Lottie’s POV
“So like, I was researching that Liam guy and he’s pretty fuckin’ sexy. Like I’m sitting here thinking he’s some giant teddy bear everytime you talk about him, but he looks more like daddy Payne if you get what I mean.” Riley was speaking from the kitchen her eyebrows wiggling unnecessarily as I stopped my aggressive channel searching for the food network to turn and see her being as obnoxious as possible.
“You’re disgusting.” I gritted my teeth, because Liam was a teddy bear, I didn’t know what photos she was looking at.
Probably Liam Payne shirtless, I had that page bookmarked, twice.
“Am not! He’s cute!” Riley was finally agreeing with me on my choice of guy, after eighteen years of her bickering with me and me ultimately always coming in second place because, well life was shit when you had a hot, bubbly, younger sister with a nice ass.
“Cute, yep.” I snorted, finally finding the food channel and settling back into the leather sofa to stuff my face with Doritos and pretend I had a chance with Liam even after he’d met Riley. I liked to call it wishful thinking.
“Oh my god you’re so grumpy, Jesus Lottie go have some sex, relax.”
And there she went again.
“M’not grumpy, you’re just talking a lot.” I sighed irritably, because Riley always talked too much about everything I didn’t care about, but hello I still loved her because sisters.
“I do no-“
My phone was going off, like actually going off to the default ringtone because it wasn’t my dad, mum, grandparents or Riley.
Someone was actually calling me.
Which was exactly why both Riley and myself had stopped what we were doing to stare at the little white device in what could only be explained as confusion.
The words were clear as day, my heart catching in my throat because there was no mistaking his name when it was large as life.
Liam Payne
I picked it up slowly, not noticing Riley’s squeals of delight because I was pretty sure I was going to pass out.
“Hello?”
Oh my god Lottie you giant fuck up, why didn’t you think of something clever? Like ‘can I see your snake habitat?’
Was that too straightforward?
“Hey babe!” He was enthusiastic as ever, his voice deep and slightly muffled like phone had the tendency to do.
“Hi.” It was all I had, the only response I could think to say because a globally recognized sexy ass motherfucker had just called me of his own accord, and I don’t think it had been a butt dial.
“Oh my god!” Riley hissed, somehow appearing right next to me with her face smushed against mine as she tried to hear into my brain.
“What’s up Lotts?” It was a question, a question that I didn’t really understand because he might as well have been speaking freaking Greek.
