Hey guys!:) so you liking Liam? Well there will be more from his character;) shhh no spoilers! hope you like this one. Oh and if you're Canadian I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend!
~Wallflower95
Liam and I opened the door to Van Houten's house. Van Houten was sitting in the living room at a desk. On the desk was a type writer. When we entered he stood up and smoothed out a wrinkle in his shirt. I looked around for Kaitlyn.
"Where's Kaitlyn?" I asked.
"She went back to the hotel." Peter said. I frowned but shrugged my shoulders.
"Alright. Well... thanks." I said, heading back to the front door.
"Wait. I'll walk you back to your hotel." Liam said.
"Oh no that's okay. Really I'll be fine."
"You can't possibly walk out there alone. It's getting dark and and..." I smiled at him.
"There are some sketchy people in this neighborhood." I laughed.
"Sketchy?" Liam nodded. I laughed.
"Okay." I said, opening the door.
"Goodbye Mr. Van Houten." Liam called. Peter waved and the door closed.
It wasn't a terribly long walk back to the hotel. Literally a few blocks away. One thing was for sure. It was getting dark. Street lamps lit up. I wanted to get back fast but it kinda seemed like Liam was walking slow on purpose.
"So, why did your mom leave you those letters?" Liam asked. I sighed.
"I'm not really sure. It's kinda something I'm trying to figure out." I said. Liam nodded.
"At least she cared for you." He said. I looked at him.
"What's your story then? Your real story." I said. Liam sighed.
"My parents got divorced when I was ten. They each fought for custody over me until they finally agreed I'd live in Ohio during the school year and then my time off I'd live here in Amsterdam with my father." I nodded.
"Your dad is dutch?" Liam nodded.
"So how'd you come by working for Van Houten?" Liam laughed.
"That is a long story." I smiled.
"I've got all the time in the world." I said. I liked listening to Liam talk. He had this deep smoaky voice. It was dead sexy. Kylie would be proud of me. This is like the first guy I've ever thought was hot. All the boys at school were either jerks or just really immature. I remembered a really weird, awkward and funny moment with Kylie one time.
'How can you not find Reece Peterson hot? He gorgeous!' Kylie said as she poked at Bluie. I shrugged my shoulders.
'I'm just not interested Ky.' I said. She squinted her eyes at me.
'You're not gay are you?' She asked me. I laughed.
'No I'm pretty sure I like guys.' I said. She lifted Bluie up.
'Cause you know there's a cure for those unnatural feelings. A special root tea.' She said with a huge smile on her face. I laughed and threw a pillow at her.
'That's from The Help!' I said. She held up her hands.
'Guilty.'
I shook my head and looked at Liam, waiting for him to tell me his story.
"Well, last year I was looking for a job just for the summer. I didn't want to work the food business because it does not interest me. Also it'd be boring as hell. Then I saw an ad in the paper for an author's assistant. I didn't know it was Peter Van Houten. I went for the interview and he saw his book in my bag and he hired me on the spot."
"Doesn't seem like a long story to me." I said. Liam frowned.
"I supposed not."
"And what about you Anna Haven? What's your story?"
"Well, no mom. No dad. A bunch of unanswered questions. Following a bunch a letters everywhere to learn about my parents. Does that sum it up?" Liam laughed.
"Not really but I'll pretend I understood all of that." I stopped and realized we were at the hotel. My heart sank a little. I enjoyed Liam's company and I wished I could talk to him all night.
"Well... this is me." I said. Liam shuffled his feet.
"Well..." He held out his hand and we shook.
"It was a pleasure meeting you Anna Haven." He said. I smiled and this time didn't bother correcting him.
"Ditto Liam..."
"Last name is Birch." Liam Birch... god that sounds hot...
"Ditto Liam Birch." It seemed like a while before we finally realized we were still shaking hands. Liam pulled his hand away. My hand suddenly felt empty and cold. I bit my lip.
"Well. See you around." I said. I turned and headed inside.
"Anna?"
"Yes?" I turned.
"Can I see you again?" Liam asked. I smiled.
