stress // malik {AU}

chapter one

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        It's been over a year when Zayn left and Lotus has been a mess.  She is now a stripper, working every night, selling her body to men.

"Aye Lotus! It's your turn. Hurry up!" Lotus' only best friend since Zayn left, Jeff. Jeff is the manager's son.  He is a stripper, too. 

With those gorgeous blue eyes and that fit body, how these boys don't fawn over you is insane. Lotus comments almost everytime he finishes dancing and all he does is chuckle. Did I mention he was gay?

"I'm coming!" Lotus yelled through the dressing room doors. She looked at herself in the mirror. Make-up done. Hair in loose, wild, bouncy curls. Her clothes were the worse part. It was a red leather strapless bralet with black leather fish-net stockings and red pumps.

She was barely covered and uncomfortable. Zayn would be disgusted with me. Her reflection sparkled at her and she hated it.

Being a stripper, she hated Zayn for leaving her, and most of all she hated what she has became.

Lotus stood up, looking at her reflection again. Balling her hand into a fist, she punched the mirror, leaving a crack and barely any scratches on her fist. She opened the door and looked back before slamming the door closed, creating a noise and Jeff - with his happy tail, as Lotus put it - came running down the corridor, a worried look plastered on his face.

"What was that? Are you ok? Were you hurt?" He rambles, taking Lotus' shoulders and checking her for injuries, like a worried mother would do if her child was hurt.

"I'm fine, mum," Lotus scoffs, rolling her eyes and prying Jeff off of her shoulders. "Now if you would excuse me I have a show to do."

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        Zayn and the boys stood outside the club, surprisingly not ashamed as most celebrities would be.

"I can't wait to see all those babes in their." Niall wolf-whistled as a stripper walked by. Liam secretly looked at him in jealousy, but Zayn saw and flicked Niall on the nose. Liam smiled at Zayn gratefully.

Harry and Louis where to busy snogging each other to worry about anyone else.

"Would you two fucks mine not eating each others faces off. We're in." Zayn smirks as the couple parted, red painting both of their cheeks. They both hurriedly fixed their clothes and ran after the others.

As they walked in they heard singing. They found a booth near the stage, but farther away from the other tables.

A waitress in a pink, slutty, bunny costume struts up to the boys and smiles a seductive smile, which falters as she saw Harry and Louis snogging - again. But, she kept her posture.

"What can I get ya boys?" She asks in a thick American accent. They look at each other. Harry and Louis finally separating from each other.

"We're fine for now." Zayn answers for themselves. The curtain draws open.

"Ladies and gentleman, give a warm welcome to newbie Lotus "the Vixen" Kline!" The host announces and Zayn freezes in his seat as she steps out. What. the. hell.

Everybody - excluding Zayn - wolf whistles, cheers, or claps. Niall doing all three, making Liam rage in jealousy, before standing up and leaving. Zayn and the others - except Niall who is still cheering - notice Liam is leaving.

"What the hell?!" Zayn mutters to himself. "I'm gone for one year to come back and my best friend is a whore - a literal whore."

The music begins, they recognize it as Lolita by Leah LaBelle. Before, Lotus could open her mouth to sing, Zayn is on the stage, grabbing her off and dragging her forcefully outside, confusing her and the crowd. As soon as they get outside, she throws down.

"Who the hell do you think you are, dragging me out of - Zayn?"

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Uh oh!

Somebodies in trouble!

Niall is so, so ignorant!

♬Somebody call 9-1-1, Niall is too ignorant to love Liam! ♪

UGH! ASDFGHJKL;

Larry everybody!

*wiggles eyebrows*

~ RAVEN OUT! ;)