Liam is in the shower while I'm making us pasta for lunch. He only had a couple of days off. He has to leave later today, and go back on tour, so I'm trying to make this day as enjoyable as possible. I am waiting for the water boil, and I can't help but hear Liam talking on the phone with someone, but who? I want to get closer so I can hear better but...wait I can't do that. That would be a total invasion of privacy, and I have to trust him. I'm sure it's nothing. Almost five minutes has passed, and I'm getting anxious. I swear I heard him yelling at one point. Shit what's going on. Finally, there is no noise coming from the bedroom, absolute silence. I take it upon myself to stop pacing back and fourth around the living room, and pretend that I wasn't listening. The second he enters the kitchen where I am actively preparing our lunch I can tell that he is stressed, something major must have happened.
"We have a situation on our hands" Liam says.
"What's going on" I nervously ask.
He takes a deep breath "Leila, the girl...the model...who I you know...well she sold this story to the tabloids saying that she's pregnant, and claiming the kid is mine."
"What" My mouth opens in shock.
"Ella you actually aren't going to believe that shit are you!" - L
"You told me you didn't fuck her." My stomach is in a knot.
"I didn't christ Ella I would never." - L
"She is just doing this for money and fame, and to ruin us, don't let her do that" Liam pleads
"I don't know what to do. It's just one thing after another with you." - E
"You have to stick with me through this." - L
I will always be by his side, maybe just not in the way he wants me to.
"Do you realize how stupid this makes me look? Staying with you, with a guy who according to every fucking tabloid in the world got another girl pregnant." - E
It didn't take me long to realize how selfish that sounded, but it's the truth.
"That's not what I meant, It's just controversy after controversy, so much drama all the time. I don't know how much more I can take." - E
"Yeah, I know. You don't deserve this, maybe it would be best if I just left, for good." He says with his head held low, trying to hide the visible tears forming in his eyes.
Here is a beautiful pain stricken man standing in front of me. I don't think it's fair to make him go through this alone, but it's also not fair to put myself through this again and again.
"This isn't what I want Liam, but right now I don't know what else to do." - E
"I understand...so goodbye I guess?" - L
"We are gonna get through this. I am here for you no matter what whether it's as a friend, girlfriend, or a fiancé. I just need time to process everything." I reach my arms out, and pull him in for a hug.
"I love you." He says before kissing me on the forehead, and walking out the door, and this time I don't plan on chasing him.