Everything in Between

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Six

"Li? Are you okay?" He stared out over the city, face blank and void of all emotions.

"Love is stupid."

"Stupid?"

"It's stupid."

"I don't think it's stupid, Liam."

He snorted at my response. "It fools you into thinking and believing that everything will work out. That you'll be with the person you love and that they'll love you back just as much. Well that's the farthest thing from the truth. You never end up with the people you love because more often than not they don't feel the same way back. Even if they do love you, there seems to be every source on the planet trying to stop it. There's always something blocking people from each other, just look at you and Louis. You can't live with or without them. That is stupid."

"I still don't think it's stupid." I couldn't figure out if he was talking about the whole Danielle situation or not. I mean, the obvious would be that it was about her but I couldn't help feeling that it was about something much different.

"Well then what do you think it is? Please, enlighten me with your answer."

Whether he wanted me to or not, I slid down into the spot beside him. Heights never bothered me, being twenty stories up I found it more beautiful, all the city so small below, rather than unnerving and intimidating.

"I think it's misunderstood. Extremely misunderstood." He didn't say much to this, not that I expected him to. The normal calm and cheerful Liam was replaced by a sour and bitter one. "Danielle?" I bumped my shoulder against his.

"I . . . I don't think I want to talk about it."

"Then do you mind if I talk?"

He shrugged his shoulders.

"Have you ever seen the movie 'Hope Floats'?" I didn't bother waiting for a response, "Probably not, it's one of those girl movies, you know, with Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick, Jr.? Anyways it doesn't seem like the happiest at first, the daughter hates her mom, Birdee isn't with Justin, but what I like best is the title. Hope floats," I waved my arms around for emphasis, creating jazz hands, and probably looking like a complete idiot. "Hope is always floating out there for us. I especially like what Birdee, Sandra Bullock, says at the end. 'Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. You need to remember that when you find yourself at the beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up.'

"That's why I think love is misunderstood. Sometimes you find yourself focusing so much on the bad that you forget about the good. Maybe the bad seems worse than the good, but the good will always outweigh the bad by a 1000." This may've not even pertained to his situation but I was willing to say anything to get him to talk. To get him to share something.

"Do you really want to know who I'm in love with?"

"It sure would help."

"I'm in love with Zayn."

I was a little stunned to say the least. Liam loves Zayn?

My eyes widened and I could feel my whole entire face lighting up. He loved him. He actually loved him back! I wanted to scream and jump and sing from the rooftops, but I knew that would only make it seem more suspicious. As best I could, I uttered out the first thing I could think of. "You love Zayn?"

Shaking his head he whispered, "I don't just love him, I'm in love with him. It's so fucking stupid. And maybe I'd tell him if the world around us wasn't so bloody fucked up. I'm supposed to be Liam Payne; singer of a famous British/Irish boy band, boyfriend of Danielle Peazer, Daddy fucking Direction. Well, all of that can just go to shit. The whole entire world has me pegged as the always serious, always sensible and responsible member of One Direction. Sure, I may appear on the more serious side more than the other boys, but that doesn't mean I'm some innocent freak who never has any fun."