The Accidental Hero | one direction

3: Fiona Has a Boyfriend?

After homework, she follows me upstairs to meet Harry. When we reach Harry's room, he's sitting on his bed and I'm pretty sure he was playing Flappy Bird (failing horribly of course).

"Who's this?" He asks in a happy tone.

"This is Fiona." I reply, smiling.

"Hi." Fiona says.

"I can tell your Irish, did you meet Niall?" Harry asks.

"Of course I did-"

"How about we get some fresh air, yeah?" I cut their conversation off, nervously laughing. Fiona nods slightly, before following me downstairs.

"Again? He missed it again!" Niall shouted from the living room. I laugh and roll my eyes, before grabbing my Batman sweatshirt, and throwing it over my head.

"Do you want a coat?" I ask, putting on my beanie. She shakes her head, and pushes the hair out of her face. I had noticed how many band bracelets she had on, most of them were probably rock bands. Hm, never would of expected it.

"We're going for a walk, be back soon!" I shout. When I don't hear a reply, I exit with Fiona next to me. Once we got to the end of the driveway, she stops. Confused, I glance over at her and raise an eyebrow.

"You coming?" I ask, pushing my hands in my pockets. She nods, and follows me soon after.

"Where are we going?" She asks.

"Up the street I guess." I reply bluntly, shrugging my shoulders. She giggles.

"What?" I question. She shakes her head.

"Come on, tell me!"

"You're just so... vague." She states. I cross my arms over my chest, and turn my head towards her.

"What makes you think I'm vague?" Again, she giggles, and shakes her head.

"You don't tell me much. You know?" I shake my head, confused. "Like, where we're going'."

"You always reply with something.." As she tries to figure out the right word, she snaps her fingers as if it would tell her.

"Stupid?"

"No."

"Uh... geeky?"

"Not quite."

"Less detailed?"

"Yes! Those are the words I'm looking for." She exclaims, throwing her hands in the air. I chuckle, and kick a rock in front of me. A beep of a phone makes me check my back pocket, and notice there were no notifications. I'm so popular.

"It's me mum. She says I got to go home." I frown, but nod my head.

"Can we meet her somewhere?" I pause. "Like the gas station?" She shrugs.

"I guess so. I'll tell her." 

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We were sitting in the gas station parking lot, waiting for Fiona's mom to come around. It was quiet, but every once in a while I would ask her some stupid question and get a stupid answer. Right now I was going to ask one of those questions.

 "What if you actually were a superhero?" I asked. She turned to me and raised an eyebrow; I noticed that she did that a lot. Maybe I just was a confusing person, or she was stupid.

"Who would you be?" I added, shifting my glasses. She thought for a moment, before shoving her hands into her pockets.

"I would want to be Wonder Woman." She replied a few moments later, looking up towards the sky. I followed her actions, and smiled.

"How about-"

"Batman!" I cut her off immediately, already knowing the answer. She laughed and shook her head.

"That was quick. Why would you want to be Batman?" She asked.

"Because he's different."

"How is he different?"

"He doesn't have any superpowers. He's just plain man." I explained. "With a utility belt, of course." She chuckles at my geeky reply, and sighs.

"Why would you want to be Wonder Woman?" I asked her. She stayed quiet, before she turned to me again.

"She's strong, and independant. Doesn't need Superman to save her." She said. I raised an eyebrow, but continued to listen to her explanation.

"She can save herself." She said. Before I could say anything else, Fiona's mom pulled up in front of us. Giving me a quick wave, Fiona disappeared into the mini van, before driving away with her mom.  I started heading back, and felt a buzzing in my pocket.

"Hello?" I think it was Liam.

"Are you on your way back?"

"Oh, yeah! Fiona's mom just picked her up." I breathed out. Liam started snickering, and I knew he was going to make fun of me.

"What?"

"Fiona's cute." He said. I rolled my eyes and huffed.

"I just met her today!" I said. I looked across the street and noticed a few girls from school, and turned away.

"I'll see you after, Liam." I hung up the phone, and started to walk, knowing that the girls were mean.

"Max, is that you?" One of them shouted. I decided to ignore them, and continued to walk. I kept my face down, and ended up bumping into another life form.

"I'm sorry." I said, looking up. It was one of the guys from school; he was a jock. He had a hard face, and cold eyes that terrified me.

"Fiona's my girlfriend, dude. Back off." He said, making my face drop. Fiona had a boyfriend? I backed up, scared, and ended up backing into another one of them. Crap. Fiona's boyfriend punched me in the face, leaving me to wobble.

I ran away as fast as I could, tears threatening to spill. The house wasn't too far from here, I should be able to make it. I got there within three minutes, and rushed into the house.

"Max are you alright?" Louis asked. I rushed past all of them, and went straight to my room, slamming the door behind me. I started to sob, and curled into a ball on my bed. I had never been punched before, in the face at least.

There was a knock at the door, leaving me to stay silent and continue with my crying. Like a little baby. The door creaked open, and I kept my face hid in the pillow. I did not want them to know that they adopted a wuss.

"Max, buddy are you alright?" It was Niall. I cleared my throat and replied to him quietly.

"I'm fine." Niall lifted me by my shoulder, and gasped when he saw my eye.

"Who punched you?" He asked, leading me downstairs. All of the boys gasped, and threw questions at me.

"Fiona's boyfriend." I finally said as Niall placed an ice pack to my eye. I held it there and stayed quiet, and sat down at the counter.

"Why did Fiona's boyfriend punch you?" Harry asked.

"He was hanging out with his girlfriend, why do you think?" Zayn said, scoffing at Harry.

"Do I have to make some phone calls?" Liam asked, leaning on to the counter. I shook my head.

"I think I'll be okay."

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a/n:

Hey guys! Sorry this chapter is so late. Me and my sister are a little slow

Did you guys see the new cover? I think it's pretty cool, and this chapter has a reference to it. See if you can find it, and tell me in the comments!

Thanks for reading!

  Danny Boy ☺