In Chap­ter Forty-Sev­en of “If These Wings Could Fly,” Leighton enjoys a qui­et Fri­day evening with Liam at his home, appre­ci­at­ing the mun­dane yet com­fort­ing atmos­phere. After a quick tuto­r­i­al on Liam’s show­er and bor­row­ing one of his old foot­ball shirts to wear, she explores the house, brush­ing her fin­gers over the pic­ture frames, reflect­ing on the mem­o­ries they hold.

Liam pre­pares din­ner, cre­at­ing a play­ful spread of peanut but­ter sand­wich­es, which makes Leighton laugh. They set­tle in the fam­i­ly room to watch super­hero movies, shar­ing an inti­mate moment. As they eat, Liam reveals a rebel­lious side by break­ing his family’s rules about eat­ing on the couch, which prompts a dis­cus­sion about their night togeth­er.

The mood shifts when they become more phys­i­cal­ly affec­tion­ate. How­ev­er, when Liam’s hand brush­es against Leighton’s breast, he abrupt­ly pulls away, express­ing his wor­ry about tak­ing things too fast. Leighton is frus­trat­ed that her father’s past actions loom over her rela­tion­ship with Liam, feel­ing that he should­n’t influ­ence their con­nec­tion. She insists that their inti­ma­cy should stem from mutu­al desire, dis­miss­ing any fears about her father’s bag­gage.

As they delve deep­er into the con­ver­sa­tion, Leighton reveals she is on the pill, indi­cat­ing that she is not mak­ing impul­sive deci­sions about their poten­tial sex­u­al rela­tion­ship. They dis­cuss their feel­ings, with Liam con­fess­ing that he’s falling for her. This unex­pect­ed rev­e­la­tion takes Leighton by sur­prise, as love car­ries weighty impli­ca­tions that she’s not sure she’s ready for. After some back-and-forth, they decide to embrace their con­nec­tion with­out pres­sure for the future, agree­ing on no promis­es.

The chap­ter con­cludes with a relat­able mix of play­ful ban­ter and emo­tion­al hon­esty, leav­ing Leighton con­tent despite the under­ly­ing com­plex­i­ties of their rela­tion­ship. The evening wraps up on a pos­i­tive note, which helps Leighton process her tumul­tuous feel­ings from the last twen­ty-four hours.