A Different Form of Art

Chapter Nineteen

Liam POV

I ended up having to carry Bradley out of the forest and to the road, before getting a taxi to take us back to my apartment. Once we arrived, I had to carry him up the stairs as well.

"I'm fine Liam, really." He had tried to tell me.

"Bradley, you can't walk. You are not fine." I retorted.

"No, no I promise I'm fine. I just need to sleep it off." He tried to reason with me.

"Fine. But if you're not walking in the morning, I'm taking you to A&E." I said.

"Okay." He replied, smiling. "I'll be okay. Do you have an icepack?" He asked me.

"Yes, I do. Let me grab it." I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bag and filled it with ice from the freezer. After I wrapped a towel around it, I took it back into the lounge where I had laid him on the couch to rest.

"Thanks." He said, wrapping it around his knee. I realized we were both still wearing our flower crowns, we must have appeared very strange to the taxi driver. I also realized that we had left our picnic basket and blanket in our rush, it must have still been in the meadow. Bradley seemed to notice as well.

"Liam, did we forget our stuff back there?" Bradley asked suddenly.

"Yeah, but its fine, I can go back tomorrow. I'm sure it'll be fine." I said.

"We should probably go get it." He replied.

"Yeah, but you can't exactly walk, and I don't want to leave you." I said.

"I'm fine, I'll probably fall asleep soon anyways." He responded.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Positive. I'll have my phone right here, so I'll call you if anything happens. Okay?"

"Okay. I love you." I bent down and kissed his forehead.

"I love you too." He said back.

I grabbed a set of keys and my phone and headed back outside. On my way back to the meadow, I got a bunch of strange looks, probably because of the flower crown. Once I made it back to the meadow, I collected our basket and blanket, and decided to make a nice bouquet of flowers for Bradley. After picking about 50 daisies, I walked back into the woods and found some light blue colored flowers that I had seen earlier, and put them in the bouquet as well. I set the flowers on top of the blanket in the basket and headed back to my apartment, where Bradley was waiting for me.

"Bradley?" I called out, after opening the door.

No response.

I walked into the lounge and saw him asleep on the sofa. He looked like such an angel when he slept. After placing the flowers on the table next to where he was sleeping, I went and put our pizza leftovers in the fridge and laid next to him. He began to stir, and his eyelids flicked open softly.

"Liam?" He asked sleepily. His voice was so sexual and husky.

"Hi love." I replied, brushing his fringe out of his face.

"How long was I asleep for?" He asked.

"Not too long, I just got home." I said. "Do you want to move somewhere more comfortable?"

"Sure. Although your sofa is pretty nice to be completely honest." He replied. Too bad we wouldn't be able to finish what we had started earlier.

"Well I think my bed is better." I said, scooping him up into my arms and carrying him back to my room. I laid him down on my bed and climbed under the covers with him.