Part of You

I cursed under my breath and wiped away the water on my glasses. Beautiful timing.

Remembered when I said I was the luckiest girl? Well, the party was only beginning at six, but I was supposed to prepare everything with the girls.

And why were we cleaning afterschool, when the incident happened like 2 minutes ago? We can clean now, like we’re doing. And we’ll be done before the bell rang!

Ah, the logic of teachers…

I guess she just wants to annoy us. Don’t worry; you’re already just by breathing.

Like I predicted, we finished cleaning up before the bell rang, but our exam was mostly… white.

‘’Hey, since we have to stay, Niall offered me a lift to go at Perrie’s house. You want to board in?’’ Harry asked when we stepped down the stairs.

‘’Yeah, thanks, but can we arrived before the others? I would feel bad if I’m not helping Perrie and the girls organizing everything.’’

We agreed and we went in our separate ways.

Tonight will definitely be strange. Why did Perrie invited Zayn? Well… Zayn is her type of boy physically. Mentally, I’m not quite sure.

Zayn and I went at the same elementary school. Perrie was right when she said he was a sweet guy. The ‘was’ is really important.

I don’t know what made him change that. He was always nice towards everyone. I used to play with him in the schoolyard. We were not friends, just enjoying having fun at recess together. Middle and High school did change him. Even if I don’t know him well enough now, it’s easy to see he changed. Rumors are almost all based on him. ‘Did you hear that Zayn hooked up with some random girl at Logan’s party?’ ‘He’s a dealer. He’s making fine money with his little business.’ ‘Don’t mess with him, or you’ll end up dead in the trash.’

I don’t care if he’s really like the rumors tried to tell us. It just I knew him in a better way and it’s sad that he’s no longer like that.

But that doesn't mean I wish we were friends. No, I really don't like him now.

I unlocked my locker and puzzled out my Ethics and Religious Culture books. I closed the door of my locker and turned around for my class.

Mhm… Maybe I should find Perrie and warn her I have detention after school. Talking about the devil, I saw her talking to someone, a big smile plastered on her lips. I couldn’t identify with who she was talking with because he –that’s easy to see when it’s a girl or boy- had his back to me.

I approached them.

‘’... a combination of the two. That would have been awesome.’’

‘’Yeah. I’ll bring that CD tonight so you can listen to it. Remember: track 5.’’

‘’Alright, thanks Zayn! Hey, Hailie! What’s up?’’ Perrie greeted me.

I looked at Zayn: he wasn’t looking at Perrie when she was talking to him: he was staring. Flirt mode: activate. I hoped with all my heart that nothing will happened between them. Zayn is not really a… suitable guy to date. I hope Perrie won’t fall in his trap.

‘’Wow, what happened to you?’’ Perrie asked, pointing my wet shirt.

‘’I splashed Harry and I in chemistry. Huh… I can’t come with you after school. I have detention. Short and sweet: I’ve upset the Evil-Lab-Rat. But I’ll come right after it’s done to help you guys finish setting up the house.’’ I said.

‘’Let me guess: Mrs. Flores is still on your back? But don’t worry about the party; we’ll probably be done before anyway. I should get going now. See you guys toniiiight!’’ She crooned before she gamboled in the corridor.

‘’Thanks for completely ignoring me, Hail.’’ Zayn smirked.

‘’First, I did not ignored you: I was talking to Perrie, not you. Second, don’t call me Hail. We are not friends. And third: you better behave during the party. My eyes will be on you.’’ I hissed, walking away from him.

‘’Why is everyone will watch my every movements?’’ He asked, catching my pace.

‘’Because you are trouble.’’ I said, emphasizing the last word.

I entered the class and he was still following me.

‘’What are you doing, Zayn?’’ I hissed, annoyed.

‘’Attending class, duh.’’

Just great. We have ERC together and I hadn’t remarked yet.

‘’This is going to be a long class…’’ I said angrily, letting me fall on my seat.

‘’You don’t like me, don't you? That sucks: I kind of enjoy being friends with you in elementary.’’ Zayn said, laughing. It was pretty clear he was trying to annoy me.

‘’We were never friends.’’

‘’As you say. Will see what the future had planned.’’ He said before sliding on his seat.

Yep. This party does no more rime with ‘having a blast’ now.

Notes

-Could the detention prevent Hailie and Harry to go to the party? Why would it do that? They can still go afterward! Stupid question.
-Why did Zayn changed? Or, did Zayn really changed? Or the rumors are masking his personality?
-What are the true intention of Zayn towards Perrie? Friendship or... in the pants-ship?