Prince Payne

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Zayn

They left the event a couple hours later. Of course they were swarmed by the paparazzi, but liam held him close to him until they separated to get in the car. He won't admit it but he felt safe in Liam's and he kind of like it. They strapped their seatbelts on as the driver was doing his best to pull out of the parking spot without hitting one of the men with cameras

"Thanks you for today and, um, holding me until we go to the car" he turned his face away from Liam to grimace for how stupid he sounded

"Don't mention it" Liam said keeping his gaze out the window

"It was just reall-"

"I said don't mention it" Liam's tone was harsh

He sat back further, if possible, in his seat and crossed his arms over his chest. "I apologies end for the way I acted towards you, isn't that enough?" He looked over at Liam to catch a reaction from him but he didn't see anything from the his reflection off the mirror. "what do I have to do to prove it to you that I am sorry?"

He still go no response from Liam. He was starting to get agitated with Liam's ignorance but subdued his anger because it would only cause more problems. "Can we just start over?" He felt a weight lift off his shoulders when Liam turned to look over at him "I'm serious you know, I would like us to start over. And I'm hoping you would consider it as well?"

The car ride was almost over as the hell hole came in to sight. He knew he had to fix something with Liam now otherwise he would be given the cold shoulder the rest of the time in the palace. This was his only chance to fix their problems.

"Hi" he extended his hand out "I'm zayn" he smiled waiting for Liam to shake his hand back, but he accidentally spilt the water bottle he took from the charity event and tried pushing the clear liquid on the floor of the car before it got on any other pieces of clothing

"Oops"

"Hi"

He looked up to see Liam's extended hand in front of his face. "I'm Liam"

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One week later

Things with Liam and zayn got better. They actually hung out, well they watched a movie together, but zayn will still count it as a step forward. They had to leave the castle again to go do more things to get their name in the press. This time it wasn't with rich snobs. They went to a charity to help out for the day. It was for homeless kids, like the angel Liam is he gave a huge amount of money to the head of the organization. Zayn may have hated him before but now he admires the taller man. He is so sensible and carefree, he doesn't use his fame and money for selfish reason, he gives back and helps out with whatever they need. But he also a very broke person who needs to be fixed

Someone this great shouldn't be so hurt

He was immediately snapped back to the present when he noticed Louis walking in to the room.

"So you and Liam are on good terms I'm guessing" he had his arms crossed over his chest as he stared at me

"Yea, I messed up with him and I just wanted us to be good with each other and not going at it every time we see each other"

Louis sighed and walked over to the bed were zayn was sitting.

"Look, you may think your doing the good thing right now but you are by far wrong on so many levels"

Zayn was confused, why was he saying this to him. Is he stupid? Him and Liam are on good terms now, how will this be worse then when we were hating each other? "What are you going on about?"

"You could have been out that door next week, he was going to send you packing get you away from him. You hurt him bad, so bad he wanted nothing to do with you anymore, the guy he chose to marry. He was over you, but now you brought him back in. Liam is a nice guys and falls hard easily, so your sudden friendship you guys have is not going to be a friendship for long. He'll get feelings for you again, but much more then before. Then when you turn him down he will fall, fall harder then ever before. Your going to hurt him more than you already have."

Zayn wanted to protest but he knew Louis was right. But he won't admit it to the smug bastard. He moved his hand through his hair and sighed in frustration before Louis got up off the bed and pulled the door open, but before he left he turned around, "Stay away from him" and then he slammed the door shut.

Zayn threw his body back and layer on the bed. He then picked up a pillow and screamed into it.

You'd know how to fix this skylar, if only you were her

He heard the door open again. He though it was Louis coming back for round 2 so he said in an aggravated tone "Look I don't care! Just let me rest in piece"

"Sorry" a soft voice said hiding a hurt tone  underneath "I was going to ask if you wanted to watch a movie with me but I guess your busy"

"No!" He got up frantically "I didn't know it was you, but umm sure. Yea a movie sounds great" he smiled getting up and walking towards the door where liam was standing

"Sorry I guess I should have knocked"

"Yea you should have Payne" he lightly punch liam in the arm. They laughed as they made their way to the room that held the projector, in the room Harry was setting up some snacks on a table near the wall and a movie was waiting to be played "The Amazing Spider-Man 2?" He asked curiously making his way to one side of the humorous couch

"If your telling me you don't like superhero's I'm gunna have to throw you out of this room" liam said

"No! I love superhero's"

"Then I guess we can get a long" he squinted his eyes then lightly laughed. I chuckled after him. Harry started the movie and reminded us there are drinks and food ready for us whenever we want them

"Harry you can stay and watch the movie with us if you like" I gestured, it's not right he set this whole thing up and then has to leave to go take care of other stupid tasks that the royals request

"I apologize but I have other chorus to finish, plus I wouldn't want to ruin your date" he then sent me a wink and scurried his way out and shut the door behind him. Date? What the hell is he talking about? This is far from a date, not even close!

"Liam, what did he mean by date?" I looked over at Liam who surprisingly from the dark room was sporting a blush across his cheeks

"Umm, Harry kind of set this thing up. I told him you wouldn't like it but he nagged me to ask you come" he looked away from the movie which was starting. "I hope I didn't upset you, I never attended it to be a date just a little hangout"

"It's fine Liam" I reassured him so he wouldn't feel bad and think I was angry at him for something Harry did "Let's just pay attention to the movie and not let this awkwardness get in the way of our friend's night" I smiled at him and got up to get some chips

"Yea" Liam sighed "Friends" he said like someone took away his joy

"What did you say?" I say back down with a bowl of chips and a bottle of water

"Fries" he said and smiled at me "I hope he made fries" he got up and walked over to the table with food and drinks