A Coincidence||Fionn Whitehead

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Fionn stood staring at the girl in confusion. His eyebrows were knitted and in all honesty, he looked kind of adorable. Dotty waited for a response, not looking at him at first, keeping her eyes anywhere but on his, watching the waves crashing onto the sand and draw back again. "What?" Fionn responded, "I don't understand." 

"Why did you lie?" Dotty reiterated and dug into her pocket to get her phone. Fionn thought she was joking around and began to chuckle at the awkward atmosphere that had been formed around the pair. "Why are you laughing? I am asking a serious question!"

Fionn stopped laughing, his face returning to confusion. "Dotty, I haven't lied to you." He stated. 

"Yes, you have." Said the girl, "You said you are a baker."

The young man paused, everything finally began to make sense. "I have been texting you?" He asked her and he too took his phone from his pocket and unlocked it going onto the messages app. "I am so sorry!" He cried, "If I'd have known it was you, I would not have lied. It's just I didn't know who it was, who you were, and I didn't want to give out too much information to someone I didn't know. For all I knew, you could have been lying, yourself."

Dotty stopped him, shaking her head, "Fionn, I am not mad. I simply wanted to know why. I thought you knew it was me. I..er.. did you know Tom and Harry along with my dad worked it out before us?"

"What? How did they work it out?" 

"I think we were a little dim, that's all. It kind of frustrated me because now I think back to our messages they are so bloody obvious!" She laughed setting herself down on the sand, Fionn joining her not a moment later. Fionn nodded in agreement as they showed each other the messages that matched on their screens. "Why a baker of all jobs?"

Fionn shrugged, "Harry suggested it. I didn't know what to say and he knew I had been messaging someone I didn't actually know, or so I thought, and he gave me the idea."

Dotty chuckled, "ridiculous, just because he used to work in a bakery."

"I'll tell him you said that, "Joked Fionn a smirk tugging at the corner of his lips, "Along with how you love one of his best friends!"

"I don't love one of his friends- shit! Stop!" She cried as Fion jumped up to run off in the direction of Harry. "Fionn! No!" He began to run along the sand with Dotty chasing after him, crying for him to stop and to just keep quiet. 

"Harold! You'll never guess what!" Fionn laughed as he skidded in the sand falling next to the older male. 

"What, Fionnly?" Harry questioned a smile on his lips. "Dotty is in love wihghporpestwend." Dotty had clamped her hand over his mouth, her face glowing red and her eyes not meeting Harry's. Harry sat questioningly, trying to decipher what had been muffled but couldn't quite understand. 

"No. Shush, Fionn!" Dotty hissed, "That is so not fair! Ew! He licked my hand!" She drew her hand back and wiped it on his face in disgust. Fionn continued to grin whilst Dotty pouted, her bottom lip sticking out compared to her thinner upper lip. 

"Aw, what's wrong, Dot?" Asked Tom who wrapped her in a hug. 

"Fionn is using our messages against me!" She huffed. "That's so rude!"

"You told him then?" Harry asked and she nodded. Harry, too, began to smirk as he turned back to Fionn. "Continue what you were saying."

"Oh, Dotty here loves one of your best friends."

The girl groaned her head falling into the crook of Tom's neck as the others let out hearty laughs. "Which one?" Asked Kenneth, who plays Commander Bolton. 

"Niall." 

Dotty let out a squeak as she buried herself further into Tom's arms. "So embarrassing!" She murmured. Tom patted her back slowly as she refused to look up. 

Harry grinned, "I'm sure he would love you too, Dotty. I can call him and you can talk to him if you want-"

"Oh look at the time! Work to do!" She exclaimed looking at her bare wrist before jumping up and running away towards her father. She sighed in relief as she escaped the teasing of the boys, absolute madness it was, madness.

* * *

Fionn:

Why aren't you replying Dotty?

Dotty?

DOTTY!!

I'm sorry.

I was only teasing. 

Please reply. 

The boys and I, we're having a movie night. Do you want to join?

Dotty?

Dotty:

I'm okay, but thanks for the offer. 

Fionn:

Just come if you want too later on. Again, I'm sorry, I was only messing. 

Dotty:

I know. You don't have to apologise. It's just a bit embarrassing.

Fionn:

How so?

Dotty:

I was/ still am quite a big directioner and knowing Harry is strange but nice. There are also other reasons that it was embarrassing but don't worry about them. 

Fionn:

Well, if you want to talk about them, ypo can come to me or any of the boys.

you*

Dotty:

I know, thanks.

Fionn:

Are you sure you don't want to come and watch some movies with us? 

Dotty:

I'm sure, I have to facetime my mum anyway.

Fionn:

OK, see you tomorrow?

Dotty:

Where else would I be?

Fionn:

Dentist?

Dotty:

Ha. Ha very funny.

Fionn:

I know. I should be a comedian.

Dotty:

I don't fionn-k so.