Bitter Sweet ~Liam Payne

69

waiting room, waiting room, waiting room

"Liam? Uh. I'm kinda busy at the moment"  Her voice comes over the phone as out of breath and shaky

"Woah, you sound hurt. Are you alright?!" Liam asks, so fucking blind as to what's really happening

"Ye-yeah.. Liam, I'm busy. I've gotta go." She says quickly

"Well, I was just calling to tell you that Zayn is-" He gets cut off by a male voice coming through the phone..

"Mate, she's busy. We're busy. Don't call back-----" The line ends and Liam slowly takes his phone down from his ear.

He coughs awkwardly and puts his phone in his pocket.

She's with someone else. Liam thinks sadly

He thought she'd wanna be friends, and be together again some day.. but no. She's with another guy.

He should've seen it coming.. but he's so blinded.. he's stupid.

He feels stupid.

He goes back into the waiting room and sits by Gemma, who is watching her brother and Niall just a few chairs away..

"They're the cutest couple.." Gemma whispers

Liam just nods.

"Did you call your girlfriend?" She asks, now turning her attention to the boy next to her

"uh.. n-no. She's not my girlfriend. Actually, she's not even my friend." The slight bitterness in his voice makes Gemma drop, and then change the subject.

"Thank you for flying Harry out here a while ago.. He was miserable without Niall, really. He was so torn up about it." She confesses

"Yeah.. yeah, I'm glad Niall's happy. But.. these.. episodes.. I don't understand." Liam says, honestly hoping Gemma will tell him what they are

"Uh.. He's really uncomfortable talking about it.. I don't even know all of it, and, well, Harry normally would've spilled by now if this wasn't so important.."

"It's just, I'm his best mate.. and all of a sudden, he's got a medical condition and I can't even help with it." Liam whispers the last part. He wants to be of use to his friend. He wants to be there to him...

Gemma is about to speak again when Niall says, loudly enough for them to hear, 

"It's Obsessive-compulsive disorder."

Harry smiles just a tiny, proud smile to his boyfriend and stays crouched in front of him but has now leaned back so Niall can look over.

"It's an anxiety disorder.. and mixed with the insomnia.. it's kinda bad.." Niall admits

Liam nods, understanding and supporting.

Harry brings Niall's hand up to his lips and kisses it gently.

And Gemma just nods and listens..

"It's.. it makes me break out in 'episodes' and I can't breathe or.. or talk or move.." Niall mumbles a little and stutters through his words.. then he looks at Harry and Harry nods, understanding Niall can't go on anymore, so he takes over.

"We got him these pills.. and the doctor said they take time to work but it's been two weeks and they really haven't helped much. Not like they're supposed to. But I calm him down, and just sitting and focusing calms him down a bit.." Harry says as he looks between his sister, their friend, and his boyfriend

"Are you... embarrassed of it?" Liam asks cautiously

Niall doesn't say anything for a few seconds.. then he says "It's just a lot to deal with and I don't want you guys to feel like it's your problem to have to fix me."

"But we don't feel that way, Ni.. Yeah, of course we wanna help.. but we're not gonna baby you." Liam tells him

"Thank you" Niall whispers.. and before anyone can say anything else, a doctor comes rushing into the waiting room

"Zayn Malik's girlfriend, please!" She shouts