Saved By Liam Payne

I wake up to my alarm clock. Ugh. I don't wanna go to school. I try to gracefully flip out of bed but end up on the floor tangled up in my sheets. I get up and stumble over to my closet. I grab my different colored Nirvana shirt with my blue ripped jeans. I slip into that and put my folded combat boots on and slide my bracelets on and a black pointed ring. I brush my hair and pin my bangs back. I put my regular mascara and lipstick on with some foundation and I'm ready.

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I grab my bag and walk to the kitchen. I grab a big cup and pour some cereal in. I pour some milk in and I head for the door.

"My mum! Bye Stan!" I yell. I open the door and walk out. I get in my car and drive to school.

"Hey Laney!" I yell at her when I get there.

"Geez. Hey Megz. We haven't talked in a while. What's up?" She asks, rubbing her ear.

"Oh nothing much just the usual, talking to Liam and being food buddies with Niall." I say casually, knowing she won't believe me.

"Yea. You wish." She says, heading to class. I just smile and shake my head as I follow her.

"Hey, mind if I come over a little while after your shift?" She asks.

"Sure. I don't care." I shrug. We walk into our first class and I see Matt, my ex, leaning against my desk. He's wearing his regular 'cool' clothing with profanities splattered all over them. Why did I ever find that attractive again?

"Warning. Douche alert. Abort. Abort." Laney whispers into my ear. I snicker and head to my seat.

"Do you mind?" I ask, leaning my weight on my right foot.

"We need to talk." He says, getting off my desk.

"No. We don't." I state boldly.

"Yes. We do." He says, gripping my forearm. I just shrug it off.

"Just go away." I say. He huffs and moves his dirty blond hair out of his eyes. Thankfully he walks out of the room without another word. Laney comes and sits in her seat, next to me.

"What did it want?" She asks, referring to him as an it.

"I don't know. He just said we need to talk." I say. She shrugs and turns to the front of the class. School goes fine, well not fine, but normal. I'm now heading out of the building with Laney.

"Just text me when you're on your way home." She says, holding onto the strap of her bag.

"Alright bye." I say with a smile. She walks off towards her car. We had to stay a while after last hour because of 'excessively talking during a lecture'. I'm about the only one in the parking lot now. I get my keys out of my bag and go to unlock my door when I feel a hand on my shoulder. They spin me around and push me into my car. I look up to be met with dark blue eyes.

"What do you want Matt?" I ask, cholericly.

"I told you we need to talk." He says in a caustic tone.

"And I told you we didn't. Now go away." I say tightly.

"Don't make this difficult Nutmeg." He says, placing a hand by my head.

"Don't call me that." I say didacticly.

"Then talk to me." He demands.

"What is there to talk about?" I ask.

"Us." He suggests, waving a hand between us.

"There is no 'us'. There should have never been an 'us'." I say, doing the same gesture.

"Yes there is. You know there is." He says, convincing nobody but himself.

"No. You ruined that when you slept with Sarah." I say as the memory burns into my brain. I went over to his flat on Valentine's day to give him his gift only to find Sarah, the captain of the cheer squad, straddling him. Half naked.

"That was one mistake baby. Please, I need you." He says dramatically.

"Don't call me 'baby' or 'babe' or anything. Just don't talk to me. Is that really that hard?" I ask, trying to turn around.

"Yes, it is. It really is. Now please, come back to my place with me." He says, tugging at my wrists.

"Are you crazy? Do you really think that can fix everything? All the things you said to me after that. All the things you did to me." I say astonished.

"Come on. We can talk at my place." He says, tugging me with more force.

"No Matt. I moved on. I found someone else and you should too. There's someone out there for all of us. We-" I say, gesturing between us, "don't belong together. It just won't work."

"Y-You moved on?" He stutters.

"Yea." I lie, "I did. He makes me happy Matt. If you really want me to be happy you would leave me alone and let me be."

