Saved By Liam Payne

"Come here you little bitch." The man says, dragging me away. "Please stop! Please!" I beg. "Oh shut up you're pathetic." He spits. His dark hair covers his eyes, preventing me from seeing him. "Why are you doing this?" I mumble. "Because you deserve it." He says dragging me to a bloody table. He's right. I deserve this. I deserve all the pain. All the torture. I deserve it all. "I don't need you anymore." He says, grabbing a large knife. "Please! No!" I scream. I jolt up in bed. The covers are on the floor and I'm sweating. "Shh. It's alright. It was just a dream." Liam sits next to me, stroking my hair. A dream? All of that was a dream? It wasn't real? But, it felt so real. "It's alright. I'm here. I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you." He says softly, holding me close, rocking back and forth. I relax in his touch. He lays me down and starts to get up. "Wait." I say, grabbing his arm. He stops and turns to me. "Could you. Uhm. Stay in here?" I ask embarrassed. "Yea. Of course." He says, laying next to me. He rests his arms over my waist. I cuddle into his chest and start to fall asleep. Then I hear the most amazing thing ever. He starts to sing 'Hey Jude' Hey jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into your heart, Then you can start to make it better. Hey jude, don't be afraid. You were made to go out and get her. The minute you let her under your skin, Then you begin to make it better. And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain, Don't carry the world upon your shoulders. For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool By making his world a little colder. Hey jude, don't let me down. You have found her, now go and get her. Remember to let her into your heart, Then you can start to make it better. I smile and my eyes start to droop. Soon I'm fast asleep. - "Meg. Wake up." A voice says. "Shh. Megan's sleeping." I say groggily. They chuckle and I feel the bed sink down. "Wake up." They say again, shaking me. I just stay silent. "Well, you made me do it." They say and the weight on the bed disappears. Made them do what? "Lou! Come here!" They yell from the door. "Shh. There's people sleeping." I say, rolling over. "What do you want?" Another voice says. "Help me get her up." The first voice says. "Meg! Wake up!" Lou says, opening the blinds. "SHH! Turn the world off." I swat him away, burying my face in the pillow. "Wake! Up!" They shout in unison, jumping on the bed. "Ugh. Okay fine I'm up you retards." I sit up. "You told me to get you up at 9:30. So I got you up." Liam says, sitting next to me. "I'm tired." I say in a kids voice. "Yea. I realized. When I tried waking you up the first time, you whacked me in the face." He chuckles. "What? Really? I don't even remember that. Oops." I admit. "Yea. You weren't all there really. Did you know you talk in your sleep?" He says. "I do? Maybe that's why Laney always laughs when we wake up." I say in realization. "Laney?" He asks. I look around for Lou, but don't see him anywhere. "My friend." I state "Oh." He says. "Do you want breakfast?" He offers. "Are you really asking me this?" I ask rhetorically. "Okay. I'll go make breakfast." He smiles. "Thank you Liam." I smile sweetly. "No problem." He says, walking out and shutting the door. I take this time to ring my mum. "Hey sweety." She answers cheerfully. "Hey mum." I smile at her tone. She's always happy. "How was last night?" She asks and I can practically see the smirk on her face. "Well, if you must know, I slept in the guest room and then I had a nightmare and Liam came in and slept with me the rest of the night. Oh and apparently I beat the Fifa master. Also known as Lou." I say chuckling. "Awe that's sweet of Liam. And I think everyone knows you're the Fifa master. I don't know a single person that can beat you." She says. "I know right. They couldn't believe it when I beat him. You shoulda seen their faces. Then Lou went to bed after that. But we're all getting along. Except maybe Niall 'cause I kinda ate his lucky charms and Oreos. I gotta go get him some more." I say, making a mental note to do that. "Well I'm heading to work now. You have fun." She says. She's a nurse at the