Brave || Zerrie AU

Heart

Although it had only been two week in Sevence Perrie called it home.

She found herself smiling more and getting along with everyone in the town especially Abriella and Ciro. She had told them both everything and they seemed to understand her. They took her out as much as they could and helped her find her smile again. Although Perrie still felt lost and broken she could feel her heart healing with love. Perrie felt something changing inside of her but she didn't want to confront everything at the movement. She knew there was something inside of her that connected with Ciro but she didn't want to explore those feelings right now. Ciro had been her shoulder to cry on after she told him what happened that day on the roof and he held her while she cried her heart out to him.

She hasn't cried since.

Not because she didn't care  but because she had grown tired of crying.

Everyday Perrie woke up with a new sense of adventure that made her heart heal.

Slowly Perrie was finding herself.

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"Abri! I told you I don't like bugs!" Perrie shouted as Abriella dangled a baby spider in her hand. Perrie could imagine its legs walking on her arms and she shuddered. She moved as far as she could from that abomination. "I especially hate spiders!"

Abriella only laughed at Perrie as she threaten to throw the spider on Perrie which only made her scream more.

"Perrie," Ciro chuckled from behind her, "it's a baby spider it won't hurt you."

"I don't care. I hate spiders, you guys." Both of them laughed and after much teasing they let the spider down on the side walk.

Ciro had invited the girls on a walk through the down and to get some ice cream. Perrie hadn't realized that Abriella and Ciro were friends despite the fact that she should've considering the population of the town was less than 350 and everyone knew each other. The walk had started off nicely while they walked the quite streets, laughing at the jokes Ciro told, but all that changed when Abriella noticed a spider and thought it was pretty. She tried showing Perrie how pretty the spider was but only received frantic screams from Perrie. Ciro had died of laughter at Perrie's reaction and Perrie punched him, which only caused him to laugh more.

"You guys are evil." Perrie still felt like the spider was on her and was trying to get the image of it from her head.

"We know." Ciro and Abriella said at the same time. They turned to look at each other and laughed. Perrie couldn't help but laugh with them.

The energy they gave off was only positive and so contagious . She loved it. They made her feel happy again.

Perrie stared at them for a while and warned them that if they tried to scare her again she would throw them off a boat if they ever got on one.  They just smiled, not taking her serious because they knew Perrie would probably be the one to fall off the boat.

"Okay, anyways," Abriella said, "You said you were going to sing to us a new song you've been working on."

Perrie had promised them that as soon as she felt better she would start writing again and she had.  Everyday brought more inspirations for songs. Her heart spilled everything it felt onto the paper and slowly Perrie found herself with a sense of clearity.

Ciro stared at Perrie with a light in his eyes and gave her one of his signature smiles that made her heart beat fast though she didn't want to admit it.

Perrie smiled and took both their hands, "Let me show you what I've been working on." 

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Abriella helped Perrie convinced Samuel to get their old piano from their basement and put it in the lobby. It was a simple black color with small flower designs all around. It looked simple, but Perrie fell in love with it the second she laid eyes on it.