Chapter 7

"Ugg, I don’t have any other stories!" I groaned, hiding my face in my hands. Zayn placed a comforting hand on my back, him being one of the only people to know what I was hiding from everyone else.

"Come on, there has to be something other than your weight, please, you’re hiding something." the lady who ran the campaign sighed, obviously annoyed.

"I’m not fucking hiding anything!" I screamed and crossed my arms, sinking deeper into my seat.

"Then explain why you are being so defensive." she spat and everyone turned to look at me, faces all stoned over except for Zayn, who was making eyes as if asking if he could help.

"Because I-"

"She already told you everything, she doesn’t have anything else to say, now if you will excuse us." Zayn stated and pulled me up by my arm and out the door.

"Where are we going?" he ignored me and kept walking. We made it to the back of the building and out the back door, him immediately leaning against the building, pulling a cigaret out of his back pocket. “You brought me out here to let me watch you smoke?"

"No." he smiled and lit it quickly. He took a long drag before looking at me once again. “You were bullied for having epilepsy?"

I sighed and stepped toward him, taking the cigaret from him and placing it in between my lips. I took a short, quick drag and gave it back to him, “Yea, but I’m not talking about that."

"Why? I think it would help not just you, but the kids as well."

"Don’t use the guilt trick." I mumbled sinking down into a sitting position. He did the same, holding his smoke in his mouth.

"I’m not, I’m just saying, it could be good."

"I am so embarrassed about it. I can’t even think about it without feeling like a piece of shit."

"Hey, you said you haven’t had a seizure for almost five years, it could be gone." he said softly, taking one last drag before putting it out in the ash tray by the door.

He wrapped an arm around my shoulder as I sighed, “I don’t know that, and like I said before, it is not worth the risk."

"Okay, how about this, next city we are in, we make a doctors appointment for you to get checked for it."

"I’m not going there alone."

"Who said you were going alone? I will be right here by your side the entire time, and you can count on that." I looked up at his radiant face, and his golden brown eyes met mine instantly.

"Thank you." I smiled and briefly looked at his perfectly shaped, pink lips. I bit my bottom lip and looked away, resting my head in between his chest and chin. 

"No problem, I will always be here for you." Zayn whispered into my ear and pressed a gently kiss to my head, racking shivers through my entire body. I turned and rested my head on his lap, looking up at him. The sun was lighting up his jaw structure and cheekbones, making him more attractive, if that’s even possible.

His hair was laying flat against his forehead, just barely missing his eyes, so I reached up and pushed it further up off his face. His clear, pale, olive skin was soft, comforting against mine.

"Avery?" he said softly, grabbing my hand and intertwining his fingers with mine.

"Yea?"

"We should probably get back in there."

"Oh, yea, right." I slowly stood up, him copying my actions and opening the door for me, following me inside.