My Drunken Mistake

Those Three Words

Those Three Words

***LIAM'S POV***

I know walking out of that hospital room would probably screw my friendship with Alexa up, especially since I promised to always be there for her. "God Liam. You really are awesome at screwing things up." This annoying voice in my head says. It's been there ever since Alexa quit talking to me.

Three fucking months of nothing but unreturned texts, unanswered phone calls, ignored visits. Complete and total silence. Three whole months of it. Today is their big gender reveal party and I wasn't even fucking invited. I'm their supposed best friend and yet everyone including El and Perrie were invited.

I guess that's why I'm sitting here doing shots of Patron and drinking beer at this shithole of a bar. Four shots and two beers in I realize that I shouldn't have to wait for an invitation to just go to this big party. I know where Alexa lives and I'll just show up.

Luckily Alexa's house is just a few streets down from the bar because Lord knows I shouldn't be behind the wheel right now. I can barely see straight let alone be able to drive a car. I pay my tab and manage to somehow stumble my way to the door.

Once outside, I try to let my eyes adjust to the bright light of the sun. When they finally do I look at my surroundings and try to remember which way leads to Lexie's house. My feet sure seem to remember because they start moving my body before my mind can catch up. Before I know I'm outside of Alexa's door. I think about knocking but decide against it so that they can't slam the door in my face.

I turn the doorknob and push the door open. Everyone inside turns to see who is late to the party. Just me guys. I move further into the room and my gaze lands on Lex, god she looks so damn beautiful. And her stomach has gotten so big since I last saw her. It really suits her.

"Those should be my babies...I really should apologize to Lex. We need to make up." I mumble to myself.

Louis rushed towards me, his hands balled into fists. His temper was already getting the best of him. My glazed eyes tried to focus on Louis. God he moves really fast when he's mad.

"You..." I growled. "You did this...you scum...you...you..."

Louis looked scathingly at me. "Get yourself out of here, mate. This is our party. You weren't invited."

I laughed, "That is where you are wrong, 'mate.' This is Lexie's party. She wants me here, I know it."

At this point, everyone turned toward Alexa, who was crying. She shook her head, which seems to answer the unasked question hanging in the air.

I felt my face turned red. Louis relaxed for a moment. Big mistake mate.

I grabbed Eleanor's arm quite roughly and pulled her to me, pressing my lips to hers. She tasted like jealousy and expensive champagne. Finally, I pulled back, regret already filling my eyes. Or shame. Or just sadness, I don't know. Louis punched me right before Alexa, who had magically materialized at El's side, landed her own blow...directly onto her cheek.

I have enough time to react after Lou's punch to stop Eleanor from attacking Alexa. Instead of El's punch landing on Alexa's face it hits mine just a little bit above where Louis' did. My head snaps to the side and before El can do it again I shove her back into Louis, "Stop! Are you crazy El? She's pregnant!"

"I don't care! The bitch shouldn't have hit me! God, she just has you and Lou wrapped around her little finger doesn't she?" Eleanor screams back.

When I turn to look at Alexa who still has a few tears streaming down her face she gasps before gently cupping my chin in her hands, "Oh my God, Liam! You're bleeding. Come on, let's get you cleaned up."

She takes my hand and gently leads me towards the stairs. As we are walking away we can faintly hear Louis and Eleanor still fighting in the living room. I can tell that Lex is struggling to make it up the stairs after she takes the first few steps. I place my hands on her lower back to help her. She softly thanks me. As we make it to the top landing she pulls me towards the bathroom door before pushing me inside and making me sit down on the closed toilet lid.

I watch her bustle around the bathroom gathering up the items she needs to tend to my battle wounds. "God, she's so perfect and I'm so in love with her." That voice whispers again.

***END OF LIAM'S POV***

I can hear the sounds of Lou and El still fighting downstairs so I close the door, leaving it cracked just a bit. I still want to hear what El and Lou are saying.

I wet a washcloth and wring it out before turning back to Liam and gently washing off his bloody lip. He winces as I apply a little more pressure to get the already dry blood off. I then turn back to the sink and get a cotton ball and soak it in the disinfectant. I rub it over Liam's cut and hear him curse under his breath lightly.

Finally I speak up, "Liam why are you doing all of this?"

He just gets up from his place perched on the edge of the toilet seat and paces back and forth, a hand running through his golden brown hair. A messy hair that makes me want to run my fingers through it. I mentally slap myself, "Okay Alexa. You need to concentrate." My brain says but my heart feels otherwise.

"I...I..." He stammered.

I sighed and shook my head. I'm too tired of this.

"Liam, look I'm too tired and I want to go rest. So tell me why you would come here drunk and why would you kiss Eleanor in front of all those people!" I try not to show how hurt I was by that kiss. However, my hormones had other plans. Liam stopped pacing and his face immediately shows regret.

He quickly walks towards me and cupped my face in his hands. He put his forehead against mine and closed his eyes.

"I'm so, so sorry Alexa. For hurting you, for making you cry, but mostly I'm sorry for bailing on you when you needed me the most. I'm so sorry." He whispered.

It took me a second before I realized that he was crying and that I was crying too. Liam let my face go and wrapped his arms around as far as my belly let him. And I hugged him back.

"I was jealous." He said, and I looked up at him shocked.

"Jealous?" I asked.

"Yes, I was jealous seeing you and Louis together. Being happy about the babies. For a moment hated him." He said and I gasped. Him hating Louis, but why?

I was at a loss for words, "B-but why?" I asked. He let go of me and laughed humorlessly.

"Because you would never see me that way Alexa. For you I'm just your best friend, the guy you call when you're heartbroken. I hate him because he broke your heart. I hate him for not realizing what he has with you. I hate him because he's the father of your babies. Babies that I wish were mine, because dammit Alexa!" He suddenly yelled. "I'm in freaking love with you! You're my entire world and I don't care that you're having his babies, I still love them as if they were mine. Why? Because you are their mother, you are the girl that has my heart in her hands and doesn't even realize it! Dammit!" He quickly grabbed me and whispered, "Because I love you." Then his lips crashed against mine.