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My third one-shot uploaded today (: For the 101 prompts - ArielMooreFan suggested Nate and Lies.

Enjoy (:

Oh! And I forgot to mention! Huge props to my friend Chloe aka Pictures Of Of You because she helped me loads with the storyline etc. I love you Chloe!!


Nate doesn't like lying to Shane.

What he likes is the way his best friend's girlfriend tastes against his lips, and the feel of his hands running through her hair as they kiss in secret. He likes the way Mitchie always smells just a little bit like raspberries when he's holding her close, and he simply lives for these moments, because he can hold her and he can almost believe everything could be perfect if Shane wasn't in the picture. He knows it's wrong, but it feels so right.

So he lies about where he is.

Nate doesn't like watching them together.

The way Mitchie moves closer to Shane, ruffling his hair. It almost makes him sick the way she acts around him and the way he pushes her away almost every time. Because Nate knows he could be so much better for her, so much more caring. He would pick up when she called him, and he would always let her know where he was. He would hold her close and whisper in her ear about how special she was to him, but instead she's with Shane.

So he lies about how he feels.

Nate doesn't like rejecting Caitlyn.

He knows he's breaking her heart, but he tells himself it's not his fault. He and Mitchie have something, or so he thinks. But she's with Shane, and all his love and devotion come down to nothing in the end. Because Mitchie goes running back to Shane each time, she always does. Nate really hated turning Caitlyn down each time.

So he lies about how he doesn't have time for a girlfriend.

Nate doesn't like being alone.

So he goes out to clubs, and he drinks, and he flirts. He drinks and he flirts so he can forget that the girl he just might love is at home with someone else. And he leads all the poor little connect three fan girls on, so they actually believe they have a chance with the infamous Nate Black.

So he lies, and he tells those girls he cares.

But most of all, Nate doesn't like the concept of love.

He watches Mitchie constantly, and he never admits to doing it. Something about the way she moves drives him crazy, the way she bats her eyelashes at Shane. There was just something about her, and the way she sang – she truly had him under his spell. He had never wanted anyone more than Mitchie Torres in his life, and with the click of her fingers – he could have been hers. Because Nate Black was so madly in love with her, and with every move she made he fell just a little bit harder.

But when Jason asks why he's watching her…. He lies.