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(A/N Ok so this is the first chapter and I hope you guys really like it!!!)
“Where are we headed to now?” Liam speaks placing the last of his boxes in the backseat of Paul’s truck.
“A small town.”
“As usual.” Liam grumbles and Paul rolls his eyes.
“You know the protocol, Liam.” Paul speaks and Liam nods.
It wasn’t his fault really, Liam thinks. He didn’t even know he could do what he did until it happened. He was just sitting at a table outside of the school enjoying his day when some kids thought it’d be funny to mess with him. Only Liam didn’t think so. He didn’t beat the kids up, they beat themselves up. Liam just kind of made them do so.
So no, he doesn’t think it’s his fault. But Paul, as always, finds every little thing as a reason to pack up and leave. So here they are. Once again on the open road to a new town. Probably smaller than the last one they left. When they settle in the car Liam looks back at the old house they were living in and sighs. He puts his headphones in and lays his head on the window. The drive isn’t long. They never really are. A solid seven and a half hours at the max. Liam lifts his head up when he sees a welcome sign.
“Bradford?” He questions looking at Paul.
“Yeah there’s a house that’s been on the market for a while. I called the realtor this morning while you were packing.”
“Oh.” Is all Liam can say.
There’s nothing really else to say. He knows the way things go. He gets caught, they leave the town and start over. They pull in front of a house and the term ‘fixer upper’ is an understatement.
It’s an old house. Definitely hasn’t been lived in for a good ten to fifteen years. It’s grey with brown green vines growing along the side of it. There’s a large yard, in the front and back, and Liam thinks that’s a good thing. Gives him space to work with his powers.
Paul parks the car in the driveway and looks over at Liam.
“Home sweet home.” Liam speaks sarcastically while opening his door.
The two load the boxes in the house and begin unpacking. It’s later in the night when they finish. Thanks to Liam’s powers it wasn’t a long task. The next morning Liam’s woken up by Paul.
“Get up. School starts in an hour.”
Liam groans and stuffs his head in his pillow. He really doesn’t feel like starting school. He honestly doesn’t understand why Paul sends him. But then he remembers this world has ‘laws’ and kids are forced to go to school. Liam can’t help but think that maybe that’s the reasons humans are such an inferior race. No free reign.
He eventually gets up and dressed for school. He throws on a pair of dark washed jeans and a mid arm shirt. He slips on a jacket and runs his fingers through his hair. He knows how it will go. He will walk in and everyone will stare at him. Some will try to befriend him but Liam has learned to keep his distance. Can’t get too close to people when he moves almost every two years.
“You ready?” Paul asks holding his keys in hand.
“As ready as I’ll ever be.” Liam sighs and walks past Paul out the house.
“It’s a small school. Not a lot of students, a little more than your last school though.” Paul notes as he and Liam pull up in front of the school.
“Thanks for the heads up.”
“Remember, lay low!” Paul yells as Liam exits the car, slinging his bag over his shoulder.
Liam sighs and pulls his hood up over his head. He can already hear some students whispering about him and he internally groans. He knows it’s going to be a long day. When he walks inside the school building, he’s lost. He knows he needs to find where the office is, so he can get his schedule.
He does find the office, eventually. He walks inside and steps up to the front desk lady. She looks nice. An older woman probably in her fifties. When her eyes meets Liam’s she smiles.
“You must be Liam.”
“Uh yeah.” Liam rubs the back of his neck and she nods.
“Here is your schedule. If you are a little late to your first period it’s fine. Everyone knows you’re our new student.” She smiles brightly and Liam stops himself from grimacing because how the fuck can he ‘lay low’ when everyone already knows about him.
“Thank you.” He takes his schedule and walks out the door.
It doesn’t take him long to find his first period. Luckily this school is only one building, unlike his last one that had two. Things got a bit confusing for Liam on his first day there. But not here. When he walks inside the class, everyone halts their talking, including the teacher.
“Sorry I’m late.” Liam mutters and the teacher smiles.
“You’re Liam.” And it’s not a question, it’s a statement and Liam doesn’t respond with words he just nods his head. “Well you can find a seat. Oh and please remove your hood.”
Liam nods once more removing his hood. His eyes scan over the class and he finds a seat. It’s smack dab in the middle and he can’t help but roll his eyes. Of course he’d get the shit seat where everyone could view him.
He shrugs off his bag as he gets to his seat. He can hear some students whispering but he pays them no mind.
The rest of his day goes like this. He walks into class the teachers automatically know who he is and the students gossip. Apparently gossip is all they do in this town because fuck, it makes no sense to Liam how everyone knows him.
