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I pushed past her without a moments thought, leaving Liam the job of attempting to explain. Locking us in the toy cupboard was obviously someone's sick idea of a joke and believe me, they would get what they deserve.
"You took a while," I spun around, smiling a little as my eyes focused on Rick, "I've been waiting a while, was gonna come find you," he grinned and I followed him into the kitchen, perching on a barstool beside him.
"Someone locked us in the toy cupboard," I put my feet up on the top of a dining chair in front of me and he couldn't resist releasing a laugh, "wasn't fun," I sighed, catching Rick's gaze, "he hates you for some reason," Rick nodded, an emotion I couldn't recognise lingering in his eyes.
"I know," he sighed, shuffling closer to me, "he doesn't like you spending time with me," I nodded, my eyes drifting around the room, "he wasn't too pleased when I told him to 'fuck off' after he started on me," my gaze was instantly directed towards him.
"What?" I frowned, completely and utterly in the dark when it came to the whole 'Liam and Rick' situation, Rick shrugged, passing it off as if it was nothing, "when was this?" I leaned forward, preventing Rick from avoiding the question.
"About a week ago," he sighed, eventually making eye contact with me, "don't worry Hayley," I rolled my eyes, ready to come back at him with a witty response, however he butted in, obviously wishing to stay away from an argument, "and don't do anything fucking stupid," he attempted his best scolding voice, which only caused me to chuckle and let his words whizz past my ears.
"What is his problem?" I snapped, unintentionally slamming fist against the counter top behind me, I jumped off my stool and rushed out of the kitchen, not daring to glance at Rick, after all, he'd just stop me.
I barged through the corridor, ignoring Johnny and Toby, who appeared to be way too engrossed in an embarrassingly over-animated conversation about football. I reached the lounge, locking into Liam's gaze, sending him an annoyed glare and gestured for him to come over. He remained unresponsive at first, most likely too cowardly to face me, however he soon realised he couldn't ignore and if he tried to, it would only make things worse for him.
I dragged him down the corridor, into a slightly more private spot that wasn't the toy cupboard, "wha'?" he snapped, leaning against the wall behind him, I sighed and rolled my eyes - he really was being a bastard today.
"Rick," I spat, folding my arms and leaning back in the opposite direction, "you know what I mean," he gulped slightly and I couldn't resist the temptation of smirking at his discomfort, "what the fuck is your problem with him?" I demanded, he stood up straight, pulling some courage from thin air.
"I told ya earlier," I rolled my eyes, yet again unimpressed with his attempt at answering my question, "ya my girlfriend not 'is," I sighed, drowning into an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes.
"Why'd you start on him?" he groaned, obviously regretting that decision, "what was the point of that?" I snapped, taking a step closer to him, eager to hear his pathetic excuse for an answer.
"Why are you defending him?" he yelled, gesturing with his hands, "do you even care about me anymore?" I rolled my eyes - this was getting stupid now.
"Maybe because he's not being an irrational idiot!" I snapped, sending Liam a scowl that I would certainly regret later, but I was in reckless mode now and nothing was going to change my tune.
"You're the irrational bitch," he grabbed my shoulder, holding me so violently that I would have screamed if I hadn't spent time in Burnywood, "you know what Hayley?" he released his grip slightly, but not enough to let me free, "if you like Rick so much, why don't you go and cry to him," a uncomfortable dryness crept up my throat, this conversation was taking a wrong turn at every single corner, "it's over."
I struggled to breathe, he simply sighed and released his grip completely, returning to his game of pool - I had messed up again. I took a deep breath, forcing the tears back and doing the only thing I could think of - find Rick.
As I turned into the kitchen, Rick stopped me, noticing the tears dwelling in the brims of my eyes and sighed, placing a comforting arm around my shoulder - after all, I was single now. No! I couldn't think of it like that! Now I had a baby with no father to be there for it - fuck me.
A/N: It's my birthday tomorrow :D *gestures towards review button* ;)