Starting Over

*Liam’s POV*
Samy and I have been dating for a little over 3 months now. Her University has had a little over a month off for holiday so she has spent the last 2 and a ½ weeks with her parents and friends in the States since no one was able to make it over here. I miss her a lot. We have gotten really close quite quickly. She’s my best friend even more than the boys are now. I have told her things that not even they know. It’s amazing how much I’ve opened up to her. I just feel so comfortable and like all of my walls are finally coming down.I have nothing to fear because I know that she has been hurt worse than I ever have and she would never want to do that to someone else. My fame doesn’t faze her. She just wants me. Liam. Not Liam and the boys, not Liam and his money, not Liam and his fame. Just Liam. She barely even seems to notice the paparazzi, the fans, the news articles at all. She doesn’t put on some fake personality when they’re around, she acts exactly the same whether she’s around the boys and management or we’re alone. It’s one of the many things that I love about her. She is just her. My parents met her over Skype last night because I’m in Wolverhampton getting ready for Christmas. They fell in love with her immediately. I wish she was here. I met her parents last night over Skype as well. We all seem to get on pretty well. They seem genuinely interested in their daughter’s happiness and I assured them that I am as well. That seemed to ease their anxiety about me a bit. By the end of the night I could tell that both of our parents were happy that we had found each other. That made me even more sure of my next move.
I know that I had told Samy that I would wait until she was ready to make the decision to be an official couple (as old people call it) and go public but I just couldn’t wait any longer. I was heading back tonight for the day to do an interview with the boys. I planned on asking her to properly be my girlfriend over the TV. She would be watching it from the States. I hope it doesn’t embarrass her. More so, I hope she says yes!
“Ok, it’s decided” I say out loud to myself. Tomorrow it is. I send off a quick text to the boys telling them my plan and they all quickly text back with their support. I also text Samy to let her know about the interview and what time and channel so she could see it on. I tell her it’s going to be a really important interview and that it would mean a lot to me if she watches it. She texts back immediately with a promise that she will.
*Next day*
I’m so nervous for this interview that I literally cannot stop shaking.
“Wow, a bit nervous mate?” Harry jokes. I shoot him a glare.
“It’s not like you’re proposing, you guys have been inseparable for weeks now dude, we all assumed you were already ‘official’” Zayn adds.
“Well we’re not and this could ruin everything!” I practically scream.
“It’ll be fine” Zayn reassures with his hand on my shoulder.
“I sure as hell hope so” I say.
“What’s the worst that can happen?” Niall says in his usual chipper attitude. I love that kid but sometimes I just want to smack the optimism right out of him. I swear that kid has never seen one news channel in his life. Bad shit happens all the time. I push past my negativity and move forward with my plans.
*Interview*
Interviewer: “Good morning boys!”
1D: “Good morning!!!!!”
Interviewer: “Wow, you guys are a ball of energy today! Let’s just jump right into it, shall we?...”
*Liam’s POV*
I lose interest after the 3rd question. It’s always the same questions. I wish someone would help these people come up with new ones. After about 35 minutes of question monotony the question we have been waiting for rears its relatively ugly head
Interviewer: “So, as usual, all the ladies want to know, who here is single?” Harry and Niall raise their hands and everyone gives me a hesitant look out of the corner of their eyes. The interviewer stares me down and finally asks “Liam, you’re not single?”
“Um, I’ve been dating someone for quite a few weeks now actually but we have not made it ‘official’ as you say. Actually, I was hoping to take a moment now to say something if I could.” “Of course, go right ahead. Oooo, this is exciting!” says the interviewer.
“Samy, if you’re watching, I would first like to say that I’m sorry for ambushing you on international television but I can’t wait any longer. Samantha you are the girl that I have been looking for, for what seems like forever and I know we haven’t been dating long but I know that we would be amazing together. Would you please do me the honor of being my girlfriend?” I finally spit the words out and look at the ground nervously. My phone vibrates only moments later. I know it’s from Samy. All I want to do is sprint off this stage as fast as I can and respond to her but I can’t. I’m trapped here nervously waiting for this interview to be over. After what seems like decades the interview wraps. I run off the stage and throw the mic equipment at the sound techs apologizing in the process. I grab my phone and read my messages. 2 from mom, 1 from Ruth, 1 from Andy, and 1 from Samy. I read the ones from my family and Andy first almost too afraid to read Samy’s. Finally after responding to them all it’s time to read hers. I take a deep breath, click the tiny envelope and read.
*Samy’s POV*
Liam looks so bored right now. They all do. Those poor guys. This interviewer doesn’t seem to give a damn about this interview at all. She obviously just wants this to be over with. “Liam, you’re not single?” Haha, I giggle to myself. I wonder how he’s going to get out of this one. He really should have just raised his hand. I would have understood. We all would have. I’m technically not his girlfriend and we haven’t gone public with our dating yet.
“Um, I’ve been dating someone for quite a few weeks now actually but we have not made it ‘official’ as you say. Actually, I was hoping to take a moment now to say something if I could.” Wait… what did he just say? Where is he going with this?
“Of course, go right ahead. Oooo, this is exciting!” says the interviewer.
“Samy, if you’re watching, I would first like to say that I’m sorry for ambushing you on international television but I can’t wait any longer.” My heart races, my palms sweat, and my stomach is in knots. He wouldn’t. Not now. Not like this… I think to myself. “Samantha you are the girl that I have been looking for, for what seems like forever and I know we haven’t been dating long but I know that we would be amazing together. Would you please do me the honor of being my girlfriend?” I stare blankly at the screen for the next minute. He did. He just asked me to be his on international television. I have never felt so ambushed in my entire life and yet so ok. I grab my phone, clearly not remembering that he is still sitting on an interview set. I text immediately
Samy: Liam, that means more to me than you will ever know.
It’s my only response. I need to tell him my response to his question in person. I immediately grab my suitcase and start packing. I am flying home tonight to surprise Liam in Wolverhampton for Christmas. Karen already knows and is picking me up at the airport tomorrow morning before Liam comes back from London. I’ll tell him my answer when I see him tomorrow night.

Notes

Sorry it took so long, I'm still really unhappy with this chapter but it's the best that I could do atm. Anyway, thanks for reading.

<3Samy<3