Chapter 11

(Zayn’s POV)

“So where are we going exactly?” I questioned him.

You see, Zach picked me up this morning and told me to come with him because it was important, however, he won’t tell me where he is taking me.

“I already told you, you will see when we get there” Zach answered looking a little jittery.

“Dude are you okay, your leg is shaking?” I asked him getting worried.

“Yea, I’m fine. It’s just a bit of nerves”

“Why are you so nervous?”

“No reason”

I sighed and gave up questioning him. If he wouldn’t tell me, I’d find out for myself in a couple of minutes when I figure out where we are going.

After another ten minutes of driving we pulled into a small driveway.

I climbed out of the car and looked at the house in front of us. It was an average townhouse for our city but it looked like it had been transformed into a mini store. I was just wondering what this little shop had to offer Zach, and why was he so nervous about it.

“What is this place?” I questioned him while walking beside him to the front door.

Zach looked at me out of the side of his eye for a second before replying, “You’ll see in a second”.

When Zach pushed the front door open a little bell sounded alerting the owner that we were here. I looked around utterly surprised. My head whipped around to face Zach; he was looking at me with a sheepish expression while rubbing the back of his neck.

“Are you serious?” I asked slowly to make sure he understood me while I was still in shock.

He nodded slowly. “Yea man”.

I looked around the small shop again and was surprised that he had taken me on this shopping trip…..

we were at a small jewelry shop

After getting over my shock I walked up to Zach and clapped him on the shoulder. “So you finally grew some balls eh?” I said jokingly. “But why me? Why did you drag me here to help you look at rings? Why not Kylie - who seems to be one of my sister’s best friends?” I asked seriously while shaking my head

“Oh, you mean your girlfriend who is spending more time with your sister then you?” he asked raising one eyebrow questioningly.

My head whipped towards him so fast once I understood what he said. “Kylie’s not my girlfriend” I said slowly trying to explain it to Zach.

“Dude, you know you like her. You are yourself around her, every time you guys go out – whether it be alone or in a group – you pay for her, you guys are close. You are basically a couple so what is stopping you from asking her out?” Zach asked me.

I sat down on a soft bench that was beside me with my head in my hands for a couples of seconds. When I looked up, Zach was staring at me intently waiting for my response. “You know I like her, but you’re the only one that knows that. Lexi doesn’t know, Alenna doesn’t know, and Kylie definitely doesn’t know. Kylie’s last boyfriend hurt her really bad and she hasn’t dated anyone since freshman year. I act that way around her because that’s who I am and she knows that. I pay for her because I’m a gentleman. And there is only one thing stopping me from asking her out – what if it ruins our friendship?”

Zach sighed and sat down next to me on the bench while putting a comforting hand on my shoulder. “Dude, you do know that Alenna and I were friends for a while before we starting dating right?”

I nodded. “Yea of course. It took you a couple of months to man up and ask her out"

“Yes, but look at us now: after three years I am sitting in a jewelry shop with you looking for an engagement ring. You are doing that exact same thing I did; second guessing yourself. Before I asked your sister out I was really nervous and I thought that she would reject me”. He shook his head back and forth. “You don’t know how I asked her out do you?” he asked while I shook my head no. He laughed quietly.” Well, we had been friends for the past 7 weeks and I knew that I liked her, so I decided that I was going to ask her out. After a couple days I started to get nervous because I thought that she would reject me. One day she came up to me and asked me what was wrong with a slightly worried expression on her face. I just told her everything was fine, but every day she kept asking me that same question. After another week of questioning, I was fed up. She noticed something different in me that day so when she asked me if there was anything wrong I said yes. She asked me what it was and I told her exactly what was bothering me”

I interrupted him, “You told her that you were mad she wouldn’t kiss you and go out with you?” I said jokingly.

Zach chuckled quietly. “Not quite. I told her that the girl I liked didn’t look at me the same way that I did and she told me what I wanted to here; ‘any girl would be lucky to have you’. When she was about to walk away, I grabbed her arm, spun her around and kissed her in the middle of the hallway. She was shocked at first but kissed me back. It turned out that I had nothing to worry about… and neither do you.”

