Liam’s POV

The airport was just like every other airport; crowded and loud. I waved at a few girls as we passed them, and smiled (the best I could) for paparazzi pictures before I finally got to the car. “Damn, that was a nightmare.” I thought aloud to myself. I looked out the car window and I could have sworn I saw her.

No, there’s no way it was her.

But her hair…

No. She wouldn’t be here. I mean, she broke up with me after I proposed to her. There’s no reason she would be here. “Hey man. Was that Melody?” I shook my head and waved Louis off. “Looked like her.” He shrugged.

“Nah. She’s studying right now.” Okay, so the only people who knew about mine and Melody’s breakup were me and Melody… and Quin. “She told me she couldn’t make it.” Louis nodded as Niall and Zayn piled into the car. “Where’s Harry?”

“He’s taking a separate car to his mum’s.” Niall shrugged as the car pulled off. I looked down at my phone, praying to see Melody’s name show up. It never did. I locked my phone and shoved it in my back pocket. “What’s wrong?” I looked up at Niall who was clearly addressing me.

“Nothing.” I shrugged. “Just waiting for a text from Melody.” It wasn’t a lie. I always was.

“Did you two have a fight or something? You’ve been moping around for months, Jesus Christ.” Zayn groaned and pulled his phone out.

“Just because you and Perrie have a perfect relationship doesn’t mean I have to!” I snapped and crossed my arms over my chest.

“Whoa… no one has a perfect relationship, mate.” I rolled my eyes as Zayn spoke. “It’s a lot of hard work, but you should know that… Danielle and you had fights, but you never acted like—“

“Melody broke up with me.” I cut him off. I couldn’t take hearing anything else about relationships.

“What? When?” Everyone in the car was listening now.

“May…”

“Dude, that was months ago.”

“Yeah, well, I proposed to her… and she broke up with me.” I shrugged, trying not to cry like I had for the millionth time. I definitely wasn’t over it. I was far from over it.

Niall’s POV

The poor guy was a mess when we finally got him back to his apartment. “She… she slept right here. Oh, god, her stuff’s gone!” He wailed as he crawled into his bed, clutching onto her pillow. This dude had issues. Louis looked over at me with wide eyes and mouthed ‘wow’. I nodded in agreement. “What did I do wrong? I just wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What’s so wrong about that?”

“Well, she’s barely twenty… you two are kinda young, and maybe she thought you were suffocating her. I mean, you practically spent every waking moment with the girl and—“ Liam buried his face in the pillow and let out a loud cry. Louis punched Zayn in the arm.

“Really, man?” I said, slapping the back of his head.

“Sorry, but it’s true.” Zayn shrugged. “Okay, Liam, look… don’t be one of those guys.”

“I was one of her guys!” Liam sobbed and sniffed the pillow, receiving looks from the three of us. “Oh god… it still smells like her shampoo!”

“Okay, it’s time for you to wash that pillow case.” I said and bent down to grab the pillow from him.

“Don’t. You. Dare.” He hissed and I backed up.

After several minutes (possibly hours), we finally convinced Liam to get out of bed and watch some tele and eat something.

“Hey guys!” We heard Harry walk through the front door. “Mum says ‘hi’ to everyone and sends her love.”

“Tell her we say ‘hi’ back.” Zayn said, focused entirely too much on an episode of Teen Mom.

“Hey, Liam. Is Melody around?” Three pairs of eyes darted in Harry’s direction as the name that shouldn’t have been named fell from his lips.

“Melody!” Liam wailed and stood up off the couch, only to fall on the floor in gross sobs, unable to make it to his room.

“Did you not get my text?” I said and walked over to Harry, grabbing his arm and pulling him towards the door. “Out. Get out. Don’t come back until you think about what you did!” I said as I pushed him out of the apartment, shutting the door behind him.

“What did I do?!” A few moments passed before I heard “Ooh…” from outside the door. “I’m a terrible friend.” His voice trailed off as I assumed he walked away.

“I’m kicking him out of the band.” Louis groaned and rubbed his temples as Zayn paid no attention to the sobbing boy on the floor. Louis looked down at the crumpled mess known as Liam on the floor. “Both of them.”

~*~

By the end of the night, Liam had finally stopped crying and made his way to the showers… which was a terrible idea. As soon as he saw her shampoo and body wash, he ran out with a towel around his waist, soapy hair, and a half shaved face before he tossed them in the trash before making his way back to the showers where we could hear more gross sobbing.

“Okay, we have seriously got to get this guy a date.” Louis groaned and turned up the tele to drown out the sound of Liam crying ‘why, Melody, why’.

“Do you really think he’s ready for a date just yet?” I asked and nodded my head towards the bathroom.

“He’s got to be! They broke up months ago. He was carrying on a fake relationship with the bitch the rest of the tour. Come on. He needs a date.” Zayn and I nodded in agreement as Harry walked through the front door.

“Is he still crying? Jeez.” He commented as he went into the kitchen. “Guys… do you realize he’s singing ‘All By Myself’ in there?”

“We stopped paying attention a few hours ago.” Zayn shrugged.

Notes

I had a lot of fun writing this chapter you guys! Sorry it took so long for the update!
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