Too Old For Her

Discovered

"What do you mean i wont believe what happened?" I say back to Hope

"Well.. you should probably see for yourself. Your dad isn't home. He has to work late oh and I'm staying the night.." She says

"Figures."

  She escorts me to the living room and turns on the TV. She flips through some channels before making a final decision on E news. There's some commotion on the screen. The caption reads "Mystery Girl?"

Oh shit...

I soon realize that this could be a problem. As I'm watching the TV, the reporter goes on and on about this girl saying descriptive details such as "shes around 5'7" "has dark curled hair" and so on. I'm hoping in my gut feeling that this isn't what i think it is. I'm also hoping that a lot of people at my school don't watch E news.

I keep watching and much to my surprise they are talking about my Mr Malik and to make matters worse they show a picture of my face and my pathetic attempt to cover it! The reporter says "If you know the name of this girl please contact as by email or number."

Shit..Shit..and more Shit

"Now what the hell am i supposed to do? People are gonna see me! They re gonna call in and tell those sneaky pricks! and why are you staying on a Sunday night?" I freaked

"Uh chill al...I'm staying because I'm going to school with you? You never cared before? And i don't what i mean i told you to be careful but at the same time this is great!" She enthuses 

"Shut up! This isn't great! How the hell could it be great?" I freak again

"Well i mean people are definitely going to know you so, plus its Zayn freaking Malik!" She enthuses

"I don't give a shit?!"

"Yeah you do.."

"Shut up! or just go home okay? I need to sleep this off and act as if nothing happened and there's no way i can hang with Mr Malik anymore i mean what if my dad found out? Shit shit fucking shit!" I scream

"Alex just calm down. Like you said, maybe its not so bad. I don't think you should just drop him like that i mean he obviously wants to see you again and that'd just crush him. It'd crush anybody for that fact. Just date him in more quiet places. Don't be so discrete about it in public and we will make sure that your dad doesn't find out so just chill out and don't stress okay?"

I sighed "Fine."

We tried to get this trouble off of our minds by eating tubs of ice cream and watching Netflix. That's my way of calming down. About an hour into our movie my phone starts ringing. It's Zayn.

"Hello?" I answer

"Hey love. I was making sure you got home safe." His deep voice answered

"Aw thanks. Yeah I'm here with Hope safe." 

"Tell her I said hello."

"Hope, Zayn says hi! There i told her." I respond

"Hey is anyone else home with you? Like do you live with parents or..?" He says curiously

"I live with my dad but he isn't home. He's had to work late the past few days. I think he permanently took on the late shifts now so he can sleep more during the day." I laugh

Hope nudges me and i shoot her a confusing look but continue on with our conversation.

"That's nice. What about your mum?"

"She died when she had me.." i say uncomfortably

"I'm so sorry! Please forgive that i didn't know i swear!"