{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. ❞

If you can't see anything beautiful in yourself, get a better mirror. Look a little closer. Stare a little longer. Because there's something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit. You bulit a cast around your heart and you signed it yourself. You signed it "They were wrong." because maybe you didn't belong to a group or a clique. Maybe they decided to pick you last for dodge ball. Maybe you used to bring bruises and broken teeth to show and tell but never told. Because how are you supposed to hold your ground when everyones trying to bury you beneath it? Love is life, and if you miss love, you miss life.