Chapter 23

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She's So High - Tal Bachman

This Is Beautiful - Tyrone Wells

(A/N: Zayn's house! Pictures are on the side. This house is an actual house in Boulder, CO!)

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The next day in class Zayn seems better. He doesn't look exhausted, he's shaven, he looks cleaned up.

We don't talk during class even though I want to bring up the fact that Harry invited me along for tomorrows little trip to his aunts house. I can't find the courage to do it, I don't want to walk out of here fighting or arguing with him again.

Instead I just focus on my work and he focus's on... whatever it is he does in this class. In Literature class I find Lindsay right away and tell her of our invite.

She's shocked, I hope, she's been staring at me with her mouth open for about thirty seconds.

"Lindsay..." I touch her arm with worry. A shrill shriek of excitement comes from her as she hugs me. I can't help but laugh at her reaction, it makes me feel as though I had done a gracious deed for someone in need.

"You're amazing! You made my life!" She laughs as I sit down next to her.

"Glad I could be of service." I joke as if I were her servant and bowing my head at her.

"So we're really all hanging out? At some guys aunts house?" She asks for clarification.

"Apparently it's a big house." I laugh. I wonder how big it was. I wonder why some of Zayn's family lives here in Boulder, is that why he came to Boulder? I remember that one night of our conversation when I brought up what brought him here he brushed it off as nothing.

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Friday comes. The week is smooth with Zayn ignoring me - though it does bug me. Once I'm finished with my classes I head to the dorms with Lindsay where Niall and Sarah wait for us. When we get there Sarah and Niall are sitting at the kitchen table laughing as always.

"Hey guys." I smile as Lindsay trails in behind me into the dorm room. "This is Lindsay. Lindsay this is my best friend Sarah and her boyfriend Niall." I introduce them. Lindsay's bright eyes smile at them,

"Hi." Her voice is small but nice. She goes to shake Sarah's hand but Sarah takes her into a hug instead. I see Lindsay's body relax and know she won't feel shy around Sarah anymore.

"Welcome to our humble abode!" Sarah laughs pulling away. Niall shakes Lindsay's hand and she looks like she just met a rock star.

We decide to take two cars just in case one of us needs to leave before the others. Lindsay rides with me in my car while Sarah obviously rides with Niall.

The house is a ways from campus, a good twenty minutes I would say. It's in a secluded area, where there is more land between houses, the houses growing bigger as we keep driving down the road. We come to a large gate leading into a neighborhood full of mansions.

The gates a large and black barred. The gate runs around the entire community I would assume. There are golden letters on the bar that read "BC" which I assume is the name of the neighborhood. Niall opens his window and punches in a few numbers. Soon enough the large gates swing open.

We drive for a few more minutes, making some turns until we come to a house that I'm sure is the wrong one. It's two floors from what I can tell, I'm not sure if there is a basement.

The house is made of black bricks, some of it has a light tan build to it. It's a beautiful modern house with many clear glass windows.

The pavement we drive onto is gray stones. It looks like something a millionaire would reside to for vacation. I realize we are farther from the city than I thought, there's a view of Boulder as we pull into the driveway.

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