Protect You, Protect Me
Please Don't Let It Be
"Gray, gray wake up." She groaned at his voice. Why does he always have to wake her up like this? She opened one eye to see the time; 8:10am.
"Jailbait, I suggest you bug off," she threatened over the covers. Her nickname made him laugh.
"Jailbait," he questioned her. Gray threw off the covers letting her bedhead hair fly around.
"Considering I'm older and all," she flirted. Liam leaned in and kissed her. Gray gave him one more peck and laid back down cuddling into the covers.
"Go on without me, I need sleep." She yawned, her eyes closing ready to pass out again. Liam pulled the covers off her body, causing her to groan again.
"No can do love, it's now or never." God, she just wanted a small hour more of sleep, anything for one more hour. Liam walked over to his bag pulling out another random sweatshirt. He said down on the bed helping her put in her arms and head.
"You look adorable," he whispered pushing back her hair. She looked up at him and sighed. Could she really be this lucky?
"Go sleep. Steve will run you to the bus, you will be save there. My bunk is the middle one on the right, I'll wake you later." Gray nodded her head; at this point she was willing to follow orders when it came to more sleep. He kissed her one more time and sent her on her to Steve who was still maintaining his position by the elevators. Niall came out of his room from across the hallway giving her a small smile. She threw her hand in the air hoping it looked like a wave. Niall laughed out loud. Sleep was all she could think about.
"Morning," Steve smirked at her. Since when did she become so funny to laugh at? Steve and her rode down the elevator to the lobby. Instead of going out the front, they headed to the back by the service door. A dozen fans or so stood out there, and Gray could care less about putting the hood of his sweatshirt up. Steve led her out, the girls out asked her questions, but she blew them off.
"Sleep well Miss Cameron." Gray nodded at him heading to the bunks. She found Liam's, at least she thought it was and laid down. The pillow smelled exactly like him making her smile. She cuddled up into pillow and finished her peaceful sleep.
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Gray woke up later in a sweat. Bad dreams happened to her a lot; she just wished it wasn't today. She peeked out of the bunk curtain to see no one else around. Next to her on the floor were both her bags. Liam followed his word and left them there right where she could see them. Gray crawled out and stretched, and pulled out some clothes. It was an overcast day in April, so she stuck with skinny jeans, black flats and an oversized turquoise sweater. Grey left the bus looking for any sign of life. A different body guard, not Steve waved her over.
"You aren't Steve." He smiled; she already knew she liked him.
"He is off this afternoon, I'm Curtis. Come on I'll take you to the guys." She followed Curtis inside and down the hall to a conference room.
"There you go my dear." Gray opened the door to see all five guys mauling down on pizza.
"Gray Goose!" Louis yelled to her causing the rest to look her direction. Liam looked up and his face broke out into a smile. Gray winked at him.
"Someone got up late. Long night for you?" Harry asked suggestively thrusting his hips. Liam threw his crust at him.
"No, did you?" Harry looked at her confused.
"No, I shared a room with Zayn." Gray looked at him giving the same suggestive glance and wiggling her eyes. It only took the rest of the guys seconds to catch on to her innuendo. They all laughed and cheered.
"I knew there was a reason I liked you Gray Goose!" Gray laughed and sat down next to Liam. His eyes gleamed at her and he threw his arm around her.
"Feel free to join us." Gray wasted no time and dug into a piece of sausage.
"She eats too! I like her Liam," Niall joked.
"Thanks mate," Liam said back to him. Louis sat down next to her.
"So Gray, what's your story," Louis asked. She shrugged her shoulders. How do you answer that?
"What's yours," Gray answered back.
"I am Louis the great. One fifth of this amazing band called One Direction. I am known as the funny one, and the best bum, don't forget that." Gray laughed taking another bite of her pizza.
"And the rest of you?" They all looked at each other trying to find an acceptable answer.
