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Show Me The Way

Chapter 6

EVIE’S POV:

** One Month Later **

So yeah, Zayn and I were friends. We’ve hung out constantly over the past few weeks, and he was actually a really cool person. I had also gotten to know Niall pretty well, which was great. Yeah, Zayn still made me drool once in awhile. But I think I had it under control. Work was going well; I had become a pro at pouring coffee and baking scones, which of course are both very important skills to possess. Zayn came in a lot. I liked to think it was because of me, but it was most likely because it was a pretty low-key place so he could go around unnoticed.
“You want more tea?” I asked him. I was off for my lunch break in about half an hour and Zayn was waiting for me so we could go eat together.
“Yeah, thanks.” He had a small notebook in front of him which he slammed shut when I walked over, a pen turning around in his long, slender fingers.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“What?! Oh, nothing...” He averted my gaze so I just let it go, still dying to know what was in that notebook.
“Is The Blonde One coming or not? I thought he was meeting us for lunch.” I asked, pouring hot water into a cup.
“Yeah, he’s supposed to be here any minute.”
As if on cue, Niall sauntered into the cafe a few minutes later, a typically cheery look on his face.
“Hey Ev!” He beamed, kissing me on the cheek from across the counter and taking a seat at the table with Zayn.
“We goin’ soon? I’m starving!”
“What the fuck else is new?“ I joked, to which he just shrugged. “I’m off in 15 minutes.”
The two boys talked, requesting bizarre things from me as I tired to clean up by the end of my shift, completely distracted by the two of them. So distracted that I didn’t even notice the front door open and someone walk in, clearly waiting for me.
“Um, Ev? I think you’ve got a customer.” Niall spoke up. I looked up to see a girl waiting patiently for me to notice her.
“Oh, Hi! I’m so sorry! You can just take a seat anywhere.”
“Oh, actually, I was um, wondering if you were hiring?” She said in a quiet voice, like she was nervous or scared. “My name’s Grace.” She was cute; big eyes and shoulder length light brown hair. She smiled politely.
“Yeah, always. Well, my boss Nate isn’t actually here today. So can you just... write down your information for me, and i’ll make sure it gets to him?” She nodded as I handed her a pen and paper. She scribbled down her name and phone number, thanking me.
“He’s gonna be so glad that someone’s interested!”
“Great! I really need the job. I should go, but thanks again!” She waved before rushing back outside.
“Grace Tavis” I read. Looking up, I saw Niall watching as the door shut behind her.
“Does someone have a crush?” I cooed.
“What?!”
Zayn chuckled, eyeing me, causing a strange burst of flutters in my stomach which I chose to ignore.
“Okay, i’m just gonna take the trash out and get my coat and hopefully Danny will be here to take the next shift by the time I get back. Then we can go. I wouldn’t want to keep the child waiting for his food.” I laughed, seeing Niall’s excited face at the prospect of actually getting the hell out of here.


ZAYN’S POV:

“ I thought we had a plan “ I hissed in Niall’s direction after Evie had retreated into the back room.
“I know! I’m sorry! I just- I’m really fucking hungry, and bored of sitting around in that flat all day. I needed to get out. Sue me.”
“I’ll do more than that.” I said, sending him an only half-joking death glare.
This was pathetic.
It was a stupid idea.
It never would’ve worked anyway.
When Evie had said the three of us should go to lunch, I wasn’t going to say that I wasn’t disappointed that she hadn’t just asked me. I mean, it’s great that she and Niall have become friends, but... I don’t know. Anyway, Niall sort of figured this out and said he would help me out by bailing at the last minute so then it could just be me and Evie. But then, of course he screwed it up with his super fast metabolism which forces him to be fed every 2 hours.
“Alright, you guys ready to go?” Evie said happily as she walked back out, pulling on her jacket. I stood up, stuffing my small notebook and pen into the pocket of my own jacket.
“Let’s go Lady!” Niall practically yelled. Someone, who I could only assume was ‘Danny’ had arrived, not saying a word to us, and quickly went to work refilling the cup of the few other people sitting around.
“So where should we go...?” I asked, looking at Evie. She just laughed.
“Huh, I wonder?” She said sarcastically. I gave a look of mock insult, grabbing her waist and tickling her. She cracked up laughing, running ahead of me. I took this as a challenge, chasing after her, eventually catching up and picking her up from behind.
“Zayn! Oh my god! Put me down!” She said between giggles.
“You two are kidding right?! I mean, we’re going to Colby’s right?” Niall said, completely oblivious. We all stopped, looking at him like he was insane.
We both knew where we were going. The only place we ever went; Colby’s. It was a great home-cooked feeling restaurant and had quickly become our favorite. We were there at least twice a week over the past month.
“I swear, you two are basically already a couple. It’s gross. I feel like a third wheel.” Niall said when we were seated at a booth, Evie had gone to the bathroom.
“Yeah, only problem? We aren’t a couple”
“You might as well be.” He said, raising his eyebrows at me. “And I mean, you want to be, right?” I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t want to admit it... but he was right.

It’s only been six weeks. How had this happened? How had this girl found her way into my life, and made me like her so much? No one had ever done that to me before. And honestly, I didn’t even know what to do about it.

