-Maria-

I woke up after hearing someone coming through the front door. I quickly turned around in the bed, trying to stay quiet. “Liam!” I whispered while brushing his cheekbones. He was still sleeping and I was starting to freak out. “Liam, wake up! Someone’s here!” I said shaking him.

He stirred in his sleep, waking up. “What are you talking about?”

“I just heard someone come through the front door. Didn’t you lock it? I think someone’s broken into your apartment.” My head was spinning like crazy. His eyes fluttered open and he was now looking up at me smiling. Wasn’t he taking this seriously? Why knows who might be out there!

“Maria, don’t worry. It’s probably just Harry. He has his own key. He lives here for the moment, remember?”

“Oh,” was all I said. Okay, now I felt stupid. Of course it’s Harry. Wait. Harry is here? I looked around the room nervously. But before I could give it another thought, Harry came barging in bedroom. I let out a little scream and pulled the sheets to fully cover my body. I was naked, for God’s sake!

“Liam…” Harry started to say, but was shortly cut off.

“What the hell, dude?!” Liam said angrily, now more awake than ever.

“Oh… ops… Hi!...I… I’ll leave you guys to it,” Harry said sounding as shocked as I was. He left the room as quick as he had entered and closed the door behind him.

“Oh my God, I can’t believe that just happened…” was all I managed to say. Did I just get busted for sleeping with Liam Payne, by Harry Styles? This was fucked up.

Liam’s head fell back onto the pillow while groaning. “God, I’m sorry. I didn’t think he would be back so soon. What time is it anyway?” he said closing his eyes again.

I grabbed my phone from the nightstand and looked at the time. “Oh, wow. It’s 12.30pm.”

“Really? Must have been one bloody hell of a night if we slept this long…” he said with a smug grin on his face. I felt me butterflies return. One hell on a night it was indeed.

I blushed, but moved closed to him as he held out his arm for me. After lying in bed for probably only five more minutes, debating on whether or not to ever leave his side I said, “I think I have to get going. The girls are probably up and they’ll be waiting for me.”

Liam groaned again before kissing me on the head. “Yeah, okay. I probably have to go check on Harry anyway and see what his deal is. He looked happy. Maybe he got to talk to Emily,” he said wondering.

Even though we had decided to get up, it actually took us about ten more minutes before we managed to do so. This bed was too comfortable to leave, and I certainly didn’t want to leave Liam. Once we we’re both fully dressed, Liam in a pair of sweatpants and me in the same dress as the night before, I texted Emily and Sarah to let them know I would be home soon. “Do you think I could borrow a cardigan or a jumper or something?” I said politely.

“Oh, yeah sure!” he said while scratching the back of his head, showing off his muscles and I just stood there admiring his body. He smiled before handing over a grey hoody.

“Thank you,” I said smiling up at him shyly, pulling the hoody over my head.

“No, thank you,” Liam said now taking a step closer, taking my waist and kissing me on the nose. I chuckled under his touch. I don’t know how he could get from being so hot, to so freaking cute in just a few seconds.

“Text me later?” Liam said, after we’d reached the front door without having to meet Harry on the way out. Thank God.

“Will do!” I said, before giving him a soft kiss on the lips and smiling up at him. “Speak to you later,” I then said smiling, while giving a quick wave before leaving his apartment. I was so happy with Liam.

***

The taxi ride home took far more time than what I expected. I checked my phone, no messages. I decided to go on Twitter. Even though I wasn’t very good at using all this social media stuff, I had managed to make an account to keep in touch with the girls when we weren’t together. But honestly, that’s all I ever used if for. I remembered seeing Liam use it a lot, loving the fact how he got so into it when he read the different tweets from his fans. I typed in Liam’s name into the search box and was completely shocked to see how many followers he had! 16,4M! That’s insane! Well, I guess a follow from me was in order, so I quickly hit the grey button. As soon as I did, the taxi driver pulled up outside Emily’s building. I paid and thanked him for the ride, before I slammed the door shut. When I got into the apartment, I was quickly greeted by Sarah, still in her pyjamas.

She gave me a warm hug before she pulled away saying, “Hi stranger! Did you sleep alright? Oh, sorry, I mean, did you have fun? You’re probably exhausted after…” but was cut when I smacked her arm. “Hey!” she squealed while grinning.

“Please, just stop. I had fun, yes. Now, stop making fun of me and make me a cup of tea.” I said while rolling my eyes at her. She only smiled in return and did as she was asked. “So, where’s Em?” I said, taking a seat in the kitchen.

