Run With Me Again

Chapter 16

Well, you guys this is my attempt to write another chapter and see it it'll work out. 

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"Wow, Ade it's been like what? Four years? Good to see you!" Liam smiled brightly at me, as if he never did anything wrong. I lifted my eyes from ground and gave Liam a quick glance before I returned them to the ground.

"Five." I murmured under my breath as I started concentrating on the pebble beside my shoe.

"Excuse me?" Liam asked in confusion.

"Five. Five years." I repeated myself. We were quiet for a moment, as I kept my eyes on fixated on the  pink pebble. 

"Why have you been avoiding me Ade?" Liam broke the silence. I looked up and at him with the most ashamed face ever. As if leaving your best friend at random, and becoming a super star was nothing. My emotions were tugging the strings of my heart. I tried the best I could from crying. "Because I have every right too." I said with watery eyes, and tried my best to look at him even though it was difficult. It's really tough for me to look at Liam in the eye.

"Are you still mad at me?" Liam asked me and then a tear decided to roll down my cheek. 

"Liam," I puffed out a sigh and tried to concentrate on looking at him. "you left me without even saying anything. I waited for you that morning to go run, and it seemed like I waited forever." I said and my voice cracked. My knees felt like jelly, and here I was being weak when I promised myself if I ever saw Liam again I would give a tough façade. I felt like I couldn't stand anymore so I slowly descended down and sat on the ground with my knees to my chest. My eyes were just watery, but I managed to keep them from spilling.

Liam sat down on the ground with me and he crossed his legs. He interlocked his hands together and I just looked at him. "I'm sorry," he said with the brownest, chocolate eyes ever.

"I'm trying to forgive you...but, it's really difficult." I said faintly. He lifted up his finger and traced circles on my knee. The act was familiar because it was what Liam did when he didn't know what to do. He stopped and then looked at me. "You don't have to." he said with sorry eyes. He brought up his knees to his chest also, and rested his head on them.

We locked into a gaze for a moment, and I still saw that thirteen year old boy I was best friends with. The same boy that couldn't spell, tried out for the track team with me, accidentally became my first kiss, and walked with me to school. Behind the beautiful unruly, curly brown hair and muscles I still saw the straight brown hair and skinny boy.

Slowly Liam leaned in forward and his face was inches towards mine. His eyes were slowly shutting, and I quickly moved away. "Liam! Stop! I'm engaged!" I said and he suddenly jerked awake. He looked hurt for a moment and he ran his hands through his hair.

"Y-y-ou're engaged?! When!?" Liam asked with shock. His facial looked clearly surprised, as if this was the first time he heard it.

"Last month." I said and lifted up my hand to show him the ring. His eyes lingered on my ring for a moment and then he looked really sad. "Who are you engaged to?" he asked with his facial expression still hurt as he looked at ground.

"Mikey..." I said quietly and his eyes flickered instantly to mine. He furrowed his eyebrows and his emotion turned from hurt to angry. 

"But you told me you wouldn't go out with him for me." he said unbelievably. Liam pressed his lips in a tight line.

"I thought you were gone out of my life Liam. So it didn't matter if I kept my word or not." I said with anger starting to grow inside of me.

"Do you love him?" Liam said while I was offguard. 

Do I love him? Do I love Mikey? Why is it that I'm about to marry this person, but I couldn't even answer the question with a confident yes.

"I don't know..." I said with a shaky voice. Liam narrowed his eyebrows at me and gave me an ashamed face. He licked his lips and pursed them together. "Do you know what you're getting yourself into Ade?!" he asked, but I kept silent and glued my eyes onto the ground.

"You can't even tell me that you love Mikey, and you're marrying him! You're only twenty for goodness sakes! There's all these great men out here, and you're already settling down with him? Do you love him? Are you sure you love him? That's all I'm asking." Liam yelled at me and I kept my eyes on the ground, allowing every word to sink in. 

I took a deep breath and allowed me to take time to speak. "Liam, do you want to know why I'm marrying Mikey?!" I spat out.

"Why?!" Liam shot back.

I gritted my teeth and shook my head at him. "Because I know that he'll be there for me. Mikey was there for me when the boy I thought I loved wasn't. Everytime, he was there to keep me company. He kept me from being alone in the dark. Ever since then, that's what I realized what I wanted in a guy." I said with a bit of venom. 

Liam looked confused for a moment. He rubbed the back of his neck and opened his mouth, but he closed it. "Who's the boy you thought you loved?" Liam asked calmly.

"You. Liam Payne, but he was already in love with another girl named Audrey. I knew he didn't feel the same way because he already left before it even began." I admitted and I tore my eyes off the ground to look at him in the eye, no matter how hard it was. Liam blinked and I saw a tear shed from his eye. 

"I thought it was the opposite..." Liam trailed off. It stung inside of me, because I didn't want this to happen. "Why would you think that?" I asked.

Liam took a deep breath and ran his hand through his hair again. "The day before I left, we ran that morning. I decided, that I should have asked you if you had feelings for me, like I did for you before I left to audition again. So, I asked you...and you said no without hesitation. And then I left." Liam said.

I shook my head at his statement. No. He didn't, I was for sure he didn't because I was also mad at how he left me in confusion of his question. "No. No, no, no, no, no, no. You didn't. All you asked if I was happy with the way things were, and if I could change anything what would I changed." I spat out.

"Exactly! You said no!" Liam said instantly.

"Well you didn't exactly tell me that you had feelings for me!"

"Well, Adrienne Hayfields I did. And the truth is, is that I still might have feelings for you right now." Liam said without shame. 

"You should have said something..." I barely whispered. Liam went back to tracing circles on my knee.

"I would have said something, but everytime I went back here to find you, you avoided me. I swore to myself that I would ask you out on a proper date if I ever got the chance to meet you again. Now, it's too late because you're engaged." Liam replied.

Why?

Why am I so stupid? Why am I so selfish? Why do I hold grudges? 

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I so, didn't proof read at all. Ã'm just really excited to post this, because I think I'm BACK IN MY WRITING MOJO! It just took a really long while for me to decide how to approach the next scene. IM EXCITED NOW! 

BUT- I might still need your help. If you want to decide what happens next, leave a suggestion in the comments and I'll consider it.