But before I had a chance to respond, I saw Evie headed back to our table.
“Quick, change the subject.” I muttered, desperate for him to just play it cool for once.
“Wha- OH! So yeah, then Sean dared me to chug an entire bottle of syrup at this breakfast place after not sleeping for like, 36 fuckin’ hours straight, and I did it so he still owes me $10!” Niall said, starting in the middle of one of his all-time favorite stories to tell to anyone who will listen to him go on and on about this crazy night in Amsterdam.
“I haven’t even known you that long, and I’ve already heard this story about five times too many.” She joked, sitting down next to me.
“Because that night was fucking epic!” Niall exclaimed, hitting his fist down on the table.
“I know, Amsterdam... The Night of Twelve Shots... chugging Syrup... $10.” We all laughed. Evie was the one person who I felt like we could hang out with and could actually keep up with us. She was quick witted, insanely funny, and didn’t buy into the whole ‘celebrity’ thing. She was so cool, and damn it I liked her alot.


EVIE’S POV:

That girl Grace was officially the newest member of Griffin Cafe, which meant I wasn’t the only competent person other than Nate who worked here anymore. Danny was literally a zombie; showing up with not even a hello, silently filling cups and placing plates into the sink. And he literally moved at the speed of a snail. But Grace was awesome; she worked really hard and was super sweet. And, had a certain blonde Irishman falling over his own clumsy feet to get his ass over here whenever she was working. Which meant Zayn was here constantly. Because Niall thought it was less obvious that he was obsessed with Grace if he was at least sitting with someone while he stared at her. Not that I was complaining, at least I had people to hang out with when the cafe was dead.

“I have a crazy idea; Ask her out!”
“Who?” Niall said absentmindedly.
“You’re kidding, right? He’s gotta be kidding.” A said, looking at Zayn for backup. He just smirked.
“Grace! You’re obsessed with this girl and it’s getting creepy and obvious. All you do is sit here all day and order tea and cookies, she’s gonna think you’re stalking her or something.”
“But I- You think I should ask her out?”
“Of course! She’s so nice, and I think she’d say yes.”
“Really?! Did she say that- or like-?” Before he could say another word, Grace emerged from the back room, and Niall shut his mouth.
“I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna go do it.”
“Good luck mate, don’t choke!” Zayn said semi-sarcastically.
“Shut up don’t say that!” I laughed, hitting Zayn playfully.
“You have to give him encouragement!” I said quietly as we both watched out of the corner of our eye at Niall walking up to the counter.
“Hey, Grace. I’m Ni-”
“I know who you are, Niall.” She giggled.
“Oh, yeah, right- of course... So um, I dunno if you’re busy or- or something, you know. But I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go out for like, a drink or something? Or like, dinner? I dunno...” He was fumbling over his words and I had to admit it was pretty damn cute. No way could Grace say no to that.
“Really?” She said, smiling.
“Yeah, of course.”
“I’d love to!” She said happily.
“Awesome. Great. So uh, can I give you my number? I’ll text you?”
They exchanged numbers, chatting a bit. When Niall sauntered back over to our table, he looked like he was on top of the world.
“Way to go mate!” Zayn said. Niall’s cheeks were flushed and he seemed like he had actually been so nervous. it was crazy, that someone so successful and famous, who you would think could get any girl, still got nervous like this.
“You were great.” I said happily, ruffling his typically messy blonde hair.


“I think Grace and Niall would be a really cute couple...” I said as Zayn aimlessly took a drag of the cigarette between his fingers. He tilted it towards me. I didn’t smoke on my own, just once in awhile when I was with Zayn. And it was always just a little bit from one of his already lit ones. I leaned over, putting it to my lips, with it still in his hands. I inhaled deeply, letting the smoke travel down my throat, coating my lungs. it had taken some getting used to, and I still sometimes wondered if I actually enjoyed it, or was only doing it because he did. But I decided not to question everything so much, that’s one of the best things that Zayn had taught me. He was so chill all the time, not really worrying about little things too much; just living.
“Yeah, he needs a nice girl.” He spoke, pressing the cig to his own lips again.
“Not easy to find... most of us are bitches.” I laughed, only half kidding.
“Nah... not true. You’re a nice girl, and I mean that in a great way.” He wasn’t looking at me, he was too busy with his cigarette, which I was thankful for. It meant he didn’t see me blush. He said stuff like this every once in awhile, and it never failed to make me smile. But I never told him that, I couldn’t. We were supposed to be friends, right? He wasn’t supposed to make me this nervous, or make my heart race with just a small comment, or a certain look. But I couldn’t deny the fact that he did.
“You’re probably into that whole ‘bad girl’ thing, am I right?” I don’t know why I was pushing this further, It was stupid.
“No, not really. I just like someone who’s nice, and fun, and who I can talk to... that’s the most important part I think.”
“Yeah...” I would never admit to myself that he had just called me nice, and that I liked to think that we had fun together, and the fact that talking is sort of the thing we do most... no, no I wasn’t going to think about any of that.

Comments

Love it!
Maura_E Maura_E
10/30/13
unfortunately, i am STILL not able to post on this site for unknown reason, but i just posted the new chapter on my blog yayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!! so yeah, you can go to notarealhipster.tumblr.com and click on the 'fanfics' tag and all my fics with their newest chapters are there :)
also, i started writing a non-fic story (it's a New Adult romance-fiction thing) called 'Change My Mind'. There's a tab for that on my blog too, so i hope maybe some of you will read it and like it. thank you so much if you do !!!!! <3
notarealhipster notarealhipster
8/20/13
** IMPORTANT **

I'm really sorry guys, but for some reason it isn't letting me post Chapter 28 on here. I've tried a bunch of time,s but it isn't working. But I posted the chapter on my blog HERE so if you wanted to read it, it's there :)
notarealhipster notarealhipster
7/13/13
Its like you never update UGHHH