Tell Me A Lie

Zayn's P.O.V

I was shocked to see that it was a picture of girl who looked exactly like Alex, but she had long hair and was wearing girl clothes. I looked at it closely and confirmed it was Alex. I was shocked at first but then snapped out when I heard Liam yelling for me. I put the picture in my pocket and rushed back downstairs.

"What took you so long!" Liam yelled in panic.

"Sorry, I had a hard time looking for it." I lied, then gave Liam the Epipen.

Liam took off the cap and jabbed it on Alex's thigh. It made him flinch a little but it stopped his coughing and wheezing.

"How are you feeling?" Harry asked a while later with worry.

"Could you guys back up a bit it's kinda getting harder to breathe." Alex said.

We backed up a bit so that Alex could breathe properly. He took out an inhaler from his pocket then took a puff twice.

"How are you feeling?" Harry asked again after a few minutes.

"I'm fine now. Uhm could you help me up please." He asked.

I offered my hand and he gladly accepted it and I pulled him to his feet. He was wobbly at first but was able to stand on his own feet.

"Alex I am so sorry, I didn't know you were allergic to peanut butter. You could've died because of my stupid mistake." Niall said, engulfing Alex into a hug.

At first Alex seemed to be surprised but quickly returned the hug.

"It's alright Niall you didn't know. It's not your fault, it's mine, I should've told you guys my food allergies." Alex said as they broke apart.

"Don't worry Alex, I swear on my life that this will never happen again and that I will protect you from anything that would hurt you." Niall said with a big smile "It's the least I could do for nearly killing you." he added jokingly, trying to lighten up the mood.

We all laughed at him.

"Well why don't we eat breakfast now." Liam said, motioning us all towards the kitchen.

We all agreed and sat down at the dining table. Liam and Louis served the breakfast and we started to eat.

"So Alex what else are you allergic to? You know just in case one of us decides to cook." Louis said

"Well besides peanut butter I'm allergic to all kinds of nuts and seafood except fish." he said.

I couldn't seem to stop staring a Alex, I was trying to differentiate him from the girl I saw in the picture.

"Hey mate, why are you staring at Alex?" Niall asked nudging me on the side as he noticed me.

"Huh what?" I mumbled, snapping back to reality.

"I said why are you staring at Alex? Are you alright mate? You seem out of yourself today." he said, looking at me with concern.

"I'm fine mate...... Just thinking" I said reassuring him.

"OK" he shrugged then continued eating.

After eating Alex volunteered to wash the dishes and Niall offered to help.

I decided to go to my room to think things through. I sat down at the edge of my bed and took out the picture from my pocket. I then stared at the picture.

'Alex is a girl? It can't be! But this picture is proof that he's a girl. Why is she doing this? Why is she pretending to be a boy? Does Liam even know about this? Of course he does Alex is his sister but why hide this from us? What are they hiding? Should I tell the others?'

I sighed, 'maybe not yet, not until I know why she's doing this. In the meanwhile I'll just pretend I don't know anything. Maybe I'll also help her hide it until she's ready to tell us the truth.' I thought, laying down on my bed.

"Ugh this is so complicated!" I exclaimed staring at the ceiling.

Alex's P.O.V

Niall and I were currently washing the dishes. Well I was washing it and Niall was just watching.

"I thought you were gonna help?" I asked playfully, placing my hands on my hips.

"I am helping you, I'm supervising you. So that you wouldn't use too much soap or wash the plate improperly, nobody wants soapy utensils." he said giving me a sly smile.

"Is that so?" I asked and he nodded.

"Well then Mr. Supervisor you have some soap on your face." I said

"Where?" He asked

I secretly swiped a bit of bubbles using my finger "here" and wiped it on Niall's nose.

I busted out laughing and then we ended up in a bubble fight when suddenly I slipped on soapy water taking Niall with me.

He fell on top of me like what happened on the Nurf war.

I stared at his blue orbs and I felt my heart beating faster against my chest.

'What is this? Why is my heart beating so fast?' I asked myself.

"We gotta stop ending up in this position." Niall said laughing, standing and giving me a hand.

"Yeah you're right, it's weird to see two guys in that position." I said with my 'manly' voice.

Suddenly we heard footsteps approaching us.

"What happened here?" Liam asked, looking at us with concern.

"Well we, uh, had a bubble fight." I said playing with my fingers.

"You two clean this up and you can't go out of this kitchen unless this place is squeaky clean.

You understand me?" Liam asked sternly.

We both nodded our heads.

"Good I'll be back after 2 hours." Liam said then left the kitchen.

"Well Mr. Supervisor why don't you mop the floor while I finish washing the dishes." I said.

"Aye aye captain." Niall said, saluting at me then got the mop.

After we were done cleaning the kitchen, Liam came in to inspect our work.

"Well done guys, you can go now." Liam said, grinning at us.

We nodded our heads and quickly got out of the kitchen. We went to the Living room and sat on the couch.

"Hey Alex, do you wanna go to the ice cream parlor?" Niall asked me as we sat down.

"Sure" I said.

"OK let's go it's just right around the block." he said getting up from his chair.

We left the house and made our way to the ice cream parlor.

"This is fun." Niall said smiling slightly.

"What is?" I asked confused.

"You know just hanging out with you makes me feel like you're my little brother." he said placing his arm around my shoulder.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well you're like the little brother I never had. I feel so protective over you and I just like hanging out with you." He said.

"What about Harry isn't he the youngest?" I asked.

"Yeah he's the youngest but he doesn't act like the youngest and I do so they seem to treat me like one but now you're the baby of the band we now have the obligation to take care of you." Niall said.

"You guys know that I'm a guy right? I'm no baby either so I don't need to be protected, I can take care of myself." I said.

"We know but that still won't stop us." he said with a sly smile.

