and then there were two//celebrity one shots

half a heart//liam payne

Half a Heart by One Direction

            So your friend's been telling me

            You've been sleeping with my sweater

            Cause you can't stop missing me

            "(Y/F/N), I don't get it! I just miss Liam so much. I can't stop and I don't know why. It's gotten to the point where I can't sleep without his sweater! Christ (Y/F/N) I need help."

            We carried on the conversation about my ex-boyfriend issues. (Y/F/N) wished me luck then hung up, leaving me to collapse back onto my bed. As I laid there, I kept thinking about everything Liam and I had been through, causing the flood gates to finally break open after a month of keeping it all in. I almost didn't care anymore, I needed Liam and I needed him soon. I don't know how much longer I could go on without him.

            I wiped my running mascara off of my face and grabbed Liam's sweater. I hadn't left the house in a month, in fear of running into Liam but today was the day I was determined to get over his stupid pretty face.

            No (Y/N) he's not pretty

            Oh who the hell am I kidding?

            Bet my friend's been telling you

            I'm not doing much better

            Cause I'm missing half of me

            I was walking through the downtown strip in my black leggings and Liam's sweater with my unbrushed hair in a bun. I didn't care how bad I looked, I really didn't. That is, until I ran into a certain someone.

            "Shit I'm so- (Y/N)?" I knew that voice anywhere. I looked up, only to be met with the tired brown eyes that could only belong to Liam Payne.

            "Liam... hey." Cue the awkward silence. He looked at me like he always had, like I was the only thing in the world worth looking at. Damn, I almost jumped to hug him right there, but I couldn't. "How've you been?"

            Liam scoffed, "Terrible, and you?"

            "The same."

            Liam's eyes fell to his sweater that I was wearing. "I would assume so, (Y/F/N) called me and told me. I was actually headed over to your place. Although, I would think Niall would've told you what a wreck I've been."

            "He didn't actually, but it's nice to know." I smiled sadly. Niall and (Y/F/N) seem to be playing mediators in this situation since Liam and I don't have the balls to fix things ourselves.

            "Well then I'll just tell you myself, I guess." Liam said, scratching the back of his neck like he always did when he was nervous. I fought hard to hold back a smile, remembering how he did the same thing when he first asked me out. Then he continued, "Forget all we said that night, no it doesn't even matter because we both got split in two. If you could spare an hour or so, we'll go for lunch down by the river and we can really talk it through."

Without thinking twice, I answered, "I think that would be great." I smiled and Liam had one to match. We decided to meet at the river in two hours and they might just be the longest two hours of my life.

The two hours had gone by and I rushed back to my flat and readied myself in those two hours, slapping on a full face of makeup and a pair of white denim shorts with a Peter Pan t-shirt. My hair was quite the struggle so I ended up throwing it up in a high ponytail with my bangs falling over my face. As I walked out the door, I slipped on my worn out black converse that Liam got me on my fifteenth birthday.

I walked down to the river, expecting to be met with a smiling Liam but instead I was greeting by a very over excited Niall Horan with his guitar.

"Hey Niall... no offense but, what exactly are you doing here?"

Niall only laughed, like Niall often does, and responded, "Liam has something special planned." I looked at him, confused but he wasn't giving me anything else to work with. He led me into the woods next to the river where Liam and I had our first date back in our sophomore year of high school. Liam stood leaning against our tree where our initials were carved on our one year anniversary.

Niall stood next to him with his guitar and he began playing a song I had never heard before. The lyrics he was singing fit our current situation almost to a tee. It wasn't until the chorus that I began to tear up.

And being here without you is like I'm waking up to

Only half a blue sky

Kinda there but not quite

I'm walking around with just one shoe

I'm half a heart without you

I'm half a man at best

With half an hour in my chest

I miss everything we do

I'm half a heart without you

At that point, He began to walk toward me and he stopped right in front of me and gently placed his hand on my cheek as he sang the next part.

Though I try to get you out of my head

The truth is I got lost without you

But since then I've been waking up to

Only half a blue sky

Kinda there but not quite

I'm walking around with just one shoe

I'm half a heart without you

I'm half a man at best

With half an hour in my chest

I miss everything we do

I'm half a heart without you

Then he slowly leaned in and kissed me like I was the most delicate and fragile thing he had ever seen. It continued soft and slow for a moment until my arms had wrapped around his neck and his had worked their way to my waist. The kiss escalated some but we were both trying to be careful so it stayed innocent. We pulled away sometime later and that's when Liam dropped to one knee.

"(Y/N), will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" I burst into tears as he stood back up. I through my arms around his neck and hugged him with all I had. "Of course you idiot."

I'm half a heart without you