Half A Heart

I paced the apartment as I decided which shirt to wear for this blind date. What says “I’m available, but still not over the girl I proposed to”? I ran to my bedroom and grabbed a simple white button up before spraying on some cologne and heading out the door. I don’t know why I agreed to this stupid date…

Oh yeah I didn’t. It was forced upon me by my bandmates and Andy. I’m pretty sure Daisie was in on it, too. I’m almost positive it was one of her friends.

I pulled up to the girl’s house and before I even had the chance to get out of the car to knock on the front door, a girl about my age with curly blonde hair knocked on my window, nearly scaring the piss out of me. I rolled down my window. “Hi,” I smiled.

“Hi! You must be Liam! I’m Jaymie, one of Daisie’s friends.” I knew it.

“Oh, hi!” I got out of the car and shook her hand. “Nice to meet you.”

“You, too.”

“Should we be off, then?” She nodded and I walked her to the passenger’s side of the car before opening the door for her.

“Gentleman… I like that. Ten points!” She had a points system…? I rolled my eyes as she climbed in.

~*~

“So what’s your favorite place you’ve travelled to?” Jaymie asked as she shoveled her spaghetti into her mouth. “I think Japan or China would be amazing.” Okay, talking with a mouth full of spaghetti is not attractive.

“Uhm, I really like Mexico and Spain.” I nodded and took another bite of my steak. When would this date be over? All I could think about was getting home and catching something on TV. Dates shouldn’t be like that.

“You… you don’t seem to be into this whole date, thing.” Jaymie sighed and grabbed her napkin, wiping the edges of her mouth.

“I’m sorry.” I pushed my finished plate to the side. “It’s just, my mates thought this would be a good idea to help me get over my ex, and I’m just not ready for that yet. I’m sure you’re a really nice girl, but I think it’ll take me a while to really—“ Jaymie burst into tears and I had no idea what to do. “I… I’m sorry! I…”

“No, no. It’s not you. It’s just… I’m getting over my ex, too. Daisie thought setting me up would be the perfect solution, and I know it’s because I’m always over at her and Andy’s place, but I really don’t have anyone else. My boyfriend dumped me a little while back and I…” She couldn’t finish her sentence and I felt a wave of relief wash over me when I realized I hadn’t been the reason she was crying.

“I get it.” I tried to be comforting. “My girlfriend left me after I proposed to her a few months back, and I’m still torn up about it.”

“Oh my god, that’s terrible.” Jaymie sniffed and wiped under her eyes. “Jacob left me almost two years ago and I haven’t been able to date since.” Oh my word… she was… pathetic.

“I… I’m so sorry.” I reached across the table and took her hand in mine. “I’m sure you’ll find someone, but I don’t think I’m him.” She sighed and pushed her plate away. “How about I take you home.” Jaymie nodded as I asked for the check.

~*~

“Thanks for taking me out.” She smiled and leaned over in her seat to hug me. “Maybe we could hang out another time. I’ll pay.”

“Sounds like a plan.” I chuckled as she got out of the car and walked to her front door. I watched to make sure she got in safely before pulling out of the driveway and going to my own home.

As soon as I walked through the door I sat down on the couch and turned on the tele. As I flipped through the channels, I thought about everything that happened tonight with Jaymie. Two years… would it really take me that long to get over Melody? Was she really worth two years of heartache and pain?

Of course she was.

I wasn’t going to let myself get that bad, though. I would stop crying over Melody. It’s about time I got over her.

“Hmm… Duck Dynasty.”

Melody’s POV

I woke up around six in the morning from my phone buzzing on the table beside me. My heart stopped when I saw the name flashing across my screen. “Liam?” I answered, sitting up in my bed.

“I’m not calling to beg for you back,” He sounded like he had been crying… “I’m not calling with hopes of you even caring.” My heart shattered when he said that. “I just… I just need someone to talk to and I need it to be you.”

“Of course.” I said and pulled my knees up to my chest. “I’m still here for you.” And I still love you more than anything else in this world.

