Didnt see it coming || Liam O'donovan

Chapter thirty-three

•Frank's POV
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU" I yell at my best friend as he kicks the ball so hard it missed my head by half an inch
"Nothings wrong with me" he rolls his eyes as he goes and fetches the ball
"I'm not a fool you know" I raise my eyebrows "you've been in a huff for the past three days snapping and yelling at everything and anything"
"We're living in the dumping ground what do you expect"
"It's not just that" I retort as I lean against a tree waiting for him to respond but he doesn't say anything
"It's got to do with Riley hasn't it"

He looks up at me and I sigh "your tempers been mad out of control and she rarely leaves her room and doesn't talk to anyone and her eyes have got a bloodshot look all the time. I can put two and two together you know"

Liam just flops himself onto the grass and covers his face in his hands
I sit down next to him and just wait for him to say something
"We decided to take a break" he mutters
My eyes widen in shock-that was definitely not what I was expecting
"W-what?"
"We just didn't seem to be on the same page anymore and decided to take some time apart for ourselves" he says as he aggressively pulls out some grass and starts tearing it apart

I just look at him,my best friend,for the first time in his life looking hopeless

•Riley's POV
My biggest fear was that eventually Liam would start to see me the way I see myself
And I guess he finally did
It's been three days,although it feels like so much longer
You see,even though we technically haven't broken up,not talking to each other,going past each other and just acting like we didn't see each other,not having the laughs,pranks,feeling his lips on mine,having his hands interlocked with mine,taking the Mickey out of Mike,the 2am convos,just not having any of those and his presence as a part of my daily routine anymore is torture. Mad torture. I didn't realise how much I was depending on Liam and everything that came along with him to get through everything until this happened. I bitterly wipe my eyes as I get out of the bed that I've rarely left these past three days and groan at the sudden sharp pain I feel in my stomach. Again. I've non stop been getting these pains since that day three days ago where I puked my guts out due to the sand which before-before this happened. Suddenly the pain grows sharper and my eyes sting with tears
This doesn't feel right.
I rush to the bathroom and quickly go to the toilet.
Wait
Blood?
I'm not on my period
This can't be right
I gasp as the pain worsens
It's now not just my stomach but my entire lower abdomen and privates. Tears escape my eyes as I clutch my stomach and try so hard not to let a sound escape my lips as the pain becomes almost unbearable
I feel something clotty? Leave my privates with the blood and that's when I lose it and let out a scream of pain that thankfully comes out slightly muffled as I quickly cover my mouth
My hands are shaking and I'm covered in sweat as I get up and almost pass out at what I see
A miscarried fetus
Barely bigger than a grape

Just then the door bursts open and there he is.
Liam.

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•Liam's POV
I'm just standing in the hallway waiting for my phone to pick up some signal when my heart suddenly skips a beat as I hear a muffled scream coming from the bathroom that I immediately recognise as Riley's.
Without giving it a second thought I run and burst open the door and get taken aback as I see her standing there leaning against the sink with one hand grabbing onto it for support and the other clutching her chest with her skin as pale as ghost covered in sweat and a horrified expression on her face

"What's the matter" I ask,voice raspy and swallow a few times
She doesn't answer as she drops to the floor and covers her face and starts shaking with what I know are silent sobs
I feel my heart break at the sight and quietly close and lock the door (although there's no need since no one other than us and Frank and Tracy are home) and sit down next to her wrapping and arm around her shoulder
She leans into my chest and covers her mouth trying to quieten herself as her hot tears drop onto my lap.
I stroke her back gently and plant a soft kiss on the side of her forehead,feeling not so subtly worried
"Ri" I whisper gently

•Riley's POV
"Ri" I hear him whisper gently and look up,my bloodshot wet eyes still streaming with tears meeting his beautiful brown ones,not knowing how to tell him

•Liam's POV
"Take a look" she says,voice lower than a whisper. I'm a bit confused as she told me to go take a look at the toilet. Did she do a really massive poop or something? I get up and go and take a look and feel my heart drop at what I see.
Blood. Lots of it. With a tiny little clump in the middle.
I swallow at least 50 times as I hold onto the wall and close my eyes trying to calm myself.
Well done Liam. Well done. You had the girl you love,more than anything,get pregnant and go through the physical and mental pain of a miscarriage at only 15. I dig my nails deep into my skin as I blink furiously a couple hundred times and doing everything in my power to avert my eyes from the toilet bowl, and raise a shaking hand towards the flush button. My hand lingers there,shaking worse than ever,as I bite my lip,close my eyes,and press down on the button. The water flushing away everything. I hear Riley let out a muffled scream as she hides her head against her knees shaking intensely,and if I didn't know what heartbreak,guilt,pain,felt like before,I certainly did now.
I go and sit back down next to her shaking furiously,as I pull her into my arms and press her head against my chest,feeling nothing but disgust at myself for causing her this pain

•Riley's POV
We stay like that for god knows how long,the pain in my stomach not going away,and as I clutch it and cry onto the shoulder of the boy I love,I feel absolutely nothing other than disgust at myself. I'm only turning 16 in a few months.
I would have never in my life thought of me going through something like this as a teen. On one hand I feel so guilty that I feel a bit glad that it happened,as I don't know what I would have done if it hadn't. On another,the pain that I feel is unbearable. And not just physically.
That was Liam's. I suddenly realise. That was Liam's. Neither of us are at all the type for kids,but the horror that I suddenly feel at the fact that that was Liam's child is unimaginable.
I force myself to look up and I make eye contact with him,his eyes showing no emotion
"I'm sorry" I whisper
"What do you mean you're sorry" he frowns in confusion
"Neither of us are the type to want y-you know,but it was yours just as much as mine"
He closes his eyes and leans his head back and swallows
"I'm the one that's sorry for getting you into this in the first place. I feel so disgusted at myself for even having the audacity to touch you right no-

I cut him off as I press my lips onto his. Our lips start moving in sync and I try and put so many unspoken things into the kiss as I start kissing him harder,trying to tell him how much torture these past few days have been without him,and how the thought of having to spend the rest of my life without him too has been haunting me,and that even after what just happened and the pain I feel in my body,I'm happy that it at least got him here with me.
He seems to have understood it all as he takes over the kiss,lips moving with more passion as he cups my face in his hand. You see this wasn't a kiss of just lust,excitement,sadness,happiness, it was a kiss of pure love.
We pull apart and I rest my forehead against his
"Please don't make me go another day without you" I mutter,fingers tracing the old scars on my arms once again
He gently pulls my hand away from them and my heart melts as he individually kisses each and every one of them

"I love you so much" he whispers

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      (Now that it's raining more than ever)
         (Know that we still have each other)

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A/N: I'm sorry I can't seem to give them or this story justice. What do you guys think of this chapter?