“How would you know? I don’t know that Kylie likes me and if she doesn’t and then I ask her out, our friendship will be awkward” I replied shaking my head.

“Dude, I have it on good authority that she does like you” he whispered while putting a comforting hand on my shoulder.

My head whipped to face him so fast I’m surprised I didn’t get whiplash. My eyes were bulging out of my head. “WHAT?” I practically yelled.

“Alenna told me that Kylie told her that she liked you but didn’t want to do anything to ruin your friendship because she cares about you too much” he said chuckling to himself. Zach lightly punched my shoulder. “You’re golden dude, just ask her out already”

I put my head in my hands. Kylie likes me, I thought. I knew I had to ask her out when we got home but now I was just nervous.

I was pulled out of my trance when Zach slapped my shoulder. “Now that your problems are over, you have to help me pick out the ring”

I got up and did the man handshake with Zach before following him to the counter that displayed the engagement rings.

An old lady was behind the counter reading a book. “Hello dears, would you like any help today?” she asked us in a friendly tone.

“Yes please” Zach answered. “I’m looking for an engagement ring for my girlfriend”.

“Well honey, look around and come see me when you make a decision” she replied to Zach. He nodded and started looking at the rings.

I followed him around for a bit a little bored since I wasn’t exactly doing anything, when I saw a cute necklace hanging near the window. I walked over to the display and picked up a necklace that had a silver chain and a light purple jewel on the end that was shaped like a heart and reflected the light perfectly. I picked it up and saw the price was $200.00. I decided that I’d buy it for Kylie for when I told her I loved her. That wouldn’t be for a while but I was definitely putting this on hold. I went to the counter and placed the necklace down. The old lady looked at me in surprise. “Buying something special for a loved one?” she asked smiling slightly.

“Umm, not really. I was wondering if I could put this on hold and come back in a few weeks and pick it up?” I asked her fidgeting with my hands nervously.

“Sure dear, I just need a payment of $10.00 and it will be on hold under you name”

I gave the lady the name and a ten dollar bill before heading back to help Zach.

He was looking at a gorgeous emerald ring. It had a silver band and four small light blue stones on the top. It was absolutely stunning. “That’s perfect” I told putting my hand on his shoulder.

He turned to face me. “I know, but its $6000. I only have five thousand to spend on the ring so I’ll have to save up more before I buy it”

The owner of the shop overheard our conversation and walked towards us. “Honey, if you truly want the ring, I’ll sell it to you for $5000. I just keep the price up because it belonged to my grandmother. I put it in the shop when she died hoping to find a cute couple for it to go to. Most men see the price and totally disregard the ring because of its price. If you are serious about the ring, I’ll give it to you for your price because I can see in your eyes that you truly love your girl”

Zach looked shocked. “Are you sure, I mean I could come back in a month and get the ring for the full price?”

“No honey, I’ll give it to you for $5000. It’ll go to a couple who is in love so it’s okay” she replied again while taking the ring out of the display case and passing it to Zach in a black velvet case.

“Thank you” Zach said relieved. He passed the lady his credit card and paid for the beautiful ring.

When we were done in the shop, Zach put the ring in his pocket and we headed back to my house. I was determined to ask Kylie out before the day was over.

(Kylie’s POV)

This morning when I came over Zayn was already gone out with Zach so it was only Alenna and me in the house because their parents had gone out of town for business.

The whole morning was spent in her room just talking and hanging out watching movies. This is what we always did when we hung out; Alenna was like a sister to me and I loved spending time with her.

“So, you want to talk?” Alenna asked me after we had finished eating lunch.

“About what?” I replied.

“My brother” she said in a serious face but I could tell by her face that she was smirking on the inside.

“Why?” I said rolling over on her bed to face the ceiling.

“Because you have liked him through the whole summer and you haven’t done anything about it yet”

I rolled to face her. “I already told you that I was fine being friends with him. I need him in my life so I would rather have him as a friend then nothing at all”.

"You are delusional girl. My brother has had the hots for you since freshman year when you broke up with that douchebag”

I shook my head chuckling. “I knew it was a bad idea to tell you that I liked your brother”

“Yeaaaaa” she said suspiciously.

“What did you do?” I asked while staring at her straight in the eyes.

