"You know, we should really adjust the times we meet together," Liam said laying down on the grass. "Don't get me wrong, I love seeing you at night when it's just the two of us and the stars." he turned to face me and gave me the most charming smile.
"But I have to wait all day before I could get to see you, and this entire sneaking out at night isn't really the best idea." he said frowning a little.
I sighed and looked down at the grass beneath us. He was right. I don't know how much longer I can keep hiding this from my brothers. Every time I come back from sneaking out, I feel more guilty than the last time.
"I know-I just-I'm scared to, " I said looking into his eyes. "I'm scared of what they will think, or say, or do."
Liam sat up and scooted closer to me. Until our arms were touching. He intertwined my hands into his. "I agree with you. But...the longer you hold out from them the worst the outcome will be. And it's not safe for you to walk all the way here by yourself at night. "
"The walk isn't even that long, " I said looking up at him. He gave me an are you serious right now look.
"It doesn't have to be long for something to happen, " he said tracing something on the palm of my hands.
"I know...but can we not worry about that right now. I've been so stressed lately. I just want to relax and forget about everything that's going wrong in my life right now, " I said laying back onto the grass.
"Alright come on, " he said standing up. I furrowed my eyebrows. "What are we doing?"
"Don't worry about it. Just follow me. It's not very far from here, " he said extending his hand out to help me.
He pulled on my arm and I went flying and almost fell back onto the ground. "Liam! I thought you were trying to help me, not injure me more. I have a cast on you know," I said glaring at him.
He was too busy laughing to even notice. "I'm sorry, " he said in between laughs. "You are way lighter than I thought. "
"Well, you must have thought you were pulling an elephant with all that force. " I said walking towards him.
I just glared at him as he continued to laugh like it was the most hilarious thing in the world. "You know what? I am going home, " I said turning around.
"Wait no, blue. I am sorry. Forgive me?" he asked running in front of me so I couldn't leave. I wasn't actually going to leave, but he didn't need to know that.
"You have to make it up to me first, then I will consider it, " I said looking everywhere but at him. "I am. I promise. Come on, " he said bending down.
"What are you doing?" I asked giving him a weird look. "What does it look like? I am gonna give you a piggyback ride. Now hurry up, I'm not gonna stay down here forever, " he said gesturing for me to get on his back.
"But I have a cast on. That's not going to be easy, " I said shaking me head at him in disappointment. "Man, looks like you aren't getting that forgiveness, " I said with a smirk.
He suddenly went under me and picked me up so that I was sitting on his neck. I screamed as I almost lost my balance because of the sudden movement.
"LIAM, " I shouted. I held into his neck as tight as I could with my good arm. I heard him choke and that almost brought a smile to my face.
"A-a little too tight, " he struggle out. "Well that's what you get for scaring me like that, " I said releasing the pressure a little. "Here hold my hand. I promise I won't drop you...unless you throw yourself off then I can't help in you in that ca -"
"-Liam! Just please take me to your ticket of forgiveness, " I said. He laughed and grabbed onto my good hand.
"Wow, so is this what it feels like to be a tall person?" I asked looking around. I felt and heard him chuckle. "I'm sure no one is that tall," he said.
"Sure there is. You are like 6 something and I am on top of you which makes me seem pretty tall, " I said. "And I watched a documentary about one of the tallest humans in the world. It's pretty cool actually. You should see it."
"First of all that sounds boring and second of all he can't be that tall, " he said scoffing at the end. I tapped the back of his head with my bad arm and clicked my tongue.
"Tsk tsk tsk. Liam, you sound very uneducated."
"Or you sound overly educated."
"Liam you are making yourself sound worse, " I said laughing. He laughed and we both settled into a comfortable silence.
We walked, or he walked for a good five minutes to this mysterious place. "Are you sure I am not getting heavy?" I asked for probably the third time.
I could practically smell him roll his eyes. "No, Lisa. I have already told you, you are light as a feather, " he said.
I grumbled in response. He could be lying for all I know. I may feel like an actual brick to him. I started getting a little worried that maybe I was too heavy and he was just saying that to make me feel better about my-.
"Stop worrying about it. I told you, you're not heavy. Look we are almost there, " he said gesturing ahead of him. I looked in that direction to see an ice cream shop.
"Don't tell me you know someone here that basically lets you break in after hours as a favor, " I siad.
"No... My sister knows someone who owes her a favor and she owes me a favor so here we are, " he explained. I shook my head laughing.
"Ok, well what are we going to do here?" I asked. "What do you think? This place has the most delicious ice cream."
