The Garden Gnomes (A 1D fanfic)

Chapter 8~

AN: Sorry for the late update but enjoy anyway :D <3 love you all!

My peaceful slumber was suddenly interrupted by a large crashing sound, followed by a sob.

I threw open my eyes, noticing the darkness surrounding me, the light of my alarm clock flashed 3:24AM.

I sat up, rubbed my eyes, and then scanned my room from the comfort of my bed.

"Chloe, are you awake?" A familiar voice said, sounding hesitant.

"Yeah, where are you?" I hopped out of bed, trying to figure out the direction of the voice.

"Over here." He said, as I noticed a movement near my pile of clothes.

I scooped up the gnome, to reveal the sad face of Zayn.

"Are you ok?" I asked, carrying him carefully back to my bed.

"I-I'm sorry for waking you up." He stuttered, avoiding eye contact.

"It's ok, I couldn't sleep either, do you want to talk about it?"

He sniffled, then looked up at me.

"I hate being a gnome, I just want to be human again. I miss dancing, singing, performing, even brushing my hair. But I may never do that stuff again, I could be permanently stuck like this, for the rest of my sorry life." He began to cry.

I put my hand on his tiny back, trying to support him.

"I thought life in the spotlight was hard, but being out of it is harder. I wish everything could be back to the way it was. Before The Wanted even existed, the early X-Factor days."

He looked up at me, feeling embarrassed for unloading on me.

"But I guess if I hadn't become a gnome, then I never would've ended up in your backyard, and would've never met you. I can't imagine not meeting you." He said, smiling into the distance.

I was glad it was dark , so he couldn't see me blushing bright pink.

"You're really cool, Chloe, I hope you know that. I don't think many other people would be ok if their favourite band ended up in a box in their backyard. Not many people could put up with our crap as humans, so you've done an amazing job taking care of a bunch of gnomes."

"I'm happy you ended up with me. If you'd ended up with Nancy, you probably wouldn't be alive today." We laughed and smiled at each other. 

There was a pause, we looked away after a few seconds.

"How did you end up in my backyard? I mean, it's not the easiest to get to, you have to go through the house." I said, changing the subject quickly.

"I don't actually know. Then again, how did we end up as gnomes?" He chuckled.