"It's four A.M. and I know that you're with him... I wonder if he knows that I touched your skin.. And if he feels my traces in your hair... Sorry, love, but I don't really care..."

Liam's finger thumped against his lips, foot and head dabbing to the music. All five boys have finally managed to get together after five days, deciding to play through the album one last time to make sure it was fit to their tastes.

Even with the tempo of the song filling through him, Liam couldn't get the image of the girl out of his head. The idiot didn't think to get her number, better yet, to chase her down to get her name. Her name! What could it be? He's asked the receptionist, but she wasn't so sure herself, though she did say that she was a personal friend of Simon's... Liam didn't dare to cross the boundary of getting too close to Simon. That was his boss, and he didn't want to cross any paths with the man when it came to his personal life.

Liam knew that man was a bit of a womanizer, worse than Harry actually, and even though Liam's gut told him that girl had nothing... sexual going on with his boss, he was scared to ask and find out anyways. He didn't know why, maybe because he didn't want his heart to get shut down before he knew he had the chance.

All in all, he still didn't know her name. Hopefully, soon, he'll know. He just needed to see her again.

It was a small world, it shouldn't be too hard, right? Liam was being too optimistic and he knew it. That girl, he never heard her spoke, but something about her rendered as 'foreign'. Perhaps she was American, Australian, perhaps even French. Her features held that look that was mixed. Her skin tone, not so pale, but not tan, was that perfect shade of color that made her look soft, silky, almost sexy.

Liam took a deep breath. He really wanted to see her again.

"Mate?"

Niall snapped Liam out of his thoughts. Brown eyes met with blue and the boy came to a sudden understanding. "You have that look again, mate. Who is she?"

Liam looked around, just now noticing that the recording studio he and the boys were staying at was now empty except for him and Niall. Liam looked back at his friend. "What do you mean?"

Niall snorted, reaching over to grab the Snapple tea and motioning to take a drink. "Wha'dya mean, 'what do you mean'? You got this faraway look in your eyes and the last time I've seen that was whenever you were missing Sophie."

Liam shrugged. He wasn't sure if he wanted to talk about it. Sophie was an ex, a girl that he honestly did care about, considering they were childhood friends, but she broke it off with him because of the stress of the fans. He wasn't necessarily sad that they weren't together anymore, since the relationship barely lasted two months, but he was a little upset she didn't try to put up a fight. He thought she was different from most girls, but just like all the others, including Danielle, she was the same. Always giving up, never trying to fight from giving into the hate Directioners held against girls close to the guys.

"Come on, Li." Niall urged as he leaned forward in his chair. "You've always had the most trouble with girls among the five of us. There's no reason in holding back on who you're thinking about."

Liam sighed as he grabbed the Starbucks ice coffee bottle from the mixer board, taking a swig of the now lukewarm liquid. "It's... I barely know her. I mean, hell, I don't even know her name. We just had a moment upon meeting, just a coincidental accident, but I just can't seem to get her out of my head..."

Niall was nodding in understanding as he listened to his friend talked. Liam didn't often elaborate on his feelings when it came to his girlfriends, since he'd rather keep his troubles to himself, but right now, the boy looked helpless. Niall knew the boy wasn't in love, far from it, but he seemed a little... smitten by something, or someone rather.

"When'd ya meet 'er?" Niall asked, rubbing his hands on his jeans, feeling the clamming of sweat picking up on his hands.

"Whenever we went to see Simon the other day. It was right by the elevator. She ran into my shoulder and I dropped the CD sample, causing it to land back into the elevator. She picked it up for me and handed it back. There were barely any words exchanged, but her eyes, they captivated me. Call me a romantic, but I swear I saw this look..."

Niall was intrigued by this. He was curious. "What look?"

Liam looked up from where he was staring at the floor. He fiddled with his fingers, not sure how to describe what he saw that day. "They were so... menacing. She was angry, but not toward the world, but with herself. I could be wrong, I mean, but she just looked so..."

"So?" Niall urged for the answer.

Liam finally met eyes with his friend. "So alone."

* * *
His shoulders could be seen shaking. His fingers seemed to gradually pick up speed as he kept turning the cube, colors flying and mixing together. He was trying to stop the tears from starting to fall, because he knew, he knew what was happening, and it was all his fault.

The Rubik cube in his hand suddenly stopped, and he jerked his hands, trying to get the thing to move again. "No, no, no..." He silently cried, a sob escaping his throat. "Please, no..."

It was all his fault. Because of him, she would do this. He sniffed as a tear slowly started to fall. He gently tugged the cube again, feeling the plastic beginning to move again. He brought it to his face, feeling the tears falling as he knew he was powerless. He held no control. If he tried to hold up a fight, that man would only make things worse.

All he could do was sit there and cry, waiting for it all to end. Wait for her to come back to him.

Notes

So I understand if this story is confusing and whatnot, gotta love the power of in medias res, eh? This chapter was more difficult to write simply because I wasn't sure how to take it, but I'm satisfied with it now, so sorry it took so long to post up the third chapter! I know the story's a little messed up and hard to understand but soon, soooooon you will find out all that is going on.

Be sure to comment what you're thinking so far. Hopefully you guys are liking this! :)

I'm really curious on who you think the boy is at the end. Any wild guesses? If you want to know, just continue to read.