The Taj Mahal Hotel (One Direction Fan Fiction)

Chapter 20- A Goner

~Recap~

“Tell me about it! What was a bald man doing watching The Proposal all by himself, anyway?!” I exclaimed back, equally amused.

All of a sudden, my iPhone went off and I took it out off my pocket to see who I had received a text from.  My eyes froze to the screen as I saw who the text was from. Amina.

~End of recap~

Zayn's POV 

"Babe, I'm so sorry! I'll explain everything once you're home. xx" Was what the text said. A simple, normal text but one that got my heart racing at a thousand miles per second. She had finally replied after all those calls and texts. I was worried sick about her and thought she was trying to ignore me. Was she, though? 

"Is everything alright, Zayn?" Paige spoke up. We were now parked inside the hotel car park. Her eyes looked apprehensive as she searched my face for an answer.

I ran a hand through my hair, letting out a short breath. "Everything's fine." I lied. Actually, everything was the complete opposite of ‘fine’. I had never felt this way before; I didn’t know what to think about this entire scenario. It was like a few days ago, Amina and I were on top of the world and now everything had come crashing down and we were both worlds apart from each other. When I was in the theatre with Paige, the thought of Amina hadn’t actually flittered across my mind that often. It was sort of like a break from the stress that I had been feeling this entire week. Something had happened on the day that we went to Elephanta Island; something that Ami was hiding from me. That was the cause of her mood swings and her reason for avoiding me, lately; I just knew it!

“Uhm… okay, if you say so…” Paige mumbled, obviously dissatisfied by the frown on my face from all that scrutinizing.

“Look, I’ll explain everything once I know what’s happening, myself…” I trailed off. I didn’t want Paige to think that I didn’t trust her, because truth be told- I did. She seemed an easy going person and was good to have a laugh with.

Her face lit up a bit, “Okay, I guess I’ll leave you to it then.” she replied, “That was fun, we should hang out again some time.” With that, she walked off towards her room.

“Wait! I’m heading there as well; let’s go together!” I exclaimed.

“Sure, why not?” and I followed suite, into the room.

It was a pretty awkward, short walk there, however, as I was too busy processing what Ami had meant with that text, I didn’t really bother with finding any conversation starters.

We reached the hotel room door and Paige entered without hesitation. I followed behind closely, to find… Liam in the room with Ami?!  He was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking down into his lap. It was as though he was deep in thought.  Ami on the other hand, looked distraught and her eyebrows were furrowed up. This just increased my suspicions that Ami was hiding something from me. Now I was extremely confused.

“Oh…hey Zayn! Hey Paige!” Ami looked up at the sound of the door opening and she appeared slightly startled before she got up off her bed.

Liam looked up briefly and glared at me before walking out of the room, smashing the coat hanger on the way out. Uhm, what got his knickers in a twist, today?

“I... uh… I’ll go after him…” Paige mumbled, awkwardly, before placing her clutch onto the bed and disappearing outside, as well.

I awkwardly made my way over to where Amina was now sitting on the bed. “Hey, um… so I got your text…” I tried to sound confident and it wasn’t really helping that my mind was mulling over a thousand thoughts at the moment.

‘That’s great, Zayn. Sit down.” She patted to a spot next to where she was sitting on the bed and I slowly made my way over to her.

“Look, Ami. I’m not sure why but things have started to become awkward for us and to be honest, it really shouldn’t be… I don’t want to beat around the bush, so I’d like to ask you whether there is something you haven’t told me about, yet?” I asked.

“What is it that you’d like to know, Zayn?” her face was seemingly perplexed. I let out a sigh.

“A lot of things actually. Firstly, why have you been locked up in your room for an entire day? Secondly, what is up with you and Liam?” I immediately regretted how that last sentence came out. It sounded much better in my head.

“Zayn, look I’ve been meaning to tell you but… the circumstances weren’t right. Now, I can tell you, but with your word that you’re not going to harm Liam in any way. Can you promise me that?” She looked up at me tentatively and her eyes looked watery.

“Yes, what is it, Ami? You can tell me anything. I promise.”

Amina’s POV

It was terribly difficult to tell Zayn the past events that had taken place without him knowing. It made me feel like I was the worst girlfriend ever, hiding so much from him in the past few days.

“Are you saying that Liam is in love with you?” Zayn asked me, his brows furrowed in confusion.

“Yes, but Zayn, please don’t hurt him in any way! It seriously isn’t his fault. You can’t help who you fall in love with and I’m pretty sure you know that already.”  I said, looking at him pleadingly.

“Babe, I understand that, but Liam should’ve at least tried to hide his feelings for you.”

“Do you really think it’s that easy?” I asked, in shock from his words.

He sighed heavily and clasped his hands together. “Okay, I agree it’s not easy. So what have you decided?” His eyes filled with hope and his face held a sense of anxiety.

“I’m still in love with you.” I looked up at him and he had the biggest, goofiest grin on his face that I couldn’t help but break out into laughter.

“Thank you, Ami. I don’t know what I would have done if you’d decided otherwise.” His voice was merely above a whisper.  

I looked into his eyes and he whispered, “I thought you were a goner.”

I smiled up at him, and shook my head ever so slightly. “I couldn’t leave you just like that.” His hands made its way around my waist and I trembled slightly from his cold touch.

Without warning, he slammed his lips onto mine and the kiss was a soft one that lingered for a while. My emotions suddenly switched and it felt like fireworks with the contact of his lips. I was kissing him deeply and his grip on my waist tightened.  I placed my hand on his lower back and pressed him closer to me; I never wanted this moment to end.

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A/N: yeah, okay, I suck at writing kissing scenes but whatever. I’m sorry for making you guys wait this long for an update, but as my followers know- I’m working on The Florist’s Boy as well as a collab “Heal Me” with @Potterforlife15 . Make sure to check these other books out, guys! I’ve included the link for Heal Me in the external link for this chappie, so please do read and tell Deepthi and I what you think! Remember to fan our collab account @ZiallFTW as well! :)) 

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