You and Liam took a seat on the couches with the rest of the mates. They all nodded, listening full on as Liam told his story to the others. With the acception of an occasional question here and there, Liam had the floor. Niall was sitting right next to you, playing with your hair, braiding it actually. “You braid hair?” you whispered over to him as Liam finished up. He smiled to himself. “My mum taught me when I was little. She said it may come in handy.” he exaplined. You chuckled silently. “So now she’s gone.” Liam finished. You could see he was really broke about this whole situation. The others just sat there and stared at him. “Oh, wow.” Harry said. Liam nodded. “Are you gonna call her?” Zayn asked. Liam shrugged. “I dunno. Should I?” he asked aloud. “Yes.” Eleanor automatically responded. People jumped a little. Eleanor nodded her head. “Do it.” she said. Liam took a deep breath. Everyone’s eyes moved back towards him. “Alright. I’ll do it. But not now. Her and I both need some space.” he said. He was right. Good thinking Liam. Liam was quiet for the majority of the day. He wouldn’t really smile. He kept his head down. Wouldn’t speak unless spoken to and kept on checking his phone as if Danielle was going to call. You didn’t know if she would or not. You and Eleanor made the boys some lunch. Customized sandwhiches for all of them. Louis and Harry got Ham and Cheese. Zayn wanted salami. Niall wanted some grilled chicken and lettuce. You and Eleanor just made some turkey sandwhiches for yourselves. As for Liam? He said he wasn’t hungry. You, Eleanor, Niall, Zayn, Harry and Louis all sat down at the kitchen table together. “Mmmmm… Real good sandwhich babe.” Niall said as he took a bite into his grilled chicken. You smiled. “No problem.” you answered. “Ooooooohhh, _____? Niall likes your food?” Harry joked. You looked up. “Niall’s probably considering marraige now.” he continued. Niall blushed. Louis and Harry both started laughing. Eleanor was holding in her laugh. You couldn’t help but smirk. As for Zayn, you saw him throw a little piece pf salami at Harry’s dimple. “What’s with you and throwing food at me?” Harry questioned.
All Zayn did was smile and wink. You all continued eating. You realized that Liam was sitting on the couch staring at his phone again. You sighed. You took one last bite into your sandwhich, stood up, threw your plate in the garbage, grabbed a bag of chips and headed o the living room. “Where you going?” Harry asked. “Inside.” you responded. Everyone else continued. You walked over to Liam and threw the bag of chips at him. “Hey!” he said as it hit his chest. You smiled. “What is this?” he asked confused, holding up the bag like he’s never seen chips before. “It’s chips Liam.” you said obviously. He rolled his eyes. “I know that! But what for?” he asked. “You got to eat something! If you’re not too hungry for a sandwhich, atleast eat a few chips.” you told him. He sighed. Rolled his eyes again and popped a chip into his mouth and looked at you. “You happy mom?” he asked. You laughed. And you thought he was Daddy Direction. “Very.” you replied. You took a seat next to him. He turned on the TV. Everyone came back into the room when finished with lunch. Zayn took a seat next to you, Louis and Eleanor on the love seat, Harry on the other side of Liam and Niall on the floor right in front of you. You were watching Friends. Louis demanded. Niall looked up at you without turning his body. You laughed at him. “What?” you asked. “Play with my hair.” he commanded. You smiled. You ran your fingers through his blonde hair and continued watching the show. At around 4:30, the phone rang. “Nose goes!” Louis shouted. Everyone put their finger on their nose. Well, everyone besides Harry. He was a little late. And confused. He looked around puzzled at everyone who had their fingers on their noses. “What?” he asked. “Nose goes.” you repeated. He looked at you strangely. “Nose goes is when everyone in the room had to put their finger on their nose. The last person who does it needs to go do whatever is told.” Zayn explained. Harry gave Zayn a look. “Go pick up the phone!” Zayn said. Harry rolled his eyes, smiled, walked over to the phone on the side table and picked it up. “Hello?” he asked. “Yes.” he said. You were all looking at eachother, wondering who it was. “Ummm.. No I don’t believe so.” “Really?” “When?” “A few days?” “Ummm.. Alright.” “Wait, can Eleanor and _____ tag along?” “They can? Great!” “Alright. Thanks man.” “See you there.” “Alright.” “Okay, you too.” “Bye.” Harry finished his conversation. He hung up the phone and smiled. “Sooooo?” Niall asked him. Harry resumed his position next to Liam. “In two days, we have three consecutive concerts coming up. It’s local, same theater, but all three of them are sold out.” he said.
