Tell Me A Lie [Zayn Malik]

Chapter Six

After getting Dylan home I decided to stay and pick up my things from Alex’s tomorrow. “Is he okay?” I asked Gran around 2:00Am when she came into the kitchen after putting Dylan to bed. 
“He seems to have a little cold but he should be fine if he stays in bed for a few days.” She poured herself some coffee as I yawned. “Head on up to bed, you’ve had a long night, I’ll check up on Dyl in a little while to make sure he’s okay.” I hugged her and headed up to my room but I didn’t get much sleep. Zayn and Liam. My mind fought between them the whole night. Zayn almost kissing me, Liam finding Dylan for me, Zayn almost kissing me, Liam finding Dylan. It wouldn’t end. —
Finally around the time the sun came up I fell asleep, only to dream of Zayn and Liam. Around 12:30pm I woke up to hear Gran bustling around down stairs, she should’ve been at work by now. “Gran?” I asked wondering if could be a burglar. “Yes?” She asked as I came down the stairs. “What are you doing home?” I asked pulling my hair back. “Dylan was running a fever, it’s gone down but I had to stay home with him.” She was making soup, I guessed for him. “Gran you can head to work, I can take care of him.” I said grabbing a bowl for her. “Oh no, dear, it’s fine I can stay. You can go out.” She poured the soup in the bowl. “No, go to work.” I grabbed a tray and loaded the soup up. “He’s in my room watching tv.” She said patting my shoulder as she grabbed her coat and bag out of the chair. “Call me if you need me, dear.” She said as she closed the door. I headed up the stairs and down the small hallway before opening the door to Grans room. “Hey, how you feeling?” I asked him as I sat down on the bed beside him. “No good.” He said in his business tone that he always used when he was sick. “Well eat up, it’ll make you feel better.” I said holding out a spoon full for him. —After feeding Dylan he went back to sleep, still having a small fever I called Gran and she said to give him some medicine, after that I went up to my room to get dressed. As I was picking out a shirt my phone rang. “Hello?” I asked grabbing a blue sweater of the hanger and a gray scarf. “Hey, I thought you were gonna meet us at the mall?” It was Izzy. “Oh, I’m sorry, Dylan got sick and I told Gran that she could go to work so I’m taking care of him.” 
I said putting her on speaker and putting on the sweater. “Oh well that’s ok, stay with your brother.” She said as Alex said something in the background. “When is her date with Niall?” I asked thinking of last night. “She said we’ll bring you something and that it’s tonight so we gotta buy her a new outfit.” I laughed as Alex giggled in the background. “Ok, I’ll see you guys later.” I said hanging up. I wrapped my scarf around my neck and went back down stairs, I checked on Dylan who was still sleeping and headed down into the living room to watch a movie to past the time. By that time it was already 2:00pm and I was starting to wish I was out with the girls. I put in The Little Mermaid, a classic that I love, and I grabbed a blanket. Half-way through the movie Dylan woke up and called for me. “Yeah?” I asked coming up the stairs. “I don’t feel good.” He said coming to the door holding his stomach. “Are you gonna be sick?” I asked bending over in front of him. He nodded right as puked all over me. That was pleasant, I thought. “Go back to bed and I’ll clean this up.” I said taking my scarf off. He turned and went back in the bedroom, and I went to the bathroom to get a shower. After a thirty minute shower I got dressed and started cleaning. I got all the puke up and then mopped, then swiffered. I made sure everything was clean then I went and checked on Dylan again. He had went back to sleep, I figured he’d stayed up all night. Then I went to the kitchen and called Gran. “Oh the poor thing, did you clean it all up?” She asked as people chattered in the background. “Yes, everything’s clean and he’s asleep. Everything is under control.” I said as the other line beeped. “Ok, call me for a check up in a bit.” She said, “Ok, I will, bye.” I quickly hung up and answered the other line. “Hello?” I asked, “Michaela, hey, Niall called and he’s picking up Alex early, apparently he’s got something special planned, so do you mind if we stay a bit when we bring you your present?” Callie asked as Alex was talking about a dress in the background. “My present?” I asked, “It’s a surprise.” She said teasingly. “I don’t care if you stay but my brother threw up so I warn you.” I said going into the utility room. “Oh it’s cool.” I shook my head to myself and started dumping my puke clothes into the washer. “Ok then, see you later.” I said as Callie hung up. I put my clothes on to wash and went back to my movie. As the wedding was ending at the end of the movie a knock sounded on the front door. I got up and opened it to see Callie and Izzy, Callie holding a bag. “If don’t like it we