The Forgotten Child

12

Zayn sat at the breakfast table fisting his sleepy eyes as Louis sets the boys breakfast down. "You boys have any thing going on today?" Louis asks as the boys begin eating.

"I have got a maths and english test." Liam says with a shrug.

"I've got to present this stupid science project to the class today." Niall grumbles nodding over to the poster board he worked all night on.

"I am sure you'll do fine on your tests Liam and Niall your project looks spectacular." Louis smiles before turning his attention to the youngest at the table. "Zayn? What about you honey?" Louis asks and the boy shrugs as he moves his cereal around the bowl.

Louis sighs and runs his fingers through his messy bed hair as he sits down next to Zayn. "Eat up bud remember what the doctor said." Louis says quietly so Liam and Niall wouldn't hear and make Zayn embarrassed.

When Zayn went to the doctors to have his back looked at again, they said he was a tad bit underweight but should easily be able to put some weight on. However instead of eating, Zayn just sat there staring at his unappetizing food. "I'm not going to eat until you do." Louis says causing Niall and Liam to look at the boy. Zayn sighed and put a spoonful of his cereal into his mouth. "Thank you." Louis smiles as he begins to eat his own breakfast.

After breakfast was finished and the boys were ready, Harry was driving and dropping them off at school. "Have a good day Zayn." Harry says as Zayn gets out of the car and makes his way towards the entrance of hell.

It's not that Zayn hates his teachers or his classes. He does, however, hate the kids that talk about him behind his back or make snarky comments towards him. To give you an example, a couple days ago, Zayn was sitting in class, minding his own business when he heard a couple of guys whispering about him. They said stuff like, "I heard he's the stepbrother of Liam and Niall Styles over at the high school and he hasn't talked to them in years." and "I heard that both of his parents left him."

For one, it's not their business to talk about his personal life. And two, how they even managed to figure out that information was beyond Zayn's knowledge. It has gotten to the point where if Zayn hears one more thing about him, he might actually explode.

Zayn's first couple of classes went by smoothly and now the boy was making his way to the cafeteria with his lunchbox in hand. He sat down at his usual seat as anyone has yet to actually try and become his friend, and it's not like Zayn wasn't trying. He has tried on multiple occasions to talk to people, but they would either just blatantly ignore him or say a couple words before walking away.

He had just take a bite of his sandwich when a couple of guys came walking up to him. "Zayn, right?" a guy from his history class, Drake, asks and Zayn gave a small nod. "We heard that you're mum left you and so did your dad, is that like true? Everyone wants to know." Drake smiles and Zayn glared in response.

"Why should I tell you?" Zayn snaps and the guys blink in shock before a devilish smile appeared on their faces.

"Because we asked nicely and I don't think you want us to ask another way." another guy says and Zayn rolled his eyes and began to stand up to make his way out as he did not want to cause any trouble.

"Hey where do you think your going?" Drake asks grabbing Zayn's arm, causing a couple of tables around them to go silent and watch the boys. "We asked you a question."

"Let go." Zayn mumbled as he tried to pull his arm back. Finally he pulls it back but accidentally hits Drake in the face. "Oh my gosh, I am sorry. I-I." Zayn stutters but stopping when Drake looks up with a devilish smile. Zayn takes a deep breath and steps back before running out of the cafeteria with Drake and his "crew" behind him.