“Hi, you don’t know me, but could you pretend to be my boyfriend real quick?” (Niall)
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It was a beautiful night. Outside, the temperature is perfect, totally conducive for a nice night stroll. In here, on the other hand, the temperature is warm, the air is stuffy, and you’re definitely not in the mood for mingling.
It’s your 5th year celebration for your high school homecoming and the celebrating classes organized an auctioning event. The plaza was designed beautifully, the draping is pristine, the flower arrangements are beautiful, and even without the obviously expensive items on display, your all-girl high school already proved to be one for elites tonight. You had a glass of champagne on hand and you were looking around and admiring the objects on display, not once listing your name down for bets.
From the corner of your eye, you saw your ex-best friend, Liz, walking up towards you with a man on her arm. You quickly spin around to avoid eye contact, maybe she’d turn around as well and you’d never have to speak with her again, but your hopes were crashed when you felt a light tap on your shoulder.
“Hey, [Y/N], didn’t know you’d be here tonight” Liz greeted you with a feigned genuine smile. You looked at her and put a small smile on your face, greeting her back.
“Yeah, well it is our class reunion as well, so why not?” you let out a small laugh. She smiles at the forced conversation and introduces the man beside her.
“This is Eric, by the way, he and I are engaged” she said proudly as she shows you the glistening ring on her finger.
“Oh, wow. Congratulations!” you smiled at Eric and maybe just a little at Liz, who seemed a little bit too proud to be engaged to Eric.
“How about you, finally got over Steven from 11th grade?” she smirks and at that moment do you once again remember why she is you ex-best friend and not your current best friend.
You laugh, “Of course! I have a um- I have a- a boyfriend, yup.” You stutter, and you see Liz smirk.
“Is he here?” Liz asks and for a second your eyes widen, and you’re about to say that you’re made-up boyfriend isn’t real when she adds, “or is this just like prom, where you made-up foreign boyfriend failed to attend?”
You stand a little bit taller, and answer her with confidence “No, he’s here. He’s just getting a drink at the small bar over there” you say and take a quick peek at the small bar on your far left, where the waiters refill glasses of wine and champagne.
“Maybe you should call him over, I’d love to meet him” she challenges you further.
“Uh, yeah, I’ll go ask him to come here” you say.
“Can’t you just call him?”
“Uh, he, he um- his phone is- he left it in the car, so-“ you explained and then walked briskly to the small bar, practicing in your head, just how you would ask an innocent stranger to pretend to be your boyfriend.
At the bar, stood only one man in a crisp blue suit. Shyly, you walked up behind him and tapped him on his shoulder. He turned back to look at you and for a few seconds, you have forgotten all the words you practiced on the walk to the bar. The man was blonde, he had beautiful blue eyes, and glasses around them which made him look impeccable. His suit fit him perfectly, and he seemed oddly familiar.
You’re knocked out of the trance when he speaks first. “Yes?”
You’re at a loss for words when you first hear him speak. Not only did you tap just any random stranger’s shoulder, but you tapped Niall Horan’s shoulder. It was then safe to say that you were royally screwed.
“I’m sorry, did you tap my shoulder? I thought I felt a tap just a while back” he asked you.
You lightly shook your head, as if reminding yourself to focus at the task at hand. “Yes, I um- I did. And, oh god, this is going to sound really bad, and I swear if I knew you were you right before I tapped your shoulder, I wouldn’t have come up to ask you” you said real quick.
Niall looked at you with a smile on his face. There must’ve been something oddly entertaining about what he was seeing in front of him.
You took a deep breath in and continued. “Hi, you don’t know me, but could you pretend to be my boyfriend real quick?” you ask and wait for his quick rejection. You look up to meet his eyes, and he looks like he’s on the verge of cracking a huge laugh.
“I’m sorry, what?” he asks, leaning closer to you, wondering if he heard you right.
“My ex-best friend is being a bragging bitch and she dragged her fiancé to this event and she asked me about my fiancé and I unfortunately don’t have a ring so I just had to make up a lie and say I have a boyfriend” You explained quickly. “Will you, um- will you pretend to be my boyfriend?” you ask, “just for tonight! I won’t ask for your number or whatever, I mean, that’s probably what you’re worried about. And I won’t tell anyone, and we don’t ever have to speak with each other again, I just- I just have to show you to her”
He chuckled, and nodded. “Where is she?” he asked you.
“She’s right there, in the red cocktail dress, by the miniature yacht display” you tell him.
“Well, seeing as she has been looking in this direction since our conversation started, might as well go along with this.” He said and smiled.
“You will?” you asked, sounding a little bit more excited than you had hoped. He smiled and nodded, “Why not?”
“Alright, thank you, Niall Horan.” You said, never once dreaming that you’d be in this exact situation.
He put his glass of champagne down on the bar counter and held you by your waist, leading you towards Liz and Eric. “What’s your name?”
“It’s [Y/N]” you whisper, smiling proudly as you walk back to Liz.
“Liz,” you call for her attention as you and Niall stand in front of the engaged couple. Liz turns around to see you and Niall and almost spits out her drink. Eric looks unfazed.
“Liz and Eric, I’d like for you to meet Niall” you say and smile at Liz, who was staring wide-eyed at Niall. Niall extended his right hand to greet Liz and Eric while keeping his left arm around your waist.
“Hi, lovely to meet you both” Niall greets them both.
“Goodness, [Y/N], I didn’t know your boyfriend was tonight’s guest of honor” Liz says, and you silently utter “Yeah, neither did I” under your breath.
“How did you guys meet?”
“We- uh, we met at the- the- um, what do you call that place?” you stuttered and looked at Niall for help. He on the other hand looked totally relaxed and unfazed.
“I met [Y/N] at a charity event, she and I were guests and I chatted her up when I saw her at the cocktail bar” he said with a smile.
“Oh, how lovely.” Liz cooed. “[Y/N], you didn’t tell me you were with Niall Horan! Wow, I can’t believe this”
“Same here, really” you chuckled nervously.
“[Y/N]’s the sweetest really, I’m quite lucky to have her around” Niall adds and kisses your temple, trying to stop himself from laughing too obviously.
“Aw, that’s sweet”, Liz coos and stares at Niall dreamily.
“Right, well, we’re just gonna go and mingle some more, maybe have a few drinks by the bar, aren’t we, sweetie?” Eric asks and tries to get her attention away from Niall, whisking her away and towards the bar.
You sighed in relief and turn around to face Niall.
“Thank you, so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you.” You tell Niall and he removes his arm around your waist.
“No problem,” he says. “That was quite fun, I forgot what it was like to have a girlfriend” he admits and chuckles at the end.
“Yeah, um, thanks so much, Niall” you say and stick your hand out waiting for his, so you could shake hands.
“I pretended to be you boyfriend, I think we’re past shaking hands, [Y/N]” he says and grabs you for a hug.
You two laugh it out. “Look, um, I don’t really know anyone here, do you mind if I hang out with you tonight?” he asks shyly.
“Um, yeah sure. I’m trying to avoid anyone who looks familiar anyway, so at least now I have someone to talk to” you smile.
“Alright, good” he says and chuckles. He tilts his head towards the cocktail bar, “do you wanna go grab a drink? I didn’t get to finish mine earlier,” he pauses and smirks at you, grabbing your arm and locks it with his, leading you two towards the bar “Some girl came up to me and asked me to be her boyfriend, crazy right?”
You giggle, “yeah, this kind of reunion really brings out the crazy in people”
reread this and thought, wow, what was i on 3 years ago
