Christmas on detours [One Direction/Liam Payne]

7. Brooke

"What did you talk about?", I whisper in Liam's ear as he sitsdown next to me. My father winks conspiratorially at Liam. "Nothingimportant... Just basic things." He sounds nervous and answers a bit too fast, like he figured out what he would say if I ask him thisquestion. "Hm." Before we are able to continue our talk, my mum rises to speak: "I know, this Christmas is a bit different for you Liam, Niall, Harry and Louis, but I really hope that you won't regret to stay here. I really don't want to put you in suspense any longer,guys, so let's take a look at what Santa brought us." She sits down again and watches the boys and me looking for our presents under the christmas tree. As Harry, Niall and Louis find presents with their names on it, they are all smiles. They unbox their presents. Harry got a pullover, Niall handmade socks and Louis a toque. "Thank you,Julieeeeee." Harry flings his arms around my parents. They both look a bit surprised but happy. Louis and Niall give, although not as gushingly as Harry, thank to my parents. "It's not worth mentioning, Guys. For tonight, you all are a part of our family.",my Mum tells them and my dad nods her approval. He's a man of few words.

After my parents unboxed their presents, only Liam's present for meis left. "Liam, come on, show us what you got for your girlfriend.", Niall scrambles Liam. "Oh, I have a present for her but you're definitely not going to see that.", he jokes around. The boys and I laugh. "Alright, I proved that I'm funny, but now back to business." He smiles nervously. "I don't have a present for you...." Everyone is quiet and the men in the room look surprised.Liam continues. "I have three." "You're such an idiot, Liam"I punch him. "Maybe, but I know you love it, Hun." He kisses me softly. I guess, I will never get used to the feeling he gives me everytime he kisses me. My hearts starts to race, I feel chills and it seems like a million butterflies are having a party in my stomach.I love him. I am truly, madly, deeply, completely in love with him."You have to close your eyes for every present when I'll tell you,alright?" His right hand rests on my cheek and he looks into my eyes deeply. "Alright." "So close your eyes; Brooke. Here's my first present." I cover my eyes with my hands but I leave a little gap between my fingers, so I can see what happens. Liam leaves the room and comes back after a minute.He carries a big box with a huge red ribbon. I can hear my parents talking quietly to each other. "Alright, Love. Open your eyes." I stand right in front of the box and look at Liam. I don't want him to spent so much money for me,even though he has got a lot of it. "Liam? What's that?" I raise my eyebrow. "I guess, you have to unbox it to find it out." He smiles like a little boy at his birthday, having a big chocolate cake in front of him. I unbox the present sighingly and a giant teddy bear comes out from behind. I squeek and hug the bear. "It's so FLUFFY!", I scream. The people in the room laugh at me because I'm acting like a five-year-old girl, but I don't care about it. Liam strokes my hair and kisses my forehead. "I want that my little girl has something to cuddle, while I'm traveling the world.""Awwww....", my parents, the boys and I sigh at the same time. I kiss Liam. He wraps his hands around my waist. "You can give thank to me later, Brooke. Now turn around, it's time for your second present." He grins. I turn around reluctantly. I like it very much how he takes plain but this show is a bit too much for my liking."Okay, I'm ready." I turn around again and look at Liam. He's holding a Batman hoodie in his hands. It almost looks as his one, but mine has a little stroke under the Batman logo. "Liam's Batgirl"is written there in big yellow letters. "Has it ever occurred toyou that I've noticed that you always wear my hoodie?" I chuckle."I didn't think that's so obvious." I take the hoodie and put it on. I realize that it's actually a bit too big for me, when I notice a familiar smell. Did he really...? No...Is it Liam's after shave? "It's the wrong size, I know, but it needed to fit me cause I wore it, so it smells like me.", Liam explains. "I love it." I hug him or the umpteenth time this evening and sit down again. Because I don't want to loose the feeling of safety and protection, I keep holding his hands. Suddenly, Liam seems very nervous. I can feel his hands starting to sweat, so I look up to him. "Babe? Are you alright?" "Oh, yes...I am...let's go on. So for the last presents I have to bandage your eyes because I know otherwise you'll peep.Louis, give me the blindfold, please." Louis gives Liam a scarf and they bandage my eyes with it. Niall makes some tests to try that I can't see anything. I can hear Liam looking for something in his pocket. Instead of the rustling of Liam's suit coat, everything is quiet. A bit too quiet for my liking. I mean, we're seven people in this room and nobody is talking. Time seems to be frozen. I feel like I've been standing in front of Liam for hours, before I can hear Liam's voice: "You can remove the... blindfold now....I'm finished." Liam's voice breaks and I wonder why until I remove the blindfold from my face and look at Liam. He stands right in front of me with a little red box and takes my hand. "Brooke..." Just the way he says my name makes me cry for joy. This must be fake. "I've been trying to figure out what I would say at this moment for days,but I forgot it." His eyes fill with tears and he smiles. We both do. "When I first saw you I knew immediately that I want to get to know you better. So I asked you out. We met at night down by the river because I wanted you to get to know myself and not the boy who's on the cover of magazines. We just sat on the little wall,watching the water and talking about anything special. Do you remember this evening?" I try to holding back my tears. "Yes, I do. I was cold and you gave me your jacket and drove me home. When I wanted to give the jacket back to you, you just smiled and told me to give it to you the next time. After that you kissed me.""Exactly...I've never slept as good as this night before. It was the night where I dreamed of you for the first time....I dreamed about waking up next to you, watching you sleeping and holding you in my arms. That was the night, I realized that I want to spend the rest of my life with you." He falls down on his knees and I cannot blink back my tears any longer. Tears stream down my face, when he asks me:"Do you want to marry me?" "Liam..." I defer. He chokes.Everyone in the room hold their breath. I can feel the tension in the air. I smile at him. "Y-Yes...of course I do!" He stands up,puts the ring on my finger and kisses me softly. "Never do that again!", he mutters in our kiss, "I thought you would say no." Instead of answering him, I fling my arms around his neck and french him. Liam scoops me up and puts his hands on my butt. "Ugh...get a room!", Niall interrupts our kiss and Liam drops me. "Congrats,guys." Harry, Louis and Niall hug us. They hold us so tight that I'm actually not able to breathe. "Boys...you're a bit too strong.", I jet. After the boys my mum hugs me. She cries. "I'm so proud of you...I know, he's the right one." After a lot of hugs and good wishes Liam and I return to my room.