One afternoon you and your best friend Liam Payne were out getting ice cream together. You were catching up, laughing, joking, and having the best time together. Your phone was lying face up on top of the table when your boyfriend, Alex, texted you.
"Get ur sorry ass home now. i wanna fck."
Liam saw the text and his jaw literally dropped.
"He seriously talks to you like that??!" Liam asked with shock and disgust in his voice.
"H-He doesn't mean it.." You trip over your words trying to sound convincing, but Liam wasn't about to believe that.
"He certainly seems like he means it." Liam said sternly.
"Either way.. I gotta go." You sheepishly grabbed your coat and started to get up from the table.
Liam quickly grabbed your arm and said softly, but firmly,
"You're not going anywhere. Please.. Sit back down."
You nervously sit back down and spend the next hour spilling your heart out to Liam about your abusive boyfriend.
Liam held your hands in his and clinged on to every word you said. His eyes started watering a few times because he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
Over the course of the hour Alex had sent countless texts to you, but you were too afraid to read them. When your phone buzzed again Liam picked up your phone and read each one. The texts went from hateful to violent very quickly. The ones he was sending now were scary and vulgar.
Liam really wanted to turn Alex in to the police, but there was no evidence to prove he was abusive.
Just then your phone started ringing. It was Alex.
You were scared to death because you didn't know what was about to happen. Right before you answered it Liam took it from your hand and answered.
"Hello?" Liam said.
........
"Don't worry about it. Look, I don't know who you think you are, but you don't talk to (Y/N) like that and if you ever hurt her again...."
Alex hung up before Liam could finish. Liam looked at you with anger, spite, hate, and sadness in his eyes as and said,
"Come on, love. You're staying at mine and Danielle's for a while. It's not safe at your flat."
Danielle was very sympathetic and comforting, as was Liam.
One night Liam's home phone rang and his smiling/happy face quickly dropped to fear and confusion.
"What's wrong?" asked Danielle.
"N-Nothing, babe. Just the wrong number, I suppose." said Liam.
The following night was the first night of One Direction's 2013 Tour. The boys were so excited and pumped up they were bouncing off the walls all day.
You, Danielle, Eleanor, and Perrie were watching from backstage as the boys made their appearance on stage. The fog from the smoke machines cleared out and the whole arena rang with the screams and shouts of thousands of fans.
The boys started the concert off with Rock Me.
The fans were screaming, crying, dancing, laughing, shouting, singing along, and having just as good of a time as Harry, Louis, Liam, Zayn, and Niall.
Liam was singing his solo,
"We were together summer '09, wanna roll back like pressing rewi-"
when he was cut off by a loud bang rang out from the audience. Liam immediately fell to the ground and screaming out in pain. Security quickly engulfed the boys and ran them off stage as Paul picked up Liam and carried him to safety.
Security just as quickly tackled the anonymous gunman and took him into custody.
Backstage Zayn, Louis, Niall, and Harry are yelling and screaming and searching for help.
Paramedics arrive shortly and take Liam to the hospital. No one knows why Liam was the target or the identity of who was behind it.
As Liam was in emergency surgery you, Niall, Louis, Harry, Zayn, Eleanor, Perrie, Danielle, and Paul prayed for Liam.
After what felt like years Liam's doctor comes into the waiting room and says that the surgery to remove the bullet was a success and he was now in recovery.
The waiting room tv started flashing with "Breaking News". As the newstellers reported the shooting they showed the clip of Liam being shot and the security's lightning fast reaction over and over and over again. Danielle couldn't take it anymore and begged to go see Liam. The doctor only allowed her to go so the rest of you stayed behind and watched the news.
The shooter's identity was soon unmasked and turned out to be your boyfriend, Alex. He recognized Liam's voice and found his home phone number in the phone book. The night Liam got that weird phone call was when Alex called and said,
"Enjoy your life now because it'll be gone in twenty-four hours." and immediately hung up. Liam didn't want to scare anyone and figured it was like Mr. X at the msg performance.
The tour was set back and postponed until Liam could make a decent appearance on stage.
In the meantime, the news media all over the world was blowing up with Liam's story. Liam made it clear that he wasn't cheating on Danielle with you and he had insisted you live with them for a while. He was glad he did this because God only knows what would've happened if you had gone home that day.
"He probably would've taken her life." said Liam in an interview. He then looked at you as you stood watching next to camera man and added,
"I protect the people I love and if that means I have to risk my life then so be it... I will keep them safe." and smiled.
