Do you have to go?” I pouted as my boyfriend made his way to security line at the airport.

“You know I do.” Liam chuckled wrapped his arms around my shoulders, pulling me in for a tight hug. “Just remember, I’m flying you out to see me once a month, so no tears okay?” I nodded as I tried to hold in the tears that were threatening to spill over any second. “I love you and I’ll see you in three weeks.”

“I love you, too.” I sighed as I wrapped my arms around his shoulders before his arms snaked around my waist, pulling me close before pressing his lips gently to mine for a sweet, short kiss. “That’s all I get?” I playfully rolled my eyes. “Eleanor practically got a make out session no one wanted to see.” I joked as Liam laughed and pulled me back in for another kiss, this one was much rougher than the first and was on the verge of another make out session no one wanted to see.

“Better?” Liam breathed as he parted.

“Much.” I smiled and bit my bottom lip. “Now go perform for millions of teenage girls.” I let my arms fall from his neck as his fell from my waist before he got in the security line with the other boys.

“I love you!”

“I love you, too!”

~*~

The next week was torture for both me and Quin, so we decided to go out on night to try and get our minds off the boys. It didn't work. Every other song was One Direction, so after a drunken Quin had a mental breakdown, we headed home.

When Quin and I got back to the apartment, I immediately found my laptop and opened up twitter. It's Liam's fault I even got this stupid account and now I was addicted and Sugarscape made me laugh. I scrolled through my feed and paused at one of Liam's tweets and smiled.

When Quin and I got back to the apartment, I immediately found my laptop and opened up twitter. It's Liam's fault I even got this stupid account and now I was addicted and Sugarscape made me laugh. I scrolled through my feed and paused at one of Liam's tweets and smiled.

@Real_Liam_Payne: Missing home alreadyyy. Two weeks is tooooo lonnngggg /:

I quickly favorited the tweet and set my laptop to the side. “I'm gonna take a shower. Don't burn the building down.” I stated as Quin tried to read the back of a ramen noodle packet as if she hadn't made it a million times before. I guess drunken Quin didn't know how to cook. She gave me a thumbs up as I walked into the bathroom and shut the door behind me.

I shouldn't have left the poor girl alone. The second I stepped out of the bathroom, I heard crying from the kitchen. I turned the corner to see Quin sitting on the floor, clutching her One Direction CD and sobbing the lyrics to “What Make You Beautiful”. I sighed and took the disc from her. “Okay, it's your bedtime.”

“No!”

“Oh my god get off the floor and go to bed.” I grabbed her arm and pulled her off the floor.

“Whoa.. the room's spinning...”

“Come on big girl.” I patted her back as I lead her to her bedroom. Thank God she named me the designated driver.

~*~

“Ah, cheating rumors.” Quin sighed as she closed her laptop the next morning as I walked out of my bedroom.

“What?” I yawned, scratching my head as I made my way to the kitchen. I needed some Frosted Flakes in my life.

“Oh, the guys went out last night and suddenly they're all cheating on their girlfriends.” My best friend followed me into the kitchen and grabbed the headache medicine from the cabinet.

“Oh...” Quin jumped up on the counter as I grabbed the Frosted Flakes and some milk.

“Mels, you've never dealt with the rumors before because you didn't have a social media site, but trust me when I say this: Liam's not cheating on you. They're just rumors. He loves you way too much to even think about cheating on you.” I nodded and put the food away. Suddenly I wasn't hungry anymore. I took my anti-depressant and went back to my room. I knew I was going to regret my next decision, but I had to see what was going on.

LIAM PAYNE CHEATS ON GIRLFRIEND?

Last night the One Direction boys were seen out at a local pub and Liam was seen getting very friendly with one of the waitresses.

“He was very sweet, but I told him I couldn't because I knew he had a girlfriend. After that, he rolled his eyes and moved on to another girl.” Claims the waitress who wishes to remain anonymous. “He left the pub with her, and that's all I know.”

Could Liam really leave a pub with another woman? What will Melody have to say about this?

Okay, that was definitely ridiculous. He called me every night he was away! He even drunk dialed me last night and stayed on the phone until he fell asleep.

I sighed in relief as I realized how ridiculous these rumors were. Liam wouldn't cheat on me.

