- A Week Later -

It was hard. It was really hard not knowing where Mia was for another entire week.
Harry has tried to contacting Mia but she doesn’t give in to him either.

I fear that she is truly done with me. I don’t want her to give up, I want her to keep hoping that I will be there because I will.

The rest of the boys have not spoken to me since I told them last week. I haven’t tried to apologize again because I know Zayn was right, we need space and that’s what I’ll give them. I love them to death but we know when we need time a part. It does hurt me inside knowing I might have caused damage into our friendship but the worst part is that I don’t regret it because then I would regret everything with Mia and I don’t. I love her so much and I can’t tell you how much I hate myself for letting her go.

I only went out twice this week to talk to Andy and went out with Harry to eat dinner. Other than that, I stay home alone feeling sorry for myself and let my mind wonder about Mia.

I’ve had dreams of her the past few nights.

The dreams are different every night. They only make upset when I wake up because it’s a reminder that she isn’t with me.

Today is Saturday and right after I took a shower and ate breakfast I tried to call Mia.

I know she won’t answer but I want her to see that I’m still trying- I’m still thinking about her.
It rings and rings -like it always does and just as it always goes to her voicemail- and as I thought that I would get to hear voicemail for the millionth time, I’m shocked to hear a tiny small girly voice instead.

“Hello this is Helen! Who may I ask is calling?” I hear the little girl say.

Helen? That names sounds so familiar? But where… no way! It can’t be Helen as in Mia’s sister.

Did she go home?

The thought of her being home makes me smile and I feel relieved as well, she’s definitely safe.

“Hello, love. This is Liam, I’m Mia’s, um, her friend,” I cough at the end and run my hand through my messy hair.

“Liam? Wow! You have the same name as Liam Payne from One Direction! Do you love One Direction? I love One Direction! You know who’s my favorite? Harry! His eyes are as green as my sequin green sparkly skirt! Oooh you know I love One Thing! It’s my favorite song! Do you know that song? I know it!” Helen goes on and I laugh lightly. Looks like we have young 1D fan.

And then the idea hit me.

I knew I better act fast because I wasn’t sure if Mia even knew that Helen answered her phone.

“What if I told you that this is really Liam Payne?” I asked her.

“No that can’t be true. Liam is too cool and famous to know my sister…”
If only she knew that I was in love with her sister too…

“I am! How can I prove it to you?” I beg. I really needed her to believe me. If I can get her address, then I can find Mia for sure.

“Hmm… OK! What is Liam’s favorite color?”

“My favorite is purple,” I chuckle.

“Nope it’s pink,” she giggles.

“It’s not pink, it’s purple!” I pretend to argue.

“OK it is purple! But how do I know you really are Liam Payne?” She asks suspiciously.

“What if I came and visited you and your sister and prove it?” I offer and I hear her gasp.

“You would come here?” She shrieks and I hold in my laugh. “B-but why?”

“Because I would love to meet you! I love our fans.” I say happily. “But I would also love to see your sister again…” I admit to her.

“Wow! Liam Payne is coming to my house!” She says excitedly.

“Do you know your address, love?” I ask and she responds quickly with a yes. “Could you give it to me? I promise to be at your house as soon as possible so I can meet you.”

She begins screaming excitedly but quickly calms down and gives me their address. I write it down quickly and fist pump in the air in victory. I’m going to see Mia.

“Thank you so much for answering the phone Helen! I will be on my way now. But can you please not tell your parents or sister that I’m on my way? I want it to be a surprise,” I say hoping she will not tell them. Who knows if Mia will leave town knowing I’m coming to see her.

“I won’t tell anybody.” She promises.

“Thank you Helen. I got to go now, remember, this is a secret, I’ll see you soon,” I say.

“Bye Liam, see you later! Oh and tell Harry I love him!” And with that she hangs up. I chuckle at the last part and hang up.

Another idea came to me as I began packing a bag to take with me to Cambridge.

And that’s when I took out my phone and gave Harry a call.


Mia’s POV

My eyes stared out at the lake, it was quiet, it was peaceful, and I felt relaxed.

The tip of the fishing rod in my hands began to be pulled forward. I caught something.

“Mia you caught something baby! Now rail it in slowly,” my dad says besides me.

I railed in the fishing line slowly but as my line began to tug forward with force, that’s when I knew it was something big. Within seconds I was battling out with the fish that was hanging on the end of the line.

Sadly it was fighter and I lost the fish within seconds.

I groan and pout with disappointment while my dad laughs at me. I hit him playfully and he just smiles warmly at me.

I can’t explain how much I have enjoyed being home this week.

I feel almost complete now.

Almost.

Even though I have the missing pieces of my heart that was family, I still have one big piece missing… Liam.

I don’t understand why he won’t leave me alone? He and Harry have not stopped trying to contact me. At the end of the day my phone blows up with missed calls, text messages and voicemails.

Just the other day I almost gave in to Liam’s text message that said ‘I miss you’. I cried for a while because I miss him. But what’s the point in missing and loving someone who doesn’t really care for you as much as you do for them? I’m trying to move on. Why can’t Liam too? It’s not like he loves me or anything. I’m just the girl he slept with and paid who had problems and who also helped his as much as I could, nothing more.

Sometimes I feel like I’m half a heart without him most of the time.

But this is for the best.

I guess I should tell you what happened with my father when he found out I was home again last week.