"Well, Zayn is our quiet model," Louis started," Niall is the hottie with some amazing dance moves, and Harry is our resident flirt." Gray took a drink of her water.
"Then what's Liam," Niall asked, thinking the same thing as Gray. The group was quiet again.
"He's... he's average," Zayn replied. Gray started to cough and laugh spraying all the water she had out of her mouth. They all started and laughed at her with wide eyes.
"I'm so sorry," she said not sure whether to laugh or die of embarrassment. Liam stared at her with an amused look on his face.
"I'll take average," she beamed up at him. Liam bent down give her a kiss on the mouth.
"Ay, ay none of that here! I don't want to lose my lunch," Harry yelled, trying to keep a disgust look his face. Gray pulled back, leaving Liam hanging and laughed.
"Okay, I'll play fair. No more lovin' for Liam." Liam stuck his tongue out at her.
"You watching sound check," he asked her. The rest of the guys were debating about whose earpieces were better.
"Can I go sit out in the stands and watch? I have about 10 different classes of papers to grade." Liam pouted.
"You aren't you to stare and gawk at me?" She playfully rolled her eyes.
"A teacher's assistant's life is never done," she answered giving him another peck on his lips.
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Gray wandered into the upper section of the arena where she could see Liam but Liam couldn't see her. The boys had been on stage for 15 minutes now and got nothing accomplished except trying to trip Harry as much as possible. She was glad she wasn't closer at this point, school was back on Tuesday and they had to be done then. Gray looked down at the stage again seeing Zayn chasing Liam with a yoga ball. She laughed and rolled eyes. Gray popped on her ipod and zoned out to the sounds of Coldplay. Some people had to get work done.
After 45 minutes the boys finally finished sound check and were released. Liam looked around the arena trying to find Gray. He knew she was out there somewhere.
"Check one. Has anyone seen my girlfriend," he said in the microphone to the numerous workers out on the floor. One pointed up near the section she was sitting.
"Thanks." Liam threw his microphone down and headed off the stage to hunt her down. He breezed past the other guys, not even realize them gawking.
"Uhh lads, did you all hear that," Louis asked the rest of them. They nodded in agreement.
"Girlfriend? When did that happen," Zayn wondered out loud. The rest of the boys were wondering the same.
Liam ran up the arena steps to the upper deck looking for Gray. He quietly jogged though looking in the doorways until he found her. She had a stack of papers on her lap and she was quietly head bobbing to the music she was listening to. Liam quietly sneaked up on her making sure she didn't hear his shoes on the steps. He crawled in the row behind her, ready for his sneak attack. Gray was not even paying attention.
"BOO!" he yelled grabbing her firmly on the shoulders. Gray's hands flew up tossing all the papers into the air. She screamed so loud the whole arena heard her. Gray turned around and stared daggers into to him.
"I suggest you run," she calmly said, even though her whole face was covered in anger. Liam threw her a smile before quickly sprinting up the steps. Gray shoved the rest of the papers off her lap and followed.
"Jailbait you are dead!" By the time she made it up the stairs he was at least 50 feet in front her. Gray could hear Liam still laughing making her want to catch him more. She turned her speed into overdrive and breaking the distance between him. She was within steps of him, so Gray launched her body in the air grabbing his body. Soon Liam was giving her a piggy back ride. Liam stopped to catch his breath and try to stop laughing.
"Your.. your face," he laughed not being able to control his laughter.
"Not funny!" As much as Gray tried to be mad, a smile erupted on her face. She bent over and kissed Liam on the cheek.
"Sorry love, I had to." Liam held on to her legs, speeding her around in circles making her scream again before finally releasing her. He grabbed both Gray's hands in her and kissed her.
"You know I am going to get you back, right?" Gray matched his lips, kiss for kiss.
"Sure love, whatever you say," he murmured.
"I will Payne, that is a promise."
