Cold Comfort »Z.M.« ✔️

51."I won't be long, baby, I promise."

"Aw, look at you, you're trying to spy on us, Cheri." Zayn laughs when he spots Cheryl. She comes to us with crossed arms and sits in front of us.

"Why are you flirting with me if you're really together with Kay?" Cheryl mumbles the question. He chuckles.

"There's a difference between flirting and annoying." he answers, "I may annoy or tease other girls, but I wouldn't cheat on Kay." he adds. I look at Rodg and smile seeing him talk with Liam with a smile. As if he feels my look he turns to me. Leans in, kisses me. I kiss back, but he pulls back and keeps talking with Liam. I just smile like an idiot. Look at Zayn who's still 'annoying' Cheryl.

"Why is none of you paying me any attention?" I whine, my smile disappears. Zayn looks at me, stopping in mid-sentence.

"Sorry, love. She's just curious about us." he says chuckling. Cheryl rolls her eyes.

"Sure, whatever makes you feel cooler." Cheryl answers and smiles at me.

"Babe, she's being mean to me!" Zayn mumbles. I pout.

"Because she's jealous that you're cool. She wants you to feel like you aren't cool." I answer. He smiles and takes my hand.

"Thanks, I love you." he says and begins to play with my fingers. With the ring.

"Love you too." I answer and look at Cheryl. She's frowning what makes me giggle. "Sorry, I just had to make him believe me." I whisper.

"Hey! You lied to me?" Zayn pouts again. His cute eyes, how is it possible?

"No." I answer. He frowns and looks at Cheryl.

"She thinks I'm cool." he wiggles his eyebrows, "So that means we're gonna have cool babies and they're gonna be cooler than you." he chuckles. She grimaces.

"I'd prefer her having Rodger's babies than yours." she mumbles what makes me choke on air.

"What is the difference? They're twins..." I ask when I'm done coughing. She raises one eyebrow.

"Rodger is not an asshole like Zayn is. And that is a fact." she answers, "Besides, Rodger once gifted me a pack of chips and a piece of paper which said 'you're beautiful' each day when I was insecure about my body, meanwhile Zayn kept me calling fattie." she adds. I raise one eyebrow at Zayn.

"How come you were so mean?" I ask what makes him chuckle. He shrugs. I look at Rodger who isn't even listening to our conversation.

"Yeah, I mean, I didn't even know Claire liked me." Liam says and looks at me, "Need attention again?" he smiles. I raise one eyebrow.

"Who's Claire?" I ignore his question. He looks at a girl and points at her. I look at her. Oh...

"She told Rodger that she likes me apparently." Liam says. I hum. "I don't like her back though, I think I'll just reject her. She's no good for me anyway." he mumbles. I look at Rodger.

"Cheri wants me to have your babies." I change the topic. He chuckles and looks at Cheryl. She smirks.

"Yeah, I told her about the chips." she adds for some reason. He smiles.

"That made you fall in love with him, didn't it?" Zayn teases. She rolls her eyes. Rodger smirks.

"That was until Rodger said the truth in my face. Glad he did though." Cheri says. I hum.

"Better the truth than to live in lies." I mumble. Everyone knows that, I am just the reminder.

"We wouldn't lie to you, sunshine. At least not me." Rodger answers, meanwhile everyone else keeps on with talking until the bell rings. What if everything was different than this?

-

   It took me hours to finally understand that I need to be alone for a moment to think everything through. So that's what I did when I got home. I told boys I am tired so they left me alone to sleep. I didn't sleep though. I let thoughts run through my mind. I have to clean my thoughts.

*Zayn's POV*

"Yeah, I expect you to pay tomorrow like you promised." I hear Rodg say to someone over phone, "Bye. Call me after you've paid." he mumbles and gets off phone.

"Another deal? What now?" I ask suspiciously. He raises one eyebrow.

"Oh, nothing, it's just a guy who bought a car from me." he answers. I hum and take a bottle of beer out of the fridge. He sighs and sits by the table. I have a feeling that he is lying to me, but I decide to ignore it.

"Hey, I think I'll leave for a little while soon, can you look after Kay? She seems to be sick or something. She was alright at school, now she's just sleeping as if she was having a huge party." I say, worried that she's gotten sick.

"Yeah, sure. Everything for her." he answers while already scrolling through his phone. Well, this is weird. Well, he's a good guy, he couldn't do anything. I just shrug it all off and begin to text the gang members address in which our enemy lives. Today we're going to kill them. I know that I shouldn't do this, but if I try to quit they'll kill me. I hope we'll be alright.

"Zee, you look worried?" I hear Kay's voice. I look up to see her a bit sleepy. Rodger's left.

"Yeah, a bit. I'll be alright, sunshine. Come, give me a kiss." I say and pull her in my hug. She wraps her small hands around my back and leans in to give me a kiss. I softly kiss her. She accepts the kiss by kissing me back immediately. After a moment I pull back.

"I have to go now. Rodg will stay with you, is that okay?" I ask feeling a bit worried that I won't be able to come back. She nods. I smile. "Well then, love you to the moon and back." I whisper, place a kiss on her lips and let her go.

"When are you coming back?" she asks, "I hope you won't be away for too long, I'm gonna miss you." she smiles at her own words. I chuckle.

"I won't be long, baby, I promise." I promise although I don't know if I'll get back. I place another kiss on her lips and go get dressed. Basically I wear my shoes and black hoodie. In case I have to hide or something.

   When we arrive, I feel a lot more nervous. What if we fail? What if we end up in jail? No, this cant be happening. We get out of the car and slowly approach the house. I immediately stop when I hear a gunshot.

"Stand still, hands in the air! It's police, you have no rights to talk. Everything you say can and will be used against you in the court." someone behind us yells. Shit... They were prepared... I turn around. Lots of police pointing their guns at us. I get shocked when the gang members begin to shoot the cops. They're going to kill me as well. I just stand there frozen.

"Zayn, what the fuck are you doing?" leader asks. I look at him and open my mouth to say something, but he gets shot in the stomach. NO! I immediately take out my gun and aim at the only police guy I see and shoot him. Drops on the ground. I take the leader and help him to go somewhere safe while others are still shooting. Hell no, this is not what I wanted...