"No sooner they liked, but they loved..."
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Chapter 30
July 30, 2015
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"Why would you even say that?" Ella shouted at Zayn, gathering her shirt and pants from Zayn's bedroom floor.
"Babe, I was kidding"
"No you fucking weren't, Zayn. And even if you were, that's not at all funny. You ought to know by now that I have never loved anybody. And I will never love anybody else." she cried.
"Sweetheart, I do know that. I was just messing around. It's okay, baby girl."
Zayn took Ella in his arms, rubbing her back, trying to soothe the sobbing girl.
"Why would you say that? Why?" she sobbed, grabbing her phone from off of his bedside table.
"Baby, stop" Zayn said, grabbing her arm.
"No, you stop. How dare you say anything about my love for you. Do you honestly think that I could, for one minute, love someone while I'm saying that I love you?"
"I was being sarcastic, baby girl"
"You know what, I'm gonna go." Ella told him, slipping her sweatshirt over her head, pants over her legs, and boots over her jeans.
"Baby, don't go. Please stay with me" Zayn pleaded.
"No. I need to go." Ella kissed his cheek, and walked out of his bedroom.
Zayn ran after her as she walked, quickly, down the stairs. "Ella, wait"
She slammed the front door behind her, feeling the tears gather in her eyes.
Maybe it was stupid for her getting upset, or offended over the fact that he had made some snide remark about how she would probably leave him, and love another.
Surely, she thought to herself, he would know that she loved him more than everything.
She got into her car, and drove home, thinking of Zayn the entire drive, and falling asleep to the sound of rain, and wishing that he were there to lay beside her.
