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Chapter 26 - lies

Mitch's POV

I jog into the club and grab Jess off of the bar stool. She stumbles over her feet but she pulls on me to steady herself. Jess only had two or three drinks; she's drunk but not as drunk as Julie. Julie says she had three but I swear I counted at least six.

Jess and I hurry out of the club and grab Julie who is leaned up against the outside wall of the club.

Jess holds onto my shoulder to steady her walking and I carry Julie bridal style. Her head rest in the crook of my neck and I hear her breath slow down. Her breath smells like alcohol and I regret giving in to buying her so many drinks.

I turn around the corner of the building, leading to the back exit of the club. I parked in the back because it's less crowded and easier to get out of.

I turn the corner to see flashing lights everywhere. Paparazzi. There must be someone famous here tonight. I ignore the lights and continue to walk around. I walk past the pap and glance over to see a blonde boy exiting the club with a girl. He looks at me and then to Julie. His eyes widen and he lets go of the girl's hand. His eyes stare at Julie and move to me and then Jess. When he sees Jess he looks more determined. He runs up the stairs and back into the club.

I turn left and walk in between the cars parked back here. I reach my car and open the door for Jess. She hops in the front seat and I close the door. I open the back door and slide Julie in. Her body slumps on the seats and she continues to sleep. I close the door and walk to the drivers side.

"Hey!" someone calls from behind me. I turn around to see the blonde boy with another man.

"Hey?"

I look around but the paparazzi are being shoved away by ten body guards in the distance.

"Who was that girl you had in your arms?" the blonde asks.

"Why?"

"I think I know her." he says softly and the brunette next to him stays quiet.

"Her name is Julie." I answer the question I knew he was planning to ask next.

"What about the other girl?" he asks.

"Jess." I simply reply.

"I knew it." he whispers to the boy next to him.

"Could we see her?" the other boy finally speaks.

I hesitantly nod and open the back door to reviel Julie's sleeping boy.

"It's her." the blonde man confirms.

"You were right man." the other man says, patting the blonde on the shoulder.

"Okay, that's enough." I say and close the car door to hide Julie again. "Who are you creeps?"

"Creeps?" the blonde boy looks offended. "If anyone, you're the creep!" he yells taking a step closer to me.

"Niall, calm down." the other boy grabs the blonde. I stay silent as the men argue quietly.

"I'm Liam, and this is Niall." the brunette says.

"And how do you know her? She's from America." I say.

"We know." Niall snaps. It's silent for a few seconds before the blonde, Niall, speaks again, "Julie is my girlfriend." he growls.

I might as well have some fun with this..

"Well prepare for a breakup when I tell her about that girl you were holding hands with." I snap. Niall is thrown off guard and I can tell he's slowly remembering the girl he was just with. "And she cheated on you too, anyways." I shrug.

"What?!" Niall yells.

"Neither of them cheated, they broke up like months ago. Niall is just stuck in the past." Liam says coldly reminding Niall of reality.

"Who was she with?" Niall ignores Liam's comment.

"A guy named Sam." I lazily answer.

"What did they do?" Niall hesitates to ask but still remains as angry as before.

"He fucked her, but don't worry, I already beat him up for it." I half lie.

Niall's face imediatly turns from anger to sadness. He frowns and falls onto his knees on the road. He cups his face in his hands and cries. I stand there awkwardly as Liam tries to comfort him.

"Did he really?" Niall asks me. Pain flashes in his eyes and his bottom lip trembles.

His desperate behavior surprises me and I almost feel sorry for lying to him.



Niall's POV

"What did they do?" I hesitate to ask this mystery guy.

"He fucked her, but don't worry, I already beat him up for it." the man says. When I thought my heart couldn't break any more, it does.

I fall onto his knees on the road. I cup my face in his hands and cry. Liam kneels down and tries to comfort me but I don't think anything can comfort me from this new disturbing information.

"Did he really?" I painfully ask. I look up to see the man nod. "How do you know?" I ask, my voice cracks from the sobs that hiccup in my throat.

"She told me." he simply answers and shrugs his shoulders.

"And why would she tell you that personal information?" I ask coldly.

"Well, I was next door and heard her screaming his name." he laughs at the memory. "I kind of guessed they were fucking.." he trails off, thinking of the next thing that happened. "My prediction was confirmed when she came back to my place panting like crazy." he says with a smirk plastered across his face.

More tears fall from my eyes as he tells me this story. I do everything I can to believe it's not true; but I feel like it is.

"Who are you anyways?" Liam says angrily.

"I'm Mitch."

"I'm such a fuck up." I cry.

"Holy fuck, chill man." Mitch says, surprised by my desperation.

"How can I chill?!" I yell. "Ever been in love? No? Well then you wouldn't know how bad it feels to hear about to girl you love, making love with another man!" I cry harder.

Liam helps me stand to my feet but I continue to cry.

"Okay, well, I'm leaving now." Mitch says awkwardly.

"Please let me take Julie and Jess." I plea.

"Sorry, no can do." Mitch replies with a wicked smile on his face as if he's proud of himself for murdering my heart.

As he get's into his car his phone slips out of his jacket pocket and I pick it up before he backs out of the parking space. I place it in my pocket and run with Liam to my car. I look through the phone until I find the GPS system in his crap phone. There are many different 'go to' places and I click on the one that he has labeled 'home'.

Hopefully this will lead me to Mitch's house.



