The Boy Next Door (UNCONTINUED)

Chapter 22

Anna's POV;

'Hi, I uuuhm,, I'm Zayn. Zayn Malik.' He said stuttering. I'd never seen him like this. 'Hi Zayn, what are you going to sing for us?' Simon asked and he answerred. 'Ok, the stage is yours.' Simon then said, Zayn sighed and started singing, a song that he never sung in front of me before, "Let Me Love You" by Mario. He was amazing, it sounded like it came straight from the heart and it did, because as he finished he looked over at me. This was for me, he sang this for me, the lyrics, they meant something, 'You should let me love you..', what did he mean? Did I push him away? No, no, I was sure I wasn't doing that. It must mean something else, does he, no, it can't be... Does he want me, us, to be together as more then friends? I started thinking back to the past few weeks as Zayn was getting his judgement and then I realized something. At graduation, he had been shy, he had been checking me out differently, he had been acting weird at the party. Was he, was he jealous of that jock that tried to hit on me? Is that why he walked away and didn't want to answer me? Zayn came of the stage and he picked me up, swirled me around all happy and I didn't even know why so I was looking very surprised by it. 'I'm through! The next round! They all said yes!' he said to me all excited and my mouth dropped. 'Wow, what? Really?! Oh my god Zayn!!' I squeeled back at him and gave him a hug. 'Bootcamp is in 4 weeks, also here, in London, during introduction week, I'll miss 2 days but that's ok, oh my god Anna, I'm so happy! Boot camp, wow!' he said to me and I smiled, I loved seeing him this happy. He grabbed my hand and we ran towards his parents who also started screaming and jumping around of happiness like Zayn and I had done just a few minutes before. Zayn did a few interviews they might use for the episodes and then we went back to the car. We talked and rambled the whole way back to the hotel and during diner we told all about our day to my parents and everyone was really excited. Our parents stayed in the hotel bar as Zayn and I walked back to our room to go watch a movie. 'Oh my god Anna, I still can't believe it.' Zayn said as we stepped out of the elevator on our floor. 'Well you better start believing it, you're going to bootcamp!' I said and he smiled. He then put his arm around me and said 'Thanks Anna, I could've never done this without you.' He looked me right in the eyes and then it hit me, we were changing, changing into something more then friends. 'You're welcome' I said pushing him of me to get my key for our room. We walked into our room, I threw my back in the corner with my suitcase and Zayn grabbed my hand motioning me to turn around towards him. 'I'm serious Anna, if you wouldn't have..' 'I know Zayn, but you had to, your voice is amazing!' He gave me a weak smile and it looked like he was leaning in to kiss me. I turned my head grabbing the remote and turning the TV on. 'So, what you wanna watch?' I asked him and I saw he looked somewhat stunned by my turning away. 'Just, whatever you'd like.' He said and he layed down on the bed. I sat next to him and he grabbed my hand. 'Just, Anna..'