Almost [Zarry&Lilo]

Chapter Six

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ZAYN: (annoyed) "What."

LIAM: (upset) "You better ask that fucking boyfriend of yours where Louis is."

ZAYN: (nonchalant) "Why'd he leave in the first place?"

LIAM: (paranoid) "He's there, isn't he?"

ZAYN: (insistent) "No. What'd you do to him?"

LIAM: (yells) "I didn't do shit! Now tell me where he is!"

ZAYN: (loud) "Work on your fucking anger issues Liam, because if you don't, he won't ever want to go back to you. Don't wave me off this time, asshole. Stop hitting him and maybe he'll consider forgiving you."

LIAM: (arrogant) "Fuck you, s'not like you never hit your boyfriend once or twice."

ZAYN: (snarls) "I don't have consuming anger like you do and I know the difference between a fucking punching bag and a person. I'd never put my hands on Harry like that. Not even if he asks for it when we're fucking."

LIAM: (indignant) "Fuck you Zayn! Tell Louis to find his ass back here or I'll come and get him myself, and it won't be pretty." (hangs up the phone)

Zayn sagged in his car and rolls his eyes. Why is his family so fucked up. His dad was a horrible man to his mother and he promised himself he wouldn't be like him. He knows Liam saw how bad Yaser was. He saw and let himself fall captive to the temper their family harboured.

ZAYN: (indecisive) "Go-fuck" (he hops out the car and jogs up to the door)

It opens and out steps Louis, clad in a pair of b-ball shorts and a thin shirt, carrying a garbage bag. He jumps back into the door when he meets Zayn's eyes.

LOUIS: (trying to catch his breath) "Wha-"

ZAYN: "Give me your number, we need to talk."

LOUIS: "Wha-"

ZAYN: "Look, I know we don't have a good.. history, but I'm trying to help you. Just give me your number."

LOUIS: "Help me? You're just going to rat me out to Liam."

ZAYN: "No I'm not."

LOUIS: "You're going to tell him I'm here and make him come for me aren't you?"

ZAYN: "No I-"

LOUIS: "Fuck you, I-"

ZAYN: (blows up) "SHUT UP!" (calms) "sorry, but just-just listen to me. Liam called me and he wants you to go back. I told him he needs help and he told me to fuck myself. Now, I'm asking you for your number so we can talk about this somewhere else at some other time. Please just-just give it to me so I can leave."

LOUIS: (humorous) "And if I don't, your gonna pummel my face like Liam did the first time I told him no?"

ZAYN: (sympathetic) "Louis, I'm not like him. I don't hit people that don't deserve it."

LOUIS: (low) "Sure, but you didn't stop him when you saw him doing it," (miserable) "he was slapping me around because his food was burnt, and you came waltzing through the door," (bitter) "you didn't do anything and I've hated you ever since. I kept quiet earlier because Harry seems to like you and I'm not here to mess up you guy's relationship."

ZAYN: (soft) "Thanks, and I'm sorry, Louis, but now I have a chance to fix things. Just give me your number so we can meet up and talk about this in detail."

LOUIS: (telepathically tells him his number, walks to the garbage bin) "I swear to god, if you ever hurt Harry.. or if you let Liam hurt Harry, I won't be a happy camper."

ZAYN: (clenches his jaw) "As I've said, I'd never put my hands on somebody that doesn't deserve."

LOUIS: (folds his arms and leans on the wall) "Liam deserves it, but I've never seen you hit him."

ZAYN: (quiet) "I was barely there."

Zayn walks off to his car and Louis is left to stare after him. He shook his thoughts out his mind and went back inside. He grabbed a water from the fridge and went into the living room where Afton and Harry were talking.

HARRY: (voice is broken and high, like he's fighting back tears) "He's acting really suspicious, and I fucking hate that he won't talk to me."

AFTON: (soft, rubbing his knee) "I don't know what to say, Haz."

Louis' stopped at the door, unnoticed by the two as he listens.

HARRY: "He said he needed to rest, Afton, which is absolute fucking shit, because we've had more sex than that in one day."

AFTON: "Maybe you should give him space."

HARRY: "Honestly, I can't deal with this right now. I will give him space," (self depreciative) "I mean shouldn't I know what to do? It's been 2 fucking years. I should know what's up with him."

AFTON: (rubs his back) "Harry, don't stress yourself. He just needs time."

HARRY: (hysterical, yells) "Why!? What did I do, for him to not want to be around me anymore," (cries into his knees) "shit Afton, I love him so much. If he's gonna break up with me or even worst, if he's cheating on me, I don't know what I'll do."

Louis backs away from the door and goes up the stairs and to his room. He'll have to talk to Zayn about this too when they meet up.

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