I've Got A Secret
LETS GO STYLES!
Chapter 14
Veronica’s POV
*Tuesday
When I arrived to school everyone was wearing school colors, showing their pride for our first soccer game of the year. It was a big deal because soccer was the only sport we paid attention to.
Banners covered the once empty hallways with “Go Bulldogs” and ‘We Can Do It”. The classroom doors had a soccer ball cut out of paper with the team mates number and last name.Arriving to my first period class the door had a paper shaped soccer ball on it that said: “Malik #2”, Was this put here on purpose or just by coincidence? I didn’t pay too much attention to it though; I mean it’s just a piece of construction paper.
My morning classes went by slow becauseall we had were worksheets and notes, what a pain in the butt. It was until 4th period that we didn’t do much because the teacher was one of the soccer coaches who was attending the pep rally during first lunch.
After 4th was lunch, in the middle of the courtyard they had a small stage with speakers playing some song about “winning”, the cheerleaders where in two lines moving in rhythm, side to side. The soccer players sat in chairs in front of the stage as the mascot ran around high fiving everyone. The lunch lines where shorter since everyone went to have a part of the small games the cheerleaders where doing.
“Hey Veronica” I heard as I grabbed my food, I turned around to see Glimmer smiling with her blonde hair shining in a loose braid.
“Hey Glimmer” I smiled back.
“Don’t you just love pep rallies?”
“Not Really” My reply made her laugh as she took a bite of her apple.
“C’mon let’s go see Niall and the rest of the guys” She grabbed my hand as she continued eating her apple. We made our way through the crowd of lower classmen until we stood next to the cheerleaders.
“I remember my cheerleading days” Glimmer smiled admiring the flips and steps the girls did to the song.
“Have you ever been a cheerleader?” she asked.
“No. I’m very clumsy” Glimmer giggled again as she stopped and pointed towards someone.
“That’s the cheer captain” She pointed to a tall, lean girl with curly brown hair that was put in a high ponytail with a bow.
“Her name is Danielle, she’s Liam’s girlfriend” She smiled as the crowd finished clapping the coach said some words about winning and trying our best.
My eyes searched through the players, seeing Liam with the number 10 and Niall with 7. Harry was behind them smiling and giving some “Woos” here and there. But I couldn’t really see the number he had on. I noticed that Zayn wasn’t sitting with them.
“Is Zayn here?” I asked, confused because of his absence.
“Yeah he is, but he doesn’t like pep rallies or any school get together” She said seriously, rolling her eyes.
“I’m going to go sit down and eat my lunch. Wanna come?” I asked Glimmer
“No its fine, I’ll catch up with you later instead”She said as her full attention was on the cheerleaders.
I walked back through the crowd; finding a table was easy. I just sat in a random one that didn’t have any bags or books on it. I sat down opening my juice and salad. I spread the ranch around it whilelistening to the music in the background.
“Pep Rallies are stupid”
“I know right” I said to the stranger whose voice came behind me, though I didn’t bother to turn around and see who it was.
“I mean soccer is the stupidest sport there is” The stranger remarked.
“I guess. I don’t really care” I said as I took another bite of my salad. I felt the stranger sit down next to me;I looked up and noticed hislight auburn hair and dark brown hues. His skin wasn’t too tan but it wasn’t pale either. I’ve seen him before but I wasn’t sure where.
“2nd period” The guy said.
“What?”
“We have 2nd period together, my seat is behind you”I formed an “o” with my lips; I still didn’t remember his name.
“Michael. My name is Michael. We have English 3 together.” He laughed in response to my face expression.
“Oh yeah! I remember now”
“And you’re Veronica”He said as he pointed at me.
“Yup,that’s me”
“So, I’m guessing you’re not going to the game later?”
“Nah, I don’t think so.”
“Well… you should”
“I thought you said soccer is stupid”, He laughed one more time as he stood up slowly.
“Yeah, but I like extra credit. I need at least a B- in that class.” He patted the top of my head as he grabbed his black backpack, “See you later Veronica”, and made his way to the 800s.
I grabbed my stuff and trash and headed to the closest trashcan and dumped what I had left over of the salad. I decided to head to the restroom before the bell rang to wash my hands. I made my way inside the girl’s restroom, placing my bag next to the mirror and began to wash my hands.
“Who was that?” I jumped when heard the voice of a guy inside the girl’s restroom, I immediately turned around and found out it was Zayn.
“What the hell! You scared me!” I turned off the water as he walked further and checked each stool.
“You didn’t answer my question” he almost growled.
“What are you even doing inside the girl’s restroom?”he remained quiet, not wanting to answer my question.