My mom, Helen and I were making dinner together -I didn’t mind because it felt nice to bond together again- and we were having a good time, talking and laughing just like the old times. That was until we all heard the front door unlock and open.

“I’m home!” I heard my father’s voice for the first time in so long.

Mom looked at me with a small smile- she wasn’t sure how he would react when he would see as well. Helen bit her bottom lip and left the kitchen to see dad. I could hear her ask him how his dad was and he answered with ‘it was good, princess’. I heard both their footsteps come into the kitchen and that’s when I held in my breath and waited. Dad had a smile on his face as he walked in and he immediately saw my mom by the fridge, but when he saw someone else –me- standing beside the sink, he froze in place. His eyes went wide and his mouth fell open a little. He blinked a couple times and tried to say something but he couldn’t, he was shocked. I almost busted out crying, because I could feel the emotions between us. As what felt like hours but in reality only minutes later, I couldn’t take it anymore.

I ran to father and hugged him as if my life depended on it. He was quite tall so I always felt so small whenever I hugged, this time, I felt like a child all over again. He was caught off guard but that didn’t stop him from hugging me back which surprised me. We hugged each other and I began to cry into his chest.

“I’m so sorry dad, I’m so sorry I ruined my life, and this family,” I continued to cry. He didn’t say anything and so I continued. “I was selfish and stupid and I can’t believe I chose a boy over my own family and my future. A boy who didn’t care about me at all- I’m sorry I disappointed you and mom. I understand if you don’t want to have anything to do with me anymore, I-I just came to say I’m sorry and I’m sorry I didn’t come back sooner, it just took me this long to realize that I needed to apologize.”

He pulled away from the hug to look at me and I could see the tears in his eyes, I began to cry more because I hated to see my father cry.

“I just wanted what was best for you Mia. You were so blinded by that horrible boy that you couldn’t see that we just wanted you to have a bright future for you. I’m sorry we had to be harsh and kick you out but it had to be done, you needed to be taught a lesson in life and it seems that you have learned it haven’t you?” He asks me and I nod slowly.

“I wanted to come back a long time ago but I thought maybe you didn’t want me,” I sniffle.

“If you ever thought that we didn’t want you to come home then you’re wrong. We cried for you so many times, Helen missed you so much, we waited and waited but it seemed like maybe you weren’t ready to come back.”

“My life is such a mess now daddy,” a sob left my throat and he brought me into a hug.

“I realized while you were gone that sometimes things happen for a reason baby, everything will come together at the end,” he told me.

And that was when my mother and sister came into our hug and I smiled so wide.

We are a family again.


I had asked my parents if I could move back in with them that night when Helen went sleep it was only three of us. It was good time to explain to them what had happened over the last two years since I’ve been gone. I told all about what Xavier was like and that only made my father angry when I told him he would hit me and take my hard working money for himself, my mom cried knowing I was being abused. My father wanted to tell the police but what good did it do if I didn’t have proof? I told them I had left him months ago and was living on my own in London- though I didn’t tell them that he was out there still looking for me. They couldn’t believe that I had been living there –well hardly living anyways- and I also explained that it was hard to find a job. I didn’t tell them about Liam, though when my dad went to bed and it was only my mom and I, she had asked if there was another boy in my life. I was caught off guard by her question at first and lied saying no but she didn’t believe it. How could she know I was caring for a boy?

The last thing she said to me before I went to bed was “your eyes say so much, they must be shinning for someone.”

“We should get going Mia, your mom said to be home by seven for dinner.” Dad says after a few more hours of fishing.

I didn’t catch anything today and he caught two big ones. It was a good father-daughter bonding time today.

“Alright,” I nod as we begin to start packing up.

“Can you call your mom and ask her what’s she’s making for dinner?” He asks as he takes the fishing rods to the truck. I look for my phone in my shorts pockets and don’t find it. I go to the truck thinking I left inside it but I don’t find it. Did I leave my phone at home? As I think about it, I didn’t remember using it all day- I probably did leave it at home.

I see my dad’s phone in the driver’s seat so I use it and call my mom.


* * *

The next day I decided to take Helen to the park because my mom bought her a new bike. She was a head of me just riding it on the sidewalk as she was humming a song as I just took my time walking behind her.

I don’t know why, but Helen seems to be extra happy today. She also seems to be really excited about something. Maybe it’s because of her new bike.

We were at the park for a good solid hour until my mom told me to come home. I wasn’t sure why because she didn’t tell me. I told Helen we had to go and she didn’t argue, actually she was excited to go home. I literally don’t know what is going on but I just shrug it off. Little girls get excited over anything really. Maybe my mom had bought something for her or maybe making her famous sugar cookies, who knows.

My mind was somewhere else and I didn’t realize we were in front of the house until Helen told me to take her bike to the side of the house. I nodded and took her bike to the side to put in the back yard.

It wasn’t until when I heard my sister’s ear piercing scream. I jumped in fright and felt my heart beating out of my chest. I became scared not knowing what was happening and so I ran around the house and opened the front door and ran in.

“What’s wrong?! What happened-” I stopped talking when I saw who were both standing there hugging my sister.

“Harry?” I whisper in shock.

And then my eyes land on the man who stole my heart.

It suddenly feels harder to breathe.

“Liam?”

Notes

Cliffhanger... sorry! I'm thinking of only have two or three more chapters left until the story ends.
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