You And I

Chapter 12:

Syd:

That night I laid awake in bed staring at the ceiling playing the words over in my head. He told me he loved me. I knew I liked him but did I love him? I was laying there unable to sleep and I finally decided to go for a walk to clear my head. I grabbed my phone and slipped on one of Niall's hoodies before slipping on my converses and walked outside. I walked down the street just letting the fresh air take the stress away.

I was walking past Liam's house when I heard screaming, I don't know who would be at his house at this hour and why there would be a screaming match going on. I walked up the steps and knocked on the door but no one answered. I twisted the knob and pushed, the door opened right up. I walked in and Liam was standing over a girl while she was almost in tears.

"Li?" I asked and he spun around and saw me standing there. His eyes went wide and he ran over to me in the doorway. I hadn't planned on coming here but he's the best person to talk to. The girl rolled her eyes as he pulled me into a hug as a tear ran down my face. The last relationship I was in, he used me to get sex and when he didn't get what he wanted he tried to rape me. Instead I hit him with my lamp and ran out of the house in nothing but my bathrobe.

She just scoffed and stormed off down the hall. "Who is that?" I asked as he just sighed. "That is my ex girlfriend that is trying to get back with me. She's been here since about 10 and won't leave." He said as he walked into the kitchen and he made us both hot chocolate.

"Why won't she leave?" I asked.

"She's drunk." He said.

"Oh." I said.

I sat down on the stool at the island and he sat across from me. "So what brings you over here at almost 1 in the morning?" He asked sipping his drink.

"Niall said he loves me." I said as Liam spit his drink into the sink as he coughed slightly.

"Wait he what?" He asked a shocked look on his face.

"He said he loves me." I said again with a small smile on my face.

"Do you love him?" He asked.

"That's why I came here, I don't know if I do or not." I said the smile dropping and I started to feel guilty.

"I know what you mean, I takes a while until you really know you're real feelings about someone." He said.

"But I feel bad because I didn't say it back, I just smiled at him like a loon." I said sipping my drink.

"At least you didn't up and leave him, run off to the bar and get drunk, UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE!" He yelled clearly meaning his ex who was doing lord knows what.

I was just about to say something when my phone started ringing and Niall's face popped up on my phone. I answered and he started asking questions. "I'm fine, Liam asked me to come over for some help with ex girlfriend removal, I'll be home once I'm done here. I love you." I said and hung up.

"So you do love him?" He asked.

"How can I not?"