31 Days.. (a zayn malik fanfiction)

chapter 25-cought

CHAPTER 25: CAUGHT
*** Niall’s POV ***
“Niall!” Lou yelled as he came down from the stairs and joined me to my side, 
“Hey! What’s up?” I asked stopping in front of the balcony door,
“Have you seen Holly?”
“Nah, haven’t! I’m looking for Josh, think he’s on the balcony!” I pointed to the door,
Lou nodded, “Oh! I might as well come with you,”
I smiled in agreement as I put my hand on the door and slid it open revealing two shadows close and huddled together. The shadows became clearer as I squinted my eyes and turned around to Louis confused, “Is that? ..Who I think it is?”
Lou’s eyes widened as he peered over my shoulder, “It can’t be..”
*** Holly’s POV ***
I was just millimetres away from betrayal, part of me lusting it simply for revenge. The little devil on my left shoulder was overpowering the angel on my right as I fell into the wrong state of mind that I knew I was later going to regret. Josh’s lips quickly brushed against mine as I swiftly turned my head, interrupted by the confusion of a familiar accent.
“Holly?” Niall stepped closer frowning, “Josh? What are you two doing….?”
Lou was now at Niall’s side and the look in his eyes immediately shot me into realisation of the mistake I was about to do. What in the actual fuck was I thinking? “Jesus Christ, what am I doing!” I stood up panicking absolutely hating myself for even thinking it was okay to kiss Josh. To cheat on Zayn. I wasn’t this type of person, I was not a cheater, I was better than this. “I’m so stupid!” I yelled rubbing my head frustratedly,“What the fuck!” I quickly walked towards the door desperate for an exit out of this horrible situation,
“Holly!” Josh yelled after me, 
Niall shook his head, “Let her go Josh..”
Josh looked at Niall offensively but stayed put as he hung his head low, closing his eyes and letting out a long sigh. I didn’t dare to look into Lou’s eyes again as I treaded past him. If I saw that heart sinking look of disappointment one more time it would crush everything inside of me triple times as bad as it did the first. 
I ran inside ignoring everything and everyone around me, focusing on only but the door out of this apartment and out of this torture of a night. The calls of my name only went in one ear, then through the other as I nervously fumbled trying to open the door, holding back the tears as every emotion that built up from the night had finally caught up to me. One tear uninvitedly slipped from my eye and I flung the door open, running free from the apartment that held all my drama inside.
*** Louis’ POV ***
“I’m telling Zayn.” I admitted, my tone a bit cold,
Niall look at me confused, “Really?”
“What! No! Lou please don’t!” Josh shouted standing up, “You can’t be serious!”
“I’m sorry Josh, but he has to know.” I was sorry, I really was, but Zayn had to see how much his actions were influencing Holly to become a person I knew she wasn’t. This wasn’t about Josh, this was about two of my best friends where I wasn’t going to stand around and let their love break apart right in front of me. 
I began to walk away when suddenly I felt Josh’s hand on my shoulder, “Please Lou…” he begged with worry written all over his face and fear in his eyes, 
I sighed and looked down at my feet, “I really am sorry..” I spoke softly then turning away walking inside to find Zayn,
“Lou! Wait up!” Niall yelled catching up to me, “Are you really telling Zayn?”
“Yes Niall” I replied, not bothering to look him in the eye. I knew he was only asking to stick up for Josh. He was the closest out of all of us to our band players and I knew he was just trying to look out for him, but there really was just a lot more to it then just not telling Zayn.
“But why?” he urged, “You know Zayn’s gonna kill him. He punched Josh just earlier. Don’t you think you should give the poor guy a rest?”
I stopped and looked at him frowning, “What? He punched Josh?”
“Yeah,” he shoved his hands in his pockets, “While you were up with Holly, Josh tried to get him to talk to her..you know sort things out, but you know how Zayn gets when he’s drunk. He took it the wrong way thinking Josh was just doing it to get Holly or somethin..”
Josh was a lovely guy, I’d give him credit for that, but it still didn’t excuse his attempt in trying to kiss Holly again. Especially since this time he knew she was Zayn’s.
“That’s not what it looked like out there..” I said raising my eyebrows,
Niall shrugged, “Maybe.. Holly made the move?” the tone of his voice made it clear he regretted even suggesting such a thing, we both knew she wouldn’t do that.
I rolled my eyes. 
He sighed, “Okay.. I know.. that was stupid of me.” he shook his head surprised at himself, “She was leaning in though…”
I nodded sadly. Seeing Holly about to do something that could have seriously damaged her and Zayn’s relationship out of vulnerability disappointed me so much. It wasn’t like her at all to go through with a stupid decision like that. But I knew exactly why she did it. Maybe she just wasn’t ready to hear what had happened on that weekend, I could only imagine how she was feeling let alone know what she was thinking. But if tonight out of all nights wasn’t the right time to tell her, when was it?
I could feel Niall staring at me as my whole thought process was going into full drive, “You know something.” it was more of a statement than a question, 
“I don’t know what you mean.” I denied looking to my left knowing exactly what he meant,
“Spill!” he said folding his arms, 
There was no point in arguing with an Irish man. I swiped my hand across my fringe to the side and avoided eye contact again, tapping my foot, “I told her about the weekend.”
Niall’s arms unfolded and slapped against his sides, “What? Why would you do that?” 
“I —”
“You know how much Zayn has changed since he met her,” he interrupted, “It’s like he’s his old self again, I couldn’t bare it if he went back to his old ways!”
“Niall..”
“Louis.”
I shook my head, “I feel the same way, trust me I do but”
He interrupted again before letting me finish, “Then why would you tell him? It could end like that!” he clicked his finger,
“Niall, look how tonight turned out. And what about those other few nights that happened a couple of weeks ago?”
He frowned, trying to think back.
I went on, “As long as Anna is in the picture Zayn is always going to hold his past with him and telling him about Josh is going to change that.”
Niall stared at me knowing I was right. There was a long pause between us until he finally let out a sigh, “Okay.” he nodded, “Do what you gotta do..”
We both never wanted Zayn to go back to his old ways, none of us did. Who knew it could only take just one night and one girl to bring him back to who he truly was. And for that, I was forever thankful to Holly for giving us back the Zayn we all missed and loved.
It was time to tell him the news that obviously wasn’t going to go down well at first, but I knew with a little bit of encouragement and support from all of us everything would turn out okay again.