shadows // zerrie au

11

Perrie was on the verge of going insane.

Everywhere she turned, everyone she came face to face with-- it all terrified her and made her suspicious.

"Perrie," Gemma placed her hand on Perrie's arm. "You alright? You're more spaced out than usual."

"I'm fine," Perrie sighed.

"Why did you leave yesterday? Did Zayn try anything on you because if he did--"

"No, don't worry. I'm fine, I promise." Perrie assured her.

Gemma wasn't convinced, but nodded anyway. Both Lou and her noticed how odd she was behaving all morning long, but didn't know how to address it. Sure when either one of them was out of it they knew what was wrong, but Perrie wouldn't talk. She sighed and stood up, finishing the bagel she was eating. "Anyway, Lou wanted me to tell you we leave on the tourbus in half an hour."

Perrie sighed and stood up from her position. She needed air. She opened the door and bumped into Zayn, who stood there, hands in his pockets. He met with her eyes and gave her a lopsided smile.

"Hey," He said.

Perrie smiled. "Hi."

"I wanted to see if you were okay," He began, rubbing the back of his neck. "So, are you?"

Perrie laughed and nodded. "I'm fine."

"Cool, cool." He rocked back and forth, looking at anything but Perrie.

She couldn't help but smile. He was a sweet kid. Maybe it wasn't the most ideal way, but Perrie cracked the front he put up with her.

"As nice as this is," Perrie chuckled. "I'm going to go out for some air."

"Alright," He nodded.

"Bye," She began walking away.

She walked outside and stood for awhile, watching the busy cars rush by. Some of the boys' team were already loading bags inside.

"Perrie!"

Perrie turned and smiled. "Hi, Niall."

"How's it going, babe?"

"Good, thanks. I just wanted to come out."

"Ah, scandalous life of One Direction a bit much?" He teased.

Perrie laughed. "Nothing I don't find manageable."

"You ready for city number 2?"

"I'd like to think I am."

Niall smiled and was about to reply, but was called over by their manager. "Duty calls. We'll chat later, yeah?"

"Alright," Perrie smiled, waving goodbye. She watched him run over to their manager when she felt someone staring. She stiffened and turned, spotting a man with his eyes trained directly on her.

He smirked and mouthed one letter to her:

P

short kinda filler-ish update, I know but I'm so so sad to hear about the usa salute tour being canceled, so my heads a bit of a mess right now. If I can finish the chapter I'm working on by tomorrow, I promise i'll post 12 tomorrow but I'd feel 10x more comfortable getting ahead with the chapters so there's no panic if I get writer's block. Love you all, comment and vote!