Irresistible [A Zarry Fanfiction].

Chapter Fifty

The next Monday, everyone was back at school, and now Zayn was holding each one of Niall Horan’s arms as both boys’ stood outside of the common room.

“Niall, we’re going to sort out this situation with Liam. Are you ready to do this? Because there’s going to be a lot of crazy shit you’re about to find out, Ni.” Zayn spoke assertively, as Niall’s blue eyes looked at Zayn with wide eyes, his innocent face didn’t say anything, Niall just simply nodded, even though Zayn could tell that he was holding back a bunch of questions. Zayn nodded back, before both boys looked through the small windows in the doors to the common room. Through the windows they could see how Liam was sat at a solitary table, his brown eyes skimming through a book.

“Oh my God!” They both gasped, when they realised that Liam’s big head of ruffled browny-blonde curls was now gone, and his hair was cropped, so it was now short apart from the small fringe that he had which was spiked up.

“What the bloody hell has he done to himself?” Niall blurted out in shock, and Zayn looked at him for a moment.

“It’s only a haircut Ni, he hasn’t gotten a tattoo on his forehead or something.” Zayn couldn’t help but chuckle.

“But…he doesn’t look like a cute puppy anymore…he looks…” Niall started, his Irish accent running away with him and Zayn couldn’t help but notice how his head was tilted to one side.

“Okay, well can we just get on with this before you cum all over sixth form? This is serious, Ni.” Zayn sighed, rolling his eyes before grabbing hold of Niall’s arm once again. Niall shook his head and blushed furiously, scowling at Zayn as he was pulled through the common room doors.

Liam Payne heard the doors open and shut, and his first reaction was to look up and see who it was. When he saw Zayn and Niall heading for him, he immediately felt sick. Obviously Niall had told Zayn what had happened and now Zayn was trying to fix it, but it couldn’t be fixed, Liam would have fixed it if it could be fixed, but it couldn’t. He quickly closed his book and shot up from his chair.

“Nope! Don’t even think about it, Liam!” Zayn quickly snapped, before Zayn rushed over and pushed Liam back onto his seat by his shoulders. Liam groaned and forced himself to look away from Niall and his sad blue eyes. Liam had caused Niall so much pain, why couldn’t Zayn just let Liam leave so that he wouldn’t have to hurt Niall anymore? He didn’t want to hurt Niall anymore.

“We’re sorting this out, Liam, I know what happened, I talked to Alex.” Zayn told him, looking straight into Liam’s eyes, his voice sounding so serious that it made Liam’s skin shiver slightly. That’s when Zayn’s words truly sunk in, hitting him like a tidal wave, each word another bullet.

I talked to Alex.

Did that mean Zayn knew? He knew everything? Liam looked up at Zayn slowly, and his fears were confirmed when he saw Zayn’s chocolate eyes staring at him knowingly. Zayn gave a slight nod, and Liam had never felt more embarrassed or disgusted in myself. This seemed as if it was going to be the worst day of his life. He was going to have to admit to the boy he loved more than anything that he’d been forced into having sex with Alex Johnson, just to protect him. Liam looked down in disgrace, his fingers relentless in a search to find something to fiddle with.

“Li, what’s really going on? Please tell me…” Niall spoke quietly, and Liam squeezed his eyes together as the pain in Niall’s voice seemed to be the only sound in the common room. It was full of other students, but it felt like it was just the three boys all sat around together.

“I wanted you to leave me alone…all I do is cause you hurt.” Liam tried to speak, even though it came out in a cracked sob, and he slapped his hand in front of his mouth to keep him from saying anything else.