Five Lovestories

"I got it!" Zayn shouted and came running up to me with a paper in his hand.

"Excellent!" I said with a big smile.

The paper I grabbed from his reached out hand, was the paper everyone needed to fill in to get away. Even if it was only for a day, you needed to sign it, and turn it in to the principal.

"Let's see.." I muttered. "We're going to be away for about four days. Is that good..?"

Zayn nodded, so I wrote it down.
The college had this stupid protocol everyone had to follow, every student only had a special amount of days to be able to go away for. Based on how often you took time off, the days that were left was the days you were able to have any free time on. Some people chose to stay home for Halloween, so they would have more days home for Christmas, for example.
Before I had gotten to Local University, I had made up a scheduled plan about how many days I would take off, and it all fit perfectly into my protocol.

"So, and here's yours too.. Let's hand them over, shall we?" I grinned and we walked to the principal hand-in-hand.


That night was one of the best nights sleep I had ever had. I walked back from Zayns dormitory to mine, and crashed into the bed as soon as I got there.

"Wake me up tomorrow morning and say goodbye to me, alright?" Bim whispered from above.

"Yeah, I will.." I said, sleepy, but with a mild smile.

The next morning, I woke up, ready and prepared. I took a quick shower and changed my clothes, and carefully obeyed to Bims wish and woke her up too.

"Hey, I'm taking off now.. Early train.." I whispered in her face.

"Yeah.." She yawned, but managed to smile. "I'll miss you. But see you on Saturday, right?"

"Yes, and we can always keep in touch while I'm gone too." I said and Bim nodded in agreement. "Well.. bye." I said and hugged her quickly.

The hug was a bit awkward, but it was more than I could ever ask for. I realized, just because I had reached out to her, just because I now knew the real her, just because she had opened up to me, didn't mean that she would change into this whole new person. Bim was still an awkward and shy and quiet person, but that's what I liked about her. Especially after I had spent years and years with Sarah, the girl who was out of control and crazy.
When Zayn met me halfway through the corridor, his excited gaze went from my face down to my body, and he gave me a weird, smiling frown.

"Okay, I know what you're thinking.." I said as soon as I was in front of him. "It's not the most fashionable outfit, but it's what I had time for."

"No, it's not that." Zayn chuckled. "It's just.. won't you be cold? It's fall, remember?"

"I can handle it." I smiled and Zayn leaned down to give me a morning-kiss.


At the train station, we hurried to our platform. It was crowded, but at this point, I was used to it. Me and Zayn looked around like lost puppies, since none of us usually took the train. But I finally looked up at a small sign, and stopped both of us from walking any further.

"Here it is. Number 8!" I said and took a small, happy jump. "Let's go in!"

Finally on the train we could sit down, and breathe out. As we started moving, I plugged in my headphones and clicked on "To Build A Home" on the highest volume. Zayn, who was sitting next to me, leaned back on his soft, fabric-covered seat and closed his eyes. I entwined our hands together and leaned back as well. The last thing I saw before it all got dark was the trees that whizzed past us outside our window.


"Sir?.. Miss.. Baker?"

Both Zayn and I flinched from the sudden male voice in front of us. It was dark outside, and my music was gone.

"We have arrived to our final destination. Manchester." The conductor said before he started passing it on to the others.

It wasn't until I was about to get up to lift down my suitcase that I realized how cute me and Zayn were laying on top of each other. My head was resting on his warm chest, with my hands over his tummy. And his head was leaning upon my shoulder, with his hands around my waist. It wasn't as complicated as it sounded, it was actually so cute.

"Hey, you awake?" I asked and nudged his chin.

"Yeah, yeah.." He said with his eyes barely open.

"Okay, well, my parents are probably outside, waiting for us. Let's go sleepyhead." I said and stood up from our adorable sleeping positions.

Zayn got up right after me, stretched his body before he helped me with the bags. As we got outside, my eyes scanned the whole area to look for my family. And far away, in front of another traindoor, they stood, waiting.

"Over there." I said, a little amused and dragged him with me. "Mom, dad!"

They turned their heads immediately and two big smiles swiftly graced their features. Or well, three, actually. If you counted little Faye too. I let go of Zayns hand and rushed into my moms open arms. I could hear from behind that Zayn and dad were shaking hands, and greeting.

"Hi Faye, sweetie! Awh, I have missed you!" I said and lifted her tiny body up from the ground.

Her small finger gripped around my neck as she was laughing in the cute way I had almost forgotten she did.

"I missed you too." She blushed and I kissed her nose.

"Faye, this is Zayn." I said and tilted her at his direction, after he had greeted my mom too.

She was too shy to say hi, but I had the strongest feeling that Zayn knew that. Not only, sarcasticly enough, could he maybe relate, but I just knew that he was good with kids too.

"Hi, Faye." He smiled.

I then hugged my beloved father. Oh, how I had missed them all!

"Let's take you guys home! We have prepared the most delicious dinner for you guys!"


After my second plate of food, not only had Zayn connected great with my parents, he had also like I thought, connected amazingly with Faye. But after hours of catching up and talking about everything between heaven and earth, it was time for bed.

"See you in the morning." I said towards my parents in the doorway to the spare-room.

"The dinner was amazing, thank you for everything!" Zayn shouted from inside and I closed the door.

I turned the lights on in the room and closed a few windows properly.

"It's nice here." Zayn said while unpacking.

"It's kinda chilly though.." I said as I was freezing ridiculously much.

"We'll just have to warm ourselfs then, create some heat." Zayn smiled and I giggled.

We both started undressing, and I quickly put on an over-sized sweater before jumping into bed with the already almost-naked Zayn.

"Hey, we've slept naked before.. You don't have to wear that." Zayn said huskily as I turned around to face him in the double bed.

"Ey, I'm freezing!" I whispered and we both laughed.

"Come here.." Zayn said and put a grip around my waist, only to pull me closer to him.

I couldn't decide if that was just an extremely turn-on, or if the cuteness overpowered it. Either way, I was still really tired from the nap on the train, and the big dinner we had just shared. So we didn't do anything. We just layed there, breathed, being silent.

"Have you told them?" Zayn suddenly asked. "About the five of us."

The question came like a shock, but I was wide awake, and fully aware of my coming answer.

"No." I said. "And I don't know if I should.. No matter how I'll explain it, I will sound like a.."

"A what?" Zayn asked.

"A whore."

He sighed and gently stroked my hair.

"I don't know if you should tell them either, but they would think that about you.. And you know it, Kath."

"I wouldn't wanna risk it.. I kinda just wanna let them get the signal like you're my boyfriend."

Zayns hand suddenly lost touch with my hair.

".. Well, I am, aren't I?"

"Yes, God.. that came out wrong.." I said and sat up in the bed. "Look, I really do wanna try this with you. I mean, this trip is not only because we kinda had a shitty week, it's also because.. I feel this amazing connection between us, and it's definitely worth to try out some more quality time with you, if.. you know."

"Yeah, I feel the same way." Zayn said with his regained smile.

His eyes were sparkling even though it was very dark, just like they always did. At that very moment, all I could see was Zayn. Not Harry, not Liam, not anyone else. Only Zayn and his piercing eyes.
I layed down on his chest again and pulled the blanket over my shoulder.

"But hey, Zayn.." I mumbled. "You know this won't last forever.. I still gotta give the other lads a chance.. I promised them, and if not.. they'll never be able to be my friends again, and.."

"It's cool, I get it. As long as you're happy, I'm fine." He said slowly and calm.

"I love you." I whispered.

And with those words said, I fell right into sleep.

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