29/09/2016
Liam ran across the hall and into English class, he grimaced at the time before he pushed the door open
He gave his teacher a forced smile then walked towards his seat and sat down beside Zayn
"What are we doing?"
Zayn tapped on the book "Reading" He said then looked at Liam "I haven't seen you in a while..."
Liam ran his fingers through his hair then turned to Zayn "I've been busy"
Zayn slowly nodded, before Timmy walked in, he smiled at the professor then passed Liam and Zayn to his seat
He winked at Liam who chuckled then turned ahead, opening the book before he looked at Zayn
"Which pages?"
"Chapters 4 till 14, then write an essay about everything you've learned in those chapters"
Liam nodded "Thanks" He said opening the book, he looked at Zayn who had the story on his lap and started to write in his notebook
"You're done"
Zayn nodded "Finished the book the day we got it" He flipped the pages "Didn't have anything to do"
Liam frowned "The others have been going out almost all week..."
Zayn shrugged and mumbled "If you don't go... I don't go"
~~~~~
Liam looked at Dylan "Is Zayn ok?"
Dylan shrugged "No, why?"
Liam rubbed the back of his neck "I haven't been hanging out with him for a bit"
Dylan's eyes widened "What? Why?" Before Liam could say anything, they ran and pulled Niall towards Liam
"What?"
"I haven't been hanging out with Liam"
Niall's jaw dropped and his eyes widened "HUH?!"
Liam rubbed the back of his neck "Yeah..."
Niall stood up but got pulled down "No" Liam said quickly "Don't tell Louis and Harry"
Niall scratched the back of his head "Can you tell me why?"
"No..."
Niall put his hands on his hips "Are you safe?"
"Yeah"
Niall looked at Liam "Does Zayn know?"
"No"
Niall crossed his arms "Are you free tomorrow?"
"Yeah"
"Good, there's a gathering at Dylan's house, you better be there"
Liam sighed "I'll try..."
Niall muttered under his breath and shook his head, Dylan patted Liam's back
"Whatever you're going through, is it bad?"
Liam slowly shook his head "No... Just a few secrets I don't want anyone to know"
~~~~~
Liam knocked on the Malik's house door and when it opened, Zayn's mother furrowed her brows but quickly smiled
"Liam!!" She said, he smiled and they hugged, she kissed his cheek
"How are you, love? Did Zayn forget anything?"
Liam rubbed the back of his neck "I was actually hoping I could talk to him"
Her smile fell "He... Isn't with you?"
Liam slowly shook his head "No..."
She opened and closed her mouth then shrugged "He's not home, darling. I'm sorry"
Liam shook his head "No!! It's ok, don't worry about it" He rushed out, they bid each other goodbye and the door closed
Liam stood there for a moment before walking home
01/10/2016
Liam knocked on the door and it was opened by Dylan, they smiled and hugged Liam tightly
"You came!!"
Liam hugged them back before they pulled away, Liam was given a cup of something and slumped down
Talking to others as they all laughed and talked, but he kept his eyes on the door
Waiting for Zayn to come in, he eventually did come in, he hugged Dylan and smiled at Liam
But a second later someone walked in with him, Markus
He said hello to Dylan and apologised for making Zayn late
Zayn rolled his eyes but was still smiling, Liam watched him, he watched his best friend that he's barely been a friend to
He hates that he realised what he was doing a little too late
~~~~~
Zayn eventually made his way to Liam, Liam stood up and they both hugged tightly
Liam wrapped his arms around Zayn's waist, and Zayn enveloped Liam
Liam closed his eyes and smiled "I missed you" He forced out
Zayn hugged Liam tighter "I missed you too..."
They pulled away, but went towards a more quiet part of the house, and sat down together
"I'm sorry... I really am, I didn't mean to just blank out on you" Liam said and Zayn frantically shook his head
"Liam no!! You didn't do anything wrong" Zayn pulled Liam closer and kissed his cheek
"I promise you did nothing wrong"
Liam's shoulders fell "Zee-"
"Whatever you were doing is none of my business Liam" Zayn said then let Liam go and poked his cheek
"The others were worried I was isolating you... So maybe this is good"
Liam furrowed his brows and looked at Zayn "What? Who told you?"
"Forced it out of Niall." He said then looked at his hand, turning the ring around his finger
"They're right... You have all these people you want to be friends with. I'm stopping you"
Liam blinked "Do you really think that?"
Zayn smiled and nodded "Yeah..."
"You're wrong" Liam said and Zayn eyes widened
"Which is probably very weird because you'd been wrong less times than I can remember, but you're wrong"
Liam leaned back and crossed his arms "You don't isolate me, you never do. I isolate me because I don't want to be somewhere without you"
"But-"
"Shush I'm talking" Zayn nodded, eyes still wide "I know you're probably gonna say stuff like- 'But it's all my fault and you shouldn't do that' or 'It's wrong for me to be the reason for that and you should be able to fuck around and find out'"
"Damn..."
Liam smiled "I was right?"
"You were at the beginning, but towards the end you couldn't be more wrong"
Liam rolled his eyes and tried to kicked Zayn but he caught Liam's ankle and raised an eyebrow
Liam flashed him a toothy smile, Zayn laughed before the door was pushed open
They both turned towards it and Markus stood there, looking between Liam and Zayn before his eyes landed on Zayn and he smiled
"C'mon?"
Zayn nodded, he stood up and Liam looked between them
"What are you doing?"
Zayn took his hoodie off "Markus was going to introduce me to some of his friends" He said and Liam nodded, Zayn gave Liam his hoodie and Liam furrowed his brows "You'll get cold" Liam smiled and nodded, he took it as Zayn left the room walking after Markus