Teenage Summer (One Direction Fanfic)

Chapter 23

We were sitting in the car, we had just gotten in it and we could hear a commotion from Liam's house.

 Lorraine and I were in the backseat, I held her in a tight hug as she cried in to my shoulder.

 Harry was starting up the car, and then we heard a big bang from the house. It was like he threw down a big piece of furniture.

 Lorraine looked up, her little face peering to the back window to look.

 She wiped away tears and said, "Wait here a sec", then scrambled out our embrace and flung her self out of the car.

 I yelled back, "LOLO NO! DON'T GO IN THERE! HE COULD HURT YOU! WE'LL CAME BACK LATER, DON'T YOU DARE GO BACK IN THERE!", I then was screeching.

 My words obviously just blew right over her and past her head, like they did when I told her to stay the FUCK away from Louis.

 She was now on the steps of his house.

 She was then barging in and that's when I ran right out of the car, chasing after. I couldn't let Liam hurt her. I loved her. She was my best friend since I could remember, and I couldn't bear to see her hurt by who she loves most.

  I ran in, not knowing what room they were in.

 I then heard quiet talking in his bedroom, so I tip-toed my way in there, I stayed quiet, I was just gonna watch them without them knowing, and if anything got bad, I'd break in in a split second.

  I listened and peered around the door corner.

 Liam was sitting on the floor, his head on  the corner of the bed. Lorraine was leaning against the side not pressed against the bed.

 He wasn't pushing her away which was a good thing.

 I could then hear Lorraine say, "Every time I look out over the beach, I think to myself, 'I wish Liam were here with me to see this, its beautiful, just like him', and I miss you terribly. I hate being away from you, and I know you know that's true. I LOVE you, Liam, and if you can't see that, then... I'm sorry", she said, her voice getting croaky.

  Liam was quiet but looked up at her.

 She put her hand on his knee and looked at him in the eye as she said, "I hate thinking about what happened between me and him... I didn't know what was going on and I honestly just wanted to TALK to him, it just went weird from then on. I never WANTED it to happen, it just DID.... That's why I made the lads send him away, I couldn't bear to look at him, and then all the guilt and anxiety was taking a toll so I got wasted and partied to numb the pain. It was a big mistake, and I was going to tell you but I was scared. You're the best thing that's happened to me, Li. And just so you know, for the millionth time, I LOVE YOU. It was just a stupid mistake that I couldn't control, if I could've had control, I would've ran away, trust me, the guilt and sadness I felt for you afterwards nearly killed me. I know I wasn't the girl I said I'd be, but", she started crying a lot again...

 "I hope we can learn from this and try to start over. I love you, and I hope you still love me because I couldn't live without you.. I don't like seeing you in this state, and I just want everything to go  back to us being madly in love. Lou means nothing to me, it was just a thing that happened in a haze, and the pain us unbearable. I love YOU, not HIM", she then became quiet as she looked in to his eyes for the boy she knew and loved.

 I even felt a tear drop down on my face, and it hurt when it reached the bruise he left on my face, but I'll forgive eventually.

 Liam looked up at her, sincerely, and said, "I just need to think, Lorraine. I just want to be by myself for the rest of the day. Please, don't stick around here if you don't want to see me take more coke and tequila, because that's what's just going to be happening to me.  I can't even think straight now, let alone feel anything, so I'll tell you my answer later", he said at least not harshly.

  She nodded with tears silently spilling over and down her face.

  She then left him with a  small goodbye kiss on his lips.

 She then walked out and walked right past me, with her head in her hands.

 She walked straight back to the car, not sobbing like before.

 I followed behind, and she got in before me silently.

 When I got back to the car, I saw her with her little body facing the right corner of the car, looking through the window.

 She was wiping her face and trying to cry silently.

 I then got buckled in and rubbed her back with out a word.

 Harry looked back to me and gave me a small, sad look and he looked at Lorraine quickly and gave a sigh before he started the engine and drove away.

 It was a quiet ride and Lorraine just stayed in that hurdle ball position, not looking at me or anyone, just faced to the road.

 After a few minutes, Lorraine looked at me and I realized I had been watching her the whole time.

 She then spoke with a raspy voice, "What would you do? What would you say? Do I just pretend everything's okay, or call him now? How should I feel? What do you think Liam will say when he calls back?", she still had little tears at this point still running down her pretty face.

 It was devastating to see her cry. Seeing her cry is like watching a small puppy be murdered, everyone hated it and the never want to see it because it's not right to witness something so good and pure be like that.

 Even Harry could agree with me.

 I answered back, "I'd do everything you've done so far: apologize. But let him be my himself like he said, so don't worry. I know he still has feelings for you, I could tell at some points in our conversation, he would look sad and sincere but the drugs took over and made him violent. Just let him sober up. Don't worry, now come here and get a hug", I said with open arms and she automatically joined in to our embrace.

  She was trembling and shaking, and she was trying to hide it by being silent. I was so worried for her, what if Liam doesn't take her back? She'd feel 100x worse than this. He's the best boyfriend she's ever had. She's been through so much. Domestic abuse, guys cheating on her, rumors started from exes, and so on. But, a part of me thought that if she wanted to keep him, why would she bee that reckless? Maybe it was the truth when she said that she couldn't control it and she just let it happen, but another part said maybe not.

 But it was for sure that she LOVED Liam and regretted that so much. There was no doubt in my mind that she would die if he didn't take her back, she loved him. And I felt that Liam loved her, too.