"Who is he?" He asks, his anger building up, "is it that Kyle kid in your maths class? I see how he looks at you. Or maybe Chris."

"No. He doesn't even go to school here." I say quietly.

"Yea? What's he like?" He implores.

"He's polite, nice, fun. He treats me right. He's the perfect match for me." I say with a smile.

"What's he look like?" Matt asks, getting annoyed.

"He has short light brown hair. Naturally curly but he straightens it sometimes. He works out. He has the kindest smile. He has soft brown eyes. He's tall. He has the cutest little birth mark. He looks like a lost puppy when he thinks too hard and he's about as scary as one too." I say, ending up with a big smile plastered to my face.

"Well, I hope you're happy. But I'm not gonna stop trying." Matt says, bringing me out of my thoughts. He turns around and walks away. I let out a breath and get into my car. I drive to Starbucks and get in my uniform. I clock in and start work thinking about one thing and one thing only. I just explained my made up perfect boyfriend to Matt. But, I gave a full description of Liam.

-After work-

Hey. Just got off work. Start heading over.

I text Laney. I drive home and walk inside. I go to my room and change into something comfy. A few minutes later I hear the doorbell ring. I jog down the hall to the front door. I open it and Laney comes in with a luggage bag.

"Landlord kick you out again?" I ask, shutting the door behind her.

"Yup." She says casually.

"Ya know. You'd think he'd learn his lesson by now." I say, walking to my room. Her landlord has kicked her out so many times it's crazy. But in the end, he always tells her to come back. He's insane.

"Probably not." She says, leaving her bag by my door.

"So I'm guessing you're staying the night?" I ask.

"Correctumundo." She says.

"That's spanish right?" She says. I just shake my head at her stupidity.

"You're almost as dumb as Chelsea." I say.

"Ohh no. Nobody can out-blond her." She says.

"I don't know. You're on the border line." I state. I go to the kitchen and make some food. Darn it, I forgot Niall's lucky charms again. Eh, I'll get them some day. Maybe before they stop making them. I don't know. I go back to my room and shut the door. Laney's on the floor playing on her phone.

"Whatcha wanna do?" I ask, jumping on the bed.

"I dunno." She says.

"Ooo lookey!" She says.

"What?" I ask, my mouth full of Doritos.

"Well for one, a 'how to eat with your mouth closed and not spit crisps on your friends' guide. And two, Liam Payne, spotted with mysterious girl." She says, reading something off her phone. I inhale and choke on my Doritos. Laney snaps her head up from her phone and starts patting my back. I gain my breath back and swallow properly.

"What?!" I ask in horror.

"Here. Liam Payne is spotted in the mid night hours with a mysterious girl in his arms. Sources say, he carried her back to his flat after they were first spotted together on the Tower Bridge. A neighbor, who will not be revealed, says 'Liam isn't the type of lad to bring a girl home from a bar. He doesn't even drink a drop of alcohol'. We don't know who this mysterious girl is or why Liam carried her back to his flat in the middle of the night. If you have any information on who this girl is, please contact us." Laney reads off her phone. "And then there's a picture." She says.

"Let me see." I say, taking her phone before she can muster up a word. Since it was dark out, you can't really see me. Nobody would be able to recognize me, thank god.

"Since when did Liam become your favorite? I always thought maybe Niall for you because your endless love for food. Or maybe Lou because you're both fricken hilarious. But Liam? The most mature one? I woulda never guessed." She says.

"He's not my favorite. I don't have a favorite. You know that." I say. The doorbell rings and I jump. Who the heck could that be?

"Did you order something?" I ask Laney. She just shakes her head.

"Okay. I'll be right back." I say, getting up from the bed. I walk down the hall and they ring the bell again. What if it's a murderer? What if they kidnap me and hold me hostage for their leader who rapes me. Then, nobody would ever find me and then they kill me and dump me on the side of an abandoned road to never be found. Or you know it could just be the mail service. Either one. Just incase, I grab a slim knife and tuck it in the back of my pants, accidentally stabbing myself.

