Gia's POV
"I wish ah hadn't come todeh" I sulked as we goht into Jared's car.
"Oh c'mon, it wasn't that bad you did get some exclusives" Laura tried to reason with meh buh I just shook my head.
"You know thah's noh what I'm talkin about" I sighed fiddling with the multiple loom bands that were on my wrist.
"You're pissed off cause you didn't get to interview Zayn" Jared commented from the driver's seat. Don't ask meh why he was minding our business, buh I was too tired to bother.
"Oh soh now you know his name" I shot him a look in the mirror.
"I knew it all along, I just did that to annoy him"
"Why, what has he ever done to you?" my tone was harsh, buh he didn't seem fazed at all.
"Cause he fancies you, like you fancy him" he shrugged like it was soh obvious.
"He's good" Laura whispered.
"Shuh op" I whispered back.
"What makes you think we 'fancy' each other?" I did the inverted commas in the air as I said fancy.
"I could see the way you were looking at each other. And all that sexual tension" he winked at meh in the mirror.
"WHAT?!"
"That's also why I grabbed your arm, to see if I'd get a reaction out of him" he smirked.
"You're a jerk" I spat looking out of the window in disgust.
"Correction, I'm a guy"
"Hmmph"
"Really it's in our nature to play on each other's short comings" he shrugged again.
"Buh you didn't find any" I raised an eyebrow.
"Ooh this is getting good" Laura chuckled rubbing her hands together and getting more comfortable in her seat.
"If I had ten more minutes I would've found something"
"Noht with Zayn you wouldn't" I retorted. He stared at meh for a while in the mirror and I returned the glare noht blinking once. And then it was like something clicked; he chuckled as he focused his eyes on the road again.
"What?" I questioned noht enjoying this conversation.
"It's him isn't it?"
"What is?"
"The reason you won't give me a chance. You more than fancy him, you love him" he said the word love like it left a bad taste in his mouth and he avoided eye contact. Wait, did he really like me, I thought this was all just a game to him? I was quiet for a little while as I didn't want to admit it to him.
"Am I wrong?" he challenged.
"Uhuh"
"Sorry I didn't hear you" I knew he was smirking, I didn't even need to look at him.
"This is true" I sighed looking out the window.
"So why not be with him?" he was being sincere now.
"It's complicated"
Louis' POV
"Is it ready?" I asked pacing the floor.
"It will be in possibly two days" the guy on the line replied casually.
"Possibly? Can you give me a proper answer?!...Sorry I'm anxious...you know what, two days is just fine. Let me know if there’s any delay...thanks mate"
I felt bad for yelling at the guy, which was so uncalled for. I wasn't gonna blame it on nerves again; I needed to pull myself together. And the way to do it had just walked out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her and then another one on her head. I was sat on her bed waiting for her to get out since I'd arrived while she was in there, just so you don't get the wrong idea. Her parents weren't home so I invited meself into her room. Yeah her parents would probably freak out if they knew that Gia's set of house keys were now in my possession.
"Hey you" she smiled making sure the towel was secured around her, wouldn't want any mishaps now would we...okay maybe I would. I walked up to her and placed one of my hands on the side of her face and the other on her towel covered waist.
"Hi" I said in a hushed tone. She was turning me on for sure. I drew our faces closer and kissed her softly. Well, it started out like that, but then it started getting more intense and we were proper snogging within a few seconds and it was difficult to keep my hands from wondering. This could go too far too fast, we had to stop. I sighed and then pulled away from her lips even though I didn't want to. I took a step back to get some distance between uz; no I did not trust meself right now.
"What are you trying to tempt me?" I sighed running a hand over my face.
"Sorry babe, I forgot to carry clothes and I only realised once I got out of the shower" she made a pouty face giving me her explanation.
"Alright but you could've at least warned me" I chuckled.
"And you were immediately gonna rush down stairs to avoid seeing me in nothing but a towel?" she raised an eyebrow and I shook my head.
