Something Beautiful

Chapter 5

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I fell to the ground my face pounding.

He was yelling. I couldn't move. My body was frozen in my thoughts. It took me back to the night I left him. Kicking. He was pounding his foot into my stomach. I wimphered with each blow. He left the room and I was sobbing hysterically. He came back with a knife. This was it. This was his revenge for me leaving him. I was going to die in a matter of seconds.

"This is what you get bitch." He growled

He held the knife up to my throat and I screamed. I started shaking violently.

"Delani...DELANI!!!" my eyes shot open to see Zayn above my face with a worried expression. It had been a dream. Thank god. I sat up and started crying into Zayns shoulder. It was about seven in the morning and I knew he would be taking me somewhere. After what happened in my dream, I was exited to spend sometime with someone who cared. I got off the bed and Zayn gave me one of his t shorts to wear since mine was pretty old. It was big on me but at least it was clean. I looked in the mirror and ran my fingers through my hair. I looked good enough to go out I guess. Zayn was taking me to a museum today. I was pretty exited. He told me about the different aquariums the museum held and all or the different displays we could see. He could be a scientist. The way he spoke was intelligent. It reminded me of Hayden.. Oh Hayden. I longed to see him again. Maybe we could go on dates and one day is be his girlfriend. It was a fantasy. It felt odd though. I go through relationships left and right. I fell in love to easily. I had a gut feeling that deep down inside, I'd regret it. I was just waiting to find the right guy I guess.

When we got to the museum I was surprised by how large it was. We saw sharks and dolphins. It was...Magical... Zayn seemed to be enjoying his time too. He chuckeled at my reaction to the penguins. They were so damn cute. We laughed and walked around looking at all of the exhibits, just enjoying our time as friends together. After a while we got hungry so Zayn bought us some ice cream. I savored the sweet treat cause I rarely ever got treated to something like this. We really got to know each other during this outing. I learned that his parents live in the US. He has 1 sister who went with his parents. He stayed with his uncle because he wanted to go college. He worked on his uncles boat for money to pay for college. He told me about how he was careful with who he picked to hang out with and he was very confined with the information he shared. He could tell me anything. I was determined to be a good best friend.

We walked the streets of town and looked at different stores and different reaustraunts. We could go home whenever we wanted to but we were enjoying ourselves. Zayn even bought me a pair of shorts and Two tops so I would feel more confident. We went to the beach after all of the shopping. We played down I. The sand a d looked at the clouds. The sound of the waves crashed ahead. Zayn started humming a familiar tune. I didn't know the name or the lyrics but it was catchy. Surly I'd ask him about it later. We were having a wonderful time until we were interrupted by someone,

"Aye mate. Oh hey Delani!!" He smiled

It was Hayden. He had just gone for a swim. Damn he was fit.

"Zayn do you mind if I take delani out for a bit?" He asked

"Sure..... I'll uhmm... See you guys later. Have fun Delani" and with that he walked away. He sounded unsure. There was maybe even a hint of jealousy in his tone. Oh well though. I was with Hayden. He slung his arm around my waist and we started walking.

"Let me take you out to dinner" he suggested.

"Sure!" I smiled "like a date?" I asked instantly regretting it...

"Yes" he laughed.

He took me to a nice Italian restraunt down the street and got us a table. It was a lovely dinner and I was so happy to be out with him. I filtered out everything else in my mind and just enjoyed his presense.

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To anyone who is reading this, sorry the chapters are short! I type on a tablet which takes forever =[