Walking *A One Direction Fanfic*

Chapter 7

Niall's POV

Vroom vroom! I am starting up my motorbike. El sent me a text saying that Val's car broke down on the way here. I am very excited to be the one who gets to go rescue her. Be her knight in shining armor. "Maybe then she'll see me," I think to myself as I straddle my bike and hop on. "If I'm louder, would you see me?" I sing to myself as I ride along. "Would you lay down? In my arms and rescue me?" Just as I am about to get to the chorus I catch sight of Val and her yellow car sitting on the side of the road. I smile to myself because her quirks are so cute! I mean a yellow car? She is one of a kind!

"Hey Val!" I yell.

"Nialler!" she responds. "Vas happenin?"

"Oh ya know! Just rescuing some hopeless mess who is stranded on the side of the road!" I smirk at her

"Niall," she says with a dead serious expression. She takes a deep breath and there is a twinkle in her eye befor she sings at the top of her lungs "TELL ME IM A SCREWED UP MESS!!!!!"

"THAT I NEVER LISTEN LISTEN!" I sing back.

"TELL ME YOU DON'T WANT MY KISS!" she screams.

"But that would be a lie. Because I desperately do," I say in my mind. I sigh. "Well Val let's get you to the house to set up!" I force myself to say in a cheerful voice.

"Kk!" she smiles widely.

We hook the bumper of her car up to the back of my bike so I can tow it. Valerie puts all her stuff in her trunk. I see a poster sticking out of one of her boxes. It looks like a poster of me! Seeing that I have noticed it Val blushes and smiles at the ground.

"You don't know you're beautiful!" I sing beneath my breath so she can't hear.

I turn and grab the extra helmet I brought. I hand it to her smiling kind of awkwardly. Without a word she takes it and put it on her head. I do the same with my helmet. Still without speaking we walk over to the bike. I hop on first and wait for Val. She gently sets herself down and without hesitation puts her hands around my waist and her head on my shoulder. Before I know what I'm doing I turn around and give her a quick peck in the forehead. Our eyes lock. Val leans in and returns the favor, but on the cheek. Then gently, she swivels my head to the front and snuggles back down on my shoulder. I start the bike, and we ride off in the direction of the house.

Maya's POV

Liam and I are in my room. It feels great to call it that! He is sweetly helping me unpack. He is asking me questions and I try to answer the, as detailed as I can. I really want him, and all the others, to get to know me quickly. "So, do you have a boyfriend?" His question takes me by surprise. "No!" I say a little to quickly and sharply. It's just the word boyfriend brings back memories... of him. Liam can sense something is wrong. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asks. I nod as I know this is something I have needed to get off my chest ever since it happened.

Liam's POV

Maya takes a deep breath. "My first love was named Luke. We had been friends since kindergarten and then in eight grade we wanted to become something more. That was at the time that my parents started taking the abuse to a whole new level. At first he was sweet. He acted like he genuinely cared about what I was going through. He gave me advice and helped me with my bruises and cuts. Then one day his personality totally changed. I had had a really big fight eight my parents last night and they had thrown a spoon at my head. I had a black eye and a cut down my right cheek. I came to him crying and asking for help. Instead of giving me help and caring for me like he usually did he looked at me like I was something that nobody should ever have to see. From that day on, when I came to him he would tell me how ugly and hideous I was and how nobody should ever have to go through the torture of looking at me or hearing me speak. He told me I was a waste of oxygen and that my parents were right for abusing me."

Maya's voice begins to waiver and I can tell she will have trouble going on. "But I just keep going back because I th-thought he would change and go back to the way he was before, but he never did. I was stuck in a black whole and thought I was never going to come out. I just wanted in to end." My blood begins to boil. How could anyone treat this gorgeous girl like this?! I am to shocked to speak. Maya takes another deep breath and continues, "Then What Makes You Beautiful played on the radio for the first time. I instantly knew it was talking about me. Whenever things got bad I would sing it to myself. I saved up for three months just to buy your guys' album when it came out." She looks me straight in the eyes. Her face is stained with tears, her makeup is all down her face, more tears are streaming down her face, but she looks as gorgeous as ever. "You are the only reason I kept myself alive for the past 2 years." she whispers. I feel a tear escape my eye. Knowing that Maya could have been gone hurts me. I reach up and grab her face.

"Never, ever," I begin, "Let anyone ever do that to you again. If they do tell me and I'll be there. You are worth too much to me. Don't ever think about throwing your life away. We need you here.." I try to continue but she stops me by put her lips against mine, and kissing me like I have never been kissed before. Thinking of Luke, I make sure that this is the best kiss she will ever have... hopefully until I kiss her again, and again, and again............