----
After their scream fest, Liam helped her clean up the mess of papers in the stands. They lounging around until the boys had to get ready for show, and Gray took that time to get out of the way. She said off in the wings of the stage watching the arena fill up. Every shape and size person was coming in there, excited to see her boys. Even though she wanted them in concert before, her body filled with excitement. This was the first time from backstage. The closer it got to go time the more people started to move into the hallway.
Gray found a random stage box to sit on so she wouldn’t get stepped on. She looked down and saw the guys coming down. They all looked hot, and so serious. Liam walked over to her.
“Excited, “she asked. He smiled at her.
“Excited for you to watch me.” Liam leaned up on the box, getting closer to her face. She leaned down and kissed him.
“Good luck babe,” she whispered. Liam reached up again and kissed her, making it last longer than the last time. He winked at her once last time before going back to the guys. They ran onto the stage causing the crowd to light up. Gray even found herself screaming along in fun. Steve stood at their laughing.
“Shush Steve,” she laughed continuing on with her one woman party while the man she was falling for sang to thousands of girls out there.
----
Gray woke up the next day without Liam’s help. It was 5:30 in the morning and Liam was cuddled in, spooning her but she couldn’t go back to sleep. In less than 12 hours, she was leaving him, going back to her average life. She sighed, and quietly moved his body parts of hers to get up. She needed to run. Gray quickly threw on her running shorts and a random tank top and headed down to the gym. Running is her constant, and since her normal life was just around the corner it worked perfect. She winked at Steve who continued to stand post at the elevators and headed down stairs.
“Hey Gray.” Gray looked over to see who it was. Zayn was there, looking sleepy in his workout shorts. Gray slowed down the treadmill and wiped her face on her towel.
“Good morning,” she slowed her treadmill to a walk trying to regain her breath. How in the world did she already have 6 miles completed?
“Ready to go home today,” he asked making small talk. Zayn jumped on the bike next to her treadmill. She gave him a look, causing him to laugh.
“Well, if I know anything, you will be back, and probably sooner then you think.”
“What makes you think that,” she asked. Liam and her had yet to talk about the future, including trips to meet and such.
“I know Liam. He doesn’t mess around for the things he wants; I bet money you’ll see him.” Gray blushed. She decided not to say anything else and got back to her running. Both stayed next to each other, but didn’t talk. It was a given both of them had things on her mind. She continued running, hearing the door open on the other side of the room.
Oh. My. God.
Liam walked in wearing just a pair of very low track pants and nothing else. Gray tried to keep her cool and continue at the pace she was at her, but her eyes didn’t leave him once through the mirror. Her mouth ran dry. He definitely was doing it on her purpose and trying to get her attention. Zayn finally caught on, and laughed seeing the look on Gray’s face.
“Mate! Put a shirt on, you are going to kill the poor girl,” he laughed. Gray turned so hard to look away from the mirror where she was watching him, but he was like a bug zapper and you can never look away from the bright light. Liam just smirked at them both and continued lifting weights. Zayn continued to keep moving his eyes to each of them. You could cut the sexual tension in the air with a knife.
“I’m out. Both of you just need to jump each other’s bones and get it over with,” Zayn chuckled leaving the workout room. Gray’s head was swirling. What he doing this to get a rise of her, just literally he is that dumb? She just tried to focus on running, and not fall off the treadmill. She turned her music and treadmill up and pushed harder, looking away from him and on the floor. Liam dropped the dumbbells on the bench and walked over to Gray.
His eyes were burning a whole into her body. He knew what she was doing. Creating distance. She left that afternoon; of course she didn’t want to be anywhere near him. He didn’t know her for very long, but he knew exactly what she was doing.
“Love, what do you think you are doing,” he asked stepping up onto the treadmill next to her.
“Run..ing,” she breathed out, barely able to create sentences. He looked down at her treadmill seeing she was going at 6.5 mph. He shook his head and reached over, turning down her treadmill so was finally at slow pace, barely crawling along. Gray looked up at him.
