Nora sat before her laptop with a thumping headache and an essay that she had to finish before tomorrow. The brunette hadn’t slept for twenty four hours and had been living off strong black coffee. The female was about halfway through her essay but she had hit a wall, she wasn’t sure where to take it. It may have been the lack of sleep and water, the copious amount of coffee she had consumed in the last 24 hours or the fact that the person above her was having extremely loud, obnoxious sex.
Sighing Nora rose to her feet and began to pace around her room to try and ease the tension in her shoulders and stretch her cramped up legs. She looked up at her ceiling when a particularly loud scream broke from the room above. Scrunching her features she muttered to herself.

“This is ridiculous!” walking over to her dining table she grabbed her iPod and put the buds in her ears hitting play. She walked back over to her laptop sitting on her bed she looked at the screen. Nora spent a good ten minutes look at the screen her fingers hovering over her keypad even though her music was as loud as she could handle but she could still hear screams of ecstasy.

Sighing the brunette got to her feet, grabbing her keys she slipped a jacket over her outfit that consisted of denim cut of shorts and a blue crop-top. Slipping into a pair of flats walked out of her room. She was going to give her roommates a piece of her mind.

Racing up the flight of stairs it didn’t take her long before she was standing in front of the door. Taking a deep breath she reached out to knock on the door.

“Oh GOD NIALL!” Nora sighed exasperated. Reaching forward she banged on the door.

“Who the fuck is that?” it was a male voice.

“Ju-just leave it,” the female was breathless, Nora unfortunately knew why. However he ignored her, Nora heard footsteps coming toward the door. Pulling her buds out of her ears she waited for the door to open.

She heard jangling at the door, the bolt being pulled open and the lock turning. The door was pulled open.

“What the hell, tell your banshee in there to pipe down!” Nora spilled out hotly before the door was fully open, “Some of us have essays to write and with her fucking screaming it isn’t getting done!” Nora took a deep breath and looked at the male her cheek instantly flushing with embarrassment, he was gorgeous.

Dyed blonde hair with dark roots, it was a mess but he still managed to pull it off. The bluest eyes she had ever seen, and the brunette couldn’t help the way her eyes drifted down his body before quickly locking with his eyes again. He was covered in perspiration from his evenings activities and he wore a smirk while his eyes glinted mischievously.

“Sorry, about the noise, I will be sure to tell her… or you could if you want?” he began pulling the door open further to expose the girl beside him dressed in one of his t shirts apparently. She was beautiful, a model more the likely but that didn’t subtract from the fact that her screaming was the most annoying thing in the world at the moment.

“Tell me what?” she asked, Nora did a double take on the girl. She was stunning yes but the baby voice she had going on grated on the brunettes nerves. “Nialler come back to bed,” she cooed causing Nora to internally scream, the woman watched as the slim blonde attached herself to the males neck.

“That you need to shut the hell up!” this caused her to pull away from the male, her eyes flashing with anger. “Okay you’re having sex with a cute guy great! But the whole fucking apartment block doesn’t need to know how big his penis is or how deep he is inside you. There are old ladies in this block stop being so inconsiderate and shut up!” by this time a few people had opened their doors to see what the commotion was in the passageway.

“Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning,” the blonde female giggled.

“Someone hasn’t slept for twenty four hours due to school work that is very important. So don’t test me girl I will drop you like a bag of bricks!” Nora stated.

“Is everything alright down here?” all three heads turned to see a male with dark eyes and mousy brown hair walking towards the room, he wore a pair of flannelette pyjama bottoms and a robe pulled over his shoulders.

“No, this woman here has disturbed my boyfriend and I,” the blonde stated.

“Disturbed…” Nora felt her blood boil and her hands clenched and unclenched at her sides. “I’m gonna fucking disturb your night now you lying…” she went to step toward the blonde female but the brown haired male quickly grabbed her pulling her back.

“Alright, come on,” he said as he held Nora close. Nora knew it was a hopeless cause fighting, the male was strong and there was no way she was going to be able to get out of his grip to attack the blonde model.

“Thanks Liam,” the Irish man spoke.

“Don’t thank me yet Niall. She has a point… get a muzzle for that girl of yours.” Nora didn’t miss the way the blonde female shot Liam a dirty look her eyes blazing. She instantly felt a wave of gratefulness wash over her at the fact that someone else was on her side. However it didn’t stop the anger and annoyance that was still racing through her body.