"Ow. Damn it." I curse. I do some awesome ninja moves to the door and then realize how stupid I must look, oh what the heck, there's nobody here. I continue my awesome ninja moves and end up at the front door. I look through the peep hole and see Liam standing there. Oh it's only Liam oka-What! What in the name of muffins is he doing here? Well Megan, why don't you open the door and ask him? Okay, I'm officially losing my mind. Okay, I think that happened a long time ago. Snap out of it! I mentally slap myself. Maybe I did it physically too. I don't know. I open the door and pull Liam in before he can muster out a word.

"He-"

"Sh!" I say quietly.

"Hey. Is everything okay?" I hear Laney's voice coming closer. I panic and open the door next to me, which happens to be the coat closet, and shove Liam inside. I casually lean against it.

"Huh? Oh yea. Fine. Perfect." I blurt out, mentally face palming myself.

"Who was at the door?" She asks suspiciously.

"Wha? Oh right. There was someone at the door. Right. Uhm. It was just some of the neighborhood kids playing ding dong ditch. Gotta love them kids." I laugh nervously.

"Ohkay." She trails off, raising her eyebrows.

"Are you feeling alright?" She asks, coming closer.

"Fine. Why would something be wrong?" I ask, leaning back away from her.

"I don't know. You've been acting awfully weird lately. Especially after that article abou-" I'm about to cut her off but her phone does it instead, thankfully.

"Hello?" She says into the speaker.

"Oh hey Mr. Tokashio." She says. Mr. Tokashio is her landlord. He's chinese.

"Really? You'd do that? Oh thank you so much. Yea, this hobo isn't turning out to be the nicest person." She says, trying to hold in her laughter. I can't help it, I burst out laughing and clamp a hand over my mouth.

"What? Who's laughing? Oh that's Jimmy, the hobo. He found a nice, half eaten, hamburger behind some building and he's celebrating. Nice work Jimmy!" She says, trying to think of something.

"Yea. He's a strange one. Well, thank you so much. I won't let you down." She says hanging up. She lets out a breath. I take my hand off my mouth and giggle.

"That was Jimmy the hobo? He's celebrating over a half eaten hamburger? Oh my god!" I say going into fits of laughter again. Then, I hear Liam snicker inside the closet. Oh crap I forgot about him. I start coughing to cover it up. Laney gives me a strange look and then looks at the closet.

"Shouldn't you go take your stuff back?" I suggest too quickly for her liking.

"Right. Uhm. I'll be back in a while. I gotta talk to Mr. Tokashio." She says, going back in my room to get her bag. She comes back out and stops in front of me.

"Are you sure you're fine?" She asks earnestly.

"Yes. Now go before you get kicked out. Again." I state assuringly. She goes out the front door, closing it behind her. I let out a breath when it shuts. I let my hand fall off the door and I open it revealing Liam.

"What are you doing here?!" I exclaim.

"Well, hello to you too." He says.

"I came by to see if you wanted to hang out. I called to see beforehand but you didn't answer. I didn't realize you had company." He says, pointing to my door Laney had just dispersed from.

"Shoot. My phone must be dead." I say, going my room. I go to where I dropped my phone, on the bed, and check it. I push the button only to find a black screen. Crap, man. I plug it in and set it on my dresser.

"So what are you doing here again?" I ask, turning to Liam.

"I wanted to see if you wanna hang out but I can see you have company. We can just hang out when we get back." He says heading towards the door.

"No. Stay. I can hang out with Laney any time. I won't be seeing you for a week." I say.

"Actually a week and a half. Management changed the schedule. We're leaving tomorrow morning at nine." He says sadly.

"Oh. Well see. All the more reason to hang out! It's gonna be a Megan and Liam day." I say happily.

"What do you wanna do?" I ask. I text Laney and tell her that something came up and I have to go help my mum somewhere. She said its fine.

