Saving Her

Chapter 49: Come Home

Three Days Later
37 Weeks Pregnant
Jess: 16 weeks

Zayn's POV:

I can't stop thinking about him. Everything I do reminds me of him. How have I gone this long without him?

I need him. I need him home. I want him back. If he'll come back, I want him back. I want him home.

I pace around the living room, waiting for Audrey to get back from seeing him. I need her to get home. I need her to get home so she can tell me where he is. I need to find him. I need to go bring him home.

Even if he doesn't want to come back. I need to at least try.

It's been three days. It's been three days since I saw him. It's been three days of thinking about nothing but him. I need him to come home.

I keep pacing the room; waiting.

Then I hear it; the front door opening and closing. Audrey's home. I wait, wait until she walks in and says hello.

"Hey, Tigre. How was your day?" I ask, trying to keep calm. Trying not to immediately rush her with questions about where he is.

"Good, how was yours?" She smiles, kissing my cheek, and heads into the kitchen.

Awful. I want Leo back. I need him home.

"Fine, missed you, mostly." I shrug. Watching as she grabs a drink and sits at the counter.

"I missed you too, Miele" she smiled; taking a drink.

"How's Leo? Is he good? Still doing okay?" I ask practically boiling over.

"Yeah, he's okay." She shrugs. "Had a rough couple of days. But he's fine" she sighs.

Not as rough as mine. I can't breathe without him.

"Audrey?" I ask

She looks over at me, "Yeah? What's wrong?" She answers

"Where is he?" I nearly whisper, walking over to her side.

"What?" She asks, tilting her head to the side a bit.

"Where is Leo?" I ask

"We've been over this Zayn. He doesn't want me to tell you where he is. I can't do that." She sighs.

"No, Audrey, please. Where is he? I can't do this. I need to go get him. I need to talk to him. I need to ask him to come home. I can't do this. I need him home. Please, tell me where he is." I beg

"You're serious?" She asks, her eyes widening. "You want him home? You actually want to try and fix this? You want us to be together again? You don't just miss him being around because he's always been around?" She continues

I shake my head "No, Audrey. I swear to you, on everything that I have. I need him to come home. I'm fucking lost. I can't stop thinking about him and how we are fighting over something so fucking stupid. I let him leave. I let him walk out, again. I need to get him back. I can't breathe without him, please. Audrey, please. Just tell me where he is so I can bring him home." I beg, staring into her eyes fighting back the tears that suddenly want to appear now that I am letting all of my pent-up feelings for him return. "I need to bring him back to us," I mumble.

She stares at me for a long time. Probably trying to tell if I'm lying. Trying to see if I really mean it.

But I do. I fucking mean it. I can't do this. I love him. I need him back.

She stares at me a while longer before sighing and throwing her head back.

"Do not make me regret this, Zayn. Please don't make me regret this." She nearly whispers but I'm so hyper-focused on her that I heard it. "He's at Luna's" she finally answers looking at me.