I decided to make Chapter 23 the final chapter instead...BECAUSE ALL THE SUSPENSE WILL KILL YOU!

"Alright Niall will be over soon, feel better love..."

...

The silence between Niall and I was irritating. Once Maggie dropped me home I fell into bed and Niall tucked me in. It's been three hours and Niall thinks I'm acting suspicious.

"Mary! I know you're sick and all but please...I want to know why you're acting so off..." Niall whispered.

I still remained silent. One word that came out of my mouth could end this relationship.

"Mary..." Niall groaned. Tears began to sting at the creases of my eyes as I couldn't hold the secrets in any longer.

"Niall...I-I'm sorry..." I stammered, "I'm a terrible girlfriend..."

"Wait no, that's not what I meant!" Niall said reaching over to hug me. I backed away and sat up.

"No in general!" I exclaimed, "I don't know how you do it! You're here trying to be the best boyfriend I've ever had and you SKIP the biggest night in your high school life JUST to be with me, when I kissed someone last NIGHT!" 

I covered my mouth realizing what I said. I let the tears stream down my face and fell on my knees as I began to bawl in my hands.

"I-I'm so sorry...I think you should leave..." I whispered. I looked up at Niall and saw that he was frozen. He didn't move, he didn't yell, he just...sat there.

"Niall?" I mumbled.

"I...I need some air." Niall said walking up to my balcony. I sat down on the couch and began to cry harder. It's over...

Forever.

~NIALL~

Okay, so she told me. But it was only after a day...

And yeah, I knew they kissed. I mean, come ON. I was in the control booth! There's cameras in all the dressing rooms.

Now, we're just lucky they have little closets to change in.

But back to the point, what was I supposed to do now? I love her, but I can't trust her...

Wait, duh.

"Mary...? Love?" I said trying to get her to calm down.

"You're st-till talking to m-me?" she asked.

"I'm not going to break up with you..." I said holding her hand. Mary sniffled and smiled a little.

"I'm really sorry I didn't tell you..." she started.

"I know you are, but, um...let's just say I can't trust you that much anymore..." I said, "It's going to take awhile for us to get back to normal...because well, I've know about the kiss."

"...Wait how?" Mary asked.

"There's camera's in the dressing rooms." I chuckled. But Mary didn't laugh with me. Instead her face went pale.

"What?" I said.

"Video cameras? In the dressing rooms?" Mary said. I nodded again slowly.

"Niall," Mary trembled, "The day I was trying on the outfits for the PPC's...the video still exists."

"Oh no..." I mumbled.

"Even if we deleted it from Christa's phone she can still access it." she groaned.

"I am so done with high school drama..." I mumbled. Someone knocked on Mary's door multiple times and we looked at each other.

"You get it!" Mary said. I laughed and stood up. Once I opened the door I was blinded by flashing cameras and deafened by screaming people.

"Were you the ones that won the PPC's?!"

"Where's Mary?!"

"Isn't this her house?!"

I slammed the door on all the people and Mary appeared in front of me helping hold the door down.

"Who ARE those people!?!" Mary screamed. My eyes widened realizing the problem.

"It's the paparazzi!" I said.

"Why are they chasing us?!" she asked.

"Because..." I mentally groaned, "The PPC's were a live televised event, which means..."

"The entire world knows our names..." Mary mumbled.

"We're stuck here for the weekend..." I said.

"...Popcorn?" Mary suggested.

"I thought you had a stomach ache." I said.

"Speak of the devil..." Mary lurched forward and quickly ran to the bathroom.

"Uh oh..."

~LIAM~

Once I arrived at homecoming with Maggie we were attacked by paparazzi. But they were only here for Mary and Niall.

"Where are they?" 

"They're at her house..." I said. The paps all ran into their cars and drove away quickly.

"Um..." I mumbled.

"Forget it..." Maggie said taking my hand. I smiled and walked into the dance with her.

