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Engraft Liam

I lost half a chapter Today AGAIN.  I'm..... sad just sad.

Erlien POV

"Hey babe" Liam sighed opening his arms for me. I smiled snuggling in his warmth muttering ever so lowly 'hey'
"Are you okay?" He asked rubbing my upper arm. 'Hmm' I replied feeling tiresome.

"How was school?" He asked.

"So bad, so so bad. It was good never mind."

Liam gave me one of those eyes smiles of his. "Hey don't be too hard on yourself, you'll nail it. Now what's happening?" He said rubbing circles on my upper arm.

"Not if I keep slacking" I said matter of fact, planting a kiss on his clothed chest mindlessly.
"Oh I talked to Noelle today,"

"Yeah, how is she? That little issue with her sister! Are they on good terms now?" Liam asked. I smiled inwardly upon him caring enough to ask about my best friend.

"She's great, guess they're better. Getting there." I replied my mind clouded.

I felt his faint touch on my cheek, I looked up - my chin on his chest.  I sighed knowing there's no running away from telling him; I couldn't help but feel ..... ashamed? Jealous? pathetic?

"Mom and dad are getting a divorce," I bit my lip. Liam's mouth gapped, oh yeah what could he possibly say. I looked away, "I begged them I promised I'd be better, dad wouldn't stop yelling."
"I love them,"

"They looked happy." Liam muttered as if he was talking to self.

"In our family vacations? Maybe," 

"Maybe this is better, they can both live their lives now Erlien."

"But I don't want to have to split the holidays? Two address? Step siblings? I don't want any of that."
Liam' s grip on my upper arm tightened, and soon I felt his kiss on my hair. "I know they love each other,"

"I am sure they did, to make you they surely had so much love."

"Did? Had? Can people fall out of love?" I started hyperventilating.

"I'm sorry, you don't really fall out of love you just realise..."

"It was not love?"

"No, no... they were too focused on their love, everything but it fell,"

"What do you mean?" I pulled myself up.

"To be honest Erlien your parents... they didn't fight for each other. It was like they were jumping too eager on chances each would make a mistake."
I gasped, my eyes widening. Liam took a short breath before apologising, "I'm sorry, I don't know what to say."

I took a side, let's play pretend. I was always guarded. Liam wasn't my first boyfriend but indeed my first serious relationship, yet I still had so much to learn about him unlike me I was an open book. He did earn my trust though, I do trust Liam I do I'm just obsessed with.... crazy in love theory.

What am I even thinking, I surely don't know do you?

And because I know crazy in love theory doesn't exist it scares me, the aftermath!

From my little experience, love never lasts. It never does, why would couples divorce 20 years and more later. Did it take that long, for people to realise 'oh I've been spending my life with the wrong person' I remember needing my parents and not finding either they were both too indulged in their own anger.

"Those who said love comes after marriage were so wrong," I scoffed.

"Yeah it comes," Liam said his tone laced with authority. I looked at him, ready to listen to him prove a point I know is in fact wrong. "But it's more of accustomed or used to - or our kids that we should think about more than ourselves and put before us. If people put that into perspective so much would change."