Baby Boom || Liam Payne <Complete>

Chapter 39: Confusion

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Liam's POV

"What the hell is the matter with you?!" I yell harshly into the phone.

"Awe, come on babe. You know you liked it." Her high voice sounds through the receiver.

"It mean't nothing, okay?! I love Jessica. Not you. What happened, was a mistake." I say through clenched teeth.

"Don't put this all on me Li. It takes two to tango and last time I recall, you were begging me to-"

"Stop!" I yell. "Just stop! I fucked up, okay! I was frustrated."

"Sexually frustrated." She corrects.

"Do you not understand what "stop" means, Sophia?! God damn." I huff annoyed.

"I do actually. You know what? Maybe I should just tell this girl myself seeing that you aren't. I mean, who knows what may happen after you didn't bother to protect yourself." I freeze, not daring to move another muscle.

"What?!" My eyes grow wide.

"Yes, Liam. You were an irresponsible prick that night. You didn't even care. The only thing you cared about was fuc-"

"You're lying!" I accuse.

"Am not. Now, I gotta go. It was nice talking to you and I'll keep you updated to see if you've created another little monster." She laughs and ends the call.

"Fuck!" 

Jessie's POV

Have you ever felt so hurt, or confused.... possibly even both, that you just take a moment to sit, and think?

You think about everything and anything. You think about the decisions you've made in your life, or the mistakes you've performed that could've possibly led up to all the crap that goes on in your life at the moment.

I have.....and it's what I'm doing right now. I left Li's apartment after I saw his phone. I guess you can say I fled. It's what I do best. I run from all my problems, thinking I can pass them up and leave them in the dust. Never to be reconsidered, or even thought of. We all know it doesn't work though. It just doesn't. For some sad, annoying reason we just can't run from our problems. Our fears. Our doubts.

But I guess that's what makes the world go round, right? Being forced to deal with the messes we might've created or the problems God put in our path to try and jump over. 

I refuse to believe it. I refuse to believe any word out of the few little letters that were sent to Liam. And it was an anonymous number. But the freaking "<3 Sophie" is what's killing me.

Could it have been a mistake? Could she possibly.... just possibly have texted him on accident? And could it just have possibly been a misunderstanding on my part?

My answer is silence, confusion, and an unanswered series of questions. 

"Oh Jessieboo!!" I hear a loud holler at my front door. Smiling slightly, I get up and open my door. Only to be faced with some of my favorite people in the world.

"Hey guys." 

"Babe! I missed ya!" El practically screams before attacking me in a hug. I hug back, and see Lou pouting at us. 

"Fine. Don't say hi." He stomps his way into the flat. Both El and I giggle. Retreating from El, I turn to Lou, who has now decided racing (crawling) Jake to the imaginary "finish line" was the best way to ignore me. I laugh at the sight as Lou strokes his arms in the air, almost in slow motion.

"Lou, you have 10 seconds to give me a hug because I desperately need one right now." I say with my arms open. Nearly falling flat on his face, Louis scrambles to get up from the floor leaving a puzzled Jake on the ground. Sprinting my way, he steps on a Mega Block Jake was playing with earlier and grabs his foot in pain.

"Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow." He hops on one foot. El bellows in laughter as Jake blindly laughs with her, not really caring his Uncle was in terrible pain.

"You big goof!" I exclaim before going up to him and wrapping my arms around his wide chest. He chuckles, still slightly in pain, but seems to forget about it when he hugs me back. 

Seconds, possibly even minutes go by as the only movement in the room was El claiming she was going to take Jake to the kitchen for some juice, and getting up to leave. I've literally been having a debate about whether to tell Louis about what happened or not. It wasn't until Louis said, "You okay down there, little one?" that I was snapped out of my little "trance."

I exhale deeply. "I think Liam cheated on me." I murmur, barely above a whisper.

Louis does something I didn't think he would do. He laughs. "Oh Jessica!" More chuckling fits. "Liam wouldn't do that! You silly little duckling! He's too responsible and mature to even think of it! He wouldn't do that to you, Jess. And the boys and I wouldn't let him hurt you because we all know you've been hurt so many times before." Lou suddenly turns soft and serious, which is rare, as he looks me in the eye holding me by my shoulders.

"Sophia sent him a message on his phone saying, and I quote, 'Round to at my place' There can't possibly be another explanation, Loubear." I say, somberly using his pet name.

"Awe, Jess. I won't lie, it's quite bizarre but there might be a back sotry behind it. Don't get too ahead of yourself just yet, Jessie. I'll do a little detective work to see what's going down." He winks, reassuring me.

"You're right." I say convincingly, though, who am I fooling? Oh right. Myself.

"That's my girl!" Lou laughs as he lightly smacks my shoulder.

"Whatever." I smile slightly as I push him back. "Hey, don't you have to start packing?" I say, realizing tour starts in a week or so. Lou thinks for a moment. 

"Oh yeah, huh?" He trails.

"Jessie! Can I just keep him?!" El squeals as she walks into the room with a sleeping Jake.

"Go right ahead!" I joke. "Hey guys, is it just me or have you noticed....Jake sleeps a lot. Like, a lot, a lot." I tilt my head in concern. El's brow creases in reminisince.

"You know what...that's true, Jess. He does. Almost every time we're here he's asleep. Though, it's more than normal." She points out.

"Actually, yeah. You're right, Jessie. He is a baby though, but is that normal? Maybe it is?" Louis comments.

"I don't know..." I trail thinking of a check up. "I mean, Jasmine had hypersomnia, but you don't think..." El and Lou look at me like I hit a target. "No, he couldn't." I say, doubtfully. As if it was out of the question. The couple looks at me with a pressing stare. "Could he?" 

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