“What,” she asked. He grabbed her arm, making her whole body and head turn to look at him. She shivered, trying to look anywhere but his eyes. She couldn’t look at them. As soon as she did, she knew she would fall all over. She left soon, it wasn’t the time to like him more, it was the time to say good bye. A clean break is always the best.
“Look me in the eyes Gray,” he said, catching on to her. Gray shook her head no. Liam repositioned his body so he could reach over the treadmill arm and pull her head into close to hers, making their foreheads touch.
“Stop,” he whispered sternly.
“I’m not doing anything,” she lied. Last thing she wanted was some stupid drama. It was best to finish the last couple of hours in a semi decent mood.
“You are trying to push me away, but failing miserably at it right now,” he chuckled. Gray stayed silent. She was pushing him away, there was no denying it. There was so much so wanted to say and tell him. Tell him how she was scared shitless that this would be the last time she saw him that she knew this couldn’t work at all, everything bad she could think of. It was killing her inside. All she wanted was to stay there and be with him, but this wasn’t a perfect world and Gray had to get back to ground at some point. She pulled his hands away, unlocking her head from him and looked down. Gray knew it, the tears were starting to fall. Oh god, just don’t look up Gray, don’t let him see.
“Love?” He said, concerned. He bent his knees, looking to see her face. The tears started to pour out of her eyes even faster. He immediately wrapped his arms around her pulling her close, making the treadmill arm dig into her body.
“Don’t cry sweet girl, it’s okay.” Gray wrapped her arms around his body, finding it impossible to get close enough to him. She knew it was goodbye, she was just unsure if another hello would come. Liam squeezed her harder.
“I WILL see you again, I promise. This isn’t goodbye Gray, I’ll never been able to say goodbye to you.” Gray nodded her head against his chest, believing him. They stood in that position, suctioning cupped together for what seemed like hours and not minutes. The best and yet the hardest time of her life was ending on a plane back to reality. She really wondered if she could go on without him. Life threw her a melon sized curveball that she just couldn’t seem to swallow.
"Jailbait, I suggest you bug off," she threatened over the covers. Her nickname made him laugh.
"Jailbait," he questioned her. Gray threw off the covers letting her bedhead hair fly around.
"Considering I'm older and all," she flirted. Liam leaned in and kissed her. Gray gave him one more peck and laid back down cuddling into the covers.
"Go on without me, I need sleep." She yawned, her eyes closing ready to pass out again. Liam pulled the covers off her body, causing her to groan again.
"No can do love, it's now or never." God, she just wanted a small hour more of sleep, anything for one more hour. Liam walked over to his bag pulling out another random sweatshirt. He said down on the bed helping her put in her arms and head.
"You look adorable," he whispered pushing back her hair. She looked up at him and sighed. Could she really be this lucky?
"Go sleep. Steve will run you to the bus, you will be save there. My bunk is the middle one on the right, I'll wake you later." Gray nodded her head; at this point she was willing to follow orders when it came to more sleep. He kissed her one more time and sent her on her to Steve who was still maintaining his position by the elevators. Niall came out of his room from across the hallway giving her a small smile. She threw her hand in the air hoping it looked like a wave. Niall laughed out loud. Sleep was all she could think about.
"Morning," Steve smirked at her. Since when did she become so funny to laugh at? Steve and her rode down the elevator to the lobby. Instead of going out the front, they headed to the back by the service door. A dozen fans or so stood out there, and Gray could care less about putting the hood of his sweatshirt up. Steve led her out, the girls out asked her questions, but she blew them off.
"Sleep well Miss Cameron." Gray nodded at him heading to the bunks. She found Liam's, at least she thought it was and laid down. The pillow smelled exactly like him making her smile. She cuddled up into pillow and finished her peaceful sleep.