When lunch time rolls around it’s that moment. That moment Liam hates because he’s new and has nowhere to sit and he’s supposed to be ‘laying low’. So he grabs some food and walks over to an unoccupied table. Lunch is fine. It looks a shit ton better than the food at his last school he thinks. Liam picks up one of his carrots and stirs it in his ranch dressing. He’s never really been too fond of vegetables and that goes for teenagers of all planets.
“Hi.” Liam hears someone and looks up from his food.
He doesn’t respond to the golden eyed boy. He just stares at him while stirring his carrot in the dressing. His eyes move from the boys shoes, Nikes of course, all the way to his hair. He takes in everything about this boy, but still doesn’t speak. Liam takes a bite out of his carrot and watches the other lad shifts awkwardly.
“My name’s Zayn. And you must be…” Zayn trails and Liam scoffs.
“I’m pretty sure you already know the answer to that.”
“Right.” Zayn nods and Liam stares blankly at him. “So I was wondering, Liam, if you wanted to come and sit with me and my friends over there.” Zayn points over his shoulder and Liam looks around him to see a table of two boys staring at them.
He looks back at Zayn and thinks. He could go over there. Sit with them, maybe try to act normal but then Liam remembers he isn’t normal. He can’t help but wonder, do Zayn and his friends have alternative motives as to why they want Liam to sit with them. He contemplates reading Zayn’s mind. But then Zayn sits across from him and gives him these big eyes and fuck, he can’t bring himself to do it.
“Sure.” He sighs and Zayn grins standing back up.
“I should warn you, my friends can be a little out of hand at times.” Zayn chuckles and Liam nods following Zayn to the table. “Guys this is Liam.” He announces.
“Oh we know.” A boy with light brown hair and piercing blue eyes smirks and Liam cocks an eyebrow at him before sitting down.
“Well seeing that you know my name I think it’s only fair that I know yours.”
“My names Louis. That blonde over there is Niall.” Louis speaks smiling and Liam nods.
“So Liam where you from?” Zayn asks and Liam doesn’t know how to answer.
He’s never really talked to anyone since his incident when he was eleven and well he doesn’t know what to say. He just stares at Zayn, while listening to Louis and Niall’s thoughts. Surprisingly all their thoughts about Liam are nice. Dirty and sexual, but nice.
“A small town a few hours away from here.” So he opts with a half truth.
“Nice.” Zayn smiles and Liam nods.
“Are you not hot mate? With that jacket on and everything?” Niall speaks and Liam shrugs, taking off his jacket.
“Fuck.” He hears Zayn mutter under his breath and Liam looks at him only to see that Zayn’s eyes are trained on his arms.
“That’s a lot of ink man.” Louis grins and Liam just nods. “But I like them.” He adds in a bit too sexually.
Liam stops himself from saying ‘of course you do’ and just nods. The lunch bells goes off and Liam grabs his things quickly disposing of his food and waking out of the lunch room. He didn’t even say a goodbye to the three boys. He just left. He didn’t really know how it all went. Didn’t know if he was supposed to say a goodbye or exchange an ‘I’ll see you later’ so he just left.
His last two periods ended quickly and he was excited to leave school. It’s honestly so exhausting to him. When the bell rings, signaling school is out for the day, Liam is the first out his seat. He sees Paul’s car and begins walking to it.
“Liam!” He hears Zayn call out and stops walking, turning to face the other boy.
“What?” He asks and it’s a bit harsh, but he’s tired and he knows Paul is going to want to work with him later.
“I uh just wanted to thank you? For uh eating lunch with my friends and I.” Zayn speaks fast and Liam nods.
“Don’t mention it.” And he really does mean it, except Zayn doesn’t realize it.
“Oh um here’s my number. If you know… you want I can show you around town? Or something.”
Liam stares at Zayn’s hand. He doesn’t make a move to take the paper from Zayn. He once again thinks about reading Zayn’s mind. Wanting to know if there are dark reasons as to why he wants Liam to have his number. But by the way Zayn’s hand is shaking he doesn’t need to read his mind. Liam takes the slip of paper and puts it in his pocket. He doesn’t say anything to Zayn, he just walks away and to Paul’s awaiting car. When he’s inside Paul speeds away from the school. Liam pulls out the number from his pants and stares at it.
“Lay low remember.” Paul speaks and Liam nods, placing the number back in his pocket.
Just because he has to lay low doesn’t mean he can’t hang out with one person, right? So Liam calls Zayn that night and they make a plan about hanging out. And Liam doesn’t know why, but he gets excited when he thinks about spending time with Zayn.
(A/N Yay he’s met Zayn!! I honestly love Ziam like they are my OTP for life!!!! So yeah! Comment, vote, share and all that other shizz!!! Xx)
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