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Chapter 19

"No.." I hear Liam mumble in his sleep. I turn over so that I'm looking him right in his face. My head is still a little sore, and sleeping wasn't really an option right now. I just wanted admire Liam's beautifully sculpted body laying next to me so peacefully.

Well.. I thought he was sleeping peacefully.

I laid my hand gently on his muscular arm that was extended across my body. He was extremely tense for a man who was sleeping.

"NOOOO.." He says a little bit louder, and I comes out more like a moan. I wanted to know exactly what he was thinking about.

Just then, his tense arm wraps all the way around my back and pulls me closer to him, and I dig my head into his shoulder.

"Wake up..wake up please" he says and I look up at his still shut eyes. He has to be dreaming. I put my head back into his shoulder, and try to sleep through his mumbling.

"She WILL remember me!" He yells and I feel his tears running onto my face. He is having a nightmare about me. I have to wake him up.

"Liam!" I say while shaking his body lightly, but it isn't waking him up. I sit up on my knees and shake his arm, but he is still crying in his sleep. I can't take his face so upset like this anymore. I scoot up closer to his face, still on my knees. I take both of my hands to cradle his face.

"Liam!" I say in his face, and his eyes shoot open.

"Oh my god.." He says sitting up and bringing me to straddle him, I hug him so hard. He is breathing really hard and he is sweating. I break the hug and take my hands to wipe his tears.

"I'm sorry I did this to you" I begin to cry. His expression goes from scared to super concerned.

"You didn't do anything to me except give me the love of my life.." He says to me in my ear.

"No" I argue " I gave you these terrible nightmares and I'm sorry, I did that to you!" I cry into my hands.

He places both of his hands on my shoulder blades and pushed me into his face. I remove my hands from my face, and as soon as I do, Liam eagerly pushes at my lips.

Slightly turned on from the gesture and the way I'm straddling him, I am just as hungry for his lips as he is for mine.

"Don't ever leave me" he whispers into my mouth.

I back away from the kiss and look into his eyes for a long time, before rolling over back to my spot on the bed.

I wait and watch Liam's eyes close and him fall back into a peaceful sleep.

I roll over and try to catch some sleep myself.

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I wake up to the smell of fresh coffee brewing and breakfast food. Of course liam isn't in bed with me when I pull myself out of the large covers.

Stepping down the stairs with extra caution, I inch closer to my beautiful living room.

I have a lot to do today. Between actually recording my parts for our new album "Salute". I also have to discuss the details with Liam about flying back to St.Paul to see my father.

"Good morning gorgeous!" Liam says with a soft smile on his face as he pours coffee into two mugs.

"Gorgeous is the last adjective I'd use to describe me" I say rubbing my slightly chapped lips together and trying to run my fingers through my tangled hair.

"Well.. It's one of the many first adjectives id describe you with" he says looking me into my eyes with a more serious face.

"Well thank you" I smile at him "so I think it's time we talk about going back to St.Paul to see my dad"

Liam's expression hardens before he lets out a long sigh..

"I can't believe you still want to do that.." He trails off shutting his eyes tight and then rubbing them with his hands.

I just stare hardly at him. I want to do this. I need to do this, I need closure.

"Whenever you want to go darling" the rolls his eyes and then sends me a small wink to confirm he was just joking around with me, which I already knew.

"In a week? Could we go that soon?" I say concerned about how much everything may cost.

"I was thinking more like.. Tomorrow." He says "let's get this over with.. Please."