He started smiling so brightly, he looked at me again. “Well, let’s eat” he said. We sat down on the grass and took the sandwiches out of the bags. As we were eating, I slowly turned and looked at him. “So um…you wanted to talk about us?” I asked. “Yeah” he said. He set his sandwich down and turned to me. “So, you obviously know that song is written about you” he said. “No duh. Oh, and sorry if the sweater thing was kind of creepy” I said. “Believe me, if I had one of your sweaters, I would’ve slept with it every night too” he said. “Then why did you…” I began. “Let me…get there” he said. He sighed and looked at me again. “I feel so free here, don’t you?” he asked. I just nodded, he set down the stuff down on the ground and grabbed my waist. He lifted me up into the air and started spinning me around, I screamed. “I said don’t you!?” he asked. “Zayn! Stop!” I yelled. We both started laughing as he set me down. He looked into my eyes, he wouldn’t let go of my waist. “Well um…I haven’t been this close to you in 4 years…it’s actually kind of…comforting” I said. “Yeah…you’re right” he said. We continued staring, I waited for him to continue talking, but he didn’t. “Um, Zayn?” I asked. He was silent, he just stared. “Zayn, you can…” I began. “Have you ever just…felt such a strong connection with someone…and you just know that…they’re the one” he said. “Um…” I began. “Be truthful…because I’m about to be 100% honest with you” he said. “What do you mean?” I asked. He took a deep breath and looked at me. “I’m sorry about us” he said. “Zayn please, what’s past is past. You can’t hang onto the past” I said. Wow I was being such a hypocrite there. “I can’t help it! Holding onto the past is all that’s been keeping me on my feet! I’ve been clinging onto the past for so long just hoping…just hoping…I’d get to be with you again” he said. I felt my heart drop. “What!?” I asked. “Ivy…I never wanted to break-up with you. I was having a bad night, I had gotten into a fight with my parents and I was holding my anger inside…I just let it out at the wrong time. Ivy, I’ll say it again, I’m so, so sorry. I loved you…and…I still do” he said. Now I felt like my heart just exploded inside of me…HE WHAT!? This is too good to be true! “And I’m sorry if I creep you out, but I’ve been needing to do something for 4 years, and I’m doing it right now before I lose you forever” he said. He didn’t even wait for a reaction. It was less than a second before his lips were passionately kissing mine. I don’t think I’ve ever felt such a rush in my life. Suddenly, I heard Half a Heart start playing out of nowhere. Zayn pulled away and looked into my eyes again. He moved my hair behind my ears and kept his hands on my cheeks. He sighed and started smiling. “How did I ever yell at such a beautiful face?” he asked. “Don’t ask me, ask yourself” I said. He laughed. He sighed again and grabbed both of my hands. “So…yeah…I still love you Ivy. And…I always clung onto the small hope that one day I’d get you back. Well…I know that’ll never happen…but I thought I’d let you know, I always wanted to tell you and thought I’d never get the chance…so here it is” he said. He let go of my hands and turned away. “Well then…isn’t there something you need to ask me?” I asked. He turned back to me. “What?” he asked. “You told me you loved me and wanted to be mine again. So…why aren’t you taking me by the hand and asking me out already?” I asked. I left him in shock.