Liam escorted Nora away from the door walking her down the hallway before they came to a stop outside a door, the make reached out and pushed the door open inviting her inside. Nora was hesitant she had an essay to write.

“Come on, I’ll fix you a cup of tea…”

“Nora,” the female introduced herself.

“Nora,” he repeated smiling, Nora liked the sound of a nice cup of tea she hadn’t had tea for too long, and the warmth and welcoming tone in Liam’s voice caused her to nod her head and enter the apartment. As soon as she walked in she was astounded by how tidy the flat was compared to her own. Taking a seat on one of his lounge chairs she waited patiently for him to return.

A few minutes passed before he returned carrying two mugs. “I didn’t know how you had it so I just made it black.”

“That’s perfect.” Liam smiled before sitting down next to her, the next few moments were lost in silence as they drank their tea. However the male was the first to break it.

“Are you alright? You seemed a little stressed back there.”

“No,” Nora stated truthfully, she didn’t want to to lie, especially since he had seen her outburst.

“Do you want to talk about it?” Looking at the male she took another sip of her tea before speaking again.

“Are you sure your ready for it?” the male nodded his head.

“I spent last night talking to my next door neighbour, I am as ready as anything.”

Nora wanted Liam to elaborate a little more but chose not to say anything, instead she got herself comfortable and thought about where to start.

“Well where to begin? My Fiancé just broke up with me over text message three days ago, his kind regards for my feelings are great aren’t they?” she asked watching as the males dark eyes widened in shock, “on top of that classes have been kicking my arse the last few days and I have to break the news to my parents that the wedding they so wanted is off and I have an essay one feminism due tomorrow… did I miss anything? I don’t think so… so yeah you could say I am stressed, lacking sleep and heartbroken all rolled into one. Mister upstairs noisy partner didn’t help with anything either and the fact she talks shit just made me snap… I must say good thing you were there otherwise I would have ripped her voice box out and scratched her eyes to shreds.” Nora took a deep breath.

“I’m sorry,” the male apologised causing Nora to quirk one of her brows.

“What for it’s not your fault my life has gone down hill and I will be grey before I reach my next birthday.” she deadpanned taking another sip of her tea.

“How do you do that?”

“What?”

“Be so calm about everything? If it was me I would be a mess.”

“I’m good at hiding my emotions, or at least bottling them until everything explodes and I have a massive breakdown.” Nora stated shrugging her shoulders taking another drink.

“But you shouldn’t bottle everything up Nora, it’s not healthy.” Liam’s tone was soft and kind, a tone Nora hadn’t heard for a while. The brunette had been to scared to ring her parents, and too hurt to seek comfort in her friends so she had busied herself in her school work which had managed to blanket the pain. However now that Liam was talking to her and telling her that covering her pain, bottling it wasn’t healthy she could feel herself crack.

“I know, but it’s easier then feeling the pain.”

“Maybe the pain is a good thing, it shows your human.” Nora nodded her head smiling but she felt her nose tingle and tears form in the corner of her eyes. Swallowing she tried to suppress them. “Hey…” Liam placed his hand on her fore arm, the warmth radiating though Nora. “Don’t hold it in… let it out Nora, you need to.” All it took was Liam’s touch and warm voice to break Nora’s wall that had been so strong the past few days and within seconds she was a sobbing mess. Nora barely knew Liam but he had a way of making her feel at ease, comfortable and like he wouldn’t judge her for showing her vulnerable side.

“I-I’m sorry,” she sobbed covering her face with her hands trying to hide from him. The male simply shook his head and wrapped his arms around her.

“Don’t be sorry,” he whispered comfortingly to her, Nora wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shoulder allowing all the pain and stress out of her body. by the time she had finished there was a wet patch on the males robe but she didn’t dare move not wanting to break away from Liam who was a much needed comfort.

Her eyes grew heavier the longer they sat together and before long her eyes had fluttered closed and sleep had overtaken her exhausted body. Liam pulled away from her and lay her down on the couch throwing a blanket over her

“Good night Nora,” he smiled before turning and walking to his room where he fell asleep shortly after.

Notes

Another one shot haha This one has both Liam Payne and Niall Horan.

I hope you enjoy it.

Until next time

Cheers Esther :)