Liam's Secret

Chapter II: Secret?

Liam Capasso ^^^

Over the next two weeks, me and Liam have grown really close. Maybe even closer than Liam and my brother. Well, Liam was acting more of a big brother to me than Ryan since he's all wrapped up in Angie. Oh well.
  
When I woke up, my mom, Ryan, and Liam were all talking about something I could barely hear. I slowly crawled out of bed and down the hall, barely making a sound. I listened in closely since I heard my name a few times.
  
"Ryan, you need to spend more time with Liam. You're the one who brought him here in the first place." My mom said.
  
"Mom, he's so much happier with Bella than with me. I only want him to be happy since he became-" Ryan said, as Liam stood there awkwardly.
  
Ryan's voice got really quiet, thinking that someone may be listening, which someone was.
  
"Let's not talk about this. I don't want to think about it. I'm happy with Bella and that's that." Liam imposed.
  
"He loves her, but she doesn't know it yet." Ryan told my mom.
  
"Aww, you do?" My mom asked, weirdly.
  
"Ryan, I have a girlfriend." Liam said, giving him a look. Ryan shrugged.
  
"Well, whatever works for you. I have a spa day so I won't be back until dinner." My mom said, halfway out the door.
  
"Bye mo-." Ryan said, getting interrupted by the door slamming.
  
"Well, I'm going to get ready." Liam said.
  
"Cool, I'll be down at the carnival." Ryan said quickly, also halfway out the door.
  
"Bye Ry-." Liam said, also getting interrupted by the door slamming.
  
I silently scrambled back to my bedroom and shut the door without a creak. I hear Liam's footsteps coming up the stairs so I hold my breath so he would think I was still sleeping. The walking stop at my door. Liam knocks and I respond with a muffled, "Who is it?"

"Your best friend." Liam says.

"Come in, Liam." I say.
  
Liam slowly opens the door and smiles as he sees the blankets up to my nose. Liam runs and throws himself next to me, making me jump up a little bit. "Jesus, Liam." I say, laughing with him. He gets under the covers with me and leans on my shoulder, watching Tik Tok's on my phone.
  
I put my head on his chest, took a selfie, and sent it as my streaks.

"Haha, thanks." Liam said. I looked up and smiled at him. I caught him glance at my lips, so I looked away. I went back to Tik Tok and kept scrolling through.

A couple minutes later, I got a text from my boyfriend, Aiden. I look over at Liam and his eyes shift to me and he shrugs.

"Wait, do you have streaks with Aiden?" He asks. Then it hits me. "Shit!" I say.
  
I open the chat and it reads, "Hmm, see you got a new boyfriend."
  
"He's not my boyfriend, he's Ryan's best friend." I reply.
  
"That makes sense. You're now sleeping with your brother's best friend." He answers.
  
"It's not what it looks like. I didn't sleep with him."
  
"Mhm, it's exactly what it looks like."
  
"Aiden, no it's not."
  
"I'm done. We're done. You clearly don't like me enough to have loyalty or respect. At least admit what you did."
  
"You're so petty."
  
"Who is that anyways?"
  
"Liam Capasso."
  
"Oh, an upperclassmen, I see."
  
"We're done, Aiden. Finished."
  
"Fine, bye."
  
I blocked him, then shut my phone off. Tears filled my eyes to the point where they fell on my cheeks. Liam wrapped his arms around me and twirled my hair around his finger.
  
"I'm so sorry." He said with that voice that just makes something one hundred times better.
  
"No, it's my fault for being careless." I said.
  
"Don't worry about it. It's summer. Relax." Liam said.
  
Just the sound of his voice was relaxing.
  
Liam took his hand and wiped away the tears.
  
"You're amazing, and he doesn't deserve you." Liam started, "If you don't make him happy, don't care. You make so many other people happy. Especially me." Liam finished. I immediately felt a rush of happiness and the tears stopped. I looked over at the clock and it read 10:13 and then I realized how hungry I was.
  
"I should probably have breakfast now." I said.
  
"It's a little late for that." Liam replied.
  
"Fine, I should probably have brunch now."
  
"That's better."
  
I paused for a second.
  
"Thanks for making me feel so much better."
  
"I'm only returning what you do for me." Liam said, giving me "That" look.
  
I crawled over him, kissing his cheek on the way by.
  
"You missed." Liam said with a grin.
  
"Don't you pull that trick on me." I replied, smiling as I walked out the door.