Irresistible [A Zarry Fanfiction].

Chapter Forty Seven

“Zayn, are you the reason why my Niall has been locked up in his room all day?” She quickly blurted out, and Zayn couldn’t help but feel shocked. Had Niall stayed in his room all day? This really wasn’t his normal behaviour…

“He’s been in his room all day?” Zayn couldn’t help but repeat. She looked at him cautiously before nodding.

“Yes, ever since his friend Liam left here the other day after a sleepover he’s been up there, all quiet, I don’t think he’s been eating.” Maura replied, and Zayn couldn’t help but stare at her gone out. This really was shocking him, but it proved that something had happened between Li and Ni.

“I honestly have no idea what’s happened…he rang me and asked me to come round, I can talk to him.” Zayn answered, and to his surprise, Maura nodded and stepped to one side.

“I know, if something’s happened between him and Liam then you better go up and make sure he’s alright. Take him up some food, would you love? And take your shoes off, make yourself at home, Zayn.” She told him, before she went off into the kitchen. Zayn closed the door behind him and took his shoes off, placing them neatly against a pair of Niall’s beloved Supra trainers that he got told off for when he wore them to school. Zayn looked up in the direction of the stairs and saw how Niall’s bedroom door was shut, but as he was about to up the stairs Maura came bustling out of the kitchen holding a tray with two plates full of sandwiches. She gave them to Zayn with a hopeful, yet sad smile. She was concerned for her normally happy-go-lucky son, and Zayn understood that.

“I’ll make sure he’s okay, Maura.” Zayn told her with a small smile, before he took the plates up the stairs, and he stood on the upstairs landing outside of Niall’s door, knowing that Maura’s eyes were staring at him.

“Hey Ni, it’s Zayn, open up, yeah?” Zayn said a little loudly so that Niall would hear, and he heard the shuffling of feet and movement from the other side of the door, before it was swung open. Zayn sent his best friend a little smile. Niall’s crystal blue eyes were sad, and red from tears. His blonde hair was messy, and his brown roots were coming through.

“Wanna talk,” Zayn started softly, before Niall’s eyes fell to the plates of food and his stomach rumbled, “and eat?” Zayn finished with a slight chuckle, which caused Niall to smile and nod, and he could tell that it was the first time that Niall had smiled in a while. Niall moved away from the door and Zayn followed him in, closing the door behind him. Niall sat down on his bed, avoiding one half of it, while his TV was playing one of Ni’s Friends DVDs. Zayn passed Niall the tray of sandwiches before Zayn sat down next to him.

“Dude, your Mum is really worried about you. You haven’t come out of your room…or eaten? What’s going on?” Zayn asked softly, and Niall dropped his eye contact away from Zayn’s face and to the tray of food. Niall gave a bit of a shrug, and Zayn could tell he was getting emotional again. His sister’s did the same thing when they were about to cry. Zayn took the tray from him and placed it on the ground, before bringing the Irish boy into a long hug. It didn’t take much to set Niall off, and the younger boy was crying in Zayn’s arms. Zayn held his best friend for a good ten minutes, before Niall started to settle down, although he didn’t get up out of Zayn’s arms.

“It’s…it’s Liam.” Niall finally spoke, his voice a little crackly from crying.

“What about Liam? What’s gotten you so upset over him?” Zayn asked, trying to coax Niall into telling him what was going on. Niall sniffed a little, his breath hitching a little, before he looked at Zayn.

“He cheated on me, literally seconds after I told him that I liked him.” Niall finally spoke, before he peeled his body away from Zayn’s and curled up against the pillow in his bed. Zayn looked at Niall in shock, and felt himself shake his head.

“Liam…cheated…on you?” Zayn asked, knowing that something wasn’t right with that. Liam had liked Niall since forever, he wouldn’t just cheat on Niall like that…there was something so fishy about this. Niall nodded as he cuddled up against his pillow. His Irish friend was all cried out, but still looked so broken, but Zayn knew that this couldn’t be right.

“Ni, Liam’s liked you for like, a year…he wouldn’t cheat on you…” Zayn tried, but Niall scoffed and sent a dark look at Zayn.

“Well the tacky love bites all over his neck proved otherwise!” Niall shot at him, before pulling his pillow further into his chest. Zayn simply looked at Niall in shock. Liam hated the thought of love bites, so why the hell would he ever have them all over him? That was completely out of his character, but Niall must have been too upset to realise any of this.

“Niall…I’m really sorry, but this doesn’t sound like Liam. At all!” Zayn couldn’t help but burst out, and Niall looked up at him sadly.

“I know. That’s what hurts most. You think you know someone…and you don’t.” Niall spoke quietly, before he looked away from Zayn once more. Zayn looked at how sad and defeated Niall looked.

“Do you know who it was with? Or any other kind of information?” Zayn pressed on. He didn’t want to ask because it was upsetting Niall, but he just couldn’t process this through his mind. Niall looked up at him, and Zayn could tell that there was something he was holding back.

“What is it, Ni?” Zayn quickly asked, before his memory brought him back to s strange conversation that he had had with Niall at lunch.

“Well…I have a weird suspicion. Liam said it was a guy…and the only other guy I’ve seen him with except us is Alex Johnson.” Niall spoke up, and the blood drained from Zayn’s face. Suddenly, this all made sense, and it made Zayn feel sick. 

Zayn’s hands balled into fists, as anger coursed through his veins. If Alex Johnson had touched Liam, then Zayn was going to fucking murder him. He would kill him with his bare hands, penalty or no penalty. He would sit and rot in a jail cell if he had too; he wasn’t going to let Johnson harm Liam. Not after everything Zayn had done for him to protect his friends. Oh no, that was not on the cards, at all.

“Zayn? You alright?” Niall asked quietly, and Zayn was pulled from his thoughts.

“Yeah, Ni. Don’t worry about this Liam situation. I’m going to sort it out. You just make sure that you eat and talk to your Mum, okay?” Zayn told his best friend, and Niall sat up and looked at Zayn anxiously.

“Zayn, what’s going on?” Niall mumbled, looking at Zayn like he had missed the point. Zayn sighed and looked at the floor.

“You know when we went out on that drug run?” Zayn whispered to his friend, and he saw Niall nod eagerly.

“That cunt that we were running them for is Alex Johnson.” Zayn whispered once again, before looking at Niall. Niall looked away, his eyes showing how he was piecing everything together, before he looked back at Zayn.

“Why would Liam go near him!” Niall whispered loudly, and Zayn looked at Niall with a straight face.

“I don’t know, Ni, but I think Li’s in trouble.” Zayn whispered, and Niall’s face dropped.

“Why didn’t he tell…surely he would have told me?” Niall asked, and Zayn didn’t know if the question was directed to him or the Irish boy himself. Zayn continued to look at Niall in worry.

“Make sure you get something to eat and tell your Mum you’re alright. I’m sorting this out.” Zayn spoke coldly, before he stood up, zipped up his varsity jacket and left Niall’s house.