hospital. "Okay. Bye mum, love you." I say. "Bye. Love you too." She says and hangs up. I walk to the bathroom. I find a brush, probably Zayn's, and brush my hair. Shh, he doesn't need to know about this. I make sure I look fine, and quietly walk down the stairs. I stop when I hear voices. I need to get over this habit of eavesdropping. Okay, this is the last time. "I don't know. She just seems different. She's fun and funny. Really funny. And just. Just perfect." I hear Liam's voice say. Eh. He's probably talking about Dani. I know they're not together but I can tell he likes her. I think everyone can. "I know mate. I know." I hear another voice, Zayn's maybe? "I just. I don't know. I really like her." Liam admits. Okay that's enough eavesdropping. For now. No, stop it Megan. No more eavesdropping. None. Well, maybe once-No! None! "Hey guys. What's cookin?" I ask, walking in. They separate and start to act weird. Okay then. Strange boys they are. Hehe, I sound like Yoda. Yoda I am. Okay, snap out of it. I raise an eyebrow and look at both of them, then just shake my head. "Uhm there's pretty much everything. I figured with you and Niall I better make more food than usual." He says. I look over at all the food. Holy mother of sweet Jesus. I'm in heaven. There's sausage, eggs, biscuits, gravy, ham, pancakes, bacon. Everything! Maybe I should stick around for a while. I load up a plate and sit at the table. "Boys! Food's ready!" Liam yells up the stairs. A few seconds later Niall comes running down the stairs. He gets a plate and sits next to me. "Nice clothes." He says, gesturing towards Liam's clothes. I guess I forgot to change. Oh well, they're comfy. "Anyway. I did a bit of thinking last night." He starts. "What? Niall thinking? Does this happen often?" I jest. "Shut up. Anyway. I did a bit of thinking and I came up with a plan. We can be food buddies and you just can't eat all my food. But we can share." He says happily. "Deal. Mostly because I don't know how long I'm sticking around." I say. "Well, by the looks of it, we'll be seeing a lot of each other." He says quietly. "Why do you say that?" I inquire. "Well it's obvious." He says. I just look at him dumbly. "You and Liam." He states. Wait. What? "What about me and Liam?" I ask, looking around awkwardly. "He obviously fancies you. And by the looks of this morning, you like him too." He says. "Wait. This morning?" I urge him to keep talking. "Well you two were pretty much one person in that bed. Liam didn't wanna move either." He says. Really? "You really think so?" I ask. "I know so." He says boldly. "Wait. What about that Danielle girl? Don't they have something going on?" I ask. "I honestly don't know about them. They're not actually a couple. She's a great girl and all it's just, I think all of us prefer you over her. In all honesty, we've talked to you more than her this past day." He says. "Wow." I say. "Yea. Everyone likes you." He says smiling. "I don't know about Lou though." I smile nervously. "Eh. He'll get over it." He says. "Actually it's pretty good that you beat him. He'll just keep going back for more. I can tell you two are gonna be pretty close by your sense of humor. But not as close as us." He says adding a wink. I just roll my eyes. "I'm hungry." I say. "Uhm. You have a whole plate of food in front of you." He points out. "Oh. Right. I forgot about that. See what you do!" I say. He just laughs and starts eating. I eat the whole plate in a couple minutes. The only thing I didn't eat out of the buffet is the bacon. I don't know why, I just despise bacon. It's just so-gross and stuff. "You don't eat bacon?" Liam asks coming up behind me. "No. Ew god no. That's the one food, well no the second food I don't like. The first is cheese. There's only certain times I'll eat cheese. Like on pizza or something." I say. "Wow. I don't think I've ever met anyone who doesn't like bacon." He states. "Well, you have now." I say. "How do you not like bacon? It's like amazing!" He says horrified. "It's too-crunchy and if it's soft then it's slimy. It's never the perfect texture!" I complain. "You're weird." He says. "I noticed." I say. Everyone comes into the kitchen and makes a plate of breakfast. Every