Afraid

21.

I pulled all-nighters for a whole week writing this chapter. Also VOTE VOTE VOTE & I'll love you more than anything. Share, with wattpadders and friends. Okay read on my love bugs. Also somebody submitted a ship name.. Zalex? What do you guys think? 4k?! That's AMAZING

*spoiler smut ahead. So skip if you don't feel comfortable* Sorry for killing it

Zayn's POV

One week. It's been one week since I had met Steven, whatever anxiety that I had felt has completely vanished within the second I left Alex's house that night. My anxiety switched to this past week, we just finished finals yesterday. It was a busy week, studying day and night. I hardly saw Alex, scratch that I didn't see Alex besides history class. During lunch, she or I would be upstairs finishing an exam; I couldn't pick her in the mornings to drive her to school. There were no phone calls, or text messages, it was like we became strangers.

*flashback to the day before*

As the school bell rang, a weight was lifted off my shoulder, I stood there as Liam, and the boys jumped with excitement, cheering with other seniors "WE PASSED OUR FIRST SEMESTER!" It was like something you see in movies, people were cheering; others were bumped, but as for me couldn't wait to spend the next three weeks off with my girl. I cringed when the whole football team began yelling "CLASS OF 2015" I think everybody was overreacting about this. I mean, yeah I passed my finals I just need to pass next years, and my SATs then I'm done with high school. I'm excited or am I?

I saw her walk out the building laughing her head off, her arms around Candice smiling to the extreme. Cheeks flushed, eyes squinted, small lips moving hasty, her small body frame jumping with joy. Liam puts his arm around my shoulder "Go congratulate your girl mate." I smirk, looking at her. My pace is slow; she is about twenty feet away from me. She looks adorable wearing her light gray leggings, short brown boots with a white long sleeve fitted perfectly showing off her curves, and nicely sized breast. Candice whispers something in her ear causing her smile to grow, then turns her head in my direction.

Our eyes meet, her ravishing brown eyes brighten up, as she begins running towards me. I open my arms out as she jumps into my arms to clutch onto my body. I breathe in her strawberry scented hair, never getting tired of it. It feels like it has been years since I felt her presence, her absence of not being able to kiss, talk, laugh, hold, hug her was unsatisfying to my existence. For some odd reason I hear the song Midnight City playing in the back of my mind. She latched off my body with overcoming joy "I HAVE GREAT NEWS. NO BETTER THAN GREAT!"

I chuckle at how cute she looks, her hair covers her face, I move it away getting a close look at her, "Which is?"

She takes a deep breath "I QUALIFLED. I PASSED ZAYN." she attacks me in another hug; I look up at Candice watching us smiling with Ryan. I wrap my arms around her back, "I'm proud of you, but what did you qualify for?" I ask

She releases me, her eyes burn into mine as I stand before her looking down, "The magnet program, I got 100% on all my exams."

My smile fades, and the song is no longer playing in my head. The magnet program... NO. Our school, every year has this gift, for the seniors that have outstanding grades to graduate a month before the average class graduates. Also to give them time to go to their college classes. What a minute, that's why they invented this whole stupid program. Alex got accepted to a college?

"You.. The magnet program? When did this happen?" I ask shaking my head disapproving.

Her smiles drops, "When I transferred, I was automatically put into magnet. I can graduate right now also. I have all my credits already. Aren't you proud of me?" her voice is low, hurt but distant. I hurt her feelings. I am being selfish.