Kayleigh POV
“He doesn’t seem mad.” Zayn said to me. I gave him a smile and a hug and walked, slowly towards Liam. He looked a mess. He was sitting with his back against the fountain with his knees up and his head in his hands. I could faintly hear “I Don’t Care” by JRDN playing in the tents far off. In my head I smiled at the irony. As I approached him, he looked up at me. I could really see how much he’d been crying, although he had stopped now. I can’t really describe how I felt at the moment. I’ve only seen him this upset once, when he was eight and his dog got hit by the garbage truck. I smiled at him weakly and he gave me a short wave. I stopped next to him and slid down the edge of the fountain to sit next to him. I let out a long sigh. This night had turned into absolute shit for him. And for me too actually. We sat in silence for another song.
“So I’m really loving tonight.” He said to me sarcastically. I laughed lightly and then I couldn’t hold it on anymore. I let one tear fall and all of a sudden I was blubbering like a baby. He put his arm around my shoulders and cried into his chest for a good five minutes. He just listened to me cry, occasionally rubbing my arm or comforting me with his words. I composed myself and looked up at him to see that he had been crying too. I smiled at him and he smiled back. We started giggling at the adorable moment we knew we just had. Before we knew it, we were rolling around on the ground and on each other laughing so hard I felt sick. We stopped and laid still with me head in his lap.
“What happened tonight?” he said. “It’s totally over for me and Jennifer. I can’t believe she would do that to me. Kayleigh I loved her.” I thought he was going to start crying again, so I interjected.
“Seth is an ass.” This made him chuckle. “Liam! He is! He left me the whole night and I was sat alone at the table and I, I, I “Why was he laughing!? “Just because I wasn’t in a relationship with Seth and he didn’t really cheat on me per say, it still really hurt me that he turned out to be so awful. ALL I wanted was this ONE night to be magical and perfect and, and, and….” I was getting really upset.
“No, Kayls, it’s not that,” he interrupted my hysterical rant. “I totally agree with you on that, it’s just…” He lifted his hand up to show me his knuckles; they were red and looked a little but swollen.
“Oh my gosh! Liam James Payne! We do NOT use our fists to communicate!” I said with a huge grin on my face. “I can’t believe you! Haha!”
“No problem, babes, anything for you. Anything.” I gave him a smile and a huge hug. He hugged me back and we stayed like that for a few moments.
“I love you, Liam. Who needs Jennifer, you have me. It’s going to be okay. I promise.” I kissed him on the cheek and hugged him again.
“Thanks, love.” He whispered through my hair. “You’ll always have me too, but, if you choose another guy like Seth, I don’t think I’ll have the peanuts to punch him again.” This made me lose it. I burst out with an obnoxious laugh.
“Come on, let’s go find everyone else.” Liam said, standing up and pulling me with him.
*Ugh* I moaned as we stood up “My feet are literally killing me” I complained. I climbed up on the edge of the fountain and gave Liam a puppy dog look.
“Oh fine.” He said and I hiked up my dress and jumped onto his back. As we got closer to the group, we could hear “Yeah 3X”by Chris Brown getting louder. We sang along and laughed about what a horrible night we had. All we could do was laugh at this point. I could tell Liam was still really hurt, but he was going to be okay. I wholeheartedly believed that. We approached our friends, who were all standing around our table.
“Hey guys.” Harry said “Let’s get the bloody hell out of here.” Everyone agreed and Liam carried me all the way to the limo. Niall gave the limo driver directions back to his house and we all climbed in, leaving Seth and Jennifer to fend for themselves as far as rides go. Sadie sat in between Zayn’s legs and closed her eyes as she rested on his chest. Lucy and Bella sat back to back, leaning on each other while Lucy’s legs were draped over Niall’s. For some reason Louis was all the way on the other side of the limo next to me, not making eye contact with Bella. Cara had her head in my lap and her feet on Harry’s while Liam sat next to me with his head resting on my shoulder. The limo started moving and all we could hear was “The One That Got Away” by Katy Perry playing softly through the speakers in the back. We headed back to “The Hill”.
