Starting Over

Samy's POV
It's been almost 4 hours since Liam stormed off. I'm not even sure why he did. He couldn't honestly have expected me to say yes to a shot-gun wedding in some foreign country. Is that his way of solving his “scheduling conflicts”? Make me give up my dream of being walked down the aisle by my father? Not going to happen. I'm not apologizing for this one. It's all on him. I know he's probably just trying to make sure that I know that he still loves me, but this is certainly not the way to do that. I send Liam a quick text to see if he still wants me to be at the show tonight. Of course he responds with a yes and he'll send someone to come get me in an hour. Guess I'll have to get myself dressed to head over there soon. I'm really excited to see the new show and set list. Liam has been so tight-lipped about it. Not giving me any hints. The new album came out a month ago and I still haven't heard it. Liam told me that I wasn't aloud to hear it without him. His mom said it's absolutely amazing and that she can tell exactly who wrote which songs just by listening to them. She said that I'll be very surprised when I finally get to hear it. I hate it when the Paynes are cryptic... all of them are so good at hiding things. Too good. I sigh and throw on some cute jeans and a low-cup bohemian top before throwing an open sweater and heels on. I add my bangle bracelets and gold hoops and march down the lobby. Time to hear the music that has been keeping my perfect fiance so occupied for so long.

Liam's POV
I'm so nervous for tonight. It's the first time that we're playing anything off the new album live and Samy hasn't even heard any of it yet. I wonder if she'll figure out that “Illusion” was written by me... for her. It's one thing to have a song go public that we've written as a group about missing people back home but to have this kind of song be so personal out there is a whole new level of tension. She'll be listening to the album soon enough, it's a long drive here and I made sure that it was in the CD player of the SUV going to pick her up.

Samy's POV
My ride pulls up out front and Paddy opens my door for me.
“Hey, Samy. Got a surprise for you from Liam” he says before closing car door behind me.
He puts the car in drive after explaining to me that the stadium is about an hour away. A moment later, Steal My Girls begins. It's the one song that Liam let me hear up until now. Wait, is this the album?
“Is this Four?” I ask Paddy. His smile answers my question before his voice can.
“It is. Liam wanted you to hear it now, before the show” he says smiling. He knows something. There's something more to this than just hearing the new album. For the moment though, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the benefits of his hard work. The album gets to a song, I think it's called Spaces, and my heart stops. Those words have been words that Liam has been saying to me for ages now. That he feels like there is a distance between us that is growing every day and he's afraid that one day we will grow apart. That we'll give in to the schedules and fears and stop trying to fix what's wrong. Is this his way of telling me that it's him? He's giving up? By the time it gets to Change Your Ticket, I'm becoming paranoid. Secret? Why is he helping to write a song about hiding a relationship? Come to think of it, why hasn't he tried to fly me out here until now? He didn't even fly me to be with him this time, I surprised him! Does he have another girl? Logically, I know that this is just a song. All the boys are singing it. For all I know Harry or Niall have some girlfriend that they are hiding from fans and they are the ones who wrote the damn song. Take a breath. I tell myself. He loves you. He wouldn't cheat. The next song to come on is Illusion. Liam wrote this. I can tell that instantly. He wrote it for me. I can tell that too.
We pull up to the stadium just as the album is finishing up. Liam is standing out back, out of the eye shot of fans. Paddy opens my door and I run to my man. The only person that I will ever need.
“So you like the album?” he asks, his face buried in my neck and hair, arms wrapped tightly around me.
“I love it. Illusion is for me, isn't it?” I ask, looking deep into his eyes, already knowing the answer. He doesn't answer verbally, just nods shyly, looking down with a slight pink blushing tint to his cheeks.
“You like it? It's exactly how I've been feeling since day one” he finally speaks, quietly.
“It's perfect” I answer and connect my mouth to his before he can speak again. He kisses me back with a little reservation. “What's wrong?” I ask “be honest.”
“I'm sorry about this morning. I shouldn't have sprung that on you and I shouldn't have stormed off and left after you said no. It wasn't fair of me to ask that of you” he says, head down, avoiding eye contact.
“Liam, look at me” I plea quietly. He does not need yet another thing on his plate to feel guilty about. “You were right. We're going to get married eventually, why wait? We can still have our ceremony for family and friends. I can still have my dad walk me down the aisle. Later. Let's get married. Tomorrow” I say abruptly.
“You sure?” he eyes me questioningly with a hint of happiness in his eyes.
“Positive” I respond. He smashes his lips onto mine and walks me backwards so that I'm between him and the wall.
“I'll tell Paul to arrange it” he smiles before running off like an excited child down the hall. I sigh and giggle before heading in the direction he just ran, hoping to find one of the other boys.
After what seems like forever, I eventually find my way to the stadium floor. Paul guides me to an area in front of the front row barriers where I can stand and watch. Eventually the lights dim and much to everyone's surprise, the chords to Up All Night start up and the crowd goes CRAZY! I can't believe they are bringing back these songs! Sure enough, Up All Night is the opening song. After Up All Night comes Girl Almighty, Steal My Girl, Ready to Run, Back for You (I cried), Strong, Don't Forget Where You Belong, and Tell Me a Lie. After a brief intermission, the boys finish up by playing all their old classics. The final song of the night is They Don't Know About Us. The crowd goes wild. Everyone, myself included, have been dying to hear this song live since it was released! By the time the concert is over, my head and my emotions are spinning.

Notes

Sorry about the wait, the stupid site uses some kind of weird security feature that Google doesn't like anymore and it locked me out for AGES... I'm back now! Enjoy!
Love Forever,
<3Samy<3