"I may have mentioned to Zach that you liked Zayn”

“You did WHAT!?!?!” I practically yelled at her. “Zach and Zayn are close as brothers should be. Zach is going to tell Zayn and then my life will be ruined”

“First of all, Zach won’t tell because I will give him hell if he does and second of all, why don’t you have faith in yourself. You’re gorgeous, funny, and have been an amazing friend to Zayn through the last couple of years. Even if Zayn does find out, do you really think he is going to leave your life? If anything happens it’s going to be that he is going to attack you and kiss your brains out. I know my brother”

I sighed and laid back down on the bed. “If this blows up, I’m blaming you”

“Whatever you say darling” she said in a western accent and just like that we were back to normal.

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Around five ‘o’clock, Zach and Zayn came through the door with two boxes of pizza and a six pack of 7UP. “Dinner is served” Zach yelled as soon as he came through the door.

“Coming” Alenna yelled back and we rushed down the stairs for food.

When we walked in the kitchen the boys had their backs to us getting the food ready but when they heard us they turned around.

“Holy Shit!” they both said at the same time with wide eyes.

I looked down and realized what they were staring at. Alenna and I had been dancing in her room so we were both in short black booty shorts. I was wearing a bright pink sports bra and Alenna wore a bright blue crop top with a purple sports bar underneath.

Alenna slapped them both in the head before walking over to the counter and grabbing a slice of meat lovers pizza. “Stop staring, you’ve seen us like this before”

Zach turned towards Alenna with a sly smile on his face. “Oh, I’ve definitely seen you all sweaty before, but I remember you having on a little less clothing then that” he said wiggling our eyebrows.

Alenna blushed while Zayn and I fake gagged.

“Dude, that’s my sister. Keep the gross perverted comments to when y’all are alone and not in front of us” Zayn said while putting his arm around my shoulder. “By the way, nice outfit” he whispered in my ear.

I pushed him off me laughing. “Quit it pervert. You guys are so alike it’s scary” I said pointing between Zach and Zayn before grabbing a slice of pizza for myself and started eating.

Once supper was over and I was cleaning up, Zayn popped into the kitchen. “Hey Kylie, could I talk to you for a minute?”

I turned around slightly while still washing the dishes. “Sure what do you want?” I asked.

“Umm, I’ll tell you later when we’re alone” he said when Alenna and Zach came into the kitchen with the garbage. “Could you come up to my room when you’re done in here?” he asked nervously.

“Sureee” I said sceptically.

“Great” he replied before walking out of the kitchen.

I turned around sighing to continue to wash the dishes when I noticed that they were already done. I shrugged realizing that I had been washing the same plate the whole time I was talking to Zayn. I dried off my hands and drained the sink before I turned around but I was met with Alenna and Zach staring at me. “What?” I said crossing my arms.

They turned to look at each other before turning back to me wiggling their eyebrows. “Don’t make too much noise up there, we don’t want to hear you” Zach said jokingly while holding back a laugh.

My jaw dropped when I realized what he was talking about and I threw the towel I had used to dry the dishes at him. “Shut up. He just wants to talk to me, and we are friends. F-R-I-E-N-D-S, friends” I said before walking towards the kitchen door.

Zach grabbed my arm on the way by so I turned to look at him. “I might have let something slip today, so prepared for this conversation” he said while rubbing the back of his neck.

Alenna slapped the back of his head and that’s what I realized what he had said. “You didn’t” I said in a grave tone.

“I kind of did. Zayn was all depressed about you and I told him so, yeah, go have fun with that conversation” Zach said nodding his head towards the staircase.

“Oh don’t listen to him Kyl’s. You knew it would happen sooner or later, it’s just happening now. He likes you so don’t worry about it” Alenna said while putting both hands on my shoulders.

I shrugged her hands off whens tears started to build up in my eyes. “If this ruins our friendship, I will never forgive you two” I said before running upstairs to Zayn’s room.

I tried to control myself before I knocked and went into the room. Zayn was lying down on his bead upside down listening to music and when I opened the door his eyes snapped towards me. He quickly got up off the bed and ran towards me putting his arms around me. “What’s wrong Kylie” he asked while rubbing my back.