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Gray woke up later in a sweat. Bad dreams happened to her a lot; she just wished it wasn't today. She peeked out of the bunk curtain to see no one else around. Next to her on the floor were both her bags. Liam followed his word and left them there right where she could see them. Gray crawled out and stretched, and pulled out some clothes. It was an overcast day in April, so she stuck with skinny jeans, black flats and an oversized turquoise sweater. Grey left the bus looking for any sign of life. A different body guard, not Steve waved her over.
"You aren't Steve." He smiled; she already knew she liked him.
"He is off this afternoon, I'm Curtis. Come on I'll take you to the guys." She followed Curtis inside and down the hall to a conference room.
"There you go my dear." Gray opened the door to see all five guys mauling down on pizza.
"Gray Goose!" Louis yelled to her causing the rest to look her direction. Liam looked up and his face broke out into a smile. Gray winked at him.
"Someone got up late. Long night for you?" Harry asked suggestively thrusting his hips. Liam threw his crust at him.
"No, did you?" Harry looked at her confused.
"No, I shared a room with Zayn." Gray looked at him giving the same suggestive glance and wiggling her eyes. It only took the rest of the guys seconds to catch on to her innuendo. They all laughed and cheered.
"I knew there was a reason I liked you Gray Goose!" Gray laughed and sat down next to Liam. His eyes gleamed at her and he threw his arm around her.
"Feel free to join us." Gray wasted no time and dug into a piece of sausage.
"She eats too! I like her Liam," Niall joked.
"Thanks mate," Liam said back to him. Louis sat down next to her.
"So Gray, what's your story," Louis asked. She shrugged her shoulders. How do you answer that?
"What's yours," Gray answered back.
"I am Louis the great. One fifth of this amazing band called One Direction. I am known as the funny one, and the best bum, don't forget that." Gray laughed taking another bite of her pizza.
"And the rest of you?" They all looked at each other trying to find an acceptable answer.
"Well, Zayn is our quiet model," Louis started," Niall is the hottie with some amazing dance moves, and Harry is our resident flirt." Gray took a drink of her water.
"Then what's Liam," Niall asked, thinking the same thing as Gray. The group was quiet again.
"He's... he's average," Zayn replied. Gray started to cough and laugh spraying all the water she had out of her mouth. They all started and laughed at her with wide eyes.
"I'm so sorry," she said not sure whether to laugh or die of embarrassment. Liam stared at her with an amused look on his face.
"I'll take average," she beamed up at him. Liam bent down give her a kiss on the mouth.
"Ay, ay none of that here! I don't want to lose my lunch," Harry yelled, trying to keep a disgust look his face. Gray pulled back, leaving Liam hanging and laughed.
"Okay, I'll play fair. No more lovin' for Liam." Liam stuck his tongue out at her.
"You watching sound check," he asked her. The rest of the guys were debating about whose earpieces were better.
"Can I go sit out in the stands and watch? I have about 10 different classes of papers to grade." Liam pouted.
"You aren't you to stare and gawk at me?" She playfully rolled her eyes.
"A teacher's assistant's life is never done," she answered giving him another peck on his lips.
----
Gray wandered into the upper section of the arena where she could see Liam but Liam couldn't see her. The boys had been on stage for 15 minutes now and got nothing accomplished except trying to trip Harry as much as possible. She was glad she wasn't closer at this point, school was back on Tuesday and they had to be done then. Gray looked down at the stage again seeing Zayn chasing Liam with a yoga ball. She laughed and rolled eyes. Gray popped on her ipod and zoned out to the sounds of Coldplay. Some people had to get work done.
After 45 minutes the boys finally finished sound check and were released. Liam looked around the arena trying to find Gray. He knew she was out there somewhere.
"Check one. Has anyone seen my girlfriend," he said in the microphone to the numerous workers out on the floor. One pointed up near the section she was sitting.
"Thanks." Liam threw his microphone down and headed off the stage to hunt her down. He breezed past the other guys, not even realize them gawking.
"Uhh lads, did you all hear that," Louis asked the rest of them. They nodded in agreement.