so often I'll pick at the sausage. Everyone is sitting on the couch watching T.V except Liam, who's in the kitchen cleaning. I decide to go in and help. I walk in and start grabbing dishes, loading them in the dishwasher. "Oh hey." He says once he realizes I'm there. "Hey." I say, cleaning up the counter. "You don't have to do that. I can do it." He says, taking the napkin from my hand. "It's the least I could do. Come on." I say, snatching it back. "Nope. You're the guest. You go-do something" He says, taking it from my grasp again. "Fine. I'll go-uhm. I'll just go home." I say, waiting for a reaction. "No!" He shouts, lunging towards me. "Okay Jesus. I'll go take a shower then." I say in surrender. "Okay." He says letting go of me. I walk up the stairs and into the bathroom. I lock the door behind me. Who knows, maybe Lou's having a creative mind today. And by that I mean, he's pranking every living thing that he comes in contact with. I could see him doing that. I turn the water on and strip off my clothes, well, Liam's clothes really but I was wearing them. I step inside the shower and yelp as the cold water hits my skin. Why does it take so long to heat up? Geez. Finally after it heats up I wash my hair and body and jump out. Not literally because last time I jumped out of a shower I fell and now I have a scar on my chin. Well, another scar. The first one was from a pellet gun. Lesson I learned that day, never trust your brother with a pellet gun when he's seven. I wrap a towel around my body and walk out. I shut the door behind me and when I turn around my body slams against someone. "Shoot, sorry." I say, looking up at who it was. Just my luck it's Liam. "Sorry. Uhm." He trails off, looking at the towel. "I'm just gonna go get dressed." I say but stand still. "Yea." He says kind of zoned out. My cheeks flush as I walk into the guest bedroom and get my clothes from last night. I get dressed and towel dry my hair. I give up after the third time I punched myself. I brush it with Zayn's hairbrush, again. Shh, he really doesn't need to know about this. I walk downstairs and sit with the rest of the boys on the couch. They're watching some reality show. "Liam! Wanna take me home now?" I ask. He looks up at me and just stares at me. "Uhm. Yea. Okay." He says getting up. He gets his keys and walks to the front door. "See ya later boys." I call. They all say bye and I walk out the door. Liam opens the car door for me and I get in. He rushes to the other side and gets in. He puts the key in the ignition and pulls out of the driveway. "It's 25 Glenmore Road." I tell him. "That's not that far from here." He says. We drive in silence and we get there. He parks and I'm about to get out. He grabs my hand and I turn to face him. "This isn't the last time we're seeing each other." He states. "Far from the last." I agree. "Here's my number." He says, scribbling it on a piece of paper and handing it to me. "Bye Liam. And, thanks. For everything." I say sincerely. "Bye Meg. Anytime you wanna talk, I'm here." He says just as sincere. I walk up the steps and walk inside. I shut the door behind me and turn around. Stan is standing there. "And where were you last night missy?" He asks. "Uh. For one, my names not Missy? Second, I was at a-uhm-friends house." I stutter. "Who was that? Ya know the flirtatious boy in the car." He asks, gesturing ouside. "My uh, friend." I say with no idea where this conversation is going. "What's his name?" He asks. "Liam." I say. "And when am I gonna meet this famous 'Liam'?" He asks. "Wait you know he's famous?" I ask shocked. "Wait, is he really famous? That was just a metaphor." He says, mocking my tone. "Oh. In that case no he's not." I say, covering it up. "Yes he is. What does he do? Actor? Singer? Is it that Liam Heimswith guy in that one movie?" He asks. "One, It's Liam Hemsworth. Two, no it's not." I say. "Then who is it?" He asks. "Liam Payne. He's in that band One Direction with four other guys." I say. "A boy band? Really? You shouldn't date someone in a boy band. They get all the girls and you're bound to get hurt. And you know I don't handle it well when someone hurts you." He says. "I know. I know. But we aren't even dating. I