Say You Like Me {A Liam Payne Fanfiction}

Chapter 11: On a Scale of One to Jelena...

"I think we should keep our relationship private," his words came out in a rush and he sucked in a breath, holding it.

"I absolutely agree."

He let his breath go, "Look, I know you might be the kind of girl who wants a public relationshi-wait? Did you say you agree?"

I nodded, sipping my coffee.

"Oh, okay. Well that's great."

"And just so you know, I'm not the kind of girl who wants a very public relationship. I do think some publicity is good, but there's a happy median."

"Well, give me a number. On a scale of 1 to Justin and Selena."

I burst out in laughter, "Maybe a four?"

"Okay, good. Now I know. Oh, and the whole reason I think this should be private is because if people knew now, they'd say we're rushing."

Aren't we rushing? I at least thought so...

"Hey, I'm probably going to go. Get freshened up and everything. I think we have something later today."

I really didn't want him to leave, but didn't protest.

I followed him back to my room. He stripped and changed back into the Oxford and his black slacks. He left my sweatshirt on my bed.

"You might want to hurry back to the hotel, people might think something's up since you're wearing that in the middle of the day," I said standing next to my door.

He stood facing me and leaned in and kissed me softly. I could feel my heart pace pick up.

"I'm never going to get used to that,"we had pulledslightly apart and my eyeswere still closed.

He leaned back in for one more before stepping back and frowning.

"I wish I didn't have to go. But I promise we'll hang out at least one more time before we leave."

"I'm guessing I can't go to the airport when you do?"

He let that thought sink in before slowlyshaking his head.

"I'm sorry. I know this is going to be difficult. Not just foryou because I wantyou to come to the airport with us."

He pulled my dooropen and kissed my forehead beforewalking out into thehall. I stood with my hand on the door, "Bye, Liam."

"Bye, love."

I shut the door after him and sighed. This was going to be more difficult than I thought.

~

Of course, the week flew by even though I didn't want it to. Liam and I had lunch on Tuesday at a small restaurant. He told me a lot about what they would be doing next, getting ready for their world tour and recording a new album.

Aubrey called me on Wednesday morning saying that she was going on vacation with her family to Hawaii and if she could, she'd being me to keep her company, but her parents just wanted it to be a family thing, I understood fully and told her everything about Liam. Our undercover relationship, lunch, and how I couldn't go to the airport Friday morning to see Liam off.

"Let me ask my mom something really quick," she said, I could hear her smile over the phone. The line was quiet for a minute, but then her voice inturrupted it, "You can go to the airport."

"No, I can't. If people found out, I'd probably get worse hate the Caroline Flack and Hannah Walker."

"Yes, you can. If you drive my family to the airport, you can see him."

"Oh, my god. Aubrey are you freaking serious?!"

"Yeah, we were originally going to take a cab, but I just changed my mom's mind. She said that'd be better anyways."

"Okay, I'll be at your place early Friday morning! Oh, you are the bestest friend ever. I love you so much!"

"I know, I love you too. But hey, I have to go, my mom s taking me swimsuit shopping."

"Alright, have fun!"

We hung up and I was already stoaked.

~

On Friday morning, I woke up and got ready. I picked out butterfly lace hot coral pink skirt along with a dark blue camisole and paired it with a white crop jean jacket.Iadded my white tote (one of the onlytotes I owned) and strappy sandals. I loosely braided my hair to one side, letting some layers fall out. The ones that did, I took my flat iron and curled them. It went with natural colored makeup and didn't put too much on, who looked this good just for dropping their best friend off at the airport?

I went over to Aubrey's house, taking a taxi over there because her house is a little futher away than my parent's. Aubrey's family already had their bags loaded in the car and they were ready to go. I drove them over there and they all wheeled their luggage into the airport. Of course, it wasn't hard to spot Liam and the other boys; they were being crowded.

Aubrey nudged me, "Go talk to him."

I casually walked over to the small crowd that had formed around the boys, but as I got closer, I began to feel more and more nervous. What if he got mad or upset with me for coming?

Zayn's dark eyes were the first to spot me. The other boys were signing things so Zayn elbowed Liam and nodded in my direction. He finished taking a picture with one girl who was really pretty, and strode over to where I stood seperate from the crowd.I felt a small pang of jealousy to all these girls.

Before he said anything, I rushed out, "I'm sorry, but I had to. I was driving Aubrey over here because she's going on vacation. Are you mad?"

"I was secretly hoping you would come," he had a huge smile on his face, "So I can't be mad."

"I just wanted to see you off..."

"Good," he pulled me in for a hug and I looked over at the other boys, they kept stealing glances and most of the fans were watching and some were taking pictures of us, but some were still occupied with the other four.

Liam moved his head to the side of my face when we pulled out of the hug and kissed my cheek.

"You're pushing it," I said.

"Sorry, I had to."

I looked over at the other boys and Niall was waving me over. Liam and I went back over to the crowd and some asked me questions, but Niall interrpted them.

"Sorry, guys. We've got a plane to catch," Niall pulled me into a tight embrace and whispered into my ear, "Don't worry, I'llkeepLiam on a tight leash."

I laughed as we pulled away andeach of the boysgave me a hug goodbye.

"I'll miss you!" Louis said, putting me in a death-trap hug.

"I'll miss you, too, Louis."

Paul came over and gave me a smile, but told the boys it was time to board the plane.

Liam turned and waved goodbye at the last minute before Paul pulled him into the jet bridge, and they were gone.

I went back over to Aubrey and gave her a hug goodbye.I drove back to her house alone, dropping their car off and getting another taxi to my apartment. I got a text from Liam.

I miss you so much already. I promise, I'll come and visit as soon as I can :) xx