Liam's POV
I was at Humphrey's since he is using my car at the moment, and I can't be stuffed walking home so I'm here. Plus he let me stay and play Black Ops 2 while he was gone. I was just sat in a chair in his room and getting my ass kicked in the game because I hadn't played in god knows how long.
I heard the door open and Charlotte's head popped through the crack. She looked a little surprised to see me there by the looks of things.
"Liam? What are you doing here? And where's Humphrey?" She asked, still surprised I was in his room with Humphrey no where to be seen.
"He's got my car. Taken Kate out on a date. Probably gonna leave a 'mess' in my car too," I said chuckling and continuing with the game. She giggled a little bit at that remark.
"Yeah probably," she said, pulling the rest of her body through the door, "I'll one-v-one you on there," she said, pointing to the TV.
"Sure," I said, handing her the other controller, "Be prepared to kick my ass."
"Yeah, I will kick your ass, mark my words," she confidently said.
"Sniper-only or all weapons?" I asked, turning to face her, her now laying on his bed.
"Let's just go all. Can't be bothered with snipers to be honest," she said. I was a bit surprised at that to be honest.
"Okay, let me just get a class set up," I said, grabbing a shotgun because those things make you look like you're good, even when you really aren't. I quickly grabbed the R870 along with the Overkill perk and the Skorpion Evo.
"Someone's trying to make a good impression..." Charlotte said, smirking heavily.
"Nooo what are you on about?" I said, chuckling.
"Yeess," She said, giggling a bit.
"Hurry up and just make your class," I said, finishing mine and chuckling a bit. She just scoffed jokingly and proceeded to make her class.
Humphrey's POV
We'd been sat down at our table a little bit early since we got there earlier than 1pm, but it wasn't much of an issue. They gave us the menu's and gave us some time to ourselves. I was quite busy looking at all the different items on the menu, then Kate spoke up.
"You really didn't have to take me here, Humphrey," she said setting her menu down to the right of her.
"Well I wanted to take you somewhere nice so I took you here," I said, dipping the top of the menu down so my eyes met hers, "Has anyone ever told you how beautiful your eyes are?" She blushed immediately after saying that.
"N-no," she stuttered a bit, lifting the menu back up to cover her face.
"Well they're absolutely gorgeous," I said, pulling her menu down so I could see them again, giving her a smile, making her smile.
"Well, thank you Humphrey. That's really sweet."
"It's alright. Oh and have you thought of what you want?" I asked, her thinking for a little bit.
"Yeah I think I want some pork ribs for lunch today," she said dropping the menu down, "What about you?"
"I think I want the battered fish. I haven't had that in a long time," I answered, closing the menu, "Do you want any drinks? Because I'll be more than happy to get you something."
"You really don't have to Humph-" I cut her off.
"I want to Kate, please," I said, putting my hand on hers.
"Okay," she said, her smile growing more, "Well if you insist, do you think I could get a lemonade?"
"Sure thing, I'll be back in a bit," I said, lifting my hand up off of hers and walking up to the bar. It was very nice in here. Very rustic. When I arrived at the bar, the bartenders were taking other peoples orders so I just rested my arms on the counter and waited for a bit. After a minute or so, a short, younger female approached me from the other side of the counter.
"Hey, how can I help you?" she asked sweetly.
"Can I please get two lemonades, one with no ice please," I asked, her nodding and grabbing two bottles from the fridges behind her and emptying them into glasses, putting them on the counter afterwards.
"Thank you," I said, grabbing the lemonades from the counter and walking back to the table. When I got there I found Garth trying to talk to Kate. He angered me so badly, no matter what he did. I never even saw him come in here to be honest.
"Garth, I don't want to go out with you," I heard Kate say, getting within earshot.
"Oh come on, stop being so hard to get," Garth said, putting hand on her shoulder, her quickly smacking it off.
"Garth, why do you have to be such a dick?" I asked putting the lemonade glasses on the table, "She said no, now go bother someone else."
"Fuck off you coyote. Why are you even here?" He said, me trying desperately to keep my cool.
"I'm taking her on a date you prick," I said a little quieter than him, trying not to cause a scene.
"Shut up you stupid little shit," He shouted. Garth then proceeded to slam my head into the table, at which point, I lost it. Completely.
Kate's POV
I watched as Garth slammed Humphrey's head into the table. I looked at Humphrey and watched as his eyes went from the beautiful ice blue, straight to a cold, bloodshot red. I got up from my seat, and stood back, not wanting to feel the wrath of the two trying to kill each other.
