Through the Dark (A Liam Payne Story) || Season 5 1D Watty Awards Winner: Best Liam Payne

Chapter Seven

He'll fuck and dump you just like every other girl.

The words kept repeating in my head. Why should anything that Rooney says affect me? However, I've been warned more than twice about Liam, and yet I'm in this situation.

Why me? Out of all people, why me? Maybe there is truth behind Rooney's words and Val's warnings. I hear footsteps and Liam comes into his room with a glass of water in hand and a smile on his face.

"Here you go, lo-" he begins to say but I cut him off.

"Is this some sort of game to you?" I accuse him.

"What are you talking about?" he looks confused and hurt. Good.

"I'm not one to get her feelings played with, okay?" I say and his eyes widen.

"What changed since I left to go downstairs?" his brows furrow and he looks pained.

"Everything," I say firmly.

"Well, I meant everything I said before, Rosalie, you know?" Liam looks so innocent.

But I'm not buying it. "I've heard many things about you, Liam Payne. And all I hear are bad things. I should've stayed away after I met you the first time, but there's something about you. Something that makes me want to stay. This is going to stop. Now."

Liam shakes his head. "I know what people say about me and you really think I give a shit? No. But yes, you should stay away from me. Do I want you stay away? At first I did, but now, I want you to be with me."

"I'm only stopping this now before someone, meaning me, gets hurt. I'm not going to be another 'fuck and dump' of yours, am I clear?" I almost shout at him.

He looks as if he's going to throw something and I quickly decide that I don't want to be around for that. I slowly walk around him to get closer to the door. His hands are at his sides and balled into tight fists. I can see he's trying to hold it together, but not too successfully.

"Crystal," he says and with that I turn away from him and rush downstairs. I can't stay here much longer.

A group of boys are in the living room and they quiet themselves when they see me open the front door and slam it.

But why do I feel like crying? We only kissed and it feels like he already has a certain hold on me. College just started and I'm worrying about a guy. It's too early for this.

I hold in the tears that have been begging to pour out of my eyes since I left his room and I make my way back to my own. Hopefully Valerie can make these thoughts come to a final end.

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"What happened?" Val is sitting on her bed and looks worried.

"Long story short: Liam Payne is an asshole," and the waterworks begin as my knees meet the floor of our room. Val rushes over to me and hugs me in the warmest embrace.

"What did he do?" she asks as she smooths the back of my head. I must look like a complete mess.

I muffle into her neck, "It's not what he did, it's just what everyone is saying about him and it's getting to me. I'm finally realizing that he really isn't a good person."

I feel her head move up and down, understanding what I'm saying. "I'm glad you're letting all of this sink in now before it got out of hand. But ..."

She trailed off and I pick up my head to get a better look at her. "But what?"

"But people can change ... I'm not defending the guy, okay? Its only been a couple of days, so I'm probably wrong with what I'm about to say, but he could've changed. We wouldn't know that though. Only Liam Payne would know."