Nothing Like Us (Liam Payne Fan Fiction)

Chapter 3

Makaela's POV

I exited my first class…without my boyfriend.  I turned the corner to get my book when I heard a geeky voice.

"I'm s-sorry Ed, I didn't hear you" oh this nerd sounds scared. When I looked I recognized the lad.

"Liam?" I say to myself.

"Mhm, I'm sure you didn't, hey guys, y'all did a pretty good fixing his nose! What else needs fixing? Maybe a cheekbone?" Ed and his friends smirked.

 "This is my new jacket!!" Liam says in a worried tone.

Why am I here? I should go tell those dicks something. They can't hurt me. They won't.

 "You think buying a black jacket would make you look cool?! You're not even that smart?! I don't know why I ever asked you to do my homework!" Liam began to sniffle a bit. I knew he was crying. Dammit. Makaela move.

Next thing I hear is Liam groan in pain, falling to the ground. MOVE.

"HEY!" I screamed. Ed’s head makes its way towards me. "Hey Makaela, came to help us?”

"Of course!!" I say sarcastically but of course he doesn’t sense any of it. Liam looks up at me, his nose is bleeding from what I can see without making eye contact.

"Do the honors Makaela" one of Ed's crew gestures for me to take a punch. I bend down and Liam flinches. I place my hand on his back giving him a tissue from my bag, and look back up to Ed. "Why don't you dickheads get to class before I get Drew to beat you guys today at lunch" I gave them a happy look.

They open their mouths, about to speak when a teacher voice travels through the hallways "BOYS AND GIRLS, GET TO CLASS NOW."

Liam nuzzles his face into my neck to hide his now bruised cheek and bloody nose. I help Liam up and walk down the hallways while Ed and his lollipops walk the opposite direction.

We kept walking until we reached the restroom.

"Wait!!" Liam said taking a step back. "What?!"

"That's the girls restroom" he said calmly.

 "Liam…" I grab his arm and force him into the girls restroom. He sat on the sink and looks up, holding the tissue, to prevent the blood from falling.

 "Your cheek is swelling" I carefully touch his cheek. "Yeah that's what happens when somebody punches you." he snaps.

Well that was rude.

 I walk to get toilet paper from the stalls and walk back to him. "Don't move" I tell him. He looks down and removes his glasses, placing them on the counter. He wipes his eyes still looking down.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be a jerk a second ago. I'm not like that." He says. I picked up his head using my hand, bringing his head up by his chin. I met his eyes. They were filled with sadness, he looks attractive, something the girls here don’t see.

Liam POV

This is embarrassing. I shouldn't crying, I regret snapping at her. Ugh, I probably seem annoying to her. Tears start to fall out of my eyes. I took off my glasses, looking down. I feel her cold hands under my chin. This is not really happening? I looked into her eyes. They were so beautiful. By the look on her face I could tell she felt my pain.

 She carefully placed the paper towel under my nose wiping the blood. Gross. I feel even worse letting her take care of me like I'm some kind of baby but she's here. I can’t waste this moment.

"You don't have to do that." I said still looking into her eyes, but she’s focused on my nose. "Nah, it's cool" she walks to the trash can to dispose the bloody paper towel.  "What time is it?"

 "10 more minutes til third cla-"

"Liam, why didn’t you fight back?"  she interrupts.

"What do you mean? I could never sta-"

"Why not at least try? They shouldn't get the reaction they want.” Makaela moves closer to me, taking my hands. I got this weird feeling in my stomach, a good weird feeling.

Makaela's POV

I take his hands. I want to help him. Help him understand that he can get through this. Even though I don't have any feelings towards Liam I still feel bad that he has no one. Well from what I saw, he has no one.

"Liam..."  his eyes wide. “you can” I whisper.

As soon as I finish the sentence, the bell rings. Girls will be running in the restroom in no time. I quickly lead him out the girls restroom before anyone sees us. "Stay out of trouble" he shrugs in reply. As of that, I went to third period.