Humphrey stood up and looked Garth straight in the eyes, knocking him in the jaw. There was an audible crack when he did that, and it was not quiet. Garth hit the floor, but couldn't move his jaw to speak at all. He said something completely inaudible, and proceeded to grab Humphrey by the throat and push him against the wall. I saw a waiter coming over and told him nothing but to get security before this gets too out of hand, which it continued to do so.
Humphrey tried loosening Garth's grip but it was no use, and out of no where, Garth pulled him off the wall and slammed him into the table next to him, Humphrey going straight through it, wincing in pain upon impact with the ground.
At that point he managed to release Garth's grip on him and he moved back into a better stance, trying to create distance between Garth and him, putting his hands up in the process. I looked at Humphrey to see blood just about pouring out of his back. Upon closer inspection, it was a small piece of the table lodged in the side of his back! Humphrey then proceeded to plant his foot forward, landing an extremely powerful right hook on the side of Garth's head, Garth stumbling forward and tripping over, and on the way down receiving Humphrey's knee to his jaw once again.
At that point the security guards finally arrived. Humphrey dropped his guard and turned around, and started walking towards me, taking one step, and I watched as his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he tipped over to the ground face first, unconscious.
Charlotte's POV
"Ha! I win!" Liam shouted, throwing his hands into the air.
"Only because you had that damn shotgun. If we had Snipers I would kick your ass," I said, dropping the controller and crossing my arms.
"You chose not to do Snipers, that's your fault there!" He said, laughing.
"Oh, yeah, that's right." I said, a little embarrassed. We shared a quick laugh and ended up sitting there in silence, until Liam broke the silence.
"I'm surprised Humphrey isn't back yet. It's already 3pm," He said, looking at the time on his phone, at that exact moment he received a phone call, "Oh, that's him." He answered it and proceeded to talk.
"Hey, how's it going?" He said, all I could hear were muffled cries from the other side of the phone, "Holy shit," Liam's eyes did nothing but widen, "I'll be right there!" He said, hanging up the phone.
"What's wrong?" I asked, still a little confused at the situation.
"Humphrey got into a fight," He said grabbing his jacket and putting it on, "He got thrown through a table and he's going to the hospital."
"I'll get my mum's car," I said, running downstairs and into the kitchen. Mum and dad were out shopping in dad's car but there was still mum's car in the garage. I grabbed the keys off the counter and passed them to Liam, him catching them as he made his way down the stairs.
"You'll have to drive. I don't have my license yet," I said, him holding onto the keys and following me into the garage. Mum's car was a small Honda Civic. I can't remember what year it was but it doesn't matter. We need to get to the hospital.
18 minutes of silent driving later…
We arrived at the hospital and I saw Liam's car parked out the front, I'm guessing Kate took Liam's car. Liam parked right next to it, turned off the car and got straight out, me following suit. He locked the car and we went into the main entrance of the building where I saw Kate sitting in the waiting room.
"Kate!" I shouted. She was basically in tears at this point, "Is Humphrey alright?"
"They brought him into surgery the second they could so he should be alright," she said, sobbing. What a great way to have a first date. Couldn't have been any worse.
"What actually happened?" Liam asked.
"He got thrown into a table by Garth and it lodged a small part of the table into his back. It wasn't that big but it was enough to cause a lot of bleeding," she replied as we sat down next to her.
"I'm sure he's gonna be alright," I said, rubbing her back, trying to comfort her the best I could.
"Is Garth here too?" Liam asked.
"Yeah, Humphrey cracked Garth's jaw by the sounds of things," Kate replied, nervously chuckling a bit.
"Jesus, that must've been one hell of a fight," I said.
"Yeah, all because Garth was trying to hit on me," Kate said, trying to laugh it off, but couldn't hold the tears back, so she threw herself into Liam's shoulder crying heavily, him returning the hug, which frustrated me a bit. I don't know why.
It surprised me that Humphrey fought. He's never fought in his life, he's even said multiple times he hates it with a passion. But the second someone is an asshole to Kate he just about kills himself for her.
"All we can do now is just wait for him to go into recovery. He'll be fine, I know it," Liam said, Kate still buried in his shoulder.
A/N: Hey guys, I just wanna thank everyone for 300 views so far. It amazes me the amount of support I've gotten from this even after being gone so long. Thanks guys, and have a good day everyone!
