Chapter 9
"You really have to leave today?" I asked, my hands in
Zayn's.
"I have to go live my dream Becca. i'll miss you."
he said, leaning down to kiss me.
"I'll miss you too. Have fun." I said, smiling at
him.
"You'll come to my show next week right? You can meet us
before we leave America and go back to London and fly back with
us. You don't have class til Monday, right?"
"Right. If you want me to come, I will." I said, not
wanting to impose.
"Of course I want my girlfriend to come." he said,
winking at me before giving me one last kiss and walking away
towards his tour bus. I waved, then walked back into my dorm
room.
"So, how are things going with Zayn?" Amy asked me a
few days later.
"Pretty good actually. He's going back to England soon,
but asked me to come." I said.
"You're just going to drop everything and run?" she
asked incredulously.
"No, I'm only going for a few days. That's why I
love that my classes fall on the same two days."
"So are you dating, or what?' she asked, dying to hear
about my relationship.
"Yeah, he asked me a few days ago to be his
girlfriend." I said.
"And you really want to be in a long distance
relationship?" she asked.
"I didn't at first. But i've never been in one. What
if this is the best relationship I'll ever be in? I don't
want to just not try. So we're giving the whole long distance
thing a shot." I told her.
"Well, I think it's really cute that you two are
together." she said to me.
"Aw, thanks!" I said. I grabbed my phone and scrolled
through my messages.
A lot of them were pictures of Zayn from tourist attractions that
he went to.
I texted him back and told him I hoped he was having a good
time.
He hasn't tweeted me much recently though, which was
weird.
He called me later that night, and I answered on the last
ring.
"Becca, it's Zayn! We just finished our gig in
Chicago!" he said quickly.
"You sound pretty wired. What's up?" I
asked.
"Not too much. The boys and I are going out." he said,
and I heard screams in the background.
"What are you doing tonight?" he asked me, and I
thought for a second.
"I'll probably hang out with Bryan and Amy." I
replied.
"Is Bryan Amy's boyfriend?" Zayn asked
me.
"No, he's one of my best friends." I responded, and
there was a pause on the other end.
"Oh. Well have fun. I'll call you tomorrow." he
said.
"Bye Zayn." I said, curious as to why his mood suddenly
changed.
"Goodnight love." he said, then hung up. That was
weird.
"Becca, come watch this!" Amy called from down the
hall. I was in the middle of taking a shower, but she said it was
important, so I hurried up and walked back to me room.
She had the news on a channel that was all gossip and
entertainment.
"You heard it here first. Zayn Malik and model Carrie Smith
are the new 'it' couple."
I stood staring at the television in confusion. the news anchor
just said that my boyfriend was dating some model named Carrie
Smith. There was even a picture of him and some blonde leaving a
club.
I quickly called him up but tried to act calm.
"Bec, hey. Is something wrong?" he asked. As if he
didn't know.
"Look, I told you I was worried about getting into a long
distance relationship because I didn't want to get hurt. So I
need you to be honest with me. Who is Carrie Smith?" I
asked.
"Carrie Smith? She's some girl that Harry met last
night. She's sweet." he said.
"Well a lot of people are going to be thinking you met her
last night. Some entertainment show just deemed you two the new
'it' couple." I told him, glad that it was
Harry's girl, not Zayn's.
"What kind of a boyfriend would I be if I hooked up with a
model behind your back?"
"A pretty bad one." I responded. His end was silent for
a minute.
"I know you're my girlfriend now, but we have to keep it
on the DL. Management doesn't know that we're together,
and if they find out, they might make us break up. So please, for
the sake of our relationship, don't tell anyone. We have to
act like we're just good friends when we're in
public." he said.
I have to hide my relationship from everybody? Was he ashamed to
be my boyfriend?
I know I haven't uploaded in
forever. I will try and post another chapter this weekend.
Softball starts next week and things are getting crazy with
school work and everything.