Didnt see it coming || Liam O'donovan

Chapter thirty-two

•Riley's POV
It's been two days. A very interesting two days. I'm not going to get into detail cause that would take too long. Let me summarise it for you

-There was another fire,only this time it happened here
-Tracy got sacked
-Me and Rick and Gus teamed up with her and found out who caused the fire
-it was Dennis
-we got the shithead sacked
-We also found out who caused the burnywood fire
-it was lizanne cause the dumbass forgot to turn off her straighteners

Right now we're all celebrating Dennis being sacked and throwing away all the locks and chains he put on everything. Yeah the asshole had the audacity to take over. Anyways we're all celebrating and dancing and Rick suddenly spins me around scaring the daydreams out of me and honestly we both laugh so hard I think I split my rib cage.
"Alright guys who wants pizza!" Mike shouts

I love life sometimes
That moment doesn't last as I feel a sharp pain in my stomach
Just then I suddenly feel a wave of nausea rush over me and I quickly run upstairs and reach the toilet just in time as I puke my guts out.
That came out of nowhere but honestly I feel so dizzy and exhausted right now. Truth be told I've been feeling a little off since I had that sandwich this morning. Crap my stomach is making weird noises now what the hell is wrong with me is my body glitching. Just then I hear a knock on the door and I weakly get up and open it and it's Liam
"You okay?" He asks
"I feel like complete crap I'm gonna go try and take a nap" I answered and I feel slightly taken aback as I see him lock his jaw and a cold expression appear on his face
"What's up?" I ask
"Nothing" he replies coldly
"Liam what the hell?"
"Oh it's nothing Ri just the fact that you never seem to have time for me anymore"

Whatever I was expecting,it certainly wasn't that

"What're you on about?"
"Oh let's see" he begins in his hot essex accent
"You spend some of the day with Nina,some alone,some doing homework,some sleeping,some watching a movie or reading a book. Wouldn't you think that your boyfriend of nearly a year,who has helped you with your mental health,who you lost your bloody virginity too,would be at least somewhere in there?" he bursts out angrily

I'm in shock and feel so much guilt wash over me,because after all his words are correct. He's always been there and I haven't been making enough time for him recently

"Liam" I begin quietly "You're 100% right and I'm sorry. I spend so much time with Nina cause you already know I'm practically her mother,I spend so much time alone and preoccupying myself with other things to help myself breathe when I feel an anxiety attack coming. You're right and I'm sorry I'll stop being so selfish and spend more time with you"

"Yet you somehow have time for Rick?"
I look up at him in disbelief "what?"
"Don't kid yourself Ri you find it so hard to fit me into your schedule yet you spend so much time with him" he scoffs

Is this actually happening right now?
"Liam are you serious right now?"

"Yeah I'm serious!" He yelled
"Oh?" I raise my voice too "who was it exactly that helped expose Dennis with me and Tracy and Gus? Oh yeah Rick. You had to go to multiple doctors appointments Liam and I couldn't ask you to get busy with this while being so busy with those post car accident checkups. I couldn't just let dennis continue"

"Well dennis is gone now and still there's more Rick time than Liam time"

"Liam are you actually jealous right now?"

He folded his arms and said nothing

"I've been with you for nearly a year I see Rick as nothing more than a friend. Why is that so hard for you to believe?"

"You don't get it Ri. You're the first girl I've ever felt anything for,at times having to keep it together when helping deal with your anxiety can be ha-"

"What you think I don't know that?" I say in a dead cold voice
"No Ri I didn't me-"
"No Liam listen for a second" I cut him off and he falls silent

"I know damn well dealing with my mental issues is hard and burdening. Which is why I try as hard as I can to not let you know when it gets too bad"

"You're telling me you've hidden most of it? I haven't even seen it all?"

"That's what I just said" I reply

Silence.
We're silent for god knows how long and I feel it killing me

"Why do we just not seem to be on the same page?" I mutter
"I-I don't know" he mumbles

Silence again.
"I-I think we should take a break"

I look up at him in surprise not even sure what I just heard
"What?"

"We both clearly need some time and space to pick our own pieces up and get back on the same page. Ju-just a small break" he miserably acknowledged

I say nothing and look down and feel a lump in my throat form as I realise that as much as I hate to admit it he's right. I feel my eyes burn and blink a few times before looking back up at him
"O-okay"

He gave a sad little smile before planting a soft kiss on my forehead and leaving

"It's only a little break till we get back on track"I say to myself miserably as I walk back to my room hating myself for causing this
I bump into a figure and look up and it's Rick
"You okay?" he asks noticing my miserable expression
"Yeah" I mumble not really wanting to talk to him and I walk past him and bump into another figure
I look up again and this time it's Frank
"What's wrong?" he asks
"Nothing"
"You can't fool me Riley,somethings up" he raises his eyebrows
"Honestly frank I'm fine" I force a smile "Go find Lizanne she's probably looking for you" I say and walk past him as well and finally reach my room and close the door

Frank and Lizanne have started dating much to me and Liam's dismay. She's so obviously just using him for money and Liam and I have tried telling him but he just won't listen

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•Liam's POV
I punch the wall in frustration and fall onto my bed not giving a damn about my bleeding knuckles
I have to ruin everything don't I

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•Rick's POV
I might finally have a chance with her now

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•Tracy's POV
I knock on Riley's door to ask her to help me with dinner
"Go away"
I frown and open her door and see her staring outside the window with her back to me
"I haven't seen you all day what's up" I ask her as I sit down on her bed
"Nothing"
"Can you come help me with dinner?"
"Sure" she mutters and turns around and leaves the room and I'm taken aback as I see her red eyes and pale face

I head over to Liam's room
Maybe he'll have some answers as to why she seems so down
I knock on his door and I get the same answer as I got from Riley "go away"
I slightly smile and open his door
He's laying down on his bed throwing a tennis ball at a wall and catching it and throwing it again with a blank expression on his face and slightly bloodshot eyes
"How come you and Riley are both acting like miserable bats? I came to ask you what's wrong with her but you're just the same"

No response

"Did you guys have a row?"

"It's nothing" he says shortly before getting up and leaving the room
I sigh and go back down to the kitchen

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•Liam and Riley's POV
I-It's just a break right?

How very wrong they were.