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10. "I better go."

Zayn

 

“ This is, uh, this is Zayn.” She blindly pointed towards me. Almost as if she didn’t need to look, to detect my presence. I flashed a smile at the warm looking woman, awkwardly waving my hand.

“ Pleasure, Zayn.” The way her lips curved into a smile that highly resembled Scar’s, left me astonished.

“ The pleasure is all mine, ma’am.” I offered, causing both her and Scarlett to fall into a fit of laughter.

“ Since when are you so decent?” Scarlett teased, turning to face me, never once letting her grandma’s hand go.

“ I- I mean, it’s-“ And she laughed again.

“ She’s just grannie, man, she’s as explicit as anyone could be.” Scarlett said, turning to her grandma who weakly shrugged her shoulders.

“ Good to know.”

An older version of Scarlett.

Just what I needed.

“ What did the doctors say, grannie?”

“ They said it’s normal with aging to have heart attacks, especially with the minimal physical activity, that’s two points against them, rudeass doctors.” My eyes widened slightly as her words, before a chuckle went past my lips.

“ Alright, grandma, settle down now, do you know when they can release you?”

“ In a week or so, apparently they need to keep me under observation, but  you know I hate hospitals.”

“ You and I both, grannie.”

The little encounter taking place between Scarlett and her grandma, brought the smallest of all smiles to my lips.

She looked carefree, closer to her normal self, or at least, the self I had pictured for her, if she hadn’t gone through all the shit she went through.

And I didn’t even know half of it.

The nurse soon entered the room, wanting to check up on Anne, asking us to leave.

We sat on the chairs in front of the ICU, my legs slightly brushing against hers, electrifying my whole figure, but she made no attempts to pull away.

Her breathing was returning to its normal pace, her hands weren’t trembling.

She seemed composed.

“ So,” I started.

“ What do you want to know, Zayn?” She turned to the side, putting one leg beneath her, a knowing smirk covering her face.

“ I don’t like being around the bush, so I have a few questions, and I think you kind of owe me, I mean, I am driving myself nuts searching for answers ever since I laid eyes on you, so,”

“ Go ahead. Shoot.”

“ Why did you call me? Not your husband, not any family members or friends-“

“ Don’t have any. And my husband never would have let me come here.”

Her voice remained neutral, secretive. The smirk on her face never once fading.

“ Why not?”

“ He doesn’t do family shit. Ever since he married me, he kept them away. My mum died and I didn’t go to her funeral. My grandpa was in the hospital, dying, asking for me, and I couldn’t see him. And now, she’s all I have left, I couldn’t let him do it again. Not with her.”

“ Why did you let him?”

Her entire face fell, and I wanted to take it back.

“ I- I think that’s enough.” She rose from her seat, walking towards the room.

“ Scar, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it.” I attempted to hold her hand, but she pulled away.

“ Don’t touch me.” Her voice trembled with fear.

She was afraid.

Of me.

I’d never hurt her.

“ I- you- I better go.”

If she thought I’d ever do anything bad to her, then what was the point?

If she was so scared of me, then what was I doing here?

I turned around, not expecting a response from her, as I exited the damned hospital, got into my car, and drove away.

I was so fucking stupid, thinking that this could turn into something.

She was a married woman.

She had her life.

I should have mine.

A life that wouldn’t involve the mere thought of her.

It wasn’t worth it.

She was too much trouble.

I was definitely better off never meeting her.

And she was probably better off without me.

The drive back home consisted of me, attempting to convince myself of all this bullshit about her, being bad influence, coming with tons of unneeded luggage. As soon as I reached my house, I found Louis’ car parked outside.

Fucking awesome.

“ Well, well, well,” As soon as I walked through the front door, I was met by him, spread on the couch, his legs resting on my table.

“ What, no Harry? Are you sure about this?” I questioned, noticing his absence.

“ Oh, fuck off, will you? He has some shit to do before the wedding.” He followed me into the kitchen, opening the fridge and retrieving some beer.

“ He probably just needed time to plan his elope.” I teased, as Louis shoved my beer at me, intentionally throwing it a bit too hard.

“ You throw like a girl!” I howled, chuckling to myself.

“ Speaking of girls, where is your dirty little secret?” He wiggled his eyebrows at me, an obnoxious smirk on his face.

“ What are you talking about?” I decided to play stupid, and maybe that would be my let out, because everything else had failed miserably.

“ Hmm, lets see,” He rubbed his chin, pulling on a failed thoughtful face, “ You ran off on us today during breakfast, stopped answering your phone, then came home, looking absolutely messy, being extra cranky, so tell me, are you on your man period or something? Or does it have something to do with that chick?”

“ Listen to me, Louis and listen well, because I will only say this once and if you dare ask me about it again, then so help me God,” I put my beer firmly on the table, turning to meet his confused gaze.

“ This girl is just a girl I met in a bar. Yes, she’s gorgeous, and yes, I’d love to bang her, but no, there is nothing more. I thought it would be nice to give it a try, but found out, she wasn’t worth it. Too much trouble, for a fuck that I could easily get anywhere else. So that’s that. End of story.” His face had visibly paled at my sudden outburst, before he recomposed himself.

“ If that’s the case, then why are you so pissed about it?”

And I was caught like a deer in the spotlight.

He shook his head, taking a large gulp of his beer, before tossing it into the trash can.

“ Call me when you have the balls to do something about it.”

And he walked away.

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