grenades; parkbomb

{chapter 14}

-Liam's POV-

I sprint out of the hospital after hearing Parker yell.

He's awake.

What are you doing?

Stop! He's awake!

I ignore my thoughts and continue running to my apartment.

I run, and end up calling a taxi for the rest of the way.

I tell the man the directions, and when we get there I pay and thank him, and I'm already unlocking the front door.

I run in, and lock it behind me, instantly sprinting to my bedroom.

My eyes frantically search for the black duffle, and before I know it my hands are on it and I'm throwing all of my clothes in it.

I hear a faint "Liam!" come from outside.

What?

I grab a chair and set it in front of the bedroom door so the door can't open, and quickly zip up my bag, and run out the window.

"Liam!" Parker yells again.

Why are you doing this to him?!

He frantically follows me outside, I catch a quick glance at him before I run to my car.

Frightened, I yell "Get away!"

I feel like he is closing in on me, me growing smaller as he gets closer.

I hate leaving him like this, but there is something I need. I'm not exactly sure what it is yet, but its something he doesn't provide for me.

I feel a hot tear spill over my eye, it instantly pulling back towards my ear from the speed that I'm running. I get in the car and instantly drive off.

/time skip\

I drive and I drive, letting my thoughts take over.

What the fuck Liam?

I pull up to a hotel, and quickly run up to the front desk.

"Any open rooms? I don't have a reservation" I say to the woman behind the desk, out of breath.

She glares at me, and types something into her computer.

"Lucky for you, we do have an open room. Its small"

I pay and thank her, as she tosses the plastic room card onto the counter, scolding me as a walk away. I'm just now realizing that I have grass stains on my khakis.

I sigh and look down at my phone as I'm walking.

13 Missed Calls from "Parker <3"

I shove my phone back into my pocket, and run into someone else. Cursing, I look up at the person who very rudely ran into me to find she is the most beautiful person I've ever seen.

"Shit" I whisper, quiet enough so only I can hear.

"Sorry! I'm so clumsy!" she says as she bends over to pick up her bag that had fallen off of her arm.

"No! Its okay!" I say, smiling at her. I quickly grab her bag and hand it to her.

"I'm Liam"

"Hi! I'm Iris!" she tells me, taking her bag. She has long brown hair pulled up into a pony tail, bright blue eyes, and winged eyeliner. She is wearing long black leggings, black converse, and a black crew neck that has the Red Hot Chili Peppers logo on it.

"Is something wrong?"

Shit

"No," I say, trying to brush off the fact that she just caught me staring at her,"I'd love to see you again"

She chuckles at my awkwardness, and hands me her phone.

"Here, put in your phone number!" she says, still laughing.

I quickly type in my number, and hand her back her phone, my hand brushing hers as I hand it back.

"See you around!" I tell her, walking towards the elevator.

"See you later!" She laughs, waving. I wave back and press the button to call the elevator.

Ding Ding

I step inside, and press the "4", the floor the woman at the desk told me my room is on.

Ding Ding

I follow the directions of the signs, and finally reach my room.

Room 435

I slip the card into the reader thing, and open the door to be greeted by what smells like disinfectant and febreeze.

Throwing my bag on the floor, I lay down and unlock my phone again.

Out of the 53 texts from Parker, I see a text from Iris.

From Iris: hey! want to swing by my room and chill?

I smile at her text and tell her sure, at 8:00.

It was 7:36 right now, meaning I had about 20 minutes to shower and change. I got up and turned on the faucet, and quickly undress myself, shower, and change, and am out the door by 7:52.

To Iris: what is your room number?

A few seconds later, I get a reply.

From Iris: 437

I smile at how close our rooms are, and quickly knock on the door.

"Room service!" I say in a high pitched voice.

The door swings open, and she laughs at me as I walk in.

"You don't look much like a maid to me" she says, laughing.

I do a spin, "You sure?"

"Yes, get over here biznatch" she grabs my hand and pulls me towards her bed.

Biznatch?

We plop down next to each other, "What kind of music do you want to listen to?" she asks, scrolling through her itunes library on her laptop.

"How about Red Hot Chili Peppers?" I say, referencing her crew neck from earlier in the evening.

She smiles as she clicks a playlist, and Snow (Hey Oh) starts playing. She sets her laptop next to us, and looks over at me.

"What do you like to do for fun?" she asks, propping her head up on her hand.

"I play a lot of video games, and I even have my own youtube channel" I say, chuckling.

Her eyes widen, and her mouth opens slightly.

"No way! I have a youtube channel too!" She says, grabbing my hands excitedly, "I post games a stuff!"

I laugh at how excited she is.

"Really? Whats your channel name?"

"ItsIris!" she grabs her laptop, opening youtube.

"Whats yours?"

"Hbomb94" I answer, watching her slowly type the name into the search bar. When my channel pops up, I see she is already subscribed.

"Ah, already a fan I see?" I say, laughing.

She nervously laughs, and looks at me.

"Sub to me you knucklehead!"

I pull out my phone to search her channel and subscribe to her, when there is a knock at the door.

"I got it" I say smiling.

I get up and walk over to the door, and become angry with what I see.