can take it back.” Izzy said closing the door. I opened the bag to see a White, pink, purple, green, and gray knitted beanie made by The North Face. “Oh my gosh! I love it!” I said putting it on. Callie smiled. “I picked it out.” She said and Izzy rolled her eyes. “We all payed for it, though.” I hugged them both and we all went into the room, spending the rest of the evening in there. —Callie and Izzy left at 9:00pm, Alex was still on her date, and Dylan was still in Grans room watching tv. I went to my room and got my computer out. I hadn’t had much time to log onto anything, since I was bored I logged onto my twitter to see nothing new then my phone rang. “Hello?” I said closing my laptop. “Oh my gosh!” It was a four way call with all of the girls, it was Alex that screamed. “You have a good time?” I asked sitting down on my bed. “He is sooooooooo sweet!!!!” She said making me pull the phone away from my ear. “Where did he take you?” Callie asked. “Well first, we went to the park, then we went to this really nice restauruant, and then we just walked and talked and everything was PERFECT!!!” She let out a deep breath, and Izzy laughed. “I’m so jealous, you’re dating a 1D boy!” She said, “We’re not dating, we just went out once.” Alex said, “I gotta go, my moms calling me.” Callie said clicking off. “I’m gonna get a early night, bye guys.” Izzy said clicking off too. “And then there were two.” I said and Alex laughed. “So, Uh, can I ask you a question?” Alex asked, I could hear her ticking her tongue on the inside of her cheeks nervously. “Uh, sure. What about?” I asked, taking off my shoes. “It’s about…………. Zayn.” She said, oh boy. “What about him?” I asked keeping calm. “Wellllllllllll, Niall sorta told me a secret. I’m just wondering if it’s worth it to tell you.” She said, and I half dropped the phone. “Well tell me.” I said, I had never liked people keeping secrets from me and especially not about Zayn. “Like I said, I’m not sure if I should tell you or not.” I sighed, “Just tell me, it’s no big deal.” Not. I was beginning to like him more and more with every thought that passed through my mind about him, and anything that has to do with him. “Ok, do you like him?” She asked, “I like them all, you know that.” I said acting normal. “But do you like him more than the rest.” She asked, “Sure. Just tell me.” I said like it didn’t matter. “Fine. Niall was telling me that he thinks Zayn likes you, and you know we all saw that close touch the other night.” I rolled my eyes to myself before realizing what she’d just said. Zayn, maybe, likes me. Knowing this I’m gonna be even more awkward around him, just my luck. “That’s……. Nice.” I said smiling to myself. “I knew I shouldn’t have told you!” She screamed, “No, no. It’s cool, don’t worry. You can trust me.” I said, “Okay, well I’m really tired. Talk to you later.” —Sunday passed by pretty slowly at Alex’s house. We talked about the boys and about Niall. Alex seemed to really like him, I was glad, Niall’s a really sweet guy. Every time Zayns name was mentioned Alex would glance at me, but I managed to avoid the subject all day and thankfully got home without ever getting alone with her and bringing him up. Now I was racing down the hall trying to get to detention on time so I wouldn’t get even more. I burst through the door to see Millie, Madison, Callie, Izzy, and Alex all staring at me. “You’re late.” The teacher said from the front of the room. “Sorry, I-” I said out of breath but she cut me off, “No excuses, sit.” I obeyed and headed to the seat beside Alex. She smiled at me and continued to doodle on a piece of notebook paper. I leaned over and saw she was drawing a big One Direction at the top of the page. Millie was applying lipgloss across from Callie, who was giving her death stares. Izzy was staring at the wall, I’m not really sure what Madison was doing, she was reading three different books and taking notes. I pulled out my book I was supposed to be reading for history and started from where I’d left off. Ten minutes passed and nothing changed. Thirty minutes later Millie was slumped forward on her desk, asleep, Alex had covered the whole page in One Direction related things, Madison was still reading, Izzy was still staring at the wall, and Callie was digging through Millie’s bag. The teacher had left to go eat in the teachers lounge so we could really do anything we wanted. “So, Zayn—” Alex said leaning towards me. I sighed and put my head in my hands. “Don’t start.” I said and Madison shushed me from behind. Alex rolled her eyes and went back to drawing. “Michaela Pierce?” It was the headmaster. I nodded and he came across the room to me. “I just received a phone call from your Grandmother. Your brother is in the hospital, you’re excused to go and see him.” My heart stopped at those words, panic stricken, I looked at Alex. “Go!” She said. I grabbed my bag off the floor and flew past the headmaster without a word. 
