MEANT TO BE?

Chapter Forty

MARISA'S POV

I've gotten alot of support from my followers. I'm not sure if the girls are suspicious of my actions. If they are, they are doing a decent job at hiding it. I have lost a good amount of weight these past two months. Coach noticed and now I have to sit out the rest of the season. That really pissed me off.

I walked over to my window to open the curtains. When I did, I saw rain coming down in buckets and thunder had began to rumble lightly. I smiled lightly to myself, I loved this weather. I grabbed my laptop and phone and went downstairs.

After placing my things down and turning on my laptop, I went into the kitchen to make myself some tea.

As I waited for the water to boil, I walked back into the other room and grabbed my phone. I saw that there were three missed messages. One from El, and two from Niall.

The text from Eleanor said-

Hey, are you ok? Do you mind if I come over to talk?

Instead of responding right away, I opened up the texts from Niall.

Hey princess, I got an hour or so before my next show, go onto your skype.

Not even a mintue after he sent-

Hurry babe hurry, i wanna see you:(

I smiled when I read that. I quickly typed back that I would be on in a minute.

Behind me I heard the tea kettle begin to ring. I rushed into the kitchen and poured the boiling water into my favorite minnie mouse mug. I added some sweetener and the tea bag before walking back into the other room to pull up skype.

I set my mug down on the coffee table, beside my laptop, and wrapped myself in my blanket as I waited for Niall's call.

Seconds later, his smiling face was on my computer.

NIALL'S POV

I sat on the couch, impatiently waiting for her to log on. The second she did I clicked on her name and called her. Within a few seconds she had accepted the call.

"MARISA!" I exclaimed. I was so excited to see her, that was until I really looked at her. She looked pale and drained. I haven't skyped her for two weeks. How could her appearance have changed so much.

"Niall, oh my goodness! I miss you so much." I could tell she was trying to sound excited, but her voice was so weak.

"I've missed you too, Princess. Are you ok?" I responded hesitantly.

"Yeah, yeah of course I'm fine Ni." she responded with a wide smile. "Why do you ask."

"Are you sick, you look pale?" I asked again. She hesitated for a moment before responding to me.

"Oh, um, yeah. I think I, uh, caught a cold or something from work." She stuttered, addind a small cough at the end.

"Are, you sure that's it?" I questioned again. I could tell she was lying about something. I'll have to have Louis talk to El to see what's up.

"Niall, I'm fine alright. Just leave it." she responded harshly. Letting out a small sigh, she continued in a more softer tone. "How are the concerts going?"

We continued to talk for a while longer, niether of us mentioning her feeling ill.

"Niall, you gotta come get ready for the show!" Lou yelled to me from the dressing rooms. I frowned in his direction.

"I guess I should get going." I told her softly.

"Yeah, I should to. Gotta work soon." She replied.

We both exchanged goodbyes and blew each other a kiss before I clicked end. Something kept nagging me though. Something is wrong. She doesn't look happy and healthy any more. Her eyes don't have that usuall sparkle anymore, just dullness.

I stood up off the couch and made my way into my dressing room. I'll talk to Louis and have him get El to talk to Marisa. I need to get to the bottom of this and fast.