'Cause when I'm not with you, I'm weaker
Is that so wrong? Is it so wrong
That you make me strong?
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Claire was discharged and Liam volunteered to go pick her up
He doesn't know why, but he did, he arrived at the hospital and signed Claire's release papers
He was told he had to because Claire has a habit of not caring for herself, so by signing this Liam would make sure that she would
Once he signed and got the medicine for her, she was brought out
She greeted him with a smile before she walked towards him
They got into the elevator and stayed quiet until they left it and got into the car
When Liam started to drive, Claire broke the silence
"How's Connor?"
Liam kept his focus on the road "He's fine."
Claire pulled her knees up to her chest and winced and Liam shook his head "You'll pop your stitches again"
Claire rolled her eyes "If people knew how to comfort, I wouldn't have popped my stitches"
Liam cringed, because it's true. Claire could've left earlier and a lot sooner
But her need to insure that Zayn was ok, lead to her popping all of her stitches when she scolded Louis, Harry, Niall and almost everyone
Liam didn't understand why he wasn't included in that scolding
"Because she's your daughter too" She said looking out the window
Liam cringed "Sorry."
She shrugged "You had yourself and Connor to comfort"
"Louis and Harry had Darcy to comfort"
"One of them could've comforted Zayn"
Liam looked at her for a second before he looked at the road "You care about him a lot, don't you?"
Claire smiled weakly "Oh I do. You couldn't even begin to imagine"
Liam laughed quietly "I think I can"
She turned to Liam and slowly shook her head "No Liam…. Trust me when I say you can't"
Liam stopped at a red light and looked at her "How come?"
Claire hesitated "Zayn could've-'' She took a shaky breath "He could've despised my every being. He could've thrown me to my father's grasp but he-" She laughed and dropped her head back "But he just forgave me"
Liam shrugged "Whatever you did can't be that bad"
Claire gulped and shook her head slowly "No…. No it was horrible"
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For Connor's birthday, he called Zayn using Trisha's phone
They talked quietly for a bit but Trisha saw him smile, but Connor then perked up when he talked to Stella
They talked for a while, for kids who were arguing almost 3 weeks ago, they sure seemed to forget it all
They talked until Connor heard a nurse come on, they then bid each other one more happy birthday then hung up
Connor started to do an excited jump and hugged Trisha tightly before he ran towards Liam
He started to open up to Trisha and Yaser in the while he stayed with them
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Fanfiction"You and I have been playing a different game. You thought this was a game of Russian roulette, when in reality it's chess, and I just won"
