I Hated You But I Ended Up Dating You (1D Fanfiction)

Just A Smidge

Chapter Twenty Five

Liams POV

The After Party

I walked with Harry into the hotel lobby, my hands in my pockets. Niall, Ellie, Louis and Zayn were not far behind. They'd left us for the bar. Which kinda wasnt surprising. Suddenly i heard a laugh from behind us. I glanced behind us and noticed our security guard, Paul.

"So we've got the married one and the innocent and single one.." Paul smiled. "So wheres the Hungry one, The 'Bad' one and the sarcastic one?"

"Bar." I answered with one simple word.

"Should'a known." Paul nodded, walking off.

"Dont worry Ell's there to." I told him, nodding.

"I dont know whether thats a good thing or a bad thing.." He chuckled.

"Right, catch ya later Li." Harry spoke up, saluting and walking off in the opposite direction, towards Hannah. I stood alone. I felt slightly awkward so i decided to head up to my room upstairs. I'll grab a drink later. And i'll probably go clubbing with the lads later. I ran up stairs, my tie flying wildly. I reached the top and turned the corner when i suddenly heard laughing. I retook my steps and stopped at the bottom of another set of stairs leading to the next floor. On the steps sat.. Millie? That cant be Millie. But.. what? She was sat with another lad i didnt know and Josh, our drummer. They all had a drink in there hands and were laughing loudly. I raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, hey Li." Josh waved at me. As soon as my name was said, Millie's head snapped up and her eyes met mine. "Want a drink?" He asked me kindly.

"Urm, yeh please.." I nodded smiling.

"I'll get it!" Millie volunteered.

"No, its fine. I can get it." Josh smiled. He got up and i took his place on the stairs. The other boy began to move and Millie grabbed onto his leg and hissed something under her breath. The boy just smirked and patted her on the back before standing up, leaving us alone.

"Hey." I spoke up.

"Hi." Millie muttered.

"Havent seen you in forever.." I began.

"I know. Four years." She nodded taking a sip of her drink.

"Thought you were dead." I told her. She laughed a little.

"So hows life?" Millie asked me.

"Okay." I nodded. "What about yours?"

"Fine.." She nodded.

"Hows your mum?" I asked.

Millies voice lowered and she looked at the bottle in her hand. "She died a few years ago." She nodded.

"Millie, i didnt realise. I'm so-"

"Its fine."

I could tell she was upset and that she didnt want to talk about it so i respected that. I could tell she wanted a bit of comfort so i sat on the step next to her and wrapped my arm around her waist. She automatically rested her head on my shoulder and we stayed like that for awhile in scilence. Millie sniffled a few times but that was the only sound. I enjoyed the little embrace we had but it left an awkward silence and the conversation was still hanging in the air.

"You should come along to our concert tomorrow." I told her, trying to change the subject. "Bring your cousin." I smiled.

"You remember my cousin?" Millie asked, sitting up normally.

"Yeh. I remember when you spent the day with us. I remember what you were wearing, what we did, what you looked like.. I'm sounding like a pedo arent i?"

"Just a smidge."

Nialls POV

I sat at the bar with Zayn, Lou and Ell. Pretty typical for us.

"Please tell me your looking at her dress and not her boobs.." Ell spoke up. I suddenly realised i was in a bit of a trance. I quickly turned and looked at Ellie. I must of been staring at the barmaids chest extremely closely. Ell just laughed slightly. Thats what i liked about her. She wasnt over the top or dramatic. She was casual. And if i was accidently staring at someones boobs, she'd laugh it off. Or like if i called another girl fit she'd be fin- Nah, stuff that. She'd probably slap me.

"I better be off." Ellie suddenly said, sliding off of her stool.

"Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?" I whined.

"Because i have buisness to attend to..." I told him. Me and Niall exchanged glances and we both began to laugh hysterically. "Who'm i kidding? We both know thats a lie. Right, see's ya laters." She grabbed her bag and began skipping away just as Paul began walking towards us.

"On a scale of one to ten, how drunk are you guys?" He asked.

"Ask me later.. after i've downed another 20 shots." Zayn nodded.

Millies POV

I heard padding of feet coming up the steps so i quickly pulled away to see Josh and Nathan heading towards us, a drink in each hand.

"I think they were flirting." Josh hissed but it said it loud enough for us to hear on purpose. I glared at him and raised an eyebrow. "What? I could be correct. Yannoe, Liams single.." Josh began.

"Millie's single.." Nathan carried on. Josh put a drink down and Nathan did the same and they both put one pinky finger out, wiggling it. Nathan put on a girly voice and started mimicking me. "Oh Liam, your hair looks awfully nice to day."

Josh wiggling his little finger out and put on a manly voice. "Aw thanks. Your butt hair looks amazing today by the way."

My mouth fell open and Nathan glared at him slightly. "Really mate? Out of everything you could of said."

I could feel Liam wiggling uncomfortably at the side of me. I knew who was awkward about the subject and I couldnt take it anymore. I pushed myself up from the step and placed my hands on my hips. "For your information.." I began.

"..Your a lesbian?" Josh questioned, sipping a bit of his coke. As in cola, not crack.

"What? No!" I squealed. "For your information.." I began again, pointing at nothing in particular. "..I have a boyfriend." I told them.

Nathans mouth fell open, Liam stood up suddenly and Josh.. he spat cola at me. I gasped loudly and looked at the pretty dress. "JOSH!" I shouted. I didnt know whether to laugh or cry.

"You have a boyfriend!?" Josh asked. He sounded so surprised. He said it in disbelief. I should be so offended right now.

"Who is he? Where? Who? How? Where? When? What?" Nathan flooded questions at me. "Where is he? He better be fucking prepared for my fist to his face."

"You are joking... right?" I questioned.

"Course i am." Nathan smiled. I turned back around to face behind me and was going to grab my drink when i noticed there was an empty space on the steps. Someone had left our presence. A jacket lay on the steps belonging to Li. I looked around worriedly. Where'd he go? I pushed through Nathan and Josh and glanced behind them down the other set of stairs. I grabbed the jacket from the step we were recently sat on and pulled it over one arm, clinging tight to it. It smelt like Liam. If thats not weird. I suddenly heard a dinging from downstairs which meant a door had been opened and i instantly knew where to start heading.

I ran down the stairs carefully, waving at any random people on the way. I walked quickly through the main reception and gave smiles to people i'd seen before but never actually talked to. I hopped across the lobby and ran to the door, pulling it open. I glanced to my right but the street was deserted. I was actually going to give up when i saw a shadow towards my left handside. I quickly snapped my head to the left and saw a figure turning a corner quickly.