~A Little Too Close~

Chapter 3

*Harry's P.O.V.*

she insisted she loved Johnny. but i knew she was lying. she didn't love him. she didn't hate him, either. but she sure as hell didn't love him. she loved someone else.

"Anastasia." i quietly said, everyone had their eyes on me. Zayn had grabbed Nicole, but now he let her go and kept his brown eyes staring right through my soul. i quickly turned my head to see Anastasia looking at me, she felt sorry, i can see it in her green orbs. she had feelings for me. i knew it.

"Annie. call me Annie." she quickly stated , standing up straight.

i grabbed her hand, and i was gently pulling it close to kiss it. she pulled back. i looked into her green eyes, i felt tears streaming down my cheek. this is the first time any girl has pulled back. first time.

"No Harry. i can't. why don't you fucking understand i'm currently in a relationship ?! can't you just leave me alone please?" she cried.

i felt Nicole walking closer to her, comforting her with a hug. Annie just nodded her head, tears streaming down her face. she didn't like this situation any more than i did.

"Please, Harry, Zayn, just leave." Nicole said while opening the door waiting for us to walk out and pretend nothing happened. well i am not leaving, i just need a chance. but she insisted that we left.

"Yeah, yeah, um, let's go Zayn." i say wiping my tears. I glanced over to Annie whose mascara was running.

"Bye Zayn." Nicole said, giving him a friendly hug.

"B-Bye Nicole." he said, on the verge of crying too.

"Nikki. you can gladly call me Nikki. just please don't come back. in school, we can be just friends, nothing more, nothing less. please?" she said .

"Sure." is all he said.

i walked towards the door. my car was just around the corner.

"W-We can take you, if you want." Annie said suddenly. i was parted my lips to say yes but Zayn spoke.

"Nahh, it's fine, Harry has a car. he'll just drive us home, don't worry." he said.

i gave him a death glare. how could he ?! this was my chance, but he ruined it.

"Let's go Zayn." i say walking outside.

"Bye." we all said at the same time.

why must my life be so fucked up?! yeah, in a month or so, me and Zayn will audition for The X Factor. we've been told we have great voices, so we decided to go solo. after all, we can still be friends. i love Annie. he loves Nikki. we love them, so that's why we decided it was now or never. we wanted to ask them to be our girlfriends to accompany us to audition. but they turned us down. now, there's nothing we can do in a month to change their minds. nothing. the thought if that made a couple tears stream down my cheeks.

"Erm, you alright mate?" i heard Zayn ask , i knew he had seen the tears.

"Y-Yeah, i'm fine." i smiled. it was totally a fake smile, though. i'm good at that.

we walked to my car and got inside quietly, it was night and if the neighbors heard anything, they would call the cops. and we don't need any more problems .

the car ride was silent. a couple times i had to peer over to Zayn, to see if he was okay too. he noticed and gave me a weak smile.

"We're going home, right.?" he asked.

"yeah o-of c-course we are." i stuttered.

he asked what was wrong but i didn't give him an answer. i wasn't gonna show any weakness to him, being my bestfriend , or anyone else. we were known as the 'tough' guys a.k.a bad boys. we cannot and must not show any weakness or they will tell everyone in the school and we're doomed.

"alright Harry, i know something's wrong. i know it. i'm your bestfriend and you can tell me anything ." he said finally.

"W-well, i have loved Annie since the first day and i didn't want people to know i was in love with a 'geek'. but now, i don't care because i know she isn't a geek and she is so beautiful. and i wanted to tell her i love her today, because it'll be too late another day. but she turned me down. it's hard. i've never been turned down before. and now, i'll probably never see her again because The X Factor. what if we get in? i won't see her, or Nikki." i said out of breath.

"Woah, man." is all he said.

after that, the ride was silent. the only thing you could hear were the rustling leaves. i looked out the window. it looks like it's going to rain.

*****

"We're here " i say turning to see Zayn sound asleep. "ZAYN!" i shouted.

he twitched, and opened his eyes slowly. "what the hell man?!" he said.

"WE'RE HERE." i shout.

he just rolls his eyes and jumps out of the car to see it had been raining but he was asleep so he didn't notice.

i got out and we went inside the flat. i was hungry so i headed for the fridge. nothing. ugh. no food. well, there is food, but nothing of my taste. i lived with Zayn, and we liked the same things, but he likes chicken, i don't. i love tacos, and he doesn't. but that doesn't ruin anything.

i just jump on the couch in the living room and go to sleep not wanting to deal with any more bullshit.

*****

"hey man , wake up it's 9:30 am. you went to sleep at around 11 pm yesterday ! get up Hazz!" i wake up to hear Zayn screaming in my ear.

"i'm up ." i say hesitating to get up.

"seriously man , get up. i got a text from Nikki & Annie." he says.

with that being said , i get up , run to the bathroom to shower .

after the shower , Zayn goes inside while i change into a white v-neck and jeans. i start lightly combing my curls. thinking about what they wanted. what if they changed their minds and they want us ? i was super excited !

i hear Zayn getting out of the shower and i quickly jogged to the bathroom to brush my teeth. if i was gonna kiss Annie , i sure as hell don't want to have bad breath.

Zayn goes to his room to change . i try to hurry up and when i'm done , i run to my car.

i wait for Zayn to come out of the front door. i turn on the radio to a Bruno Mars song, "Just The Way You Are"

i finally spot Zayn walking out and i turn on the engine.

"What do they want?" i ask out of nowhere.

"i dunno , they just want to see us. " he says under his breath while he goes into the back seat.

"back seat?" i question him.

"yeah. it's easy to lay down here " he says with a wink .

after that , like always , he fell asleep and the car ride was awkward and silent . except for the radio because it was on,