Zayn’s POV

“What’re we doing tonight?” Carly asked looking down at our hands.

“Hanging out with some friends.” Liam said as he sat down next to Harry.

“Yay! We actually get to have fun today!” Harry cheered making all of us laugh.

“So, when do we need to leave?” Louis asked walking over to sit next to me.

“In like an hour.” I looked down at my watch.

“Then I need to go get ready.” Carly stood up and walked off to her room.

Carly’s POV

“Demi, I don’t know what to wear tonight. Where are we even going?” I asked looking at my closet.

“We’re going to a party so just wear your skull tank, jeans and those.” She shrugged pointing at my tan Toms. “Be casual, they’ll love you.”

“Who are we even seeing?” I still didn’t know. “I just want to be prepared for this.” I slipped my shirt off and put the tank top on.

“Ed, Little Mix and maybe some other people.” She mumbled handing me my jeans.

“Wait, Little Mix as in the famous girls on X Factor?!” I almost yelled as I pulled the jeans on.

“Yea, The guys are close with them.” She sat on my bed and crossed her legs. “They’re really sweet.”

“That’s cool, I’m kind of nervous.” I admitted walking over to my mirror to look at myself.

“Don’t be, they’ll like you.” I looked at her and saw her warm smile aimed toward me. “Just be yourself.”

“Thank Demi.” I turned around to look at her. “You look great by the way.”

“Thanks, so do you.” She giggled standing up. “We should probably go.”

“Okay.” I mumbled walking to the door after making sure my makeup looked all right.

We walked down the hallway and saw all the guys sitting on the couches. I sat down on the arm of the couch next to Liam.

“You look nice.” He said quietly.

“Thanks.” I mumbled back to him. “Is Dani coming tonight?”

“No, she has plans with a few friends that she couldn’t get out of but she wanted to come.” He looked okay with it all.

“That sucks.” I looked away from him and saw Harry messing with Louis. “Is that all they do?”

“Basically.” He shrugged and chuckled.

Louis looked over at me after noticing I was watching him and Harry mess around and gave me a ‘come at me bro’ kind of look. I gave one back which set both of us off laughing.

“You two are so weird.” Harry pointed out.

“Don’t even start with me, Harold.” I looked at him seriously.

“Oh, so this is how we’re starting the night Belle?” He put emphasis on my middle name.

“Belle?” Louis asked.

“It’s her middle name.” El answered walking into the room wearing a loose tank top.

“He thinks its cool to call me that since nobody else does.” I shrugged giving him a confused look.

“There is definitely something wrong with you.” Louis laughed looking at Harry.

“Stop picking on him just because he’s a freak.” Zayn stood up and walked over to me.

“Harsh!” I scolded looking up at him as he grabbed my waist.

“Can we just go?” Louis asked standing up.

I walked out to the car with the group absent-mindedly. My mind was racing thinking about Harry; I realized that I was thinking about Harry in other ways than I was supposed to. I had been thinking about being with him like that night we spent together; my feelings were a little hazy for him and Zayn.

“You okay?” Zayn asked sitting next to me in the backseat.

“Yea, I’m good.” I lied trying to clear my head.

“Okay.” He kissed my cheek and went back talking to Liam.


“This is Carly.” Harry introduced me to a red-headed guy who seemed to be close with him.

“Hi, I’m Ed.” He said in an incredibly strong accent.

“It’s nice to meet you.” I smiled at him trying not to act shy.

“You too.” He said as Louis jumped on his back.

“Who do you want to meet now?” Harry asked looking down at me as I looked around.

“I don’t know.” I shrugged seeing Zayn talk to a pretty blonde girl.

“What’s up?” He asked following my eyes to him. “Oh, that’s Perrie from Little Mix. You don’t have to worry about that.”

“Worry about what?” I was trying not to act jealous but it was obvious that he was interested in her and she wasn’t holding back on flirting.

“You know what I mean, just get to know her and you’ll see that she’s harmless. I’m gonna go get a drink.” He walked away.

I nodded thinking about what he said. ‘Harmless’? Harry had a way with words because I wasn’t worried about her, I was worried about Zayn and what he was feeling for her.

