Dark Flame - (Liam Payne AU)

Ch. 13

Juliet POV:

We didn't make a stop before going to the hospital. I had to go inside, wearing a tattered dress that Enrique made me wear. I was shaking.

"He's in room 123." The guy said to me. 

"Thank you, so so much." I said. 

"Of course...but I think you need to get checked out. No offense, but you look awful."

"Thanks, but I'll wait. I have more important things to worry about." I said, walking away. Yeah, 'no offense' my ass. Sorry that I look awful. I was just kidnapped for two months and held captive in a basement and I had maybe about 5 showers within that time..yeah, I did smell.

I walked into the room and I saw Liam on the bed, unconcious. There was a doctor in the room.

"Hi, here for a visit?" he asked.

"Yeah."

"Well, you'll have to tell me your relation. Only family is allowed right now until Mr. Payne is out of his coma." Coma?

"I'm his girlfriend."

"Girlfriend? Maybe I'll let it slide." He joked. He looked down at the cigar burns and bruises on my arms. "You okay? We can get you cleaned up." 

"I'm fine. How long until he is out of the coma?"

"Not long. It's medically induced because he suffered a terrible wound to the head. He should have his memory, because we don't think the impact was that bad. You can talk to him and he can hear you."

"Okay, thank you." I said, and then he walked out. "Liam? It's me, Juliet. I'm not dead. I'm okay. I'm alive. I thought about you every single day. I think it is what made me not give up." I started crying. I never thought I would be sitting here again, wondering if Liam was going to live.

-

A few days later, I had been dressed nicer. Zayn came and let me get cleaned up. He also made me go to the hospital and get checked out. Liam woke up from his coma, but I wasn't there when he did. He was sleeping when I walked into the room.

"...Juliet?" He groaned.

"Yes?" I said, running to his bed side. He was sleeping still. 

"Please come back, I'm sorry. It's all my fault." He cried out. "Juliet! Please, I love you."

"Liam, I'm here." I said, shaking him a bit. He rolled over to look at me. 

"Juliet?" He asked, his eyes groggy and half open.

"Yes, it's me." I smiled. Almost immediately after I said that, he sprung up in his bed so fast. 

"Juliet! I-I.." He said, speechless. I silenced him with a hug. He put his arms around me, and I felt the safety and warmth that I had longed for, for two months. He gave me a small kiss on the cheek, and I smiled back at him.

"You're leaving tomorrow, sweetie." I said. "You and I are finally going to be home."

"Home." He smiled, and then laid back down. "..Home" he muttered again, this time with a bigger smile on his face. I reached out my hand and he gladly laced his fingers with mine. 

"Liam," I started, " I have missed you."

"I missed you too." he said, silently drifting off to sleep. I kissed his hand and walked laid my head on the side of his bed until the doctor told me to leave. 

"I'll be back, Liam. Tomorrow morning." I whispered in his ear, kissing him on the cheek. I walked out and met Zayn in the lobby. He told me that he would be staying at Liam's again tonight, so I would feel safe. I never truly felt safe without Liam, but I knew Zayn was just as powerful as him, if not more.

"He's dead." Zayn said on the way home.

"Who?" I asked.

"Enrique. I killed him." 

"By yourself?"

"Yes. I had to. He almost destroyed my best mate, and I don't even want to think about what he has done to you." Zayn said solemnly. "Also, I got a clue from Essie.."

"She's alive?"

"Yeah. Don't know where she is, just found this in his safe." He said, handing me a letter.

Essie  - June 27th, 2014 xx

16. 

"Zayn, this was three years ago!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, I know...but she could still be out there!" 

"Is it her handwriting?"

"How should I know?"

"What if it's Enrique's and he wrote it?"

"He wouldn't. Besides, his handwriting was shit." He laughed.

"Are you going to show Liam?" 

"No."

"Why would you do that?" I demanded. 

"I'm not showing him until he is out of the hospital and back at work."

I sat quietly in the car and began to think. Liam's sister might be out there somewhere. He should have the right to know. He'd be so happy. 

-

The next day, Zayn drove to the hospital. I wondered if he knew that I could have driven myself. 

I went to go get Liam, and he was already gone.

"Liam?" I said aloud. 

"Yeeeeeeees?" I heard from the bathroom.

"What are you doing in there?"

"Shaving." 

"Why?"

"Gotta keep up appearances."

"Well, I think you look good either way." I said as flirty as possible. I really wanted to try and be with him. 

"Oh, do you now?" He asked, opening the door. 

"I do." I said getting close to the door.

"Well, let's get out of here then! I'm sick of this robe. It has no back, so my butt is showing." He said. I just kept thinking 'Is that such a bad thing?' in my head. 

"Oh, really? Let me see." I laughed. 

"Cheeky, aren't we?"

"Very."

After getting dressed, he grabbed my hand and we walked out to Zayn's car. Zayn greeted him with a fast hug and a pat on the back. 

"Come on, Liam." He said.

As we were driving, Zayn mentioned that he killed Enrique. 

"Did you? Please tell me you found something." Liam said.

"I did, actually." Zayn said, looking in the mirror at me. He handed Liam the piece of paper.

"S-she's alive. I knew it.." Liam said. The rest of the way home he began to talk about where she could be and if he could put out a search for her. We listened to it, and Zayn agreed that it would be a good idea to check social media sites first. 

After the long car ride home, Liam and I finally went inside his house together for the first time in 2 months. I missed the clean, wonderful smell of his house. 

"Liam," I started to say, but then he looked down at me. I did the only thing I wanted to do at that very moment.

I kissed him. It was a long, wonderful kiss. His lips were warm and soft,  and mine were a bit chapped. We held the kiss for at least a minute before it broke.

"What was that for?" He asked. I didn't say anything, I just smiled and hugged him. He leaned down to kiss me again, and I let him.

"I've just missed you so much." I said breathlessly.

"I've missed you too, Juliet." He said, continuing the kiss.