Art [zjm]

Chapter Twenty Three // Leaving

Maybe someday is the day, but it's definitely not today. 

There is a knock at the door and it is Sarah coming to pick the kid's up at 11. Gavin is such a sweetheart even though he is three years old.

While I am fixing dinner, there is a knock at the door, this time it feels a bit more demanding. 

"Get the door!" Zayn shouts as I hear his phone buzzing. 

"You need to answer your phone! It is getting really irritating!" I yell back and pad to the door.

I open the door and a girl with brown hair with blonde tips, the most dazzling green eyes I have ever seen, and she is wearing a cardigan with really short shorts, appears at the door. 

"Hi?" I answer as she smiles.

"Hi! Is Zayn here? You must be Shaylen!"

"Yeah, he's right here. What's your name? I'll go get him." I say.

She tells me her name is Alex and she has a question for Zayn.

Zayn looks stunned when I tell him there is a girl at the door asking for him but he casually goes outside with her.

I open the curtains and I can hear exactly what they're saying.

"What the fuck are you doing here, Alex?!" Zayn yells at her.

"Nothing, Zayn. Remember the fun times we used to have together?" 

"No! I have a girlfriend now." He spits.

"Wow, I didn't know you dated... You've really changed." She says making him look uncomfortable.

"My girlfriend is right inside and-" 

She grabs him by the neck and pushes her lips into his.

The worst part isn't that she is kissing Zayn, it's that he isn't pulling away and that's what hurts.

I close the curtain and shake my head.

Where am I going to go? My mother's house is all the way two hours away, and Louis' house is 3 hours away. 

No, I will be stronger than that. We can work this out like mature adults. 

I rush over to the couch and pull out a random book and pretend like I am reading as the door squeaks open.

"Hey, Shay." He smiles fakely. 

"Hi Zayn." 

His hair is all fucking ruffled up and he looks like he just had sex, or a serious makeout. 

"So you got rid of that Alex girl?" I ask, my voice shaking.

"What's wrong, Shay?" 

"Nothing. I don't understand why you can't answer my question." 

"Shaylen," He breathes. "I know you're always nervous around me, but this is a new low." 

"A new low? Me? You have got to be kidding me!" 

"What the hell are you talking about?" 

"Quit with the bullshit, Zayn! I saw you kissing Alex out there! And I read some of your texts and you have been texting her almost this whole month!" I cry as he shakes his head.

"You read my fucking messages? This is complete bullshit! I didn't think you would ever do that! You know what? I am so done with you, Shay!" He yells and here come the tears.