Skinny Love { A Zalfie Fanfic }

Zoe

I walked over to Alfie, a smile on my face. Hopefully me going out with Jack would make him come to his senses. I really hated making Alfie jealous but I knew this was the only way I would eventually get him. I didn't want to wait forever. I really did love Alfie, when would he realise that?

"Hey!" I said with a big, forced grin. I was trying to look casual on the outside but on the inside I felt terrible. I felt guilty, I was lying to my best friend whom I loved.

"Hi," he said quietly back to me. I looked curiously at him. He seemed in a terrible mood. I really didn't want to hurt his feelings anymore, but I really was tired of waiting. I wanted him now, I would have to do this. 

"Guess what?" I said slowly, I then started to laugh forcibally to make it all so more authentic. 

"What?" he said, without even looking at me. 

"I'm going on a date with Jack!" I squealed, smiling over at him. Then I froze, Alfie looked devestated. Maybe she wasn't such a good idea...

"That's great, just great," he spat the words out like they were poison in his mouth. Then he stood up and left. He just left. I was shocked, I didn't even get up to call him back. I felt terrible now. I felt like complete shit. 

What had I just done? Maybe my plan wasn't going to work as well as I thought it was going to. 

 Maybe I needed to tell Alfie how I actually felt. Maybe that was the best thing to do. 

I would tell him, that was the only way it was going to work. There was no way he was going to come back to me just because he was jealous. That was not Alfie. 

I started to gaze off into the distance, thinking about how I would tell Alfie that I fancied him. I looked up though when I felt a weight beside me. It was Jack. 

"Hey," he said with a smile. I didn't reply, just continued to stare moodily into the corner. He just looked at me perplexedly, not asking what was wrong. I knew the second that I agreeed to go on a date with him it was a huge mistake. He didn't ask me what was wrong. He was nothing like Alfie. 

"So everyone is going to Costa now," again I didn't answer, I just nodded quietly. He smiled and grabbed my hand. This was going to be a long weekend.

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"So basically that's how I asked Tan to marry me," Jim was telling us all about how he asked Tanya to marry him right before Christmas. I wasn't really listening though. Jack's had snaked it's way into mine and I was too lazy to remove it. At least he was happy. I wsa glum.

I was awoken out of my reverie by a buzzing in my pocket. I pulled out my phone and clicked it on reading a text from Alfie. 

A- 'Hey, where are you guys right now?' 

I responded immeadiately. 

Z- 'Costa on Oxford, are you okay?' 

I waited for a reply but it never came. I continued to stare down at the phone in worry. Jack noticed my expression and looked at me quizically yet again. But, yet again, he did not ask me if I was okay. He was definitely not the person for me. It was Alfie, Alfie was the person for me. 

Ever time the bell above the door chimed I looked up hoping it was Alfie. The first time it rang it was a young couple with a baby. The second time a middle-aged woman who looked quite lonely. The third time it was an old man. The fourth time it was Alfie. 

I smiled as he walked over to us. He looked quite glum to. I wondered briefly what he had been thinking about before coming her. Then I started to wonder where he had been, what he had done when he left the offices. I really needed to stop thinking so much. 

Alfie came over to us and sat down next to Jim. I smiled at him but I don't think he saw me. 

"Hey Alfie!" I said with a large smile that was quite real. Funnily enough Marcus said it at the same time. I started to giggle, the laugh was real as well. I knew the moment I told Alfie my true feelings I would be so much more happy. 

"Hey mate," Jack said grinning and then winking at Alfie. I wondered what all of that was about. Jim then started to talk about filming yet again and that was when I started to fade out the conversation. I kept stealing glances at Alfie hoping to make eye contact but he was looking into space, seemingly at nothing. 

It took me a while to realise that he was looking at my hand. Which was still placed in Jack's. I removed it suddenly scaring Jack. I looked at Alfie again, and saw that he had smiled after I had done that. Maybe things were actually going to start going right for once.

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Everyone was leaving. We were finally all heading our seperate ways and I still hadn't had time to tell Alfie how I really felt about him. I had tried over and over to be alone with him. I really wanted to tell him but Jack was constantly by my side. 

Now Alfie was getting on a train and going back to Brighton and I was going back to Bath. I didn't think I could handle it. I needed to tell Alfie how I felt now. "Bye Zo!" he said with a large smile. I was getting pretty good at telling real smiles from fake ones now and I knew this one was authentic. 

I came up and gave him a tight hug. Not letting go. I really was going to miss him, and knowing that I hadn't told him the one thing I had wanted to, really annoyed me. I guess we had been hugging for a quite a while because Jack started to cough loudly from behind me. 

I pulled away and smiled up at Alfie again. Another real smile this time. I felt myself smiling for real more and more. 

"Bye everyone!" Alfie said with a tight grin. His lips pursed. A fake smile. He started to step on the train. He was slowly getting out of my reach. I needed to tell him, like now how I felt. Jack was holding my hand but I shook it off, grabbed my bags and hopped on the train. 

I could tell Alfie was taken aback, but I could also tell he was happy. 

"There's something I have to tell you," I said taking a deep breath. I was really out of breath from my great endevour onto the train... Yes I was actually out of breath.

"Really? There's something I've been meaning to tell you. You go first," I froze, I wasn't expecting him to have something to tell me. 

"You go first," I prodded.

"No you," he said with a smile. 

"Why don't we say it at the same time?" I asked with another grin. 

"Alright. One,"

"Two,"

"Three,"

"I really fancy you," I spluttered out. 

"I love you," Alfie whispered. 

So I wrote an amazing chapter for you all and then I accidently exited out the tab. Yes I am that stupid....... I had a right old sob about it. That's why this chapter is so late tonight. Sorry about that, but it is here! I hope you guys like it so far! I love you all, thank you for reading lovelies!!! ^_^ xxx