“Here!” Emily said smiling, coming out of the bathroom with one towel wrapped around her hair and one around her body. “You were gone quite a while! How was it? Spill!” she said taking a seat next to me. I suddenly felt uncomfortable with four eyes staring at me, waiting for me to spill the dets.

“Well, as you probably know I slept at Liam’s…”

“Yeah, you told us that yesterday. C’mon, tell us, did you have sex?” Sarah said playfully, while handing me the cup of tea she had made.

“Yeah,” I said smiling shyly up at them both, and then they both started cheering. I couldn’t keep myself from laughing at them. “God, you’re unbelievable.”

“Oh, please! We’re only happy for you!” Emily said smiling.

“Yeah, you guys are so cute together! …Maria and Liam, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!” Sarah said while dancing and pulling faces. I smacked her once again, pleading her to stop.

“How old are you, again?” I said, fighting a smile. Sarah loved to make fun of us other girls, especially if it had anything to do with boys. It was her thing, but I loved it.

We sat there for some time, just chatting. The girls were questioning me some more about last night, and honestly it was nice having someone to talk to. When I was back in Norway, they were so far away, so small talk never really happened. Well, not like this anyway.

“I just realised, why are you still wearing your pyjamas, Sarah?” I said eying her black mini-shorts and band t-shirt. It was almost 2pm...

“Well, I spend most of the day in bed since Harry had occupied the living room…”

“Wait. What? Harry was here?” I said shocked.

“Yeah, he spent the night. Ask Emily,” Sarah went on.

“WHAT? You slept with Harry?” I almost shouted at Emily who looked at me with shocked eyes.

“What? NO! Why would you think that?” Emily said with her big eyes staring at me.

“Uhm, he spent the night?”

“Well, yeah, but he slept on the couch…” she explained.

“Oh… But wait? Why did Harry sleep on your couch?” This did not make sense. “I just thought he wanted to speak to you?” I remember giving Liam the address when he told me that Harry was looking for Emily.

“Well, when we came home last night, we found him sleeping on my porch. He was pretty drunk, so I took him inside the house. When I realised I had no idea how to get him home, I let him crash here,” Emily explained, but suddenly had a mood change. “What do you mean you just thought he wanted to speak to me?” she continued now slightly, with wide eyes. Ops…

“Well, Liam asked me for your address. He told me that Harry was out looking for you, so I thought…”

“You thought what, Maria?” Sarah interrupted. “You’d just give that douchebag Emily’s address??” This was exactly like I had foreseen. I knew giving him the address would result to drama. Stupid, I know.

Emily sighed before saying, “It’s fine. I know you meant well, Maria.”

“Thanks. But that still doesn’t explain why he came here? What was it that he wanted to speak to you about?” I said calmly.

“Yeah, Em! What did you guys talk about?” Sarah said, now directing her questions to Emily who now looked a little bit flustered.

“Well, he was too drunk for any talking last night. And this morning when I woke him up…” she stopped now smiling to herself.

“What? What happened then?”

“Oh, uhm. Nothing. He apologised for being so forward that night at the club and he actually sounded truly sorry about it. He told me that he wasn’t anything like what the magazines were making him up to be…”

“And you believed him??” Sarah said while raising her eyebrows, clearly not convinced.

“Well yeah… And just as he was about to leave he told me… he told he didn’t kiss me because he just wanted to get with me. He told me …that he like me.” She said now looking down at her hands.

We all stayed silent for about two seconds, me and Sarah just kept looking at each other. Harry told Emily that he liked her? What does that even mean? Is that why he wanted the address? “But do you like him?” I said, breaking the awkward silence.

“What, no!” she said too quickly before continuing. “I mean, I don’t even know him.”

“True. But are you attracted to him?” Sarah then said.

Emily looked down at her hands again. “Well, I’d lie if I said I wasn’t.” Oh my god, you could clearly tell she was so into him only by the way she was blushing right now… And she had no idea! “He’s so hot!…I don’t know… He just makes me feel so uncomfortable and nervous all the time. It’s like he has some kind of power over me. I don’t know what to say when I’m with him.”

“Okay, so you’re clearly attracted to him, “ Sarah said looking at me laughing. Emily just stayed quiet. This was so funny to watch. I had never seen her like this before.

“So, what are you going to do about it?”

“I don’t know,” she sighed after a few more seconds contemplating. And honestly, neither did I. She looked so confused, it was almost sad to watch.

I decided to lighten the mood by saying, “at least you’re rich now!” But the girls just looked confused like they had seen a ghost. I laughed a little before continuing my joke. “Ever heard of EBay? … Do you have any idea of how much that couch is worth now?” then we all started laughing again. My plan worked.

