Is It Too Late? {Zayn Malik}

“Are you ashamed of being with me?” Her voice cracked as those words escaped her lips.

I clutched her hand with mine as I tried to make her look at me “Of course not, Clauie. I love you a lot, okay? I just want to protect you”

She pulled her hand away as a single tear escaped her eye “Protect me? Protect me from what?”

“From the press. Don’t you understand?”  I asked desperately as I ran my hands through my hair “My life is really complicated, Clauie. It’s not that easy-“

She scoffed “Well, why don’t I just leave your life for good then, huh, if I make it so complicated”

“Clauie” I begged as I grabbed for her hands but she quickly pushed me away “Please, don’t do this”

“It’s over, Zayn” She said as she turned around, walking to the door.

“Clauie, please” I said, pleadingly, as I ran towards her “Just let me explain-“

“There’s nothing to be explained, Zayn” She said, calmly as she reached behind her neck. I saw her unclasp the silver she promised she would never take off. Running her fingers slightly through the metal, she sniffed as she said “This is goodbye”

With that, she threw the silver to the table next to the door and headed outside, leaving me alone in the apartment with a broken heart.

I felt someone tap my shoulder and I had to pause the game I was playing before looking up to be met by Niall’s blue eyes. He was smiling cheekily at me before he pointed at the group of girls rehearsing some dance steps on the stage.

I raised my eyebrows at him and decided to ignore him and continue my game.

“They’re really good” Niall commented as he continued to watch the group.

The other boys were running around the arena, with the other artist tagging along with them. We were now somewhere in Cardiff, a few hours before the last X Factor Tour show.

I nodded in agreement as I watched the group do their routine again. I spotted Danielle, Liam’s new girlfriend, and watched as she talked to one of the girls, demonstrating one of the stunts. The girl watched as Danielle moved in front of her. She has this black hair which fell down to her shoulders. I was seated on the tenth row so I found it hard to see her eyes, but I could see that they were dark brown- almost black.

I watched as she nodded to Danielle and they both did the stunt and I was amazed at how good they were. I was never great at dancing and I could honestly say that the girl was really good, if possible even better than Danielle.

I found myself watching them dance for a few minutes before they all did the last stunt and they all decided to take a break.

Beside me, Niall clapped at them and some of the dancers, including the girl, looked at our direction and smiled at us. I had a clear view of her face now and saw that she indeed was beautiful.

“You were amazing out there, babe!” Danielle squealed as she entered our dressing room a few minutes after the show ended. She was still wearing her dance costume and I spotted a girl walking behind her, the same girl Danielle was with while they rehearsed.

“You did amazing too, Dani” Liam replied as he wiped his forehead.

“Oh” Danielle smiled as she looked over behind her. “Guys, I would like you to meet Clauie. She’s a new dancer and she’s a really big fan”