Hero {A Liam Payne Fanfiction}

Chapter 9

Claire's POV:

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I wake up the next morning to my phone ringing. I tiredly pick it up to see who's calling. It's Lilliana.

"What?" I answer, half asleep

"Morning, sunshine," she says sarcastically "Anyway, have you been on Twitter since last night?"

"No. Why?"

"Okay, so I guess it's best you hear this from me."

"Hear what?" I ask slowly, putting her on speaker and going on twitter

"Well, it's about Liam."

"What about him?"

"He was at a night club after the show and...there was this girl. They kind of...kissed. Like made out."

"Right...hold on."

I go to search and look up "Liam Payne". I read the first two tweets.

LIAM AT A NIGHT CLUB MAKING OUT ASDFGHJKL @Real_Liam_Payne

@Real_Liam_Payne new bae?

"Claire?" Lilliana asks "Are you still there?"

"Yeah. Um, so he did kiss her?"

"Apparently. I'm really sorry."

"Okay. I have to go. Thanks, bye."

With that, I hang up. I put my phone on my bedside table and collapse back onto my pillow. I turn over and bury my face, tears streaming down my cheeks. I somehow fall back asleep, and wake up at two o'clock to my mom knocking on my door.

"Claire? Wake up, honey." she says, coming to sit on my bed

I lift my head up, my hair stuck to my cheeks and mouth. My mom's hand goes to my pillow.

"Your pillow's wet. Were you crying?" she asks

"No, just a bad dream." I say, pushing my hair out of my face
Well I wish it was just a bad dream. I think, sitting up
I drag myself out of bed and get dressed, walk downstairs, and eat a sandwich before going back up to my room. I call Lilliana.
"Hey. Can I come over?" I ask as soon as she picks up
"Yeah." she says
"Thanks. Be there in ten." I hang up
I go downstairs, slip on my flip flops, grab my keys, and get in the car. I pull out of the driveway and turn on the radio. The song playing comes to an end, and as the last thing I need right now, Story Of My Life comes on. I hesitate for a moment, but as soon as Harry's voice fills the car, I change the station. I pull into Lilliana's driveway, get out of the car, and go to knock on her door. As soon as I do, she runs out and pulls me into a hug. She finally releases and pulls me inside, shutting the door behind us. I look around her living room and see a stack of movies, popcorn, ice cream, and cookies.
"Taa daa!" she smiles "By the way, you're sleeping over."
"Sure." I smile
Lilliana pulls my hand and pushes me on the couch.
"Now," she smirks, tossing the stack of movies at me "Which movie do you want to watch?"
I look through the selection.
"Legally Blonde." I say, tossing her the movie and putting the rest on the coffee table
She puts the movie in and comes to sit next to me. I grab the bowl of popcorn and put it between us, eating a handful.
"Slow down!" Lilliana laughs "We only have one more bag!"
I giggle, grabbing another handful.
Halfway through the movie, I text my parents and tell them I'm sleeping over, and after the movie we call and order a pizza. Lilliana's parents come home by six o'clock, just after the pizza arrives. We sit around the table and eat, then take the remainder of the movies up to Lilliana's room.
At two in the morning, all of the movies have been watched, so we turn off the TV and actually try to sleep, but I can't. I lay on my back and look at the fan spinning above me. I feel tears welling up in my eyes. I take a deep breath, shaking as I exhale. I start crying, hard, squeezing the blanket and pulling it halfway over my face.
"Claire?" Lilliana asks
"Y-yeah?" I stutter, shaking
"Are you okay?" she asks, sitting up, her feet dangling over her bed so they're right next to me
"What do you think?"
"Come here." she says, patting the space next to her
I throw off the blanket and sit, looking down at my hands.
"Talk to me." she says
"He promised he wouldn't do this. He said he loved me. He said he wouldn't leave me." I say quietly, still looking down
Lilliana wraps an arm around me.
"Shit happens." she jokes
"Not now." I say, smiling slightly and wiping my face with the back of my hand
"Sorry." she smiles
I go back into my sleeping bag and Lilliana lays back down. We talk for a while until we both fall asleep. I didn't hear anything from Liam all day, and I don't think I wanted to.