P.s.: Please start reading my story only when you finish chapter 171 and start the first paragraphs of chapter 172 of After 2, starting as follows:

Tessa's POV

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The moment Karen leaves to take Liam to the airport I instantly feel it. I feel the loneliness creeping in but I have to ignore it. I have to. I am fine by myself...

I have always been greedy when it comes to liam. I didn't want him to go to New York to be honest. Not that I don't want him to be happy, only because he is my best and only friend.. Now I'm feeling a huge gap. I wanted him to come to the Canal Street thing, I was really happy when he showed up last time with Ha.. Oh not again.

I push the memory away as I remember Liam's words "I was worried to go and leave you here". I feel guilty and relieved at the same time knowing that he thinks about me in that way.

He also mentioned that he will be back Monday morning. I know I will miss him during Jona... Professor Soto's session but I can manage.

After they left, I take a refreshing shower, blow dry and curl my hair as usual and change into some jeans and a long sleeves shirt along with a cardigan. This is not my favourite thing to wear but I didn't want to wear Anne's dress that she got me. If I need to get over her son I need to shove away all the things related to him. I even thought of giving away all my dresses and underwear that Harry loves but I instead make a mental note to myself to remember it later on. I then text Steph and Zayn to tell them that I will be there in about thirty minutes.

The night was quite good although I felt a little bit left behind. Steph had Tristan and Zayn had Rebecca. And I sat uncomfortably between them.

Steph tried her best to talk with me and make me laugh and Zayn seemed uncomfortable too eyeing me with the corner of his eye when he thought I was not looking. It was only almost midnight when Nial showed up and sat next to me. He instantly felt my awkward state and shouted into my ear if I wanted to dance.

The rest of the night was fun as Nial tried his best to make me laugh and say mean things about the way other people danced.

I find myself thinking about Harry again whenever I look over where Steph with her boyfriend and Zayn and his girlfriend are.

I find myself wishing he was here, wishing he would offer me a drink, wishing he would get jealous of me attending Professor Soto's band play...

I'm awake from my thoughts by Nial's hand waving in front me. Looking around, I notice that we are already in the parking lot.

"Where are they? I asked clearly not understanding anything.

"Show's over. They all left. I asked you if you wanted me to walk you to the parking lot and you agreed."

"Oh yeah" I ansered obviously not rememrring anything for the last hour or so. "Thank you Nial for coming tonight. I had so much fun..."
I'm interrupted by him putting his arm on my shoulder "Hey it's nothing. That's what friends are for. Call me whenever you need anything Tessa"

I'm glad I have a friend like Nial. He is so sweet and friendly. I wonder why doesn't he has a girlfriend? I giggle at my thought as I climb in my car as I watch him slowly fade away.

The drive to Liam's house is not that long. I turned the radio on and can't help but gape as I hear The Fray's song play. Really though? I now have grown to slightly hate them because they remind me of him..

I can't help but let my mind wander in the same thoughts again.

Does he know that I will be in Seattle tomorrow? Will he show up? I can't think of what will happen to me if I see him after nine days. He didn't even called or cared about me to even travel all the way to Seattle just to see me or to cause a scene.

I push the thoughts to the back of my mind again as I make my way into Liam's house. I'm glad Liam gave me his keys to the house. I know that Ken will be asleep and I don't want to wake him up since it's past midnight.

As I make my way to my room, I can't help but be reminded of Harry when I walk past his room. I have come to dumb the habit of wearing his shirt and although it was not easy, I'm proud of myself.

I couldn't sleep that night. Part of me thinks it's because of the absence of Liam and the other part says it's because of Harry. I can't decide. Liam left a huge gap in me. I never thought I would miss him this way. He's probably arrived now and Danielle must be waiting for him at the airport. I envy him. On the other hand Harry must be... I don't know what he might be doing. I don't want to think that he is with other girls right now because that would give me a headache. I wonder if I should go tomorrow to Christian and Kimberly's new house. I'm afraid Harry will come and I have barely overcame his absence. It's probably not Harry that I'm missing. I try to reassure myself and turn on the side of the bed after setting my alarm for the next day.

Liam's POV

As we land in New York, my eyes look for Danielle but in vain...I expected more than this I guess but it's not always what you want that you get, isn't it?

Not even with Danielle...

A/N: hi :) I've started writing this after shipping Lessa so much. I'm still reading After 2 and I liked the idea of writing my own version. I have so many ideas in mind and just hope I don't forget them haha. Please vote and comment so that I know that you like it. Also please know that I'm typing this either with my phone or tab. So excuse the typos.
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