Look After You

Chapter Twelve

//Perrie's POV//

Jacob took me into the cinema but straight passed the ticket booths. I glanced up at him with a confused look upon my face before quickly looking back in front of me. "Aren't we gonna...?"

"Already have," he said, smiling down at me. The lights in the lobby are dark, and I can barely make out the outlines of bodies. "Alright, Miss Edwards, if you would go down the left hall into the third theater on your right, the girls set up your little surprise."

"Aren't you...?" I began to ask as I pointed towards the direction of where he talked about.

"Nope. I'm watching the 30th anniversary of The Breakfast Club on that side of the cinema."

He waved me off, walking nonchalantly towards the showing of The Breakfast Club and I just stood there shocked for a moment. When I realized there was nothing left for me to do, I walked where Jacob told me to go and I couldn't believe who I saw in the front row: Harry, Carrie, Kelsi, Niall, Louis, Eleanor, Danielle, Liam, and Zayn.

I honestly had no clue what to do. Should I say a simple "Hello" to everyone and act like I'm okay or just run over to Zayn and hug him so tight that it would feel like all of my broken pieces were glued back together? I took the second option.

I ran over to him quickly, stumbling here and there due to the blurriness of the tears in my eyes and hugged him tightly. I was full on sobbing at this moment and I felt his lips touch the top of my head as his arms became wrapped around me.

"I love you so much, Perrie."

His words ignited a spark throughout my body and my stomach was doing flips. Isn't it something special how three simple words can have such of an effect of you?

"I love you, too."

He smiled down at me as Louis could be heard saying "Ewww, lovebirds." from where him and Eleanor were sitting.

I laughed before pulling away from Zayn to sit in my reserved spot and leaned forward so I could have the chance to catch up with everyone. Jacob Taylor was a good guy, but nothing beats the love of your life. Ever.

"I've missed you guys so much," I said down the row. This room in the cinema was empty aside from our group. Celebrity perk, I assumed.

"It's good to see you again!" Carrie squealed from the end. "How's the new album coming?"

"It's much more mature than the last one, I think. Leigh is busting some rhymes, Jade and Jesy have really mastered writing lyrics anymore. It's still us, but definitely outgoing." I smiled wider. "How have you lot been? It feels like forever ago."

"Quite well, thanks for asking," Liam said, giving Danielle's hand a squeeze. The future was looking good for them.

"So much better now that Zayn won't whine about missing you," Niall joked, but Kelsi hit his arm anyways.

"It's so good to have you back," Zayn whispered. I curled into him from my seat beside him. "I'll always be coming back to you, waiting for you somewhere else."

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"How was it?" The girls asked simultaneously as I walked in the front door, barely giving me enough time to drop my bag and kick off my shoes. "Was he good to you? Is there a connection?"

"It was a dream come true! And you girls no better than anyone, he's always been good to me and there's always been anyone connection."

"I'm so glad it went much better than planned," Jade said

"You guys knew I was going to see a movie with Zayn?"

"You were with Zayn?" Jesy asked, surprised.

"Jacob said you girls set it up, but you didn't know I was seeing a movie with Zayn?"

"Did you?" Leigh asked.

Before I could answer, my cell phone rung. I didn't look at caller I.D., so when I picked it up and heard Susan, my heart stopped. "Miss Edwards, this little act of rebellion is getting to be ridiculous. The tabloids are reporting the wrong story, ruining the decent image we prepared for Little Mix, and making you look desperate for unnecessary attention. Just, go ahead, look at the headlines and know I am terribly disappointed in your pathetic behavior."

I blinked back tears and pulled up online versions of newspapers. Every bold print, topic-of-the-page headline read the same basic thing: Little Mix's Perrie Edwards: a Cheater?