"I could've prepared meself"
"Alright, alright I apologize. Now get out of my room so I can change!" she laughed tryna push me out the door.
"No need to apologise" I gave her a sweet smile which resulted in her giving me a soft kiss before pushing me out the door.
"You're gonna be late for your appointment"
"It can wait"
"No it can't" she giggled closing the door in my face.
Gia's POV
"Wow Zayn is so great G, I can't believe you broke up with him" Laura murmured throwing herself down on her bed. We'd just come back from a terribleh boring double lecture and now she was randomly talking about Zayn.
"Yeah, me too to be honest. It wasn't exactly my finest hour; I should've thought it through a biht more. It just seemed like the only option at the time" I admitted as I rummaged around in my bag for the notes from the lecture.
"It's not too late you know" she propped herself up on one elbow.
"He has a girlfriend Laura"
"Yeah, so?"
"Soh he has a girlfriend" I tossed my notes inside my desk drawer and then plopped my bottom down on the bed.
"Oh c'mon I'm sure he'd leave her in a heartbeat"
"How do you know thah?"
I was actually just fishing to see if he'd told her anything in thah interview buh apparently he didn't know she was my best friend.
"Cause I can tell he misses you as much as you miss him" she shrugged as if it were obvious.
"It doesn't matter; I would never make him do thah" I sighed running my fingers through my hair.
"Whyyy?" she gawked at meh.
"It's the principle of the matter, plus Perrie's a nice gal; I couldn't do thah to her or anyone"
"So if he was dating a complete *****, you still wouldn't want him to break up with her?"
"I'd want him to break up with her, buh just noht for meh"
"You have too many rules Gia" she chuckled shaking her head at mah reasoning.
"I know"
Louis' POV
"So what do you think babe?" I whispered once the estate agent had turned her back.
"It's cosy, a nice bachelor pad I guess" she shrugged.
"Priya, I need to know"
"It's really nice Louis, but I don't really know what you're looking for" she shrugged.
"A flat"
"I know that" she rolled her eyes.
"You know me better than anyone, I just wanna know what you think"
"I think uhm...it's alright, but it isn't exactly the perfect place for you" she bit her bottom lip as if she was scared to say it in case I disagreed.
"You're right, let's go see another place yeah?"
"Let's" she intertwined her fingers with mine and we walked into the tiny kitchen where the estate agent was just getting off the phone.
"Mr Tomlinson, have you made a decision?" she asked smiling a bit too much.
"Uhm we wanna look at another place if that's alright?"
"Sure" her smile wasn't so big anymore; I guess she just really wanted me to rent this flat. It wasn't that bad all together, but it wasn't good enough for what I had planned.
Zayn's POV
"Last week before the holidayy!" Perrie yelled jumping on mah bed.
"god Pez, whah the hell" I tried to pull the covers over my eyes, buh had no success since she was jumpin on it.
"It's time to get up"
"Ah yeah ah figured" I rubbed my eyes.
"No really, its 1pm"
"Serious?"
"Yeah, we have a lecture!"
"Okeh"
"Get op!!" she started jumping again.
"Perrie please" I grabbed her wrist and pulled her down onto the bed soh she could stop torturing meh.
"Don't you mehk me throw water on you" she threatened.
"You wouldn't"
"Watch me" she got off the bed and went to the bathroom. I used the opportunity to geht up and put on some trousers since I was sleepin in just mah pants. She goht back a few seconds lehter with a cup of water in her hands and a disappointed look on her fehs.
"Ahh you're up"
"Yes I am. How did you geht in anyweh?"
"I used a hair pin to unlock the door" she shrugged as if somethin like this was normal.
"You're weird" I messed up mah bed hair.
"You're late" she reminded.
"Okeh okeh two minutes"
"Fine but I'm not-" she was cut off by my buzzin phone on my desk. She picked it up and then handed it to meh.
