Bad Influence

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"Angel? Can we talk?" Liam asked. I looked up from the book I was reading. "Nope." I said before I turned my attention back to my book. "It's important, please." Liam said. I looked up at him again. "No, I've said everything I wanted to. And I'm not forgiving you. The end." I said before I returned to my book. "God damn it Angel. It's not about you. Not everything is about you." Liam said. I looked up again. "Alright, what is so important?" I asked. "It's about Louis." Liam said. "Yeah, and?" I asked. "Well, he's acting strange. He's not the same like the guy I used to know. What happened?" Liam asked. I closed my book and looked at Liam. "Everything went to hell after you left, alright? I moved to Paris because of what happened between us. So it was only Louis and Brad left. Louis had to go a year over, he got kicked out of the football team and Hannah dumped him. And to make matters even worse, Brad became even more of a dick." I said. "What did he do?" Liam asked. "He started to beat the shit out of Louis. Every day, for almost a year. He finally stopped when I got forced back to England by my parents. I threatened Brad, and he stopped going after Louis." I said. "What?!" Liam said. "I know. And now Louis is afraid to speak his mind because he don't want to get beat up. He also twitches if you say the name Brad." I said. "Why, why didn't he tell me? Or you?" Liam asked. "Because he kept saying he's handling it. I just wished I was there for him you know? I could have beaten the shit out of Brad earlier. At least he had Stan." I said. "Stan Lucas? The dork they used to talk about?" Liam asked. "He's actually a really nice guy, and Louis's best friend." I said. Liam just nodded. I looked at him. His brown eyes met mine. He opened his mouth to say something but I interrupted him. "Don't tell Louis I told you. He will be so mad at me." I said. Liam nodded and was about to open his mouth again when Zayn came into the room. "Hey Angel and Liam." He said as he came in. "Hey Zayn." I said with a smiled. Liam just nodded at Zayn. I could tell he was annoyed. "I was actually looking for you Angel." Zayn said. "Alright, you found me. What's up?" I asked. "Well, I'm headed to the store. And I was wondering if you needed anything." Zayn said. I smiled. "I'll come with you. I don't want you to spend your money on me." I said as I got up. I placed the book down on my mattress. "You don't have to. I'd hate to disturb you and Liam. It looked like you were in the middle of something." Zayn said with a quick glance and Liam. "Trust me, I'm not busy." I said. "Alright, then we're off." Zayn said. I smiled and walked out with him not even looking at Liam.

"What happened in there?" Zayn asked as we walked. "He was just asking questions about Lou." I said. Zayn nodded. "The whole Brad thing?" Zayn asked. I nodded. "Yeah." I said. I had told Zayn about last night. I had another nightmare and Zayn had woken up. I think Liam had woken up as well, but he was too far away from me. So Zayn had asked me what happened and I told him everything. It was really good to have someone to talk to. I really felt like me and Zayn were developing a life long friendship here. He really understood me. It was funny actually, him and I spent more time together than he did with his band. Zayn had even joined me when I called Donny and Matt sometimes. They really liked him. Of course Matt being Matt had asked me if it was something more there, and I of course said no and told him about Harry. "So, what are we buying?" I asked. Zayn looked down at me and smiled. "What do you think?" He asked. "Well, I'm guessing cigars since you asked me to come with you." I said. "Bingo." Zayn said. I smiled. "Do you have a fake ID? Because you're not 18 yet." I said. Zayn smiled. "I will be in January, but nope. I have no fake ID." Zayn said. "How the fuck to you get your cigars from? Are you stealing?" I asked. "I usually just talk my way into buying them. Or they don't ask me for ID because they take me for being 18." Zayn said. "Damn, teach me your tricks Malik." I said. "I will Little one, I will." Zayn said. Little one was Zayn's new nickname for me. He was much taller than me and older, so it came naturally to him. I thought it was funny. I went from Girly, to Petite to little one. I didn't have a nickname for Zayn. I usually just called him Zayn, Zaynie or Malik. "Alright, show me your master talking skills Zayn." I said as we got up to the cashier. It was a women in her early twenties. She had brown hair and green eyes. She smiled as soon as she saw Zayn. Her smile faded a little when she saw me. I looked at her and smiled a little. "What can I do for you two?" She asked us, her eyes were mainly on Zayn. I smiled to myself. "Yeah, I would like to packages of Marlboro." Zayn said with a smile. The lady food two packages. "Alright, car or cash?" She asked. "Cash." Zayn said as he found the money. "What's your name?" He asked the lady as he gave her the money. "I'm Lizzie." She said. Zayn smiled. "It's very nice to meet you Lizzie. I'm Zayn. And thank you." He said as she gave him the packages and his change. "Have a nice day." Lizzie said. Zayn smiled. "You too Lizzie." He said before we walked out of the shop.

Zayn handed me a cigarette as we were walking back towards the house. "She didn't even ask for your ID." I said as I light up the cigar. Zayn smiled. "What can I say, I look like I'm 18." Zayn said. "It's the hair." I said. Zayn laughed. "Yeah." He said. It was nice just walking and talking with Zayn. "You know, I thought it would suck being here. Mostly because of Liam, but it's okay. I have you and Harry." I said. Zayn smiled. "Yeah, speaking of him. Is there something happening between you two I should know of?" He asked. "Well, I'm not sure. We're just flirting for now." I said. "Do you want it to be more? Because it seems like Harry really is starting to like you." Zayn said. "I mean, I would really enjoy it if it becomes something more than just a casual fling. But I've known the guy for like almost a week. Ask me again later." I said.

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Sorry for the late part.

I just got out of a relationship, but I'm alright.

I hope you enjoy.