22 Times [Liam Payne]

20 Times

~" Where is the "good" in goodbye?"~

Chapter 20

"Can you tell me the reason why you fought?" I crossed my arms against my chest, mad at him.

"Just give me a kissy" Liam pouted his lips and I groaned.

"No, Liam. You're an educated lad, you can't fight, violence isn't the answer!"

"I knocked him out so it was the answer after all." Liam said with a smirk.

"It was not the answer. Ugh, you look horrible with your eye and lips bruised. You broke your knuckles! Was the paparazzi made of stone?"

"Actually no, he was just desperate to take a picture of me and 'accidentally' hit my face twice with the camera so I punched him hard." He explained.

"After Paul came and took him away, Liam shouted at the paparazzi 'Get a proper job you dick'. That was hilarious," Harry laughed.

"Yeah well, it was funny but we're still in trouble." Niall laughed.

"Please don't do all this stuff when I'm gone." I rubbed my forehead frustrated. "I don't want to be worried about you and your childish behaviours."

"She called you a child." Niall snorted. I heard Eleanor giggle. Liam shot a glare at me and Niall before sighing.

"Have you talked to your parents again? Have you repeated them that you don't want to go?" Liam's eyes searched mine, I looked down to my fingers and shook my head.

"No, Li. They won't let me stay here."

"If you find another best friend in LA I'm going to kill you and make it look like an accident." Eleanor stated dead serious. I laughed and gave her a short nod.

"You're one of a kind. I won't find another best friend like you." I told her making smile.

"We're gonna miss you badly." Niall chewed the corner of his lips and looked down to the floor.

"I'm gonna miss you all more. I have to get going, I have to pack my things." I kissed Liam's lips and walked towards Eleanor.

"Tell Alexander and Mia I'll see them tomorrow. Bye babe." I hugged her and waved at the boys a goodbye before leaving.

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I really needed to leave the Hospital before I broke into tears. I didn't want to make Liam worry about me when I'm gone. Do you think distance relationship works? I think no, Liam's a singer so I don't think we will have time to communicate.

I opened the door to my house and stepped inside, closing it behind me. I first walked into the living room to take a look and remember how was the living room in my house when I leave, I sat on the sofa and felt tears streaming down my face.

I remembered when Liam came over and asked me to start again as friends. We were sat in this sofa, talking casually not even knowing what was ahead of us. Then a storm came over and the power went out.

I smiled at the memory and stood up, walking upstairs. I entered to my bedroom and lay back on the doorframe and stared at my bed. The memories hit me again; Liam found me hiding, scared of the thunder. He took out his iPhone along with his headphones, and made me listen to Little Things, making me feel better and falling asleep on his arms.

I shook my head and wiped my tears with the back of my hand.

Later that day, when I stopped trying to make myself feel worse, I opened the closet and took out three suitcases, throwing them on the bed. I walked back towards the closet and grabbed my clothes, dropping them on the bed.

"This is hard" I whined, refusing to accept the fact that I was leaving in three days.

I opened the nightstand to take out my underwear and bras, and gasped when I see a signed photo of Liam Payne from One Direction. It was a bit wrinkled and I cursed myself for not taking care of it. I still smiled and remember that time I went with Mia to the Meet and Greet. If it wasn't for Mia, I wouldn't have even know where was Liam.

"Hi" I jumped and turned around, finding Liam with a sad smile standing on my door.

"H-How you got in?"

"The door was unlocked and your doorbell isn't working anymore. I came to help you pack, I want to spend time with you."

"Well," I inhale, "I haven't even started to pack. So you're on time."

"Have you been crying?" Liam pulled me into a hug.

"Yeah" I hugged him back.

"Don't" Liam kissed my forehead, "Let's start packing."

Liam started folding my clothes, wearing one of my panties over his head. I rolled my eyes and took out my shoes, trying to make them fit on the suitcases. I zipped the suitcase closed and sat on it.

"We're almost finished." Liam said, "Let's take a break."

"Okay" I placed everything on the floor and dropped myself on the bed.

"Thank you" Liam suddenly whispered and wrapped me with his arms.

"Why?"

"For coming back and letting me know the truth."

"What are you talking about?"

"Thank you for loving for who I am and not because I'm in One Direction. I just realised that every time you rejected me, you wanted to be with me. If that makes sense..."

"It does. But I'm the one who should thank. So thank you..."

Liam and I looked at each other before pressing our lips together.