More Than Friends

Chapter 5 Forgotten

A/n: Hey guys! I'm so sorry I hadn't updated in a while. I was just busy with school and homework and I didn't have much time. I'm sorry again for not updating in a while, but now, without further ado, Chapter 5. Enjoy! :)

Julie's P.O.V.

"What?" I ask him, laughing a little unsteadily. "What are you talking about, Liam. We've been best friends since 4th grade, and then you moved and we never saw each other again.
Now stop joking around," I say as I playfully slap his arm.

He looks as me as if he has no idea what I'm talking about, and he stares at me wide-eyed.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about. I can't remember you."

I stare at him as if he's joking, but when he stares at me with a serious look on his face, I know that he's not kidding.

"I can't believe you don't even remember me!" I yell shakily because my throat is starting to burn and my eyes are starting to water.

He looks at me, and suddenly, his eyes widen and his jaw drops a little. Before he says anything, I turn and run to our dorm, tears streaming down my face. I can hear loud footsteps, and see that Izzy is chasing after me and following me to our dorm, yelling, "Julie!" I just keep running until I get our dorm room and I slam the door and cry on my bed.

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Liam's P.O.V.

At first, I didn't know who the girl was when she said that we were best friends. But when she had tears in her eyes and she looked like she was about to cry, I recognized her immediately. It was Julie. I wanted to say that I did remember her and that I'm so sorry I forgot, but before I could, she turned around and ran while crying. I wanted to chase her and tell her that I'm sorry and that of course I remember her, but it's too late now. She will probably never forgive me. How could I have ever forgotten her?

Niall looks at me with a concerned look on his face and says, "Who is she, and what was that about?"

I look over at him, feeling hurt inside and reply, "She was my best friend before I moved to Iowa. I met her in 4th grade and we became best friends ever since. But then I had to move and now here she is, and I totally forgot about her. Until I looked into her teary eyes, and I knew it was her. I recognized her immediately. I could never forget those glistening eyes. They were the last thing I saw before I moved away. I forgot about her because I hadn't seen her in two years, and I got used to my new life in Iowa. We barely even talked after I moved away. But when I looked at those beautiful, teary eyes of hers, it was like a trigger went off and my memory snapped back. I knew it was Julie."

Niall looks at me with shock and a little bit of concern on his face, and he only says the word, "Wow."

"Yeah," I say. I get an immediate flashback of all the moments me and Julie shared together before I moved away. How we always used to go to the park together, get ice cream when it was a hot day (I would always get chocolate and she would always get chocolate chip), how we always used to try to make each other laugh all the time and our awkward conversations that we would have when we started talking about crushes (she never really told me hers. She always just tried to change the subject or stay focused on who my crush was). I remember her laugh, how she would always chuckle and turn bright red when she laughed too hard (which she mostly did), and her bright smile, which lit up a room and always made me feel better when I'm stressed out. She was always there for me and that's what I loved about her. I just wish we still had that.

After what felt like forever, Niall says, "Liam" and shakes my shoulder slightly. I shake my head, awake from my day dreaming and look at him. He looks at me, slightly concerned, and says, "Are you okay? You've been staring off into the distance for almost 10 minutes."

"Oh yeah, sorry," I reply. "I was just thinking about Julie."

"Oh," Niall says. Then he gives me a raised eyebrow and smirks at me. I don't know what the hell he's thinking, but I'm afraid of what it is.

"You like her," he says, still keeping that creepy grin on his face that I can't help but laugh at.

"What, no I don't. We're just friends. Well, I hope we still are."

"No, I know you Liam, and I know that you like her. You were smiling while you were thinking about her, and you're blushing right now!"

I don't even realize I am until he says it. I feel my face heat up with slight embarrassment.

I smile cheekily and reply, "Shut up!" There's a hint of laughter in my voice.

"You like Julie, you like Julie!!" Niall says, acting like a 5 year old. I laugh slightly and say, "Oh yeah. Well, I totally caught you checking out the girl next to her." I smile when I see his face heat up and turn a light shade of red. He's blushing.

"I do not like her," he says.

"Yeah, you totally do. I can see it in your face!"

"Shut up, asshole!" he says, but he can't help laughing slightly at his embarrassment. I start laughing really hard. It's hard not to if you saw how he looks right now. His cheeks are a bright, almost red shade of pink, and he wears a shy smile. I can't help but burst out into laughter.

"Can you shut the hell up already?" he finally says after a few minutes of laughing, I say, "Okay, okay, I'm sorry" and I stop, trying to catch my breath.

We walk further down the hallway, and
I start heading toward the front desk to see what room Julie is in. After that, Niall asks me what I did and I tell him that I was asking for Julie's dorm room number. I say that I need to apologize to her and that I do remember her.

As we walk closer to her dorm room door, I hear a few quiet sobs, and I know it's Julie's. My heart shatters and I feel like I got kicked in the gut. It was always very hard to stand knowing that Julie was upset. It always broke my heart to see her cry and I never wanted to be the cause of her pain.

But here I am, listening to her quiet, sniffling sobs through the door. I feel awful. How could I have forgotten someone like her?

I hesitate for a moment, then slowly open the door slightly and see Julie lying on her bed, sniffing away tears and the girl who was with her before rubbing her back and comforting her. Seeing this makes my heart shatter, and I know that I need to apologize to her before it's too late.

As I slowly open the door further and go inside, telling Niall to wait outside, the other girl gets up and starts yelling at me, telling me how could I have forgotten about Julie and that I should leave.

Just as I'm about to, Julie sits up and says in the most quiet voice I've ever heard from her, "It's okay, Izzy. You don't have to yell anymore. Could you leave us alone real quick?"

"Yeah, sure," Izzy says, but she gives me a slightly nasty look as she leaves the room.

When she's out the door, I close it and turn to face Julie. Her makeup is runny and there are tears filling her eyes.

This had to be done now.

"Hey. We need to talk."