Little Things (1D Fanfic)©

Chapter 35

**Cammie's P.O.V**

"What do you mean Tom and Eddie found him?" I demanded, my voice wavering as I watched Perrie touch one of Zayn's cuts with a trembling finger. She sniffed, and Zayn wearily turned towards her, slightly nodding his head to tell her that he was alright.

"It means that Tom and Eddie found him," Louis directed at me, eyeing me sadly. My heart plummeted at the clarification. Already I felt like I was responsible for Zayn's injuries, not to mention Niall's and Louis's on to of that. Tears started to blur my vision as I watched the disheartening sight of Zayn and Perrie together.

"What-?" I whispered helplessly, my voice trailing off at the end. Twice I was told the news, but my brain still wouldn't comprehend it.

"What happened exactly?" Liam asked louder, eyeing Louis nervously before shifting his gaze to Zayn, who was lolling his head back and forth, finally resting it on Perrie's shoulder. His eyes were fluttering as he fought to keep awake.

"Tom and Eddie-."

"We know Tom and Eddie found him!" Charlene interrupted, brushing a stray tear from her face as she stared at the scene before her. Louis slumped down to sit next to Zayn, holding his head, while Niall leaned against the wall, still upright.

"Me and Niall were just walking around looking for Zayn when we heard this yelling and stuff. So we went around the corner and saw Tom and Eddie. We didn't know who they were beating up at first, but I mean, we planned on stopping those assholes anyway so it didn't really matter who they were hurting. And then Eddie saw us and we heard him say something about how how Z's friends had come to save him. Niall went fucking ballistic," Louis explained, turning to stare at Niall, who locked his jaw before huffing and clasping onto Zayn's shoulder tightly.

"And so you and Niall decided to play hero?" Gabe asked, standing awkwardly off to the side.

"What were we supposed to do?" Niall glared, and Gabe raised his hands up in defeat.

"Don't get me wrong, mate. I just was trying to clarify," Gabe said, and Niall softened a little bit.

"Well then yeah. We played hero. We started to fight Tom and Eddie while Zayn crawled away. And then Zayn said something about them not having anything on him anymore. So everyone stopped. And Zayn told them how he had tweeted something about his secret. God, Tom got so pissed. He shoved Louis into the wall and started to kick Zayn so hard. The only reaosn he stopped is because fucking Eddie came to his fucking sense and dragged Tom away before the police came," Niall swore, finally sitting down next to Zayn and Perrie.

"You told, Zayn?" Danielle sniffed. Zayn nodded lightly, and Perrie kissed his forehead.

"I love you," she whispered, and I heard Zayn sigh.

"Perrie, maybe you should get Zayn upstairs," Liam suggested. "We'll clean up down here," he said. Perrie nodded, and Niall helped her to get Zayn upstairs while the rest of us split up.

Charlene, Danielle, and Gabe went to go clean the kitchen up from dinner, setting aside a plate for Zayn, while Liam and Harry traveled through the Twitter world, ready to shoot down any rumors or pictures about Zayn, Louis, and Niall being hurt. I went into the bathroom, lazily looking for the first aid kit.

What if this was all my fault? What if I was the reason that Zayn got beat up? Sure Zayn tweeted out his secret and refused to bully me again like Tom and Eddie said, but I was the one who told Zayn that he should tell. I was the one that he was told to bully. I was the reason for Zayn's injuries. It was all my fault. Everything was my fault.

Flashback

"Cameron! Get down here!' my mother called upstairs to me. I put down my dolls and scampered down the stairs, where my mother was waiting with crossed arms. "Why does Liam have a black eye?" she demanded.