He walked past the entrance and went to the side entrance. "Alright m'lady. I am afraid you are too tall to go through the entrance, " Liam said in a British accent.
"Okay, just please don't drop me. There is a lot I want to do before I die."
I got down in one piece and he held my hand as we walked in. I gasped when I saw the sight in front of me. There were two chocolate Sundaes and some soft music playing in the background. There were also some string lights around the booth.
"Liam, when did you do all of this?" I asked still looking around at the beautiful sight. The aroma was also very calming.
"I did it before I met up with you at the Park. I was really worried the ice cream would melt before we got here. I froze them solid before I left so I think they are good, " he said glancing at the sundaes.
"Wow, you are just full of surprises aren't you?" I said walking to the table. "Do you like it?" he asked following me. I turned around and looked up at him.
"I love it Liam thank you, " I said hugging him. He chuckled and hugged me back. "Good. You know you are a pretty hard person to please."
I slapped his chest and glared up at him. "I am not! " I said sliding into one side of the booth. "If that's what you think," he mumbled smirking at me.
"Do you want your forgiveness or not?" I asked raising an eyebrow at him. He held his hands up in surrender.
"I'm sorry. You are the easiest person to please. Ever," he said giving me a sly smile. I shook my head and started digging into the sundae.
Anything with chocolate was a big yes so I was immediately in love with it.
"I am gonna take that as my forgiveness, " he said when I moaned at how good it tasted. I chuckled at him and continued eating my sundae.
"You know with all of the surprises you keep giving me I don't know if I will ever be able to top you, " I said looking up at him.
He was already halfway done with his sundae. He made me look like I wasn't even eating at all. He leaned back in his seat and smirked at me.
"I know right. I am like the master of all so have fun with that." he put his elbows on the table and rested his head on his hands.
"By the way, I like big extravagant surprises. Just thought I should let you know that, " he said smiling at me.
I rolled my eyes playfully and shook my head. "And I am the hard one to please?" I asked looking at him. He shrugged and leaned back in his seat. "Just saying."
We sat in silence for a while. Just eating our sundaes and enjoying the peacefulness. Whenever I was around him I always felt so...at peace.
He just always had a good vibe about him. Every time I saw him I felt refreshed in a way. Like getting to lay in your own bed after a long hard day.
I felt like I could trust him with my deepest secrets. That's how close we have gotten over time. I finished and looked up to see him already looking at me.
I blushed, suddenly feeling self-conscious. "What? Is there something on my face?" I asked wiping at my face.
He shook his head and chuckled. "This is gonna sound cheesy but it's true. You just look really pretty, " he said. I swear I could see just a tint of pink forming on his cheeks.
Meanwhile, I just look like a stop sign. "Thanks, " I mumbled looking down at my empty cup.
"Are you going to say it back?" he asked. I looked up at him raising an eyebrow. "That's right. You look really pretty too, " I said smirking.
He rolled his eyes and pouted. "That's not what I meant, " he whined. I stook my tongue out at him to which he returned the gesture.
"I'm serious though. I don't know if you hear it enough. But you are really pretty. Not just your appearance but your personality too. That's why I really like you. Like really like you, " he said. He never once broke eye contact with me the entire time.
I blushed probably the most I ever had in my entire life. "Liam...stop, " I mumbled. I can't take all of these compliments at once.
"By the way. You are really cute when you blush, " he added smiling at me. "Thank you, but I swear if you give me another compliment I'm gonna... I'm... Um, " I paused not really knowing what to threaten him with.
"What, kill me with your cuteness? " he said while laughing. "Stop, you sound like my brothers. " I groaned out. "I'm sorry. You know I didn't mean it, " he said.
"Yeah I know, " I said smiling at him. There was suddenly a noise from the kitchen area. I furrowed my eyebrows at Liam and so did he.
"Are we expecting someone else or...? Is this another surprise?" I asked looking at him. He shook his head. "No, no one else was supposed to be here, " he said looking back towards the kitchen.
That got me a little worried. "Wait here, " he said when he got up. He disappeared behind the wall that separated the general area from the employee section.
I heard some muffled shouting then a door slamming. Liam came out a couple of minutes later looking quite angry.
"What's wrong? Who was it?" I asked looking up him? He sighed and held the bridge of his nose. "Liam?" I said when he didn't answer.
He grabbed my hand leading me out if the ice cream shop. I didn't say anything as he led me back to his car by the cafe.
We got in and I waited for him to say something. "Remember that time when I told you my Dad was back in town and that he is dangerous?" he asked.
