Reunited in L.A

Chapter Eight : Haunted by the past

It's the next afternoon.

Malika P.O.V

It's 2 in the afternoon and Zara and I are deciding to go out somewhere just to hang out.

"Hey, Zara let's go to the movies or let's do some shopping!" Sitting next to her on the coach.

"Mals or.... WHY DON'T WE hang out with the boys". Smiling.

"Oh so you want to see Daniel? Is that it?". Teasing her.

"Oh you mean Seavey?" Blushing.

"So Zara do you actually like him?" Pushing her slightly.

"Hey Mals! Stop! We just met, we are just flirting, there's nothing going on. I mean...yeh he's kinda cute! He has really nice deep blue ocean eyes, he's got nice brown hair and he's smile is just adorable but we don't really know each other!". Describing him.

"Well I think he likes you!" Smiling at her.

"Mals stop teasing me! You know that I don't do relationships". Getting annoyed.

"Okay okay, let's just go over there and say hi". Pulling her arm and walking out the door and locking it.

We go press their door bell and we see Daniel opening the door.

"Oh hey Mals...oh hey blue!". Smiling at me then looking at Zara.

"Hey Dani!" Hugging him and pulling away from the hug.

"Oh hey Seavey! What are you doing later tonight!" Flirting with Daniel.

"Umm it's up to you..." Being cut off by Zach, as he comes to the door.

"Hey guys... ah come in Malika" Zach grabbing my hand and taking me into the house, as he could tell that I felt awkward, leaving Daniel and Zara outside to talk.

"Malika so what do you want to do?" Still holding my hand and looking into my eyes.

We both stared and smiled at each other for a while in silence, but I don't know why all of a sudden, Zach reminded me of him and I couldn't take it. 

"Um...I don't know, where's your bathroom?"  I flinched and stepped away from Zach!

"Hey Malika? What's wrong? Did I do something wrong?" Looking at me with confusion.

"No Zach.. it's not you..I just don't want to talk about it. Where's your bathroom?" Getting teary and just remembering the past.

"It's that way." Pointing to the door that was at the end of the corridor and walking into another room.

I went past Zach and entered the bathroom. I locked the door behind and started to cry. I don't why but I felt completely lost, like I had no one. Then I remembered what happened to me. How hurt I was. How I left it for so long...how destroyed I was. I stopped thinking about the past and quickly grabbed some toilet paper. I then try to wipe my tears away but it was no use, I still was crying. I couldn't stop but think about what happened. It kept replying in my head, thousands and thousands of times. A few minutes later, I finally stopped crying, I then look into the mirror and try to mix my make up. I take a deep breath in and out and open the door and I walked out putting my head down and accidentally bump into Jonah.

"Hey Malika..." Looking up from his phone and taking a pause.

"Hey are you okay...?" Putting his phone into his back pocket and grabbing both of my hands and looking into my eyes.

"Umm... yeh I am good." Flinching again.

"Hey... what's wrong? Why do you look upset? You know you can tell me anything? You can trust me". Looking at my hands and then at my eyes.