just, hung out with them. They're really cool. You'd probably like Zayn." I say, trailing off. "Next time he comes over, I'm meeting him." He states. "Fine. Just don't scare him." I plead. "No promises." He says. Ugh. Brothers. What to do with them. But, I don't know what I would do without him. "I don't even know if I'll be seeing him again." I say. I really don't, but part of me knows I will. "I'm sure you will." He says. I walk to my room and jump on my bed. I take a nap and when I wake up my mum is sitting on my bed. I jump when I see her there. "Jesus mum! You scared the crap outta me." I say clutching my heart. "Sorry" She gives me a lop-sided grin, "so, tell me all about it." So I tell her what happened and she seems happy. "When do I get to meet them?" She asks eagerly. "What is with you guys and wanting to meet them?" I ask groaning. "Who else knows?" She asks. "Stan saw Liam drop me off and I told him who he is and stuff. Now he wants to meet him." I say. "Oh god." She says worriedly. "I know right." I say. "What do you want for dinner?" She asks, walking to the door and leaning on the doorframe. "Dinner? What time is it?" I ask. "Like five." She says. Wow. Okay then. "Oh. How about Nandos?" I ask. She just laughs. "Why don't you invite the boys?" She suggests walking out of my room. "You do realize Stan is still here right?" I say, looking at her like she grew an extra head. "Oh come on. He'll behave." She says grabbing her keys. "Fine." I huff. I pull out my phone and the paper Liam gave me. I dial his number and pull the phone to my ear. "Hello?" He answers. "Hey Liam!" I say cheerfully. "Who is this?" He asks. "Wow. I'm offended. It's Meg!" I say. "Oh right. Hey Meg. How's it going?" He asks. "Alright. So my mum wanted me to invite you guys over for dinner. So, yea." I say nervously. "Oh okay. Yea, let me go ask them." He says. I hear him walking into a noisy room. "Hey boys. Meg invited us for dinner. Wanna go?" He asks them. "What are they having?" I hear a voice, probably Niall. "Niall wants to know what you're having." Liam repeats. "Nandos." I say and he repeats it. "Lets go boys!" I hear Niall yell. "Yea. I say we give Liam and his girlfriend some more time together." I hear someone say in the background. I feel my cheeks heat up. What? No... "I'm guessing thats a yes." I say. "You heard all that?" Liam asks cautiously. "Yea." I say and laugh. "We'll be over in a little bit." He says. "Alright. Bye." I say and smile even though he can't see. "Bye." He says and hangs up. "Okay. They'll be over in a little while so I suggest we go get the food now. We're gonna need to get a lot extra cause Niall loves his food almost as much as me." I say. "Alright lets go." She says, walking to the door. "Okay. Let me get changed real quick." I say remembering I never changed my clothes from yesterday. I go to my room and get changed. I go back to the front door and we leave. We go to Nandos and get a bunch of food. I'm not sure what the boys like from here, except Niall. We get a variety of different things. We head back home and I go to my room. I get fixed up a bit more and then I hear the doorbell ring. I get off my bed and open the door to five boys standing there. "Hey guys." I welcome, gesturing for them to come in. "Hey." Liam greets, hugging me. I hug back and they all come in and give me a quick hug. They follow me into the kitchen where the food is laid out on the counter. My mum comes walking in. "Hello. I'm Megan's mum, Kate." She says, hugging each of the guys. "Hello Misses Goings. I'm Liam." Liam says introducing himself. "Miss and please, call me Kate." She says politely. "Nice to meet you Kate. I'm Zayn." Zayn says. "I'm Harry." "I'm Lou." "And I'm hungry." Niall says, making us all laugh. "That's Niall." I introduce him. "Yea. I figured." She says giggling. "Okay. Lets eat." I say and Niall's face lightens up. I get a plate of food and the boys follow after. We sit down and then Stan comes in. "Hello." He says in a confused tone. "Hey Stan." I say uncomfortably. "And who are these people?" He asks raising an eyebrow. "Uhm. This is Liam, Harry, Lou, Zayn, and Niall." I say pointing to them all. "Ah. So these are those boys." He says inspecting