Fakes, Lies, and Love

Chapter 24

CHAPTER 24

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NIALL'S POV

"Niall," she whispers. My eyes fly open and I immediately tumble over to the side of the bed.

"Yes, love?" I ask. She squints her eyes and I apologize for being so loud. She's awake! Kayla is finally awake!

"Can I have a glass of water?" Kayla's face is pale and her hair is all over the place.

"Of course, Hun," my arms push my body up from the ground and my feet take me to the kitchen.

I turn the faucet on and am met by ice-cold water. I'm sure it's cold because I haven't had to use water in forever. I have a gallon of it in the room Kayla's staying in for the moment. I planned ahead, apparently. Actually, I really didn't. I get really dry throat in the middle of the night so I always keep some water in my room.

"Niall," Kayla calls for me.

"Coming!" I respond, a little too loudly again. Shit, what's wrong with me? I can't shut up for two seconds...

I swing open the cupboard, which causes a bunch of cups to fly out at me. Of course, that's what I get for not doing the dishes for a year.

"Are you alright?" I hear her holler.

"Yeah!" I shout back, not meaning to. "Sorry! Be right there."

I pick up a random cup from the ground and rush to the sink and put it under the faucet. Water, still way too cold for Kayla, fills up the cup.

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"What happened?" Kayla asks me, sipping some water out of the green cup.

I suck in a beath and think. What do I tell her? Oh yeah, you kind of hit your head when you fell off of the bed and went unconscious for a few days. No biggy. Hell to the no. She'll freak out.

"Well..." I start out. She looks at me as if saying, 'hurry up you old oaf'. "You um... Fell off of the bed and... And y-you um... Well... Hit your head on the nightstand... And... And got knocked out..." I know, I know. I'm such a weanie. But woud you blame me? Kayla can be quite scary when she's upset.

"How long was I out?" she asks.

"A few days maybe," I tell her and nod my head. I feel bad for her, she must be so confused as to what is happening.

"I-I still don't understand..." she closes her eyes and rubs her temples. She's so beautiful. Her beautiful wavy hair (it's still a mess), beautiful eyes, and perfect skin; she's honestly amazing. She's the best thing that's ever happened to me, at that. I can't believe I'm her boyfriend. She picked me over Harry! Harry is the bad boy someone would WANT to themselves... She has the opportunity to have him. The thing is, she wants me. Once you think about it, it's truly an honor. I still can't believe it.

"Niall?" Kayla has her hands on my shoulders and is shaking me slightly. "You there?"

"Oh, um, yea. Sorry," I laugh a little bit and shake my head. Kayla giggles and flattens out the blanket on the bed.

"Kayla, I need to tell you something," Wow. I guess I'm finally going to tell her. This is it.

She looks up at me, her beautiful blue/green eyes shining through her perfectly aligned eyelashes. "Yeah, Nialler?" I love that nickname. Harry came up with it; he was just messing around, teasing me about Kayla.