“What’s wrong with you?”
“I’m just me.”
“You are seriously delusional. Again, you can have your choice of any man you want, yet the one you want, you won’t let him know.”
“I’ll find a new one. I’ll move on.”
“Because it’s worked out so well for you so far,” she says before laughing.
“Shut it, I will move on, starting tonight.”
“I think you should talk to Liam.”
“Why?”
“I just think that there’s some things you guys need to settle first.”
“There’s nothing to settle Quinn. I lied to him, he got angry, and he got me back. It sucks, but its life.”
“But how do you know that’s all? You never came clean to him about how you felt,” she says sounding frustrated.
“Seriously? It doesn’t matter; he’s with that vicious bitch.”
“I think you should talk to Liam.”
“You can think what you want. It’s not going to happen; he hates me for what I did to him,” I say harshly.
“What he thinks you did to him,” she reminds me.
“Well, I’m not going to tell him otherwise,” I snap.
“Fine, I give up. You are such a stubborn woman,” Quinn says, throwing her hands up in the air.
I grab a quick shower and throw on a pair of jeans with a sweater because it’s getting colder by the day.
“You look cute,” Stacey says as I walk down the stairs.
“Thanks, are you coming along too?”
“No, hanging out with the boyfriend,” she says with a smile.
“Have fun then,” I say as I head towards Quinn who is already ready to walk out the door.
“Ready to go?”
“Yep,” I say as I follow her out, saying goodnight to the other ladies.
We make the short walk down a few houses towards Liam’s house. I stop walking immediately, “Is this some kind of joke?”
“No, there’s something you need to know.”
“What?” I practically yell for all to hear.
“You know I wasn’t a fan of Liam, I thought he was an asshole.”
“Yes, so then why are you bringing me here?” I ask pointing to his house.
“You need to talk to him.”
“There’s nothing to say.”
“You’re wrong Haley. You both have a lot to say to one another.”
“I haven’t seen or heard from him, what makes you think he wants to talk to me now?”
“Because you didn’t see him at the hospital. You didn’t hear him, when he was talking to you when you were unconscious. As mad as he was at you for hurting him, nothing can get the image out of my head of how he talked and watched you Haley.”
“What are you talking about? Liam wasn’t at the hospital.”
“He didn’t leave. He slept night after night in the chair until the day you woke up, making sure that when you woke up, you wouldn’t be alone. He does care Hails.”
“Then why didn’t he come back?”
“Because he knew you’d blame him, and his brother was against it.”
“I’m not surprised on that one; Brody seemed pretty pissed anytime Liam’s name was brought up.”
“Oh, he was more than pissed. They got into quite a few arguments.”
“So, what do you want me to do Quinn? Walk in there and pour my heart out to a man who will never be able to give me what I want?”
“I want you to talk to him. You both have secrets and you both hurt each other. Yes, what you did was wrong, but what he did was also wrong. Two wrongs don’t make a right Haley.”
“I can’t,” I say.
“Can you listen to me then?” Liam asks out of nowhere. I turn so fast not expecting him to be standing there, yet there he is in all his sexy glory.
“How did you know we were out here?”
“I asked Quinn to bring you by. No one’s here Haley, I just wanted us to talk.”
“Fine,” I say giving in.
“Great, I’ll let you two get to it then,” Quinn says excitedly, before continuing on her way.
“Where are you going?”
“To a party two houses down. If you get bored, come down,” she says with a smile.
“Come on,” Liam says as he ushers me to the door. We head inside, neither of us really saying anything. “Would you like something to drink?”
“No, I’m good thanks,” I say, deciding it’s best to not have any type of alcohol in my system. Who knows how this conversation is going to go. I take a seat on the couch and wait for Liam to say something.
It feels like eternity, though it’s probably only a minute or two before Liam finally breaks the silence. “Shit, I didn’t think this would feel so awkward,” he says as he runs his hands through his hair.