"Girlfriend? When did that happen," Zayn wondered out loud. The rest of the boys were wondering the same.
Liam ran up the arena steps to the upper deck looking for Gray. He quietly jogged though looking in the doorways until he found her. She had a stack of papers on her lap and she was quietly head bobbing to the music she was listening to. Liam quietly sneaked up on her making sure she didn't hear his shoes on the steps. He crawled in the row behind her, ready for his sneak attack. Gray was not even paying attention.
"BOO!" he yelled grabbing her firmly on the shoulders. Gray's hands flew up tossing all the papers into the air. She screamed so loud the whole arena heard her. Gray turned around and stared daggers into to him.
"I suggest you run," she calmly said, even though her whole face was covered in anger. Liam threw her a smile before quickly sprinting up the steps. Gray shoved the rest of the papers off her lap and followed.
"Jailbait you are dead!" By the time she made it up the stairs he was at least 50 feet in front her. Gray could hear Liam still laughing making her want to catch him more. She turned her speed into overdrive and breaking the distance between him. She was within steps of him, so Gray launched her body in the air grabbing his body. Soon Liam was giving her a piggy back ride. Liam stopped to catch his breath and try to stop laughing.
"Your.. your face," he laughed not being able to control his laughter.
"Not funny!" As much as Gray tried to be mad, a smile erupted on her face. She bent over and kissed Liam on the cheek.
"Sorry love, I had to." Liam held on to her legs, speeding her around in circles making her scream again before finally releasing her. He grabbed both Gray's hands in her and kissed her.
"You know I am going to get you back, right?" Gray matched his lips, kiss for kiss.
"Sure love, whatever you say," he murmured.
"I will Payne, that is a promise."
----
After their scream fest, Liam helped her clean up the mess of papers in the stands. They lounging around until the boys had to get ready for show, and Gray took that time to get out of the way. She said off in the wings of the stage watching the arena fill up. Every shape and size person was coming in there, excited to see her boys. Even though she wanted them in concert before, her body filled with excitement. This was the first time from backstage. The closer it got to go time the more people started to move into the hallway.
Gray found a random stage box to sit on so she wouldn’t get stepped on. She looked down and saw the guys coming down. They all looked hot, and so serious. Liam walked over to her.
“Excited, “she asked. He smiled at her.
“Excited for you to watch me.” Liam leaned up on the box, getting closer to her face. She leaned down and kissed him.
“Good luck babe,” she whispered. Liam reached up again and kissed her, making it last longer than the last time. He winked at her once last time before going back to the guys. They ran onto the stage causing the crowd to light up. Gray even found herself screaming along in fun. Steve stood at their laughing.
“Shush Steve,” she laughed continuing on with her one woman party while the man she was falling for sang to thousands of girls out there.
----
Gray woke up the next day without Liam’s help. It was 5:30 in the morning and Liam was cuddled in, spooning her but she couldn’t go back to sleep. In less than 12 hours, she was leaving him, going back to her average life. She sighed, and quietly moved his body parts of hers to get up. She needed to run. Gray quickly threw on her running shorts and a random tank top and headed down to the gym. Running is her constant, and since her normal life was just around the corner it worked perfect. She winked at Steve who continued to stand post at the elevators and headed down stairs.
“Hey Gray.” Gray looked over to see who it was. Zayn was there, looking sleepy in his workout shorts. Gray slowed down the treadmill and wiped her face on her towel.
“Good morning,” she slowed her treadmill to a walk trying to regain her breath. How in the world did she already have 6 miles completed?
“Ready to go home today,” he asked making small talk. Zayn jumped on the bike next to her treadmill. She gave him a look, causing him to laugh.
“Well, if I know anything, you will be back, and probably sooner then you think.”
“What makes you think that,” she asked. Liam and her had yet to talk about the future, including trips to meet and such.
