R E J E C T S

CH.18: BAD

"Whoa, whoa! Slow down, cowboy. I can't just leave Luke all by himself in my apartment... who knows what he'll do to the place!" I thought carefully.

"Who says you're moving into my house? It's actually the other way around." Rob smiled.

"Look, I agree about the 'we need to spend more time on campus' part but spending more time off campus? I don't think that's such a good idea."

"Why not? We get along pretty well plus I just want to get away from my mother for awhile." His smile faltered.

"I don't think people at school are going to care if we actually live together though..."

"Are you that afraid of commitment? I can tell you know... but in reality we're just two friends planning to live together, nothing more."

"Wait, people easily believe what they hear, right? So it's okay to tell them that we're going to live together but not actually live together." I suddenly came up with something.

"Fine. I'm starting to think that you like living with that Luke boy though." He mumbled.

"What?"

"Nothing. I'm just curious about your past with Zayn. Care to tell me about what happened between you two in detail?" He pried.

*3 MONTHS AGO*

"I want you bad, Cher." Zayn whispered on my ear as we went out clubbing.

"What? As in right now?" He snaked his arms around my waist from behind as we danced.

"Yes and I can't wait any longer. Let's get out of here already..." He suggested.

"Fine, let's go back to your place then and keep your boy down, will you?" I looked down to his pants with an amused grin.

"We aren't that fond of waiting so we better run." He smirked seductively before dragging me along with him to the exit.

******

Zayn turned on some music as soon as we settled in his room.

'It feels just like it was yesterday
We were in love, why's it falling apart
I've never been one to walk away
But I've had enough and it's breaking my heart

Cause you love me just the way that you should
It's nothing that you do, no it's nothing you say
Yeah baby, I know that you're good
But I don't want a good girl no, not today

"You sure you want to do this?" I asked him while we were busy making out on his bed.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?" He chuckled then proceeded to lay me down on my back.

Cause I want it bad,
I want a bad girl, baby, bad
I want a love that's crazy, yeah
I want a bad girl, baby, bad,
I want it bad'

He grinded his body against mine in rhythm with the song which turned me on.

I switched places with him while we were making out so this time, I was the one straddling on top of him.

"One sec." I parted our lips just so I could remove my shirt, revealing my black bra.

"Damn." His eyes hungrily studied my upper body while he bit his lower lip.

*REALITY CHECK*

"Okay, too much information... why don't we skip to the part where you broke up with him? I need to know." Rob interrupted my story-telling.

"Sure. So it was the next morning after we had sex..."

*BACK TO 3 MONTHS AGO*

"We should break up." I gave it a lot of thought as we were tucked into the sheets, naked.

"What? Why?! I thought we were doing just fine?" He said in alarm.

"That's the problem. I don't do just 'fine' or 'good' or 'going steady'. It scares the crap out of me." I sighed.

"You're afraid of commitment, aren't you?" He asked.

"I have to go." I got up with the sheets wrapped around my body and started collecting my clothes on the floor.

"Okay, you don't have to commit to me or anything like that. We could just have a casual thing, you know what I mean?" I could hear desperation in his voice.

"I only sleep with a guy once and then I usually runaway from him." I quickly put my clothes back on.

"Cher, you're one of the best things that ever happened to my life and I refuse to let you go just like this!" He said sternly.

"I'm sure that you'll meet the right one for you someday... it just isn't me." I placed my boots on.

"Goodbye for good, Zayn Malik. It was fun hanging around with you..." Then out the door I went as I exited from his life.

*BACK TO REALITY*

"You are one cold-hearted player." Rob complimented.

"I did warn him about if he's sure whether to sleep with me or not." I shrugged.

"But the poor guy didn't know that it's over once he sleeps with you..." He said.

"Exactly. Meaning, he's just after my body."

"I don't think so." He shook his head.

"I have so much to tell you about boys, Rob." It was past ten already and we still weren't sleepy at all.

"How about Luke? You slept with him right? How come you're still hanging around the guy?" He asked curiously.

"I was drunk back then so that doesn't really count plus he's harmless." Okay, I admit that I find him cute but there's no way I'm telling anyone that.

I'm just looking out for the kid because maybe, just maybe, I see myself in him?

"Your phone's vibrating." I eyed his phone by the lamp.

"Hello?" He picked up.

"Oh. What's up, Styles?" He greeted.

"You want us to skip school tomorrow for a photoshoot session? I don't know... I don't really like skipping." I heard him say.

"Okay. I'll tell her. Bye." Then he hangs up.

"Harry wants you to work tomorrow." Rob says.

"As long as I get to skip school with you, I'm in." I said.

"I don't really like missing out on my classes so you're going to have to go ahead and I'll just catch up with you after school."

"You're leaving me all alone with the pervert?" I arched an eyebrow.

"Cher, he's harmless." He rolls his eyes.

"Is he gay?" I asked.

"No."

"Then he's NOT harmless." I concluded.

"Harry's very serious about his work. He's a professional photographer you know." He explained.

"Yeah but... I just don't trust the guy." Besides Louis that is.

"Darling, who hurt you so bad that you can't trust anyone?" Good question.

"I trust you, don't I?" I retorted back.

"Not completely. You've got 'trust' issues, girl." And he's right.

"I think I know why you're not that cheerful these days... you need a guy." I lightly patted his shoulder.

And I'm going to fix that.