I knew Dylan was sick but I didn’t know he was that bad. Yesterday he seemed better, I guess I was wrong. I ran outside and in my rush I just quickly whistled and instantly, in my luck, a taxi pulled up. I jumped in and told him where to go. I finally took a breath and tried to calm myself. My mom, my dad, now my brother, this couldn’t happen. We pulled up in front of the hospital and I quickly paid the driver and go out, running for the front door. “Can I help you?” The young girl at the front desk asked me. “Dylan Pierce?” I asked, she typed on her computer. “I don’t think he’s been put in a room yet.” She clicked a few times and nodded. “He’s in room 313, on the third floor.” She said. “Thank you.” I said heading towards the elevator. I pushed the button and it opened. I clicked third floor and waited. The doors opened I immediately saw Gran, she was standing by a vendi machine. I ran to her and saw she had a sadden expression on her face. “Gran.” I said and she wrapped her arms around me. “How is he?” I asked and she shook her head. “The doctor said he’s got pneumonia with a small cold on the side. He said that if we would have brought him sooner it may not have been this bad. But they’re gonna keep him here for a while.” I followed her down the hall to where he was. We walked into the room and he was sleeping. I felt my eyes start stinging. I hated seeing him like this. He looked so small and helpless. Gran rubbed my back softly and I laid my head her shoulder. —After sitting on the couch in Dylans room I finally decided to get up and get something to eat. I dug through my bag and found some change then I headed to the vendi machines. I punched in the code to get my candy bar when Callie came running up to me. “How is Dylan?” She asked as Izzy and Alex followed behind her. “He has pneumonia.” I said grabbing the candy bar. “Oh my god. I’m so sorry.” Alex said coming to hug me. “Well we do have some good news.” Izzy said grinning. “Seriously? Now?” Callie asked. “Oh come on, just tell her.” Alex said. I looked at them, my eyebrows raised. “Harry asked me out!” Callie said turning a few heads in the waiting room across the hall. “Are you serious?” I asked, now thinking of Zayn. “Yes! He called me after detention and asked to take me out Saturday.” She said jumping up and down. “Oh and Niall is taking Alex out again.” Izzy said and Alex hit her on the arm. “Oh that’s great.” I said, actually feeling a little happy after the past few hours of being in a hospital room. “I sorry but I gotta get home and do some homework.” Callie said, “Us too, call us with any news.” Izzy said hugging me. “Thanks for coming by.” I said as they headed down the hall. —I finally fell asleep on the uncomfortable couch only to be woken up at 6:00am when Dylan started having trouble breathing. I pressed the button on the wall for the nurses to come. They ran in with machines and started checking him. “We’ve gotta take him back.” They told gran. She nodded and moved against the wall. They moved the bed out of the room and gran started crying. I knew if I sat down with her I’d start crying, too, so I just stayed on my side of the room and calmed myself. “Dear, you can go home and clean up.” She said digging through her purse for a tissue. “No, I’ll go later.” I said. —Around 8 they came and got gran and took her out in the hall. A little while later she finally came back. I look of calm now on her face. “What is it?” I asked getting up. “They’re gonna bring him back, but the infection in his lungs has gotten worse.” She said taking a deep breath. I yawned and she patted my shoulder. “Why don’t you lay down and I’ll wake you up if anything happens.” She said knowing I wasn’t gonna leave. — I was asleep, again, until my phone rang. I quickly answer it before it woke Dylan up, Gran must’ve went out. “Hello?” “Hey, how is your brother.” Alex asked, I looked at the clock, 11:23am. “Nothing better, why aren’t you in school?” I asked. “My mom came and got me because we’re leaving to visit family for Thanksgiving in an hour.” I something fall in the background and she mumbled something to herself. “Oh, well, like I said, nothings new. He was having trouble breathing this morning, but he isn’t any better.” I said rubbing my eyes. “Oh that’s terrible. YEAH MOM I HEARD YOU! Listen I gotta go. I hope he gets better. Bye.” She clicked off as my gran came in the door. “Good, you’re up. I need you to go to the house and get some things. You need to go to school tomorrow so you should stay home tonight.” She said sipping a coffee. “But, Gran—” I started, “No, you need rest. Anyways one of your friends is waiting for you out in the hall.” She sat down and opened a magazine. Who, I thought, Alex was the only one out of school but she wouldn’t have had time to come by. 
