treat you better | UNDER EDITING

chapter two

perrie wrapped her arms around alex's neck as he carried her to the slides. zayn walked behind them, with his arms crossed. he let out a quiet sigh, looking at the two.

zayn stopped walking, clearing his throat to get the couples attention. he gave perrie a small smile as he told her, "hey pez, I have to go. my mum's wanting me for dinner."

perrie pouted, nodding and jumped off of Alex, walking up to zayn and gave him a hug. "I'll see you tomorrow at school. bye zayn."

Alex walked up to them, grabbing Perrie's hand. "bye mate, see you later."

zayn nodded, waving at them goodbye before turning around and started walking to his mate, Louis, flat.

The truth is, zayn isn't really needed at home. he just didn't want to be a third wheel because honestly it sucks. One more thing that sucks is probably seeing the person you love with another guy.

zayn took his phone out from his pocket, sending at text to Louis, saying that he was coming over. He took his earbuds from his pockets from his jacket and put it on, 'bohemian rhapsody' playing through his ears.

he looked down at his phone as it vibrated, seeing Louis had replied. he turned his phone off, not even going to reply and turned up the volume of the music. walking up to Louis front porch, he knocked on the door and took his buds off, pressing pause on the music.

He smiled as one of louis' sisters open the door. "hey zayn."

"hey fiz, Is louis in his bedroom?" zayn walked in the house, looking at fizzy as she nods. he gave her a hug before walking up the stairs, saying hi to lottie as he passed by her room and walked into louis' room without knocking and fell face down on his bed, making him jump.

"bloody hell mate, you scared me you prick. Ever heard of knocking?" Louis glared at zayn, grabbing one of his pillow and threw it at zayn, who shrugged.

"oh grow up lou, I need help."

"Is it about perrie?"

"not everything is about perrie, you know."

"oh, then what is it about?"

Zayn stood quiet as he sat up on louis' bed, making Louis chuckle.

"okay fine, it is about her. she has a boyfriend."

louis frowned and scooted closer to zayn, patting his back in comfort.

"lighten up mate, there's plenty more beautiful girls out there. maybe perrie wasn't the one."

Zayn sighed, rubbing his eyes. maybe Louis was right, maybe he needed to move on from the crush he had on perrie.

zayn nodded at louis statement, smiling slightly. "yeah maybe you're right, lou."

"Aren't I always?" Louis smirked, making zayn scoff. zayn grabbed a pillow that Louis threw at him and smack Louis with it across his face.

"what the fuck? zayn!"

Zayn stood up, chuckling and shook his head. "love you too mate, I have to head home before it gets late. I'll see you tomorrow at school."

louis pouted but nodded, getting up and gave zayn a bro hug. "be careful, young man. watch out for the roads."

Zayn rolled his eyes playfully, giving louis a light shove and saluted him. "yes dad."

louis gave zayn a playful glare before shaking his head. zayn chucked and waved goodbye to louis, walking out of the room.

"bye girls, bye Jay" he smiled at louis's sisters who were sitting on the couch, watching one of their shows and turned to Jay who was sitting on the chair, reading a book. Jay looked up at zayn, giving him a smile.

"bye darling, have a good night."

"you too." zayn smiled, walking out of the house. He took his phone out, texting his mom, saying he's on his way home.

he put his earbuds back on, blasting the music on full blast. he walked towards the direction to his house. he really didn't live far from Louis which is a good thing.

Zayn and Louis had been best friends since kindergarten. Zayn saw Louis crying after jay had dropped him off in front of their class and he had helped Louis get all cleaned up again. Ever since then they had been inseparable. He loved Louis to death. Louis was practically his brother. He doesn't know what he'll do without him.

Zayn walked up to his front door, grabbing his keys and unlocked the it. He walked in, closing the door behind him and took his jacket off, hanging it up on the coat rack.

"Mum, I'm home!" He walked into the living room, raising an eyebrow as he doesn't see his mum.

"girls! are you home?" Zayn called out to his sisters but groaned as he doesn't he a response and walked into the kitchen. He walked to the counter quickly as he saw a note.

zayn, your sisters and I went out to see a movie. We'll be back home in a few hours. there's leftovers from yesterday, help yourself to whatever's in the kitchen.
love, mum

zayn sighed. he crumbled up the note and threw it in the trash before going to the fridge and pulled out a plate of chocolate cake. he puts it down on the table, shutting the fridge and walks over to the cabinets, grabbing a fork, walking back to the table.

He sat down, taking a bite of the cake and took his phone out. he unlocked it and went onto Instagram. He scrolled down until he saw what perrie had posted.

It was a picture of perrie and Alex. perrie kissing Alex's cheek, while Alex was grinning. He looked at the caption. she had put 'him' with a heart emoji. He sighed and got up, putting the plate of cake back in the fridge. He put the fork in the sink and grabbed his phone, making his way upstairs.

He walked into his room and threw his phone on his bed, walking to his closet and grabbed a pair of sweats. He took his shoes off, pulling his jeans off and pulled on the pair of sweats. He took off his jacket and his shirt.

He walked to his bed, getting under the covers and put his phone on his nightstand, plugging his phone so it's charging.

He rubbed his eyes, looking up at his ceiling. he should move on, right? isn't it the right thing to do? he sighed and closed his eyes, letting a deep sleep take over.