Love In a Hopeless Place (A Harry Styles Fanfic)

Chapter 4

I sat up in bed rubbing at my eyes and suppressing a yawn. I had fallen asleep unintentionally so I was on top of the sheets instead of underneath them.  On either side of my body  the top comforter was bunched around my arms and legs and up above my head the pillow was slightly crooked at an angle so the pillow was spilling out of its case. I looked towards the window where I know Harry had escaped probably only just minutes ago. Lying on its side up against the sill was a bear, no bigger than my own two hands, with a pink bow wrapped around its soft neck. Bundled in its arms it held a bouquet of roses with a card peeking out of the top of the arrangement. Not far off from the bear and its sweet flowers and lying in front of the bathroom door sat Harry's striped knickers.

I pulled myself out of bed and walked over to where they sat in a bunched pile on the floor. I had no idea at this point what to do with them. So I scooped them up scoffing in disgust and flung them into a nearby drawer next to my bedside table. Then in hopes that Liam wouldn't notice that Harry had been here I scurried around the bathroom collecting towels and pulling the shower curtain over the bathtub so the bathroom looked clean and undisturbed.

Not long after discarding the underwear and tidying the restroom I heard the doorknob jiggle before Liam entered throwing his keys on the bed and beaming at me underneath his jackets hood.

"Hello beautiful" He spoke. outside the rain pitter pattered across the rooftop and slid down the windows. As a result of the miserable weather Liam's clothes were moist and his face was covered in raindrops.  He looked so cute standing there in his raincoat and converse, smiling at me like I was his prized possession.

"Liam." I replied crossing the room to wrap my arms around the back of his neck. He reached down pulling me into a kiss before whispering lightly against the skin of my cheek.

"I have something for you." My look changed from one of contentment and happiness to one of surprise and confusion. and then I suddenly remembered; crap! I thought out loud; today was our 2 year anniversary.

"What? You didnt think I was going to leave you all alone in the house on a rainy day during our anniversary now did you babe?" He asked kissing my cheeck. I grimaced, it was only a matter of time before Liam found the gifts Harry had left me lying up against the sill of the window.

"Of course not! Speaking of being inside all day..." My voice carried off as I scurried across the room and popped open the balcony doors pulling Liam along with me. Me distraction tactic was working. I'd keep Liam distracted and outside until I had a chance to go and hide the gifts Harry had bought for me.

"Ella, Its raining" Liam took my face in his hands and chuckled. He rubbed his nose against mine and a shiver ran down my back as I felt the vibrations of his deep belly laugh coarse through my body.

"Well I know but, I just thought maybe we could spend this year outside instead of in like all the others." I replied reaching around him to grasp a tiny handful of his now soaked hair. He did the same combing through my wet strands of stringy hair and pressing me against gim for warmth.

"Besides, who doesnt want to have a kiss in the rain on their two year anniversary." I continued gripping his chin between my fingers and puling his lips to mine.

"Ella," Liam broke away smirking. "I have something for you." Liam was walking towards the bedroom, towards Harry's gifts and towards Harry's knickers. I had to stop him, I had to do something quick.

"Liam!" I shouted from my spot on the porch. He swiveled around waiting for me to explain.

"I...I'm freezing out here babe. Come hold me." His lips parted to speak but I interupted him wrapping my arms around myself and speaking again.

"Please Li." I begged. He sighed crossing the balcony and making his way over to me I closed my eyes listening to his footsteps and the pitter patter sound of the raindrops. I waited patiently to hear the sound of his raging heartbeat against my own and to feel his lips against mine. and then I heard nothing at all, because the rain had stopped, and so had the sound of Liam's footsteps.

LIAMS POV

I had to hurry; Ella was outside nearly freezing to death. I knew where I'd kept her gifts hidden so it wouldnt take long to run into the bedroom and grab them without her noticing. I just hoped she'd keep her eyes shut. To ensure that my suprise remained hidden I turned the lock on the doorknob so she couldnt come in until I was completely ready.

I stepped into the bathroom opening the meds cabinet and pulling out the tiny box with the bow wrapped around its frame. I looked at it, although the box was small the object inside it was sure to take her breathe away and I couldnt wait to give it to her. Upon shutting the cabinet door I found a towel sprawled across the floor, and lying in front of the toilet. I walked over to it and grabbed it tossing it into a laundry bin on my way back to the door.

"Liam, Liam please!" I heard Ella shouting from outside. I grinned shoving the box into my pocket and zipping it closed before taking my next step. But before I could reach for the handle of the oak door I tripped over something lying on the floor. I looked down and sitting at my feet, spilling out of the open drawer of Ella's bedside table was a pair of blue and red striped knickers.....the underweaar were clearly a man's undergarment and they surely weren't mine.....Harry.

ELLAS POV

Liam pulled the door open and I came spilling into the room. Catching my balance I walked over to Liam who held Harry's knickers in one hand and a small gift box in the other. He starred at me and then threw the box down on the floor and ran his hand over his face in exasperation.  I stepped closer but with every step forward I took Liam took a step back, away from me. He looked at me as if I were a  monster or the devil himself until I finally stopped trying and fell on the bed in defeat.

"Liam, Its really not what you think!" I spoke, tears running down both cheeks but he wasn't having it. Now we were both crying, Liam was in an uprage slamming drawers and flinging the knickers across the room.

"I DONT WANNA HEAR IT ELLA!"

"Liam STOP!" I screamed. He had really begun to scare me. I had never seen him this angry, this out of control. He had thrown the dresser down on its side and was now rummaging through the closet in search of a suitcase. By this point I was sobbing hard, deep, hicupping sobs.

"Liam Please try to listen please! I know what you saw and I know that your angry but please just for a moment try to hear what I have to say!" Liam threw his head around giving me an intense dark stare. I looked away covering my eyes with the palm of my hand as Liam spoke again.

"ANGRY?! ANGRY?! THAT'S ALL THIS IS ABOUT TO YOU? YOU THINK THAT IM JUST A LITTLE BIT ANGRY??!?! MAYBE ANDY WAS RIGHT, MAYBE WE JUST SHOULDNT BE TOGETHER. YOU'VE CAUSED ME ENOUGH HEARTACHE ALREADY!"  With that I was destroyed. I collasped on the bed in heaving sobs and shouts. I was a mess. Liam had hit me where it hurt. I knew that me being kidnapped had put a tremendous strain on him but it wasnt fair for him to blame me for it. Here I was trying to explain what had actually happened with Harry while Liams screams at me for being taken against my own will.

"Ella," I heard Liam whisper closer to me now. I kicked at him thrashing about and entangling myself into the bed sheets.

"Ella I didn't mean, Ella im sorry." He spat his voice quavering.

"Just go Liam ok?!" I asnwered without lifting my gaze to meet his.

I heard the door shut and then for just a split moment throughout the entire apartment rang one note of sheer silence before through the window to my right I heard the sounds of one of the most comforting voices possible,

"Come on gorgeous." It was Harry.