I grabbed my bag and told gran bye then went out to the hall. I didn’t see anyone I knew so I walked onto the elevators. I still didn’t see anyone as the doors opened so I pressed the button to the first floor and waited. The doors opened and I walked out into the hallway. First thing catching my eye was Zayn. Then Liam standing behind him. “Michaela.” Zayn said seeing me. It was ridiculous how happy I was to see them. “What’re you guys doing here?” I asked. “Alex told Niall and he told us and we thought we’d come by and see how he was doing.” Liam said, “Thanks. The doctor said that he didn’t get any better over night and that he’d be staying here for a while.” I said looking at he ground. “How are you?” Zayn asked and what Alex had told me popped into my mind. “I’m tired.” I said trying to joke but it didn’t pass and Liam bit his lips. “I’m heading home to get some clothes for Gran.” I said nodded at the door. “We’ll walk you there.” Zayn said going and opening the door for me. — Danielle called Liam so me and Zayn were walking in front, talking. “So Niall seems to really like Alex, yeah?” I asked, “Yeah, he really does,” He said smiling, “He talks about her all the time.” I laughed, “I know how you feel. Niall is the main subject at lunch.” He laughed as we walked up the front porch. Liam hung up the phone and Zayn turned to him. “She wants me to come over in a bit.” Liam said putting his phone in his pocket. I opened the door and they followed me. “Nice house.” Zayn said as I threw my bag on the couch and turned to them. “Thanks. You guys can sit down while I go and grab some clothes for Gran.” They both nodded and sat down on the couch. I went and grabbed a overnight bag from my room and went to grans room and grabbed her things. “You guys don’t have to walk back with me.” I said coming down the stairs. “Oh Liams not. But I will.” Zayn said standing up. “You sure?” I asked grabbing my bag. “Yeah.” He nodded. Liam parted ways on the street and me and Zayn continued on the way back to hospital. “You know you didn’t have to come.” I said looking at him. “I know.” He said doing that crooked smile that just made my heart jump. “Why did you?” I asked, already knowing the answer, kinda. “Cause your a nice girl.” He said and I laughed. “You and I both know I’m not nice.” He shook his head. “Yes you are. And you’re fun to be around. You’re always cheery.” Now that, I did not expect to hear. We talked the rest of the way there and after I gave gran her stuff we headed back outside. “Let’s go this way.” Zayn said pointing down the street heading into town. “Okay.” I said following him. “May I ask what for?” I asked as we crossed the street. “Movie.” He said shortly. “What?” I asked as we rounded the corner on the street. “A movie.” He repeated. “What for?” “Us.” He said opening the door to the movie store. I went in, him following behind me. “So what exactly are we doing?” I asked as he searched the shelves in the horror section. “We’re gonna watch movies.” He said reading the back of one. “And so you just think I’m gonna agree with this?” I asked him jokingly. “Mhmm…” He said keeping the movie in his hand and moving to the next section. “Alright then. What are we watching?” I asked. “Jennifers Body.” He said looking at another movie. “Seriously?” I asked, I hate that movie. “Well what do you suggest?” He asked smirking at me. “Hmmmm…..” I grabbed two movies of the shelf and held them up. “Home Alone 2 and Nemo? Really?” He asked laughing. “I love these movies!” I said, “Alright, then we’re getting them.” He said snatching them from my hands and heading to the counter. “Alright.” I said following him. After getting the movies we headed further down the street to a grocery store. “What now?” I asked putting the movies in my bag. “Food!” He said opening the door for me. “What kind?” I asked going inside. “Whatever you want.” He said going to the junk food isle. “But I picked the movies.” I said, “The lady always picks.” He said opening his arms and Gesturing to everything on the isle. “Fine. Doritos, Slim Jims, Gummy Life Savers, and Sprite.” I said and he just stared at me, then laughed. “Well