Chapter 37: Calling it Quits

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Zayn's POV*

"I've been thinking," I said to the boys a few minutes after Ally went to bed early.

Liam grabbed a soda from the fridge and opened it while Louis and Niall feasted on two sandwiches and a bag of crisps. Harry couldn't make it what with a sore throat and high temperature, but we still rang up his telly so he could still hear what I was going to say.

"What have you been thinking about?" Liam asked, taking another sip. I breathed in and out for a couple seconds before I eased on the topic by saying plainly, "Paparazzi is insane. I went to the store to get Ally-stuff- and they swarmed me with questions totally irrelevant to what I was doing."

"Oooh, stuff?" Louis implied with a smirk. He shoulder bumped Niall and continued eating his sandwich.

"Same with Brianna and I. We were just walking through the park and we were mobbed by questions," Liam said.

"Chassiti isn't over there, is she?" Harry asked through the phone. We all shook our heads, and then I told him no after I realized he couldn't see us.

"Oh, where is she?"

No one at the table really knew, considering we hadn't seen Chassiti, Bella, or Ashlinne in weeks. I looked at Niall, because if he knew where Ashlinne was, Chassiti was bound to be there too since they were sisters.

"I saw Ash walking with Bella downtown yesterday," he said, "Though I went to talk to her and she didn't respond. She looked down most of the time and for a second I thought she might've been someone else when she didn't except my hug."

"They've all been acting weird. And with Where We Are over and a break between On The Road Again, we'll have more time to figure everything out," Louis compromised.

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Ally's POV*

Zayn came home at around 11am, while I was still asleep. I felt him gently shake me awake; he had a cup of coffee already made in his left hand.

I lifted myself up and stretched, making a weird baby dinosaur sound. My messy bun was even messier since I slept in it, and I'm pretty sure I went to bed in Zayn's hoodie.

"You look as beautiful as ever," He said, smiling, as he handed me the cup of coffee.

"We've dated for a long while, you don't have to lie anymore," I replied smiling as well.

He sat down gently next to me as I took a sip of coffee. It was my favorite creamer- ice cream. He knew me really well to know that.

"Why are you sleeping so late? I figured you'd be up by now," Zayn implied as I pushed the covers off of my exposed legs. I eased out of bed and went to go brush my teeth.

"I don't know, I just felt tired," I said, uncapping my tooth brush.

Zayn came up behind me and put his hands on the counter- a hand on each side of me.

"Well, I was hoping we could try calling up the other girls and possibly hitting up a yogurt place or something."

I continued brushing my teeth, but nodded in favor. I finished up and let my messy hair out of my bun and started brushing.

"No, let me," Zayn said, gently grabbing the hair brush and began untangling my long hair. HIs fingers intertwined with strands of hair to help get most of the tangles out, which is why I loved him brushing my hair.

"I talked to June yesterday," I popped, "about Kyle."

"Yeah? What did she say?"

"He was arrested for illegal drug use on- animals."

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