-Maria-

As Sarah left once again after providing us with food and beverages, Emily and I were left in the sofa watching TV. I was a bit tired from last in Soho still, but I was really excited to hang out with Liam today. I know it is a bit soon to think this way, but I really like this guy. They way he makes me feel like I am the only girl in the room he’s interested in talking to and how he always bring forth the butterflies in my stomach. He seemed so genuine and kind, like it was second nature for him. I knew that it sounded a bit like a fairy-tale, but I didn’t want it to go away either. The summer would be over soon enough, and I wanted to make the best of it. It wasn’t like it was going to last anyway with us living in two different countries and him always traveling the world touring and promoting the band. That feeling made me a bit sad… but then I tried to remember that nothing had happened between us yet. Maybe I was getting my hopes up…

“Are you sure you’ll be fine by your own? I’m sure Liam wouldn’t mind you joining us,” I said to Emily who still sat in her dressing robe on the couch after I had gotten dressed. She had turned down Liam’s offer to join us when he texted me last night, not that I could blame her. Seeing Harry would be a bit awkward.

“Yes, Maria! I’m sure,” she insisted while smiling. I felt kind of bad for her. We were supposed to come visit her, and here she was going to be by lonesome all day while Sarah was with Eleanor and I with Liam. “I have some laundry to do anyway, and I’m sure I’ll find something to keep me occupied,” she continued.

“If you say so,” I said looking down at her.

“When is he picking you up?”

“Any minute now I think,” I said while taking a look at the screen of my phone. I had no idea what he had planned on doing today, but if it meant I got to spend time with him I was happy. A text appeared on my phone,

Knock, knock! I’m sat in the car waiting outside. Can you come down? I don’t think it’s a good idea for me to step out of the car right here. ;) xx

Oh, right! The streets would probably be packed with people right now and it wasn’t like he could just stand outside without someone noticing. Yet another reason why this would never work - I had no intention to end up on a magazine cover. The paparazzi were giving them a full dose of what they had, as they appeared more then once in a week in some gossip article of some sorts. Wonder how they do it…

“Right, he’s waiting outside. I’ll see you tonight, Em.” I said as put on my sandals and texted him back.

I’ll be right out! Xx

“See you later. Have fun!” Emily said as I left the apartment.

Once I stepped outside I realised I’d been right. There were people everywhere. I hurried over to the black Range Rover and got into the passengers seat.

“Hi, hope you didn't have to wait long!”

“Hi, Maria. You look beautiful, as always” he said ignoring my statement and once again my butterflies had returned. As we started driving I remembered I had no idea of where we were headed.

“Where exactly are you taking me? Did you have anything special in mind?”

“Uhm, no not really.” He said clearly thinking of something else as he rolled his eyes and smiled to himself. “I guess we could go to a park or something? The weather’s nice, so we would just take a walk before figuring out what we want to do next?” He then said now looking at me instead of the road.

“Yeah, sure, that sounds nice.”

After driving for just about ten minutes, I had already gotten the full details of how his place looked like a mess right now seeing as Harry was living there too for the moment. Then I had told him of how I kind of missed my mum telling me to tidy my room after living alone for almost two years. It was nice having someone looking after you and not having to have so many responsibilities. He agreed, and then told me what his mum and dad were like. He told me that his mum was maybe sometimes a bit too caring, as she tended to smother him and always ended up crying whenever she got the chance to see him. He had left home at the age of eighteen when he and the guys formed the band and started working together. They all figured it would be much easier if they lived closer to each other and the label when they had work to do. That made sense.

“I have something to confess,” he started saying.

“Okay…” I said waiting for him to continue.

“It wasn’t actually me who texted you last night, it was Harry.” …I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed. “Not that it mattered, I wanted to hang out with you today anyway,” Oh, thank god. Now I could relax again… “I just wanted to get that out there, because if it was me who asked you out again I would have had something better planned than just walking in the park.”

“Oh, well I think walking around the park sounds nice actually. There isn’t much else to do on a hot day like this anyway.” I said trying to make him feel better.

“That’s true. But, well, I just didn’t want you to think that I was being a bit too pushy or forward seeing as I had only seen you a few hours before texting you wanting to hang out again…” he continues. He was worried?

“I think you’re doing just fine, Liam. Don’t think about it. I like spending time with you.”

