New Boy (Liam Payne Fanfic) /discontinued/

Chapter 14

Liam and I walk up to Bella's door. I don't know how I feel about this double date. I never thought I would ever go on a double date with Harry and Bella for two reasons. One: I never thought I would get a boyfriend. Two: I always thought Bella and Niall would stay together. Liam knocks on the door and Bella quickly answers it.

"Come in! Come in!" She exclaims, clearly excited. I can't help but laugh. I'm glad that she's happy with Harry. I'm sure this date will be fun. At least I hope it will be.

Liam and I walk into the house and immediately take our shoes off. It's some sort of rule or something here. Harry is sitting on the couch in the living room, flicking through the channels on the TV. Bella gives him a stern look and he turns it off.

"So what are the plans for tonight?" I ask. I honestly have no idea what we're doing. I begged Bella to tell me but she wouldn't relent. Apparently it's supposed to be some sort of surprise. But now that I'm here I can't bare the suspense any longer.

She sighs dramatically and leads us to the kitchen. On the counter is all the supplies needed to make cupcakes. This will be interesting. At least Bella seems excited. I try to hold back my groan of disapproval. I can tell that Liam isn't too happy either. Now I understand why she wanted this to be a surprise. She must've known that if she told us the plans beforehand then we would've declined. I have to admit, we probably would've.

"Well hold your excitement, why don't you?" B says sarcastically. Harry chuckles and sits down at the dining table.

I give her an apologetic look. "I'm sorry, B. Baking just isn't my thing..." Liam nods in agreement.

"Well Harry and I like baking so you guys just have to put up with it," she states with a stomp of her foot. Dramatic much? I shake my head and laugh uncomfortably.

"Okay, Bella. We'll bake cupcakes with you," Liam gives in. That jerk...

"Yay!" She jumps up and claps her hands together. Why do I have to be friends with the incredibly weird ones?

As Harry, Bella, and Liam help get everything ready I let my mind wonder. Sometimes it's so easy to forget that Bella used to be the most popular girl at school in the eighth grade. Sometimes it's easy to forget that I didn't even have friends until Bella decided to talk to me. I always forget the fact that I've only known Liam for a little over two weeks.

"Are you going to help or not?" Harry asks me, pretending to be angry.

"Watch it Curly. I won't take attitude from you," I warn him.

The four of us share a laugh. Eventually they force me to join in. Liam and I gather the ingredients when they're needed as Harry and Bella mix them together. I have to use the beaters, even though I try to refuse them. Damn Bella for making me go through this. It's even worse when the three of them try to dip their fingers in the batter!

After I finish mixing it Liam and Harry get put in charge of putting the mix into the little cupcake papers. Leave it to them to goof off and mess with the batter while doing it. After as much of the batter is put into papers as we can get, there's still some left. And of course we have to have fun with it.

Bella gets the four of us spoons, but Liam refuses his. "Uh... no thanks," he says, shaking his head.

"Why? It's just a spoon," Bella asks.

He shrugs. "I just don't... I just don't like spoons. That's all," he tells us.

"Oh my gosh. Is Liam afraid of spoons?!" Harry laughs.

Bella and I start to giggle, making Liam blush a bright red. "Shut up. I know it's unusual," Liam says. I smile at him and give him a big hug.

"Don't worry about it," I tell him. "Everyone has a weird fear. Louis is afraid of birds for crying out loud."

"Doesn't he follow pigeons around calling them Kevin?" Liam asks.

"Yes," Bella, Harry, and I reply in unison. The four of us crack up. Bella hands Liam a rubber spatula and the three of us dig into the bowl.

As I lick the spoon some of the batter drips onto the front of me shirt. Bella starts to laugh her head off. I don't even get what's so funny.

"It looks like Kevin pooped on you!" She gasps through her laughter. I look down at my shirt. She's right. It does sorta look like bird poop. That's disgusting. I grab for a napkin and try to clean the cupcake mix from my shirt.

As the cupcakes bake in the oven Bella, Harry, Liam, and I sit in the living room. Bella and Harry start to talk about how it would've been fun if we made it a triple date with Zayn and Grace. Then I get an idea...

"You should talk to Harry," I whisper to Liam.

"We talk all the time. Why?" He whispers back.

"No. I mean about joining the band," I tell him.

"Oh. Okay..." He trails off. He clears his throat and gages Harry into a conversation about it. Bella and I start to talk.

"I'm so glad that Harry and I are finally together, Lyssa," Bella gushes.

"I'm happy for you," I say. I mean it. I'm very glad that Bella is happy. She deserves it. And if she's sure that she loves Harry then it's even better that she's with him. I want her to be happy. Bella means everything to me. She helped me out of my darkest times.

"Thank you so much. If it wasn't for you and Louis then Niall would've never broken up with me and I would have to do it myself. I sound terrible for saying this but I'm glad he found out from you," she admits.

I nod. I don't necessarily agree with her. I think it would've been better if Niall found out from her. I hate that Louis and I had to be the ones to warn him something was up. The look on his face... Well at least Bella didn't have to see that.

"Good news!" Liam and Harry say simultaneously.

"What?" I ask.

"Liam has an audition for the band on Monday," Harry explains.

"That's great!" I say at the same time as Bella says, "Liam wants to join the band?"

"Yep. I sing you know," Liam tells her. She shrugs. The timer for the cupcakes goes off and Harry is ordered to take them out and out the new ones in. After some grumbling he finally gets up and goes into the kitchen.

Finally all the cupcakes are done and cooled off. We all sit at the table and start to frost them. I have to admit, it isn't all that bad. When we finish frosting the last of the cupcakes, we get rewarded with one of the delicious treats.

Just as Bella is about to take a bite of hers, Harry takes it from her hand. He smears the frosting over his lips. It's a very strange site to see. What the heck is Harry even doing?! The three of us stare at him in complete shock.

"You want the frosting? Come and get it," he says to Bella. He wiggles his eyebrows and winks at her. Liam and I pretend to gag as B leans in to kiss the frosting covered Harry. The give us a glare, which just makes us laugh.

When we have to leave Bella makes us take a couple cupcakes to go. I'm not objecting because these things are actually really good! I give Bella and Harry a hug before I head outside. Liam and I leave, hand in hand. He drives me home, which is only down the street.

I'm about to get out when he stops me. "Alyssa?" He asks.

"Yeah?" I respond.

"I had fun tonight," he says.

"Me too," I agree.

"I'll see you soon." He leans over and I meet his lips halfway. It's a sweet and simple kiss. Regardless of how short it is, it's still perfect. I feel fireworks every time we touch. It's a feeling I never want to stop having.

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