Firsts and Lasts (A Liam Payne Fanfic)

Chapter 7

He pulled away from the hotel and turned the car onto the street. 

 "Harry. Don't lie to me. You've been acting weird lately." He pulled his ray bans down to hide his eyes from me. He knew I could always tell when he was lying. We got stuck in traffic at a red light and he leaned his head back on the seat and sighed. 

 "Brit, have you ever loved someone so much it hurts?" he asked looking over at me in desperation. 

"You know I have Harry," I whispered as an image of Liam wrapping his arms around me in bed came unbidden to my mind, and I couldn't help but smile happily to myself. Harry knew who I was thinking of and gave me a knowing half smirk. 

 "Yeah, I could hear how much you loved Liam last night," He was trying to change the subject but I wasn't that easily distracted...usually. 

 "Jealousy doesn't suit you Styles," I raised my chin and narrowed my eyes. He shook his head amused. "Now why did you ask about love?" I twisted so I was facing him as the traffic began to slowly inch forward. "And don't tell me 'it's not important 'love.' Because you've been acting weird all day." With both hands on the wheel he stared out the windshield lost in thought. 

 "I suppose you know Kim and I haven't taken the next step in our relationship yet?" he murmered. I was shocked. That couldn't be what this was all about? Should I tell him Kim told me? Would that be wrong? Ugh, this was so difficult. I decided to play dumb. 

 "What? No, I didn't know that. I assumed..." trailing off he looked over at me unconvinced. 

 "Now who's lying?" Harry rested his arm on the console and slung his wrist on the wheel leaning his body towards me. "I know you three tell each other everything." 

"Well, not everything," I said defensively. 

 He raised an eyebrow and nodded pompously, "Mhm. How else would I know about Sexual Healing?" I gasped shocked at the betrayal. 

 "That was before I even knew Liam! Don't look at me like that Styles. Kim was just as bad as I was before we met you. Ask her about her forest fantasy one day." I huffed crossing my arms and turning my head away from him pissed off. 

 "That was supposed to be between us," I said sadly. 

 "She didn't mean to spill, but I asked her what she was like before I met her, and she ended up telling me all these stories about different, uh...topics you three would discuss." I gaped at him. "You can close your mouth. I found them quiet flattering," he said with a wink. 

 "I didn't know you went through a 'Harry girl' phase."

I hung my head in my hands and laughed. "I was very confused alright! Besides it was all Kim's fault, she kept sharing videos of you 24/7. What did she expect was gonna happen?" He just laughed at my embarrassment. I punched him in the shoulder "Don't let it go to your head curls. It went away as quickly as it came." I sighed dramatically and put my hand on my heart and faked a pained face, "it was an extremely dark time in my Directioner life." 

He chuckled and inched the car forward again. Geez traffic here was horrible. Wait a minute...that little shit. He completely made me forget about what we were talking about. I flicked my head at him, "Hey, stop changing the subject." 

 He looked guilty, "Caught that huh?" 

 "You know I never let anything go." I watched him to see his reaction. 

 He took a deep breath, "Ok here's the thing Brit. I love Kim. I do, but we've been...off lately." 

"But why Harry? You're so good together. I don't understand." He pulled his shades off and threw them on the dash and rested his head on the wheel.