Marielle's POV
My hands begin to shake as I see Liam's name appear on my screen. I just got off the phone with Diana so it's no doubt that he now knows. If I don't pick up he will assume something is really wrong so I nervously answer the phone and put it to my ear.
"Liam?" I ask, my voice trembling.
"Oh my God, Mari! What happened? Why are you in the hospital?" Liam's frantic voice yells.
"I got into an accident." I say quietly, hoping thats would be enough for him.
"I know that, but Diana wont tell me what exactly happened! Please tell me." he begs. I sigh shakily as I try to retell the story a second time.
"Well we were all riding Vespa's and I lost control and so I crashed. I broke my left fibula and I have a few cuts and bruises." I explain, already dreading his reaction.
"Oh my God..." he breathes. "Where are you right now?"
"Liam, no." I warn. I know exactly what he's about to do.
"Marielle, you tell me where you are right now or so help me God I will find out myself." the tremble in his voice scares me so I take a deep breath.
"In a hospital in Glasgow."
I hear him let out a huff, followed by a short period of silence. "Okay, I'll be there tomorrow."
"What? No! Liam, you don't need--" I knew that he would act irrationally if I told him. Why does he feel the need to come here? I didn't even ask him to!
"No, listen to me. I'm coming there, end of discussion. Get some rest and we'll talk tomorrow." he cuts in firmly.
"Wai--" I try to say but it's too late, he's already hung up. Even after everything we've been through: the break-up, the fighting, the jealousy...he still cares. I've never had a boyfriend who cared so much, let alone an ex-boyfriend. My thoughts are interrupted when Erica and Caleb come knocking on my door.
"Look who came to say hello." Erica says smiling. She moves out of the way to reveal Jesy, Perrie, Leigh-Anne and Jade all smiling and holding various flowers, teddy bears and balloons. I cup my hands over my mouth in shock and happiness, these girls are so sweet and they treat me like a sister and I love them so much.
"Hey babe! How you feeling?" Perrie asks sweetly as she and Jade put the flowers and balloons on the table by the window.
"Much better now that you girls are here." I whisper happily as they each come around and give me gentle side hugs. Caleb and Erica are just watching from the wall with big smiles on their faces. "You didn't have to do all this, thank you so much."
"We just want you to get better because we already miss you so much! Stella wishes she could be here too but she has some meetings so she sends her love." Leigh-Anne states.
"Oh yeah and she also wanted us to tell you that we're giving you 3 full days of recovery here in Glasgow while we do a few shows in Scotland and Ireland and then if you're feeling up to it you can join the tour again for the final week of shows." Jade says, looking over to my cast.
"Okay...but I'm still coming to the show tomorrow!" I state, earning laughs and nods from the girls. "And apparently I'll be bringing company..." my voice trails off as I give side eyes to Caleb and Erica who almost instantly know what I mean. They're eyes go wide with shock as Little Mix are confused with my words.
"Oh my God, he's coming here?!" Caleb exclaims in shock. I nod, pursing my lips; I have no idea how this is going to go down.
"Wait who? I'm confused?" Jesy asks, looking over to Caleb and then back to me.
"Liam." Erica states. They all raise their eyebrows in surprise and turn to me.
"He knows? And he's coming to visit you? Even though you're broken up?" Jesy asks quizzically.
"Wow Jes, way to play 20 Questions with her!" Leigh-Anne scoffs at her, earning her a death stare from Jesy. I nod at all the questions as I let out another big exhale.
After another half an hour of us all sitting around and talking, I look out the window to see it's gone nightfall. Time sure flies when you're stuck in a hospital bed. A tall blonde nurse wearing blue scrubs comes through the door holding a clipboard and a plastic cup.
"Hello everyone. I'm sorry to say that visiting hours are over. She'll be discharged from the hospital at 10:00 am tomorrow so be here to pick her up then." she states and they all nod accordingly. One by one they all get up to say their goodbyes to me; giving me side hugs and kisses on the cheek. "And Marielle, you need to take this medication right now." she continues, handing me the plastic cup with three pills in it. One was small and pink, the second was medium sized blue and the third was large and white. I quickly consume and down them a glass of water. She nods and then promptly leaves me alone.
One of those pills must have been a sleeping pill because I already feel myself becoming drowsier by the second. I recline my bed back lower so that I'm laying down with my broken leg dangling in the air. I let out a huge sigh and let the medication do it's job.
*FLASHBACK*
"Babe, I told you not to get too rowdy when playing football!" I said as Liam came home limping slightly and holding his arm. He and the boys always got too physical when they played football together so I knew it was only a matter of time before one of them got hurt.
"But it was Louis--" he started, whining like a child.
"I'll deal with Louis later, right now I've got to deal with you. Now sit." I commanded, pointing to the couch. I went over to the kitchen, grabbed a dishtowel and let it soak under the cool water of the faucet. I rang it out slightly and walked back to Liam who was sitting on the couch examining his battle scars. I sat on my knees on the floor in front of him and look at his arms. He had a few bloody scraps across his right forearm so I began carefully wiping the blood off with the towel.
"Don't be a baby." I mocked him as he winced slightly. He stuck his tongue out at me as I smirked. I continued to clean up his left elbow and right knee and pretty soon he was good as new. I teasingly placed a delicate kiss on each injury to "make it all better". He laughed and put his finger under my chin and lifted my head so I was looking at him.
"Thank you, Nurse Mari." he joked with a grin on his face. I rolled my eyes at him and stood back up, attempting to walk away. But he quickly grabbed my hand and placed me on his lap, facing him with my legs on either side of him. "What's the charge?" he asked cheekily.
"You not doing it again." I smirked, slightly being serious. Sure it was just a few cuts and bruises now but one day it might be something more serious and something bad could happen to him.
"Oh c'mon, you loveee taking care of me. You know I'd do the same for you." he grinned. "I would make sure to kiss *kiss* every *kiss* single *kiss* inch *kiss* of your body until there was no more pain." he whispered as he placed teasing kisses on my neck, causing my head to tilt back as his words sent shivers down my spine. I looked back over to him and let my hazel eyes meet his brown ones.
"Promise?" I asked, raising my eyebrow. Our faces were inches apart as I could feel the magnetic attraction between our lips get stronger.
"I promise. No matter what." he whispered before pressing his lips against mine. And in that moment, I knew he meant every word.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