I nodded slowly. "Well, that was him. He..." he trailed off. I could tell this was hard for him to talk about.
I placed my hand on top of his. I wanted him to feel like he could trust me, just as I could trust him. "You can tell me, " I said looking into his dark eyes.
He nodded slowly and continued. "The reason I have such a rough relationship with my Dad is because he left my mom with 3 kids when I was only 5. It didn't start there though. I would hear him abuse my mom sometimes. At the time I didnt really understand it and whenever I asked my mom she would just say they were play fighting and I believed her.
That continued for a while and my sister who was 11 at the time figured it out...and that cost her. It wasn't until much later that I realized that my dad abused her too. I also found out that he was a drug dealer. That was the reason my Mom threw him out of the house. Our safety was at risk."
I just sat back and listened as he explained his story. It was so heartbreaking what he had to go through. And yet, he never showed any of it on the outside. I would have never known he had been through that stuff had he not told me.
"Anyway after that, my mom thought it would be better for us to move. So we moved here. It was a hard adjustment, but we managed. We thought we would never have to see or hear from my dad again. We thought he was gone. But a couple of weeks ago my sister called and told me that she saw him at the mall. He didn't do anything he was just...there, watching.
We kept on the watch after that and that's why I told you to stay away from me. I was worried he would do something to you too. He is a very sick man." he ran a hand down his face and sighed.
"He was watching us the entire time we were there. He told me some stuff that I would rather not repeat. Then he ran off before I could actually do anything to him."
I just looked at him as he finished. I would say his family is almost as messed up as mines. I guess in an odd, twisted way, we had that in common.
Believe it or not, it actually made me like him a little more. "Look I get it if you don't want to deal with all of that...drama and you wanna end things here, " he mumbled. He didn't even look at me when he said it, which only broke my heart more.
"Liam...I don't care about any of that. We all have our problems. That doesn't mean we can't live our lives because of it, " I said.
He stared at me with those eyes that I have come to know so well. "How did I get so lucky with you?" he asked smiling a little.
I shrugged. "I don't know, honestly, " I said with a slight smirk. He shook his head and laughed. "I'm just happy you didn't leave because of it, " he mumbled playing with my fingers.
"Has that happened before?" I asked looking at him. He sighed and nodded. "Well, I would never do that. We all have our demons right?" I said. He chuckled softly and nodded. "Alright well let's get you home." he said. I nodded and sat back in my seat.
Just as we were about to pull up a block from my house my phone rang. I picked it up and immediately paled at the voice.
"Did she pick up?" I heard someone in the background say. "Put her on speaker. I have to hear this, " someone else said.
"Lisa where are you?" I heard the voice of Jason. Oh no. How did they know I was gone? I could feel myself sweating already.
"Are you sure that's the right number, Jason?"
"Justin, shut up."
"Geez sorry."
When I didn't answer Jason continued.
"Annalisa! Where are you!? I am worried out of my mind right now and I called you like 100 times and you didn't answer." he sighed then continued.
"Are you in trouble? Do I need to come and get you?" I cleared my throat. I was about to say something, but I couldn't find the voice to say anything. So I hung up. That probably wasn't the best idea, but it was all I could do.
Liam looked over at me with a worried expression. "Is everything all right?" he asked.
I gulped and looked at him. "U-um y-yeah. I think I forgot my purse at the cafe. Can we go back and get it?" I stuttered.
Liam furrowed his eyebrows. "Your purse is right here, " he said gesturing to my purse. I looked down and sure enough it was. Dang, it! "Oh r-right," I laughed nervously.
"Well it must have been something else, " I said. Liam parked the car and turned to face me.
"Whats wrong?" he asked. "My brothers know, " I whisper looking down at my lap. I said it like I was just realizing it.
"Know about....the sneaking out?" he asked. I nodded. I'm doomed. This is the end of me. I won't see the light of day ever again.
"What did they say? " he asked. "Nothing much. I hung up on them before they could say much, " I said.
I swear I could see his lip twitch upward for a moment. "Liam they are going to kill me. Especially when they hear that I have been with you, "
He placed a hand on his chest. "Ouch, " he said. "I didn't mean it like that. But- oh my God, they are going to kill me, " I said.
I was starting to hyperventilate thinking of Jason's reaction and how mad and disappointed he will be. And Jacob cause I constantly lied to their face all of this time.
Liam's small smiled dropped when he realized how serious I was. "Hey, hey. It's okay. I'll help you if you want, " he said rubbing a comforting arm on my shoulder.
I took a deep breath, looked at him and nodded. I was going to need all of the help I could get.
~Overprotective~
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