Arielle's P.O.V
It was now 8:30 and I had to go meet Niall.
It will be okay, I told myself as I walked out of my bedroom.
I purposely didn't dress up for the occasion. I was wearing jeans and a t-shirt with some flats. I didn't even bother to do anything with my hair except brush it.
"I gotta go." I told Liam and hugged him.
"Okay. Just..." he trailed off.
"What is it?" I asked, concerned.
"Never mind." he said.
"Liam, all I'm trying to do here is fix a friendship so maybe you can as well. I love you and I want what's best for you and fighting with your band mate every time you look at him will not get you anywhere good. I love you so much." I said, kissing him on the cheek and walking towards the door.
"I love you too." he said, and I closed the door to the suite behind me.
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I arrived at the bar about 10 minutes early. Expecting Niall wouldn't be there yet, I walked inside to sit down.
The place loud and crowded with people dancing quite inappropriately with drinks in their hands. I was bumped into quite a few times trying to get to the counter. When I was almost there, some guy that reeked of a mixture of every kind of beer grabbed my arm and pushed me against the wall.
"Why aren't you a pretty lady," he slurred.
I started trying to wrestle out of his arms when the man was yanked away. After yelling a few words at him, Niall walked towards me.
"You okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine." I said. I never liked bars much, I just went because Niall wanted to.
We walked to the counter and ordered our drinks.
"So, ya wanna have some fun on the dance floor?" he asked.
"Niall, I thought we came here as friends." I said sternly.
"I know. You are just so uptight, especially at bars." he said.
"Especially? What's that supposed to mean?" I asked defensively.
"You can be a little on the serious side sometimes when you don't need to be." he said accusingly.
"Oh yeah? Give me two glasses." I told the bartender.
He gave us our drinks and that's when the blur of drunkenness started.
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Niall and I spent the next two hours dancing and laughing.
"Come here, Ari." he said, leading me to a hallway next to the bathrooms.
"What is it?" I asked, letting him drag me there.
"I need to ask you a serious question." he looked straight into my eyes. His eyes looked as if ocean was trapped in them. "Do you still love me?"
I didn't realize it while I was drunk, but he obviously tricked me. He knew I had a competitive side, which he used to get me to drink more. He also knew that when I get drunk, I am honest with everything I say.
"Of course. We were with each other for four years. You can't forget about that. I miss you a lot, and I wish you didn't cheat. We could have had a family and lived happily ever after." Yep. I'm way too honest when I'm drunk.
"We can be like that again." he said.
"But I also can't forget that you cheated." I said.
After that, Niall attacked my vulnerable side of my drunkenness. He kissed me.
I pulled away and said "I'm with Liam now."
"He's not here. Don't you wanna kiss me? We can be together just for tonight." he said.
"I don't wanna hurt him. I love him too and I know he wouldn't hurt me like you did. And in all honesty, sometimes I'm okay with the fact that you cheated on me because now I can be with Liam." I said.
He kissed me again and this time, I didn't pull away as fast. I wanted to kiss him, I really did. In that blurry moment, I forgot about Liam and kissed Niall back.
I quickly snapped out of it and I pushed him away and ran for the doors.
Why did I drink so much? I asked myself as I tried to call a taxi.
Niall came a minute later and tried to talk me out of leaving.
"No, Niall. Tonight has ruined us from even being friends. I love Liam and you caused me to hurt him." I said.
"He doesn't know what happened." he said, as if that would make everything okay.
Anger rushed inside me and I slapped him in the face as hard as I could.
"Is that what went through your mind when you cheated? What I don't know won't hurt me? Is that what you thought?" I yelled at Niall as he held his face. "I'm going to tell Liam what happened because I don't want to keep secrets from him. I want Liam and I to last."
I turned around I got into the taxi that just pulled up. Niall tried to get in with me, but I slammed the door before he could.
"Get your own taxi." I said as the driver took off.
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Liam's P.O.V
I was sitting on the couch when I heard the door open. I turned around to see Arielle with tears running down her face.
"What's wrong baby?" I said and ran to her.
"I need to tell you something that happened tonight." she said through sobs.
I tried to stay calm, but I knew Niall tried something.
"Calm down. What is it?" I tried to say soothingly.
She took a deep breath.
"I kissed Niall." she said.
I felt like my heart had cracked.
"He got on my competitive side by telling me I'm uptight so I drank too much, then he kissed me and I kissed back." she said quickly.
It was silent for a moment.
"Did it mean anything?" I asked.
She quickly shook her head no.
"Do you still love him?" I asked.
That time, she didn't do anything. She just stared at me. I then got up and began to walk away.
"Liam-" she started.
"I just need to think for a while." I said and walked into my bedroom and closed the door.
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Broken Heart (1D Fanfic)
FanfictionArielle Strong was engaged to Niall Horan. Everything was going great, until she finds that he is not the loyal person she thought he was. With the media blaming her for their breakup and her growing feelings for another person, Arielle will have to...