I was on the phone with Liam for hours listening to him rant about what happened. “I just don’t understand why I can’t be left the fuck alone.” I wasn’t sure if it was the right time to speak so I sat there in silence. “All I did was tweet a man about his show. I liked the show, Melody. Why do people always have to go and twist my fucking words?”

“I’m so sorry.” I whispered into the phone, clutching it closer to me, wanting to bad to be there with him. “People are just looking for a way to start drama with you boys, and as soon as they saw the opportunity, they took it.”

“This wouldn’t have happened with Niall, or Louis, or Zayn! The other boys seemed to be praised for whatever they do, and I’m the one catching all the shit.”

“Don’t say that.” I shook my head and looked at my door as Quin walked in. I quickly shooed her out. “The fans absolutely love you and would do anything for you. There are millions of them defending you right now I’m positive about it. I know I would.” Quin mouthed ‘Liam?’ and I nodded before shooing her out again.

“I shouldn’t have tweeted that.”

“It’s your twitter and you’ll say whatever you damn well please!” I couldn’t believe he was blaming himself for this! I pulled my laptop out and opened up his twitter page. I read through all the tweets as Liam and I sat on the phone in silence. Once I finished I caved and made myself an account. “How do you work twitter?” I muttered to myself, completely forgetting about Liam until he chuckled at me. I quickly figured out how to follow Liam before I finally found out how to tweet. A hundred and forty characters was not enough to say what was on my mind.

@MelsBelleScott: What someone tweets is his or her own business. Stop turning it into something that it’s not. Jeez.

I smiled at myself, proud of my tweet before closing out. I doubted I would ever use it again. “Now you just need to get the app.”

“No, no, no.” I laughed as I put my laptop away. “I don’t need it.”

“Why not? That way we could tweet each other all the time!” I smiled at Liam’s joking tone.

“Hmmm, I don’t think a hundred and forty characters or less would really work for me.”

“Oh, come on. For me?” I sighed before giving in.

“Fine! But don’t expect me to check it all the time for your updates.” I laughed as I downloaded the app and signed in. “Dude, I just made this five minutes ago and already have three hundred followers.” I said in awe and watched the number grow larger.

“What happened to us?”

“Liam…”

“Seriously, Melody. I need to know what I did wrong if I’m ever going to move on.” I took a deep breath and tried to mentally prepare my words.

“I just thought you were moving way too fast. Yes, I would have loved to marry you down the road, but I couldn’t start thinking about that kind of stuff so early in my life. I’ve still got a few years in college, and we’re so young to start thinking about marriage.”

“I still love you, you know.” I closed my eyes and tried to memorize the sound of his voice saying that he loves me.

“I…" I shook my head and took a deep breath. "I have to go, Liam. It was good talking to you.”

“Melody—“

“Goodbye, Liam.” I hung up the phone and I could hear my heart shattering again over this boy. I tossed my phone to the end of the bed.

“How’d it go?” Quin poked her head into the room and I shrugged.

“It could have been worse.”

“I heard you laughing.” She smiled and walked in, sitting on the edge of my bed. “That’s a good thing.”

“It was… until he brought up the break up.” I shook my head. “Anyway… pancakes?” Quin opened her mouth to say something before she decided against it and agreed to breakfast.

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MELODY SCOTT GOES TO TWITTER TO DEFEND EX-BOYFRIEND LIAM PAYNE. PRAISE EVERYTHING.

We may or may not have freaked out a little bit when the absolutely adorable Melody Scott decided to join a certain social media website to defend her last boo thang over a tweet that was misinterpreted. (See tweets below)

Could this mean the couple is possibly on the mends!? We haven’t heard anything about the two since the break up over the summer, and this is the first story to hit the interweb in months, so excuse us if we’re emotionally unstable, OKAY!?

Melody went on to say that what Liam tweets is his business, so stick a bloody sock in it.

Or, that’s what we interpreted it as.

What do you think? Could Meliam become a thing once again? Let us know in the comments below!

Notes

Yay new chapter! Let me know what you guys think!
Xx
Katie