Before I even said anything again, Zayn just left without a word. His actions confused me.
*
I had decided to go to the soccer game after all. Glimmer had been begging me to accompany her so I agreed. Plus, some extra credit wouldn’t hurt. Once the bell had rung, everyone was in full spirit for the upcoming game even though it wouldn’t start till 5 in the afternoon. I made my way home to change into something more comfortable and warm.
I changed into a t-shirt Glimmer had given me earlier. It had Harry’s last name and number on the front along with a soccer ball. I didn’t object when she handed it to me because it would show my encouragement. I paired it with a gray cardigan, red scarf and black skinny jeans.
I heard a car honk outside my house and quickly made my way downstairs.
“Mom I’m leaving! Be back at around 8!”I quickly walked out of the house without hearing what my mom had said back, I don’t think she’d mind.
Glimmer was waiting outside in her car, smiling and waving once she saw me. I was surprised she was the only one in her car. I expected some of her other friends to be there as well. She was also wearing a homemade shirt with Niall’s last name and number.
“Are you excited?” she said as she drove off.
“Well, actually I kinda am. This is my first time watching a soccer game so you could say I’m pretty excited” I laughed as she took in what I had just told her. She looked surprised but then started giggling.
“Well, let me tell you, our soccer games are amazing”
We soon arrived and Glimmer parked in the nearly full parking lot. We made our way towards the soccer field with a couple of snacks we had bought from the student store. I was pretty hungry so I took full advantage of it. The air had gotten cooler and I mentally thanked myself for wearing a cardigan and scarf.
About 15 minutes later, everyone was settled in and the game begun. I spotted the boys huddled together; I imagined they were spreading words of encouragement. I noticed Zayn glance over at my direction, a frown formed when, I suppose, he saw the shirt I was wearing. However, once Harry saw, he gave me a huge smile that showed his dimples.
The game escaladed quickly. Both teams were tied.
“Veronica if Harry makes this goal, we’ll win! C’mon lets give him some words of encouragement!” she nearly yelled as she pulled me up to stand next to her.
“C’MON HARRY!! YOU CAN DO IT!” she yelled then signaling me to do the same.
“WHOOO!LETS GO STYLES! MAKE THE SHOT!!” I looked at Glimmer for approval, she smiled and nodded.
Harry seemed to have heard us because afterwards he had everyone out of their seats on the home side, jumping and cheering because he made the winning goal. Everyone was yelling and beginning to celebrate. Glimmer had made her way to Niall to congratulate him while I went to the restroom. I had told her I’d meet her in front of the school because big crowds freaked me out.
“What the hell was that!?” I quickly turned around to see who was speaking to me; I had guessed it was me because there was no one else around. It was Zayn.
“What was what?”
“Your fucking shirt and the shouting for Harry” he nearly yelled.
“To show my support obviously” he really knew how to piss me off.
“Stop that shit”
“Why Zayn?”I snapped back, his attitude towards me upset me.
“Because… because it should be me you’re cheering for!! Not him!!”
I was shocked. And to say the least I didn’t expect his next move. He quickly made his way towards me, pushing me to the nearest wall and abruptly clashing his lips to mine. I couldn’t help but not respond at first due to the shock, but soon I realized I responded back, moving my lips against his. We were both in need for air when he removed himself from me, lightly pecking my lips then kissing my cheek.
“I had to do that… I’m sorry” and with that he turned around to leave.
“Wait!” he turned around walked back to me.
“Why… why did you do that though? Don’t you have a girlfriend?”
“No I don’t” he didn’t say anything else. He, once again, turned and left without answering my other question. I cursed under my breath. I was really confused.
After I had gone to the restroom, I made my way to the front of the school. Glimmer, Niall, Louis, Liam, and Harry were already there.
“Hey Veronica, I like your shirt” Harry winked at me as he greeted me.
“Thanks. Hi guys, you guys did great! Congrats on the win” I smiled back at them. Smiles and thank-yous were given back.
“Well its getting late and we have to get going… so see you guys later! Go home and rest!” Glimmer said as she took my hand and tugged me away. I quickly said goodbye to the boys and turned around, but not before I saw Harry blow me a kiss.
“Sooo I was wondering… wanna come over tomorrow?” Glimmer asked me with a smile on her face.
“Yeah sure”
“Oh good! Now you can help me with some homework I’m struggling with!” I laughed and nodded as she drove off towards my house. She parked in front of my house and gave me a small hug before I climbed out. I went inside when I felt my phone vibrate.
Zayn: I kissed you tonight because I like you. A lot
I nearly dropped my phone.
