Hush-Hush ✧z.m.✧

Nine.

A knock on my dorm door caused my pencil to grow still in my hand. 

I inhaled quietly trying to see if I recognized the scent of the person on the other side.

"Oh for fucks sake." I mumbled as I pushed myself up from my desk chair. 

The moment I opened the door I leaned against the door frame, my eyes trailing to Jane as she stood there nervously. She took a deep breath, as if talking to me was something that required a great amount of courage. But then again, I was kind of a cold bitch so I don't blame her.

"What's up?" I asked casually, watching her as she began playing with the rings on her fingers.

"Hey, I was just wondering if maybe...you wanted to grab a bite to eat or something...?" her voice was soft and hesitant. 

Honey, I don't think you'd really enjoy the food I eat. 

"I ate already." I stated truthfully. 

Her heart beat began to pound furiously, her eyes widening. 

"Oh okay! It's fine, I was just wondering." she quickly fumbled out before taking a step back. 

I bit my lip, watching as she gave me a small smile before turning around to leave our dorm.

And then suddenly it hit me. This feeling. A strange feeling; sympathy. 

I clenched my jaw in frustration. Why the fuck did I feel bad? Maybe it was her innocent personality or her hesitant and gentle manner. I don't know. But that fucker was making me feel bad for brushing her off and I hated it.

Before I could stop myself I shouted, "Wait!"

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"Oh I might have forgotten to mention, Niall and Zayn were coming too." Jane said sheepishly, waving at the two as they sat in the center of the cafeteria. Niall smiled widely, waving at her with lots of enthusiasm. Calm down there buddy.

Zayn on the other hand simply gave us both a closed mouth smile before looking back down at his plate.

I slowly turned my head to her, my eyes burning into her skull.

"And you didn't tell me this before because...?" I ground out, not in the mood to deal with more people than necessary. Especially Mr Happy-Go-Lucky over there.

"Too engrossed in telling you about my crap essay I wrote for our literature class." she said jokingly with a tiny smile.

I sighed before grabbing a tray. 

"So what's happening between you and Happy-Go-Lucky over there?" I said motioning my head back towards Niall.

Her eyes widened and she chuckled nervously.

"What?"

"You heard me." I mumbled as I grabbed a bowl of pasta. 

"Nothing...what makes you think that there's something going on between us? Did he say something?" she said attempting to look calm even though I could just tell she was eager to hear my answer.

Damn girl.

"Seriously? Both of you turn as red as a fucking cherry when you speak to one another. It's obvious that there's feelings and shit." I said bluntly, finding it amusing how my bad mouth made her uncomfortable.

Her heart rate increased further, her perfume doing a good job of blocking the scent of her blood. 

"I mean...I guess I do have a bit of a crush-"