Uhmmmm, hi...

"Hey Sophie?"
"Yes?" I replied without looking up. I had two pages left and then my project would be done.
"I've got your iPod." I'd almost forgotten that Liam had taken my iPod to fill it with unnecessarily noisy "music". I paused before continuing my work.
"Oh, can I have it back then?" I expected him to hand it to me, but when he didn't and continued to stand there I slowly looked up. "Well?"
"Your music taste is fucked." Thankfully no one else was around to reprimand him for his choice of words. Did I say thankfully? I looked back down to my work and held my hand out expectantly.
"Oh really?"
"Really." Liam placed my iPod in my hand. I did nothing other than close my hand around it and continued working.
"Thanks for letting me know. I'll be sure to jump to your high standards of personal preference at once." You could almost see the sarcasm oozing from my voice.
"Well aren't you going to listen to any of it?" I simply offered a glance of disbelief to him and started adding the finishing touches to my project. Not taking the hint that I wanted to be left in peace, Liam then proceeded to sit next to me on the sofa. "You busy?" I raised my eyebrows and turned my head to face him.
"No, I'm totally free at the moment." He was beginning to really get on my nerves. But with my reply (and at my confusion) he broke out into his trademark grin, grabbed my hand and pulled me up to my room. "Liam! What do you think you're doing? I was being sarcastic!"
"I know. But I wanted you to listen to your new music." He grabbed my iPod from my hand and then plugged into the speakers. Almost immediately some rap music started blaring out. Liam had obviously listened to this thousands of times before because he strategically turned the volume down when the rapper swore. He was turned away from me so he couldn't see my face of horror glaring at him and my iPod. After a few songs he turned it down slightly. "So what do you think?" I could hear the grin in his voice. I was going to reply sarcastically but now wasn't the time.
"What do I think? What do I think?! I THINK YOU'VE BUTCHERED MY iPOD, MY EARS AND YOUR BRAIN!" Clearly this wasn't the response he'd expected because I received a shocked expression and a pitiful droop of shoulders. That didn't deter me from grabbing my iPod and begin frantically searching for my music. When I couldn't find it my head snapped up and Liam faltered under my piercing stare. "Where are they?"
"Uhmm, where are what Sophie?" he feigned a nervous innocence. But obviously I wasn't fooled.
"You know that I won't be able to buy them back! I only let you take my iPod because it would shut you up and I could delete the stuff you put on there. But you just had to completely remodel my music." So I was probably being irrational, but I really liked my music. And now I was at Elm Tree there was no way I could get my music back. Liam was completely bewildered and started to back out towards the door. "Oh yeah! Just run off, it wouldn't be like you to find a way to sort things out, would it?!" I think I hit a nerve there because his head snapped up, he glared at me and swept out of my room slamming the door.

That morning I woke up to heavy rain beating down on my window. I sighed and got out of bed and ready for school. My history project was finished and despite the weather, I was excited to get to school to hand it in.
"Morning Sophie! Sleep well?" It seemed that Tracy's mood was one to rival my own.
"Yeah," my hand reached out to grab a piece of toast, "could I get a lift today? I don't want my project at risk of water damage!"
"I'll check, but I think so." I turned to go get my bag and bumped into Liam. We hadn't spoken since I went ape-shit on him a few days ago. I felt bad, because it really wasn't that bad and I had totally overreacted, but I can be as stubborn as a mule. So when I went face first into his shoulder I did something any person with a lack of sanity would do: went bright red, squeaked and ran past him. I vaguely heard Tracy say, "Weird. Do you know what's up with her, Liam?" I didn't stop to hear his answer. Instead I picked up my project, put it in two carrier bags and picked up the largest umbrella there was and shouted to Tracy to forget the lift.
I had no idea why I was behaving like that around him. I mean for some strange reason I couldn't stop thinking about him. His eyes and their cheeky glint, and that annoying smirk that just almost never fades. I shook my head trying to clear it of all Liam related thoughts.
"Sophie!" At first I didn't hear it, but when my name was yelled several times I realised that the one person I was avoiding was calling after me. So then I started to purposely ignore him. I didn't have the heart not to slow down a little when he caught up with me and I saw he didn't have an umberella. "Did you not hear me?"
"I did, but I was ignoring you."
"Why?" He turned his head to look at me with a lopsided frown whilst trying to shake some of the water out of his hair.
"Because I haven't been able to use my iPod in a week. And unless you're offering to pay about fifty quid to replace my music, I won't be able to use it again." He was slowly ruining my optimistic mood.
"Oh, right. Yeah about that... Sorry." I stopped dead. Liam O'Donovan just apologised. I decided to just move on from it. I could sell the iPod and use the money to buy more books.
"I'll forgive you." I continued walking, "And I'm sorry too. I overreacted a bit."
"A bit, yeah." He grinned, "Your birthday's next week, yeah?" I eyed him suspiciously. I didn't remember telling him that.
"Yeah, the thirtieth, why? How did you know that?"
"Asked Gus." He looked at my project clasped to my chest in the carrier bags. "So you're handing it in today?"
"Yep! Finished it last night." I grinned proudly. I was really happy with it; I'd managed to include everything I wanted to, and had found a way to describe the causes of WWI in even a way Tracy could understand. Plus, it was a good momento and when I got it back I was going to keep it forever. I'd stuck the picture of my great-great-"granddad" in the back for dedication.
"D'you think you could show me it at break time?" I was about to answer when his eyes grew wide and he interrupted me, "Actually don't. I can't tell you anything, but just keep it in the carrier bags and in your locker until lunch."
"Why? I'm meant to give it in after break!" I knew he was up to something, and I demanded to know what!
"I never said I was up to something! I'm just telling you, you never know."

I decided to ignore Liam's advice. When we got the form room he decided to take a look at my project himself. He was clearly impressed; leaving me with a smug grin for the remainder of the day. Well, that was until it happened.
We were in history and Mr. Mockings was going through my project. He was full of praises and (like Liam) was impressed. I was just going back to my desk with it and glanced at Liam. He was checking his phone, there was text that simply said: now. I moved on and placed my work next to me and prepared to continue with work. That was when the fire alarm went off. Everyone got up and began to move out. I reached for my project but before I could grab it the sprinklers went off.

A/N: I know I'm rubbish. I'm sorry I'd written this a while ago but somethings happened that made me feel all sad and lonely (I wasn't actually lonely,my friends made that obvious) and I tried to do something about it. I tried to be someone I'm not. But then I realised that if anyone liked me then they'd like me for me (weird music taste, fanfiction, obsessions and all!). Plus I started my history work and I'm determined to keep on top of things this year :)
I won't ask for reviews because of such a late update, but I will say I will give you and e-cookie if you do :)
Thank you to everyone who has already reviewed/followed/favourited already! :D
And if you read fanfiction for the same reason I do (to imagine the untold love stories of the canon characters), then you won't be disappointed to hear that the romance should start in the next chapter. Which I hope to update super soon (alliteration; english teachers will be proud!)!

Bye:)