Stars Dance
Chapter 29
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Zayn's Point of View
I WOKE UP with a text from Selena saying that she was going to be at the campus for the rest of the day, getting ready in anything Levi needed her in. The fair/carnival started today after three and I was on a mission, if I couldn't keep Selena from being up there in the kissing booth, I was going to do everything I could to keep Adam from kissing Selena. His lips would not touch her if I had anything to say about it. I had made it quick to the campus, and headed up to the frat house in hopes of catching Levi before he left for the day and headed down to the courtyard for the fair.
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I walked in and made my way all the way upstairs to the second floor, towards my room. I twisted the nob and walked in to find Levi getting dressed for the day. "Hey mate." He said with a smile. "Ready for tonight?" He said excitingly.
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"No." I said honestly.
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"Hey you can't be mad at me." He pointed at me. "I didn't force her, she volunteered." He said about Selena.
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"Not that my opinion mattered to her anyway." I said. "She was going to do whatever she wants regardless."
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"Selena must have you whipped as fuck, because the old you would have never allowed it." Levi admits.
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"Old me?" I questioned his choice of words. "Levi what is that suppose to mean?"
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He stands up from his bed to pull his dress shirt down and grabs a hold of my shoulder. "She's changing you man." He says. "You're a new Zayn." He admitted. I widen my eyes, Selena changing me? I look at him confused and he nodded his head. "You don't see it but I do." He smiles. "And I'm here for it!" He exclaims with a smile. "I know tonight is gonna feel like a long one, but hang in there for me buddy." He patted my chest with his hand.
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"About that." I said to him. "I need you to do something for me."
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"Whatever it is forget it." He nodded his head. "Every time you have an idea, I end up getting you out of that very bad idea."
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"You're my best mate, this isn't up for discussion." I pleaded with him.
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He sighs. "Let's hear it." He rolls eyes but that doesn't mean I'm going to go through with it." He admitted.
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"I need you to put Adam to work in one of the booths tonight." I explained to him. "I can't have him kissing Selena."
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"Zayn are you serious right now?" He said taking a step back. "Why can't you just trust her?"
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"I do, I just don't trust him and you saw the big fucking smile he had on his face when Selena volunteered." I recalled in case he forgot.
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He pinches the bridge of his nose. "Alright...alright." He exclaimed. "I can't promise you that he'll say yes." Levi said. "I will try." He admitted and I smiled.
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Over my dead body, Adam.
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Selena's Point of View
After having this long discussion with Jackie over why I chose to volunteer in the first place and that I understood that what she meant to Zayn. Jackie had become very outgoing and comfortable around me in the matter of forty- five minutes. She was funny, outgoing, and sarcastic. She also made me laugh when she cracked a joke. I didn't understand why everyone painted such a negative picture of her when she was the exact opposite. Maybe it was the way she dressed, talked or presented herself but that shouldn't be a reason for judgment, looks deceived.
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She has a strong personality and talks like every word is her last. I saw a lot of Zayn in her and I understood why she and he got along so well. She was his other half? Soulmates in friendships existed and Jackie was Zayn's. "You know I was wrong about you Selena." She said as she was looking for clothes in her closet.
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Jackie very comfortable around me, she smiled and laughed as we talked among each other while she paced around in her bra and underwear looking for her clothes for tonight's street fair. Jackie had a lot to show and that was a fact, she was slim with an hourglass figure, a slight tan to her complexion, a tattoo under her ribcage near her breast. "Really?" I questioned.
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"Girls like you, in high school were very mean to me." She admitted as she pushed through her clothes in her closet.
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"You?" I was surprised at the words that left her mouth, how could anyone be mean to Jackie. She was pretty, very pretty. If anything I thought it would be the other way around.
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"Hard to believe huh?" She chuckled as she pulled out a dress, from the closet. "If we're going to sell tickets tonight do you think I should wear this one?" She said, showing me the dress she had picked out from her closet. It was a skin tight one, with a slight cleavage showing, with a royal purple color to it.
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"Yeah I mean, don't get me wrong but I would think it would be the other way around." I told her followed by a smile. "And yeah. I think it's nice." I said.
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"I was never one of the popular girls in high school, they were just too much drama." She admitted. "I'd hang out mostly with guys, and when I say guys I mean Zayn and Levi." She smiled. "I guess the popular girls never liked me because of that." She lifted her shoulders. "Which is why they would spread rumors about me." She added. "They would say things like Oh look she's a slut, or she's the easiest girl around, I heard she slept with the whole football team." She mimics a preppy voice. "Be honest, that's what you thought of me when you first saw me." She looked at me as she began putting her dress over her head.
