The Only Direction

CH. 6 Mutual Agreements

I knew the car ride wasn't going to be long, but being with Zayn was going to be weird. I didn't know how I even felt about being with Harry let alone what the feeling that ran through my crazy mind when Zayn picked me up and when he sat so close to me that I could feel electricity coursing from the tips of my fingers to the ends of my hair.

Well, that was deep. I didn't usually think like that.

I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I didn't notice Zayne had slid over next to me until I felt the familiar jolt of electricity.

"Zayn!" I gasped surprised. He slid away. the hurt look on his face made me feel bad, but I couldn't trust him right now. but I couldn't just ignore him.

"I'm sorry...." he stuttered "I just... I don't ..... it's just." I couldn't help myself. I reached for his hand. He stared at our hands for a second then locked eyes with me.

"Please tell me. You don't have to though. if you don't want to."

"I want to, but I don't want the other guys to know."

"Why?"

"It's sort of embarrassing that I lost my girlfriend."

"So it wasn't mutual."

"That was true, it was." I stared at him refusing to believe it.There was no way this breakup was mutual. "but I wasn't happy about it."

"Then how was it mutual?"

"It was obvious she didn't want me anymore and well I want her but I can't be with her right now...." When he said this, all of the pieces of the puzzle fell in to place.

"Oh... you caught her with another guy." His face turned red at first then pain shaped it into a sad grimace. "Ya, I know how that feels."

"You do?"

"Ya, I had the perfect boyfriend until I caught him with another girl. Then when I yelled at him for cheating, he beat me and I ran away to a club. That's when I met Harry."

"That sucks. it's crazy how u think you know someone and you think there amazing but they're really jerks."

"I know."

"Did Harry ever tell you about Sophia?"

"No who's that?" I wasn't really comfortable asking because well I was entering Harry's past and I wasn't so sure I wanted to know.

"Just another one of Harry's girls..."

"What do you mean?"

"Harry never really gets serious about girls. He just finds them, uses them, and dumps them." At this my heart shattered. I was just another one of Harry's girls.

Zayn saw my face and shook his head. "You're not like that. I can tell. you're different."

"No I'm not." tears brimmed around the corners of my eyes and started to pour down my face.

"Yes you are." He pulled me closer. Electricity coursed through my body. I felt him lean his head closer towards me but I pulled away. I knew that even if I was just another one of Harry's girls, Harry would freak out at Zayn for kissing me and I didn't want to cause trouble. besides this was just a rebound from Perrie. I knew Zayn didn't actually like me.

"So what was different about Sophia?"

"Harry was young and dumb and so was Sophia and they forgot to use protection." Zayn looked out the car window.

"He got her pregnant?!?" I was appalled. I couldn't believe this. I knew this cab ride was going to be awkward but this was ridiculous. First i find out why Zayn and Perrie broke up and then I found out I'm just another toy for Harry and then I find that Harry got a girl pregnant.

"Yeah. Management was furious. They made sure it was kept quiet. They scheduled private doctors appointments without ever telling the doctors who the father was. Sophia was scared, but Harry was angry. Mainly at himself for being so stupid. He didn't know what to do, but then Sophia lost the baby. Harry tried to help Sophia but she left and management sends her a check every 6 months to keep her quiet, not that she could prove anything. After that, Harry stopped using girls like that. He didn't date for a long time afterwards. He was too scared to. Eventually he started again but he got more serious and dated less often. He had finally grown up. I'm pretty sure he really likes you." it took me a moment to comprehend the story.

"Then why are you hitting on me?" I stared at him accusingly. He looked away out the window.

"I wasn't..." he mumbled.

"Oh yes you were...." I was about to get mad at him but Louis shouted from the front.

"We're here." I got out of the car and went up to the apartment and into my room, fell onto the bed, and tried to untangle the knotted mess that was my life.

END OF CHAPTER 6

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