Faking It

Chapter 10: The Fake Date

Chapter 10

The Fake Date

  Zayn and I look at each other and then back at Faith.

  “What do you mean?” Zayn says.

  She sighs, “Well, management stopped by earlier to basically set up a date for you two in public because you haven’t been seen together yet. Liam went up to get you guys to find you both gone. We called you guys but your phones were here,”She pointed to the coffee table with two phones on it then continues, “So the boys have been out for the last hour looking for you guys and management is agitated.”

  Zayn sighs, “Just what we need.”

  Just then the front door flies open and Liam says, “We didn’t find th-” He looks up to see me and Zayn standing there and he glares at us, “Where the hell were you?” I try not to act surprised because Liam hardly ever cussed.

  I try to think of a good lie, “I- um- We-uh-”

  Zayn clears his throat, “Hope went to see a friend of hers last night and I went with her. She ended up falling asleep and it was late so we just slept there.”

  Liam looks inbetween us and finally nods, “Just take your phones next time.”

  I relax, “You’re right. Sorry.”

  Liam just sighs and walks off to his room and I go back to Zayn’s. I walk out onto the small balcony with two chairs and a small table. I sit down in a chair and look behind me making sure the room was empty. I pull a cigarette out of my purse and light it. After a few seconds I feel relaxed. The balcony door opens and I jump. I see Zayn leaning against the door frame looking at me.

  He sits in the chair next to me, “I didn't know you smoked.”

  I put out my cigarette and lick my lips, “No one does but Faith.”

  “Not even Dylan?”

  I lean back in the chair, “He thinks I stopped.”

  I hear him shift in his seat, “And Liam doesn’t either, I’m guessing.”

  I clench my jaw, “No, he doesn’t.”

  “Geez, calm down. You got a lighter?”

  I look over at him to see him holding a cigarette giving me an expectant look. I hand him my lighter from my purse and he lights his cigarette.

  I put my face in my hands and we sit in silence until Zayn finally speaks, “Why did you go to America?”

  I stiffen, “To find my mom.”

  “Why does Liam think you went?”

  I laugh slightly, “To find myself.”

  A smile tugs at Zayn’s lips but quickly disappears, “Really?”

  I nod and Zayn says, “So, what happened in America?”

  I shrug caually and say, “I found her.”

  I can feel his eyes on me, “Anything else?”

  “Nothing you need to know about.”

  There was a long silence then Zayn says, “With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”

  "Water for Elephants?"

  "You're ruining it."

  "I got it right though?"