Malibami / 1d

chapter eighteen

I walked through the mall, all by myself. Kelsey and Lou had left about an hour ago because they had somewhere else to be and now I was just going in to stores and walking out of them by myself, picking up some new clothing items. It had been a while since I had gotten some new clothing and I decided that it was time. 

I had just finished at one store and walked out when I noticed two guys that have been following me for a while now. I acted like I didn't notice them but it began to get a little creepy.

Quickly, I grabbed my phone and texted Zayn.

To Zaynie 😘: SOS Mall Food Court

That would be enough for him to realise I might be in trouble. I didn't know if I was, but I began feeling a little intimidated. I had no idea what to do so I thought going over to the food court would be the best idea. 

There were a lot of people and hopefully they'd look out for me a little.

I sat down at an empty table and grabbed my phone, waiting for a response of Zayn. He had read it the second I had send it, so maybe he didn't waste time and answer but immediately left to come get me.

I began getting scared now, I didn't want to act like I noticed them but I think they already knew I had my eye on them. Eventually, they came walking over to me and the two guys sat down at the table, one across from me and the other next to me.

I widened my eyes and stared at them, not knowing what to do. They both smirked in the most disgusting way ever. The guy that sat next to me then leaned in making me shiver, "we know who you are," he whispered, making me furrow my eyebrows.

The one across from me leaned in and stared at me, "and we're going to use that." His smirk widened and I just sat there, completely frozen, not knowing what to do. I looked up to see if anybody that looked nice saw what was happening but everybody was too busy with their own lives.

The one time I want people to be busy with my life and pay attention to me, they don't. 

"What do you want from me." I managed to spat out, making them raise their eyebrows and display surprised looks on their face. The one across from me then laughed, reaching out to grab my hand which I snatched away immediately.

"It'll be very easy if you just go along with it." The one next to me said, making me turn my head and stare at him. "Who are you? What do you want from me?" I said again, getting so scared I think I was about to faint. 

"Tone it down, don't draw attention." The one across from me said, giving me a stern look. 

"Now, you're going to get up and walk with us to our car." The one next to me said, then he stood up. I stared at him and got up too. "Now follow us." The other one said, making me get up, what did these guys want from me, I didn't understand.

"Get the hell away from my girl." I turned around to see Zayn storming over, making the two boys widen their eyes. I was about to run over to him when one of the guys snatched my collar. "Z." I cried out, holding out my hand.

"Mason, Jackson, let her go." He said, his eyes turning dark while he cracked his knuckles. Now there had appeared a small crowd who all turned to stare at us. I looked at the guys who were just smirking at Zayn.

The guy let go of my collar and pushed me towards Zayn, I rushed in to his arms and nuzzled my head in to his chest, tears rolling down my cheeks. 

"We'll get you next time, Malik." They yelled before rushing off, very quickly. I looked up at Zayn who grabbed my head in his hands and stared at me before placing a kiss on my forehead and pulling me in to a hug.

I turned around to now see the worst thing possible.

It were Ali, Camilla and Harry, staring at us with wide and confused eyes. It looked like they wanted to come over, ask us if I was okay, but they didn't. They turned around and walked away. 

Why didn't they come over to me and save me when those two guys were harassing me. They probably noticed me the second I walked in to the food court. This just proves that they are fake. 

I turned back around and stared at Zayn who looked at them too. Zayn walked over to the table I was previously sitting on and picked up all the shopping bags that still stood underneath it. He then walked back over to me and held out his empty hand.

"Let's go." I mumbled, getting his hand and walking the other direction. I was still shivering from what had just happened and slightly in shock.

I followed Zayn to Travis' car in the parking lot. He probably realised I had bought clothing and that we couldn't really transport those on his motorcycle. He put me down on the hood of the car and stood in front of me, his hands on my shoulders. 

"Why did they know I was yours?" I asked. It was weird, even I began calling myself Zayn's, just because we never really defined if we were boyfriend and girlfriend. We just kind of started doing stuff together and not with anybody else. 

Zayn shook his head and stared at the ground, putting his hands one on each side of me. "Z?" I asked, confused. Tears had stained my cheeks slightly and I just wanted answers. I hate it when people are mysterious. Too bad Zayn was one complete mystery.

"Those were the guys that got me arrested a while back." He replied, staring back at me. I widened my eyes. "They've been keeping up with us through social media I guess." He then said, taking a step away from me and kind of turning around, walking and thinking.

"Why did they want me?" I asked, still so confused. 

"I think it wasn't their plan, I just think that when they saw you they decided to play with you, with me. They would never actually hurt you." He said, getting close and grabbing my hand again. 

I nodded, hoping he was being honest. 

"Can you just bring me home?" I then asked, looking up. I was tired, I had about five shopping bags and just wanted some food and sleep. 

Zayn nodded, picking up the bags we had put next to the car and putting them in the backseat. I slowly walked over to the passenger seat and waited for Zayn to get in. He started the car, turned the radio off and drove out of the parking lot. We sat in silence.

"You mean home at Kelsey and Lou or do you want to come with me?" Zayn asked me, turning his head for a second to look at me. 

I closed my eyes and thought for a second. I could go with a night of cuddling, tomorrow classes didn't start until two in the afternoon so I had enough time.

"Yours is fine." I mumbled, waiting for us to get back there.

When we arrived at the frat house, it was quiet for a change. Most people were still at classes. Other than Travis and another guy, nobody was home. 

"You go upstairs I'll be with you in a minute." Zayn said before pressing his lips to my temple. I nodded, dropping his hand and walking up the stairs to his room. 

I quickly stripped out of my clothing and got in to Zayn's bed, closing my eyes and trying to proces what happened. If Zayn had gotten there even a second later he would have missed me and those guys would have taken me.

Luckily I was safe now, Zayn always protects me.

The door opened, I didn't bother to look up who it was. The walking came closer, I heard a belt drop on the floor and then the duvet cover was picked up. He crawled in to the bed next to me and we spooned. 

Zayn's arms slipped around my waist and I traced the lines of his tattoo's. He placed little kisses on my neck, making me smile. With my other hand I intertwined my fingers with his. Eventually my breathing slowed down and I fell asleep.