"I don't know." He says in thought. Now that I think about it, he does look like a puppy when he concentrates.

"Lets watch a movie." I state, grabbing his arm and dragging him to the family room.

"You pick out a movie. I'll get food and blankets." I order, walking to the kitchen. I get some blankets and pillows. I walk into the family room and throw them on the couch. Then, I walk into the kitchen and grab some popcorn. I put it in the microwave and push start. As it starts to pop I grab some sweets from my own cupboard. Yes, I have my own cupboard. It even has my name on it. I grab some skittles, chocolate, and gummy bears. The popcorn finishes and I grab it out of the microwave, getting burned instantly.

"Ow. Ow. Hot. Hot. Hot." I yelp, tossing the bag around like a hot potato. Hehe, potato. I toss it on the counter and get out a bowl. I tear the bag open and pour it in. I go the the cupboard and reach up to grab the butter. My brother decided it would be so fricken hilarious to put it on the top shelf. Damn him. I reach up trying to get it. I hop up and down on my tippy toes, trying to get it. Why do I have to be so short?!

"Here." I hear Liam say behind me. He places his hand on my waist and reaches up and grabs the bottle, placing it on the counter.

"Thanks." I say quietly. He just stays there with his hand on my waist. I turn around to face him. His brown eyes bore into mine. He starts to lean in. Oh god. Oh god. Sure he's fricken hot and nice and all but I just don't know. I can't kiss him!

"Uhm. What movie did you pick?" I ask, leaning back. He coughs awkwardly and leans against the other counter.

"Uh. I thought maybe Toy Story 3?" He says and smiles innocently. I just chuckle and shake my head. I grab the bowl of popcorn and pour some butter on it. I mix it up with my hands. Don't worry I washed them. I pull my hands out, covered in butter and popcorn. Then, I come up with the greatest plan. If all ends well, we'll both end up smothered with food. Hehe. I look at my hands and at Liam. I smirk evilly and turn to him.

"Hey Lili. How much butter do you like?" I ask innocently.

"Uh, I don't know. Why?" He asks oblivious. I step over to him and grab his face in my hands. I smear the butter all over his face. He gasps and closes his eyes. I end up in fits of giggles.

"Oh it's on." He says.

"Like donkey kong." I end. He smiles and grabs the sink sprayer. He turns it on and sprays me. I gasp holding my hands out to block the water. I make my way to the fridge. By the time I get there my hair is dripping along with my clothes.

"You are so dead." I say, opening the fridge and getting the eggs. His eyes widen and I grab a handful and pelt them at him. He lifts his leg up along with his arms, trying to dodge them. He runs to the cupboard and grabs a bag. He grabs handfuls of flour and throws it at me. By the time we're done, we're covered from head to toe in food. He has egg, sugar, butter, popcorn, kool-aid mix, and a bunch of other foods dripping from him. I have just about the same thing but a few cups of water added to it. I take Liam's hand and walk to the bathroom. I turn the water on and wait for it to get hot. When it's warm enough, I push Liam into the shower. I get in after and rinse off. I grab the shower head and spray him in the face.

"Agh! What was that for?" He asks wiping his face.

"For getting me soaked!" I say.

"Oh, so it's that kinda party." He says cheekily.

"Liam Payne!" I say in my mummy voice. He just laughs and washes off. How many people can say they showered with Liam Payne. Honestly. Except I didn't get naked or anything. No, I don't think that will ever happen. He's like a brother to me. And he feels the same right? He wasn't gonna kiss me earlier. He was just losing his balance, right?

"You gonna get out or what?" He asks, drying his hair off with the towel. I get out and dry off. I go to my room and change into sweats and a tank top. I go to my brothers room and grab some clothes. I go back and see Liam in the kitchen, cleaning.

"Here's some of my brothers clothes." I say, handing him the clothes.

"Are you sure I can wear them?" He asks cautiously

"Liam, it's fine. If he says something I'll talk to him. Don't worry about him." I state.

