I'll Be Here for Forever || z.m.

Chapter Five

*Back to Kendall's P.O.V.*

Before leaving Zayn's room to go get changed and brush my teeth, he asked if we could tell them that we were together. I anxiously nodded, excited that he wanted his and my best friends to know about this. Us, to be exact.

Even though I had cancer, and I felt like shit, I was excited for... what? A boyfriend? I should be sitting in a dark room crying, shouldn't I? But, no, I wasn't. I was happy with everything about my situation but that one, small, but still crucial detail.

I kissed Zayn one last time, stepped out into the hall, only to be greeted by Erica.

"Kendall, how are you?" She asked, her eyes full of sympathy.

"Great," I smiled. She probably though I was insane.

"Well, you have a doctor's appointment at three, alright?" Erica half-smiled. We got on each other's nerves sometimes, but we loved each other. Was this as hard on her as it was on me?

"Okay, but I'm going to lunch now," I continued walking down the hall towards my room.

"With whom?"

"The boys," I said nonchalantly, shrugging.

"Speaking of the boys, can I talk with you?" Erica asked, following me into my room and shutting the door behind her.

"Sure..."

"Who's room did you just come out of?"

"Zayn's," I replied, hoping she'd just drop it.

"Are you two together?"

"I don't know, sort of," I shrugged once again.

"Well, if you aren't, you need to be sure not to be seen in public alone together, or else the paps AND the fans will never let the idea of you two together go. But, if you are, you need to decide if you want to go puplic or not, because, if you do, then you don't have to worry about that, but, if you want to stay private keep in mind what I said." Erica told me.

"Thank you, Er, I'll think about it," I stood up, about to escort her to the door.

"I'm not finished. If you stayed the night there, or plan on staying there, you need to make sure you keep it safe-"

I cut her off. "Erica, both my mom and Louis already had the sex talk with me. I know what to do and what not to do. I'll be fine. But thanks."

"Okay, I'll be by to pick you up at two-thirty. Call me if you need anything," She gave me a peck on the forehead and left.

I got changed into a black fitted tee shirt and blue skinny jeans, and the same pair of tan Toms I wore yesterday. I braided my hair into a messy fishtail braid, not putting any makeup on. I went down to the hotel restaurant to find that everyone was down there but me. Late again. I sat down at the end of the table next to Zayn, holding his hand under the table.

"We have an announcement to make," Zayn said, making all of the other boys stop their conversation.

"What is it Zayn?" Liam asked.

Harry just sat their with a smirk on his face, as if to say 'I knew it'.

"We're... Together," He stated, a smile on his face.

Lou's jaw literally dropped.

Harry started laughing, and shouted "I knew it!".

"Finally!" Niall cried.

"What?" Louis said dumbly.

"Lou, are you okay with this?" I asked.

"Yeah, yeah, fine, I'm fine with it." He replied bitterly, not looking at me. His eyes were on Zayn. Louis was normally the lighthearted and fun one, but not today. He was shooting daggars at Zayn.

We let it drop and continued talking.

The boys talked about how they were performing at the telethon for cancer research that was on tomorrow. I realized that I was performing at that too... and I had cancer...

"We probably should plan on leaving tomorrow at three, because the show starts at six and rehearsal starts at four and we want to get there early," Liam thought out loud.

"Shit," I was also thinking out loud today.

"What?" Zayn asked.

"I almost forgot... I'm performing at that, too..." I trailled off.

"Well we can just ride over together than," Liam said.

"Is that alright? That you're performing there?" Zayn asked, his eyes knowing.

"Yes, it's fine, I just... forgot." I didn't know if I'd be able to keep it together while singing in front of an audience of millions, while trying to raise money for and fight cancer.

"Okay," Zayn replied, dropping it.

We finished eating and made plans to go sight seeing at four, but, until then, we went our seperate ways.

I flopped down on my bed and felt a pain in my side. Fuck cancer.