"Well that was some party." Harry chuckles as Zayn and I follow him into their gang house.
"I don't know why the hell everyone was so much more wild tonight." Zayn sighs, wiping a hand down his tensed face.
"Probably because it's the half of the semester." Harry shrugs and flicks a lamp on in the dark front room.
"Yeah, but most of those fuckers don't even intend any kind of school." Zayn says and I laugh while smiling up at him.
"I thought it was kind of fun. At the beginning anyway."
"You did?" His warm eyes look down at me and a small smile spreads across his pink lips.
I nod and he places a kiss on my temple.
"Are you hungry?" He asks once Harry disappears to the basement, I'm guessing.
"No, we got McDonald's like an hour ago." I smirk and he chuckles.
I glance at the digital clock across the room on the couch-side table as Zayn held both of my hands in his.
"It's already four in the morning?!" I screech loudly and pull away from him.
"Yeah.. what's wrong with that?" He questions and tilts his head in confusion.
"It's so late.." I say and stare up at him, wide eyed.
His facial expression stays blank before a huge grin slowly sneaks onto his mouth and he bursts into laughter.
"What?!" I shout over his cackles.
"Sweetheart, you're adorable." He gets ahold of himself and rests one of his arms over my shoulders.
"But seriously, I think I need to get back to my-"
"You're not spending the night?" Disappointment is clear in his voice and eyes.
"Spending the night? I didn't know that you wanted me to-"
"Of course I do. Besides, it's terrible out there."
"Out where? Outside? It wasn't even raining when we came inside." I say while looking at him like he's insane.
He widely grins down at me just as lightning flashes across the sky and a loud crack of thunder follows right after, resulting in all of the power in the house to shut off, leaving us standing in complete darkness.
"What the fuck?!" I hear Niall shout from upstairs.
I immediately wrap my arms around Zayn's torso as my wide eyes try to adjust to the dark.
A light laugh vibrates from Zayn's chest that my cheek is pressed up against and his arms snake around me, holding me close to him.
"Scared of the dark, love?" He asked and I could just hear the smirk in his voice.
I shake my head quickly and he chuckles again.
"This storm came fast." Harry's voice rang out as a source of light erupted from the darkness.
It illuminated the sinister smile on Harry's face as he stood a few feet away, holding up a flashlight.
"Have anymore of those torches?" Zayn asked him and he swiftly tossed one towards us.
Zayn easily caught it and flipped it on, shining it around the room.
"In the name of fuck! Where did this storm come from-" Niall's voice was cut off as I saw his body tumble down the stairs until he hit the floor and rolled over on his back.