We reached the ice cream parlor and we sat down at one of the empty tables.

"What do you want? I'll order." He asked me.

"I want a banana split with chocolate syrup and no nuts." I said, after a few seconds of thinking.

"Coming right up." he said the walked down to the counter.

While waiting I scanned through the place and noticed that there were not much people there which was good since we wouldn't get mobbed by fans.

Suddenly I noticed someone staring at me. I couldn't see their face but I new it was a man.

'What is HE doing here?' I thought, alarmed.

Just then Niall came back with our order. I looked back at the man only to see that he had disappeared, but I kept staring at the spot where he once stood.

"Hey Alex you okay? What are you staring at?" Niall asked, looking from me to where i was staring at.

"Huh...... What? Oh nothing I just thought I recognized someone." I said.

"Oh OK well, how about we enjoy our food then go to the park. Just to hang out for a bit." he said.

"Sure" I said.

We started eating the suddenly I felt something cold and sticky hit my face. I wiped it away and saw that it was ice cream.

"Oh It's on." I said, throwing a big chunk of ice cream at him.

It quickly turned into a food fight. Ice cream was flying everywhere and hitting some people there. The manager had enough of our food fight and threw us out of the ice cream parlor.

"And don't come back!" The manager yelled slamming the door close.

We looked at each other and busted out laughing.

"Did you see his face?" Niall asked between laughs.

"Yeah he was so mad that his face went so red that a tomato will be at shame." I said then laughed so hard.

"How about we go to the park." he said.

"Niall we're covered in ice cream we'll get really sticky. We need to wash up first." I said but as if on queue the rain started pouring, washing away the ice cream that was on our body.

"Well now that we've washed up let's go!" Niall said taking my hand and started running.

Once we reached the park me and Niall sat on the swings.

"Niall, why are we just sitting here I think we need to go under tree or something." I said, looking up at the storm clouds pouring rain.

"Let's just stay here and watch the rain." He said.

I stared at the rain and just let it hit my body. It felt so calm and peaceful.

We stayed like that for half an hour. I saw Niall stand up and slowly walked towards me.

"What are you up to?" I asked, looking at him in confusion.

"Nothing just....... Tag!" he exclaimed tagging me which caused me to fall of the swing.

"Oh you're so dead Horan! You better run." I playfully threatened him, getting up.

Niall started to run. We played tag for hours laughing and running around like little kids.

Once we were done it was already 3 P.M

"Hey Niall it's already 3, we need to get home. We missed lunch. Liam is going to kill us. " I said.

"Oh crap you're right, let's go." Niall said taking my hand again and running back home.

When we entered the house we were greeted by Liam and a fuming Zayn?

'Why is he mad?' I asked, as we stepped in the lounge.

"Where have you two been?! We we're worried sick about you!" Zayn yelled.

"You two change your clothes before one of you gets sick and Alex, I'll talk to you later." Liam ordered.

Me and Niall made our way to our rooms but before I could get inside I heard Niall say "Sorry I got you into trouble Alex."

I faced him giving him a slight smile.

"Don't worry Niall It's alright. I had fun." I said getting in to my room.

I took a quick hot bath and changed my clothes. I was brushing my hair when I heard a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"It's Liam" He said.

"Come in" I said then Liam got inside and closed the door behind him.

He sat down on my bed and patted the space beside him. I sat down and just stared at the floor.

"Lexi I was so worried about you. I thought something bad had happened to you. You should've called me." he said.

"Are you mad?" I asked him timidly.

"No, but you are grounded for a week. You are not going anywhere without one of the guys except Niall because I'm grounding him too. Lexi you should be more careful you might expose yourself." he said in a stern, yet comforting voice.

"Sorry" I said "but Liam, I have to tell you something."

"What is it?" he asked.

"I-I think I'm falling for Niall." I stuttered.

"Lexi I have no problem with that but are you ready to tell him or the others the truth?" he asked me.

"I-I don't think I'm ready." I said looking down.

"Look at me" he said tilting my head to look at him "what ever your decision is, I will be right by your side. Remember that." he said kissing my forehead.

"Thanks Liam." I said.

"You're welcome baby girl." He said, smiling at me.

"Hey Liam why was Zayn so angry earlier?" I asked.

"I honestly don't know. While you were gone he kept pacing and mumbling to himself." he said then got up.

"Well I have to go I still have to lecture Niall." he said walking toward the door.

"Go easy on him Li." I said chuckling.

"I can't promise you that." he said walking out of the door then closing the door behind him.

I put my beanie on and sat down on the bed and started reading 'hunger games'.

We're on a flat, open stretch of ground. A plain of hard packed dirt. Behind the tributes across from me, I can see nothing, indicating either a steep downward slope or even a cliff.........

As I was reading, I heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" I asked

"It's Harry can I come in?" he asked.

"Sure" I said placing the book on my night stand.

He came in and sat at the foot of my bed.

"Hey Alex do you wanna go on a double date with me on Thursday? You could ask that girl Jessica to be your date. " He said.

"Why ask me? Why not Zayn or Niall?" I asked confused.

"Well I thought this would be the right time for you to ask Jessica out. So what do you say?" He asked.

"Sure I guess." I said.

"Great! I'll call Nando's to make a reservation." He said then got up and left my room.

"What did I just get myself into?' I thought then sighed, getting back to my book.

The rest of the night went by fast, we had our dinner and went on to bed. But before I could drift off to sleep I got a message on my phone. I looked it up and saw that it was an unknown number.

'Nice seeing you again Lexi it's been a long time.'

'Who is this?' I texted back.

'I can't tell you right now. But remember this I'm not the bad guy.'

I asked again but he didn't reply.

'Who was that?' I asked my self

I went to bed with so many unanswered questions in my head.