"Remember if Mary and Niall win--"

"Which I doubt they will." Christa said walking past us, Jason by her side.

"Um...I guess they got back together..." Maggie whispered.

 "Next week she'll be pregnant with triplets..." I chuckled.

"Hey don't joke about teen pregnancy." Maggie said.

"Whatever..." I smirked, "So--"

"HELLO NORTH CHESTERFIELD HIGH!" one of the teachers screamed into the mic. Everyone in the gym cheered as the teacher pulled out two envelopes with a silver lining.

"By popular demand, we've decided to introduce the homecoming king and queen early!" she said. Everyone screamed as she opened both envelopes.

"And, the homecoming king and queen are..." 

Please not Christa and Jason....

"Mary Ryans and Niall Horan!"

Oh thank GOD...

Everyone began to cheer, but the shouts slowly subsided as the crowd realized that Niall and Mary weren't here.

"Well where are they?" the teacher asked. I waved my hand in the back of the crowd.

"Oh do you know?" she said motioning the mic to me. I made my way to the podium and said,

"Yes, Mary got sick after the PPC's..." I started.

Sympathetic 'Awws' came from the crowd.

"And Niall's at her house taking care of her."

This time all I heard was things like 'They're so cute' or 'Adorable!'.

"Well, would you deliver the crowns to them?" the teacher asked handing me both crowns.

"That was my plan..." I laughed. She smiled and handed them to me and I left the stage. Maggie ran to meet me and she took my hand.

"Wanna dance?" she said.

"Sure hold on..." I said glancing over at a furious Christa, "Something tells me I'm going to need to hide these crowns."

~CHRISTA'S POV~

*AFTER HOMECOMING*

 "You've failed." she said to me.

"It's that Niall guy! He keeps getting in my way!" I complained.

"THEN GET RID OF HIM!" she screamed in my face. I stepped back and wiped the spit off my forehead.

"You don't think I've tried that?! I've kidnapped her, but then this Zayn guy found her, and then I--"

"ENOUGH!" she screamed. I sighed and looked down.

"You need to use what you've CAUSED against them." she said.

"So you mean, like when I kidnapped her--" 

"Exactly..."

"Ah...I understand."

"And Christa? Think. People will be CRUSHED if they see their homecoming queen not win prom queen. AND there will be a massive amount of hate against her if she DOES lose. Use that as an advantage..."

"Right...bringing that little teen heart out of her." I mumbled.

"Go. Make her suffer." she said.

I nodded and left.

This...is going to be fun.

~MARY'S POV~

*The Next Morning* 

The next morning I woke up on the couch to a knock on the door. I sighed and answered it.

"Hello?" I groaned. Maggie, Niall and Liam stood at my front door with a smile on their faces.

"What?" I groaned. Liam handed me something that was sparkling in the morning sunlight. I looked down and realized what it was.

"Oh...no way..." I chuckled, "We won?"

"Yeah!" Maggie squealed. I hugged her, Niall and Liam tight in front of my doorway.

"Oh by the way..." I said pulling away, "Thank you guys..." 

"For what?" Niall asked. I smiled and reached out to kiss his mouth.

"For fixing me..." I whispered against his lips pulling away. Niall hugged my waist and kissed my cheek facing the others.

"So...I'm hungry! Who's hungry?" he asked.

"Niall we're all hungry because none of us ate..." Maggie Liam and I said in unison.

"It was a retorical question..." Niall mumbled. I chuckled and jumped off my porch step.

"Who wants cupcakes?" I asked.

"For breakfast?" Liam asked.

"Please...cupcakes can be eaten at anytime of the day..." I said.

"I don't care where I'm going...as long as it's with you..." Niall said taking my hand.

And I can be seriously honest and say...I don't care what happens in my life...

As long as he's by my side the entire time.

AWWW <3 True love! <3333 But, we all know true love comes with a lot of consequences and obstacles.

Which wil be revealed IN THE SEQUEL! <3

~imperfectx