them. They look very uncomfortable. "Sorry about this guys. This is my brother, Stan." I apologize. "Oh. Nice to meet you Stan." Liam says. "It's Megan's brother to you." He says, raucously. Liam looks down. "Stan!" I spit. "Can I talk to you in the other room please." I say tightly through clenched teeth. He will not do this again. He follows me into the living room. "What the hell are you doing?!" I whisper yell. "I'm looking out for my little sister. And I don't like them." He says, pointing to the kitchen. "Could you at least once get to know someone before judging them. That's your problem. You judge people when you don't even know them." I say. "I know that they're famous. I know famous people are douche bags." He says. "Are you saying you're a douche bag because last I checked, your the model here that travels around to photoshoots and goes to celebrity parties." I point out. "But that's different. I'm not in a worldwide famous boyband. Singers are douches." He states. "Not all of them. They're normal people just like me and you. Just get to know them. I'm not a baby anymore. I'm a big girl now and I can look out for myself." I say. "Fine." He huffs. I walk back to the table and sit between Liam and Niall. "Sorry about that. He's kind of-protective." I apologize quietly to Liam. He just smiles at me. Stan sits between my mum and Zayn. "Well, how about you tell us about yourselves." My mum says easing the tension. "Well. I'm from Wolverhampton. I have two sisters. I auditioned for X Factor and that's when me and the boys got put together." Liam says telling us about him. The other boys go around telling us what they're like and stuff, even though I already know. We all eat and I see Zayn talk to Stan a bit. That's a good thing right? After we're done eating we go into the family room. I sit down, Liam sits to my left and Niall sits to my right. Lou comes in last and there's nowhere else to sit. So, him being Lou, he sits on me. "Lou! Oh my god!" I say as he wiggles on me to get comfortable. "Get off!" I whine, trying to scoot over. "No. You're comfy. A lot comfier than Harry and Niall." He says not moving. I huff and give in. I look at Liam and he gives me an apologetic smile. I just roll my eyes and smile. "So. What do you guys wanna do?" I ask. "I don't know. What do you wanna do?" Niall asks. "Uh, I don't know. That's why I asked you. Duh." I say. We sit there arguing about what to do when I randomly push Lou off me and onto the floor. "Ow. What was that for!?" He asks, rubbing his bum. "I needed to get up." I say, shrugging. Everyone else is snickering. "You could have just said so." He says, standing up. "Well, I knew you wouldn't get off me and I thought that was the easiest way so I pushed you off." I say. He thinks about it and nods. I walk to my room followed by the boys. Stan was keeping a close eye on us the whole time. I go in and the boys come in to. They look like lost puppies. "Door open!" Stan orders, walking by. I roll my eyes at him and shut the door loudly, making sure he can hear it. I turn around and see the boys looking around. Thank god I hid all my One Direction posters and stuff under my bed. I have a pretty good sized room. On my walls I have posters of mainly The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Nirvana, people like that. I have little lights hung on my ceiling. It's a cozy look. "I like your room." Liam says in admiration. "Yea. I got bored one day and decided to do something different." I say, shrugging and jumping on my bed. "Don't you guys have a tour to do?" I randomly ask. "Oh yea. We leave to go up north in a couple days. We'll be gone about a week. Not too long." Harry says. "Oh okay." I say. We sit and talk for a while and it's almost ten by the time they leave. All the rest of the boys ask for my number and I gladly give it to them. "Okay. Well, we better get going. It was fun hanging out." Liam says, getting up. "Yea. It was fun." I agree. I walk them to the door and hug them all. "See you later." Liam says, walking out the door. They all say bye and leave. Well, it could have gone worse.

Notes

Sorry I haven't updated in a while! I'm sorry. Anyway...I'm back...So here ya go... hope you like it :)