Rare Love

Chapter 4

"Why are you putting on makeup?" Mom asks nonchalantly leaning by my door frame.

"Because you hit me."

"Stop lying!"

"MOM, I'M NOT LYING and... you shook—you shook Chloe too!"

She walks out while saying, "Don't be late today."

I look at myself in the mirror, thinking what it would be like if dad was here. I shake the thought out of my head and head down the stairs.

"I don't have time to take you so you're going to have to walk," she says, searching the house for her keys.

"What about Chloe?"

"She's sick, so one of our lovely neighbors offered to watch her, but you don't need to be late."

I find the keys by the fern plant and start dangling them.

"Thanks, bye sweetie!" She gives me a kiss on the cheek. A few minutes after she leaves, I start walking.

I am half way there when I hear somebody yelling my name. Thinking I am hearing stuff, I keep walking but come to find out that it is Zayn. He pulls up beside me, stops the car, and gets out.

"I have only known one person who would be stupid enough to park in the middle of the road."

He smirks, "Guess I'm that one stupid person."

"What do you want?"

"Well, I was on my way to school, but I saw this beautiful girl walki—"

He stops talking and stares at my face and I know what he is staring at.

"What happened to the right side of your face?"

Yep, I'm caught, makeup doesn't hide much. Great!

"N-Nothing... I don't know what you're talking about," I say backing up.

"But your che—"

"I'm gonna be late for school," I state, walking away fast.

But he grabs my hand and pulls me close.

"Hey, I'm sorry. It may not be such a big deal, but I'm just worried."

There I am again, getting lost in those beaming eyes. I just can't help myself. Then I realize I am going to be late for school so I start walking faster.

However, he grabs my hand again. "Zayn, we're both gonna be late if you keep doing this!"

"Okay, then let's go!" he says, gesturing towards his car. Thank god, we make it on time and guess who is trying to open my locker. That's right! Taylor.

I walk up to her with a confused look on my face.

"What are you doing?"

She stares at me and then walks away, but I can see that she is talking to Zayn from afar.

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"Have you crushed her soul yet?"

"Hey, relax it's only been two days, give it some time. Besides, why were you trying to open her locker?"

"You know you look really sexy in that uniform."

"Taylor! Answer my question."

"I was trying to find some dirt."

"I thought you said you've known her for three three years."

"I do, but she doesn't really talk about her mom or anything like that a lot."

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I decide to walk over and see just exactly what or who they were talking about.

"Hey guys, what's up?"

"Oh Robin, I'm gonna catch you later."

Zayn gives Taylor a quick glare and leaves.

I find that a little... odd.

"So, what were you and Zayn talking about?"

"Oh! I was just telling him that if he breaks your heart, then I'll break his face."

"Awe... I'm so glad to have an awesome best friend like you!" I give her a tight hug.

*RING* *RING*

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~LUNCH TIME~

"So, where do you wanna sit for lunch?"

"Um... I gotta go talk to Zayn so I'll ju—"

She grabs my arm, "Listen Robin, I think he's bad news."

I think for a minute. I can tell she is getting agitated.

"Whatever! I'm gonna go sit, before my food gets cold. If he breaks your heart then don't come running back to me."

I can't believe she actually says that to me. She has always been there for me, so if Zayn does break my heart, would she be there or would she leave me hanging like she said?

Whatever, I don't have time for this. I know she is just bluffing, she would be back to her normal self tomorrow (she always does this). So, I just take a deep breath and walk over to Zayn's table.

I expect to find maybe two guys at his table, but he has the whole football team! Uh-oh... I hope this goes well.

"Hey Zayn, mind if I sit with you?"

He continues talking but I know he heard me.

"Zayn, one of your ladies wants to sit with you.", One of the guys says with a smirk.

He looks at me and asks, "What lady?"

He has the whole football team laughing then, so I pretend to laugh too. Then he gets up and walks past me but as he does, he flips my entire tray so that it falls on me then he comes back and pours two cases of milk on me. As if this wasn't bad enough, whenever I get really embarrassed I start farting like I'm lactose intolerant so I have the whole cafeteria smelling.

I run out fast and rush into the girls bathroom only to find two girls making out and then one of them asks me to join them (yeah, my school is that freaky). I walk into the bathroom stall until the bell rung for 5th period, then I walk home, take a hot shower, change into my pajamas and cry myself to sleep.

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