Arranged / Nick Mara

Chapter Twenty Six / Explaining

Nick's POV

"What are we supposed to do? Nick this is bad." Kiley paced in her room as I laid back on her bed, my hands covering my eyes.

"Kiley I know it's bad, we have to call Hayley and Lisa." I said and Kiley shook her head just as I uncovered my eyes.

"They are just going to tell us to come back to LA. Nick I'm not leaving. We just got here. I can't go back." She said quickly and I sighed.

"Baby we don't have to go back it's okay, let's just call one of them." I said and she stopped and I could see the tears drying on her cheeks.

"The whole world thinks our relationship is fake. I mean it used to be. How are we supposed to explain that?" She asked and I sat up on the bed.

"Kiley, we will figure it out. It's okay." I said and she huffed. I held my hand out to her and she hesitantly grabbed it I pulled her over to me and she straddled my hips and burried her head into my neck. I wrapped my arms around her and held her as she silently cried some more.

"Nick, this is so bad. How did it even get out?" She said into my ear and I just rubbed circles on her back. Of course this was bad, this was probably the last thing we would ever want.

Then it hit me.

"Ella." I said and Kiley sat up and looked at me.

"Ella? Like my old friend..." She trailed off as the pieces were being put together in her head. "FUCK!"

"Calm down-"

"What was I thinking? Oh my God! How could I just let her in like that?!" Kiley stumbled off of me and started pacing again.

"Kiley-"

"Nick I am so stupid-"

"Kiley!" I shouted to get her attention and she stopped and looked at me. "Listen to me."

She sat down on her vanity stool and looked at me, waiting for me to say something.

"It's not your fault, she was supposed to be trustworthy. Do not blame yourself. I'm sorry for shouting." I apologized and Kiley nodded.

"It's okay." She said and came and sat next to me. "Let's call Hayley."

Kiley grabbed her phone and called Hayley. She looked at me with nervous eyes and I pulled her into my arms. Kiley put the phone on speaker and we laid back on the bed, Kiley's face buried into my chest.

"Kiley!" Hayley answered the phone.

"And Nick." I said.

"Oh good, um, how did this get out?" Hayley got straight to the point.

"The only conclusion we can think of is one of Kiley's friends who came to visit us while we were still fake. Kiley told her that we weren't in a real relationship and she must've spread the word." I explained and rubbed Kiley's arm to try and comfort her.

"Kiley why would you tell her?" Hayley started to get upset.

"Because she was my friend! I didn't feel comfortable lying to her when everyone else around us knew it was fake." Kiley defended herself. We heard Hayley sigh on the other side of the line.

"Okay. Make a video explaining it all. There's no point in trying to deny it. Explain how it started as a way to gain popularity but became more." Hayley said, sounding pissed as fuck.

"Okay." Kiley said.

"Also when are you guys coming back?" Hayley asked.

"Good question." Kiley said and hung up the phone.