“You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that doesn't even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away. It's not like you have forever, so don't waste any of your seconds, don't throw even one of your moments away.” --C.JoyBell C
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Zayn got out of his car and quickly ran up to the door of the building where his best friend lived with her roommate. All he was hoping for was that no one would spot him and he’d get into the building unnoticed by a fan.
When he managed to do that, he got into the lift and went to the fifth floor. He walked through the narrow corridor and rang the doorbell of flat number 25.
The door opened in less than a minute. Autumn’s roommate and friend Scarlett opened the door.
“Come in.” she said, holding the door open.
He entered the flat and she closed the door and took her seat on the sofa, resumed watching tv.
Zayn was accustomed to seeing the light purple walls and the black and white furniture of the place. He asked Scarlett, “Where’s Autumn?”
“She’s running an errand. She’ll be back soon.”
He nodded and took a seat next to her. He tried to make conversation. “How was your day?”
“Good.” She said, not taking her eyes off the tv.
“Anything new?”
“Nope.”
He sighed. It was hard talking to Scarlett. She was always cold towards him for some reason. He decided to just get to the point.
“Do you know what Autumn wants to talk to me about?”
She looked at him for the first time since he had entered “I’ve got a fair idea.”
Zayn was waiting for an explanation but received none. He sighed again. “I’ll just wait for her then.”
She didn’t reply.
He looked at the tv too and both of them did not exchange any more words.
The there was a knock at the door and Scarlett got up to get it. When she came back in, Autumn was walking behind her carrying a bunch of grocery bags. She smiled at Zayn as she walked to the kitchen to place the bags.
He got up and followed her.
“Hey.” He said.
Autumn murmured a hello. She was removing the items from the bags and arranging them in the shelves. Zayn decided to give her a hand. He removed the milk carton and placed it in the fridge. He said, “How was your first day at work?”
“It was pretty good.” She began explaining. “My boss, Denise Matthews, is not a bitch. I think that’s all I could ever ask for.”
“What kind of work do you do?” he further enquired, stacking cans of Pepsi in the fridge.
“Nothing substantial today. It was only my first day! I just grabbed coffee and arranged papers, you know, the usual assistant things. But Ms Matthews said she’d let me help her read a few manuscripts after some weeks. I’m looking forward to that.”
“I’m happy for you. You’ve been working hard for all this.”
If Autumn and Zayn were the hugging kind, this would definitely be one of those moments. But, since they weren’t that kind of people, only smiles were exchanged again.
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Little Things
Fanfiction"This is just how it's going to be, Scarlett." "No, Autumn! You don't have to agonize over this! Just tell him how you feel!" Scarlett's temper was flaring looking at the sadness on her long-time friend's face. "I can't. He sees me as his best frien...
