A Hint of Spice

Chapter 29

-1 month later-

**Keeley's POV**

I smiled as I stared at one of the pictures. He really was the one I loved. I couldn't watch him walk out of my life, but he ruined it. He said those things that pushed me over the edge.

He called me something I hadn't been called in years.

I wanted time to stop when I looked into his ocean blue eyes. I wanted time to stop when I heard his sweet Irish accent. I wanted time to stop when he touched me. But it didn't. It kept going like everything in my life.

Harry had stopped by to check up on me. Niall was angry at him for showing up, I didn't blame him. I couldn't even watch an entire interview if Morgan was mentioned once. I couldn't see him out on the street because I thought he didn't care about me. I couldn't think about him or my world would come tumbling down. It never seemed to work.

This shirt showed my scar. This shirt showed my stomach.

I couldn't do anything without feeling uncomfortable.

I held up my phone to my ear as it rang.

"Hello?" His voice soothed me as he spoke. He seemed relieved I had called him.

"Hi."

"How are you?" He asked, his voice full of concern. He always knew when I needed someone. It showed on my face, in my eyes.

"Tired, beat up, hurt." I replied.

The phone line went dead. My heart seemed to sink as I realized he had hung up.

-10 minutes later-

I heard a car drive up. My heart quickened as I raced to the door to open it. It sank again as I watched Liam step out of the car. He was always checking up on me too. It just hurt that he wouldn't come over. I watched as another car drove up, this one black. My eyes watched a blonde quiff step out of the driver's seat and close the door.

Butterflies erupted in my body.

Liam turned and glared, crossing his arms over his chest. "What are you doing here?"

Niall removed his aviators an stared at Liam. "I came to talk to Keeley."

Liam laughed slightly and shook his head. "No way man."

Niall's eyes darted to me. I looked at Liam who looked at me, flustered.

"Come in. Both of you."

Niall grinned. But it wasn't the grin he gave to Morgan or the interviewer, it was the grin he gave me. The one that showed he was truly happy.

Liam looked angry as he stomped into my house before Niall.

"Make yourself at home. I'm gonna go change." I ran upstairs into my room and slipped on my grey sweats and a long sleeves t-shirt. I walked back downstairs and sat on the couch opposite the boys.

Liam smiled at me. "How are you feeling?"

"Good." I grinned for the first time in awhile.

"Have you eaten?"

I nodded.

"Give me a list." Liam smiled at me showing he was trying to help.

"I ate Mac and Cheese the other day and lots of chicken." I smiled. "From Nandos."

I watched Niall grin as I said it. But it faded when Liam continued.

"Have you slept?"

I shrugged. "I've tried. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and can't sleep the rest of it."