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Zayn POV
“So she slept in Safaa’s room?” Waliyha asks me as we eat breakfast. Mum, Safaa and Perrie are still in bed. Usually I’m the last to wake up but I want to spend lots of time with my sisters so I woke up early this morning.
“Yes Waliyha, I’ve said that,” I reply, getting tired of her persistence.
“But why didn’t she sleep in your room?” she asks.
“Because Safaa asked her to sleep with her and she said yes,” I tell her.
“Isn’t it weird that she isn’t sleeping with her boyfriend?” Doniya asks.
“I’m her ex-boyfriend so not at all,” I say, correcting her.
“Whatever I heard your conversation last night,” she says and I look down at my empty bowl.
“Doesn’t matter. She doesn’t want me to be her boyfriend,” I say as I fiddle with my spoon.
“She wouldn’t have come if she didn’t still like you,” Doniya says.
“Morning,” I hear a voice say from behind me. I turn around and see Perrie entering the room dressed in Doniya’s pajamas that I gave her last night.
“Morning,” Doniya and Waliyha say in unison while I carry on gazing at her.
“Thanks for the pajamas,” Perrie says as she sits down next to Doniya.
“That’s ok. Do you need some clothes for today?” Doniya asks.
“No that’s ok. I’ve got some stuff in the car, I’ll just go get it,” Perrie says and leaves the table to walk outside.
“Are you leaving today?” Waliyha asks once Perrie has left the room.
“Yep,” I say, “But I’ll be back in a few days for the funeral. I’ve just got to get Perrie home safe.”
Waliyha smiles and says, “You care a lot about her for an ex-boyfriend.”
“Well I hurt her so her legs aren’t one hundred percent yet and they hurt sometimes and it’s a long drive,” I tell my sisters.
“You hurt her?” Doniya asks.
“It’s a long story, I’ll tell you later,” I say, “I’m gonna go and get my stuff together.”
I walk upstairs and see that my mum isn’t in her bed. “Mum?” I call out. I see her on the bathroom floor with her head in her hands, crying. “Mum, it’s gonna be ok,” I say and I sit down next to her and put my arm around her. I wipe her tears with a tissue as I rub her back. I see Perrie come up the stairs and walk into my room with some clothes. “Mum I’ll be right back,” I say as my eyes start to well up. I get up and walk into my bedroom.
“Oh Zayn,” Perrie says as she sees the tears in my eyes. She wraps her arms around me as I cry lightly onto her shoulder. “You get ready,” she says, “I’ll go talk to your mum.” She walks out of the room and into the bathroom.
“Hey Trisha,” I hear her say, “Are you ok?”
“I miss him you know?” my mum tells Perrie.
“I know. I miss him too but it’s ok. He’ll still be there for you whenever you need him and he knows you’ll always be there for him,” Perrie says in a soft voice.
“Will you make sure he comes back to see us?” mum asks Perrie.
“I will,” Perrie says. I peep my head around the corner and see Perrie hugging my mum tightly before wiping her tears with a piece of toilet roll.
As I’m getting dressed Perrie comes back into the room. “Oh sorry,” she says as she sees me changing.
“Don’t be silly Perrie. Nothing you haven’t seen before,” I say as I pull up my jeans. She walks back in the room and I say, “thank you for talking to my mum.”
“That’s ok. I know what it feels like to lose someone and I know what it’s like to miss someone,” she says as she starts to change her clothes.
“Perrie you don’t need to miss me. I’ve told you what I want,” I tell her as I watch her change.
“I know. I’ve told you what I want,” she says as she finishes getting dressed.
“I don’t think you’re telling the truth. I think you want the same as me,” I say as I step closer to her.
“No Zayn. I don’t want the same as you. I don’t want a boyfriend who I’m apart from more time than I am with. I can’t go from being with you every second to being apart from you for months. I know I can’t do a long distance relationship,” she says, sitting down on the bed.
“You’re just scared. I promise we can make it work,” I tell her, sitting next to her.
“You can’t make promises like that Zayn. You deserve someone who will fly all over the world with you, someone who you’ll never fight with, someone you’re proud to be seen with, and someone who you aren’t afraid of what your fans will think of them,” she says.
“Perrie for fuck sake! Don’t say that! Stop putting yourself down all the time,” I say, turning to face her.
“I know you’ll meet her one day and it’ll break my heart but I’ll understand. That’s what you need,” she says getting up from the bed.
“Let’s go back to London now,” I say as I follow her out of the room.
“Zayn I don’t mind staying,” she tells me.
“Nope. It’s hurting you and we need to go,” I say and lead her downstairs to say goodbye to our families.
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After the 4-hour drive we finally arrive back in London. We haven’t said a word to each other the whole journey until we pull up outside my house and I turn to face her.
“I think we should start again,” I suggest.
“What?” she says in a tired voice.
“Let me take you out on a first date again. If you like it then we’ll go on another date. If you don’t then it’s fine and at least we tried,” I suggest.
“Ok.” She says.
“Okay?” I ask.
“Yep. When?” she asks.
“Well I go back to America next week so this week?” I suggest.
“No. You need to spend time with your family. That is more important. I’ll wait for you for when you get back from America,” she says.
“You’ll wait?”
“Mhmm,” she says with a smile on her face.
“Do you wanna come in?” I ask.
“Excuse me? You think I’m gonna sleep with you when we haven’t even been on a date,” she says, jokingly.
“Sorry ma’am,” I say and I open the door to get out, “I love you by the way.”
“I know,” she says as a smile spreads across my face.
“Don’t go sleeping with anyone else then,” I joke.
“You too babe,” she says as I shut the car door and watch her drive away.
“Nicely done Zayn,” I say to myself as I open my front door feeling the happiest I have in weeks.
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