“I know Liam. He doesn’t mess around for the things he wants; I bet money you’ll see him.” Gray blushed. She decided not to say anything else and got back to her running. Both stayed next to each other, but didn’t talk. It was a given both of them had things on her mind. She continued running, hearing the door open on the other side of the room.
Oh. My. God.
Liam walked in wearing just a pair of very low track pants and nothing else. Gray tried to keep her cool and continue at the pace she was at her, but her eyes didn’t leave him once through the mirror. Her mouth ran dry. He definitely was doing it on her purpose and trying to get her attention. Zayn finally caught on, and laughed seeing the look on Gray’s face.
“Mate! Put a shirt on, you are going to kill the poor girl,” he laughed. Gray turned so hard to look away from the mirror where she was watching him, but he was like a bug zapper and you can never look away from the bright light. Liam just smirked at them both and continued lifting weights. Zayn continued to keep moving his eyes to each of them. You could cut the sexual tension in the air with a knife.
“I’m out. Both of you just need to jump each other’s bones and get it over with,” Zayn chuckled leaving the workout room. Gray’s head was swirling. What he doing this to get a rise of her, just literally he is that dumb? She just tried to focus on running, and not fall off the treadmill. She turned her music and treadmill up and pushed harder, looking away from him and on the floor. Liam dropped the dumbbells on the bench and walked over to Gray.
His eyes were burning a whole into her body. He knew what she was doing. Creating distance. She left that afternoon; of course she didn’t want to be anywhere near him. He didn’t know her for very long, but he knew exactly what she was doing.
“Love, what do you think you are doing,” he asked stepping up onto the treadmill next to her.
“Run..ing,” she breathed out, barely able to create sentences. He looked down at her treadmill seeing she was going at 6.5 mph. He shook his head and reached over, turning down her treadmill so was finally at slow pace, barely crawling along. Gray looked up at him.
“What,” she asked. He grabbed her arm, making her whole body and head turn to look at him. She shivered, trying to look anywhere but his eyes. She couldn’t look at them. As soon as she did, she knew she would fall all over. She left soon, it wasn’t the time to like him more, it was the time to say good bye. A clean break is always the best.
“Look me in the eyes Gray,” he said, catching on to her. Gray shook her head no. Liam repositioned his body so he could reach over the treadmill arm and pull her head into close to hers, making their foreheads touch.
“Stop,” he whispered sternly.
“I’m not doing anything,” she lied. Last thing she wanted was some stupid drama. It was best to finish the last couple of hours in a semi decent mood.
“You are trying to push me away, but failing miserably at it right now,” he chuckled. Gray stayed silent. She was pushing him away, there was no denying it. There was so much so wanted to say and tell him. Tell him how she was scared shitless that this would be the last time she saw him that she knew this couldn’t work at all, everything bad she could think of. It was killing her inside. All she wanted was to stay there and be with him, but this wasn’t a perfect world and Gray had to get back to ground at some point. She pulled his hands away, unlocking her head from him and looked down. Gray knew it, the tears were starting to fall. Oh god, just don’t look up Gray, don’t let him see.
“Love?” He said, concerned. He bent his knees, looking to see her face. The tears started to pour out of her eyes even faster. He immediately wrapped his arms around her pulling her close, making the treadmill arm dig into her body.
“Don’t cry sweet girl, it’s okay.” Gray wrapped her arms around his body, finding it impossible to get close enough to him. She knew it was goodbye, she was just unsure if another hello would come. Liam squeezed her harder.
“I WILL see you again, I promise. This isn’t goodbye Gray, I’ll never been able to say goodbye to you.” Gray nodded her head against his chest, believing him. They stood in that position, suctioning cupped together for what seemed like hours and not minutes. The best and yet the hardest time of her life was ending on a plane back to reality. She really wondered if she could go on without him. Life threw her a melon sized curveball that she just couldn’t seem to swallow.
I LOVE THISSSSSSSS
5/18/14