We had completed the game and were on our way out when we bumped into someone. It was Charles. He looked up with remorseful eyes.

"Hi....Beth" he said and chuckled in a fake way to get on our good side. People started to laugh - looking at their phones. I checked my phone to see what was hilarious and found out it was the video Zayn had posted on YouTube. The video's headline was..

'Charles Bobbin getting dumped by his chicks'.

I let out a little laugh. I didn't care how he felt after all, he didn't think of mine when he cheated. Charles gave Zayn a very bad eye and guess what? Zayn gave him a worse eye

"You must feel like you have accomplished something very great" Charles said trying to intimidate Zayn. At that spot, I felt a spark In my heart. I was getting used to it.

"Why do you care? You should be worried about yourself. More than half of the world knows you're a slut" Zayn said and was about to drag me away when Charles punched his arm. Zayn didn't even react to the punch. He just turned to Charles slowly.

"I don't think you want to fight me Bobbin" Zayn said sternly with dark, red eyes.

"Charles. You cheated and I dumped you. GET OVER IT!" I shouted and ended up being the one to pull Zayn with me. I hated Charles but it didn't mean I wanted him dead. Charles looked at both of us from afar. He was stunned. People were recording the scene with their phones. He was going to get disgraced - again.

Zayn and I had gotten away from the crowd. We were sitter at the front of some some resort. Zayn loved to look at the sky. I didn't know if it was because he came through a portal from the sky or if it was because Dark Hour wasn't a ground habitat.

"Why do you love the sky so much?" I asked him with a tiny voice. Look, I don't know why but why voice changed in that moment.

"Well Beth, I don't love the sky. It reminds me of my father. He loves the sky" he said and faced me - smiling. How could he smile a lot?

"Again, the book never mentioned your father. What is he like?" I said in interest.

"He's a giant. It's like his face is hidden in the clouds" he said like he was fantasizing. I started to think.

"Was he the one that wrote Dark Hour?" I asked him in curiosity. Zayn laughed and hit his hand on his lap in the speed of a motorbike.

"Nope. I told you, I can't say the name of the person." he said.

"You could-"

"Anything at all that has to do with the person, I can't say" he said and made it clear. It made me feel left out. Zayn looked at me in a way - it's like he knew I wasn't happy. Then, I remembered he didn't mention his mother. I started to wonder if his mother died.

"I'm sorry Beth, if I could tell you, you know I'd do so without hesitation" he said and pecked me. It looked like I'd have to get use to him doing that.

"What of your mother?" I asked him with a sad expression. His facial expression changed immediately. I  could tell something was wrong . Something was missing. He was sad - sort of.

"Most of us Dark Hour demons never get to see our mother. When I was one year old, she left me" he said and looked at me. I felt like crying. He never knew his mother and the first time he came around, I was horrible.

"She's not dead Beth" he said in a reassuring manner. Now that was reassuring.

"I'm sorry about how I treated you the first time" I said and wiped a tear from my eye. He gave me a wipe from his pocket and gave it to me.

"It's okay. You were funny. I also like grumpy Bethany" he said with a voice that was meant to annoy me.

"Haha nice try" I said and rolled my eyes. Zayn offered me a hand and pulled me up. I held his hand and looked up at the sky.

"One day, promise me I'll go to dark hour with you" I said. From the book, Dark Hour looked like an adventurous place. He turned to me with sparkling eyes.

"I promise" he said and was about to come close to kiss me but I pulled him back.

"Am I - your girlfriend?" I asked in a bit of anger. Zayn pinched my cheeks softly and smiled warmly.

"How long have that been bothering you?" he said. I could not believe his response. My eyes got shiny and wide. He kissed me. It was exactly twilight when my question had an answer. It became clear to me. Since we got rid of Charles, Zayn had been my boyfriend.

"Is that a yes?" I asked lowly.

"Yes. From now on, consider yourself Beth Park" he said and laughed. I couldn't believe this guy.

Thanks for reading ☺️💝
Do you think Charles is still chasing after Bethany?