Through the Dark • h.s. au

Only Exception

Ever since that party, Zayn treated me differently. Although he'd still stalk me at my work place like... Every day, he never brought up his usual 'hook up with me' game.

It's been a month and it's strange. It's not creepy but it's strange. I'm still not used to how he treats me. What he's doing is strange and the other lads agree with me as well. For an instance, he accompanied me when I took my little sister and little brothers to school on their first day. It's very nice of him but... Why?

He was never this nice before. Another instance is that he'd offer to walk me home after work or accompany for lunch. Call me crazy and stupid but I'm starting to think he's genuine of his actions.

"He fancies you a lot." Harry tells me. I cross my arms and lean against the cabinet as I watch him fuzzing over a car's engine.

"No he doesn't. You said so yourself," I say, shrugging, "Zayn doesn't do that 'load of poo'." I put air quotes, making him laugh.

"Technically, I never said that." He says, dropping the tool to replace it with a different one.

I tilt my head, crossing my arms. "You implied it. That's practically the same thing." I say. He looks up, smiling at me then back to his work.

It's my day off today and Zayn invited me over to his work place. He never mentioned they worked together with Collin's boyfriend, Tristan.

"Take my word for it or not," Harry says. "Zayn's never treated a girl like how he treats you."

I can't help but laugh. "Thats supposed to mean something? Last time, he only wanted to shag me." I say.

A smirk stretches on Harry's face then he shrugs. "He never shagged the same woman twice." He says then bursts into hysterical laughter. "And why wouldn't he shag you twice."

Maybe you are something else. A little voice whispers in my head.

The door opens and walks in a laughing Zayn and Tristan. Collin follows closely behind. He rolls his eyes when he sees me, pointing at Zayn. Yeah, they don't get along that well.

He gets a tad jealous of their friendship as they're really close, Tristan and Zayn.

He stands beside me, glaring at Zayn as he works. "He's such a prick, Jordan! Why do you put up with him?" He tells me bitterly. Harry snickers without looking at us, pretending he's not listening.

I chuckled and threw my arms over Collin. "He's really nice, actually." I say, making him scoff. "Look deep in your bitter cold heart and you'll find he's actually a very good person!"

"He might be gay... Or a turd" He says. I laughed and turned to face him, my arm slipping off his shoulder. "No one that good looking could be straight. Or at least not have a secret, Look at Tristan!" He hisses at me, pointing at his boyfriend. "Took him 25 years to admit he's Bi."

"You're so fucking paranoid! They're just really good mates," I say, gesturing at the two boys who Collin's glaring at so hard. "Just like us." I say, teasing him with an over adorable smile.

Honestly, I hang out with Kirra and Logan a lot and we call ourselves 'the trio' but that's just at night when we're out doing stupid regretful things. They're like my party mates.

Collin, on the other hand, is a real brofriend. Girl friend, in this case, cause sometimes he's more attached to his feminine side than my little sister, Brooke. And he's just a massive goofball, I love him. And very straightforward like now. He's actually the only person I consider a real friend.

Well, add Harry to the list but he's not quite on that level yet.

He diverts his glare to me, only making me smirk. "You're a dipshit." He grumbles, making me laugh.