“Well I hope she fucking makes you happy!” Liam had been listening to the tenant next door and her partner yell and scream at each other for the last hour and half. He never meant to eaves drop but due to the walls being paper thin it was inevitable. A loud bang told the male the door had been slammed and the heavy footsteps and cussing that passed his apartment told the brunette that he had left. Finally. Perhaps with the silence he would finally be able to get some sleep.

Placing his phone on his bedside table he switched his light off and rolled over drawing the covers around him and allowing his heavy eyes to finally close. Mere moments had passed when he heard movement and the sound of springs moving underneath the weight of a body. Perhaps she was going to go to sleep.

Liam felt sorry for the young woman, Mia, considering her boyfriend was a dog and had cheated on her with her own sister. As Liam lay there he heard sobbing through his wall and instantly felt bad for her. The sobs soon came harder and louder coming from deep within her. Liam suddenly had the urge to console her but he didn’t know how well that would go down.

“Fucking prick,” she sobbed, obviously she didn’t realise how thin the walls were. “I gave him everything and this is how he repays me? Oh no that’s fine, you fucked my sister yeah I forgive you… I hope you choke on the air and die.”

Liam couldn’t help the smile that cracked across his face, of all the things she could have said she came up with that. Sighing and shaking his head he took a deep breath and rolled over onto his stomach so he was looking at his bedroom wall.

“Hey…” the sobbing subsided, “I’m sorry about what happened to you…” once again there was nothing but silence, “Do… uh… do you wanna talk about it?” when there was nothing but silence again he face palmed himself feeling like a right idiot. Of course she wasn’t going to talk to some weirdo that was communicating with her through their shared wall.

When he thought he had made the biggest twat of himself he was surprised when she spoke, “You heard all that?” her voice came through the wall, it was soft like she was trying to hold herself together.

“Yeah, the walls here are pretty thin.”

“Oh, I am so sorry. I didn’t realise… I am really sorry if I was keeping you awake.”

Liam could tell that she was genuine, she really had no idea that the walls were almost rice paper thin and that she could have been keeping him awake. “It’s alright.”

“No it’s not, I should have taken it outside the building! I was just so mad and hurt that I couldn’t think straight… I…” as she spoke the male heard her voice break, “God! I hate him so much! I mean I love him but I hate him! Oh god I don’t know how I feel!”

Liam was confused as to how she could still love that man after what he had done to her and what he had called her.

“Do you wanna know something funny,” Liam had a feeling what she was about to tell him wasn’t going to be funny.

“Uh…”

“He had been fucking my sister from three months into our twelve month relationship. That’s nine months! Nine months he had been having it on with my sister, my sister! Sure okay sure she may be slightly better looking then me, no tattoos, blue eyed and perfect curls. Still! I thought he loved me… he managed to hide that little bit of information from me for nine months,” as she spoke her voice broke but she didn’t allow herself to sob holding it it making it sound like she was being strangled and Liam felt horrible for her.

Liam knew what had happened they had covered it earlier and he had been able to hear it loud and clear what he had done to her. How the guy who’s name slipped his mind could do that to her was horrible, Liam had only ever seen Mia once or twice in passing and she was a pretty woman, her tattooed skin and her dark eyes and hair that sometimes was a mess made her her.

“Hey he’s an arse,” Liam began not quite sure where his boldness was coming from but he wasn’t about to stop, “You deserve someone who is going to treat you with the respect you deserve.” Liam paused a moment before speaking again. “I know it may feel like that is never going to happen but believe me it will. Whether it be tomorrow or a week from today or even a few years you will find someone Mia and when you do he is going to love you and treat you the way you deserve to be treated.”

Sobbing came through the wall again and instantly Liam feared he had said something wrong, he scrambled to apologise but he was met by Mia speaking, “No please don’t apologise… thank you… I mean that, you didn’t have to talk to me through the wall tonight but I am really grateful that you did… Uhmm…”

“Liam,” the brunette helped her out with his name.

“Liam, I feel a little better, you have a very warming voice…. I’m sorry that probably sounded weird but it’s true.”

Liam chucked, “Thanks, Well…” Liam grabbed his phone and looked at the time, it was four am in the morning. “Considering I don’t think I will be sleeping now I am happy to talk to you for as long as you like.”

Mia laughed lightly through the wall, “Perhaps we should steer away from my ex and onto something a little happier I am sure you don’t want to hear me crying anymore.”

“No, I prefer you to be happy.”

“Well how about for me putting you through everything I did I shout you breakfast later as an apology?”

“Sounds great, I could really go for some waffles.”

“Snap me too!” the two laughed Liam feeling great that he had decided to talk to the young woman instead of leaving it and allowing herself to cry herself to sleep. The two spent the next three hours talking about random things such as music, movies, influences and eventually relationships before getting up and meeting each other for breakfast.

Notes

New one shot, this time with the wonderful Liam Payne.

I hope you enjoy :)

Cheers Esther :)