***

Julie's POV

*Saturday*

I wake up and examine my surroundings.

"Where am I?" I ask, not expecting anyone to reply.

"We're at Mitch's house." Jess' voice echos through the room. I look around the room to find her. My head spins and I give up trying to find Jess, falling onto the bed. "I'm right here, it's okay." Jess says and I hear her footsteps get closer to me. "Here's some water." she says. I open my eyes and sit up slowly to prevent feeling my head spin again. I take the water from her hand and bring it to my lips slowly. As the water passes through my lips, the cool feeling fills me and I continue to sip.

Memories of the events that occured last night play in my head and I groan.

"Sleeping beauty is up." Mitch says coming into the room.

"Thanks for everything." I say.

"No problem. Now I need to talk to you about something." he says and sits on the bed beside me. "I ran into your friend, Niall, after you fell asleep in my car." he says. "He was looking for you."

"What?" why the flip would he..

"He was with a girl." he says cutting off my thoughts. "He wanted you to meet her."

"I can't believe it." my heart aches at this. How dare he try and find me, just to show off his new girl.

"They were making out, and it got pretty dirty." he says and my heart breaks a bit more.

"Mitch, stop." Jess scolds.

"I thought Julie should know that her friend-" he starts.

"Thank you for getting me away from Sam. I don't know how to thank you." I cut him off, changing the subject.

"Oh, no problem. He's a dick." Mitch says and I slightly nod as a sign to let him know I'm listening, but I'm not. My thoughts are taken over by the blonde boy, taken by another girl.

***

I turn Mitch's TV on and flip through the channels.

There's a knock on the door and Mitch calls for me to answer it. I walk to the front door and open it slowly. Any fast movments and I might just faint.



Niall's POV

"Turn left." Liam tells me. "Now, turn right into this neighborhood." he instructs and I obey. "It's this house!" he nearly yells and I quickly move the steering wheel the make the sharp turn into the long dirt driveway that takes me about 20 yards until I reach the actual house.

I walk up to the door and knock twice.

The door opens to reveal,

"Julie." I gasp.

"Oh hey." she says confused.

"You were really drunk last night, you alright?" I ask, trying to push the thoughts of her and another man out of my mind.

"I'm just hungover." she shrugs.

"Who's at the door?" Mitch calls.



Julie's POV

I think for a moment before answering Mitch. What should I say? He won't want to see Niall, that's for sure. He'll probably try and protect me from Niall right now..

"It's the mail man." I lie.

"Please, Jules." Niall pleas.

"Shut up." I snap at Niall. He looks shocked by me quick outburst, along with Liam. I grab a piece of paper from the counter, along with a pen. I quickly write the directions to the hotel Jess and I are staying in. "We can talk later." I say, handing Niall the paper with the direction on it. I begin to shut the door, Niall's foot stops me from closing the door and I glare at him. He hands me a phone and I look at him confused.

"It's Mitch's. He dropped it. That's how I found his house." Niall says and I nod, taking the beat-up phone from Niall's hands. I close the door without saying anything and walk to the living room.

Mitch enters the living room and sits on the couch. He pats the seat next to him and I sit.

Mitch's full attention is on the TV until I hand him his phone.

"Where did you get this?" he asks.

"I found it in the driveway. You must have dropped it last night." I lie.

We continue to watch TV for a while until I read the clock.

12:00.

"Could you take us to my hotel?" I ask and he nods.

***

"Thanks for the ride." I say as Mitch pulls in front of the hotel. He nods and slips me a peice of paper with nine numbers written across it in messy handwriting. I take it and told it between my fingers. "Give me a call."

Jess and I walk through the lobby, up the elevator and into our room. I place Mitch's number on the coffee table and sit on the couch.

Jess comes out of the kitchen with some water. I quickly gulp it down.

***

"It's four o'clock." Jess says waking me from my slumber.

I groan and rub my eyes to wake myself up. I look around the room to see Niall, Liam, Harry, Louis and Zayn all staring at me.



***



"You wanted me to meet your girlfriend?" I ask.

"What do you mean?" Niall asks.

"Mitch said he ran into you and you were looking for me, so you could have me meet your new girlfriend." I state the obvious.

"I don't have a girlfriend." Niall argues.

"Barbara..." my voice says in a 'duh' tone. My expression get's even more sad when he doesn't reply. "Exactly." I whisper, not trusting my voice at full volume.

"Barbara isn't my girlfriend. I promise." Niall says and I laugh.

"Okay." I say and roll my eyes, still chuckling to myself.

"Tell me about your special man." Niall painfully aks.

"Who would that be?" I ask highly confused.

"Mitch said you had a fuck buddy." Niall says harshly. All the boys' mouths hang open, along with mine.

What the? Why would Mitch say that?

"And you believed him?" I gape.

"Just like you believed him say that I had a girlfriend." Niall adds.

"Excuse me, Mitch isn't the one that told me about Barbara, all of your fans and the rest of the world did that.. They talked to me when you didn't." I snap.

"Good point." Louis says and I find myself wanting to smile but I manage to keep a straight face.

"I'm sorry, I was just really busy and didn't think you'd want to get back together with me." he excuses.

"You've got to be kidding!" I say and laugh. "If you're just going to give me excuses, then just leave." I say.

"Could we talk in private?" Niall asks.

I roll my eyes and guide him to my room where we can talk alone.









[A/N]:



SO TURNS OUT MITCH ISN'T AS NICE AS WE ALL THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BE.


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