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CHAPTER 34

Claire's point of view

"Uhm... Hi, i'm Liam," he says after a few seconds of awkwardness. He moves slowly towards me, reaching out his hand. I take it carefully, shaking it as he looks at me with a small smile.

"Nice to see you again mate," he turns to Niall. Both Niall and I haven't moved since we realized he saw us.

Can i have one kiss without anyone walking in on it?

"Sorry for interrupting," he says with a sly smile.

"Claire, I'm sorry, I totally forgot I invited him over," Niall ignores him, shaking his head. He looks at me with apologetic eyes. I'm unable to respond, I just stand there with a slightly open mouth, looking like an idiot.

"I can leave," Liam offers, putting his hands up in the air like he's being held at gunpoint.

"N-no," I stutter, feeling terribly rude.

The painful silence that follows makes me clench my eyes together, taking a deep breath.

"I'm Claire," I say, shaking his hand once more. He nods with a friendly smile.

"Nice to meet you," he chuckles.

I couldn't have imagined a worse way to meet him. He definitely knows that me and Harry are involved, and now he sees Niall kissing me. Him and Niall exchanges a little small talk, me standing awkwardly next to him. Liam just came home from England yesterday.

"So... Anyone up for lunch?" Liam asks.

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I didn't think about the swarm of paparazzi that would surround us. I'm not used to this kind of chaos. With each step i take, i hear a new question being screamed at me. This whole thing is bigger than i thought, there are over 50 people here, even reporters.

"Claire! What do you think about Harry facing legal charges!"

"Who do you think sent in the photo to TMZ?!"

"Where is Harry? Are you two still together?!"

I shade my eyes with my palm, walking into the restaurant. This is the first time paparazzi have wanted to take photos of me. And i hate it.

When we all sit down at the table, i then realize where we are. We're at the exact same restaurant Louis took me and Harry out for the first time. When i first felt Harry's touch. Granted Louis was sitting right ahead of us, it felt nice.

I don't really know what i think of Liam yet. He stayed pretty quiet on the ride over here. But i want to make a good second impression, since the first one didn't go so well.

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