Liam was racking his brain to figure how to fix his mistake. It wasn't as if he could do something simple, like ask Niall out on another date and apologize to him. He needed to do something big. Something that would really make Niall forgive him.
"I'm going to get Keegan," Zayn announced as he walked through Liam's flat. He had been staying with Liam since the fight. "I'm bringing him back here. This is your time to make friends with him."
"Does Niall know?" Liam asked quietly. He had a sickening feeling that Niall wouldn't exactly be okay with the plan.
"He knows that I'm taking Keegan out for the day, yes," Zayn nodded. "I'm not stupid enough to tell him that I'm bringing him to you. He'll have my head. And if Keegan does let it slip that he was with you, we can both just hide behind Perrie. She'll defend us!"
Liam had almost forgotten that Perrie was there; She had been on her phone quite a bit doing promo for Little Mix's new album. "Hey!" She gasped. "Neither of you will be hiding behind me! If you're going to get yourselves in trouble, take it like men!"
"I shan't take it like a man!" Zayn gasped, running over to Perrie. "Why should I take it like a man when I have a lovely lady to protect me?" Zayn grinned like a madman and gave Perrie a slobbery kiss. "And as much as I would love for you to protect me, I do need to face the wrath that is Niall. I'll be back in a bit. Love you, missus."
"I love you, too, mister." Perrie winked at him as Zayn walked backwards out the door. "I wish we got to do that more often," she said quietly to herself.
"Why don't you?" Liam forced out, even though the answer was pretty obvious.
"For other than obvious reasons, we're always so stressed. I do miss Zayn. I love it when they schedule our breaks around the same time," Perrie smiled. "So tell me what's up with you. I know what's going on, so spare me that. I want to know what's going on in that head of yours."
"I'd tell you if even I knew what was going on in my head, Perrie," Liam chuckled drily. "I almost can't even tell which way is up. I thought I had it good, you know? I was missing Niall for four years and I finally got him back. Then one mistake screwed everything up."
"That's how life works, Liam," Perrie grimaced. "I know it's horrible. But that's the way we have to go on. You'll fix this with niall. I know you will. You're a good guy, Liam."
"Thank you." Liam almost wanted to hug Perrie, but he restrained himself. "It's really nice to hear that. It seems that no one really believes I can fix this."
"I do."
"I'm back!" Zayn called into Liam's flat. "And I have a cutie with me!"
"Put me down, Zaynie!" Liam heard Keegan giggle. From the videos Liam had heard of himself from when he was younger, he even sounded like Liam. That was incredible. The only difference was his slight Irish accent from being around Niall so much.
"I will once you see why I brought you here!" Zayn laughed. Keegan screeched again, and Liam presumed he had tickled him.
Liam stood from the couch to watch Keegan and Zayn enter the room. "Alright," Zayn said seriously. "I told you I brought you here for a very important reason, Keeg. And I promise I did. I'm going to put you down now, but you have to promise to be calm."
"I promise, Zaynie," Keegan said honestly. Zayn placed Keegan down in front of Liam.
"Hi," Liam greeted awkwardly. "I feel like I need to give you a formal greeting. My name is Liam. You can call me whatever you like."
"I can call you Leeyum?" Keegan whispered. Liam sat himself back down on the couch so he could talk to Keegan easier.
"If that's what you want, then yes."
"Can I sit in your lap?" Keegan asked just as quietly.
"Of course," Liam smiled the best he could and helped the boy up into his lap.
Keegan sat there for one odd moment, just studying Liam's face. Finally, he poked his own nose, then poked Liam's with the same finger. "You look like me," the little boy decided.
Liam pretended to ponder this for a moment. "I think I do!" He exclaimed. they sat in silence for a moment. "Do you want to do something?" Liam finally asked.
"Like what?" Keegan asked curiously.
"Like, go shopping or get ice cream or something." Liam shrugged. "Whatever you want to do, love."
"With restrictions," Zayn butted in. He turned to Liam. "No getting him too excited. He has asthma. He can only have a little chocolate and no tea. And absolutely no peanuts. He's allgeric."
"Da said peanuts make me face swell." Keegan puffed up his cheeks to make it look like they were swelling.
"So what do you want to do, love? Do you want to go shop for a toy?" Liam asked. Maybe it was a little unfair, bribing Keegan to like him, but Liam really didn't see any problem in it.
"Toy shop?!" Keegan gasped excitedly. "We can go toy shop?!"
"Where's that inhaler, Zayn?" Liam asked nervously. Keegan got excited very quickly (like Niall). He was worried that he would need it.
"Right here," Zayn handed it to him. "Niall gave me his car seat too. It's in the back seat of my car. He can't sit in the front, and make sure he's buckled in properly. We can't mess up Niall's precious cargo."
Liam and Keegan were about to leave when Zayn yelled again. "Perrie and I will still be here!" He yelled cheekily.
Liam just crossed his fingers and hoped that the couple wouldn't make a mess of his home as he led Keegan out the door.
•-•
this is wonderful
going behind niall's back and all
i am so sick
i need someone to comfort me sigh
but no one is talking to me
oh well
i say that a lot?
yeah, just leave comments
i'll go cough over here
bai
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(31/10/14)
