My Brother the Popstar

Chapter 28: What's with all The Sad Faces?

A/N: Oh, look.

I'm back.

Feels like it's been forever.....

Cause it has.

I'm sorry! I'm just trying to drag out the chapters so it takes longer to finish, because there are only two more chapters till the end!

BOO!

KEEP READIN! <3

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*Harry's POV*

"Guy's it's Perrie." Zayn tells us, looking up from his calller ID.

He looks like he's about to piss himself! If the rumors are true, and Perrie really does want to break up with Zayn, he'll be gutted! It's a shame he had to hear about it from the press, and not from Perrie herself. What a cowardly thing to do! To say something like that about your personal relationship to everyone else in the world, but not to your partner himself? The thought disgusts me. How could someone be so media obsessed that they can't at least have enough courtesy to text?

Perrie's okay, I've never really thought much of her, she just seems like another girlfriend, nothing really special. She's definitely not special to me after this. It just seems like everything with her has been about the media. Which I guess is why management ate up their relationship the minute it started. Why wouldn't they? It was and always has been good publicity for Zayn to date Perrie. (A/N Big oof bc this was before we found out Zayn was actually the asshole to Perrie. yikes)

Zayn excuses himself to talk to Perrie, while we all try to busy ourselves with something else.

"Right. I'm going to go check on the post. I've been waiting for some news to come in for a while." Rachel states awkwardly, excusing herself.

"What should we do now?" Niall asks me quietly. 

I dunno." I answer the blonde. None of us really know what to do. It's quite a difficult situation for all of us to be put in. I wouldn't wish this kind of embarrassment on anyone, especially one of my best friends. Everything about it sucks. All of us uncomfortably stand around the kitchen. Liam plays on his phone, while Louis sits on a stool, zoned out. Niall and Miley are whispering something to each other, as usual. There's an uncomfortable silence throughout the room. I nervously let out a cough. How awkward. 

Zayn comes back in after a few minutes, and everyone anxiously gathers around him. Rachel joins soon after, the post in her hands. 

"Well? What'd Perrie say?" Liam questions.

"She...she ended it." Zayn concludes quietly. His gaze stays on the floor, and he won't look up at any of us. 

"Aw, Zayn, I'm so sorry. That's her loss. She doesn't know what she's giving up." Rachel comforts, giving him a hug.

"It's alright." He tells us. "She was kind of right, anyways. Things just weren't the same between us. I guess we'd just drifted apart over the summer."

"It's definitely easy to do that." Liam tells Zayn, his face full of understanding. I find myself wondering how he and Dani are doing these days, or if they're even still together. I haven't heard him talk about her at all all summer. He hasn't even mentioned her to Rachel. If anyone understands growing apart from your partner, it must be Li.

"Maybe we could do something to get your mind off of it." Miley suggests. "What about watching a movie or going out or something?"

Zayn shakes his head. "Nah, I'm just gonna go upstairs and chill in Niall and my's room." He replies with a half hearted smile.

"Alright." Rachel sighs, watching sadly as Zayn slowly shuffles upstairs. "Feel better, Zaynie!"

Once again, an uncomfortable silence overtakes us. Liam attempts to get rid of the tension by getting our minds off the subject at hand.

"So," The brunette starts, "Let's look at what came in the mail, shall we?" We all slightly nod as Liam starts to sort through envelopes of various shapes and sizes. 

"Let's see, this one's a bill, this one's a birthday card to mum from Aunt Ellen, this one's also for mum. Oh hey, this one is addressed to you, Rachel!" He exclaims, tossing the envelope to her.

Rachel takes it with a smile. But that smile drops as she reads the outside. Visibly shaking, the brunette girl rips open the letter and scans it.

"Rach? Is everything okay?" Lou asks worriedly, rushing towards her.

Wow. To be honest, this whole 'caring boyfriend' thing is like a whole new side to him that I've never seen before. It's actually really romantic to witness two people who care so much for each other. My heart aches a little bit as I watch the worry in his eyes.