"Alright. I just don't wanna get you in trouble." He says concerned.

"He won't do anything. Don't worry. He's just my brother. He doesn't control me." I say.

"I know. But, I just don't want to get on his bad side. You know?" He says.

"Liam. It's fine, just get changed." I order. He huffs and walk off to the bathroom. I clean up the kitchen and get some food and go to the family room. A few minutes later he comes in and slumps down next to me.

"Let's do this." He says. I chuckle and grab the remote turning the tele on. I start the movie and pull my legs up to me. I reach for the popcorn at the same time he does. He freezes and so do I. I look up and our eyes meet. Okay, cheesy romance moment. I cough awkwardly and turn back towards the tele. He retracts his hand and turns to watch the movie too. It gets to the part where they get caught in the incinerator. I start to tear up. What...it gets to me. Liam see's me and wraps his arm around me. I cuddle into him and watch the rest of the movie. Me, ending up in tears. How can Andy just leave them like that...How?!

"Let's go in my room. My mum might come home soon and she'll blow us up with questions." I say chuckling. We go into my room and sit on my bed. I lay down and it stays quiet.

"Can I ask you something?" He asks.

"Sure." I say, slightly looking at him.

"Why'd you do it?" He asks.

"Do what?" I ask, even though I know what he's talking about.

"You know what I mean." He says looking at me. Our eyes lock and I sigh.

"There's a lot going on in my life. Most people think I'm the good girl with the perfect life. But
I'm really not." I say. He places his hand on my leg and slowly rubs circles on it. Strangely, it relaxes me.

"You can tell me. Don't worry. I'll always be here for you." He smiles.

"My dad left us when I was four or five. From what I've heard he use to abuse my mum and brother. The night he left he tried to get me, my brother took me and hid in his room. I lived in America at this time. My mum got mad and kicked him out. After that we packed everything and we left, to come here. Originally my name wasn't Megan. It was Stephanie, but we had to change our names to hide from my dad. So far I guess he hasn't found us since I haven't heard from him since and I really don't want to. Ever since I was little I've been bullied. I've been to 12 different schools to get away from the bullies, but they never stopped. It was always either I'm too fat, I'm too skinny, I'm ugly, my hair is too ugly, my hair is too perfect, they would find one thing about me and bully me. Even now, at school I still get names thrown at me. I still get beat up by other people. They tell me to go kill myself, I get called skank, whore, slut, bitch, all the names you can think of. I've only had two boyfriends my whole life. I just don't understand why they do this." I say, my voice brittle, trying to hold my tears back. He grabs me and pulls me in a hug. I relax in his touch and hug him back, burying my head in his chest.

"I know we only just met, and I can't promise you I'll always be right here with you. But I can promise you I'll always try. And ill always be here to talk." He says, holding me close.

"Thanks Lili." I smile at him.

"I should probably get going." He says, checking the time.

"If you want you can stay the night. You can leave early in the morning." I offer.

"You sure? Your mum and brother won't mind?" He asks.

"Liam it's fine. My mum goes right to bed when she gets home. My brother doesn't even come in here. He won't notice. Plus I'm eighteen. I'm an adult. I'm pretty sure I'm old enough to have slumber parties with boys." I say, making him laugh.

"Alright. What should we do first? Pillow fight, compare bra sizes, or talk about boys. I must say, that Liam Payne kid in that boy band is a sexy beast. I'd tap dat ass." He says, impersonating a teenage girl on hormone pills.

"Never do that again please." I say. He just laughs.

"Oh and nobody can have bigger boobs than you Liam." I wink.

"Oo, lets go on omegle." He suggests eagerly.

"O-what?" I ask, completely lost.

"Omegle. It's a website where you talk to complete strangers. You can either video chat or just type." He says.

"Didn't anyone tell you not to talk to strangers?" I state accusingly.

