my brother's bestfriend

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"Oh my god Chris will you hurry up?" Joey groans as he waits for me to show him the outfit i might wear.

"How does this look?" I ask. I'm wearing some slightly ripped jeans and a white top with some converse.

"Good. It's good you're dressing normal, there's no need to over do it if we're just gonna be hanging out at the mall afterwards."

"Okay lets go." I smile grabbing his hand and dragging him off my bed. We go downstairs and out the door before my mother could ask questions.

"Wow i haven't been here in forever." i say as i remove myself from Joey's car.

"Yeah, me neither. We literally only go to fast food places now a days." He laughs walking into the restaurant. Joey speaks to the lady in the front, telling her that we were with two other people and they were waiting for us. She leads us to a table with two handsome guys sitting down.

"This is Jack and Zayn. Jack claims every time a girl sees Zayn they go crazy and ask for pictures, yeah right." Joey laughs. I look over to the guy he was motioning to.

"Hello love." Zayn smiles holding his hand out to shake mine. God, he's stunning. How come i haven't heard of him until now?

"Hey, I'm Chris. Nice to meet you." I say hoping my face isn't as red as a tomato.

We get up to get our food. Zayn follows me to every food station and takes every food I grab.

"Are you copying me?" i laugh as he grabs a biscuit from the same batch i've grabbed mine from.

"What? No of course not. Are you copying me?" Zayn smirks as he takes a bite out of it.

"Haha. Very funny." I laugh sarcastically, "I'm guessing either you're really trying to get my attention, or we have the same appetite."

"Actually you're right." he smiles

"About which one?"

"Both. I am trying to get your attention because you're stunning. But what makes it better is that we like the same foods and that's great if you're going to be my girl one day." Zayn smirks once again as he proceeds to add food to his plate.

"Woah, at least take me on a date before claiming that i'll be your 'girl'." I try to hide my smile but obviously being me it escaped.

We go back to the table alone, Jack and Joey have probably gotten sidetracked and are making out somewhere because while i was getting my food I saw Joey flirting and getting all touchy. I laugh to myself as I pop a grape into my mouth.

"What's so funny?" Zayn looks up to me smiling.

"Nothing, just thinking about something that happened earlier today." He's gonna think I'm a weirdo for telling him that i'm thinking about my best friend making out with some guy i just met.

"So, let's get to know each other. You're about to graduate right?" Zayn asks, i nod, "That's great. What are you planning to do? Are you going to Collage?"

"Yes i am. I'm not exactly sure what college i would like to go to. But i've had my eyes on New York for a while now and I applied to Colgate University and Cornell University. And i plan to study philosophy. I want to be either a counselor or a lawyer. I don't know, i just like to help people when they are going through tough situations."

"Wow that's great." Zayn smiles as he begins to eat his food.

"What about you? What are your interests. Are you still in school?" I ask as i watch him wipe his mouth before answering."

"I finished school two years ago. And I actually have a career, in singing." Wow another guy who's interested in music.. No stop don't think about Harry. You're with this hottie Zayn. Be grateful, "Yeah i'm kind of in a band, I just don't really want to talk about it because obviously you didn't know about me and i like that. Usually when i try to get in a relationship the girl just wants to use me to get known or for money. The fact that you didnt even recognize me is great." Zayn smiles.

"Really? Wow I love music, and i'm kind of bummed I haven't heard of you before. I would love to hear your music or just you singing." I smile, but in the back of my mind i can't seem to stop thinking about Harry. Why does this kid remind me of him so much?

"Maybe on the second date." He winks, causing me to laugh.

The rest of the night we talk about life. It's opportunities. A group of three girls went crazy when they saw Zayn. I wonder how known he actually is, not that it matters. He's a great guy and i'm happy that Joey set me up with him. He's really funny and i think this is the most fun i've had since Harry... Harry, I need to get over him. Maybe this is my chance. I can finally get Harry out of my thoughts once and for all.