It's Complicated ♧ n.h. [unedited]

Chapter 9

Zayn’s POV

As soon as we got to rehearsals and ‘D’ told us she was going to take over today, I knew Liz was still upset about the whole thing with her ex.

I needed to see her and… and what? I don’t know but I needed to see her, now.

I tried sneaking out but ‘D’ caught me and gave us a speech about how just because Liz wasn’t here, it didn’t mean we could do whatever we wanted. So I decided to take another approach.

“I really need to go to the bathroom” I told her, “Unless you want me to poop myself, I mean I don’t mind but all of you will have to deal with the foul odor” I said, trying real hard to keep a straight face.

She thought for a minute and dismissed me, “Thank You” I said before running out of the theater.

I knocked on Liz's door but didn’t get an answer. Where could she be?

Wait… Niall said last night that he found her outside, maybe she was out there.

On my way out I remembered Niall’s smile last night after talking to Liz, the same smile he had this morning while he slept, could it be coincidence? I shook my head, I rather not know.

I was walking out the door when I spotted Liz sitting by the pool with her feet in the water. I silently sat next to her but she didn’t even look up to see who it was. She was looking down at her hands and I caught a glimpse of a tear in her eye.

“No way, I’m not letting you cry for that jerk” I said while grabbing her chin and tilting her face my way, her cheeks were pink probably because of embarrassment that I was seeing her like this, her eyes were watery though and she looked so adorable, like a sad puppy and it broke my heart.

“Hey” I said, “don’t you dare cry, ok? You are better than that.”

One tear ran down her cheek and I cleaned it away.

“What are you doing here, you’re supposed to be rehearsing?” she asked trying to sound with authority, but her tone was too low for it to have that effect so I smiled.

“You can’t get mad at me for not being on rehearsal because you’re supposed to be there teaching us, but you’re not.”

She smiled a little and agreed.

I was still holding her chin, I could take a chance right now and two things could happen: she could slap me and be really pissed, or she could be so upset about her ex thing that she wouldn’t mind but then it would be like I’m taking advantage of this situation…

That’s when she tried to talk but her voice broke as she was going to start crying so that gave me the push I needed….and I kissed her.

It was a soft kiss the one I placed on her lips, her first reaction was surprise so she didn’t really do anything.

But then I pulled back a little to look her in the eyes, she didn’t seem mad so I guess it was option number two with her, she was too upset to care. I could make her care though… “the hell with it” I said before kissing her again but this time with a little more force behind it, I even bit her lip tentatively and apparently that did the trick, because one of her arms when around my neck and pulled me closer and for the first time since I started kissing her, she actually responded. Oh and what a good kisser she was, when we pulled back we were both a little breathless, I felt a huge satisfied smile  spread on my face. I couldn’t help it.

Liz’s POV

Did I just kiss Zayn? What the heck is wrong with me? My hormones are crazy lately, first I feel this thing for Niall, no I don’t know what that ‘thing’ is, then Dylan comes and I’m so upset that I’m about to cry and now I just kissed Zayn.