"No." He says. He grabs my laptop and goes on this omegle thing. He faces it towards us. He types something in and he presses the video button and he pop up in a little box on the side. On top it says 'you both like one direction'.

"Hey!" Liam says happily. On the other screen there's two girls.

"Your not real. This is a trick." One girl says.

"Wait don't go! It's not a trick I swear!"

"You're really Liam?! Oh my god!" They squeal.

"Who's she?" The other asks.

"This is my friend Megan." He says, placing his arm around my waist.

"Hi." I say.

"You're really pretty." She compliments.

"Aw thanks. But you're more beautiful." I say.

"Thanks." She smiles shyly.

"So is she your girlfriend?" The other girl asks, wiggling her eyebrows.

"No. She's just a good friend." He chuckles.

"You guys would be cute together." She says and the other girl agrees. It's nice to find fans
that don't despise me.

"Nah. We're just friends." I say chuckling.

"Do you have twitter?" Liam asks.

"Yea!" They say.

"What's your twitter names?" He asks. They tell us their names and we pull our phones out and follow them.

"You're @MeganNicole8688?" They ask.

"Yep." I say.

"Well ladies. We gotta get going. Bye loves." Liam waves.

"Bye Liam! Love you! You too Megan." they wave back.

"Aw, bye. Love you too!" I wave. He clicks disconnect and reconnects. I look up to see a very large penis on the screen.

"Oh now I know why you like this site so much." I say, chuckling.

"Shut up and cover your eyes." He says, shielding my eyes with his hand.

"It's not like it's the first dick I've seen." I say, taking his hand off.

"Oh, so you're not a virgin." He states accusingly.

"I never said that." I protest.

"So you are?" He asks.

"I never said that either." I say.

"You're confusing. So are you or not?" He asks.

"Maybe." I say.

"Are you?" I ask.

"Uh, maybe." He mocks.

"Yes or no." I say.

"You tell me first." He says.

"It's getting g kinda late. We should get sleep yea?" I fake yawn, stretching my arms back to emphasize the gesture.

"Nice try." He laughs, looking at me with the I-wasn't-born-yesterday look.

"Fine. YesIam." I say fast.

"Oh, so you're a good girl." He says, raising an eyebrow

"No. I just don't have many boyfriends." I defend.

"So are you?" I ask him again.

"No." He says simply.

"When did this happen Lili?" I ask.

"Fourteen." He says quietly.

"Oh look at this badass." I say, chuckling. I yawn and look at the clock, midnight already.

"Now that was convincing." He says, making me laugh through the yawn.

"Yea. Now I'm really tired." I laugh.

"Yea you look like it." He says, making me scoff.

"Kidding. Kidding. But we should get to sleep." He says.

"Yea, we should probably get some sleep, you gotta be up in the morning." I say.

"Yep. Where am I sleeping?" He asks.

"Oh yea. I didn't think about that." I admit.

"I can just sleep on the couch."

"Oh wait, then they would see me." He realizes.

"You can just sleep in here." I say.

"Yea, I'll just sleep on the floor." He says, glancing at the unwelcoming floor.

"No. You sleep in the bed. It's fine. I'll take the floor." I say getting up.

"No. You're not gonna sleep on the floor." He says.

"Well, you're not sleeping on the floor either."

"So I guess we're both sleeping in the bed." I say.

"A-Are you sure?" He stutters.

"Unless you don't want to, but I mean, where else is there to sleep?" I ask.

"No. I mean, it's fine. We can both sleep here." He says. We lie in the bed and he sets his alarm for seven-thirty. Eh, not my choice of time but that means I get to spend more time with him-awake.

"Goodnight Meg." He says.

"Night Liam." I say with a smile that he can't see. I feel his arm snake around my waist and pull me close. I smile and drift off into a peaceful slumber.

Notes

Here's another chapter guys! :) I hope you like it! I'll update next Wednesday, A.K.A My birthday!! Yayy! Anyway...here's this chapter.