over again ➳ [h.s.]

Chapter 5: The Boys

Lexi's POV:)

        I walked down to the nurse's office and saw the dark haired boy on the bed. 

        "Hey," he whispered.

        "Hi, how are you feeling?" I asked.

        "Better," he croaked. "I'm still sore though. The nurse told me that Harry broke my nose."

        "Oh, that sucks." He really looked like he was in pain. But, somehow his face still looked beautiful.

        "So, what's your name love?"

        "My name is Lexi. What's yours?"

        "Zayn. Zayn Malik," he said.

        "Zayn. That's an unusual name," I told him.

        "Yeah, I get that a lot. I would just like to say thank you for saving me back there."

        "No problem," I assured him. 

        "So what exactly happened Zayn?"

        "Well I was telling Harry off for being so rude to you earlier today, and then I said something that I should not have said."

        "And what was that?" I asked.

        "I mentioned his ex, Raegan." 

        Who knew Harry could have a girlfriend? He sure doesn't act like it. Jerk. 

        "Oh, well what happened with his girlfriend?" I asked.

        "She was shot, and Harry was there. He had to watch the whole thing. It happened a month ago." 

        Suddenly my heart sank. 

        "Oh my gosh. That's terrible." Now I feel bad for being such a bitch towards him. 

        "It's fine," Zayn reassured me. " Just ever since it happened, Harry has been acting differently. He is not his normal funny and cheeky self anymore. He is like a zombie. He barely says anything to me or anyone else. Losing Raegan has been really hard on him. But, he needs to move on."

        "He will move on someday. Everyone has to move on at some point." I just thought about Nick at the same moment. I need to move on. But, who said that moving on would be easy?

        Suddenly the door opened and the 3 other boys walked in. 

        "Hey Zayn," the blonde one yelled.

        "How are you feeling mate," the one with the suspenders asked.

        "Better," Zayn responded.

        "Well that's good," the one with the short brown hair responded.

        "So what is your name?" the one with the blonde hair asked me.

        "My name is Lexi. And you?"

        "My name is Niall. Niall Horan and I am Irish," he said with the biggest grin on his face.

        The one with the suspenders walked towards me.

        "Hello love. My name is Louis. Louis Tomlinson," he said and then kissed me on the hand.  

        "Hey, my name is Lexi." 

        "Nice to meet you love," Louis said and winked at me.

        "And I'm Liam," the short-haired one said. "Nice to meet you." He held out his hand and I shook it.

        "Now that we have all been introduced to each other, we would all like to apologize to you Lexi about Harry's actions."

        "It's okay."

        "No, it really isn't, " Liam replied. "Sometimes Harry can be such an ass."

        "Everyone deserves to be an ass every once in a while," I said.

        "But not everyday like Harry," Niall answered.

        "Yeah, ever since Rea-" Louis stopped his sentence immediately.

        "It's okay Louis. She already knows about Raegan," Zayn told him.

        A wave of relief washed over all of their faces.

        "Whoo, well that's good. I thought I was about to spill the beans," Louis said.

        It was 2:30 in the afternoon and school was about to end soon. 

        "Well you guys, I've got to get ready to go home. I'll see you guys tomorrow."

        "Wait love!" Louis said. "We want you to have all of our numbers. Just in case we need you to help save Zayn again," he laughed.

        "Well thanks! I'll see you guys later."

        "Bye Lexi!"

Zayn's POV :)

        "What a nice girl," Louis said.

        "Yeah, she's real cool," Niall said.

        "So how long is it going to be until we tell her that we are One Direction?" Louis asked.

        "She probably knows already," Liam said.

        "Mate, if she knew about One Direction already, she probably would have already told us."

        "Yeah, Zayn does have a point, " Niall answered.

        "Maybe tomorrow," Liam said.

        "Now let's go and find Harry."