Everyone exchanged looks. “Oh. Alright. No one told us about this before.” Louis said. “I know.” Harry answered. “Must be some late, last minute thing.” he said. Probably correct. “And Eleanor and _____ and tag along as well.” he said. “Oh great.” Eleanor said happily. “Cool.” you added. He smirked. Liam sat there, not saying anything. He was usually very happy knowing that a concert was coming up. Apparently, not today. You hated seeing him like this. So did everyone else. Even though you guys did have a talk upstairs, and it may have helped him a bit, but it definately wasn’t enough to heal the broken heart. You sighed. For the rest of the day, everyone was chilled out. Watched TV and whatever. Nothing special. When it got around 8:30, Liam stood up off the couch said “I’m tired. I’m going to sleep.” It was only 8:30. “Really Liam?” Louis asked. He nodded. “It’s early mate.” Zayn said. “I know. I’m just tired. Goodnight.” he said. He turned around and walked upstairs to his room, without another word. You all looked around. You didn’t like this. “I hate seeing him this way.” Eleanor said. “I know it’s bad babe. But I mean, Liam’s a grown man. He can take care of himself. And if he needs someone, he knows that he can come to any one of us.” Louis comforted her. She nodded. Louis put his arm aroud Eleanor and rubbed her arm on the other side. She leaned on his shoulder. You contiuned watching the Friends marthon for some amount of time. Harry came around and lyed his head down on your lap, and his body was stretched out where once Liam sat. You looked down at him and pinched his cheek. He chuckled. “You tired there curly?” you asked. He nodded. “Yeah. I’m kind of tired.” he admitted. It was approaching around 11:00. “I think it’s time to get some rest.” Zayn told you. You nodded as you yawned. Bedtime. Everyone got up and headed in their own direction. You all washed up and got into some night clothes. When you exited the bathroom, you took a look at Liam’s room again. The door was slightly open. You decided to be nosy again and peek in. “Liam?” you whispered. No answer. A snore instead. He was asleep. You tiptoed over to him, careful not to disturb him from his slumber. You slowly and carefully placed your lips on his cheek. Not knowing if you woke him or not. “Night Liam.” you whispered. “Everything’s going to be fine. Love you.” you said. You took one more look at him. No response. You crept back over to his door when the very last second he said “I love you too.” You didn’t even turn aroud to look at him. All you did was smile, then proceed. You shut the door behind you. You yawned again. You were really sleepy. It seemed as if everyone was asleep besides you. Figures. On your way to your room, you were stopped by Niall. “Pssstt.” he said. You were startled. He peeked his head out from his room and said “Psst.” again, motioning you over to him. You walked in his path.
“Yeah Niall?” you asked. “You want to stay wit me tonight?” he asked. You didn’t respond yet. “Ya know, I figured since you didn’t have a very nice welcome home today, that you could sleep with me.” he said. You didn’t need an explinatinon. “Yeah. Thanks Niall.” you said. He smiled, opened his door and let you inside. Once you entered, he shut the door behind him and guided you to his bed. He was wearing a gray T-Shirt and some dark red, plaid sweats. You hopped in his bed as he tucked you in. He ran around to the other side and then hoped in on his own. “Ahhhh.” he said while getting under the covers. You looked over at him. Him at you. You were very close to eachother. “Goodnight _____.” he said. He kissed your forehead. You smiled. “Goodnight Niall.” you responded. You pecked his lips gently for a few seconds then pulled away. He smiled after the kiss. You turned the oppostie way and shut your eyes. So did he. “I love you.” he said after a few more seconds. You smiled once again. “I love you too.” you answered. And on that note. You both fell asleep. The next morning you woke up in Niall’s bed. Yuo smiled, yawned once or twice and stretched. You turned around to Niall’s side to see him already awake. Staring at you. “Ahhhh!” you jumped. He laughed. “Hello.” he said innocently. “Niall, how long have you been awake?” you asked him. He shrugged, then looked at the clock. “Dunno. I’d say about ten or fifteen minutes.” he answered. “And you were just staring at me while I slept?” you asked. He nodded and blushed. “Yeah! You look so cute!” he said. You smiled and thanked him. “Yeah.” he said. “And look, I took a picture of you too.” he said getting out his phone. Oh Niall. You looked at the picture. Yup. That was you alright. “Niall!” you scolded. He laughed. “This is only for your eyes, correct?” you asked. His smile dropped. “Ohh… Ummm.. Yeah, about that…” he said. “What did you do?” you asked him. “I uhhh.. I kind of posted it on Twitter.” he jerked out. Your eyes opened wider. You were awake now. “You what?!” you exclaimed. He smiled a little. “Look!” he said, handing you the phone. You grabbed his phone and checked his latest tweet.
