His Fake What?!? ☑️

Chapter 17

Liam's POV

Tonight had to go perfectly. Andy and Fiona had helped me plan out everything. I just hoped Kristin would like it. I was so nervous. Andy walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder.

"God I'm so nervous," I said.

"Relax mate, it's not like you're proposing to the girl," he said jokingly and I smiled weakly. I appreciated him trying to get me to relax. Maz walked over with a couple beers. He claimed it'd get rid of the nerves. Everything was set, all I had to do now was wait for Kristin to get here.

Kristin's POV

"Go upstairs and put on the outfit that Erika laid out for you. I'll do your hair once you're dressed," Fiona said, walking into the living room. I looked up at her confused. I didn't have any plans tonight that I knew of. Fiona pulled me up from the couch. "Just go do as I say, trust me Kris," she added. I sighed and went upstairs. Erika had laid out skinny jeans, a blue spaghetti strap tank top, and black lace-up heels (A/N see picture to side). I got dressed and added some gold earrings before going downstairs so Fiona could do my hair. She curled my hair in big loose waves and did my make-up.

"What is all this for?" I asked.

"You'll see and don't worry you'll like it," she replied smugly.

"Fiona Preistley tell me right now. You know I hate surprises," I said, getting annoyed.

"Nope, not gonna tell. Alright you're all ready, let's get going. We have somewhere to get you," she said, pulling me from my seat. I groaned and followed her out to her car. "Put this on." She handed me a blindfold and I looked at it blankly.

"Why?"

"Kristin, just put the goddamn blindfold on! I don't ask you to do much so just do this for me," Fiona said. I sighed and put the stupid blindfold on. After what felt like about an hour the car came to a stop. "Okay we're here. I'll help you out in a second. Leave the blindfold on," she ordered. I nodded and heard her door open and shut. A few seconds later I heard my door open. Fiona helped me out. I heard Fiona whisper to somebody a minute or two before somebody took my arm. I could tell it was a guy.

"Please come with me Miss Brigham. I'm Marius, don't worry you're in safe hands," he said and we started walking. His name sounded familiar but I couldn't place it. We walked for a little bit then stopped. "Here you go mate. Enjoy your night Miss Brigham," Marius said then let go of my arm. As he did I felt someone take my other arm.

"Who's there?" I asked slightly worried.

"Relax Kristin, it's me. You're safe," Liam said and let out a sigh of relief that it was someone I knew.

"Thank God. Can I take off this damn blindfold now?" I asked and he chuckled.

"Yeah you can. Maz was supposed to let you take it off," he replied. I knew the name Marius sounded familiar, he was Liam's other best friend that I had yet to meet. I reached up and took off the blindfold.

"So what am I doing at..." I paused to look around. "The board walk?" I asked.

"I have a surprise for you. Just trust me on this and relax. Fiona already told me you don't like surprises but I think you'll enjoy tonight," he said. I sighed and shook my head. I really hated surprises. I let Liam lead me down the boardwalk. "So um, how have you been? We haven't really talked in the past few days."

"Um I've been good. I had a job interview earlier today. I uh realized yesterday my contract was almost up and as much as I love teaching it's not enough anymore. Especially because Fiona and Lidia are both gonna be moving in with their boyfriends soon. I can't afford the house by myself so I'm gonna have to move soon as well," I said, starting to ramble. Liam squeezed my hand.

"Hey, no worries tonight. Tonight is just going to be us having a nice dinner," he said as we walked up to a single table with candles. He looked like his mind was somewhere else but his face lit up in a smile when he saw me smile at the table.

"Oh my gosh, Liam, this is beautiful," I gasped.

Liam's POV

I was happy that Kristin liked the table but my mind drifted off as soon as she said that her contract was almost up. I quickly did the math in my head. She signed a six month contract. There was no way that it had almost been six months already. Sadly she was right. If tonight didn't work I didn't have long to prove to her that I really wanted a relationship with her. I snapped out of my thoughts and grinned at Kristin.

"I'm glad you like it," I told her and she smiled back at me. A waiter I had hired brought out our entrees and poured us both some wine. I saw her looking around every once and a while. "There's no paparazzi," I said. "We have the entire boardwalk to ourselves."

"Why did you do all this then?" she asked. I took a deep breath. It was now or never.

"Okay just let me explain everything then you can talk. I know you have feelings for me. I heard you tell the others a few days ago. I also assume you think that I still hate you and you think a relationship between us can never work. But here's the thing, I have feelings for you and I don't hate you Kristin. I'm way over Cheryl and I'd never hurt you like Matt did. Kristin, after Cheryl I put up so many walls. I cut the boys out, my family, Andy. I didn't let anyone get close to me. But then I met you. And remember that fight we got in that second night?" I paused and she nodded. "I got mad because everything you said was right. You saw everything. You saw the real me and you barely knew me. That's why I tried to push you away. It scared me how well you knew me in such a short amount of time. Then you told me you had a date and I freaked. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you like that. You were right, I didn't need to know the guy's name. But it made me realize how strongly I felt for you. I was upset because I had started to let my walls down with you and I was loosing you. You were gonna leave like Cheryl. I was loosing you and I never had you. I had Fiona and Andy help me plan tonight. I needed to tell you all this," I explained everything and took a deep breath. Kristin had tears in her eyes.

"Liam," she shook her head.

"No, no, no. Please just let's enjoy tonight. Please just let me prove to you how much I care," I begged.