Loved You Anyway [Zayn Malik]

10: Maybe, Maybe Not.

Chapter 10:

Zayn POV:

'At the age of twelve? Who does it at that age!?' That was the first thing I thought when she replied but immediately changed my mind when I saw her bury her face between her chest and knees. I looked at Harry and gave him the 'This Is All Your Fault' look. He shrugged and looked back at Hazel guiltily. Something didn't seem right and there had to be something more to the story, no?  I tried to think what could have made her lose it at that age but then again, she could have been forced to it? But how? She didn't even have friends until she moved here from Leeds. 

I was about to ask her if she was okay but Liam bet me to it.

"Hazel, are you okay?" he asked softly.  

She raised her head and rested her chin on her knees, her arms still hugging her knees. She nodded and stared at the ground. "Yeah, you guys continue," she replied and rested her head on the back rest of the seat.

It was obvious that she didn't want to talk about it and we didn't bug her about it. We knew when to ask things and when not to. I turned my head and in one look, we all agreed to keep our mouths shut for now and not ask her about it because we all figured out that it wasn't because she wanted to.

We continued playing truth or dare until the sky was beginning to get the shade of dark blue and the moon and stars started appearing. By that time, Hazel was sleeping in the passenger seat. We gathered our stuff and Louis had to stay in the boot since he was dared to go back to the top and jump in the last ten minutes and Harry ended up driving since he was the only one that knew to drive from us four, besides Louis.

We dumped all our stuff in the boot, next to Louis and started getting into the car.

"I think it's better if she stays in the back seats," Liam suggested and I nodded. Carefully, I picked her up swiftly and placed her in the back seat, in the middle between Niall and I while Harry sat in the drivers seat and Liam in the passengers seat. Harry started the ignition and started driving out and soon enough we were on our way back home. The time already marked around nine in the afternoon and Hazel's head was resting on my shoulder and Niall was asleep, his head resting against the window.

I breathed out heavily and rested my head on the window, replaying the events that happened tonight while slowly falling asleep.

*

Harry first dropped off Liam, then Niall, then drove towards my house and Hazel's. When we arrived and he parked the car in front of my house's gate, I slightly shook Hazel and she quickly woke up. She said her goodbyes to Louis and Harry and we both left the car, grabbing our bags from the boot. Harry drove off which left the both of us alone. She rubbed her eyes and pushed her gate open.

"Night Zayn," she mumbled and started walking but I stopped her.

"What made you do it at that age?" I quickly asked her before she closed the gate.

She turned around and I noticed how tired she was. She sighed and ran a hand through her wavy hair.

"Nothing, it's just something I'm really not in the mood to talk about, goodnight," she said and quickly closed the gate. I saw her figure walking up the driveway, then disappeared inside her house. I backed away, pushed open the gate to my house and walked up the driveway. I pushed the key in the key hole and unlocked the door, dumping my bag next to the door. I ran a hand through my messy hair and hung the keys on the key holder. I looked around lazily, grabbed my bag and headed upstairs deciding to take a shower.

After I took a shower I put on a pair of grey sweatpants and white T-shirt. I wasn't exactly tired considering it was around ten thirty in the afternoon. I grabbed my phone and noticed a text from Sophia. I opened the text and smirked.