Brave || Zerrie AU

Sunsets and Kisses.

I AM BACK! I have missed you all so so much! I am so sorry I haven't updated in like, two months, but school has been taking up all of my time. Yesterday I turned 18 and I thought a good present for you guys would be a chapter so I made myself sit down and write this chapter.

BTW I love Nathan Sykes so y'all better not say anything mean about him.

BOY OH BOY ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO LOVE THISSSSSSS! ENJOY!!!!!

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"How did we end up like this?" Perrie asked Zayn as they sat next to each other on the blankets, and looked at the city before them.

Moments ago they had shared a kiss. A kiss that Perrie still felt on her lips. A kiss that had made her heart leap. A kiss that had revealed to her how things had changed; How her feelings for Zayn had changed these past few month and how she had changed.

Now, they sat on the rooftop of one of the tallest buildings in New York, talking as if they were old friends just catching up. In a way, they were. Perrie knew that her friendship with Zayn would never change even if they weren't together romantically. Sitting here, alone, proved to her that it would never be awkward when it came to just talking.

"We made mistakes." He let out a deep chuckle as he took a puff of his cigarette.

Perrie's nose crunched up in disgust, "Gosh, I can't believe you're still smoking."

"I only stopped because you helped me realize that I was becoming an addict, but when you left I fell back into it." He turned to face her and smiled, "You were my little angel."

A sad smile spread across her face as she took in his face and wanted nothing more than to help him. "We were quite a pair, huh?"

"We are quite a pair, Perrie." He laughed.

She stared at the city before her and the lights that signaled the life inside. Her mind found peace in knowing that at least somewhere in this big city someone was as happy as her in that moment.

"Can I ask you a question, Zayn?" Perrie asked him as she leaned in a little closer to him and noticed how he leaned in as well.

"Sure."

"Why did you write that song about me? Why did you make me seem like the worst possible person in this world?" Her voice was a whisper in the wind as she asked him the question she had been dying to ask him since she heard the song.

Hearing that song has caused her to question everything about their relationship and ask herself if he had always felt that way. She thought she would never be able to ask him because she thought she would never see him again, and yet here they were.

Zayn sighed and took another puff of his cigarette. Silence filled the space between them and Perrie's heart began to race. What if his response was the one thing she dreaded to hear. Panic began to kick in, but in that moment Perrie reminded herself that she had a right to know why he did what he did when all Perrie every did was love him, unconditionally.

After a long silence Zayn answered. "I wrote it when I was going through a rough part in our separation."

"The lyrics were so... heartless. Zayn, you knew I loved you so why did you say I was only interested in our relationship because I was getting something out of it.? I was genuinely in love with you."

"Don't say 'was' because it kills me." He closed his eyes and pressed his lips together in a line before continuing. "I wrote that song after I had left Harry's apartment one night and I had seen you with Ciro. You were in his arms and you looked so happy. Happier than I had seen you in a long time. I saw the way you looked at him and I got so jealous. I wanted to be the one you looked at with all that love."