Veronica’s POV
*Tuesday
When I arrived to school everyone was wearing school colors, showing their pride for our first soccer game of the year. It was a big deal because soccer was the only sport we paid attention to.
Banners covered the once empty hallways with “Go Bulldogs” and ‘We Can Do It”. The classroom doors had a soccer ball cut out of paper with the team mates number and last name.Arriving to my first period class the door had a paper shaped soccer ball on it that said: “Malik #2”, Was this put here on purpose or just by coincidence? I didn’t pay too much attention to it though; I mean it’s just a piece of construction paper.
My morning classes went by slow becauseall we had were worksheets and notes, what a pain in the butt. It was until 4th period that we didn’t do much because the teacher was one of the soccer coaches who was attending the pep rally during first lunch.
After 4th was lunch, in the middle of the courtyard they had a small stage with speakers playing some song about “winning”, the cheerleaders where in two lines moving in rhythm, side to side. The soccer players sat in chairs in front of the stage as the mascot ran around high fiving everyone. The lunch lines where shorter since everyone went to have a part of the small games the cheerleaders where doing.
“Hey Veronica” I heard as I grabbed my food, I turned around to see Glimmer smiling with her blonde hair shining in a loose braid.
“Hey Glimmer” I smiled back.
“Don’t you just love pep rallies?”
“Not Really” My reply made her laugh as she took a bite of her apple.
“C’mon let’s go see Niall and the rest of the guys” She grabbed my hand as she continued eating her apple. We made our way through the crowd of lower classmen until we stood next to the cheerleaders.
“I remember my cheerleading days” Glimmer smiled admiring the flips and steps the girls did to the song.
“Have you ever been a cheerleader?” she asked.
“No. I’m very clumsy” Glimmer giggled again as she stopped and pointed towards someone.
“That’s the cheer captain” She pointed to a tall, lean girl with curly brown hair that was put in a high ponytail with a bow.
“Her name is Danielle, she’s Liam’s girlfriend” She smiled as the crowd finished clapping the coach said some words about winning and trying our best.
My eyes searched through the players, seeing Liam with the number 10 and Niall with 7. Harry was behind them smiling and giving some “Woos” here and there. But I couldn’t really see the number he had on. I noticed that Zayn wasn’t sitting with them.
“Is Zayn here?” I asked, confused because of his absence.
“Yeah he is, but he doesn’t like pep rallies or any school get together” She said seriously, rolling her eyes.
“I’m going to go sit down and eat my lunch. Wanna come?” I asked Glimmer
“No its fine, I’ll catch up with you later instead”She said as her full attention was on the cheerleaders.
I walked back through the crowd; finding a table was easy. I just sat in a random one that didn’t have any bags or books on it. I sat down opening my juice and salad. I spread the ranch around it whilelistening to the music in the background.
“Pep Rallies are stupid”
“I know right” I said to the stranger whose voice came behind me, though I didn’t bother to turn around and see who it was.
“I mean soccer is the stupidest sport there is” The stranger remarked.
“I guess. I don’t really care” I said as I took another bite of my salad. I felt the stranger sit down next to me;I looked up and noticed hislight auburn hair and dark brown hues. His skin wasn’t too tan but it wasn’t pale either. I’ve seen him before but I wasn’t sure where.
“2nd period” The guy said.
“What?”
“We have 2nd period together, my seat is behind you”I formed an “o” with my lips; I still didn’t remember his name.
“Michael. My name is Michael. We have English 3 together.” He laughed in response to my face expression.
“Oh yeah! I remember now”
“And you’re Veronica”He said as he pointed at me.
“Yup,that’s me”
“So, I’m guessing you’re not going to the game later?”
“Nah, I don’t think so.”
“Well… you should”
“I thought you said soccer is stupid”, He laughed one more time as he stood up slowly.
“Yeah, but I like extra credit. I need at least a B- in that class.” He patted the top of my head as he grabbed his black backpack, “See you later Veronica”, and made his way to the 800s.
I grabbed my stuff and trash and headed to the closest trashcan and dumped what I had left over of the salad. I decided to head to the restroom before the bell rang to wash my hands. I made my way inside the girl’s restroom, placing my bag next to the mirror and began to wash my hands.
“Who was that?” I jumped when heard the voice of a guy inside the girl’s restroom, I immediately turned around and found out it was Zayn.
“What the hell! You scared me!” I turned off the water as he walked further and checked each stool.
“You didn’t answer my question” he almost growled.
“What are you even doing inside the girl’s restroom?”he remained quiet, not wanting to answer my question.
