Liam looked surprised as I opened the door.
“Z-zoe, what a lovely surprise” he smiled warmly at me.
He welcomed me in.
“So what are you here for?” he asked.
“Vanessa wanted to decorate the Christmas tree with Niall so I came here” I explained shortly.
“Well I was about to get my tree out as well, so do you want to help?” he inquired.
“Sure, why not” I smiled at him.
We decorated the tree and Liam lifted me up so I could pace the star on top, not my fault I was born short.
I crawled under, finding the light switch behind the tree and flicking it on. I backed out, finding Liam sitting on the couch, watching me.
“What are you staring at?” I asked.
“You”
He was so cheesy but so cute and gentlemanly at the same time.
“Lets watch a movie” he spoke.
I nodded in agreement, settling down on the couch and watching him pick a movie.
“What about toy story” he asked.
I nodded, I was used to watching kids movies, Vanessa had a keen interest in Disney especially and owned all the Tinkerbell movies, yes I had been forced to watch them all with her. Sometimes she didn’t even tell me what was going on, I would just walk in the kitchen after smelling popcorn and ask her what she was doing. ‘Oh your watching a movie with me’ she would say. I didn’t mind though, not like I had anything else to do.
I was snapped out from my thoughts when a warm blanket was draped over me. I was lifted into Liams lap, his warm lips pressing to my cheek.
I wasn’t one for cuddling, or affectionate actions, it didn’t suite me well, maybe due to my parents, they didn’t praise me and give me their full attention. I did feel alone and rejected at home, so I was resistant to let anyone into my life, Liam was respectful and such a softy, he was a proper gentleman also, his loyalty to me was astonishingly good.
On the several occasions that we had been out on dates his eyes only focused on me, not looking over at anyone, even that busty waitress we had one evening. He wasn’t interested in anyone except me and he was quite the cook.
He worked as a chef at a restaurant, specialising in deserts and pastry, damn they were so good.
I snuggled deeper into his chest, resting his arms on my stomach and rubbing small circles into his hand.
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I totally fell asleep on him last night because I woke up in his bed, my first reaction was to jump up and get out, which I did, causing him to wake up. He looked at me sleepily.
Liam’s POV
I woke up to a rush of coldness, Zoe was standing right in front of me, from what the expression on her face was showing I knew I made a mistake last night.
“Zoe, I’m sorry” I gushed.
She walked out of the room quickly so I jumped up, running after her.
“Zoe I’m sorry, I was tired” I explained.
She turned around.
“You know how I feel about this sort of thing” she fumed.
She’s right I did know, she had a sort of fear to this sort of thing. She hadn’t received enough love as a child and I guessed she didn’t know how to show it now as an adult. She had developed mistrust in everyone and I knew she didn’t trust me fully enough yet.
I reached out for her shoulder, as she flinched back.
“I’m sorry but I only wanted to hug you to sleep, and you were already sleeping, and I didn’t want to leave you on the couch” I rambled quietly.
I just hoped she would forgive me, I didn’t want to crush our relationship.
“No, I get it, it’s alright” she muttered.
“I’m sorry” I apologised again.
She nodded, turning around and walking out slowly.
“Your such an idiot” I whispered to myself.
She was probably going to ignore me or something. I ruined it, I ruined it so badly.
But I had to make it up to her.