It read “@_____ Awwwww, look at this cutie sleeping!! xx” with the picture attatched to it. You rolled your eyes. You saw it got tens of thousands of favorites and retweets. You also saw that Zayn replied “@NiallOfficial @_____ Niall, you didn’t disturb her slumber correct?? :)” Niall had replied “@zaynmalik @_____ Of course not!!! she looked so peaceful though :D” Your boys. “Oh Niall.” you said. He smiled. “Guilty as charged right?” he asked. “I guess so.” you said. He smiled and leaned in for a good morning kiss. His lips reached yours. You and him kissed for a while actually. A snog maybe? Niall placed his hand on one side of your face as you wrapped your arms around his neck. He put more pressure into the kiss which caused you to fall back on the bed. You smiled through the little breaths you were taking. So was he. He got on top of you, without putting any weight on your and continued kissing your lips. You ran your fingers through his hair like yesterday. His bare hand ran down your back. But he didn’t try anything more than that. After the little morning snogging session, Niall pulled away and chuckled. “That’s a nice way to wake up in the morning.” you told him after he was finished. He smiled. “Hey, you could get woken up like that every morning you know.” he informed you. He said it as a joke, but you knew he wasn’t kidding. You laughed at him. He got up off you, put his feet on the floor and stuck out his hand. “Come on love.” he said. You grabbed his hand. “Let’s go downstairs to meet the others.” he said. That’s what you liked about your relationship. You and Niall never really snogged. It was always a simple peck on the lips, the forehead, the cheek. Never a full out snogging session like Harry prefers. When he hears about it, he’ll be pleased. Niall threw you over his shoulder. “Ahhh! Niall!” he laughed. He went downstairs with you on one shoulder, one hand on your bum supporting you. Niall entered the kitchen maing loads of noise. “Goodmorning everybody!” he cheered as he entered the kitchen and placing you down on the ground. “Oh well aren’t you cheery?” Harry asked. Niall nodded. You smiled at everyone. Out of the corner of your eye you saw Zayn leaning over and whispering something into Niall’s ear. You overheard it. “Watch where you put your hands.” he said. Niall slumped down a bit. You chuckled. Oh Zayn.
