Love, Laila (ON HOLD)

10| In Joana's Shoes

I look out of the window and see darkness. Rain. Moon. And...Laila? Wait...Liam too?

She was walking towards the door as Liam was still in his car. After she closes the door behind her, I close my window curtains. I make a little dance and jump on the bed, face first. A wide smile spreads on face at the thought of him.

His perfect jaw, hair, blue icy eyes, piercing through my soul as he looks at me. The way he looks at me makes me want to explode. I will die happy if I that actually happens. A funny story actually, when I knew we were getting invite to our neighbors and they were the Stars, I nearly fainted. Seeing your childhood crush after a whole decade isn't something you'd witness everyday.

An obnoxious scream enters my ears and I already know it's Aiden.

"It's a robber! Robber!" Aiden screams. Every time someone rings the door bell, Aiden starts freaking out. Aiden is 8 at the moment, and he's already working as a doorbell. Nice. I'm lucky mama isn't home.

"Who is it?" I peep through the hole and immediately flush. It was Liam, looking as hot as always. The rain falls on his hair and traces his perfect face. God I could stay here forever. Admiring  this Greek god.

I swing the door open and he engulfs me into a hug. The rain on his leather jacket pours on my sweater, but I didn't care. Liam was holding on this hug for a good 3 minutes. I dig my face into his chest, smelling a bit of smoke. No doubt Liam had smoked before coming here, but....Liam never smoked before?

I let go of the hug, about to give him a lecture about smoke and it's cons before I see his eyes. He was hurt, devastated and..angry? Liam was never like this. I wonder what made him go downhill...really downhill.

"Bad day?" I ask timidly.

"You have no idea," he gets off his wet jacket and stands still, I think he's lost in thought.

"Let's go up to my room," I suggest, because..like he would, because he won't be plopping on my couch, not to mention soaking wet.

We both sit on the bed quietly, and I'm trying to comfort Liam by my best abilities.

"What's been on your mind?" I ask to break this thin air.

"Iris and I broke up," he says quietly and bluntly. I see his eyes mingling around my room, and by the expression and smirk on his face, I could tell he likes it.

I could see through his eyes, hurt and pure sadness...he's never like this...the Liam I know is a strong, helpful, amazing human even through his past break ups..he was never like this. I could see how much Iris meant to him, "I'm so sorry," was all I could say at this very moment, "I believe she meant a lot to you."

He looks up to my eyes and lets out a chuckle, so quiet I barely heard it, "She didn't mean shit to me," he snapped in a whisper-shout, and I start shifting away from him by fear, "Its just that...there's this girl I like, and I dated Iris as a distraction from her, and now she's gone," he continued to talk and I couldn't help but shift further. He gently pulled me towards him, noticing my mood swing. My chest started to burn and I realized something, making my chest turn to ashes, Liam, my crush, doesn't like me...and I can't do anything about it.

"And now what's hurting me more is that she won't accept me," he says weakly, and I'm still in shock of the whole situation. He...he..no. A Boulder is getting smashed to my face as he keeps talking.

"Why don't you talk to her instead? Maybe she'll be interested?" I frustratingly snap at him, tired of being dig into whole, alive, but tied into ropes. My eyes were now glossy, and Liam seems to be taken back by what I said, "God dammit, Liam can't you see I-"

I was abruptly cut off by a weird sensation in my stomach, and when I found out the source, I couldn't even react, expect by kissing him back.

That's right, Liam Stars was kissing me.

"It's you dumbass," he mumbled against my lips, "You're the one I like, even when you weren't here."

We both smiled against each other lips, and I could taste his cigarette breathe. My lord, Liam Stars.