Liam's POV
I'm not ready to say goodbye to her again, even if it's just temporary. These past three days have been some of the happiest in my life. Even though I'm upset I have to keep a brave face for her and tell her that everything will be alright because we'll be together again very soon. I'm helping her pack the last of her belongings because the tour bus will be here in about fifteen minutes. Things are pretty silent between us, none of us knowing what to say or how to say goodbye.
"Babe, can you help me zip this?" Mari asks as she sits on top of her overflowing suitcase on the bed. I chuckle at how helpless she looks but assist her quickly. After maneuvering the zipper closed I look up to see our faces only inches away from each other, her big hazel eyes full of sadness.
"Hey, don't be sad...it's only for a week." I point out as I tilt her chin up with my finger so she's staring back at me.
"I know." she shrugs as she climbs off the suitcase and stands in front of me. I've always admired our height difference; her eyes would align with my chin so she would always have to crane her neck up so she could make eye contact with me. "It's just weird because this is the first time I've been on the tour as your girlfriend and...I'm going to miss you." she says quietly.
"Wait, so you didn't miss me at all these past 3 months?" I ask inquisitively, raising an eyebrow. I'm joking but I know she'll take what I said seriously and I just love to mess with her.
"No no, not like that...I just--" she begins hastily but I quickly silence her with a kiss.
"It's okay." I chuckle. "I know what you mean...but for the record I missed you probably way more than you missed me." I reply with a laugh. She laughs awkwardly at this but that fact didn't bother me, she had broken up with me and was trying to get over me so I don't blame her for not missing me as much.
"And for the record I love you a lot." she teases as she places her hand on the nape of my neck and draws my face to hers so that our lips reconnect. They move in sync with each other, fitting together perfectly like a lock and key. I'm going to miss the feeling of her warm soft lips against mine but I know that it will only be a matter of time before they're with mine once again.
We're interrupted by the sound of Mari's phone buzzing. She picks it up from the bedside table, looks at the screen with furrowed brows and sighs.
"They said they'll be here in 5 minutes." She announces quietly. I nod my head slowly and tilted her head back up to look at me; her eyes were shinier than usual and soon I could see the formation of tears building up in her eyes.
"Hey, no crying." I say sweetly as I wipe her eyes with the pads of my thumbs. She sniffles with a nod and I immediately take her in my arms, pet her hair and kiss the top of her head. I'm trying so hard to keep my emotions internal but the sounds of her sniffling against my chest as her arms wrap tighter around my waist makes it more difficult.
Marielle's POV
After a prolonged goodbye in our room we make our way downstairs to check out and wait outside for the bus to come pick me up. I didn't think I would get this emotional leaving Liam for a week but it was because I've been separated from him for so long already I feel like we haven't had enough time together. It's crazy that we got back together after three months separated all because of some freak accident I got into in a foreign country.
I'm standing there, Liam on one side of me and my suitcase on the other with my crutches still under my arms. He has his arm thrown over my shoulders and I have my arm holding his waist tightly. It's not long before a big tour bus was soon in view. I wait until it comes to a complete stop before approaching it closer. The door swings open and there appears Stella, looking happy and excited as usual.
"Marielle, darling how are you?" she asked sweetly, giving me a quick hug.
"Much better, thank you. I'm ready to go back to work!" I say with a smile. "Oh by the way this is Liam, my boyfriend." I announce as I watch them shake hands.
"Ah yes, I know who this boy is. Your manager Mark and I are very good friends." she tells him and he nods with a laugh. "Alright, well I'm going to take your bag and put it with the others while you two say goodbye." she says as she takes my suitcase and rolls it away. I turn back to face Liam and I can see the same sadness in his eyes that are in mine.
"It's only for a week." he reminds me. I nod and slowly placed my hand on his chest as I pull his lips towards mine. Our kiss is full of passion, love and the melancholy feeling that they would be separated for a short while. My mind suddenly snaps back to reality: I have a bus full of people waiting for me and I know that the longer that I stand here the harder it will be to say goodbye.
"Bye. I love you." I whisper as I give him another quick hug.
"I love you too." he breathes. I slowly pull apart from his hug and begin hobbling my way to the bus after Stella. I take one more glance at him, blow him a kiss and giggle when he pretends to catch it and put it in his pocket, I always found a gesture like that so cute and romantic. The bus soon begins to move as I make my way to the back of the bus to meet up with my girls.
"Aw there's our little cripple!" Jesy exclaims as she pulls me into a hug. I hug her and the rest of the girls and take a seat on the couch next to Perrie.
"How are you feeling?" Jade asks.
I shrug my shoulders. "Fine I guess. My leg doesn't really hurt that much anymore."
"I meant with Liam...we were all kinda watching just now." she confesses.
"Yeah you guys are so cute I was almost about to cry!" Perrie wails with a pouty lip.
"Oh...we'll see each other again in a week." I replied, looking out the window.
"So you two had fun, I assume?" Leigh-Anne asks, wiggling her eyebrows. I gasp, cover my mouth and chucking a pillow at Leigh-Anne for thinking so dirty. I feel myself starting to blush and try to cover it but it's too late.
"Aw look she's blushing like mad!" Jesy laugh, pointing at me. We all continue to laugh at my expense, not officially commenting on Leigh-Anne's question but it's pretty obvious.
We talk for another hour and the girls are telling me all the things I missed the last few days of tour. I'm sad that I missed such fun memories but I honestly wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else than with Liam.
"Hey, I'm gonna go take a nap." I announce as I stand up. It's time for me to take my medication and it makes me sleepy so it's best to just be prepared.
"Didn't get a lot of sleep last night, did you?" Jesy asks cheekily, causing the other girls to burst out laughing. I blush an incredibly dark shade of pink again as I stick my tongue out at her.
I take my medication and climb into my bunk but before falling asleep I take a quick look at my phone. I don't have any new messages or calls but I just wanted to look at my lock screen picture: it's of Liam and I from yesterday making silly faces. During our movie marathon yesterday I was getting bored so I whipped out my phone and began taking pictures of us and this picture in particular was my favorite. I'm sticking my tongue out with wide eyes while Liam is giving a duck face and crossed eyes. I chuckle to myself at the picture as I lock my phone again and tuck it under my pillow. I'm not only happy because of that picture, but happy at the fact that there will be plenty similar ones in the future.
