Bullied By Zayn Malik.

Chapter 23: Nothing To Be Ashamed Of.

*Niall's POV*

I didn't see Louis, Liam, or Harry for the next few days. I didn't know if they were in school, and doing a really good job of avoiding me, or ditching. Nah, they couldn't ditch. Their mums would kill them. Well whatever, I don't care... I think.

Me and Zayn were in the hall, talking about something, but for some reason I couldn't help but feel that Zayn wasn't focusing on what I was saying. He'd give me a nod and say 'Yeah' or 'Mhmm', but I knew he wasn't really paying attention to me. Finally I had enough and followed his gaze, right to the new girl. Sapphire.

Sapphire just moved here from Australia. She's about 5'5, has gold blonde hair with electric blue highlights running through it, along with the tips of her hair. She has the most beautiful dark blue eyes, the color matched her name. She was thin, but thick. She also had the most beautiful curves on her body, she really was a 10 on the hotness chart. But she had a bad reputation back in her old school. Getting into fights, talking back to teachers, getting detention almost everyday. She even got expelled once. But that didn't stop her from showing that perfect white smile. I could see why Zayn was falling for her.

I lightly elbowed him in the ribs. "You fancy her, eh?" His eyes shot to me, his cheeks turning a shade of crimson red. "No!" I smirked, raising my eyebrows. "Zayn, you're basically drooling. You like her." He bit his lip, looking over at her. "Well can you blame me? She's beautiful." I nodded, looking at her too. She was definitely causing commotion since she came from a different continent. She was surrounded by girls and boys, each of them trying to talk to her and befriend her. But suddenly, she looked our way, directly at Zayn. She flashed that prize-winning smile, and waved at him. He just stood there, staring.

"Zayn!" I thumped him on the back of his head. "Hey! What was that for?!" he gave me a angry look, but I pointed to Sapphire, "She's waving at you, idiot." He quickly looked back at her, smiling. He waved back. She turned to one of the people she was talking to, said a few words, then they all walked away in a flash. Dang, today was only her first day and she's already in control. I heard the sound of her high heels click on the tile floor as she approached us. I smirked, noticing Zayn's eyes growing wide. "She's coming over here." he mumbled, looking at me. He seemed quiet nervous, hasn't he ever talked to a girl before? "No shit Sherlock, just be yourself." I said, nudging his shoulder. He nodded, "Just don't leave. be my wing-man, yeah?" I nodded, chuckling a little.

She was standing in front of us now, her pearly whites showing and all. "Hi, I'm Sapphire." her accent was adorable. "Hey, I'm Niall." I introduced myself, then looked at Zayn. He remained silent, just staring at her. "Is he okay?" she giggled. I face palmed myself. "Yes, ZAYN is fine!" I yelled in his ear, bringing him back to earth. "Err, hi. I'm Zayn." Oh, now he remembers his name. She giggled, shaking his hand. "I think I figured that out." he blushed, looking away

"Uhh, so do you like it here so far?" Zayn asked, rubbing the back of his neck. She smiled, scanning him up and down. "To be honest I didn't, but now I'm starting to like it.." she winked at him. I grinned, chuckling a bit. Zayn flashed a flirty smile, "Glad I could help." She giggled to herself, then pulled a pen out of her bag and rolled up his jacket sleeve, revealing his bare skin. "Well I need to get to class, if I'm late on my first day my mum would kill me." she wrote down numbers, with 'Call me cutie' underneath it. What luck! "See you around, Zayn." she winked once more before walking off. Me and Zayn stood there, smiling at each other. "Ooohhh I think you got yourself a girlfriend lad!" I teased, poking him in the side. H blushed, taking out his phone and punching in her number. "I'm glad I could help her out on her first day.." he said wisely, winking at me. "Bullshit!" I pretend-coughed, as we started to walk to history. He shoved me playfully, "Shut up Horan!"

Soon the end of the day came around; I found Zayn in the hall and we walked home together, as usual. "Hey, my mum was talking about going on vacation to Hawaii. You know, the three islands in America?" He nodded, "And?" I rolled my eyes, "Do you wanna come, stupid?" he smirked, chuckling slightly. "That sounds great, as long as I'm not intruding." I shook my head. "Nah, it was only gonna be me and mum anyway. Greg didn't want to go, besides, he's with dad for the next 6 months. He splits the year with mum and dad." He nodded. "Alright, sounds like fun." I smiled, "Yeah, we could go to the beach, get a tan, meet some girls, we could even swim with dolphins!"

Zayn stopped walking suddenly. I gave him a puzzled look, "What's wrong?" He looked scared, almost terrified. "Did you say swim?" he mumbled, biting his lip. "Yeah, why? Don't you.." my voice trailed off as Zayn stared at the ground. "You don't know how to swim, do you?" I asked, stepping closer. He slowly shook his head, "No, and I don't want to learn either. I'm terrified of water Niall. I have nightmares about drowning or being dragged out to sea." he shivered. I stitched my eyebrows together, "But you passed pool in school?" He did a fake laugh, "Yeah, only because I was on the shallow end. If I was in the deep end, I would need floaties." he kicked at some dirt on the sidewalk. I smiled a little, "Zayn, it's okay. You can still come, you can just hang out on the beach." He sighed, nodding. "Yeah.. it won't be the same though." I shrugged. "I don't care if I swim with a dolphin or not. I'm just happy we're finally getting away from London for awhile. It's so cold here." He smiled a little, nodding. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Speaking of, can we head home? I want some of your mums hot chocolate." he gave me a smile. A real one this time. I smirked, "Yeah sure.. RACE YA!" I took of down the block, leaving him in the dust. "HEY! NO FAIR!" he called, scrambling to catch up, but I was to fast.

Needless to say, I won. Haha!