Clouded Judgement (One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter Six

This chapter is REALLLLLLLY short. sorry sorry sorry :(

From the apartment, Zayn and Ree had gotten into a black chauffeur driver car which Zayn had somehow managed to rent out for the night. From where they had driven out to a huge park, which Ree didn't recognised. They had talked all the way, sitting so close to each other the tension between them had been sizzling constantly. Their hands had met and they hadn't let go since, their fingers loosely intertwined, fitting imperfectly perfectly.

They had stopped in a little under ten minutes at the gates of the park, from where Zayn had pulled Ree to a seemingly random spot, where they were standing now.

Ree was looking at Zayn, waiting for him to move. But zayn's eyes remain fixated on her. His lips sporting a small smile.

"You look gorgeous tonight." He whispered finally. Pulling her ever so slightly closer.

"You're making me blush." whined Ree happily.

"I'm not lying."

"I didn't say you were."

"Thank you."

"You're most welcome."

They were standing so close now, their eyeballs could've touched. Zayn leaned forward but went right past her lips and tickled her ear with his deep voice.

"come with me."

And with that he half flew Ree to a little grove of trees. Ree's eyes darted around nervously. But she let herself be pulled along.

Pushing through the trees they reached a tiny clearing, but it wasn't dark. Instead in the middle of the leafy trees, was a small wooden table with a White sheet draped over it. In the middle stood a tall candle, lit with a proud flame. Which flicked naughtily, producing shadows everywhere. There were two plates and a picnic basket a little away from the table.

Ree gasped, unable to hold her joy within her chest.

"Are you for real? Am I dreaming?"

"If you're dreaming, we're dreaming the same dream." smiled Zayn, leading her gracefully to the table and pulling her chair back, letting her sit comfortably before shifting to his side of the table. The candle glowed warmly, an additional flame to the one already burning dangerously hot between them.

It seemed like hours before they decided to move. After having devoured 6 sandwiches, curly fries, lots of beer, chicken rice and Peri Peri chips from nando's they finally declared the last of it.

Their eyes had been colliding for the last two hours, heaving the tension higher and higher everytime.

Zayn had reached across to hold Ree's hand, and Ree had felt a surge of pure happiness which reflected as a huge grin. Zayn had smiled back and leaned forward to kiss her on the cheek.

They had finally gotten up and decided to go for a stroll, and so they were walking through the park, hand in hand, talking silently and tentatively, maintaining the beautiful equilibrium they had created between themselves, oblivious to everything but their own happiness.

"This is going really well, thank you. You have no idea how happy you've made me tonight." Ree started, unsure.

"And you've made me happy, by telling me you're having fun." smiled Zayn.

His eyes were still whirling with mystery, he was the quiet, sexy kind of guy, Ree had decided in the bar, those 4-5 nights ago. He hadn't completely trumped her first impression, but the undeniable romantic inside him had shocked her. He still didn't talk much, just smiled and casually overwhelmed her with his charm. But she had decided that he made her happy, his dark eyes and sexy tattoos made him even more desirable, implying his bad boy charm and appeal. And that's exactly what she could feel herself falling for.

Yes, she decided at that moment in the park, in the dark her hand intertwined with his. She was falling for Zayn Malik, and she didn't want to stop now.

The next morning she woke up, with a huge smile plastered on her face. She got up and got ready, still smiling while she thought of Zayn.

He hadn't tried to kiss her again, which she had frankly been massively disappointed about. But she was happy he was passing her test with flying colours.

She couldn't seem to get his eyes out of her head, they way he looked at her. His eyes almost penetrating into her body, causing her heart to explode internally. Making quite a mess of her emotions. The way his lips were to deliciously close, but yet such a forbidden fruit.

She was so drowned in her thoughts she didn't hear Essie slipping into her room through the door.

"GOODMORNING CHUCKLES!" yelled Essie, leaping at Ree from behind. Scaring the positive day lights out of her.

"Jesus Christ Essie! Have a brain will you! I could've died of heart failure!"

"Forgive me Ree, it did not occur to me that you could die if heart failure."

Ree picked up a towel and chucked it at Essie's smirking face.

"So.. How was it!" poked Essie.

"It was.. You know. Pleasant." Ree ventured, knowing fully well that lie was too big for Essie to swallow.

"Pleasant? You're actually gonna go with pleasant? Have you forgotten that I have known you for 14 years? Either way at the age of seventeen, I'm not a complete idiot. You haven't smiled like a mad monkey in the morning for ages now! so spill!"

And so Ree did, she spilt, dropped and made a complete mess. Gushing everything out at a pace so fast, Essie actually had to stop her, repeat the earlier few sentences and request her to explain.

"Aww baby, you're so happy. I don't even know what to say. Zayn's good for you! I enjoy you, in this mood. Please remain this way." cooed Essie happily, dropping her body on the bed. Ree giggled happily and reached for her phone, which had just beeped.

"Dont know what you'll say about this, but I swear I havent been able to stop thinking about you"

Ree's heart stopped as she stared at the ID of the number that had texted her.

It was Jay.

"What the fuck, how does he even think he has the.. How does he even have the nerve! That little.." Essie was pacing the room, storming and boiling at Jay's text. Ree had texted him back telling him to please attend to his urgent need for mental help and had kindly requested him to fuck off. To which he had responded.

"Is this about the douche you were kissing? You know I'm better than him."

To which Ree had fallen to the floor, laughing so sarcastically essie had actually gotten worried.

Easier had taken the phone and typed a few extremities before pressing send. To which Jay hadn't replied yet.

The phone buzzed in Essie hand and she cried happily.

"Time to get my bitch on!" she laughed before opening the text.

"Don't be so harsh on me baby, you know I love you. Layla was a mistake, I don't know what I was thinking. And I realise now it was a mistake. Leave that douche, you know you and I belong together. Come back to me."

Essie  laughed for a good five minutes before keying in the necessary words to get him to stay away. After a few proof reads and nasty jokes. Ree and Essie pressed sent together. Well aware that Jay would never dare speak to Ree again.

"Thank you Ess, you're the bestest."

"well wasn't I always?" winked ess before pulling Ree in for a hug.

Both the ladies decided to put on a movie and have a lazy afternoon, and so they did.

But Ree remained highly distracted, after receiving a text from Zayn, and she readily engaged in conversation with him and continued texting him for hours, and finally promised to meet him later in the evening for a night out with Niall and Essie.

To which Essie readily agreed.