Pretty soon, Zayn has a new tattoo of a skull right next to where his arm and shoulder connects. Some of my best work, If I so say so myself.
“Thanks,” Zayn says and stands up. He slips his shirt back on and I feel a little disappointed. I liked him having his shirt while I pressed the needle to his skin. I can’t help but stare at his stomach as his muscles contract while he lifts his arms to slip into his shirt. He catches me staring and smirks. I quickly look away.
“You like it?” I ask kind of scared that he doesn’t.
“Yeah it’s fucking sweet,” He says with a chuckle.
I go over the usual boring stuff, infected keep the plastic on blah, blah. Judging from how many tattoos he already has, he probably already knows this stuff by heart. However, its required so I say it anyways. He just nods.
“Alright, that’ll be $200.” I say and he pulls out a wad of cash and hands it to me. I walk over to the cash register and he follows me. I go behind the counter and put the money in. Zayn pulls out some more cash and puts it in the Tips.
“Damn, do you have like a thousand dollars in there?” I ask him and he laughs.
“Oh please, try a 10 grand.” He says and I look up to see him smile. I think he’s joking, but I’m not exactly sure. It wouldn’t surprise me if he did. I raise my eyebrows at him.
“Kidding… Kind of.” I raise my eyebrows at him again and he laughs.
“Alright, well you’re good to go Mr. um Malik.” I say and mentally slap myself.
“Mr.Malik?” He asks, amused and I groan.
“Just go before I make myself look like more of an idiot,” I tell him and point to the door.
“Nah, I think I’ll stay here and watch,” He says and I roll my eyes.
“Do you want to do something? I mean you look pretty busy in here, but…” Zayn says and looks around the empty building.
“I don’t know, Zayn this place is pretty packed tonight,” I say sarcastically and he chuckles, “I suppose I could do something though.”
I grab my dark purple hoodie and slip it over my head.
“You never told me your name,” He says and I mentally smack myself again.
“Selena. Selena Brooks,” I say and smile at him.
“Pretty. Just like you,” He says with a wink.
“A bit cheesy. But thank you,” I tell him.
“Works for most girls,” He says with a shrug and I laugh, “But I can tell you’re not most girls.”
“Better. I give it a 7.8,” I say, judging his compliment.
“What? That was at least an 8.5,” Zayn says and adds, “That one usually gets ‘em.”
“What kind of girls do you flirt with?” I ask him rhetorically and he chuckles.
“Just…ugh, c’mon,” Zayn rolls his eyes and grabs my hand. I turn off the lights and lock the door before we leave.
“So what is this “something” you speak of?” I ask him once we’re walking down the streets of New York, my hand in his. His hand is warm and a weird contrast of soft and rough. Weird, but good weird.
“I honestly have no idea, I just wanted to take you somewhere,” Zayn replies and smiles at me.
“Oh! I know where we can go!” I say, excited.
“Okay, if you say so,” He replies and I grin.
“Alright, but it’s a surprise so no questions mister,”
“Where are we going?” He asks, obviously to annoy me since I told him not to ask questions. I punch him in the arm with my free hand and he laughs.
“This is gonna be so much fun!” I say and clap our hands together.

Zayn’s POV
“This is gonna be so much fun!” Selena exclaims and her eyes reflect the city lights. She looks so beautiful. Everytime I look at her, I can’t help but smile.
Selena catches me staring at her with the most retarded grin and she furrows her eyebrows at me.
“What?” She asks, confused.
“Nothing,” I answer.
She shrugs, “So how long have you been in New York?”
“Since last week,”
“How long are you staying?”
“Not sure. We just finished our North American tour and I decided that I really like New York so I came back,” I say and shrug.
“Oh I was wondering why you’re not somewhere singing or something,” She says and I laugh.
“We have a break for a while before I have to “sing or something”,” I say and she smiles a little bit and shrugs.
“Well, I don’t know what you famous people do in their free time,”
“Honestly, I was really bored. So then I decided to get a tattoo because that’s what everyone does in their free time,” I say sarcastically and she laughs.
“That explains it. I was a bit curious as to why a famous boyband member was getting a tattoo at 11 pm on a Thursday. Oh hey we’re almost there.”
“Almost where?” I ask.
“Almost to Ca-Oh. I see what you’re doing you trickster,” Selena says, wagging her finger at me and realizes I almost made her tell me where we’re going.
“Damn, I thought that would work,” I say and she giggles. She looks around at the city and I take the time to check her out while she’s distracted.
Selena is definitely gorgeous, there’s no doubt about that. Her long blonde hair is wavy and perfect. Shes wearing old ratty black converse hightops, but she makes them look good. Her ripped jeans cling to her body and her purple hoodie is simple but looks great on her. Honestly, I think anything would look good on her. Or nothing…
“Like what you see?” Selena asks with a smirk and snaps me out of my perverted thoughts.
“Definitely.” I reply and she smiles. Selena grabs my beanie off my head and slips it on her own. Normally, that would piss me off with any other girl, but with Selena it just makes me smile. It looks better on her anyways.
“Okay close your eyes,” Selena says and when I don’t comply she puts her hand over my eyes. “No peeking, mister.”
Selena guides me through the street then turns me.
“Okay annnnnnddd TA-DA!” She exclaims. She takes her hand off my eyes and we’re standing in front of a small antique shop. “Caddywampus” the sign says. I look around and to the side. Surely the antique shop isn’t the place.
“I don’t see anything,” I tell her and she giggles.
“Right in front of you! This place has everything. Caddywampus,” She tells me and points at the antique shop.
“Oh. Not exactly what I had in mind, but okay,” She just smiles.
“C’mon they have free food,” Selena grabs my hand again and we go into the shop.
I can’t help but wonder if the food is as old as this place looks. I highly doubt this place is open, it’s at least 11 pm. Surprisingly, Selena pulls the door handle with her free hand and it opens right up. Well, this should be interesting.

Notes

Chapter 2! sorry it took so long for me to update I was really busy but updates will come faster from now on! Please please comment and vote it would mean so much to me. :)