ESCAPE

Chapter 44

ZAYN

'Zayn why were you seen multiple times with Harry's girlfriend?!'

'Probably because I'm in the same band as he is', I answered and some of the journalists laughed.

'But why the guns and fighting?'

'I don't know', I replied.

'Where was Harry? Why wasn't he with her?'

'We got separated and so Louis, Val and I ended up being together', I answered.

'Is this relationship a faux?'

'It's not mine to tell', I answered sweetly which then gave way to more stupid questions.

Honestly how long were they going to keep up with this?

'Harry do you love her?'

'Yes', he replied without flinching.

'Then how come you've never released a statement for your previous girlfriends?

Were these dicks serious?

'Probably because none of them included Zayn being called a traitor', he said with his famous half smile.

Nicely put.

'We heard a gunshot'

'There was no harm, everyone is safe', replied Paul who had also agreed to this madness.

'So who was that man?'

'We don't know who he is, all we know is that he's in custody for now and that we have nothing to do with him', he replied firmly.

'Thank you for coming today', concluded Simon who was the brain behind this and we all stood up to leave, only Harry had the decency to utter a small thank you before leaving.

'Well that's settled', said Simon as we got into the SUV.

I chose to remain silent for this ride, knowing that it was best for my sanity.

'Zayn how come you never told us that you were coming?', asked Simon and I cursed under my breath.

'I wanted to surprise the boys, unfortunately it became a deadly surprise', I said adding a small laugh to show my fake well being.

'Harry, why is this girl being chased?', he asked and Harry stammered.

'That's not an answer', he said seriously.

'It's complicated', I answered and Harry gulped.

'Complicated? Then by all means make it even more complicated by involving mad shooters!', he yelled.

'Paul did you know about this?', he asked furiously.

'Honestly I didn't know how serious it was until the attack', he said from the front seat.

'You can leave Paul out of this', said Harry.

'Well I need someone to bloody explain this!', he shouted and I flinched.

'You don't understand', said Harry.

'Harry Styles, you are under a contract-'

'Oh yeah, bring in the contract every time someone steps out of line', I said with a smirk.

'Well you know what happens when someone does', he said shooting a glare at me.

Try me, but I didn't utter a word knowing that the situation will only result in something even more depressing.