Zayn POV
"Absolutely not. No. We can't possibly pull this off in 2 days.”
"But, Zayn-.”
His face was pleading with me, and I actually felt badly. Which is weird because I don't ever feel badly about anything that I do. But, if we planned on getting everyone in and out of the bank safely, we couldn't do this in 2 days. Someone was bound to get arrested. Even a week was pushing it.
"Look Niall", I said, "I love you. I love Emily. But, there's no way that we can do this in 2 days. Think about it. Are we the least bit prepared? You're rarely even here, and you don't even know what the plan is. We will find another way to get it, but 2 days is out of the question.”
He looked at the ground and ran his hand through his hair.
"Sorry", he apologized to us, "I didn't want to put any of us in danger. I just can't fathom the thought of her dying.”
"She won't", Liam said, jumping off of the counter, "We'll figure something out. We love her and you.”
Niall nodded, but I could tell that he wasn't all that happy with the decision. It sucked, but it was the truth. We couldn't do it.
"Can I talk to you for a minute, Zayn?” Harry asked grabbing a bottle of water out of the fridge.
"No.”
I knew he was going to try and talk me into it, and I didn't feel like hearing it. My mind was made up. Either way, he laughed.
"I'm sorry. I phrased that as a question. Zayn, come talk to me.”
He eyed me, and I got up. I really didn't feel like an argument, especially considering what was happening with Keating. We walked into his room, and he shut the door. Groaning, I sat on his bed.
"What do you want?"
"We can pull this off in 2 days.”
"No, we can't", I said, "And you know that. We're not prepared.”
"We'll never be prepared. We're 5 guys and a girl with prior experience from almost a month ago.”
"My point exactly. We need more time.”
"Emily needs more time, Zayn. We can give it to her. You know Niall will never forgive us or himself if Emily dies before we rob another bank.”
He had a point. When Niall got depressed, he completely shut down on all of us. It had only happened once before when he and Emily broke up, and that was bad.
"Do you want to know what happened at the hospital with Liam, Reagan, and me?"
I wasn't sure where he was going with this.
"Um, not really. Why?"
"Reagan, are you okay? Just keep applying pressure to it.”
"I know that", she said, "Just get me there and quickly.”
She began muttering to herself. Weird girl.
"I still can't believe he shot me.”
"You and me both", Liam said, "I knew he liked you, but this is a little extreme.”
Her eyes lit up, and Harry glared at Liam. Whoops.
"He what?"
"Nothing", Harry said, "Liam doesn't know what he's talking about.”
"Give it a rest", Liam sighed, "She might as well know for herself. Zayn likes you. We kinda think this was his way of showing it.”
"By shooting me?"
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Hostage
Fanfiction#1 When things take a turn for the worst for this group of misfits, Zayn comes up with their only solution: rob a bank. But, when a hostage, Reagan, is accidentally taken, Zayn gets more than he bargained for. Not only does Reagan fall for him, but...
