Pernicious|h.s

Seven

          Valerie

"Excuse me?" I choked. 

"I'm your new neighbour." He said bluntly with the biggest f.ucking smirk on his face. 

"Oh joy."

"There's no need to be sarcastic Valerie. Now, why don't you be a nice neighbour and invite me in for a drink?" 

"Oh, I think there is a need to be Harry. Now, why don't you f.uck off." I gave him a tight lipped smile before slamming the door shut in his face, receiving a small grunt from outside my apartment. 

I patted myself on the back for my tremendous performance as I walked back over to my couch to continue watching 'How I Met Your Mother'. 

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A week had passed since I got the privilege of meeting my new neighbour. Since that day I had not seen one glimpse of him, which I suppose I was quite relieved of. 

Maggie thought it'd be a great idea to set me up on a blind date with a friend of hers, being honest I wasn't that thrilled when she told me the 'great' news. I didn't even know his name for god sake, all she told me was you're going to dinner with one of my good friends Saturday night. At first I didn't really agree to it, heck I really didn't even have much of a choice but it was a way to distract myself from Harry. Which might seem unfair on whoever the guy was that Maggie set me up with, that I may have the intention of using him but ridding myself of Harry was my biggest concern. Sorry man.

Being honest, I have never really had a full on relationship. I really did not have the time and effort to maintain a healthy and fair relationship, it's never really fussed me. Sure, I've been on a few dates here and there but it never evolved into something serious. Heck I was still a f.ucking virgin, how pathetic, I was twenty for f.uck sake and I was still Virgin Valerie. #foreveralone

I looked at the clock that was hung on the kitchen wall as I sipped on some green tea, which Louis claimed was not real tea, sook. Sometimes I really don't know how I managed to put up with his stupid ass s.hit, ily-a-milly Lou. I nearly chocked on my tea when I realised I had fifteen minutes to get ready, probably not enough time to prepare myself for a first date, luckily I had already showered.

God knows if Louis was home, I didn't even know how I was going to get there. Oh wait, Maggie's friend was picking me up in exactly fourteen minutes.

 Rushing my ass into my bedroom, I thankfully had already organised my outfit with Louis earlier. 

I slipped on a maroon dress that fell just before the knee, black tights and a pair of black ankle boots. At this point I didn't really care what I looked like so I just left my brown waves natural and didn't bother putting make up on, it was too much effort which I did not have the time for. I sprayed myself with my favourite perfume, 'Daisy by Marc Jacobs', before grabbing my bag and hurrying out of my room.

There was a polite knock at the door, I looked at my phone, he was five minutes early. I slipped on my tan coat before opening the door.

His light brown hair was styled into a messy quiff, a scruffy beard visible, his lips forming into a cute smile as he noticed my presence as his warm brown eyes studied my features. He was dressed in a black shirt and jeans, black boots, a black leather jacket and a tan plaid scarf. My heart swelled, he looked so cuddly.

"Hi, I'm Liam, Liam Payne. Maggie the little s.hit wouldn't tell me your name." He spoke as he reached for my left hand and placed a small kiss on it.

"I'm Valerie, it's lovely to get to finally meet you after Maggie's secret squirrel business, the girl would not peep one word about you, for all I knew you could of been a murderer. Oh sorry, I'm rambling." I said as the heat rose to my cheeks. I had only known this guy for not even five minutes and I was already screwing it up.

"Love, it's fine. No need to apologise." I smiled at his words. "Shall we get going?" I nodded my head in response as I followed him into the elevator and outside. "Do you mind walking? The restaurant is only a few minutes away."

"Yeah of course, that's fine." I politely smiled at him as we started walking together towards the restaurant. "So, how'd you meet Maggie?" I asked, breaking the peaceful silence. 

"Well, I met her a few years ago when I just moved here from Wolverhampton and she had just started working for her uncle, and well we met at a mutual friend's of ours party. She was drunk off her head and ended up vomiting all over me, quite an unpleasant way to meet someone but oh well. How'd you meet her?" 

"My story is not as interesting as yours thats for sure, but I work with her" I laughed at my lame explanation.

 I followed Liam as he approached the entrance of what seemed like an Italian restaurant. 

"Hi, welcome to Elio's. How may I help you?" The waiter spoke, a forced smile plastered on his face.

"Reservation for Payne." Liam spoke, smiling at me.

"Of course, right this way." The waiter said, leading us to a table next to a window. 

Liam pulled out my chair for me, my heart warming at his actions. I kindly thanked him before sitting down.

"I hope you like Italian." I nodded my head eagerly in response, receiving a comforting smile from him.

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The date was probably the best date I had ever been on, Liam was the nicest guy and we did not stop talking the whole night.

Liam wrapped his arm around my waist, protecting me from the cold as we approached my apartment building. He led me inside, the warmth welcoming us as we entered the elevator. He unwrapped his arm around my waist as we neared my apartment my door.  

"Well I guess this is our stop." Liam spoke, a confused look washed over my face. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I forget to mention I recently just moved into this building with a friend of mine" Liam laughed. I whispered a small 'oh' in response. "Thank you so much for a great night Valerie, I had fun."

"I had fun too, thank you. I hope to see you soon." He kissed my cheek before walking over to his door and giving me a small wave before he disappeared into his apartment which was rather familiar. 

Liam was Harry's roommate. 

Bloody hell.

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A/N

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