Cold Comfort »Z.M.« ✔️

9."I love you too, little."

"And why is it on her?" the policeman asks taking off the jacket from me.

"Because I thought you wouldn't check her." he answers, "She had no idea what I had put on her." he lies to them now so I look at him. He really took all the blame. They all look curious still.

"Okay then. The girl's free. No, check her pockets." the guy says. Someone checks everything.

"Clear." he says and pushes me a bit. I look at Zayn. They put handcuffs on his hands. He looks at me and whispers 'I'm sorry'. Then they place him in the car.

"You're free, go to school." the policeman tells me. I slowly back off but then turn around and go back to school. I try to find Liam. He finds me first.

"Everything's okay?" he asks hugging me.

"What did he mean by I'm sorry?" I ask. He sighs and I already know it's bad.

"He's done too much crimes and for this he'll have about two years to work in prison. And a big money check." he quietly answers. Tears well up in my eyes.

"No. He didn't deserve this." I quietly say. He hugs me tighter. I don't want to let him go, but I also want this to be Zayn not Liam.

"He'll be back, Kayla, I promise. He won't leave us. He's not a person who leaves." he calms me down. Tries to at least. I wish he isn't. He walks me to my class. We stop then.

"When will he be back? Tell me!" I ask. He looks down, but then at me.

"Two years or so." he answers. And that's when I realise how long it will take. Two. Damn. Years.

After six months.

   All this time I've felt like I betrayed him. Like it was my fault. I should've blended in others so I wouldn't be noticeable. No one, nor grandma, nor Liam's mom, nor his sisters know that they found drugs on me. They only know they found them on Zayn, and a lot of them. That's why everyone except Liam are angry with me. Because on that day he was with me. And that night. And it is driving me dead crazy. He didn't do anything bad and yet he's gotten the bad rep for that.

"Kayla, keep up. It's time to start learning after what had happened with your parents and police." teacher yells at me. I frown at her.

"Imagine how it feels like when everyone dies or leaves your side one after another. And then we'll talk about trying to concentrate on lessons." I fire back.

"Who has left your side after your parents died? Your cousin when he's not around? Or maybe that drug dealer?" teacher asks. That hit me real hard. But I won't be quiet.

"Yeah, the drug dealer that you're talking about. He was there for me when no one else was. Except for Liam. So shut your damn mouth and leave me the hell alone." I spit back. Exactly when a policeman comes in. Great.

"You're just in time here. She thinks that the drug dealer you guys arrested was good for her. Probably because she used the drugs he got her." teacher says pointing at me.

"Excuse me! He didn't let her use drugs! He even got angry when I tried to convince him to give some to her when he was my boyfriend!" Cheryl decides to play on my side.

"Girls, stop. Teacher's right. Get yourselves together." he defends the teacher. I throw my things in my bag and stand up.

"I'm leaving because apparently this shitty teacher and shitty damn police-idiotic-man doesn't know shit." I spit before I leave. And he runs after me. I run how fast I can to run away from him. His weight doesn't let him run faster than me so I'm getting away. I run past boys. They all begin to laugh loudly, probably because they saw the policeman running after me. I run out of the school and run behind the school where I've found a spot to hide when I feel like I'm in danger. This isn't the first time I'm running from someone, but it's definitely my first time when I'm running away from the police.

   When I'm finally sure that I'm okay, I slowly go back to school. Boys look at me again.

"Great save. He said he'd get to you sooner or later." a guy updates me. And only then I see Liam's angry look. I look at him like apologising.

"Liam, don't be so strict, she just almost got a heart attack while running away from that idiot." other guy defends me when he sees Liam's look.

"The idiot teacher said Zayn is no good for me and called him a drug dealer. And said I used his drugs so that's apparently why I think he was good for me. The idiot agreed. I told him that he's an idiotic police man and then ran." I explain what happened. And now they all look at me like I'm insane.

"He is a drug dealer and he actually was not good for you." a guy now turns on me. Liam shakes his head.

"He was good for her. He kept her okay without drugs. Didn't let her use them." Liam is now on my side. Now everyone looks confused.

"He refused to give drugs?" a guy asks, "Like for real?" he frowns. Liam nods.

"Yes. And when she got some he didn't ask for money." Liam adds, "It was Cheryl who got her the drugs from him, but when he found out the drugs were for Kay, he didn't take the money." he tells them what happened.

"So basically if she gets drugs from him then it's for free, but it's rare?" guy asks.

"He never gave though. Only when Cheryl got four LSD's she gave her two and that's it." Liam answers. I shake my head.

"He gave me something the previous day when he got arrested." I say. He raises both his eyebrows.

"When you two fucked?" guy asks. I look at him.

"Not when I was high. After." I whisper to him. Now everyone except Liam looks shocked. Why though?

"You got in his pants real fast. Minimum he needs to be with a girl is for a week to have sex. Wow, you go girl." the other explains their shocked faces. I laugh.

"He was scared of ma at first. And Ruth." I say. They laugh about it.

"I mean, I saw how hard your grandma slapped him just for stepping inside their territory. No wonder how scared he was in your bed." one of them mentions. I smile.

"Have seen him being slapped too. When we first met." I say. They all wince.

"That must've been embarrassing for him." a guy whispers.

"Not at all, I guess. He seemed fine." Liam answers while looking at me. I like these guys.

"Kayla! Why are you not in your lesson?" director asks out of nowhere. Why on earth is he walking around like this? Oh shit.

"Because the teacher bugged her. She couldn't stand it anymore." Liam is first to speak. I nod in agreement.

"Okay. I'll talk to miss..." he looks at us questioningly.

"Toshi. Miss Toshi." I answer. He nods and goes past us. I smile at Liam. Hug him.

"I love you, Li." I whisper to him. He hugs me as well.

"I love you too, little." Liam answers. He said Zayn called me like that when they talked so he automatically calls me like that. I do remember him calling me that once or twice. So it feels nice.