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I laugh nervously. "I-...don't-.."
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"It's ok, you can be honest." She said.
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"Honestly, yes." I nearly cringed. "But that was because of what I been told and-..."
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"By you're friend Lucy huh?" She interrupted before I could ramble on in a pattern of non stop sentences.
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"I'm sorry, and she isn't exactly my friend anymore." I didn't know what else to say.
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"No it's ok, but I wouldn't believe anything she says." Jackie admitted. "She's the gossip bitch around here." Lifting her shoulders carelessly. "Her and her other two friends, I used to think you were one of them too." She turns around and glances at me before she looks at herself in the vanity.
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"Looks can deceive." I admit.
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"They can." She says. "Hey do you want to go for some brunch? My treat." She smiles.
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"Yeah sure." I smile
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"Ok lets go." She says before grabbing her purse, and I followed her out the door as she stayed back and locked it behind us. "I know this great place on campus, to fucking die for." She said.
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Jackie and I talked and walked towards the diner that she exciting mentioned, and I looked down at my phone to see if I had any missed calls or texts from Zayn. Nothing. He angry with me, but I knew I would see him later tonight, I know he wouldn't miss that for the world. I smiled at Jackie as she walked beside me and she reached for the door handle of the diner and we walked in. The bell at the door chimmed and for the most part the diner was quiet in the morning, to my surprise I saw Lucy, Ashely, and Vanessa all sitting in one booth. I guess I had missed morning tea as Jackie had said earlier.
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Lucy spotted me first, and her facial expression went from being from a happy one to one with Zero expression. I guess Ashely and Vanessa had noticed and they turned around the see what the fuss was about and they had spotted me next to Jackie. "We can go somewhere else if you want." Jackie mentioned as she saw what I was looking at.
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"No, no it's fine." I said.
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She didn't say anything else and I followed her towards a booth at the other end of the diner, with her sitting in one end and I on the other. "Guess they did forget to invite you for morning tea." Jackie read my mind, she literally had no filter.
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"It depends on who's idea was it." I tell Jackie as the waitress comes our way to take our orders. "If it was Lucy, I doubt it. But if it was Ashely and Vanessa, a text would have been nice." I admit.
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The waitress had smiled as Jackie told her what she wanted, and what I wanted. Taking away the menus and telling us she would be back with our drinks. "Girls like that piss me off." Jackie admitted. "Like tell a bitch you're going to be hanging with the bitch I don't like." She rolled her eyes. "So shit doesn't get awkward." She said and I laughed. "Sorry, if I run my mouth a lot." She apologized. "And you're not used to hearing cussing all the damn time."
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"No you're fine." I said to her and she smiled. "But they're probably wondering what the hell I'm doing hanging out with you." I admitted. "At least Lucy is." I said.
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"Hey listen to me Selena." She said pointing at me. "Don't let her get in your head." Jackie warned and she seemed very serious about it. "That shit just fucks with your self esteem." She advices.
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I didn't say anything and just gave Jackie a small smile, I looked over at Lucy, Ashely and Vanessa who were all getting up I assume to leave but they were making there way towards Jackie and I. Ashely and Vanessa smiled at me as they reached the table while Lucy stood there with her hand on her hip. "Hello Selena..Jackie is it?" She looked over at Jackie who only gave her a fake smile. "Didn't know you guys were actually friends." She said.
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"We are actually." Jackie spoke up as she looked at me then up at Lucy. "Is there a problem with that?"
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"A call or something would have been nice." I tried to change the subject on the conversation before it reached new heights.
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"Well I mean we're not friends anymore, so I didn't see the point." Lucy said flat out. Ouch. "Plus, you chose your boyfriend? Zayn is it? Over your own best friends." Lucy said.
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"Lucy I feel like we should go-..." Vanessa interrupted.
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"Surprised he hasn't gotten bored of you yet." Lucy ignores, Vanessa's input. "Or is it because he hasn't gotten what he wants out of you yet, or should I say in you yet." Lucy chuckles.
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A sudden bang on the table causes me to jump up, and I see that it is Jackie and she's furious at the snarky little comment Lucy said. She stood up from the table at eye level with Lucy, which caused her widen her eyes and step back a bit. "You wanna go, cause we can go right now." Jackie threatened.
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"Jackie that's not necessary-..." I stood up trying to call her down.
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"Lucy we should seriously go-..." Ashely nudged Lucy's shoulder.
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"Because I've been waiting a long time, to drag you across the fucking floor." Jackie said in a threatening tone.