you’re definitely a girl with an appetite.” “Thank you.” I said grabbing everything. — I opened the door and let Zayn in first since he was carrying everything. “Just set everything on the table.” I said, and he did so. “Do you mind if I shower first?” I asked looking down at my clothes that I had been wearing since yesterday. “No go ahead.” He said looking at the box of Slim Jims. “But where are we gonna watch the movie at? I’ll set everything out for you.” I thought for a second, “There’s the living room, but the tv in my bedroom is bigger,” I said, “So you choose.” He looked at me for a second then said, “Big TVs always better.” He said winking and I just shook my head and laughed. “This way.” I said motioning for him to follow me. “Your rooms in the attic?” He asked as I was pulling down the stairs. “Yep.” “Nice.” He said looking up them. — After showering I dressed in the bathroom then I went out to the hall where I heard something fall over head. I climbed the stairs to see Zayn sitting on the floor at the end of my bed, closer to the tv. “What’s going on?” I asked putting on some socks. “I scared your cat, by accident, and he ran into your closet and knocked something over.” He said half smiling. “Ah it’ll be ok.” I said sitting down beside him. “I didn’t know what you wanted to watch first.” He said holding up the DVDs. “Home Alone.” I said pointing and he got up and put it in. I opened every single pack of food and started eating. He sat down and just looked at me. “Pig.” He laughed. “I’m hungry! I haven’t eaten anything all day.” I said eating another chip. “I’m kidding!” He said grabbing a chip and pressing play. —“Merry Christmas……… And a happy new year.” My favorite part of the movie came on and I started laughing. “You are so hilarious.” Zayn said taking a bite of a Slim Jim. “Why?” I asked taking a sip of Sprite to quit choking on my chips from laughing. “You laugh at the littlest things.” He said pausing it. “I do not! And that was funny anyways.” I said eating a Life Saver. “It was, but not rolling-on-the-floor-I’m-Dying funny.” He imitated me doubling over laughing and I choked again and started laughing. “See!” He said laughing himself. “I’m sorry…….. You just…… Looked ridiculous.” I gasped in between laughter. “I did not.” He said defensively. “Mhmm!” I said leaning over on his shoulder mockingly. “Nu-huh!” He said opening another Sprite. “Yup.” “Nope.” He pressed play and we continued to watch the movie. After a while I finally got up and go on the bed. He stayed on the floor so I sat with my feet in my pillows, on my stomach with my head at the end. That movie ended and Zayn put in Nemo. Feeling kinda rude for making him sit on the floor I asked “Do you wanna sit up here?” He looked up at me, “Are you just asking to be nice or do you really want me to sit up there?” He asked, this boy, I didn’t nice guys like this actually existed. “Both?” I said smiling and he got up and laid down next to me. He pressed play and I folded my arms, laying my head down. After a while I started getting sleepy, Nemo was almost over……. — I woke up by myself the next morning. I laid there for a second, thinking of last night, thump thump thump. I listened to that sound for five minutes before realizing what it was. I opened my eyes and sure enough. I had my head laying on Zayns chest, it rising and falling slowly in his deep sleep. I Started to prop myself up but I realized his arm was draped over my shoulder. I didn’t have a problem with that so I just laid there listening to the steady beat of his heart, until finally the moment had to end and Zayns phone started ringing. It was on the floor at the end of the bed, I slid out from under his arm and grabbed the phone. “Hello?” I whispered, turning around to look at Zayn who was still sleeping soundlessly. “Michaela?” Niall. “Yeah.” I said still looking at Zayn. “He stayed the night, huh?” I heard the tone in his voice and said “Don’t be such a guy, we just fell asleep watching movies.” He laughed, “Alright, I was just checking up, but he’s in good hands.” I rolled my eyes and said bye. I turned back to Zayn, he looked so adorable.