Secret (1969)

Chapter 14

"Who did this to you?" She asks me with the same reaction and points to my neck. OH NO! I cover my neck with hair at once. 

"No one!" 

"Annabelle what has happened to you?" Lily isn't giving up.

"I hit something while I was walking home, it's nothing Lily."

"Annabelle don't lie to me! Tell me who did this to you." 

"God!" I sigh, sit on the bed and burry my head in hands. 

"Was it Niall?" Lily asks me doubtfully.

"God no!" I shout.

"Then who?" 

"Zayn..."

"What?" Her eyes go mad. I feel ashamed.

"Why did he do this? Did you do anything to him?" She asks me several questions at once and comes closer to see bruise closer.

I tell Lily almost everything, when he saved me from being raped on Liam's birthday party, then when he took me home and kissed me on lip angle. I tell her about our first kiss, but I stop myself from telling her how he touched my arse and how he always tries to get to my underwear. I  put my head down and stay at this position for a few seconds, then I rise and see Lily's numb face. She watches me with open mouth and then asks me with doubt.

"You made up all of this, right?" Seems she doesn't believe in me and it's not even believable, 'cause I'm Annabelle and he's Zayn. The most worthless girl and the most attractive boy. Me and Zayn are as far from each other as the sky and the earth.

"Ok I lied," I sigh. "Because you aren't believing that I hit on something."

"Okay," She gives up "Now I believe, this is more convincing." She says and lies down on the bed.

Oh god, even Lily thinks that I'm ugly and Zayn will never ever look at me in other way. Why did I belive Zayn's compliments? Tears are on the edge to come stream and until it does, I get up and go into bathroom. I don't want Lily to see me.

I'm looking at my reflection in the mirror and the one thing I feel towards myself is hatred, because I'm so immature. I believe in everything and everyone in this universe. That's why that one, who stays betrayed, is me! I turn on the tap and wash my face to wipe away the tears, then dry with towel and go back into the room a bit calmed.

"Have you been crying?" Lily asks me when sees my bloodshot eyes.

"It's okay, just because of mom." I lie to her and sit down to study. I take book of phisycs and stare at it, don't want Lily to ask me anything.

"It was really Zayn, right?" I hear Lily's voice from the back. I rise head up and look at her. I don't answer, just nod to her.

"If my parents see you, you know what will happen, don't you?" I nod again without any word. "So he let you sit on his precious motorbike?" Her eyes lights up and she smirks. I just raise my eyebrows and cackle.

"Zayn let someone sit on his motorbike and that someone is my cousin! I'm gonna tell it Liam!" She says loud, happily.

"What?! No, please don't tell him anything!" My cheeks flush at once.

"Not everything, just that he likes you."

"God Lily, don't say anything! He hasn't even told me that he likes me. And he always humiliates me. How can he like me?"

"Humiliates you?" She stares at me surprised. "How that?"

"Yeah, he always tries to make me upset or hurt my feelings." I shrug.