Take Me || Niam

Chapter Twenty Nine

Niall's P.O.V

"Look at that one." I smile pointing up at the star.

"Which one, Ni? There are billions of stars up there." Liam chuckles. Smiling as I rest my head against his chest, pointing up at the sky.

"That one! In like the diamond shape!" I giggle. "It's supposed to be like a snakes head, or something." I smiled aimlessly up in the dark.

"Oh, okay. I think I see it." Liam says as he brings his hand up to my hair, playing with it. A comfortable silence settles between us, as we lay in Liam's backyard. It's far enough away from the city that you can see the stars clearly.

"Looking up at the stars makes me miss home a bit." I say softly sighing a bit after. I feel Liam take a deep breath beneath me, not saying anything. "In my room at my mums I had those little glow in the dark stars up on my ceiling, and at my old house. Mum always said just look up at the stars if you're ever missing home, and you'll realize it's not too far away." I smiled mimicking my mum. Silence falls between us as Liam continues running his fingers through my hair. I let out a small yawn as Liam chuckles.

"Is my Ni bug getting tired?" He said kissing the shell of my ear. I let out a big yawn before nodding softly. "Okay, let's get you up to bed." Liam said lifting me up from his chest then picking me up off the ground. I let my head fall into the crook of his neck, letting my arms wrap around his shoulders, I breathe in his scent. His cologne, mixed with mint and cigarettes, it may not be the best smell to some people but it's perfect to me, it's familiar, it's home. I shut my eyes as Liam reached the bedroom. "Do you wanna change?" He lowers his voice, setting me softly on the bed.

"Yeah." I smiled sleepily, "can I wear one of your tee shirts?" I ask blushing a bit.

"Course, love, let me go get you one real quick." He walks to the closet and comes back with a grey tee shirt. Quickly getting up I remove my shorts and hoodie, tossing them Liam way as he tosses me the shirt. I slip the large shirt over my head then dive into bed, throwing the covers over my shoulders as I wait for Liam to come to bed.

"Liam, where'd you go?" I whine as I notice Liam's been gone for a good five minutes.

"Hold on, love I'm on the phone." Liam says as he comes into view with his phone held to his chest.

"Sorry." I give him my best pout, turning onto my side.

"Sorry I took so long, it was Tyler. He was going to have a dinner for us before we go back home." Liam said turning off the lights and climbing into bed behind me, pulling my back toward his chest.

"It's okay. And when's this dinner happening?" I asked resting my left hand over his where it's placed on my hip.

"Friday, and we fly out Saturday at 9 in the morning." He called from behind me. "Are you excited to go home?" I could hear the sleep in his voice.

"Yeah, I miss it. It's great here and all... It's just different, you know?" I say resting my chin on Liam bare chest.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. It gets lonely sometimes traveling a lot for work. I haven't seen my parents since Christmas. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for the things I have and the fact that I travel... It's so much more than most have." Liam vented, "I've never been good at relationships, as you may have noticed already. I just wanted to be with someone who understood me. Someone who's honest with me. It's hard to explain. I was bullied a lot in school, people said nasty things. When I came over here for uni, it was different, I made real friends." Liam sighed.

"And look where you are now, all of those people who were mean to you probably wish they could work for you." I said bringing my hand up to his cheek stroking softly. Turing my head to rest the side of my face on his chest I hear the steady rhythm of his heartbeat. "Liam?" I ask after a few moments to see if Liam's still awake. I find that he is when he responds with a soft 'hmm'. "Were you and Sam really... Like serious?" He obviously know I know about Sam, but I don't think he knows I know as much as I do, the only reason I know as much as I do is because of Jenna. I really only want to see if Liam will be honest with me. I hear a deep sigh come from him.