The Ride Of My Life - Book 3

Chapter 13

Hey everyone, omggg please listen to 'My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark' by Fall Out Boy because I listened to it the other day and it is pretty much Zayn (in this AU) in a song! Enjoy and leave your feedback below!! Also there is a change of POV's in this chapter, I don't usually like doing that but I think you guys will be happy (hopefully!) xx

"Five pounds." He nods, sliding the coins in front of me. "You really want to bet that much?" I smirk, looking at the small pile of money in the middle of us.

"Oh I'm adamant you're going down this round." He gets out with a weak chuckle, his eyes darkening in the scene of a game. "Alright fine." I say shaking my head.

"Five and a half pounds." I say sliding it in, watching him raise an eyebrow. "You're pretty confident, aren't you?" He gets out with a chuckle.

"No I'm not confident - I'm just good at everything I do." I shrug out, looking at the flush I held in my hand.

"Alright then, show us your deck." He demands. "After you." I smile politely.

"Okay, your funeral Styles." He chuckles as he places three jacks in front of me, a deviant smile on his face.

"Oh good deck." I mutter pretending to be stuck.

"Too bad mine is better." I snicker placing mine on the table, watching him cringe to himself. "Bastard." He gets out as he bites his lip.

"Thanks for the cash mate." I say sweetly, collecting the small spare change we had on the hospital table in front of his bed.

"You know you just stole money off of a hospitalised young bloke, who was shot just a couple of days ago." He gets out looking up at me with a chuckle. "It's not stealing - it's winning." I get out shaking my head.

"Whatever." He laughs, throwing the cards onto the table with a sigh. He looks up at me and bites his lip - as if he were deep in thought.

"My mum hasn't stopped ringing me," He says with a small groan. "Isn't she in Asia?" I ask, cocking an eyebrow. "She's somewhere - either travelling or robbing young children of happiness." He jokes. "She's taking the first flight back here -with dad."

"What did she say when you told her?" I ask biting my lip.

"I don't know - Liam told her and I asked to not hear the response." He sighs.

"Fair enough. Still to this day, my mother knows little to none of the things that have happened to me." I get out. "She still doesn't know that Louis went to prison years back nor does she even know that I've done drugs." I scoff.

"What does it feel like when you're on drugs?" He asks, cocking an eyebrow up. Years later, he is still the innocent blonde.

"It feels great - feels like you're in a different universe to be honest." I chuckle. "But once it wears off, you feel like absolute dog shit." I chuckle out, shaking my head.

"Why does Zayn need that much of it then?" He huffs looking up at me. "There's no reason at all for him to take all of them drugs - I'm alive." He coughs. "I don't want him ruining his body - at all."

"We need to give this entire thing some time, Lou's out today to find him - which probably won't work but we're doing our best." I sigh.

"I don't want you guys wasting all of your time looking for him, you're not going to find him." He lets out simply. "There's nothing wrong in trying - right?" I get out biting my lip.

"He knows what he is doing - he always knows what he is doing. Hopefully he'll be back soon - wherever he is." He smiles lightly.

"You know, if I was in your position I would probably be in tears the entire time. I can't go without Lou for a day - I couldn't go without him for as long as you have, especially in these sort of conditions." I get tilting my head to the side.