Tricia's POV

I walked up to the track where Zayn said he should be. The wind blew a cold breeze and I shivered. Where could he be? I glanced around the empty track on this gloomy dark day. Thunder clouds were above me, threatening to pour down rain. If he doesn't show up in five minutes, I'm leaving and never talking to him again.

Time passed and I gave up on him showing up. Maybe I shouldn't be sneaking around to see him. Maybe it was wrong to fall in love with one of the most popular guys on campus. That's what my dumb self gets. Falling for the one that will never like you for real. I sighed and turned to walk away from that horrid place. I guess love only does exist in fairy tales.

Walking back to my dorm, I felt like I was being followed. I turned around a couple of times but nobody was there. Hmm, that was weird. I continued walking, and I heard footsteps behind me. The footsteps got closer and closer, moving at a faster pace. I stopped and turned to see Zayn. He stopped abruptly and gave me a shy smile.

"Where were you? I waited for almost ten minutes." I said. He bit his lip and looked down at the ground. He seemed to be tapping his foot in some type of rhythm. "If you don't have an answer, I guess I can just leave. It's not that hard, you know."

I shifted my body into the other direction and continued on. That's it. He's not going to fight for me. Maybe I was right. Maybe he doesn't love me. He probably lied.

"Tricia, wait up!" He yelled. I turned and he was running towards me. He came up to me and set his arms on my shoulder. "I was there. I promise I was there."

"If you were there, why didn't you come out, or say anything? You saw me walk away." I said. "Why wait until I'm walking to come find me?"

He put his hands on his face and grunted. "I was scared. I didn't know what to do. When I'm around you, everything is different. I get butterflies in my stomach, my heart drops, and most of all, I can't stop smiling. I've never felt this way about a girl before and it's scaring me."

Tears started piling down my face. I kept wiping at them, trying to make them go away. He's scared. Scared of falling in love. That's why we're not together. Everything he just told me is exactly how I feel. When I'm around him, everything seems to freeze and the world just disappeared. And it's only me and him.

"I feel the same way about you. I'm tired of sneaking around. I want everybody to know about us." I cried. His big hand caressed my soft cheek. "It's just I don't know what you want. You told me last night that you didn't want to make it public, that you didn't want me hurt. I think I can handle it if we go public."

"Let's go public! Let's do it. Tricia, will you be my girlfriend?" Zayn asked.

I looked up at him with excitement. There was a bit of joy coming from the depths of my stomach, which brought a smile to my face.

"Yes. I would love to be your girlfriend." I said, wrapping my arms around his slim waist. He kissed my forehead and put his chin on my head. This was the best feeling in the world, being in the arms of somebody I actually like. Nothing could ever ruin this day.

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When I got back to my dorm, Rachel and Skylar were waiting for me. They looked like they were pretty pissed or something. I sighed and plopped down on my bed. I couldn't erase the smile that was on my face. No matter how hard I tried, it never went away.

"Tricia, can you please tell us where you have been?" Rachel asked. "Were you out with a cute boy?"

I got up immediately. "How do you know?"

"So you were. Give me all the details. I would like to know who and what happened." Rachel demanded.

"Yeah, tell us." Sky said, being the enforcer.

I went and sat in the middle of the floor, criss cross apple sauce. I slouched a little. "Fine, since I have to. I was with Zayn."

"As in Malik?" Rachel interrupted.

I nodded. "Okay, we've got that out of the way. We've been sneaking around for the past couple of weeks and I've grown to like him. Today, he kind of asked me out."

"Did you say yes?" Sky asked. I nodded. They started screaming like high school girls finding out that their favorite band was coming to town. Rachel came over and put out her hand. I stood up and we just jumped around like little kids. Nothing could get better than this.

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