Peyton and Niall are best friends. Mia and Niall are girlfriend and boyfriend. Mia has trouble dealing with all the hate from fans and needs some time to get away from the stress, so Peyton and Niall pretend to date to take the spotlight away from Mia. Peyton has never had feelings for Niall in any way besides friendly, but as she spends more and more time with him romantically she sees for the first time a side to him she never saw before. And she can't help but love it.