Not So Ordinary~ A One Direction Fan Fiction

Chapter 16: Happy

A shiver ran down my spine as I came to realization of who was actually standing infront of me. Angelica. A sweet smile came to her lips as she glanced back and forth between Zayn and I. "No, I think we're fine." Zayn replied, his brows furrowed, looking down at his cutlery. After a moments pause, I also realized that Zayn had no idea who Angelica was and I couldn't decide if that was good or bad. "Excuse me." I told Zayn as I headed off to the rest room with Angelica trailing behind me. Once we'd reached the first stall, I turned around sharply giving her a look of confusion and hate. "What are you doing?" I spat out through gritted teeth. "A favour." she replied with sweetly, picking at her nail.

"For who?!" 

"You."

I watched Angelica as she moved to the counter sink, lifting herself up and sitting on it, beside the paper towel dispenser. "I don't need any favours." I grimanced. "Especially not from you." I added, heading for the door. "You might want to hear me out." Angelica said in a sing-song voice, still on the counter. I paused and took a step back. She was up to something. "You have 5 minutes." I urgently whispered, tapping a finger on my watch. "Deal." she gave me a snakey smile.

"How did Zayn act around you when you first started 'pretend dating'?" Angelica asked me. I paused, deciding if I should even try to convince her that we were really dating, but I knew she knew the truth of it all. "Awkward? Stubborn?" she raised her voice higher at every word. "Defensive, even?" she added. "I suppose." I responded. Why was I even talking to her? But she drew me in. She knew something that I didn't. "And your a lovely girl, Laila. The only logical reason that he would act so... absurd, was that he had a rough time before." Angelica told me, pursing her lips. "What do you mean?" I whispered. "A rough break-up." Angelica said, shrugging softly. I waited for some more information before adding...

"Zayn wasn't in a relationship before we started - " 

"Oh, come off the pot, Laila. Zayn has always slept around." 

"Zayn is a wonderful person!" I spat at her in his defense. I was shocked at myself, shocked that I was defending his sorry ass. But I truly cared about Zayn. I did.

"Well, aren't you falling for the bad boy?" Angelica smirked, leaning against the mirror. "He's not a bad boy, Angelica. It's just a mask he uses so he doesn't get hurt." I thought out loud, looking down.

"Mhm, well, that friend of yours, Nadia or something - "

"Nidia." I glared. And added, "And how do you know about her?"

"I ran into her while she had bolted from Harry's place during the twitcam." she gave me a small smile and a nod. "Ran into her? Angelica, were you stalking us?! What the absolute hell?!" I almost shrieked. This crazy person used to be one of my best friends and she had turned into a monster. "Calm yourself, Laila. I'm trying to tell you something here." she huffed. "Well, spit it out!" I yelled, tears threatening to spill down my cheeks.

"She was the rough break-up."

My head felt a little light as I tried to grasp what Angelica was saying. Nidia dated Zayn? That's why everything was so awkward? Yet none of them cared to tell me. But, who called it off? A million questions buzzed through my brain. "Lalia? Laila!" Angelica snapped her fingers in front of my eyes, trying to regain my attention. "Zayn broke up with Nidia so he could date... you." Angelica widened her eyes at me, trying to get some sort of reaction before adding, "Zayn liked you the moment he saw you with Harry. That's why he called it quits with Nidia. He thought he had a chance. And when he realized that Harry had you wrapped up in his spell, he got jealous. He blamed it on revenge for the Becca and Niall thing. But he never wanted revenge. He wanted you." Angelica told me and added, "But now he sees you so happy with Harry and he knows you love him so, so much. And after hanging out with you all this time and realizign what wonderful girl you are, he wants you to be something for him, only one thing in return..." I waited, biting my lip. "A friend."