The Strange One ↠ Z.M

chapter 6

The next day at school Zayn was nowhere to be found, it's like he was avoiding me. I had no idea why, I thought we had a pretty nice time last night. Though he beat me at mini golf. I already knew he wouldn't let that one down. But for our next date I'm definitely taking him bowling, where I can win no matter what.

When it was time for lunch I was standing in line, waiting to get some of the worst food ever, when Elena came walking up to me.

"Hey" I smiled, but she didn't seem happy, "Whats wrong? You look angry"

Elena put her hands on her hips, "You know, Zayn? Your little boyfriend-"

"He's not my boyfriend" I corrected her.

"Whatever, how about you tell him to back off of Liam, if I hear about Zayn hurting him again we're going to have a problem" Elena stated.

I furrowed my eyebrows, "You don't even know what happened, Zayn helped me when you're brother was trying to...honestly I don't even know what your brother was trying to do. But let me tell you, it wasn't good"

Elena groaned, "I don't care, Violet. Liam was really hurt, he had a slight concussion"

Even though I hated Liam, he was still somewhat my friend. I've known him since we were kids, "Where is he now?"

"He's at home, my mom didn't want him going to school. The irony is, she doesn't know that Zayn hit him, only I know."

I rolled my eyes, "I'm sorry Elena, but I'm not really sure how this is relevant to what I'm doing right now" I gave her a sarcastic smile.

I watched Elena step back, she looked shocked, probably shocked that I talked back to her. I never do that, "Violet, let me tell you something" Elena stepped close to me, our faces inches apart, "if you're going to throw away all your friendships for some guy you met at the club then be my guest. But don't come crying back to us when he breaks your heart" she turned on her heels then started to walk away.

"How do you know he'll break my heart?" I called after her.

She turned, with a smile plastered on her face, "Because he doesn't commit to anyone, what makes you think he'll commit to you?" she tilted her head.

I couldn't answer her, it was almost impossible. I felt a lump in my throat and I swallowed hard as Elena walked over to our friends, well I'm not sure if they're my friends anymore. I felt my eyes water a little, then some guy behind me spoke up.

"Can you move? I've been standing here watching you and your friend fight for like 15 minutes" I turned to look at him, of course, I should've known I was Niall by the accent.

I rolled my eyes, "Stop over exaggerating" Niall irritated me beyond belief, I've gone to school with him since elementary school and he is still the same annoying boy I met years ago.

"Then move!" he exclaimed, "You don't need to just stand there like an idiot!"

"Sorry, princess" I walked further over to the lunch cashier, "Is this better for the princess? Or do I need to move more?" I bat my eyelashes, giving him a smile.

Niall sighed, "Stop being sarcastic, you know you love me"

I laughed, "Trust me, Niall. I don't love you"

He didn't say anything after that and I was grateful. But I shouldn't hold my breath, because knowing Niall he'll talk again once he finds something good to talk about. I was almost waiting; it was like waiting for a bomb to go off. Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad, but that's all I could relate it to.

"Remember in grade 5 when you kissed me" Niall spoke up.

I groaned, just begging the people in front of me to move. I needed to get away from him, "Don't remind me"

"From what I recall, you kissed me" Niall smirked, "Are you sure you don't want to kiss me again? I mean, for a 10 year old, that kiss was pretty steamy"

I shook my head, "Can you stop!" the whole lunch room fell silent, but quickly the noise cascaded threw the room once again. I sighed in relief; I didn't want the attention on me.

"Oh, did I upset the princess? Does the princess want me to stop?" Niall mocked me, I was so close to punching him in the face when I heard someone say something to him, I don't know what the guy said but I heard Niall answer back, "Dude, I was just playing around with her. We're good friends"

I turned on my heels quickly, "We are not-" I shouted, then stopped once I saw who was standing before us. It was Zayn; he always seem to come when I was in trouble, my knight in shining armor. "Zayn?" I was surprised to see him, he avoided me all day then he suddenly shows up out of nowhere.

"Hey Violet" he ran a hand through his dark brown hair. "Is he bothering you?" Zayn motioned toward Niall.

I looked at Niall, he looked at me with fear, "Uh, No, it's fine. I can handle it" I smiled slightly. I didn't know why Niall was so afraid.

Zayn nodded, giving me a small smile before he walked away. I looked at Niall once more before turning around to pay for my food; I paid for my food and in a matter of seconds Niall was back on my side. I was looking for a lunch table to sit at so I was trying to ignore Niall but it was pretty hard.

"Was that your boyfriend, Zayn?" Niall's voice shook.

"He's not my boyfriend" I snapped at him.

Niall licked his lips, "Didn't you see his face?"

I furrowed my eyebrows, "Yeah, obviously I saw his face. I looked right at him"

"No, Violet, he didn't look normal, he was pale, his eyes were red, I saw blood on his shirt" I thought Niall was just playing a trick on me, because Zayn's face was normal, "Violet, I'm serious. He looked dead"

I looked over at Zayn's lunch table and he turned to look at me and he waved, his face was fine. But I heard Niall gasp behind me. I turned around to look at him, "What is your problem?"

"V-Vampire" Niall stuttered.

I looked back over at Zayn, his smile growing. I heard something behind me fall to the ground; I looked over at Niall but then noticed he was on the ground. He had fainted. Quickly I looked back over at Zayn and he disappeared.

The same word just played through my head, repeating.

Vampire.