Idol (Zayn Malik)

Chapter twenty-three - Milwaukee is the new Vegas

Don't you cry tonight

I still love you baby

Don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you baby

And don't you cry tonight

Astrid's POV

Marie was a 7-year old One Direction fan that lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was not anything out of the usual, to be fair. A little girl with a bubbly personality, that couldn't stop laughing and that was always cheerful, no matter what.

But then cancer hit... Leukemia was the most common cancer in kids, and apparently Marie had acquired it since before she could even notice it. When they finally diagnosed it, it was too late. She was cheerful about life still, and her last wish was to meet her idols.

"She wants to meet us" Zayn said with a sad expression.

"Then you'll go, right?" I responded, knowing that Zayn's answer would be positive.

He nodded and let out a sigh.

"What's the problem, darling?" I asked knowing that something wasn't ok with Zayn. He looked at me through the camera and tried to smile.

"I see Safa'a in her, you know?" He confessed and my heart sank.

"She won't..." I tried to pronounce "...you know that your sister isn't that bad, Zayn" was I even saying the truth? Zayn had told me few about Safa'a, and every time he mentioned her he turned into a rather melancholic person.

"Right, Safa'a is not that bad, but I can't imagine how will I look at Marie in the eye and tell her that everything will be alright. How will I look at her and not cry." Dude, he was really bad and I was shocked. I had no idea what to say.

"You don't have to promise things you can't do. You can't say that everything will be alright because you don't know that for sure." I pronounced and he listened carefully. "Your only duty is to be there with her. She will be happy to have you guys there. No matter what, you have to act as kindly as you can. Do your best to make her day memorable. That'll do for her".

He looked at the ground and then smiled.

"I love how easy you find solutions, you know?" He smiled and I smiled back. "Right" he continued "I'll do that, but I need to ask you something" he stopped and I nodded in response "I need you to come to Milwaukee to see me. I'd go to Chicago, but they aren't letting me separating from the guys again. We have some rehearsals to do, you know? We'll improvise a spot in Milwaukee."

"Zayno, I have class. Besides, Marie wants to see you guys, not me. And if I were to go there, we'd be together and I bet that Marie wouldn't like that".

"We'll go see Marie Friday morning in a week. You can come on Friday night and you stay until Sunday morning." He expressed and I smiled "We don't have to leave until then, so we'll spend some time together".

"It seems as if you have given this plan a thought" I joked and he smiled.

"Definitely" he smiled back "So what do you say?"

"I have to ask" I informed him "But I'm pretty sure that leaving Evanston on a Friday night won't be punished by law. I wouldn't be missing any class"

"Per-fect" he joked and his British accent was intensified. "Will you drive, or do you need a lift?"

"I can drive" I laughed.

Life was perfect, or at least that's what it seemed to be.

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