs and a loose, off the shoulder black lace shirt. I quietly slipped the articles of clothing on and headed into the bathroom to brush my teeth and run a hand through my knotted bed head.

   The silence in the tired bedroom was broken by the sound of my phone ringing from next to my bed. I quietly cringed and ran over to the nightstand, silencing the ringing by answering the phone.

"Hello?" I whispered, walking into the bathroom to speak while closing the door behind me so I didn't wake Niall. I didn't even bother to look at the caller ID because I was too busy worrying about waking up Niall.

"Hey Carter, it's Zayn. Sorry to wake you." He apologized through the line.

"Hey Zayn. You didn't wake me I've been up for a little. I was just trying not to wake Niall." I replied while running a hand through my waves.

"I would have come over to talk but Niall's there and it is raining cats and dogs outside."

"No problem. What's going on?" I asked, taking a seat on the closed toilet lid.

"I got a call from our manager a few minutes ago. He wanted me to inform you that we can come home. Operation fix Niall is a success. He said that the public is aching for more music and performances from us and that we need to be home immediately. I told him that Niall's attitude is gone and that you did a great job fixing him. He wants us on the road before noon." Zayn explained, causing me to place a tired hand on my head.

"Okay, so the plan worked, we fixed Niall. But I don't know if he wants to go home yet. He still thinks that we are together and that none of this was planned just to fix his attitude problem. Frankly I don't think we will be out of here before noon without him suspecting something." I replied studying the mosaic tile in the shower.

"Well we have to do something. This is our career we are talking about Carter. Whether he finds out this was planned or not, we have to be on the road by noon, no excuses."

I let out a deep sigh of frustration when I heard a creek in the old wooden floorboards of my cabin.

"Zayn I'll talk to you later." I spoke into the phone, ending the call. I slowly stood up and opened the bathroom door, revealing a distraught Niall sitting on the bed with his head in his hands.

"Niall?" I asked with one hand on the bathroom door. He looked up at me, his face red in anger.

"Don't." He replied. He was listening to my entire conversation. My phones ringing must have woken him up and he went over to the door to listen to my call.

"What-"

"Don't act dumb Carter. Obviously you're not dumb if you planned an entire two months of scheming to get me to fall in love with you. Tell me, how did it feel when I kissed you? Anything? Any feeling at all or was it all part of your plan to fix my bad attitude." Niall stood up pulling at his hair.

"Niall it's not like that. Let me explain." I pleaded stepping towards him. He put a hand out in front of him to stop me.

"No. You explained enough to my best mate on the phone. Tell me Carter, did you and my so called best mate Zayn call each other and laugh after a long day of faking your love for me?" He threw his hands down in anger and I took a step back.

"No Niall it was never like that. Please just sit so I can explain please." I pleaded with him but he wasn't having it.

"The funny part is I believed your little scheme. I can't believe how stupid I was to think-. You know what no. I can't believe he would do this to me, he was my best mate. I'm going to kick his ass." Niall stormed out of the cabin, slamming the door behind him.

I ran outside into the pouring rain, trying to stop him from reaching Zayn's cabin. I grabbed him by the sleeve of his white t-shirt and pulled on it.

"Carter, get off of me!" Niall yelled pushing me off of him. I stumbled back, shocked that he pushed me. My hair was soaked as well as my clothes but I could care less.

"Niall, please. Listen to me." I pleaded again. He just looked straight down at the ground.

"Carter why would you do this to me? I told you everything. I let you in." He said in a much quieter, sadder voice. I shook my head, ashamed of what I had done.

"It wasn't all a lie Niall. In the beginning I had no idea what I was here for but then they told me and I had to do what I was brought here for. But then I fell in love with you. My love for you was never a lie I swear."

"See, I hear what you're saying but all I can see are lies. I don't know if you're telling the truth anymore. The worst part out of all of this wasn't that you or Zayn lied to me. It was that all of the things that I felt, everything I did was out of love for you. I loved you. I let my walls down and I loved again for the first time in years since I was destroyed and now I know that I can't let down my guard anymore. I know that I may never find love because of you and what you did. I guess I've learned my lesson. You had me fooled Carter. So tell your acting school or whoever taught you to lie like that, that you succeeded. You succeeded in fixing me but in the process you broke me. So let's just put this to rest." Niall said staring me down.

His eyes were no longer the bright blue full of light and happiness. They were now dark and filled with hurt and sadness.

"Niall-"

"Carter can't you see? I don't want to be with you anymore. I don't want to be here anymore. I'm done, good job. You succeeded."  A tear rolled down his cheek as his voice hitched at the end of the sentence.

"Please Niall-"

"Tell Zayn I'll be ready to leave in an hour." He replied, turning his back and disappearing back into my cabin.

I fell to my knees as the rain poured down harder on me, mud surrounding my knees. I sat there and sobbed because I ruined everything. I destroyed him and I knew that it was my fault. No matter how hard I try, I know I may never get him back, and that is what will end up being the end of me.

HEY FAM,

I'm super sorry that its been 5 months since I updated last... lol oh well whatchu gonna do.

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