The Nerd Marcel

Chapter 23

Marcel's p.o.v

I came into school feeling new and refreshed. I had no nightmares and no need to wake up in the middle of the night. Opening my locker a placed all my books in gently and calmly, hearing the footsteps of people behind me I noticed a certain pattern to a pair of steps, almost a skip and a walk mixed together. Leeroy. Suddenly the steps came to a stop, and I turned around to a hesitant looking blonde boy, who, when saw that I had no dark circles smiled widely.

"Did you get a good nights sleep?" He asked, I simply nodded. I had to keep Alex and I a secret, if one unexpected ear heard about us, the rumor would spread like wildfire.

"How?" He asked.

"Sleeping pills" I shrugged, needing so much to act as if I was still in a foul mood. He hummed as a response, only half pleased with my answer. We parted ways once I came to class, I glanced at Alex and smiled with a hint of sorrow, she looked down at her notes. Treating me like a stranger.

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Alex's p.o.v

I sat in the middle of 7th period. Bored out of my mind, not even really acknowledging what the teacher was saying. I almost jumped out of my seat when I heard the final bell, and saw all of the crazy teenagers leave the class like a herd of wildebeest, while I walked out. Taking my time, to let the 'body traffic' in the hall calm down a little.

Once at my locker, I looked around and spotted the last person I wanted to see. Harry. He leaned comfortably on the blue lockers, one foot on the ground while the other was placed on one of them was placed on another locker. I sighed before pulling on a smile and walking over to him, he noticed me almost instantly.

"Hey babe!" He greeted me, smiling his usual cheeky grin. I smiled wider, exposing my teeth. He placed an arm on my waist before planting a kiss on my forehead, I faked a giggle.

"So I was wondering, if tomorrow you would like to come over to my house?" He asked. I nodded, almost instantly knowing Marcel would also be there.

"I would love to! I really want to meet your parents" I smiled. He swallowed hard, and looked away, before clearing his throat to talk again.

"You're going to have to wait a while for that babe" he sighed, walking away. I furrowed my eyebrows, confused at his sudden mood change, but shrugged it off, knowing Danielle would meet me soon. I grabbed everything I needed for the weekend before walking out to my car, immediately spotting Danielle. She sat alone at a table, I waved my arms frantically shouting her name for a few seconds before she noticed me. We reached my car and drove off to my house.

I unlocked the door and walked in, allowing Danielle to come in after me.

"So...uh what did you need to talk about?" She asked.

"Perrie" I said simply. She nodded and followed me to the living room,where we sat down and I explained everything to her. How I had a chat with Zayn, how he isn't very fond of this version of Perrie, and how he misses the old Perrie. Danielle sat there, I sort of upset look on her face.

"You might want to leave it alone Alex" she suggested.

"Why?"

"You're not going to want to be around us anymore..." She shrugged. I stared at her confused until I realized what she was implying.

"Oh you mean the whole Harry faking being Marcel?" I asked. Her eyes widened.

"How did you?!-"

"Niall told me, and I'm not stupid Dani. I think I can tell apart my boyfriend from his brother" I explained.

"Ex...ex boyfriend right?" She asked. I shook my head slowly, earning a giant grin from her. And a hug.

"Why are you hugging me, aren't you going to go tell Harry?" I asked frantically.

"Are you kidding? I don't tell him shit!" She squealed. I laughed.

"This is great! But why are you still with Harry?"She asked, I sighed. Having to explain everything...again.


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The rest of the night was spent like a stereotypical girl sleepover. We watched movies, we gossiped about who knows what, Danielle painted my nails, I straightened her curly hair, and we just bonded. It was nice.

"Ok, so what's with the whole Perrie thing?" She asked. I placed another bag of popcorn in the microwave, sitting the time and then turning back to Danielle. Siting at the table I sighed and shrugged.

" I honestly don't know, I noticed Zayn seemed a little... I don't know, around Perrie" I began.

"Bored?" She suggested I nodded.

"He said he misses the old Perrie, from what he told me about the 'old Perrie' she is nothing like this Perrie"

"No she's not, but changing Perrie back isn't going to happen." She said. I looked at her confused.

"Perrie told me herself. She isn't going back to that, the reason she changed was for Zayn and if I tell her Zayn doesn't like it she will have a hissy fit" Danielle explained. I sighed, hearing the microwave go off.

"So what you up to tomorrow?" She asked, as I pulled the bag of popcorn out of the microwave, pouring all of it into a giant bowl to share.

"Ugh,I'm going over to Harry's tomorrow" I groaned. Her eyes widened, before she shook her head furiously.

"No, you can't!" She wailed.

"Why?"

"Because if you go over there, you and Harry aren't just going to hang out..." She explained. I stared confused, gasping in realization after a couple seconds.

"But, Marcel will be there" I explained, she shook her head.

"He'll find a way to get Marcel out of the house long enough" she shrugged. I stared at the floor. I didn't want to go to his house, I needed to though in order for me to see how badly he treats Marcel at home. I guess I could just ask Marcel, but I want to see Marcel in his own house.

"Ill find a way" I said. She shrugged, before taking a handful of popcorn. There is no way, I'm going to lose my virginity to Harry.