Chapter 29

Zayn POV

“Hey mate you alright?” I ask Niall as I go into his house. He doesn’t look alright, he’s got a weird look in his eye. Maybe now isn’t the best time to ask him about Perrie.

“Yeah. What you doing here bro?” Niall asks, still acting strange.

“Well Perrie’s with Jade and she’s spending some time with her so I though I’d come and sleep here,” I say walking into the house and slipping off my shoes.

“Cool. You staying the night?” Niall asks

“We’ll see.” I follow him into the kitchen where there is a half full bowl of popcorn and I sit myself on one of his stools. “You wanna play some FIFA?” I ask him. There was obviously something wrong because usually he’d be jumping around like a lunatic when he saw me. He agrees and we make our way into the lounge and start playing. He’s Man U and I’m Barcelona and I know I’ll beat him, I always do but he’s a little trier.

As we play the game and I am already winning Niall suddenly pauses it.

“What’s up Niall?” I ask, worried about how weirdly he’s behaving.

“Are you gonna ask me about Perrie or not?” he blurts out.

“What? How did you know I knew?” I ask, shocked by his outburst, maybe that is why he has been acting strange. He’s been waiting for me to say something.

“Perrie told me.”

“Why and how?” I ask, confused as to why she would tell him I was coming over. I never knew they spoke to each other or even had each other’s numbers. But why would she tell him?

“She just called to give me the heads up and to let me know that you’d be talking to me at some point so not to be surprised.”

“She thinks I was angry,” I tell him.

“Well are you?”

“I am now I know you guys are talking to each other without me knowing,” I say, putting down the x box controller.

“That isn’t a big deal Zayn. You know I’d never do anything to hurt you and neither would she,” he says, looking over at me from his seat.

“Don’t know why you both couldn’t be honest with me. Did you think I’d be angry or something? You should’ve told me at the time that you liked her. I thought we were best friends.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t tell anyone because it wasn’t that serious and more important stuff was happening like Jade and Harry not talking. But I swear I’d never hurt you Zayn. I’d never go for Perrie, I know she is yours,” he says, looking at the ground as he speaks.

“What so you like her now?”

“Even if I did it doesn’t matter. I know she is yours and I know how much you love her and I would never ever do anything to hurt you.”

“Why didn’t you tell me Niall? I would have never asked her on a date. I promise you I wouldn’t have ever asked her to be my girlfriend and I wouldn’t have let myself fall in love with her if I’d known. You should’ve told me.”

“No I shouldn’t have told you. She makes you happy and you wouldn’t have that happiness if I got in the way. And I’m fine. I like her but I don’t love her and I’d definitely rather have my friendship with you than any sort of relationship with Perrie. It would’ve ruined our friendship and would’ve ruined the band.”

“So do you get angry when I’m with her? Are you ever annoyed at me?” I ask, curious as to how he has been feeling when I have had no idea how he felt Perrie and our relationship.

“No definitely not. I mean, I miss you but I know she makes you happy and I’m happy for you. I don’t feel any jealousy or anything about the Perrie situation, I just miss you when you’re not around.”

“I’ll stay here tonight. I’m sorry that I’m not with you as much,” I say, “but we’re gonna be in America a lot this year and that means a lot of time away from Perrie. So I want to spend the time that we’re not busy with her. I get it though and I’ll try come over more. I miss you to my little Nialler.”

We play FIFA for another few hours and I keep thinking about him and Perrie. I know he wouldn’t but I can’t help worrying. I know she loves me but what if she does like him and neither of them have been telling me anything. She wouldn’t call him to warn him if she felt nothing for him. But I’ve got to get these thoughts out of my head. ‘Come on Zayn. You know she loves you,’ I say to myself.

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As I slowly open my eyes I see that it is morning as the sun shines through the curtains. I sit up from lying in Niall’s spare bed and rub my eyes as they adjust to the bright light. I find my phone on the floor and look to see it is 10 o’clock and I have a missed call from Perrie.

“You alright?” I ask as Perrie answers the phone.

“Yeah. Where about are you?”

“At Niall’s. I just woke up,” I tell her in my croaky morning voice.

“Did you speak to him?” she asks me.

“Yep but obviously not before you spoke to him,” I say. I probably shouldn’t have brought that up, I should’ve just left it.

“Sorry, I just thought he should know. I was scared you’d get angry so I wanted to give him the heads up. You’re not angry are you?” She asks in a worried voice.

“Don’t be silly, of course I’m not. What are your plans today anyway? Is everything ok with Jade?”

“Yeah it’s all good. I want to see you at some point so maybe you could come round and we could go and do something fun.”

“You sure that’s a good idea? Doesn’t Jade hate me?”

“She doesn’t hate you. Let’s just not bring up Harry again ok?” she says chuckling.

“Ok. I’ll be over in a bit. Can I bring Niall?” I ask, remembering that yesterday he was saying he missed me.

“Course. I’ll see you then baba. Love you,” she says.

“Love ya too,” I say and make a kissy noise before handing up. This could be a good idea. This way I can spend time with my best friend and my girlfriend and we’ll just have to see if there is some kind of spark. I don’t know what I’d do if there is.

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Not my best chapter. Need to think of something dramatic to happen... 

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