Chapter 13

Zayn’s POV
It was around eight of the morning on a Saturday, when I decided to invite Perrie over to the house. I didn’t know how she would react to what I had to say.
Perrie and I have been dating for a year now and my feelings for her have grown as a friend, but not as a boyfriend. There’s nothing wrong with her I mean she’s beautiful and all, but there’s no real connection between us.
I decided to stay in my pj’s which consisted of some black sweats and a gray v neck. I did the regular morning routine: brush my teeth, wash my face, and fix my bed hair.
“Mr. Malik would you like the usual for breakfast?” Miss Ellie asked; she’s been the family maid since I could remember and to me she is like family. She has been my second mother while my real mother was out touring the world and signing contracts with other businesses and school districts.
“Ellie you can call me by my first name, you don’t have to be so formal”Ellie stood there in her maid clothes, the traditional black and white.
“But your mother insisted” she replied.
“Ignore what my mother said. She doesn’t know what she says sometimes.”
“Okay Zayn”
“Just make me some pancakes and hash brown” I said smiling towards her as I made my bed, she came toward me as she fixed the other side that I didn’t sleep in.
“Is Miss Perrie coming over?” she asked.
“Yeah, but not for what you think”
“Just making sure, and alright I trust you won’t do anything you might regret” Her pale face flushed as she patted the pillows placing them right next to each other.
“Call me when she gets here” I said, she nodded and closed the door, leaving the room in silence with only the sounds of the TV. I began to feel anxious about telling Perrie that I wanted to end our relationship, so I decided to take out some black chalk and drawing canvas’ and began to draw.
After a couple of hours my drawing came out to be calm, ocean waves off a shore in a random beach. The door bell rang as I heard Ellie run toward the front door.
“Here we go,” I whispered as I shook my head and cleaned my hands that where dirtied because of the black chalk. There was no need for Ellie to call me; by the time she was going to call for me, I was making my way down the last flight of stairs.
“Breakfast is served” Ellie announced making her way into the kitchen leaving just me and Perrie by ourselves.
“Good morning babe” she smiled making her way toward me and planting a kiss on my cold cheek.
“Good morning Perrie” She knew something was up. I always responded with something like “beautiful” or “love”, but this time it was just Perrie. All she did was smile.
“I ate already. We should head to your room instead” She said grabbing my left hand, but I quickly let go.
“Let’s go upstairs then” I had no time to waste. When we got to my room and closed the door, Perrie fell on my bed with a big smile.
“Not today Perrie” I said trying not to sound too hostile.
“Why not Zayn? Is it because Ellie is here? We can send her to get something” She gave me a flirtatious smile as she patted the mattress with her pastel colored hands.
“We need to talk” And with those words, her face wentcolorless and her smile disappeared.
“No no, I know where this is going” she stood up rapidly making her way through the furniture towards me.
“Just let me talk Perrie” she shook her head, her hands began to shake.
“I just don’t-”
“No, don’t say it” she interrupted me, her head dropped to the floor, her hands crossed in front of her chest.
“I’m sorry Perrie, but it’s just not working out. The idea of our parents putting us together was awful, you’re a great girl, but my feelings are gone.” I didn’t know what else to say, I knew if I kept talking tears would have fallen from her flawless face. All she did was nod just nod.
“Say something” But she said nothing. Her actions made me angry, why just stand there in silence when you can scream out the top of your lungs how you feel?
“I’m fine. But… my feelings where real towards you, they were always real. If you weren’t okay with going out with me in the beginning you should have said something and not just played along. ” She smiled, her blue hues showed how hurt she was.
“But, you didn’t. That’s cruelZayn. How can you just continue a relationship with someone you don’t even care about?” She smiled one more time as she took off the necklace that was around her neck placing it in my palm.
Before leaving she turned around; “It’s true what they say about you…. You don’t know what love is. You’re heartless.” Perrie slammed the door behind her and stormed out of my house.
I felt as if a weight was lifted off my shoulders when Perrie left. I did feel bad, but I couldn’t help but feel happy. I made my way downstairs and ate breakfast. Miss Ellie asked a few questions about what had just happened. AfterI had explained everything, she smiled and left me alone in the kitchen. I decided to go out, call the boys and play soccer.
*
Monday Morning
I woke up dreading the thought about going to school. It was prison. Since our date, Veronica and I haven’t spoken. I have to admit, I’m attracted to her but I don’t want any type of relationship. I got up and got dressed. I ate a quick breakfast and made my way to my car. I was going to be late to class but I didn’t mind, I’m late all the time.
I parked and made my way to first period. There were a few students outside as I walked. Someone caught my attention; Lucy. She is blonde and has an amazing figure. I smirked and blew her a kiss. Her reaction was priceless. I continued to make my way to class.
The rest of the day was shit because I actually went to class. I didn’t see Veronica at all and I was glad I didn’t.
There were a few other girls that caught my eye. My presence didn’t go unnoticed because they received a smirk or smack on their butt. I was certainly enjoying the single life. I still hadn’t told my mom about the breakup with Perrie and I wasn’t going to tell her because she was just going to ruin my mood.
There was soccer practice after school because we had a big game the next day. Practice was the same. Liam was the first to find out about the breakup and it soon spread all over the school. I was pretty confident we were going to win the next day’s game because we had been practicing quiet a lot. Louis then took me out of my own thoughts.
“Hey man how you been?” he asked as he made his way towards me.
“I’m good man… pretty happy actually” I responded back.
“Yeah I heard. If you’re happy, the team is happy… from the looks of it Harry is happy as well” he said as he pointed to Harry who was across the field talking to someone. I kept looking to see if I recognized the other person. Then I saw that it was Veronica, who was clearly flirting with Harry. I don’t know why but I got angry. I couldn’t stand the fact that she was flirting with someone else but me. I decided to ignore it because I didn’t like her that way. And Harry wasn’t the kind of guy that held onto relationships either.
“Well man I’ll see you later… gotta rest for the game!” Louis said as he ran towards the locker.
I waved back and hung out in the field for a little while longer, waiting to cool down from conditioning and the sun began to set.