I hugged him back knowing that after this conversation, nothing would ever be the same.

After two minutes of just us hugging I started to pull back and I went to sit on Zayn’s bed. I sat cross-legged at the top of the bed with my back against the headboard. “You know” I whispered while dropping my head down to look at my hands in my lap.

“What?” Zayn asked sitting beside me putting an arm over my shoulder. “I didn’t hear you, what did you say?”

I looked up at him for a minute before dropping my line of sight back to my lap. “I said you know”.

“Ohh” Zayn said while taking his arm off of my shoulder to rub the back of his neck. “Yea….”

I looked up at him before I sighed and laid down on the bed looking up at his dark blue ceiling. “So… what did you want to talk about?” I asked him.

“I wanted to ask you why you never told me”

I turned on my side slightly and looked up at him. “Why I never told you? I don’t know, I think it had something to do with the fact that I didn’t want this to ruin our friendship” I replied shaking my head to stop tears from coming out of my eyes.

“Why would me knowing you had feelings for me ruin our friendship?” he asked me while looking into my eyes.

“Because you’re Zayn Tyson”

“Yes and….” he said making me elaborate on my reasoning.

I sighed and looked directly into his eyes. “You’re Zayn Tyson, one of the hottest guys in our grade, one of my best friends, a sweet, kind, and funny guy who is also really smart. You could have any girl you want and I’m just one of your best friends. I didn’t want you knowing because it would ruin our friendship and I need you in my life”

It was Zayn’s turn to sigh and he wiped the tears off my face that had fallen off onto my face. “You really think that knowing you like me would make me disappear out of your life”

“Look, I know guys don’t like clingy girls, so yeah, you would have probably left me alone thinking I was one of those girls” I replied, revealing my biggest fear – that Zayn would leave me as a friend.

Zayn looked down at me. “This doesn’t change the way I feel about you Kylie”

I looked at him again. “What?” I asked confused at what he was saying.

Zayn looked like he was deciding on how to word something so I closed my eyes and waited for the words that would break my heart. I waited for a while but he didn’t say anything, instead I felt something against my lips and my eyes snapped open.

ZAYN WAS KISSING ME!

I got over my shock as quick as I could and started to kiss him back. My arms wrapped around his neck and my fingers played with his hair. After a couple of seconds he pulled back and looked at me. I opened my eyes to see his stunning blue eyes staring back at me.

I stuttered out a reply. “Wh…wh..what…did….what just happen?” I said more to myself then to Zayn.

Zayn sat back up and ruffled his hair chuckling quietly while I went up on my elbows and looked at him. “Kylie how could you ever think that I would ditch you just because I found out that you like me, if anything it gave me the push I needed to finally be true about my feelings”

I was still confused. “Huh?”

Zayn chuckled lightly again. “God Kylie, you are making this difficult for me but I guess I have to spell it out to you”. He stared into my eyes with a serious smile on his face. “I have feelings for you Kylie, I’ve liked you for the past year but I didn’t want to do anything because I wanted you to get over that douchebag of a boyfriend you had freshman year. Once I thought you were over him, I tried to get closer to you then I already was – I’ve been stuck in the friend zone for over a year Kylie and right now I am leaving my ass on the line to get you”

I was staring up at Zayn shocked and then he said the one thing I had wanted to hear for the last couple of months.

“Kylie” he said while taking my hand in his both of his, “Will you be my girlfriend?” he said looking really nervous.

I didn’t know what to say so I did the one thing that would show him what I really wanted; the one thing I have wanted to do for the last couple of months – I kissed Zayn Tyson. It was a slow kiss that lasted about five seconds but I know got the message across. When I broke the kiss I looked into his eyes.

“Yes” I said, one simple word the meant a lot to both of us.

Zayn suddenly had a smile that brightened up my day and one that probably matched mine. He kissed me one more time before I laid down on the bed bringing Zayn with me. He put the music that had been playing on again and we just laid there cuddling and listening to music.

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So, Zach is going to propose to Alenna soon and Zayn and Kylie finally got together.
This is the longest chapter I have written and I am pretty proud of it.

Next chapter goes back to Lexi’s POV and we focus more on her for the majority of the story

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