“Baby, I want you to come home with me,” Bree says as she falls into Liam.
“What?” Liam, Brody, and Kenzie yell in unison.
“I want him to meet my family,” Bree says sounding angry.
“I don’t know what I’m doing yet,” he says again.
“Baby, I’m ready to go to bed,” Bree slurs.
“I’m hanging out, you can go to sleep though,” Liam says looking annoyed.
“But I want you to come with me,” she whines.
“We leave tomorrow morning, we would like to hang out with him,” Kenzie says bitterly.
“But baby,” she starts to say.
“Go ahead and go to bed. I’m going to hang out for a while,” Liam states.
“Ugh, fine,” she says as she gets up and heads to Liam’s room.
“Seriously dude?” Brody says.
“What?” Liam asks playing dumb.
“She’s a bitch,” Kenz says.
“She’s just drunk,” he defends.
“And stupid,” Kenz says not holding back.
“Do not bring her home with you, if you come,” Brody states.
“I won’t,” he says.
We end up staying and talking about the good ol’ days for about two hours before we all decide to head home. I say goodbye to Kenzie and Brody before they head back to the hotel. I won’t see them again until Christmas break.
Chapter Fourteen
The next few weeks fly by and before I know it, it’s time to head home for holiday break. Liam and I have decided to ride home together, because he doesn’t have to be back to school for a game until after the holiday.
“Do you think you have the flu?” Quinn asks as I throw up for the second time.
“Ugh, I think so,” I say as I brush my teeth again.
“Do you feel sick?” she asks.
“I feel like shit.” I say as I pack the rest of my clothes.
“How are you going to sit in a car for ten hours?”
“No idea, but I’m going home today.”
“What time is Liam coming to get you?”
“Anytime now,” I say feeling like crap.
Just then Liam comes upstairs, “Hey, ready to go?”
“Yeah,” I say as I grab my bag.
“Are you okay?” he asks with a worried look.
“I’m just not feeling the best.”
“Do you want to wait to go home?”
“No, but if I say pull over, please do,” I say as I head down the stairs.
“Okay,” he says with a look.
I say goodbye to Quinn and the girls before heading out with Liam.
“Why don’t you try to get some sleep?” Liam suggests.
“I may try that,” I say as I get comfortable in the passenger seat. I grab my pillow and lay it on the console, trying to get comfortable as best I can.
“Lay your seat the whole way back,” Liam suggests. I do as he says and he repositions my pillow to where I have more room and can sleep more comfortably. It doesn’t take long for me to fall asleep.
A few hours later I wake up to Liam arguing on the phone. I have no idea who he’s arguing with, but it doesn’t sound pretty.
I pull my seat up and start to feel nauseous. “I need you to pull over,” I say quickly.
“Shit,” he blurts out as he pulls over. He barely has the car stopped before I’m out the passenger side door throwing up. “Are you okay?” he asks as he walks towards me, no longer on the phone.
“Stop, don’t come closer,” I shout, not wanting him to see me like this.
“Its fine, Hails. Do you think you’re getting the flu or something?”
“Probably,” I say as he hands me a bottle of water. I rinse my mouth out before getting back into the car.
“We’ll stop and get you some crackers.”
“Thanks,” I say as I lean back in the seat.
Liam pulls onto the next exit to get us to a store; he runs in and gets the crackers and a few snacks and drink for himself.
“Here you go,” he says handing me the crackers. I open them and eat a couple, which hopefully settles my stomach. He gets us back on the road to home.
“Who were you arguing with?” I ask being nosey.
“Bree.”
“Why?”
“She’s pissed for numerous reasons.”
“Oh, well if you want to talk about it you can. I’ll listen.”
“Nah, its fine,” he says as he continues to drive.
“I miss hanging out with you,” I say honestly. He looks over at me, looking like he wants to say something, but is unsure of what to say.
“I miss that too,” he finally says.
“Bree doesn’t like me, does she?”
“She doesn’t really like anyone.”
“Why do you like her then?” I ask confused.