Dark secrets

Just as broken

Zayn's POV

We stayed the night at Harry's house again. What Harry told us yesterday was reasonable but something just didn't quite add up. There's got to be more to him. There's something bothering him. I can't believe they believe his lies.

They said they were close to Gemma for years but never met Harry. I think that's a bit weird. I don't think Harry really is her cousin I mean, they look more like brother and sister. although I have no solid proof of that, it sounds reasonable to me.

Another thing about me, since I haven't properly introduced myself, is that I'm bi. I've never had a girlfriend just one boyfriend. I moved here from Bradford. I moved here because my mum got a job as a teacher here.

I met Louis and Niall when they got in trouble at school and had to go to detention and my mum was watching them as what I guess you would call the 'detention monitor'. I stayed after school with her to help out with some stuff and from then on, we became friends.

Liam, I met when he was my tutor for Maths last year. My mum said my grades were dropping and if they went too low, I couldn't join the football team this year.

Now that Harry is here, I'm not sure if I can bond with him like I can with the other three. He seems to closed up. Like he's built his walls high and triple locked them. It makes me wonder what he's been through. What he's experienced and what he's hiding. Is he hiding something big? Does he have a deep, dark secret?

This boy is definately different. He's been through a lot and you'd have to be blind not to see that. His eyes are worn down and tired. It looks like he could just give up any minute. Like he's tired of being the way he is and feeling the way he does. He reminds me of my mum after she divorced my dad. He had beaten and raped her almost every day and night.

She went through this for 4 years before she finally had enough. She finally packed us up and left then called the cops. He was in prison for 5 years and when he got out, my mum divorced him and got a restraining order against him.

People at my old school would bully me and call me names when they found out that happened to my mum. I used to cut too but after Lucas, my old boyfriend, came along I stopped. He gave me reasons to see the beauty in life. He was my reason.

We went out for 7 months before we started drifting. We didn't talk as much or hang out. Our kisses became weak and less passionate. I decided we should just brake up because I didn't see a point in a dead end relationship. He understood and we remained friends.

My mum decided to move to Bradford because her old friends from college lived there.

We've lived here for 1 year almost 2.

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The point of this chapter was to understand Zayn a bit more. It's also to understand that in a way, Zayn is just as broken as Harry.

Sorry it was short.