Vague

Chapter 6

*Zayn POV*

Zoey stood in front of me with an open mouth. Finally, she processed my words and replied "Hi Zayn! We were just hanging out, come in!" 

She shot a death glare at Sarah, I don't know why though. Didn't she want me hanging out with them?

I was shocked at the sight which met my eyes as I entered the living room. Lisa and Matt (I guess) were holding hands and staring at each other like nobody else existed. It made my palms curl into fists. Why was I reacting? There's nothing wrong with her having a boyfriend.

"Take a seat Zayn!" Sarah said.

Lisa turned to me with wide eyes, obviously she hadn't noticed when I walked in. She was, ahem, busy.

"Zayn! How're you?" she smiled at me warmly.

"I'm fine, I just happened to bump into Sarah and offered to drop her home and she invited me over for some time", I gushed. Why was I so nervous?

"That's nice. I really couldn't talk to you much the other day!"

"Meet Matt, he's our friend" Zoey said.

"Hello" I said, rather bitterly. I couldn't help myself.

"Hi! Nice to meet you" he said brightly.

"Matt, Zayn's from One Direction. Surely you've heard of them?" Sarah asked.

"Of course, they're taking over the world now, aren't they? Besides, when you're friends with Zoey, you can't possible not hear about One Direction" he grinned at me.

"Zayn, do want drinks or something? I completely forgot to ask you!" Sarah exclaimed.

"Yeah, just some water please" I said politely. Sarah hurried away to the kitchen.

"But seriously, how come you girls befriended a celebrity?" Matt asked bemusedly. He seemed to be a nice guy, I just couldn't put my finger on the reason of my annoyed feeling.

"Cause we're cool as that."

"Lisa, do you mind if I ask you something?" I said tentatively. This question could make things awkward, but I had to know. It had been nagging in my mind since a long time.

"Yeah sure, go on."

"Are you both together?" I pointed at her and then at Matt.

Zoey covered her mouth with her hand, to stop herself from laughing out loud. Matt looked bewildered. What had happened?

"Oh hell no!" Lisa exclaimed. Phew, I sighed mentally. What was up with me? It shouldn't matter so much. But I couldn't stop my mouth.

"I saw you guys holding hands and stuff when I walked in!" I tried to say casually.

Sarah came back with croissants and a glass of water. I just realised how hungry I was.

"Matt and I lost a bet to Zoey, so she made us behave like a lovestruck couple for today. She just knows how to make things as awkward as possible. Matt is one of my best friends." she glared at Zoey, who was laughing. She looked cute when she was frowning, the way her eyes narrowed and crinkles appeared in her forehead.

Wait, did I just think that? I need to get a grip on myself.

We talked and chilled for the rest of the evening. Zoey excused Lisa and Matt from the bet, much to my relief. It felt nice get to away from my busy life for a while and spend time with actual people.

I was talking to Sarah when I noticed Lisa excuse herself, with her phone in her hand. I was reminded of the calls and text she received that day at the restaurant. It was like nosing into her matters, but I wanted to follow her. She could be in trouble.

I excused myself saying that I had to go to the washroom, I needed to fix my hair. That was a lame excuse, but Sarah bought it. I wanted to know what tensed Lisa so much.

She went to a room upstairs. I went after her and stood outside the room.

"No, I don't want to meet you anywhere", she said coldly. I could only hear her side of the conversation, she did not put the phone on speaker.

"Fuck you, get away from me. You're ruining my life." Who was the person on the other end?

"I'm better off without you, I don't need you, get away from my fucking life!" she screamed. She didn't say anything more, so I guess she hung up. I wanted to go in and comfort her. But I headed back downstairs, I didn't want her to know that I'd heard it.

She came back after some time, and sat next to Zoey. She went on like nothing had happened. Nobody else noticed the scared look behind her smile...

Just then, I got a call from the lads. They were at my flat to pick me up, we had to go to management's office for some meeting.

I promised the girls to hang out with them later. I drove back to my flat, with only one thing and one girl on my mind.

What was the thing about her that got me hooked?