Tangled in Love {One Direction Fanfiction}

Chapter 29

Hello readers :)

Okay so this is a super early update.

No, I've not reached my goal of 12,500 reads, but I just had to upload this chapter as a massive thankyou (lol) to my bebs for doing me the biggest favour ever and being the awesome chica that she is.

Next chapter will be uploaded after 12,500 reads :)

Enjoy this one,

SM xx

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Zayn's POV

I walked out of the trees which led to the lake, and sure enough, I saw the figure of a certain green-eyed brunette sitting at the edge, throwing pebbles into the water.

"I had a feeling you'd be here,"

"Don't sneak up on me like that Zayn!" Em exclaimed, putting a hand over her heart, which I assumed was pounding.

"Sorry," I grinned, sitting down next to her.

She stayed silent after that, staring out at the horizon. I noticed dried tears on her cheeks, her mascara running a little. Tears which were yet to fall were entangled with her lashes. Her face was kind of expressionless, but it didn't take a genius to figure out how upset she was.

"Hey, you okay?" I asked her.

Then I thought about how stupid of a question that was.

"You know what? I'm not going to bother. No, I'm not okay at all." she said softly.

"Honest girls are hotter girls," I winked, trying to lighten up the mood.

Her lips twitched up a little at my comment, but she didn't say anything.

"Here, you need this more than I do," I said, offering her a tissue.

She looked up at me properly this time. Her eyes scanned my face as her expressions ranged from shock, to surprise, to confusion before a deep frown settled onto her face, "Those are some nasty bruises," she said, stroking the one on my jaw. A hiss of pain left my lips as she quickly pulled her hand away.

"I'm so so sorry! Does it hurt that much?" she asked.

"Yep."

Liam was an ace boxer after all, a few punches from him were bound to hurt.

"Zayn, you're an idiot. Why didn't you treat this yesterday?" she said, still inspecting the bruises.

"Because I couldn't find my nurse," I joked, looking at her.

"I'll clean you up, I have medicinal cream in my bag, hold on," she said, turning around and starting to rummage through her purse.

"I know, Lou told me once," I said, watching her as the words left my mouth.

I saw her body stiffen a little. She closed her eyes, probably trying to stop the tears and took a deep breath. Letting it out shakily, she resumed looking for the cream in the bag.

"He's looking for you," I said softly, "Everyone is,"

"You didn't -" she started saying, whipping her head around to look back at me.

"Nah, I told them you wouldn't be here. I thought you could use some alone time," I said honestly.

"Yeah, thank you," she said, dropping her gaze and looking down at her bag.

"I'll go if you want," I stated.

"No no you stay!" she objected immediately, "I need some comforting company," she sighed, "Plus your bruises need attention," she said, locating the cream and unscrewing the lid.