You took a look over at Liam who was sitting quietly with a cup of tea in his hand. “Goodmorning Liam.” you said gently as you leaned towards him. He took a look over at you and forced a little smile and even a giggle. “Goodmorning _____.” he replied. You placed a hand on his shoulder. “Anyways guys, today is an all day rehersal day. The boys and I need to go over ot the studio and practice for te next three shows. You lovely ladies want to come and tag along?” Louis asked. You and Eleanor looked at eachother. “I’d love that.” Eleanor said. “Yeah sure, we’ll go.” you added in. “Excellent.” Louis said. “Well we’ve only an hour here, so we night as well get ready.” Zayn said. “Wait no food?!” Niall moaned. “There will be food in the studio Nialler.” Zayn said to him. He was happy again. You and Eleanor changed into some sweats, and lookse shirts. The boys did the same. No need for anything fancy. Liam was still quiet. Once you finsihed, you saw him in the living room. Again, checking his phone. He’s had his head in that all day long. “Liam?” you asked him. He turned around. You automatically noticed that his eyes were red and puffy. He had been crying some more. “Oh hey _____.” he said. He wasn’t ready at all. “I got to go get ready. Be back in a moment.” he told you. “Umm okay.” he went upstairs to change quickly. He left his phone behind. A little thought in the back of your head told you to go and check it. Another part said that it was wrong and that he deserved privacy. You couldn’t resist. So you took a peek. You unlocked his phone and took a look at the screen. What you suspected. He was going through old pics and tweets of him and Danielle. You even started getting a bit emotional. And it wasn’t even your relationship. You couldn’t look at it anymore, so you put it down back in the original spot. “Hey there!” you heard someone say. Perfect timing. You spun around to see Harry wearing gray sweats and a plain white tee. “Oh hey there.” you said. He smiled and sat down next to you, followed with a sudden kiss on the cheek. “Awwww, Harrryyyy….” you cooed. He smiled and put his arm around you. “So, you excited to see us and the boys do our thing?” he asked. You laughed. “I guess so!” you repsonded. He chuckled. Then Louis and the others came on in. Liam was last. “Alright guys, ready to go?” he asked. You and Harry nodded and headed off to the van with the others. Louis was driving as you sat down beside Eleanor and Niall. You took a look on Twitter. That picture of you sleeping ended up all over Directioners page’s. “Awwwwwww!!!” “She’s sooooo cuteeee!!!!” “Her and Nialll better get married…” “Oooooohhh!! Look at Nialler being a photographerrr!!! ;)” All the responses you read were great. They lightened your mood. The picture of you and Niall kissing on Twitcam a few days ago was also trending. “Awwww!! OMGGG IM GONNA CRRYY!!” “Niall and _____ are definitely in lovee guyssss<3333” “Nialls finally found someone that makes him happy. we shuld b happy 2!! :) xoxo” More posotive mentions. You checked Liam’s Twitter. He hasn’t tweeted anything new. You checked Danielle’s. Nothing new either. You took a glance over at Liam who was looking out the window with his hand supporting his chin. You sighed.
“We’re here!” Zayn cheered as Louis stopped the car and parked it. Zayn climbed over everyone and opened the door. “Ahhh!” “Ow!” “Zayn!” “Hey!” everyone complained as he made his way over all of you. He jumped out of the veichle. “Someone’s excited for rehersal.” Niall said as he followed you out of the van. Zayn nodded with a smile. “Very actually.” he admitted. You smiled. He winked at you. Niall put his arm aroud you and followed everyone else as they made their way into the studio. It was simply just a big room with a concrete floor, bare brick white walls with one of the walls being a full length mirror so they could see themselves. “Hey man.” Louis said as he greeted the couple choreographers, the directioner and their manager. You and Eleanor said your greetings as well. Got your breakfast. Everyone got bacon, egg and cheese on a roll. “Yes!” Niall cheered as one of the dancers handed him his sandwhich. You and the others took some seats on the couches and ate before they began. One finished you and Eleanor stayed put to watch your boys do their thing, as Harry likes to call it. Zayn pinched your cheek as he headed to the main floor. Niall kissed your cheek and did the same. You and Eleanor watched every move the boys made. They were all doing quite well for the first time. Except for one person. Liam. Every step he made was off, out of time or just plain sloppy. It was pretty obvious that Eleanor, the boys and everyone else knew it too because they all had sad expressions on their faces. “Liam?” one of the directioners said. Liam looked up. They just finished practicing “Na Na Na” He wasn’t nearly as loud as he should be. His singing was out off key and out of time. “Liam, what’s going on?” he asked. Liam couldn’t answer. “Uhhh… No-Nothing.” he responded. The director gave him a look. “Why don’t we take a little break?” he suggested. A bell rang as the boys came over to you guys and sat down.
