Mistakes (Liam Payne)

Chapter Twenty-Five: Let's Sort Things Out

Zayn’s POV

I pulled my hood up over my head rashly and shoved my hands in my pocket, walking down the street with my head low.

Anger boiled inside of me, mixing with confusion and making me feel like I was going to be sick. I hated this. I just caused a major issue with one of my best mates and a girl I may or may not love. I still wasn’t sure on that yet. I had definitely made a rash decision to declare that I did love her in front of everyone when I still wasn’t even sure about it.

I let out an irritated groan and kicked a rock. This whole thing was making my head hurt.

I honestly wasn’t sure how I felt at this point. Nearly the entire time we had been with the girls Niall and Lacey have been together. Then Liam gets Sierra and they move back to London with us. Of course I love Lacey and Sierra as best friends because they are just amazing people. We all always get along and it just seemed so right.

But seeing the two couples all lovey and happy day in and day out was starting to get to me. Maybe I was jealous of Liam and Niall’s happiness. They both have amazing girls to call theirs.

From day one though I knew I was going to have a soft spot for Lacey. I knew Niall did too. He managed to win her over and I was fine with that. But now… it’s all getting to me, and I don’t know what to do. I want someone like her to be with me. I want to have someone that makes me as happy as she makes Niall.

I sighed, knowing that if I over thought things it would only make me angrier. I sighed and checked the time. It was 2 pm. I started to head towards a McDonalds. I’ll just get lunch quick.

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I started the walk back to the flats. I couldn’t run away from this anymore. I had to sort things out with Niall. I knew it was going to end in my getting hurt, but I couldn’t throw our friendship away.

It was now half five. I had eaten and walked around town for a little bit, luckily going relatively unnoticed, but the few encounters with fans I had were nice. They were all very kind and it made me feel a bit better about everything.

 I walked into the house to hear laughter and chatting coming from the living room. I took a deep breath and walked in to the room to find everyone sitting on the floor in a circle. Probably playing some sort of game.

The minute I stepped foot into the room all chatter died down and six pairs of eyes fell on me. I clenched my jaw and shifted uncomfortably. My gaze was immediately drawn to Lacey, who hadn’t met my gaze and was staring at the carpet. Niall pulled her closer to him and his blue eyes met mine. I could see anger and wariness still shining in them. I sighed and put my hands in my pockets again.

“Zayn?” I heard Sierra’s voice. I looked up to see her staring at me with a concerned look from beside Liam. Their fingers were interlocked, telling me that they had managed to work everything out. Well at least one issue was resolved.

“Yeah?” I asked.

“Are you alright?” she asked hesitantly. I ran a hand through my hair probably messing it up. The look of shock on the boys faces was priceless, and I probably would have died of laughter at their shock, but obviously, my situation didn’t make much for humor at this point.

“Been better.” I replied simply. She nodded but said nothing. I turned my attention back to the Irish boy.

“Niall… we really need to talk.” I managed to mutter.

“No kidding.” Niall said rather harshly. I tensed slightly at his tone but forced myself to relax. He had every right to be mad. He gave Lacey an unnecessarily long kiss before rising to his feet and coming over to me. I narrowed my eyes at the sight of their kiss and turned my head before I could say anything I regretted.