Lea
- " H-Hello ", I answer without being able to hide my fear.
- " Where were you? " he asks calmly.
I know he is trying to hide his fury and I know that his calmness is only a facade and that he's going to explode.
- " I am really sorry Liam. I didn't see your message or your calls. I was at the library all day; I had a lot of homework to do, and I didn't see the hour go by. My phone was out of charge, I was charging it and I was coming to call you ", I said very quickly.
I don't even know if he understood what I said because I was talking so fast. I hope he'll believe my half-lie. It's a good thing he's not in front of me, otherwise he would know I'm lying.
He doesn't speak for almost a minute, the longest of my life. It feels like an eternity.
- " This is the last time I call you and you don't answer me, or you read my message and don't text me back. And if your fucking phone is empty, you go home and plug it in ", he says. " Is that understood? "
- " Yes ", I said quickly. " It won't happen again..."
He hangs up without even waiting for me to finish what I was saying. He is furious, I know it, he will get over it.
But I am not complaining. It ended very well. I should still be more careful because I know that next time, he will kill me.
I order food since I have not eaten anything all day.
The next few days go well except for Friday. He didn't contact me all day. I know who was mad at me and let's just say I was a little upset. On Saturday he called me, it was tense at first, but he acted like nothing was wrong and I played along. After that, everything went back to normal. I answered him immediately when he sent me a message or called me. I try to keep his trust because if I don't, he might put someone on me to watch me. I know some of his friends are at the same university, so it won't be hard for him. As for me, I keep a low profile, so I don't run into them, especially one in particular.
Marc, his best friend since childhood, the one he trusts the most in the world. They are like brothers; they tell each other everything. And of all his acquaintances, I think that only he, dares to say things to his face, whether he likes it or not, at the risk of having his nose broken sometimes. Just for that I respect him but apart from that I hate him a lot. He was the one who was watching me at school when Liam was not present or traveling with his father, he told him everything I was doing in his absence and let's just say that I do a lot of "stupid things" when the cat is not there. I know he feels sorry for me sometimes because he knows I don't deserve all this but his loyalty to Liam always wins.
The next week is going well. I saw Tom again on Thursday to do the economics practical work and I had to agree to go to eat with him afterwards. I made sure to tell Liam that I had a headache and was going to bed early so he wouldn't call me. Dinner went by, we had burgers and Tom was amused that I was the girl he knew eating burger in front of a guy. I took it as a compliment. We talked a lot and afterwards he walked me home and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I don't know what to think about this "date", I didn't get butterflies in my stomach for sure, but I love talking with him, I really like his presence. He is just a cute guy.
I get very close to Tom in the following days, we even see each other outside of economics class, we often eat together and so I avoid Liam's calls as much as possible at that time. As a result, I end up talking to him less and less, I try to find a good excuse all the time and now I think I've run out of ideas. The worst thing is that I know he knows I am avoiding him but he's letting my lame excuses go for the moment, but it's going to blow up soon. I need to get more organized.
On the weekend I meet a new girl. Her name is Ella, she is a geography student. She is gorgeous, very beautiful, cheerful, unfiltered and it turned out that we were in the same geopolitics class. She is the kind of girl who was probably popular in high school. I love her. Who would have thought that I would have a friend in my life? I see her every day and we eat together, and Tom joins us sometimes. She is a big party girl and asks me every week to go to sorority parties with her, but I refuse I'm too scared right now. Since she is very persuasive, I find myself with her, watching the football team practice and there is also Tom who is great looking without a top. I must admit that I don't regret coming.
With all the activities and outings I'm doing with my new friend, I have even less time to talk to Liam and so let's say I didn't answer any of his messages this week, I know it's going to come back to me but for the moment I don't have the head to think about that, I'm enjoying life and having a good time with Ella and Tom and that's what matters most to me right now.