Recognisable Heartbeat

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I get out of the mini. I carry a sleeping Jawwad into our new flat. I know he'll have a massive fit tomorrow when he wakes up in a bed that's not his. Its nothing compared to home, but its a start. It was an open home, in Alabama. I couldn't go to California, I'd be seen in a heartbeat, so I chose a home far from everyone else

(Next morning)
"I don't like it"

"We don't exactly have a choice do we?"

"Yes" he argues "we could just go back to daddy and beah beah"

"No"

"Why not?"

"Because your daddy doesn't understand how a relationship works. You don't get to cheat once"

"Huh?"

"Let's just eat breakfast for now yeah?"

He shrugged me off

"Do I have to go to school?"

"No" I say "you're not legal in this country so I have to home school you"

"What?"

"It means we're aliens"

"I'm an alien?"

"Yes"

"Cool" he laughs "I can't wait to tell all my mates"

I probably shouldn't tell him that he'll never be seeing them again

(Time skip)

"Will you concentrate?"

"I want daddy"

"Yeah well so does every other girl in the world"

"But I want daddy"

"And I want Adam Levine but that's clearly not going to happen anytime soon"

"Why did we have to leave?"

"Things weren't good"

"Is it me?"

"You? How?"

"Am I the reason why we left?"

"No, I am"

"Do you still love daddy?"

Do I love Zayn? That's a question I could answer without hesitation

"Yes"

"Then why leave?"

"Because I love him just a bit too much"

"That's not good?"

"Its not healthy"

"Then just eat a carrot"

"Not that kind of unhealthy"

"Maybe we should take a break"
"Fine, but we need to finish" I say standinh to !y feel "I'm going for a walk"
I leave the flat and sit on the porch. An unknown call. I let it go to voicemail. My skin begin to freeze. The hairs on my hand begin to stand. I knew I was being watched. I could always feel when I'm being watched. That's why I always woke up covered in goosebumps whenever Zayn would watch me sleep and take pictures. Unlike every person in the films, I went back in. I locked the door and left knives on the table before returning to studying

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I sat on the sofa in regret. Maybe I should have stayed home. What if they're looking for us?

A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts

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