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Jackie's threats didn't seem to bother Lucy one bit as she laughed in her face. "You don't change do you?" She said and glanced over at me. "Anyways see you around Selena...Selena's friend." She said before walking off and out the door of the diner.
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"I fucking hate that girl." Jackie mumbled under her breath.
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The afternoon was coming by fast, as Jackie and I basically hung out all day she and I started making our way towards the street fair where I saw that courtyard began getting a bit full with college students coming in to enjoy their night. I hadn't seen Zayn all day so I was hoping I would see him here. Levi had spotted us and greeted us and had told us that a line started building up already and Jackie and I had looked at each other and nearly cringed at the line of guys who held a ticket in their hand.
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We began making our way towards the back of the kissing booth as Jackie and I mentally prepared ourselves. "You ready to do this?" She said to me.
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"As ready as I will ever be." I told her.
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"Are you talking first shift or should I?" She questioned.
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"I'll do it." I volunteered to go first. "It's fine." I smiled.
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"Up you go then, I'm surprised Zayn is not here." Jackie voiced her thoughts.
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"Actually think again." My back was turned away from the sound of his voice, and turned around to see that he was standing right there, a smile appeared on my face and I embraced him.
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"You actually came." I whispered into his chest.
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"I would be crazy not too." He said and I pulled back and he pressed his lips against mine.
We stood there for what seemed like years as his mouth moved against mine. I felt last in time with in and I was relieved he had gotten over our disagreement over this whole kissing booth thing. "I'm over it." he says "Besides at the end of the day you come home to me." He whispered against my lips before he pressed his own against mine once again.
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"Ok stop before you eat your faces off." Jackie said interrupting our moment together. "The day is long and the night will be longer, if we don't get this done with soon." She said.
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"She's right..ok." I said before smiled once more at Zayn and made my way up the stage to begin my shift.
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Zayn's Point of View
Once Selena went up on stage, I swear my heart was beating at a faster rate than normal. I pulled Jackie's arm and made our way to the front of the stage where Selena stood awkwardly waiting for the first person to get their ticket checked and cleared to go on stage. There wasn't only guys in line waiting for a kiss but girls as well. I didn't see a problem with it after all, it was a kissing booth. Jackie stood beside me as she held her hands against her face and watched the horror or the first guy that walked up on stage, Selena gave him a small smile as he was taller than her and leaned in to press his lips against hers.
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"Oh this is disgusting I can't watch." Jackie admitted.
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"Shouldn't I be the one doing that?" I chucked.
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"You're not the only going up there in an hour or so." She pointed. "Where is Levi, doesn't he have a schedule to this or something?" Jackie said looking in all sorts of directions for Levi in the crowd of gathering students for the street fair.
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That's when Levi spotted us and made his way over to Jackie and I, he stood in between us resting his arms on our shoulders. "Hey guys!" He said. "I see the kissing booth is paying off well." He smiled through his sun glasses, as he looked up at the stage to see Selena just smile and kissing the person as they walked up on stage. "Girls too?" He pointed at the line. "Gotta be inclusive after all." He smiled.
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"So what's the shift schedule for this?" Jackie questioned.
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"Two hours." He smiled at Jackie.
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"Two hours? That's a long time!" Jackie's eyes' widen, I laughed.
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"Want me to make it four?" He threatened. "Cause I can make it four Jaqueline." He teased.
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"Two is fine." She sighed.
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"Besides you wouldn't even notice, it will go by fast." He brushed it off. "Oh..before I forget, I did what you asked for and got Adam working the fish bowl game." He said pointing and I laughed. "He said yes, with no complaints." Levi motioned with his hand.
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"I knew it was too good to be true" Jackie scolded me. "You were too fucking happy back there, I knew something was off."
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"Talk it out amongst yourself, I have a street fair to run." He said disappearing into the crowd.
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"Did you actually think I was going to let prince fucking charming over there kiss Selena?" I admitted. "If I was going to loose this battle." I said as I looked up at Selena then over at Jackie. "I had to win the war." I said proudly.
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"You know the only reason she agreed to do the kissing booth was because, she wanted to get closer to me as a friend, so your sake." Jackie confesses to me.
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My eyes widen at Jackie's words, Selena and Jackie friends? "She wanted to become friends with you?" I pointed at Jackie.
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"Is there something wrong with Selena wanting to be my friend?" She grew defensive.
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"No, but you can be a little intimidating." I said to her.
