Behind Closed Doors (Liam Payne fanfiction)

Chapter 11- Bruised Body

'Thanks for being there for me last night, Louis. You have no idea what that meant to me. Im sorry you had to see um.. you know.'

'see what?' he replied.

He didnt remember?

I rolled over and rubbed my eyes. They stung from my late night crying session with louis.

I opened my eyes and gazed up at a familiar pair of chocolate brown eyes.

'Liam?'

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'Liam, I thought you w-were Louis'

'Nope, it's me. Now what were you talking about? What happened last night?' he asked, I could hear the curiosity in his voice.

I can't tell him. I don't want to go through it all again. Some things are best kept as a secret, and this is one of them.

'Oh, it's nothing. I just needed a shoulder to cry on and he was there for me.' I explained.

Liam propped himself up onto his elbow and stared deeply into my eyes.

'im always here for you too, babe.'

he brought his hand up and stroked my cheek. His thumb ran over my skin gently. I closed my eyes at his touch. It felt so right. My cheeks flushed bright red and I heard him let out a silent laugh.

'You're so cute when you blush.' he said.

This only caused me to blush even more. Although I wanted to stay like this forever, I pulled away from Liam and covered my face with my hands.

'Stop it, you're embarrassing me' I said.

He chuckled and I sat up. I kicked my legs over the edge of the bed and stood up. I made my way over to the bathroom and shut the door behind me.

I looked into the large mirror and groaned at my appearance. My eyes were red and puffy from my late night crying session with louis and my hair was a tangled mess. I sighed and reluctantly lifted Liams baggy shirt over my head and off my body. Ew. I looked disgusting. My torso was covered with several large bruises and a couple of old cuts. I then took off the sweatpants and looked down at my legs which were also decorated with many bruises.

As I was looking in the mirror at myself, I noticed the door behind me open and Liam peeked his head round.

'Hey, I just brought some cl-' He stopped midsentence as he looked over my stomach and thighs. Looking at every ugly little detail of my body. I became extremely self concious and picked up the tshirt that was lying on the floor and attempted to cover the front of my body with it.

'Im sorry. Here's some clothes. They're my sister Ruths." he said, handing my the clothes he was holding.

I took them with one hand and mumbled a 'thank you' before he turned and left the bathroom, shutting the door behind him.

Liam just saw me. In only my underwear. I feel like crying, im so ugly and he saw my bruised body in all it's entirety.

I quickly got changed and left the bathroom. I folded the clothes I slept in and placed them at the foot of the bed. I then tidied the bedsheets and piled the pillows neatly. I made my way out the bedroom and down the hall which I was somewhat familiar with. I could smell bacon, eggs and sausages being cooked. My stomach rumbled in response to the mouth-watering smell.

I followed the scent and made my way to the kitchen where all 5 boys were doing their own thing.

First to see me was Louis, we grinned at me and gave me a big hug. I winced as he made contact with my bruises. He instantly pulled away.