“I’m glad to hear that, because I like spending time with you too.” He said once again looking at me instead of the road as we pulled up in the parking lot. Was this safe? I already felt a bit uneasy about driving in England seeing as they drove on the wrong side of the road… “Speaking of which, I actually wanted to ask you if you had any plans for this Friday?”

“Uhm, I’m not sure. I don’t think so. I would have to ask the girls. What did you have in mind?” I said getting out of the car.

“Well, Niall is having a BBQ and he told us to invite whoever we wanted. I thought that maybe since your friends had met the boys and El, that they would like to come too.” Aw, that sounds really nice actually! Although, Emily might take some convincing… Either way, I would have to make them both come!

“I would love to come! I haven’t been to a BBQ in ages,” I said, and with that I started talking about how when we had BBQ’s in Norway we would take the boat out to an island and go for a swim and sunbathe as well.

“Norway sounds so awesome! Maybe I could come visit you some time! You could show me everything you’ve already told me about!” he said sounding really excited. Again I started thinking about how the summer would eventually end I would have to go back home… I guess having Liam visit would help, but it didn’t make it much easier.

“Oh, yeah! You would love it! Although, I have to warn you, we do get a lot of snow in the winter…” I said trying to lighten the mood.

“Well, I would just have to come before Santa Claus then, won’t I?” I said jokingly, and then we both laughed as we started walking.

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We sat down by the pond after walking and talking for about two hours. It was starting to get a bit chilly outside, so gave me his hoody he brought with him just in case. I didn’t help a lot, but the smell of Liam on it was very comforting, so I kept it on.

“This is the third date we’ve been on…” Liam said, and I wasn’t sure if he was talking to me or to himself. I decided to think I was talking to me.

“Yeah, and? ...”

“Well …It is our third date and I’ve been wanting to do something since out first…” he then said. I had no idea where he was going with this, but could feel my insights tightening. He looked at me while leaning closer and smiling his handsome smile.

I looked into his eyes. “And what is it exactly this thing that you’ve been wanting to do?” He was closer than ever and my butterflies were going crazy, I could feel my head spin. I could feel his breath in my mouth as our lips were almost touching. He kept looking into my eyes while hesitating, waiting for me to give him a green light. I moved closer to him and felt my eyes wonder, looking at his perfect lips and strong jawline. Was this really happening?

“This.” He said, before making our lips touch gently, lingering. He then stopped, and looked at me, clearly waiting for me to say something. But all I could do was move closer to him decreasing the distance he had put between us and kissed him again. The kiss was so good. I could feel it igniting my whole body. As he moved his lips, so did I, tasting him, before his tongue looked for an entrance. I gave him what he was looking for, and moved my hand to the back of his neck, pushing him closer. I could feel my heart beat going crazy fast.

We lay casually down at the grass not breaking the kiss, my hand still on the back of his neck and his hand at the back of mine. This feeling was so great. I never wanted it to end, but then he suddenly pulled back smiling with his eyes.

“But it was worth the wait.” He said and then kissed my gently again before taking his arm from my neck to hold his head up resting on it. As I lay on my back on the grass, feeling speechless, he moved his other hand to hold around my waist as he lay beside me. I looked at him then, not able to keep myself from smiling.

We then started talking again, hand starting to make circular motions on my arm lying on my stomach. This was so nice. I never wanted this day to end. But just as I had thought about it, he looked at his watch before looking sadly at me.

“We need to get going. I left Harry without any food and he doesn’t have his car with him.” He said while rolling his eyes. "Besides, I don’t trust him alone in my apartment for this long,” he continued now laughing.

“That’s okay. I probably need to get back soon anyway. Emily’s by herself too.” I said as I started to feel a bit sorry for her again.

“Hmm… I think she may have gotten the wrong idea about Harry. He’s very sorry for making a mess last night, but I don’t think he really knows what he did wrong.” He said thoughtfully. “But I’ll leave it for them to fix. Hopefully he can make it right if she comes to the BBQ on Friday.” He smiled.

“Maybe.” I said before Liam got to his feet and reached out his hand to help me get up. “Thanks!”

“No problem,” he then smiled before taking me in for another quick kiss. It was so cute all I could do was snicker. I didn’t even get the change to kiss him back. He held out his hand for me to take, and then we started walking back towards the car.

This really was the perfect day.

Notes

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