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Chapter 6 // Friends

Been alone so long that I've forgotten what it's like to feel somebody next to me, and hear her breathing peacefully

When I wake up at night, wake up at night.

Been Alone So Long - Peter Hammil

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Chapter 6 // Friends

Niall's P.O.V

This week is certainly not going the way I planned.

For our tour break I was planning on relaxing and hanging around with the lads but in a twisted turn of events I'm being forced to find a girlfriend in a months time and was attacked by a lion cub.

The worst thing about that is... I'm back on crutches.

The media practically exploded last night when I was caught limping down the street with my crutches. Not only did I have to deal with the rumors that I was jumped or beaten by Zayn but management gave me a lovely call demanding what the hell happened to me.

I kept my promise is all I have to say.

As far as everyone knows I fell again.

Clumsy me.

Although the attention I'm getting for this is a little over bearing. There's at least 7 trending topics on Twitter right now telling me to get better and calling me a klutz. As if I didn't know that already.

It's nice but there's definitely more important things going on in the world right now.

At least I'm not in pain anymore with the pain killers I've been taking it's nothing but numbness.

"Hey Ni, I'm going out for some food. Want anything?" Zayn asks pulling on his sweater.

At least something good came out of last night. Zayn and I apologized to one another, but it was mostly me seeing that I was completely out of line to say what I did.

"Well duh. What kind of question is that?"

He chuckles "Yeah yeah. I'll be back in few"

With that he leaves my flat and I'm left alone to ponder life.

It's what I usually do when no one else is around. It's amazing to think about what life has become for me in four years. I could go on and on about the craziness of it all.

I flick on the TV and E! News is on. I don't usually watch this but Harry likes to see what lies they say about him every now and then. I can't say I haven't done it also, it is a bit entertaining.

"In recent news One Direction band member Zayn Malik is said to be splitting up from his fiance of one year, Perrie Edwards." I choke on the spit in my mouth as I gape at the video of Perrie removing her ring from her finger while sitting inside a coffee shop.

She's obviously unaware that she's being watched.

"It's the distance' a source has told us," Giulianna says reading off a note card in her hand.

Who is this "source" anyways?

"They can't handle being so far from each other and it's put a strain on their relationship," she continues and for a moment I'm believing it myself.

"What do you think Ryan?"

"I don't know. I can definitely agree that long distance relationships are hard to manage but it seems we won't know for sure if the couple have truly separated until they've said so themselves."

I nod in agreement. That won't happen though. Perrie and Zayn are one of the few people I know who truly love each other.

They couldn't possibly be separating. Besides even if it were true Zayn definitely wouldn't let us find out about it by watching some gossip show.