Missing Pieces - z.m.

eighteen

HOPE'S POV

"Hope, where in the world did you go?" I can hear the venom in Zayn's voice. He must be pissed.

"I swear it's nowhere far! I followed you guys!" I explained myself, trying to ease his anger a tiny bit.

It didn't work. It completely backfired.

"YOU WHAT?!" Zayn yelled in the phone this time.

I gulped. "Zayn, I went to the area that you guys went to, and I'm currently in a restaurant so you shouldn't worry. It's not like I'm hot on your heels or something."

Silence.

I can hear Macit's voice, but it comes out as a murmur, for the fact that he's farther away from the phone.

"We're coming to get you," Zayn finally replies.

"Alright," I say. "I'm in a café by the the block. I don't know its name though," I start getting up from my seat, but Zayn's voice makes me sit down just as fast.

"No, you're staying inside. There aren't a lot of cafés here, so it should be easy finding you - just a second," he says.

"Okay."

"Stay on the phone with me babe," he finally says.

My heart flutters when he calls me babe. Babe. I could melt right now. "Don't worry."

Even when he's mad at me, he still calls me babe. How did I get so lucky to have a guy like him?

I can hear him breathing as he's talking to me, and I think I love him even more. I think it's safe to say that the past few months that I've spent with Zayn, I've fell in love with him even more, day by day, minute by minute. Everything that he does I love. He has a way of doing his own thing, a way with his words and he does them so perfectly, I find it impossible. How can someone be so perfect?

"Hello? Hope?" Zayn's voice rings in my ear.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm here," I reply.

"Were you listening to me, love?" he asks.

"I kinda zoned out, I'm sorry. You were saying?"

"We're near the restaurants now, but we're just looking through the windows to find you," Zayn explains. "Don't worry, babe, we'll be by your side shortly."

My heart explodes. I love you.

"Okay."

"There's this café, there are lots of families inside, even the little ones, I think w- HOPE!" he yells in the end.

The line goes dead. What?

What happened?

Before I know it, I'm tackled into a huge hug by my boyfriend, let go to get tackled into yet another hug, this time from Macit.

"Do you know how scared we were about finding you? God Hope, never do that again," Macit says.

"I'm sorry, I really am. I only wanted to find you guys so we can find Daniel together, y'know?" I tell them.

"Hope, you know how dangerous this is, right?" Zayn says. I nod. "Then why'd you come after us?"

"Because. Because I wanted to help you guys out. I don't want to be the only one that's safe, I want everyone to be safe. I don't want you guys treating me like a vase that's about to shatter, I want you to treat me like those all macho, wrestling men," I joke at the end to ease the tension between us. They're furious at me, I know. I promised them I won't worry and I won't come with them, yet I broke that promise and I came after them no matter how many times I've been stopped.