Some Things Just Happen (Liam Payne)

Chapter Thirteen

Hey guys!! Im really bored in school :/ but the kid in front of me is playing hilarious videos on his tablet so it's all good!!! Hope you guys enjoy it!!!

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*Liam’s POV*

Me and the lads stood on the stage that we would be performing on tonight. Eleanor, Perrie, and Gracie sat in the otherwise empty audience. They all clapped when we finished a song and chatted with each other in between.  Gracie seemed to be have a good time and the girls seemed to love her. 

“Great job guys! Take a break!” Paul said from the side of the stage. We all nodded and handed in our microphones. Zayn, Louis, and I walked over to the girls. Perrie and Eleanor greeted them with hugs and I was almost surprised when Gracie did the same to me.

“You guys sound brilliant! I don’t know why I didn’t listen to my friends sooner.” She said with her beautiful smile. Her stomach let out a low growl and she put a hand on her stomach.

“Hungry?” Louis said, breaking into our conversation.

“Uh, yea I guess I forgot to eat breakfast.” She said with a cute look of almost embarrassment. The slightest hint of a dimple showed on one of her cheeks.

“Well don’t just stand there Liam! Take her to the snack table.” Eleanor said, making me blush. I held out my elbow for her and she did a small curtsy as she hung her arm on mine. 

“So having fun?” I asked when we were climbing the steps to get up on stage. 

“Yea, I haven’t been to a concert since, well my ex boyfriend.” Her face fell, but brightened when she saw the long snack table. Niall was standing over it, a paper plate in hand. Gracie helped herself to a bag of chips. I grabbed one as well. She grabbed a water bottle and offered it to me. I took it and we took a seat on the stage, dangling our feet off of the edge. 

“Hey wanna tweet a pic for the fans?” I asked when I saw all of my mentions on twitter. A substantial amount of fans were asking me for a pic with her. She nodded and scooted closer to me. She flashed that gorgeous smile of hers and I posted the picture. I quickly captioned it with “Having a brilliant rehearsal!! Hanging with @GracieGurl on stage with our lunch of chips!! :) xx” 

“I haven’t had this much fun in a long time. Thanks for inviting me.” She whispered nudging me with her elbow. 

“It was nothing, I love hanging out with you.” I said nudging her back. She smiled again. “You really do have an amazing smile you know.” She blushed and looked at her feet, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. She looked up at me. I swear I haven’t felt that amazing in a long time. We slowly leaned closer to each other until her phone rang. She sighed and looked at it. 

“It’s my friend, I gotta take this.” She stood up and walked in front of the stage. “Hey Em, what’s up... What? Slow down....Twitter, no why?...Um alright sure....I’ll talk to you later.” She hung up and took her seat next to me again.  She sat silently and scrolled on her phone for a moment. Her face went suddenly pale. 

“What’s wrong?” I asked putting a hand on her shoulder. 

“I gotta go...I’ll uh, be right back.” Her voice cracked as she said it. She ran for the back of the stage. I stood up to follow her, but lost her near the dressing rooms. 

*Gracie’s POV*

When Emily called me, she had told me to check my Twitter. I regretted doing so almost immediately. My mentions were filled with threats and hate. I had never felt so terrible about myself. They had called me fat, ugly, and every other name in the book. I couldn’t hold myself together so I took off in the backstage. I found a dressing room that had a star on it. It was Louis’s dressing room. I heard Liam calling my name from outside, but had no desire to let him see me sobbing. I wasn’t an ugly crier it’s just I hate letting people see me so weak and vulnerable. I had assumed that Liam had launched a full blown search party going for me. 

“There you are!” said a panting Louis as he walked into his dressing room. “What’s wrong love?” He asked sitting next to me on the floor. I handed him my phone without a word and he winced as he read through some of them.  “Love, you know that none of this is true right?” I pulled my knees up to my chest and rested my head on my knees. “I’m gonna go get Liam. He’s worried sick about you.” He stood up and walked out of the room but not before kissing the top of my head. Liam ran into the room a moment after Lou had left. 

“Gracie, what’s wrong?” He said sitting beside me. I handed him my phone like I had with Lou and let him read it. “Blokes, the whole lot of them.” He said wrapping his arm around my shoulders and pulling my head to his shoulder. I let the silent tears roll down my cheeks and he wiped everyone of them away with his thumb. I felt his lips graze the top of my head. “Gracie, you’re beautiful, kind, and amazing, and don’t you dare let anyone convince you of anything different.” I nodded, feeling my lips pout slightly. “Do you believe me?” He said quietly. I nodded. “Smile.” I shook my head. “Come on please?” I shook my head again, purposely pulling my lips into a frown. 

“Not a chance.” I said looking up at him. 

“Then you leave me no choice.” He sighed and I felt his fingers poking at my ribs, immediately bringing a smile to my face. He continued, even though I told him to stop. “Say you believe me.” He said over my giggles. 

“I-I believe you!” I said defeated. He finally stopped tickling me and held out his pinky.

“Promise me that you will never let them get to you again.” 

“I promise.” I said, wrapping my pinky around his. 

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So guys what about a pet name for these guys??? Gracie and Liam?? I suck at coming up with put names so yea I'lll leavve it up to you guys to decide. Love yall!! I will try to update again later today, a good reason to procrastinate for doing my project!!! :) 

Steph <3