{book 2} ✓ - ❝ I'm tired of pity, of everyone looking at me like "poor Zayn, infatuated with his best mates's girl". I know it's not okay and if it were so easy to forget about her I would've done it already. It's not. But I just need time, not people to pity me and force me to move on. Why can't they understand that? I just need time and someone to understand. ❞

"It's me or her." The four words that changed everything. It's amazing how four simple words can be the beginning point of one person's dreams coming true and the other person's dreams getting shattered. Friendships, heartbreak, lies, and betrayal all come to the surface when Zayn Malik returns to his hometown with hopes of reconnecting with his childhood bestfriend, Payton Grimshaw.

Iridesca is a quiet, shy girl: she's homeschooled, lives in a small town in the south and hardly ever leaves her room. The only thing that keeps her sane is music; playing the piano and singing is what she loves. The only connection to the outside world is through the internet, where she posts videos of her singing. She's a YouTube legend for two reasons: One—she has an incredible voice; and two—no one knows who she is. They don’t know her name, not even what she looks like, as every video she posts, only her chest-down is visible. She’s just known as The Cover Girl, and she’d like to keep it that way. But when her angelic voice steals the heart of a certain British boy band member, he starts to get curious and begins putting the puzzle pieces together. He’s determined to discover who The Cover Girl really is and hopefully sweep her off her feet like she did him.

Caitlyn is just a normal girl, living a normal life. Maybe too normal.. But thats all about to change when Celebrity boyband sensation One Direction unexpectedly jump into her life! But will being friends to 5 hot Celebrity's, as well as having a lot of family problems, be too much for her?? Read on to see...