Author's Note
Hey guys :) This chapter is a tad longer than I expected but we'll get to the more interesting parts soon...don't worry :P this entire story is COMPLETELEY fictional and takes place in a world where One Direction doesn't exist (hard to imagine I know). Tweet me feedback @zakit97 :)
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Thaakii Wentry*
Chapter 5
After class Alex & Val were swooning about Zayn.
"Did you see his hair? It was like perfect!" Val gushed. "Yeah! And his jawline..." Alex replied. "For people who were sleep-walking 20 minutes ago...you two sure are lively!" I said. Alex just laughed "Yeah well, there's nothing like waking up to a hot guy" she said with a wink. We all started laughing as we split up for our classes.
My day went pretty well from there :) I cruised through Bio, Chemistry and Health Class...besides when I fell flat on my butt playing dodgeball.
During break, the buzzword on almost every girl's lips was Zayn.
So far they all concluded that he was one of the hottest guys to ever hit our school...but he was elusive and distant with almost everybody. Not that that put any of the girls off. They just saw his behaviour as 'mysterious' and became even more trasfixed by him.
Other hot topics were Mr. Fabing's return and the party at Nate's house last Saturday. The party was such a great vibe but to be honest, I felt a bit uncomfortable because of all the attention Nate had given me. You know...THAT kind of attention. Don't get me wrong...I'm flattered and Nate is Very good looking but...he's a bit too touchy-feely for my liking...
Any way...after break, I started to Math with Ms. Azul. One of the only reasons I like math class is that we're a small class of about 20 people. That and the fact that Ms. Azul doesn't believe in homework :P Also, Val and Daniel are in my maths class and although we don't sit next to each other, we still have a lot of fun.
Val snuck away to the bathroom to re-apply her smudged eye-liner so Daniel and I walked alone to Math class.
Daniel is the son of a family friend and therefore, we grew up together. Blah, blah, usual story...he's like a brother to me and he's protective etc. Etc. always there for me and stuff. The thing is that he's one like #3 of the hottest guys at our school...he used to be #2 and Nate #1 but now that Zayn is here...they've both been bumped down. He's at least a head taller than me with curly, light-brown hair and green eyes with an intense stare. He's also a star athlete at our school, star-cyclist to be precise. We are only juniors and he already has a scholarship lined up for college. That's how good he is. But since the scholarship would mean him moving across the country, miles away from me, he turned it down. That's how close we are.
When we walked into the class Zayn was standing at Ms. Azul's desk. To set the scene for you, the desks each seat two people and there are about 5 spaces scattered all over the classroom.
"Be seated class," she told us, then nodding to Zayn she said "Zayn, you can choose a seat." He scanned the class and the empty seats...the 5 empty seats in the class ...and of the FIVE seats available...dear Lord he came to sit next to me.
"Right, I need to leave the class for a few minutes to sort out some admin work. While I'm gone, add your name's to this week's register list. Your work is on the board." Ms. Azul said before closing the door behind her.
I flipped my textbook to the page numbers written on the board. "Urgh...Algebra, great!" I said sarcastically to myself. I heard a laugh next to me and then I remembered who was sitting there...
"I know right! It's such a pain!" he said
"Err...yeah." I said uncomfortably.
He turned his head towards me and I felt his gaze on me. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something but now words came out. He tried again. This time, he managed to say "Listen...about this morning...um...I saw you were crying...and...And I was just wondering if it was something that I did? ...and if it was then I'm...I'm really sorry."
I paused a bit before saying, "no, it's cool. It wasn't something you did it's just that...you sat in Shaun's desk and that's kind of still a sensitive spot for me..."
"Oh...that's the other thing...who's this Shaun guy?" he asked throwing his hands up in the air. That's when I realised that Zayn was new here and somebody would have to tell him about Shaun. It might as well be me, I thought.
"He's...was...a student at our school...he died a few months ago."
"Oh..." Zayn said, clearly thrown by this. Luckily the register list came around to break the awkward silence and as Daniel leaned over to pass it to me, he took the opportunity to tell me a joke "hey, Aqeelah! "He whispered "why was 6 afraid of 7?"
I sighed and said "I don't know Daniel..."
"Well...Duh! Because 7-8-9...get it?"
I rolled my eyes. Despite all the up sides to his personality was...well a retard. If you asked me what was the cheesiest thing he'd ever said I probably wouldn't be able to answer you because he says dumb stuff all the time!
then I heard Zayn stifle a laugh next to me. I shot him a 'are-you-serious' look and he said, "what? It was funny!" then turning to Daniel he said, "Good one, bro."
Daniel smiled from ear to ear and extended his hand to Zayn "We haven't met before. Daniel Higgins."
Zayn took his hand and said "Zayn Malik. Thanks for the laugh."
"anytime. You coming down to the field for try-outs tomorrow afternoon? You look like a football kinda guy."
"err...yeah sure. Why not? You gonna be there?"
"Now why would I invite you and NOT be there?"
Zayn laughed "Great! See you there."
After Dan turned around Zayn turned back to me "he seems like a nice guy..."
"Yeah he is. A bit of an idiot sometimes. But then again who isn't right? Just don't go falling for him! Half of the girl s here have" I said
"should I write your name on the list for you?" I asked.
He smiled smugly and raised an eyebrow at me "Well...if you can spell it then..."
"Of course I can spell it!" I turned the page to him so he could see what I was writing
"Z-A-Y-N-space-M-A-L-I-K. There!" I said. He looked genuinely surprised "I've never met somebody who could spell my name properly the first time round."
I just laughed, "Well, now you have."
We were interrupted once again by the door opening. Ms Azul walked in saying "Right class, I hope you've finished those sums as we shall be marking now."
Zayn and I looked down at our empty pages and then at smiled mischievously at each other. Then he scribbled a note on my page.
The two words said
"Oh shit."
