One night, you were at a party with your best friend Ashton and you got wasted. Ashton, however, always remained sober when you went to parties together so he could keep an eye on you.
You were so drunk, Ashton was getting frustrated by you not wanting to leave so he took a few shots and got pretty tipsy.
Since the party was a few blocks from his house, you wobbled back to his house together, laughing and flirting and draping yourselves over each other.
The next morning, you woke up in Ashton's room with the worst hangover of your life. You looked over at the nightstand and saw where Ashton had left you a glass of water and some Tylenol.
You took the pill and walked into the kitchen where Ashton was making scrambled eggs practically in the dark.
He smiled at you as he filled up a plate for you and softly said,
"Eat this. It'll absorb the alcohol."
You nodded as you thanked him and began eating.
You sat in silence for a few minutes before you said,
"So uhm, last night..."
Ashton shook his head and said,
"Nothing happened. When you finally finished throwing the party up, I got you comfortably in bed then I came up here and slept on the sofa."
A couple hours later when you had left Ashton's house to go home, your twitter was blowing up.
You were getting insults, questions, comments, and even threats from 5SOS fans. You had no idea what you did wrong until you realized you had posted a picture of you and Ashton at the party last night.
You were both pretty tipsy and appeared to be all over each other. Then someone got your picture as you were leaving Ashton's early this morning wearing the same clothes as last night.
Ashton texted you and warned you not to respond at all.
Whenever you went out in public you had at least one 5SOS fan approach you and either "congratulate" you or call you a slut.
Ashton tried dismissing the rumors, but the photos were too convincing to everyone else.
You were actually dating Niall behind closed doors and he was so busy between physical therapy and the band that he never heard about "you and Ashton".
So when Niall was in an interview, the interviewer said,
"So Niall, what was it like to hear about (y/n) and Ashton?"
Niall furrowed his eyebrows and said,
"Excuse me?"
The reporter looked equally confused, but smiled and explained the situation to Niall.
Niall could feel his anger boiling in his veins as he excused himself and walked out into the hallway to call you.
When you answered the phone, Niall sounded normal as he asked you how you were and what you were doing. He suddenly blindsided you when he asked,
"Oh yeah, by the way, why did you sleep with Ashton?"
You felt your face get hot as your heart pounded. The more you tried to convince Niall you didn't sleep together the angrier he got.
He scoffed into the phone as he said,
"You know, it would be a lot easier if you just told the truth."
"Niall, I am. I don't know what else to say."
"You know what? I think you and I should take a break. When you're ready to tell me the truth you know how to reach me."