Liam on the other hand, made his way elsewhere. You followed him, despite what others said. He stepped outside the studio onto the cold ground of a little alley in the back and slid his back down the wall, taking a seat on the ground beneath him. He took a deep breath and then covered his face with his hands and sobbed. You walked over to him. “Liam.” you said. He continued to cry. “Liam.” you said again. He sniffled. “What?” he choked out. You squatted down next to him. “Liam, please. It hurts us to see you like this.” you told him. He sniffled again and looked at you. “I’m sorry _____. I’m sorry if I’m making you all feel this way. I’m sorry that I’m messing everything up today and I’m sorry I – I’m sorry I-” he couldn’t finish his sentence. He was too upset. You rubbed his back for a couple minutes in silence. Letting him cry all the tears he needed to. You said nothing. After a while he said “Thank you.” “For what?” you asked. “For comforting me. For tslking to me the other day, for making me eat, for coming in and wishing me goodnight.” you smiled. “Thank you.” You were glad knowing that you were helping him through all of this. “I’m always here Liam.” you assured him. He smiled a little. “Alright, anyways, I guess we better get back inside. A breeze is coming and I don’t want you to get cold. We got to back to rehersal anways.” he said. That’s the Daddy Direction you knew. You and him walked back inside together. The boys were on the floor all gathered in a circle with Eleanor on the couch. Everyone looked at you as you walked in. As you passed the boys you gave them a thumbs up and whispered “We’re good.” and took back your seat. “Everything alright?” Eleanor asked you. You nodded. You both continued watching the boys. Song by song, Liam was getting better. He was louder, on time, perfect pitch. They rehersed all day long. It was a good rehersal as well.
You were happy to watch them. Around 10:00 is when you got back to the flat. “Wow.” Harry said jumping on the couch after Niall opened the door. “I’m beat!” he said. They all were. They all were beat up. They actually looked pretty bad. Sweaty too. “Feel my neck.” Zayn said, leaning down so you could feel it. He was sweating buckets. “Ahh! Zayn!” you complained. He laughed. You wiped his sweat on his tee shirt. Why did you always listen to him? One by one, each of them took turns taking a shower as you and Eleanor were ready for some sleep. “Night _____.” she said as she tucked herself in bed. “Goodnight.” you said turning off your light. Eleanor turned off hers. That was the end of the day. The next morning arived and you were all sitting in the living room, eating some cereal and discussing the show coming up that night. “Wow, so it sold out within five minutes?” Harry asked in amazement. Niall nodded. “Wow.” Harry repeated. That’s when the mood completely changed around. Liam was no where to be seen that morning. No one could help it, except worry about him. Liam came down to the living room with you guys with a smile on his face. Not a forced one or a fake one. A real one. “Goodmorning guys!” he said as he picked an apple from the table and kissed both you and Eleanor. You were all confused. Especially Zayn. Zayn’s face was priceless. “What’s with the happy go luck this morning?” Harry asked. “Yeah. That’s usually Niall.” Louis added. Niall gave him a look. Liam took a seat nex to Zayn. “I spoke to Danielle this morning.” he said. Your heart skipped a beat. “Her and I talked everything out. We both agree that it was a misunderstanding and miscommunication. Like you guys have been saying.” he said. “But the good news is, that we’ve decided to stay close friends. I mean, once you have someone in your life for that long and you loved them for that long, you can’t just let them go.” he finished. You could feel the atmosphere in the room went from gloomy and worried to happy again. You were overjoyyed. “Oh! Liam!” Eleanor said with a smile. Liam kept on smiling. “We knew it!” Harry exclaimed. “Wae knew you guys would talk it out.” he said. Liam’s smile didn’t fade. “Yeah. I mean like Harry says, Danielle was apart of the One Direction Family. Once a family, always a family.” he said. Wow. Deep. “Awwwww!” everyone in the room said. Niall went a little pink. You kissed him on the cheek. Even though Liam was still upset about the breakup, you could tell that the talk he had with Danielle made him feel a thousand times better. Of course, he’s still sad that they’re not in a relationship anymore, but he was obviously happy that she’s still apart of his life somehow. And that’s how everyone wanted it. Everyone continued eating their meals and chatting and what not. That’s when your phone went off. Text from Liam. “Thank you” it read. You looked up at him to see you looking at the text. He smirked. “You’re welcome.” you mouthed to him…