Christmas on detours [One Direction/Liam Payne]

4. Liam

"Liam... come on, man, get up." Louis jogs my shoulder. "We're almost in Basel.", Niall tells me. Harry slaps four tickets on my knee. "Aaaaand I...." "Shutup, Harry! He's not even awake.", Louis rebukes Harry and gives me a cup of coffee. "Thanks, Louis.", I mutter. My voice sounds harsh and I know that Brooke would go crazy if she was here.She loves it when my voice sounds like that. A few minutes later I've finished my coffee and talk to Harry: "So what did you want to tell me?" He smiles. "Brooke's parents live in Cologne,right?", he keeps me on tenterhooks. "Yes, they live in one of the suburbs of Cologne.", I answer a bit annoyed. I mean,he's lovely in general but he's also the reason why I am here in this fucking bus instead of sitting next to Brooke in the plane. "I booked four flights from Basel to Cologne, so you can spend Christmas with your fianceé." I need a second to realize what Harry have said, before I fling my arms around his neck. "I love you, I love you, I love you." I tell him while I'm kissing his cheek.Harry blushes. "That's not worth mentioning.", he mutters and removes from my hug. The bus stops and we take our luggage and leave the bus. "I guess we should call a taxi now. I don't want to get lost in another city once again today." Niall puts out his phone and calls a taxi. Suddenly it comes to my mind: I don't have the exact adress from Brooke's parents! "Boys? Can I use one of your phones? I need to call Brooke and the battery of my phoe is dead." I ask. "Why do you wanna call her? You gonna surprise her, Payne!", Louis orders. "I wish I could but I don't have the address of her parents, so...", I try to explain. The boys laugh. "Oh Liam, of course you will meet her at the gate. I picked up a huge bunch of flowers for her and a smaller one for her mum.", Niall says. "Oh how long did I sleep so you were able to organise all of this?" I am really surprised. As we climb onto the backseat of the taxi, Louis answers me: "I guess something about 5 or 6 hours." We drive on the highway and I start to relax immediately. "Look at Liam, he's imagining what he's going to do with his girl tonight.", Niall teases me. Harry and Louis laugh."Oh please, boys! I'm not as dirty-minded as it seems sometimes.However, her parents are at home." "Oh you make allowances for Brooke's parents, but you don't care about me getting no sleep at night every time she visits you on tour?", Niall pouts. I blush.I know that Brooke is a bit too loud sometimes, but at home nobody cares about it. I never thought that it was that bad. Louis gives him a high-five. "Nice one, Nialler." He laughs. "Can you stop talking about Liam and Brooke's sex life, please? It really makes me horny.", Harry laughs. Did he say...no he didn't..."Did you say talking about my girlfriend and me having sex turns you on...? I mean, you usually should be disgusted!" "Oh, maybe I should, but Brooke is kinda hot.", he answers with his harsh voice, "And...to be honest, if she wasn't your girlfriend, I would totally fuck her." I grumble and have to get a grip on myself, but I don't accomplish it. I collar him, so that his face is right in front of mine, and hiss to him: "She's mine, Styles."Suddenly he pales. "I-It was just a j-joke, Liam.", he stutters and tries to remove my hand from his collar. "I hope you say the truth. I don't like other men imagining to fuck my girl."Not a single sound is to be heard in the taxi until the driver breaks the silence: "Here we are. That's 24,40€, please." Harry pays, while Louis, Niall and me are getting out of the taxi and taking our luggage. Louis pulls me to the sideway. "What the fuck was that, Liam...I never saw you as aggressive as you just have been. Harry was really afraid.", he whispers. "It's his own fault, Louis. He knows I'm very sensitive, when someone talks about Brooke." "I hope, she's the one. If she isn't the one, the trouble here isn't worth it.", Louis mutters and we return to the other two. "Let's go inside.", Harry suggests, looking for being as far as possible away from me. We check in and walk around a few stores before we head to our gate. "The plane is going to take off in twenty minutes, Liam.", Niall informs me."Alright." I sit down and look at some pictures Brooke and I  took the last time we met each other. "Liam?", Harry sounds a bit scared, "I'm sorry...It's my fault that you're still here with us instead of sitting next to your girlfriend right now. I understand that you're mad at me." He looks at me like a little boy excusing himself by his mother for being a bad boy. "I have to apologize, Hazza. I'm just a bit annoyed of the whole situation, not just because of you or our trip. I guess I am really nervous about popping the question to Brooke. It's a complete new situation for me. I never worried about Brooke's feelings towards me.I was always like: Alright, we're together so she loves me, I guess.And now I'm going to take our relationship to a whole new level." I pour my heart out, whilst tugging my hair. "You don't have to be nervous. When she sees you, she will completely forget her anger, I promise. Brooke is a girl, she will get crazy about you standing in front of her wearing a suit.", Harry chuckles. "I don't have a suit!" "Shhh, shut up, Liam. It's all prepared for you." Harry pulls me softly into the plane.

I whip with my feet, while I am watching the plane driving to its parking position. As soon as the plane stands still, I leap up from my seat and push Louis in his rips. "Come on,Louis, get out of the way! I'm in a hurry!" Louis turns around."Where's your manner, Liam. What's the magic word, little boy?",he teases me. "Get. The. Fuck. Out. Of. My. Way." I look at him angrily. Harry and Niall laugh as Louis scolds me. "I'm gonna tell it your..." He isn't able to finish his sentence, because I shove him and take my luggage. Harry starts to sing "Nobody's gonna stop me now" and Niall cracks up before they all follow me. Harry gives me a suit. "Go and get dressed, Niall is gonna help you. Louis and me will take your luggage with us." I'm confused wherefore Niall takes my hand and heads towards the men's toilet. "But Niall how did you..." "Hurry up, we have only twenty minutes until Brooke's plane will land." Without asking any more questions, I lock myself in the cubicle and change my clothes. "Are you ready?", Niall knocks on the door. I unlock the door and go outside. "Do I look okay?", the voice in my head sounds insecure. "Yes, you do, Liam."I bite my lip and look at myself in the mirror. "You gonna make it,Liam, I promise." "I'm so afraid of standing in front of her and what if I don't know what to say later.", I admit. "If this happens, you will just kiss her and put out the box with the ring,alright? Then you will go down on your knees and ask her: 'Will youmarry me?' repeat it, Liam. Will- You- Marry- Me-?" "Niall, that's silly." "Don't think, just repeat it.", he rebukes me."Will you marry me?", I repeat without any enthusiasm. "If you ask her like that, she will definitely say no.", Niall jokes. "Ugh,shut up, Niall. Don't make me even more nervous than I already am,right now." He pats me on the back and leaves the toilet with me behind.