More Than This

Chapter 2 - have you seen Zoe?

2 months later

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My phone lit up the room as it lay on my bedside cabinet,the light poured in through a small gap in the curtains, must be morning I thought to myself grabbing my phone as it rang.

"Hi zayn!" I picked up.

"Niall,I need you to come down to the hospital please" his voice shivered.

"What! Why?" Zayn had already hung up, I flung myself out of bed and got myself dressed.

Just as I was about to leave I clasped my house phone and dialled Zoe's number,tonight was the night I'd planned to tell Zoe how I felt about her,I couldn't wait! My heart pounded as the tones bellowed into my ear.

'Hi ,you've reached Zoe! Please leave a message after the tone' her voice chirped. Wierd? Zoe was glued to her phone ,she always picks up. I presumed she was still asleep or in the shower as I hopped into my car. The wheels span as I headed for the hospital.

The camera flashes blinded me as I stumbled out the car,the paps must have beat me to the hospital,my sweaty plasm were shaking and I sprinted along the hallways to a desk with a nurse sitting at it.

"Excuse me? Erm I'm looking for Zayn Malik?" I spoke out of breath.

The women didn't glance up " are you a relative?" It was weird when people didn't know who I was.

"No,I'm his best mate"

"I'm sorry but I can't let you In to see zayn and Perrie" she told me.

Perrie? What was going on.

I texted zayn and with a matter of seconds he arrived at the reception and dragged me away down the narrow corridors.

"Zayn? What the fuck is going on!" I wailed.

"Perrie lost her baby Niall! She lost her baby,okay?" Zayn took a moment them collapsed at my feet crying in floods of tears.

My body froze,my heart bounding so loud I couldn't hear anything but my heart beating through my ears,a stray tear glided across my Cheek...

"I'm so sorry Zayn" my voice crinkled.

"She's in there" his hand pointed to a small room opposite us as it shook uncontrollably.

I edged my way slowly into Perries room were she sat slumped and miserable on an uncomfortable hospital bed. Her eyes wandered around the room lost until they hit me "thanks Niall but I really wouldn't like any visitors" she mumbled.

"Okay,I'm sorry perrie ,I'm always here" I told her heading for the door.

"Wait Niall!" She cried after me. "Tell Zoe for me please?" She whimpered.

I nodded and left her alone ,trotting on back down the corridor I couldn't find zayn,I presumed he'd done his own thing so I decided to leave the hospital.

I jumped in my car and dialled Zoe's number ,I rang it three times ,still no answer.

Now I was starting to get a bit worried,hoping Zoe had just lost her phone I drove to her flat not knowing what I was about to come across...

"Zoe!" I yelled banging my fist hard against her front door. No response.

Luckily I knew where she kept her spare key, I slid my hand across the top of the door frame to where a dusty key fell into my palms.

Turning the key quickly in the lock I made my way in, "Zoe!" I continued to yell through the flat. Firstly I made my way into her bedroom ,which was messy,typical Zoe! But she wasn't there... I investigated every inch of her 2 bedroom flat but Zoe wasn't there. Everything seemed normal throughout the walls of the flat however something still wasn't right.