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Promises

**Chapter 34**

I watched Liam as he paced back and forth in the kitchen. He looked so stressed and tense with his one arm folded across his chest and the other propping his chin up with his index finger over his lips as if not to speak. I don't blame him for feeling like this. He's pissed off and he has every right to feel this way. I don't know how to feel about it. It's all just slowly sinking in.

I was leaning up against the counter by the sink just staring up at him, trying to find something to say to him, but nothing came to mind. My thoughts were all scattered, trying to make sense of all this new information that was just thrown at me. He was over thinking everything and I could tell he was about to explode from all this bottled up anger, "Liam, please say something." I said softly.

Liam stopped in his tracks and turned his head towards me. He let his hands fall to his sides, "I hate him so fucking much Julina, and it was really difficult to see him with another girl because I knew what would happen," he said and walked towards me to lean up against the counter next to me, "It killed me to see you with him because you're someone that I really care about, someone who I'm friends with and I really didn't want what happened to my sister to happen to you."

He turned to look at me, but I was staring at the tiled floor, feeling his gaze on me, "And do you know what I still don't understand about it all?" he asked. I looked up at him, his deep brown eyes awaiting an answer. I was lost for a moment, just staring into those eyes of his. They were so beautiful, and I never really noticed how beautiful they were up until now.

I shrugged at him, "What?" I asked, bringing myself to answer his question.

He turned to look down at the floor now, "I just don't understand why girls continue to fall for him. It just astounds me that girl after girl after girl continue to fall for him." he said, his voice was quiet.

I folded my arms over my chest and looked at the floor, "He says all the right things to make any girl fall for him. We get so wrapped up in all the words he says or the feelings that he gives us that we get blindsided by the devil behind the mask, and by that point, it's too late to turn back." I said and looked at him. Liam looked at me with a hint of hope in his eyes.

He smiled, "You believe us?" he asked.

I looked at him and nodded with a small frown, "How could I not?"

Liam's lips pressed into a flat line, "You don't sound very," he said, pausing for a moment to find the right word, "Happy about it."

I shook my head, "Well, look at it from my point of view. I meet this guy that is so sweet, funny, caring, good looking, and he actually likes me too. He's the one thing I wanted so badly in life, and once I finally had it, it was hard to let it go."

Liam furrowed his eyebrow in confusion, "You wanted a rapist in your life?"

I sighed and shook my head, "No. I wanted a boyfriend."

Liam nodded, "You know, there are other people our there that would love to be your boyfriend."

I nodded, "I know," I said and paused for a moment, "All of this just caught me off guard so it's going to take some time to wrap my head around it."

Liam shrugged his shoulders lightly, "That's fine. So what does all of this mean?"

I sighed, "It means that I don't think I want to be anywhere near him anymore."

I watched as relief washed over Liam's features, "You don't know how happy I am to here that, Julina," he said and I nodded, looking away from him again. "Look, I know this is a lot to absorb right at the moment, but trust me, everyone will be much happier this way."

I nodded, looking up at Liam, "I know and thank you Liam for warning me about him. I should've listened to you earlier and I'm so sorry I didn't."

Liam smiled, "It's okay, Julina. I'm just glad I got you to listen to me before it was too late."

I smiled, "Yeah I am too. So what should I tell everyone when they ask why I'm not going to the party?"

Liam shrugged, "Just tell them you got grounded or something."

I nodded, "Well technically I still am grounded and my mom is probably going to kill me for being out right now, but I don't really care," I said, more to myself, remembering how my mom grounded me. "Everyone is going to beg me to go." I said, pinching the bridge of my nose, hearing both Niall and Analeigh's voices in my head, pestering me to go with them.

"Everything is going to be okay, Julina. I promise." Liam said, turning to stand in front of me now.

"Don't make promises you can't keep." I said quietly.

Liam placed his hands on my upper arms, giving me a reassuring squeeze, "This is one promise I plan on keeping." he smiled.

I gave him a smile and a nod then looked away. I wanted to trust his word that everything was going to be alright, but he doesn't know Niall. He will beg me to go until he's blue in the face. I love Niall to death, but sometime he can be very pushy.

Liam's hands slid down my arms and into my hands, comfortably holding them in his grasp, "C'mon. Let's get back to Brynn."

When we reentered the living room, Brynn wasn't there anymore, "Where did she go?" I asked, looking around the room for her.

"She's probably in her room now." Liam said, turning towards me.

"Is she okay?" I asked, concerned.

Liam nodded, "Yeah. She probably doesn't want to talk about it anymore." Liam said as we walked through the living room.

"So what do we do now?" I asked, looking up towards him for an idea.

Liam shook his head, "Nothing right now. She just needs some time to get her head and thoughts together again. She'll be fine." he said, pausing for a moment, "I should really get you home though. I don't want you getting in even more trouble than you already are." he said as we walked towards the front door. He opened the door for me and we left without a second glance.

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Liam pulled into my driveway and parked his car, "Thank you for bringing me home, Liam." I said before I got out of the car.

"You're welcome." he smiled.

"Okay, well I'll see you later then." I said and opened the car door.

"Wait, Julina?" Liam called as I got out of the car.

"Yeah?" I asked, looking back at him though the open window.

"Whatever happens tomorrow, promise me you'll stay away from Harry." he said.

I nodded, "I promise. I won't go anywhere near him."

Liam smiled, "Okay. See you around?"

I nodded and smiled, "Yeah. See you later." I said and walked into my house.