Humane (Liam Payne)

Chapter 30 ~ Parker

Chapter 30 ~ Parker

*one week later*

I’m trying my best. I’m trying my best not to think of Liam every waking second. Something about him draws be closer, makes me feel secure. I like that; in fact I love it so much I feel the constant need to be close to him, because I know he’ll protect me. After the episode with my parents, he’s never left my side, not that I’m complaining. I love having him around me. I never thought I would say that. 

He’s so sweet; always asking if I’m okay, asking where I’m going, even if I need to use the bathroom. I don’t know what we are. We’re not together as a couple but I feel like a bond was formed between us. If Liam was to disappear from my life, now, in this moment, my walls would come crumbling down. He’s like the glue that holds me together; if he’s gone, I’ll be a pile of broken parts, and that scares me.

As soon as I wake up, I leave my room and go to the couch in front of TV and see that Liam is there wearing a white t-shirt and red joggers. It’s a cute outfit as simple as is it. As soon as I realized how much I depend on Liam, I started to notice little things that I didn’t before. He wears joggers or jeans all the time. He likes plain t-shirts and tank tops, as well. I like his style, it’s so adorable. I would never tell him that on purpose though.

He smiles when he sees me and I return it, wordlessly sitting down next to him. Out of habit, and almost instinct, I lean into him and curl my legs up to my body. He throws and arm over my shoulder but rests it on the couch without actually touching me. I find myself wishing he would, though.

“What are you watching?” I ask Liam.

“I dunno, really. I think it’s something on the nature channel.” He muttered, and I laughed even though it wasn’t funny.

“Lame,” I scoffed, taking the remote and flipping on Disney Channel. “This is much better.”

“Disney Channel? I didn’t know you were into Shake It Up.” Liam mused.

I shrugged and looked up at him. “I didn’t really watch these shows when I was young, so I like them.”

“Oh,” he said. “Well these shows are rubbish anyways. You missed all the good ones.”

What was he talking about? These were okay. “What do you mean?”

“All the good shows ended.” Liam explained. “Did you ever watch That’s So Raven? The Suite Life of Zach & Cody? Hannah Montana? How about on Nickelodeon, like iCarly or Drake & Josh?”

I frowned. “No, I saw none of those.”

Liam’s eyes widened. “How did you not watch Hannah Montana?!”

I burst out laughing. “You did? How would you, did you get that channel in England?” I had heard of those shows but never watched any of them.

“That’s not the point. All the shows on Disney aren’t anything but crap. C’mon. Jessie? Shake it Up? Good Luck Charlie? You’re missing out, let me tell you.” Liam seemed pretty passionate about shows made for nine year olds.

“Whatever. I like the shows now. They’re funny.” I huffed.

After an hour of me laughing and Disney shows and Liam rolling his eyes, I got up to take a shower. I set my phone on the couch and left the room. When I was in the bathroom, I thought of Liam talking about kids’ shows. It was highly amusing to convince me which ones were good and which ones weren’t. Who knew? I catch myself laughing at Liam’s cuteness. This is no unlike me. Blushing and giggling over a boy.