Our Secret-A Zerrie Fanfic

Part 2-Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Zayn's POV

Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion yet so many things were happening simultaneously.

The bouquet of roses I bought for Perrie slowly slipped out of my hands and took a tumble for the ground, landing with a soft thud. Just like in the movies, the flowers lightly bounced off the floor and landed back with a softer thud, the individual stalks coming out of place from the bouquet.

As if it defied gravity, the flowers seemed to take minutes to reach the ground as I watched Perrie kissing the unknown man. "No." was all I thought in my mind. I watched with eyes wide as their lips connected, it seemed so surreal. Those lips were supposed to be mine against hers, why didn't my lips feel anything?

I couldn't feel my legs, my body felt like it was a puppet, it swayed aimlessly and I had no control. I had to gripped the door for support, disbelief took over me. I was trying to process what in front of my eyes. Why would Perrie do this to me? She wouldn't, would she?

'Stop trying to find excuses for Perrie!' A voice in my head commanded. 'You took the earliest flight home to surprise her. You bought flowers for her to see her kissing someone else! Believe it or not, it's true!'

'No no no no no no'. The 'no's flooded my head that I didn't notice it had escaped through my lips. The pair broke apart and Perrie, who's back was facing me turned to face me. Her eyes widened in shock, but not a tinge of guilt. Why?

"Zayn! I can explain! He..." I wanted to cut her off, I didn't want to hear a word yet I wanted to know that she wouldn't cheat on me. She wouldn't. The unknown man slapped her. Perrie winced in pain and gripped her face tightly. The man spat at her face, "Say a word, and he gets it from me."

A shiver ran through my spine. He slapped her. How dare he, it reminded me of the time Perrie got slapped at the bar because she was trying to find Samantha for me. It had happened just slightly more than a month ago, what had happened in between while I was in North America?

We just went public just a couple of weeks back before the North American tour, I just took the earliest flight after the last gig and rushed home to be with her, why was this happening?

Many unanswered questions ran through my mind. I was in confusion, all I needed was answers. The man smirked at me, advancing towards me. He wasn't the type Perrie would like, why was she kissing him? He made me cringe, he looked like a maniac, full of evil intentions.

'I just have to trust Perrie. She wouldn't cheat. She loves you.' I told myself over and over again in my mind as I clenched my fist shut.

"So you're Zayn Malik. The famous one and only Zayn Malik. Boyfriend of Perrie Edwards."

He looked at my fist and his smirked grew even wider, obviously pleased that I was agitated by him. I kept my mouth sealed tight and watched him with narrowed eyes.

Before I knew it, he had sent me a punch and I was on the floor. "Zayn!" I heard Perrie cried out, her voice full of worry but I ignored it. I took a few seconds to recollect myself on the floor before I stood up again as the man nodded his head, clearly taking this as a sign of the start of a fight.

"You're one tough cookie." He grabbed my shirt and I could smell his breathe, full of the strong cigarette smell. He punched me once again, and I quickly recovered and got back up to my feet. It repeated a few times, the punches thrown getting harder and harder. I didn't punch back, Perrie didn't like it when I fought. Why did I care about what she liked anyway?

I licked my upper lip and tasted blood. I quickly wiped it away and looked back at the man straight into his eyes.

"How did it feel, watching your little girl kiss me? Still recovering from the shock are you?" He taunted afrer realizing that I wasn't going to fight back.

"He forced the kiss on me Zayn! It's not like what it seemed!" Perrie was quick to defend herself.

"That's what they always say. Like you actually expect her to go like 'Zayn, I was cheating on you I'm sorry.'" He mocked in a sarcastic tone.

The more he had tried to sow discord between Perrie and I, the more I believed she was innocent.

"That's not true Zayn! He's the one that I.." Perrie cried in exasperation.

"I told you to shut up! Now he's going to get it like how I said he would!" The man's voice boomed through the entire house and I felt his huge rough hands gripping around my throat, cutting off my air supply.

I coughed and gasped, struggling to breathe while he tightened his grip on my neck and beamed with pleasure. His hands were so huge that it wrapped around my entire neck and I was having more difficulty to breathe as the seconds passed by.

"Get off him!" Perrie ran forward and helplessly attempted to get the man to loosened his grip on me. She scratched and she pulled but the man was not budging. I was starting to feel giddy now, Perrie's petite size was no match for the man's huge and muscular size.

With one hand, he swerved his hands backwards and it was enough to send Perrie flying across half the living room. My eyes widened as she laid on the floor, groaning in pain.

I snapped and decided that I was about to tolerate no more. With all the anger and every ounce of energy that I had in me, I raised my fist and punched him squarely in the jaw.

His grip loosened, but I decided to punch him directly in his face again and again. Perrie was still on the floor in pain, I noticed a small puddle of blood around her as she winced in pain.

Every punch I delivered got harder and harder as I was determined to have the man knocked out. I tackled him to the floor and with now my body atop of his, he finally was out cold.

I rushed towards Perrie and scooped her into my arms, running as fast as my legs could carry me. I struggled as I locked upthe house so I could settle the man later. I desperately tried to hail a cab, running and running till I could get one.

I gently placed her down and hopped in, and asked the driver to drive quickly to the nearest hospital.

I realized I had to call her girls and inform them of what happened. They would be hysterical if they found out Perrie was in the hospital and I didn't inform them. Luckily for me, I had Jade's contact in my phone and I quickly dialed her number.

"Jade, you and the others get to the hospital near my house asap. Perrie's injured."

"What!" Her screech hurt my ears. "What happened?!"

"Just get there quick please, I'll explain."

We hung up and I turned to Perrie. She was resting her head on my shoulder and I could feel her breathing heavily, her eyes were squeezed shut but she was wincing in pain.

The car seat was bloodied now and I didn't know where she was injured.

"Perrie, where's hurting babe?"

"My.. My stomach." She slightly lifted her head and whispered weakly, forcing the words out with the little energy she had left.

"We're the nearing the hospital, you're gonna be fine babe." I assured her.

"But Zayn, I..."

"Shh babe, don't talk we'll do so after you're ok. We're reaching, hang in there." I lightly pushed her head back down on my shoulder and place my hand in hers.

"We're here mister, you better get her in quick, she looks like she need immediate medical attention." The driver announced.

"Thanks!" I noticed the car seat was badly stained by Perrie's blood so I threw a hundred bill on the passenger seat. "Please, keep the change for a car wash, I'm sorry for the inconvenience!"

I ran into the hospital and rushed up at the counter. "Please, my girlfriend's injured I don't know what happened!"

"Place her on the stretcher our team of doctors is coming." The lady at the counter instructed me.

I placed Perrie down as she was wheeled away. I ran after her till they wheeled her into the surgical theatre. I slumped down in my seat and burried my face in my hands. I was so confused I didn't know what happened over at my house, and what was going to happen to Perrie.