“You don’t need to worry about anything, Carly. Zayn likes you, not her.” Louis stood next to me.

“I know.” I mumbled looking at Zayn mess with Perrie. “But look…”

“She doesn’t need to be on your radar of competition. Zayn really likes you; if he wanted to be with her, he wouldn’t be with you.” He blurted out. “That didn’t come out right.”

“I get it Louis.” I shrugged looking up at him. “If he wants to be with her, he can be.” I looked away and saw Harry playing with his phone.

“What? That’s your boyfriend we’re talking about.” He paused looking around. “Wait, is this because of Harry?” Damn, he catches on fast.

“No, I’m just confused.” I didn’t know how to answer him. “If Zayn thinks he’ll be happier with Perrie, then he can go find out. It’s his choice.”

“I know something’s going on with your feelings for Harry, I totally understand. I’m here if you need to talk about anything.” He smiled and hugged me.

“Thanks Lou…” I paused to think about what I wanted to say. “And I’m here if you need to talk.”

“Thank you Carly.” He smiled looking across the patio at El. “What am I supposed to do?”

“You just need to support her, she might not even be…” I didn’t need to finish the sentence for him to understand. “If she is and she decides to keep it, then you need to be there for her and be a father. But if she doesn’t keep it, then support her in that. And if she isn't, be thankful.”

“You seem to have experience with this?” He stepped back from me and looked at my body. “You haven’t been…have you?”

“No, I haven’t. One of my best friends was in high school, I was the one she leaned on.” I admitted quietly as we walked over to the barbeque pit where everyone was sitting.

“Well, now I have someone to lean on.” He smiled draping his arm over my shoulder.

“Of course you do.” I wrapped my arm around his waist and looked over at El who was laughing with the other girls of Little Mix.


“Hey, can we talk for a minute?” Zayn asked after a while of eating and joking around.

“Yea” I smiled weakly trying to hide my anger building inside.

“Is everything okay?” He asked as we stood away from the group.

“Yea, everything’s fine.” I put on a believeable smile, not wanting to do this here.

“Okay, well I need to say something…” His smile faded. “I think I need to take a break from this relationship. I think I’m starting to like Perrie but I don’t want to hurt you.”

“I know and it’s fine.” I knew it was coming but it still hurt. “Thank you for not lying to me.”

“You’re welcome? I feel bad about this but I’d feel worse if you got hurt.” He frowned.

“I know, Zayn. Can we just drop this?” I could tell my voice was changing due to the strength I had to put into not crying.

“Yea” He mumbled out as I turned and walked away, letting the tears fall.

Why is this hurting me? I’ve been thinking the same thing about Harry but haven't really thought it through enough to make a decision. I thought on my way into the house.

Walking through the front door, I ran into Harry. He looked down at me with a smile that went away as I wiped my cheeks with my hands.

“What happened?” He asked pulling me into an empty room.

“Nothing, I’m okay.” I shrugged walking out of the room.

“That’s a lie Carly.” He grabbed my hand and pulled me back. “Are you okay?”

“No, Zayn just broke up with me.” I admitted looking into his eyes.

“I’m so sorry.” He said with a fake frown that kind of sucked.

“Really Harry?” I looked up at him with a smile.

“What?” He chuckled. “How am I supposed to feel sorry about something that I’m happy about? You know that I didn’t even want you two together but I didn’t want you to be hurt.”

“I know you didn’t… I’m kind of happy that it ended before things got serious.” I sat down on the bed next to him.

“I am too.” He smiled letting go of my hand.

I looked up at him and saw what I saw when I first met him; that cute smile with the killer dimples, the intense curls that framed his face and those piercing green eyes. Confusion covered his face as I leaned up and kissed him.

“Wow” He breathed out when I pulled back.

“I’m sorry that I held that in for so long.” I mumbled looking away.

“It’s okay, I understand it Carly.” He touched my chin making me look at him again. “Why don’t we give this another try?”

“I need some time.” I mumbled looking into his eyes. “I do like you but I need to take a break.”

“That’s okay with me.” He smiled kissing my cheek.

Notes

I hope you guys like it. I think I'm going to take a break from posting since nobody seems to like it. I'll update next week sometime. Have a nice week :)