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"Yeah well Selena is the first girlfriend you've had that I actually like, and don't want to strangle her every five seconds." Jackie said. "Not only that, she got to the bottom of things and took the time to understand me as a person rather than judge me, cause Lucy sure as hell never gave me a fucking chance." Jackie trailed on. "Speaking of that fucking snake, I almost knocked her ass on the floor earlier today." She added.
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"You did?" I question. "Where?"
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"This morning Selena and I were having breakfast at a diner, when she came up to Selena and started telling her a bunch of shit about you and how you haven't gotten bored of her yet, and blah blah blah." She said annoyed at the memory. "I swear one day I'm going to mop the flow with her and you're going to have to stop me because this is has been years in the making." She huffed. "And speaking of the antichrist." Jackie said I laughed.
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Her attention went towards the entrance where she has spotted Lucy walking in with Selena's other two friends. I suddenly remember the fight I had with Chris because of Lucy, and suddenly it wasn't funny anymore. I had been meaning to talking to Lucy about that whole situation with Chris and get an explanation.
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Jackie and I had made our way around Lucy in order to avoid her but it was too late as she spotted us and held a smirk on her face making Jackie and I both stop at our feet. "Together as always I see." She said. "There's just no way of separating you two, ever." She nodded her head sideways. "Selena must find it as equally as annoying as I did." She says proudly.
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"Yeah well thank fucking god, Selena is nothing like you." Jackie defended. "Steer fucking clear from me Lucifer because nothing is stopping me now from literally putting you on your ass right now."
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"You're little threats don't scare me Jaqueline." Lucy lifted her shoulders carelessly. "But I know it did scare you when Zayn cut you off for a day or two because of your little encounters with his father?" Lucy brought up and I didn't we were going to settle our differences here right now at a street fair.
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"Let me guess, Chris still keeps you in the loop?" I butted into the conversation.
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He eyes widen and she grew still. "Chris? I didn't even know what you're talking about."
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"Yes, you fucking do." I said. "Don't try to stand here and act you don't."
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Jackie's Point of View
Time had went by quickly when Levi pulled me from Zayn's side and pushed me towards the stage. I don't think Zayn had noticed either as he was more concentrated in finding answers from Lucy. I had arrived at the kissing booth and I looked at the ling of people waiting to be kissed. My eyes widen when I spotted Adam as he was next in line to kiss Selena. I noticed he gave her a smile and waved his ticket at her, and she smiled back nervously.
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Zayn would flip if he saw what was going to happen next, but he was distracted by Lucy and her venom to notice. I had to quickly make my way up the stage and replace Selena with myself. This street fair could not end in disaster, for Levi's sake all because Adam was pulling ballsy moves. I quickly rushed behind the staged and pushed past the curtain, and touched on Selena's shoulders as she slightly jumped back in relief that it was me.
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"I'm here to save you." I whispered in her ear.
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She smiled. "Thank you so much."
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I spotted Zayn making his way towards the crowd, as he had his eyes set on Adam and Selena on stage, but when he noticed me he laid back in relief, I smiled at him and Selena caught notice, in which she patted me on my shoulder and walked off the stage, Leaving me a very disappointed Adam to walk up on stage. He had no choice, as his ticket was cut and he made his way over to me.
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"What? Disappointed?" I raised my eyebrow at him as I crossed my hands over my chest.
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"Yes...I mean-..No!" He stumbled on his words.
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"What? You don't want to kiss me or something?" I egged on his nerves.
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"I do, I just-...I was hoping to kiss-.."He stammered.
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"Selena, you were hoping to kiss Selena." I said it for him. "Pretty ballsy if you ask me." I said as I motioned with my eyes as Zayn stood there with Selena at his side.
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"Come on get it over with!" Someone from the line shouted at Adam and I.
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"This is awkward now-..." Adam scratched the back of his head as he towered over me.
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"Kiss me." I lifted my shoulders carelessly.
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"What?" He whispered.
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"Just kiss me." I encouraged.
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He continued to stall for another second or so when I grabbed him by his shirt and pressed his lips against mine. He grew frozen at the touch of our lips together for a second, but eased up when his mouth began to move against mine at a slow pace. This kiss felt different and it had awaken something inside of me I just couldn't wrap my head around. His mouth moved against mine, and his hand trailed down to my waist as he pulled me closer to him and took his over hand and brought it up to the side of my neck to keep it at a steady pace. Suddenly it felt like we were the only two here alone with no one else to bother us, or stop us at anytime soon.
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I tried to push him off of me, but his grip was steady. I felt the sudden rush of wind and when I opened my eyes Zayn was up on stage pulling his off of me. "Ok that's enough." Zayn pushed on his chest, and the next thing that happened between him and Adam became a blur.
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