"Tommo" she said and then proceeded to mehk mah bed.
"Thanks" I took the phone from her and answered.
"Hello"
"Heyyy Zayn!"
"Hi Loueh"
"You alright mate?"
Wow he seemed in a good mood.
"Yeah uh...and you?"
"Great, I've just been flat shopping with Priya"
"And I assume it went well?"
"Very. Listen Zayn, I'm gonna need your help, you are coming home next week right?"
"Yeah I'll uh be on the bus on Saturday morning" I assured him.
"Oh good, then we'll have enough time. Gia only gets back two weeks after you do"
"Okeh buh why bring up Gia?"
"Just thought I'll let you know" he giggled.
"Does she know?"
"That you're gonna be in town?"
"Noh, about everythin?" I was talkin in code cause ah didn't want Perrie to hear, this was all very top secret.
"Of course she knows, do you really think I'd take advice just from you Mr I'm-still-in-love-with-her-after-four-months-of-nothing?"
"Shuh op!" I eyed the girl straightening out mah room makin sure she hadn't heard anything; I still hadn't asked her whah she and Gia had spoken about.
Buh we did have a boring lecture coming up, in which I could use the time profitableh.
Priya's POV
"Remember that time you had a flat?" Louis whispered in my ear.
"The day you asked meh out?" I whispered back.
"Same day" he grinned.
"Yeah I remember you thought I meant apartment instead of a punctured tire" I teased and he just shook his head.
"Sorry"
We were whispering since the estate agent was going on and on about this place. It was the fourth flat we'd looked at and I think both parties were beginning to lose their patience. She was pushing to make a sale or whatever and Louis and I were just plain bored.
"Did you really think I was sleeping with Butch?" I had always wondered that.
"No, but I just couldn't understand how you had so much power over him when no one else did. And I really liked you so I couldn't help but assume the worst"
"Aww you really liked me?" I cooed a little too loudly resulting in the estate agent stopping in her tracks and snapping her head backwards.
"If you kids could pay a little attention, this could go a lot faster and we will all be able to go home" she huffed.
"Sorry" I apologized and then Louis and I went right back to whispering.
"So why did you accept my offer to coffee?" I got the feeling he'd always wondered this.
"I thought you were cute" I admitted.
"Really?" he raised his eyebrows.
"Yup"
"And now?"
"A little less cute..."
"I see"
"And a little more on the fit side"
Oh he was blushing now.
"Mr Tomlinson I need to know your views on this place!" the lady demanded.
"Alright, but I'd like to look at it again if that's okay?" he knew he was pushing his luck but her job required that she oblige.
"I will gladly do so but I would like to inform you that I do not have all day. In fact I have to go to my six year old daughter's poetry recital so please forgive me if I am a little impatient"
Oh I felt bad for messing around now and by the look on Louis' face ah could tell he felt the same.
"Tell you what, why don't my girlfriend and I have a look around and we'll let you know within ten minutes yeah?" he offered and the lady sighed and nodded.
"Alright"
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"So, what do you think?" Louis asked once we'd been through the place again.
"I dunno do you like it?"
"Baaabe!"
"You're gonna live here, it doesn't matter what I think" I shrugged.
"Babe!" he squeezed my hand and forced me to look into his soft blue eyes.
"Well, it is my favourite from all we've seen today-" I started.
"Would you live here?" he asked cutting me off.
Wait, what was he asking?
"What?" I looked at him confused. He cleared his throat and then explained.
"If you were looking for a flat, is this the kind of place you could see yourself living in?"
"Oh yeah, it's lovely" I smiled at him and he sighed.
"Alright then I'll take it" he kissed me on the cheek and then we made our way to go give the estate agent the good news. At least now she could enjoy her daughter's poetry recital.
How cute are Liya!!! Anyway what do you guys think is going on let me know. And there'll be more of #Zia in the next chapter don't worry xx