"Now now. You don't want to seem overeager." I said. Liam laughed and flashed that gorgeous smile.
"I know. I really want to see you again tonight but I'm willing to wait until tomorrow." I laughed.
"Here's my hotel number." I took out a pen and a piece of paper from my bag and scribbled the number down.
"Maybe we can do something tomorrow?" I said. Liam nodded.
"I would like that." He said.
"Okay." I said. He smiled.
"Okay." I laughed.
"Okay." He smiled one last time and then he was off. I let out the breath I was holding and I laughed out loud.
The very next day, I got up and dressed and had eaten by 9am. After all of that I sat by the phone waiting for my Prince Charming to call back. Kaitlyn came out of the bathroom with a housecoat on and a towel wrapped around her head.
"Whatcha doing?" I looked at the ground.
"Nothing." I said.
"You're waiting for that boy to call you back aren't you?" I looked down.
"Yes." Kaitlyn chuckled and sat right next to me.
"Whatever happened to you and me in Amsterdam?"
"Don't worry I'll make time for it. I promise." I said. I felt bad. The reason why I came to Amsterdam and I dragged Kaitlyn here was because of my mom's letters and now I was ditching that to go hang out with some guy I barely know. Kaitlyn smiled at me.
"It's no big deal Anna. You should have some fun. You deserve it." She said.
"But mom's letters..." I said.
"Your mom would understand." Kaitlyn said. The phone rang. I practically jumped for it.
"Hello?"
"Anna Haven?" I smiled and almost giggled but I kept my cool.
"Speaking." I said.
"Meet me outside in 5 minutes."
"Okay." I said.
"Okay." And he hung up. Kaitlyn smiled at me.
"What will you do?" I asked.
"Shopping." Kaitlyn said. I nodded and headed for the door.
"Be back by 6pm!"
"Okay!" I called.
"And don't get herpes or anything!"
"Okay!"
"And make smart choices!"
"Okay!" I called out." I put my bag over my head and set it across my shoulder. I jumped down the last two steps and I saw Liam through the glass doors. He looked pretty awesome in some dark jeans, black converse shoes a blue shirt and a brown leather jacket. He smiled at me.
"Good morning Anna Haven." He said, offering me his arm. I took his arm.
"Why do you insist on calling me that?" I asked.
"Because I like the name. It's got a ring to it don't you think?" He said with a smiled. We walked down the street.
"Where are we going?" I asked. He looked at me.
"It's a surprise." He lead me down through different streets. Pretty soon I had no idea where I was. I was silently praying he wasn't some complete weirdo taking me somewhere quiet so he could kill me. He took me to a dock in the canal. He climbed down the stairs to the dock and gestured for me to come down.
"You have a boat?"
"It's my father's. He sometimes let's me use it to get around." I smiled and took his hand as he helped me down. He stepped into a small row boat and helped me in. I sat down quickly before I could fall. That would have been humiliating. Liam took the oars and started paddling slowly. I just stayed quiet and look around. It was quiet on the canal. The only sounds came from the street. There some wind that blew flower petals into the canal. I caught some in my hand and blew them away softly. They were miniature rose petals drained of color.
"Confetti from the trees to celebrate spring." Liam said. I laughed and held up my hands as more petals fell on me. Liam kept rowing. We went down the canal until we reached another dock.
"Would you like a snack?" I nodded. Liam grabbed my hand and pulled me along. I immediately blushed when he took my hand but he didn't seem to notice. He pulled me towards a small cafe and spoke to a waitress in dutch.
"This cafe is the best in Amsterdam." Liam said. His stormy grey eyes lit up with excitement.
"You like ice cream?"
"I love ice cream in March." I said. The waitress handed us two cones and we each took a bite.
"Oh my god." I said. Liam nodded.
"I want to marry this ice cream and live a long and happy life with it." I said. Liam laughed. We walked out of the cafe and headed back towards his boat. I never spent a whole day with guy before. For the first time... it wasn't bad at all.
Comment and review please! I'm pretty busy this weekend with work so I might update either Saturday or after the weekend. See ya next chapter!
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~Wallflower95