“Uh... Mels. You might want to come and take a look at this.” Quin popped her head into my bedroom and motioned for me to follow her into the living room. She handed me her laptop as I sat on the couch. It was open to some tabloid article.

COULD MELODY SCOTT BE GOING BACK TO HER NORMAL LIFESTYLE?

An anonymous source (why did everyone want to be anonymous?) called us just two days ago with a juicy story that we just couldn't pass up. Apparently miss Scott's been seen back home, fooling around with an old 'fling' name Mitchell while Liam's been away on tour.

“I don't know what would possess her to go back to him. He beat her to a bloody pulp when they were together. I guess once you're used to a certain way of life, you can't just quit. It's like an addiction.”

I think it's time we all intervene in this and tell Melody she's an idiot for seeing someone behind Liam's back.

What do you think? Is she seeing this Mitchell guy again?

“That's bullshit.” I said and handed her the laptop back. “How could they know about Mitchell? I've not told anyone about it!”

“Melody--”

“The only people who know are you, my mum and dad, Liam, and his mum.” I paced the living room.

“Mels these people are lowlifes who will do anything for a story. I'm pretty sure on of them sold their soul to the devil, okay? What does it matter? It's not true.”

“That's not the point, Q! The point is that someone told about Mitch and now everyone knows.”

“I know it's hard to accept something like this, but you're in a small spotlight now. People are going to dig up as much on you as they possibly can--”

The sound of Liam's ringtone filled the room, cutting off Quin mid-sentence. “Hello?” I answered and walked into the other room.

“Did you see the articles?”

“Yeah, I did. I know they're not true, Liam.”

“I was talking about the articles about you.” His voice sounded harsh.

“I just got done reading one. I can't believe they told a tabloid about Mitchell.”

“So it's true?”

“What?”

“You're seeing him behind my back?”

“You... you believe them?” I couldn't believe this.

“Should I?”

“I don't know, I'm not the one who left with a waitress last night.”

“You know I didn't do that.”

“You know I'm not seeing anyone behind your back!”

“I don't know that. You were seeing me behind Mitchell's.”

I had to take a moment to take in what he just said to me. “This is different.”

“How?”

“You're not beating me!”

“I'll talk to you later, Melody.”

“No! We're talking about this!” The line went dead. I redialed Liam's number and he sent me to voicemail. All seven times. I pulled up my messages and immediately sent him a text.

Melody: I thought you trusted me.

Liam: I thought I did too.

Melody: Maybe I just shouldn't come to see you next week.

Read message. No reply. I threw my phone across the room and flinched as it slammed against the wall. Maybe it broke. I wouldn't have to deal with this bullshit if it did.

I sat down on the floor next to my bed and pulled my knees up to my chest. How could he not believe me? I've never been anything but honest with him... well except for when we first met... he didn't know I had a boyfriend, and I didn't tell him until he tried to kiss me.

Maybe he had a point. Maybe he couldn't trust me.

Three days later

I hadn't spoken to Liam since he hung up on me, and it was killing me, so my heart nearly jumped out of my chest when I saw I had a text from him when I woke up.

Liam: I'll see you tomorrow

Melody: I thought you didn't want me to come out there.

Liam: We need to talk about this.

Melody: So you can talk about this now?

Liam: In person

I sighed and put my phone away and looked over at my packed bag in the corner of my room. I had packed it in hopes of Liam still wanting me to come, but never thought he would.

~*~

When my plane landed, I looked around the airport for any sign of Liam. Screaming girls would have been a dead giveaway, but there were none. I sighed and went to pick up my bag from baggage claim. “Hey,” I turned around at the sound of the familiar voice and my heart nearly burst out of my chest when I saw Liam standing behind me with my luggage in front of him.

“Hey.” I folded my arms over my torso, unsure of how he wanted me to react. “You can hug me, you know.” He smiled and opened his arms. I immediately ran over to him and threw my arms around his neck, breathing in his familiar scent as his arms wrapped around my waist, holding me tight. I knew what was coming next, and I didn't want this moment to end. “The car's outside waiting.” Liam said as he ended the hug, taking my hand in his. I grabbed the handle of my suitcase and rolled it behind me as I followed him out of the airport.

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