One last time/Zauren

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I unlocked the door to my flat and made my way inside. Depp running in ahead of me. I knew Lauren was home by her car keys on the hook by the door. "I'm home," I called out tossing my keys onto the bed. Lauren walked out of the room and scooped Depp into her arms.

"Where's the food?" I asked looking back at the clean kitchen.

"There is none," Lauren stated sitting down on the couch.

"No food? You always cook."

"Not always, and if you're so hungry you should've eaten where you were," she gave me a devilish smirk.

"Please don't start, Lauren."

"I'm not starting anything, I'm just staring facts and you can cook for yourself or order take-out.. I'm exhausted."

"Yes, because trying on a dress to see if it still fits is so exhausting."

"I've been up since early, before we even had the meeting with Nadine and you know that."

"Again Lauren, don't start." Lauren sucked her teeth and rolled her eyes. "Just shut up," she said.

I took a deep breath and exhaled. "I'm going to take a drive," I said snatching my car keys.
*
"Liam, great to see ya buddy!" I greeted him when he and Sophia the dancer entered the bar. He and Sophia were unofficially dating and it was quite fast. Sophia lives in Orlando, but she's been staying at Liam and Lou's place while she had off from work.

"How many drinks have you had?" he laughed taking off his sweater, and settling down. "Not many," I said.

"You sack of shit. Don't lie," Louis laughed. "He's almost reached his limit. He's been here since seven," he said.

"Well I'll be damned," Liam chuckled.

He waved to the bartender. "Can I get two whiskey sours for me and my lady."

"Make that three." I threw up a hand.

"Don't make that three," Liam said.

"Fine then can I get my own whiskey sour?" I asked throwing money down onto the sticky bartop.

"This is your last drink or I'm gonna get fired," the bartender said sliding me a drink after Liam and Sophia. "I've got my eyes on you."

"Is something going on with you and Lauren?" Liam asked. "Please tell me we aren't having another White Room situation again."

"What's so wrong with the White Room?" Sophia chimed in.

"Nothing, nothing," he kissed her cheek.

"It's nothing like that.. we're just working each others nerves. We'll have a good day and then we're back to the fighting."

"Why have you guys been fighting?" Louis asked. I shrugged and took a swig from my glass, my arms getting heavy. "We just do, it's like second nature for us.

My phone started ringing and Lauren's picture appeared. It was almost eleven. I stared at it and then let out a sigh hitting ignore. "Did you just ignore her call?" Louis asked.

"Never ignore a woman's call," Sophia put her two sense in it.

"I just need to blow off steam, alright?" I stated.

"Blow off steam? You're seven glasses in, I think you blew off enough steam," Louis said.

"I think you should go home, mate," Liam said.

"I'm not going back until I feel like going back. Right?"

I didn't head out for about another hour and a half. I had to lie to the guys and tell them I walked here and I wanted to walk back to get some fresh air. I was driving extremely slow on the way back even though it was a five minute drive from the bar to my flat. I stumbled to the elevator and then down the hall to my flat. I twisted the knob and was grateful that it was unlocked.

Lauren was fast asleep on the sofa clutching tightly to a water bottle. Depp jumped off from beside her and started barking at me. That woke her up. "Zayn?" she rubbed at her eyes and then grabbed her phone. "Where were you? Your little drive was five hours long."

She stood up and then stopped in her tracks pinching her nose. "You smell so bad. You were out drinking?!" her eyes darted to the keys dangling from my hands. "And driving?! Are you actually fucking kidding me? Are you trying to kill yourself Zayn?!"

"I'm not trying to do anything. I was just enjoying a few drinks."

"A few? You smell like you poured a bottle on the ground and rolled in it," she exaggerated. "And what would possess you to drive? It doesn't matter if you had one drink-"

"Calm down! I'm fucking alive!" I threw my arms up.

"Okay? And you could have easily been wrapped around a fucking palm tree. I can't believe you could be this stupid.." she shook her head in disbelief.

"Well excuse me for wanting to get away from all of your nagging. Zayn, do this. Zayn, why didn't you do this. Zayn, you didn't do this right."

Lauren glared at me and shook her head. "Nagging? Excuse me for being worried about your well being all the time because all I want is to make sure you're safe and excuse me for not wanting you to leave the toilet seat up all the time. I'm such a monster," she sarcastically said. I can see the tears that were beginning to build up making the green in her eyes even more evident.

"You can sleep on the couch tonight," she said turning around and heading toward the bedroom with Depp following closely behind. I kicked the coffee table and the glass bowl full of Lauren's favorite mints fell off and shattered to the ground along with a framed picture of us from Christmas.