I stay silent, not wanting him near me.

"Claire? I know you're in here." Liam says.

"Go away." I say.

Theres a silence.

"Third stall," He states. "Good choice."

"Sober?" I ask rudely.

"A little fiesty, tonight, I see." He says.

"Why are you so rude to me? I've litterally done nothing to you, yet you constantly throw rude flirts at me in attempt to 'score some' or what not. I'm not like other girls in this school, Liam. I won't let any boy take me home for the enjoyment of it. I want a boy who treats me right. Keeps me on his mind, puts me before anything else except family. You don't seem ike you care very much about your family. All you do is tear it down. Even your sis-"

"Don't talk about my sister." He interupts angrily. I hear a door slam.

A few moments later, policmen burst into the bathroom and force me to get out, Hesitsntly, I do. The police escort me out the building. My mom runs up to me and hugs me. I hug back slightly.

"Its official, were home-schooling you." She says, "Just the way you want it. I shouldn't have pressured you into this, baby. Im s-"

"I wanna stay" I tell her.

In that moment, it felt like everyone had gone silent, even the police sirens surrounding us.

"But you just-"

"Its one person, Mom. I'm not going to let him stop me from being happy here, I've made quite a few new friends an-"

"What is this?" She asks, pulling Liam's hand-picked "dress" from my bag.

"Something you don't need to worry about" I tell her.

She nods, and says, "Lets go home"

We enter her car and drive home. The police number slowly dies down. All these people looking for me. Who even knew I was gone in the first place? Was it Niall? Maybe Louis realized I wasn't there after school and decided to call... Who knows... Who cares...? Once I get home, I look at all of my texts.

?- where were you after school? I was worried sick...-lou

I smile at Louis's consideration. He's so sweet...

me- i had a rough day. I just got home. i don't really feel like talking about it.

lou- okay, i get it. i'm you shoulder to cry on if you need one (:

me-your'e so sweet, louis.

lou-thanks, love.

The word "Love" brings chills down my spine, making me think of Liam,

me-welcome, ive gotta go. bye, lou.

I wanna just curl up in my bed and sob into a good book. Louis makes me forget abpu Liam. How theyre friends, I have no idea. He's different...like Liam...