Before I even said anything again, Zayn just left without a word. His actions confused me.
*
I had decided to go to the soccer game after all. Glimmer had been begging me to accompany her so I agreed. Plus, some extra credit wouldn’t hurt. Once the bell had rung, everyone was in full spirit for the upcoming game even though it wouldn’t start till 5 in the afternoon. I made my way home to change into something more comfortable and warm.
I changed into a t-shirt Glimmer had given me earlier. It had Harry’s last name and number on the front along with a soccer ball. I didn’t object when she handed it to me because it would show my encouragement. I paired it with a gray cardigan, red scarf and black skinny jeans.
I heard a car honk outside my house and quickly made my way downstairs.
“Mom I’m leaving! Be back at around 8!”I quickly walked out of the house without hearing what my mom had said back, I don’t think she’d mind.
Glimmer was waiting outside in her car, smiling and waving once she saw me. I was surprised she was the only one in her car. I expected some of her other friends to be there as well. She was also wearing a homemade shirt with Niall’s last name and number.
“Are you excited?” she said as she drove off.
“Well, actually I kinda am. This is my first time watching a soccer game so you could say I’m pretty excited” I laughed as she took in what I had just told her. She looked surprised but then started giggling.
“Well, let me tell you, our soccer games are amazing”
We soon arrived and Glimmer parked in the nearly full parking lot. We made our way towards the soccer field with a couple of snacks we had bought from the student store. I was pretty hungry so I took full advantage of it. The air had gotten cooler and I mentally thanked myself for wearing a cardigan and scarf.
About 15 minutes later, everyone was settled in and the game begun. I spotted the boys huddled together; I imagined they were spreading words of encouragement. I noticed Zayn glance over at my direction, a frown formed when, I suppose, he saw the shirt I was wearing. However, once Harry saw, he gave me a huge smile that showed his dimples.
The game escaladed quickly. Both teams were tied.
“Veronica if Harry makes this goal, we’ll win! C’mon lets give him some words of encouragement!” she nearly yelled as she pulled me up to stand next to her.
“C’MON HARRY!! YOU CAN DO IT!” she yelled then signaling me to do the same.
“WHOOO!LETS GO STYLES! MAKE THE SHOT!!” I looked at Glimmer for approval, she smiled and nodded.
Harry seemed to have heard us because afterwards he had everyone out of their seats on the home side, jumping and cheering because he made the winning goal. Everyone was yelling and beginning to celebrate. Glimmer had made her way to Niall to congratulate him while I went to the restroom. I had told her I’d meet her in front of the school because big crowds freaked me out.
“What the hell was that!?” I quickly turned around to see who was speaking to me; I had guessed it was me because there was no one else around. It was Zayn.
“What was what?”
“Your fucking shirt and the shouting for Harry” he nearly yelled.
“To show my support obviously” he really knew how to piss me off.
“Stop that shit”
“Why Zayn?”I snapped back, his attitude towards me upset me.
“Because… because it should be me you’re cheering for!! Not him!!”
I was shocked. And to say the least I didn’t expect his next move. He quickly made his way towards me, pushing me to the nearest wall and abruptly clashing his lips to mine. I couldn’t help but not respond at first due to the shock, but soon I realized I responded back, moving my lips against his. We were both in need for air when he removed himself from me, lightly pecking my lips then kissing my cheek.
“I had to do that… I’m sorry” and with that he turned around to leave.
“Wait!” he turned around walked back to me.
“Why… why did you do that though? Don’t you have a girlfriend?”
“No I don’t” he didn’t say anything else. He, once again, turned and left without answering my other question. I cursed under my breath. I was really confused.
After I had gone to the restroom, I made my way to the front of the school. Glimmer, Niall, Louis, Liam, and Harry were already there.
“Hey Veronica, I like your shirt” Harry winked at me as he greeted me.
“Thanks. Hi guys, you guys did great! Congrats on the win” I smiled back at them. Smiles and thank-yous were given back.
“Well its getting late and we have to get going… so see you guys later! Go home and rest!” Glimmer said as she took my hand and tugged me away. I quickly said goodbye to the boys and turned around, but not before I saw Harry blow me a kiss.
“Sooo I was wondering… wanna come over tomorrow?” Glimmer asked me with a smile on her face.
“Yeah sure”
“Oh good! Now you can help me with some homework I’m struggling with!” I laughed and nodded as she drove off towards my house. She parked in front of my house and gave me a small hug before I climbed out. I went inside when I felt my phone vibrate.
Zayn: I kissed you tonight because I like you. A lot
I nearly dropped my phone.
update
4/2/14