Carmen looked at Melissa with huge brown eyes. Her hands were holding her face in disbelief. Her mouth was open in a solid “o” shape. She was surprised by what she had heard. No words would form to come out of her mouth, but Melissa waited patiently. She needed her best friend to say something. Anything before she had to leave for work.

“He kissed you,” Carmen stated as if it took all of her air. Melissa nodded silently leaning against the door. She was on her way out of it when Carmen brought up Halloween night. Before she could stop herself, Melissa was telling the girl everything that had happened including Liam coming over the next day. “And he tried to do it again.” Carmen added not looking directly at Melissa who nodded once again. “But you stopped him.” She was clearly not looking for confirmation anymore. She was trying to process the information. “When honestly you liked the kiss and wanted to do it again. What is going on?”

Melissa shrugged looking towards the hallway to make sure James didn’t run into the living room, “I don’t know, really.” She admitted. “He has a girlfriend.”

“He has a girlfriend!” Carmen burst throwing her hands up in disbelief.

“Shh,” Melissa’s eyes widened as she looked towards the hallway frantically. “I don’t want James to overhear us.” Carmen rolled her eyes. “Look, we can talk about this later. I have to go to work.” She walked out of the door with a heavy sigh. Talking to Carmen was the first time that she was honest with herself. Truth be told, she missed Liam. More than he missed her. They had a circumstantial break up and she never moved on. Melissa hadn’t been a date in years. Sure guys asked or flirted, but she turned them all down. There were things she needed to clean up with Liam.

When she got to the office, Melissa learned that she would be the only person working the desk for the day. With a small sigh she took her seat and settled in. She had an eight hour shift to work. Luckily, majority of the patients were too old to even know about the current media frenzy.

Halfway through her shift, Melissa’s mobile phone vibrated obnoxiously. She dug through her large floral purse and retrieved it. Unlocking it she discovered she had several text messages from one person: Liam Payne.

Liam: Sorry about how I left…
Liam: Are you busy now?
Liam: We need to talk.
Liam: Can we talk later?
Liam: I’m guessing you’re angry.
Liam: I really am sorry Mel.
Liam: Let me know when you’re ready to talk.

With a sigh Melissa locked her phone. She wasn’t ready to talk to him. She definitely wasn’t ready to face Liam. He was right, they did need to talk, but she just didn’t want to think about how that talk would go. There were things she wanted to say, but they weren’t appropriate. You don’t tell your ex-boyfriend, who has a girlfriend and happens to be the father of your child, that you still having underlying feelings for him. It’s rude. Plus you could be rejected in the worse way. Melissa wasn’t ready for that rejection. She wasn’t ready for the consequences of not being rejected either.

In frustration Melissa threw up her hands and laid her head down on the work desk. She folded her arms on the desk top. This was impossible. This was ridiculous. This was just her luck. No other person would be as unfortunate as she was in this very moment. Because in this very moment Danielle Peazer was walking into the doctor’s office.

~~*~~

“Wait you, Mr. Goody Two Shoes, kissed another girl?” Zayn asked in pure disbelief. He was the first to speak up.

Liam nodded, “Not just any girl, Melissa.” He reminded the lads mid pace. They all nodded. A silence fell over the room as each boy took in what Liam had told him. He was hopping they could talk some sense into him. Which was odd considering that he was really the responsible one.

“I don’t think you did it.” Niall decided suddenly. He shrugged when all eyes turned to him, “Liam’s in love Danielle, he wouldn’t kiss another girl.” He rationalized as if it was a simple as two plus two.

“I did it mate.” Liam assured him taking a seat. They were in a dressing room of a broadcasting studio. They had a televised interview today. “I actually kissed her.”

Louis leaned forward placing his elbows on his knees, “You actually kissed another bird?” It was more of a question rather than a statement. Liam nodded in response. So many times they had asked him that question and his answer never changed. “Wow.” He breathed as Liam ran a hand over his growing hair.

“Do you lads think maybe we shouldn’t be discussing this here?” Harry suddenly questioned looking towards the door where someone can bust in at any given moment. “We could be overheard.” Niall nodded in agreement.

“Heaven forbid Danielle finds out Liam cheated on her from some trashy tabloid.” Louis commented rising to a stand. Liam glared at him momentarily. This was serious. The jokes were not caused for. “Sorry mate. It’s how I operate.” Louis apologized fighting to not crack a smile at his unintentional rhyme.

“We’re ready for you on set.” A crew worker informed them sticking his head into the dressing room. The lads nodded. Niall looked back at Liam one last time. His eyes were questioning, but he didn’t speak. None of them did. With a sigh Liam stood and headed towards the door. This was going to be a stressful interview. Not only would he have to answer questions about James, but he had to push aside his thoughts about Melissa (for the time being).

Notes

There you go! Another chapter for you lovelies. What do you think?