Best Friends|Zayn Malik

four

The car ride home was completely silent. The only noise was Ryan sniffling from all of the crying. I didn't understand why he was crying though, I finally told him my secret.

When we finally got home, Ryan immediately ran up the stairs, never turning back to look at me with my guilty eyes. He simply didn't want to look at me or think about me because he felt so hurt. I still didn't understand why he felt so hurt just because I didn't tell him that I was in love with my best friend.

Since I can't talk to Ryan, I decided to go into my room and watch some TV. When I say TV, I mean binge watching an entire series on Netflix. I chose 90210, but I'm immediately regretted that decision when I saw all of the secret crushes people had on the show. It reminded me too much of my own life, when all I wanted to do was forget about it. but I guess that was impossible because the only thing I could think about was Zayn I want to know what he was doing. What he was thinking. What do you look at the moment. But then I thought, he's not thinking about me, he wasn't doing something related to me, and he certainly was not looking for me. All he would think or talk about was what the popular kids were doing. Well, I guess he thinks about them because he is one of them, he is wrapped up in their lifestyle.

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The rest of the day, I watched movies, ate popcorn, and stressed about all of the work I was going to have to make up. Then, I went to the kitchen to find Ryan making spaghetti, my favorite dish.

"I thought you were mad at me, why are you making spaghetti?" I asked.

"I was shocked, then sad, then mad, but now, I'm honestly glad that you chose your best friend, someone I've known for years, since he was a toddler, because then, I know his parents, so if he screws up, I know exactly where to show up and beat the crap out of him." I was now shocked myself.

"Just because I'm in love with him, doesn't mean we're gonna date.", I spoke honestly.

"Yeah, but there's still a chance," Ryan replied enthusiastically.

Knowing that an objection would spark another argument, I decided to simply nod my head in agreement.

Ryan, satisfied by my response, flashed a grin, before returning to the spaghetti.

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Ten minutes later, Ryan called me downstairs. and we ate our spaghetti, making small talk. After we ate, I put our plates away, while Ryan looked for a movie for us to watch. Despite his objection, I stole the remote, and chose Legally Blonde. He tried to hide it, but I know Ryan enjoyed it.

After the movie was over, Ryan went upstairs because he had to work the next day. Before he left though, he said,
"Stay home, you don't have to go to school tomorrow. Get some extra sleep."
Thank god he said that because I don't think I could have dealt with going to school and facing the people who made fun of me, and especially not Zayn.
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