I Don't Need My Heart *A Ziall AU*

CHAPTER SEVEN

*Dedicated to drnkniall for all these wonderful comments! Thank you, little hermana! Yo muy amore tu! (okay, idk much spanish, so this is the best i can do)*

Hey! I got a new chapter up! I hope that you guys will enjoy this! It's gonna be a little break from the last two, but it's also really important!

CHAPTER SEVEN

<<Zayn's POV>>

That night, I came back to the alley, with two boxes of pizza that was mismatched ordered. A kind teen gave them to me. But we were gonna need more. So I found Harry and he went dumpster diving and found a couple of unopened bags of beef jerky. Liam and Nicki made a rule of no alcohol at home since they knew how dangerous it could be, especially for us. So we filled up our water jug with some ice and water.

"Hey, how was your day?" Harry asked.

"It was okay." I said. That was my way of saying 'I got enough money.' We were saving up for a flat or some more protective place of living. But the costs of living in a big city like this was costly. And if we moved to other cheaper suburbs, where Liam works, it's much more dangerous. And father from our job sites.

"Oh, okay." Harry replied. "I hope we can move up soon." He sighed. "I don't wanna do this forever. This isn't fair." He said. "And look at poor Niall, he certainly isn't going to be able to survive this." Harry sighed.

"I know, bro, I know, the world is a horrible fucking place, but we can get through it, believe me." I said. I know for sure because it was a miracle that I've lived this long before. I have been through some truly deep shit.

<<flashbacks>>

"Zayn! you dare leave me now!" An angry, yet desperate voice boomed in the dark

"No! Run! Run! Run for your life!" Another woman screamed.

She was slapped and beaten as I ran out. I heard her agony as she laid her life for mine. I just froze and watched as she was killed.

<<flashback over>>

"I know, I know." Harry said. He already heard my story. Which by far was the worst. "Zayn?" Harry asked, as we walked closer home.

"Yes?" I asked

"Don't tell Niall your story. Of how you got out of that. He will never forgive you. He looked into my eyes. "Liam has already told him, and I'm sure Louis will too. Nicki and Cardi will share theirs as well, but yours isn't one for him to hear." Harry warned. I looked into his green eyes and saw the pain of when he first learned my deepest secrets.

"I'll try not to, but you know what's going to happen at the end." I said. "You know that I'm the greatest danger." I said. "And you know what's going to happen." I whispered.

"I know, and when it comes to that, we'll tell him, but he doesn't need to know now." Harry said. "Promise?" He asked

"Promise." I vowed.

"Thanks." Harry thanked, with a sad look in his eyes. We walked back to the camp, thinking.

Oh Niall, you're gonna be the death of me.

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I walked back to camp. Niall was there, along with the rest of the family, we washed up and split out the pizza.