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-Emily-

As we got inside the taxi waiting for us outside I started looking out the window staring at all the people passing by. So much had happened this day. First, there was Harry. I remember trying to wake him up, only to find him having some kind of wet sex-dream on my couch. Normally, it would have been funny, had it been one of the girls. But I didn’t act normal when I was with him. Then he told me he liked me. Harry Styles. Liked. Me? I really didn’t know what to believe. It sounded too good to be true. I had only met him just about over a week ago. I mean, I kind of liked him too, not that I would admit that to anyone. Then there was the awkward conversation with the girls, which honestly only made me even more confused. I was so happy when Eleanor texted Sarah earlier, asking if we wanted to meet up with her for drinks tonight. I really needed something to get my mind of things and a drink sounded just about perfect.

I looked over at Maria who was looking down at her phone amused. “What’s with you?” I asked her, pleading her to share. This taxi-ride was way to quiet.

“Liam just followed me on Twitter, that’s all.” She said not taking her eyes of her phone. Suddenly her face dropped.

“What is it?”

“Oh, nothing. Just some girls commenting on why he followed me.” Okay, that didn’t sound so bad. I let it go.

When we got to the bar where Eleanor had asked us to meet her, we walked to a table in the far corner of the room where Eleanor was waiting cheerfully. There weren’t too many people here and I was glad. After the night last night, none of us really fancied a party. We greeted each other by giving hugs and kisses before we sat down ordering drinks. The conversation mostly evolved around last night’s events; how Maria and Liam were so cute together, Sarah kissing Ashton while playing truth or dare, Niall throwing Sarah in the pool, Eleanor getting stuck with all the cleaning and so on. We told Eleanor that Maria spent the night at Liam’s, and she was so happy for them. I really liked her.

“So I guess you have thought about what you’re getting yourself into?” Eleanor said to Maria. By the look on everyone’s faces, no one had a clue as to what she was referring to. “I mean, dating one of the guys in One Direction isn’t all rainbows and fairy-tales. I remember when I started dating Louis. The fans went crazy, and they still are sometimes. I mean, all the hate you receive isn’t always that easy to shake off,” she said thoughtfully eyeing Maria. “They are a bit protective of the boys, and tend to make a big deal about them meeting girls and such.”

“Oh, I haven’t really thought about that to be honest,” Maria said looking at all of us worried.

“Well, that’s probably a good thing. I wouldn’t care too much about what everyone is saying right now. The most important thing is that you and Liam are happy,” Eleanor continued as if she had regretted saying anything at all.

“What do you mean, ‘what everyone is saying’?” Sarah asked on behalf of all of us.

“Uhm. Have you checked the news today? …Or Twitter?”

“No? Why? Should I?” Maria said. Before we could say anything else she was on her phone again searching Twitter with wide eyes.

“Did you find anything?” I said, finally taking part of the conversation. She looked sad and I felt bad for my friend. I wondered what it was that could make her so sad all of a sudden. Instead of answering me, she handed me her phone. I looked at the other girls gathering around me to have a look. It read:

@holly_loves_liam98: OMG! Liam had a new girlfriend. Who does she think she is? #bitch #Liamsmisterygirl

@1Dvivian_95 #Liamsmisterygirl Look @The_Sun’s new article. What a whore! That dress is so tacky. What is Liam doing with her? :@

@ericca_1D: “RT: @1Dliampayne4forever: Slut alarm! I don’t think we have anything to worry about, girls. :’) #Liamsmisterygirl is #Ugly” hahaha!! :’) #sotrue

The list went on and on… The more I read, the more I felt sick to my stomach. Who even writes that? These girls were so mean! I looked up at Maria, who clearly looked upset. Were all fans like this? I couldn’t help myself from wondering if this was what I could expect if I tried anything with Harry. No one should read stuff like that about themselves on the internet.

“Maria, I’m so, so sorry. Don’t listen to them, please.” Sarah said giving Maria a friendly hug. “They’re just jealous.”

“She’s right, Maria.” Eleanor said, moving closer to the girls. “They don’t know what they’re talking about. Just ignore them. Like I said, the important thing is that you and Liam are happy!”

I handed back the phone to Maria, giving her a friendly smile. “Are they always like this?” I said, looking at Eleanor. If that was the case, my thoughts about Harry were a lot clearer. I didn’t want any part of what Maria was going through. It was awful what they said about her.

“No, no, not at all. Just give them some time. They’ll come around.” She then said, not taking her eyes of Maria who had begun to cry.

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