Behind the Voice (a zayn malik fanfic)

chapter 21

Jade's POV

My breaths get quicker when I press my phone to my ear and hear it ring once. Twice. Three times. I can't do this yet. I panic and abruptly end the call. Why did I even call him in the first place? I need to forget about him even though I know I can't. I'll have to try at least...

Sighing, I force myself off my bed and down the stairs. I find my dad sitting on the couch while typing on his laptop.

"Hi dad, when did you get home?" I ask as I don't recall hearing the booming noise of the garage.

"About five minutes ago," he replies, with his eyes still locked to the computer screen.

"Oh, by the way, I wanted to talk to you about something," I say just as the memory of Simon Cowell calling swims back into my brain.

"Sure," he closes the laptop halfway and places it next to him on the couch.

"I got a call from Simon Cowell a little while ago and he wants to sign me-"

"Simon Cowell? The judge on the X Factor who doesn't have a heart?" my dad rolls his eyes.

"Yea...him, but he's really nice. He only says rude things to contestants cause he's just being honest I guess but whatever. He said that he watched my videos and that I have a good voice and he thinks he can help me become famous. So he's inviting me to meet him in his office," I finish.

"Wow, well he's right about you having a great voice. This would be an amazing opportunity for you, Jade. I think you should go meet him. Even though he always acts like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed," he laughs and I join in.

"You really think so?"

"Yes I really think that he always wakes up on the wrong side of the bed," he smiles, trying to get a laugh out of me.

"Come on dad this is important."

"Okay, okay. I do really think you should agree to his offer. Only if you want to though because this is your life we are talking about," he says and I take in his words.

Do I want to do this?

-------

Zayn's POV

I splash cold water onto my face and shave quickly. As I'm wiping my face with a towel, I hear my phone ringing. It rings once, twice, three times until it stops and I reach my phone right when it stops. On my screen I read "Missed Call From Jade." My eyes widen and I stare at my phone in shock. She called me.

Jade.

Called.

Me.

But my phone only rang three times so either she called and ended the call last minute or she accidentally called me and ended it once she realized who she was calling. I really need to go over to her house and talk to her. First, I have to finish the last few lines of the song I'm writing her.

I want to call her back, but I don't think I should. Instead, I walk downstairs to get some juice. My eyes scan through the fridge and I end up grabbing my jacket and hopping into my car to go to the grocery store to buy some juice.

All I can think about is what was going on through Jade's head when she called me. Was she going to end us for good or take me back?

I snap out of my thoughts and realize I'm about to miss my turn. I abruptly swerve to the right and a car honks at me like fifty times. I roll my eyes, grip the wheel tighter, and focus on the road.

Thankfully, there are a lot of open parking spaces. I park, get out of the car and walk straight to where the juices are in the store. When I find some peach juice, I turn around and stop in my tracks.

There is a girl not to far from me with her back turned to me and she looks exactly like Jade from behind. She has brown hair and she is wearing sweats and a hoodie, something Jade would wear. My palms suddenly get sweaty and I find myself walking towards her.

My head spins and I think of what to say to her. I stop walking when I'm standing two feet away from her.

"Jade?"

-------

A/N

heeyy guyss sorry this was really short but I've been on a writers block lately :/ so thank you guys for being so patientttt

PLEASE VOTE AND COMMENT! :))))

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH <3

-Myrah :)