Chapter 5

I awoke and went downstairs. I heard him on the phone in the other room. "I'm sorry. I really like her and we have a special connection....Have you ever heard of love at first sight?!.....Just-leave her alone. You said yourself you liked her. It's not her fault....whatever. I gotta go. She'll be waking up soon...No! I didn't sleep with her! She just spent the night because you know why? I found out she has f****** cancer!!...whatever." He hung up and paced around the kitchen. I walked in and leaned on the doorframe. "Perrie?" He looked over shocked, unaware of my presence and nodded. I slowly nodded and made my way over. He wrapped his arms around my waist. "That was sweet." "What?" "What you said, the love at first sight thing." He blushed. "It's true. Why else do you think I squeezed you like there was no tomorrow? I wanted to savour it." I blushed and let go of him. "What?" "I just realized you don't have a shirt on." He ran over and picked me up. "And that's a bad thing because-" "You're even hotter without a shirt!!" He laughed and squeezed me. "Well, thank you babe." The rest of that day was filled with laughs, fun and kisses on my head. :)

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"I'm scared." "Why are YOU scared?" "I've never saw anybody go through treatment...it seems scary." "Not really. I just get a couple of shots and I'm done. I promise that's it." He nodded and squeezed my hand. "Let's go." We entered the waiting room and as I was signing in, he wandered the room, just looking. "Zayn...?" I asked walking over. "Yeah?" "Are you alright?" "Uh, y-yeah. I'm fine." He found a seat and I walked over to sit beside him. "Babe, what's wrong?" "It's nothing..." "Zayn-" "It's nothing babe." "Ms.Devine?" I stood up, pulling Zayn along. "Good morning. Right this way." She guided me into a small room and had me sit on the table. She took my blood pressure and soon left the room. He looked up at me with big eyes. "What?" "You shouldn't be going through this." "It's not a big deal Z." "Yes it is." He stood up and got in front of me. I started playing with his pink bandana. (which he wore for me! How cute!!) "Zayn, it's really no-" "Hello Ms.Devine." "Oh hello Dr.Winters." "Where's Josh?" "Oh, he stayed home." He shook Zayn's hand. "And this is-?" "This is Zayn." "Ah is he a boyfriend?" "Yes I am." He smiled. "Well, that's good! Nice to meet you." "You too. You won't mess up again will you?" "Hopefully not. And say, weren't you the lad in here the other day?" He nodded. Dr.Winters nodded and started fiddling with the needle. "Okay. Ready Tori?" I nodded and grabbed Zayn's hand. As the needle entered my arm, I squeezed his hand. The pain final ceased and I relaxed. "Okay. One more." Once again, I felt a short pain. "Okay. All done. You did great and I'll see you next Monday?" I nodded and hopped off the table so I was short again. Zayn smiled down at me. "What?" "Nothing. Nothing." I shook my head and pulled him out of the hospital and to his car. "You're gonna have to tell me." "I never realized how short you were." "Oh shut up!" I said laughing. "No seriously, how tall are you?" "Like 5 foot." He laughed and picked me up. "Well, it's cute." I shook my head. "No it's not." "Yes it is." He said, tickling me. Then, out of nowhere, he kissed me. It lasted longer than I expected and when we finally pulled away, we both shared huge smiles. He carefully put me down and let go of my hand so I could get in. "This is gonna work perfectly." "What?" "Nothing." "You're so secretive!" "Is that good?" "For you it is." He grabbed my hand again and drove towards mine and Josh's house. "Where is he?" "Oh, I think he said he was going out with friends." "At 7? Oh well." I got out, him following. "Bye Zayn...I'll see you soon." He nodded and hugged me. "Bye babe." He kissed my head. He's the sweetest! I waved to him as he drove away. I unlocked the door and walked in. I walked over to the couch and turned on the TV. My phone steered ringing and I picked it up in a hurry. "Hello?" "Ms.Devine? We don't mean to worry you, but you need to get to the hospital right away." "What's wrong?" "Your test results-" I hung up and ran outside. I hopped into my car and sped to the hospital. Okay, maybe it's nothing...but why would they call?? I ran inside and found the nurse's desk. "Are you Tori Devine?" I nodded. "Right this way." She took me into a small room where Dr.Winters sat. "We've got some bad news." My eyes went wide and I sat down in front of him. "It's worse than we thought. You need to-" "What's wrong with you?! Do you not know what you're doing?!" "Tori, please calm down. We're doing our best." "Bulls****! You've told me so many different things! I can't trust you." "Please calm down. I've talked with the other doctors and they agree. Please. We need to send you to a specialist. But, we can't send you alone. We need Josh." "Why him?" "He's your legal guardian." "He's busy and I've got nobody else." "I'll be right back." I sat, biting my nails. What could've possibly happened?! He soon came back in. "That nice young man, Zayn is it? He can come if he's not busy." "I don't know if he is. I can call him though." I pulled out my phone and dialed his number. "Hey babe." "Zayn? Can you come with me to a hospital?" "What's wrong?!" "I don't know yet. They need to send me to a specialist and I need someone to come with me." "Of course I'll come. Why isn't Josh coming?" "He's still out." "Okay. I'll be at the hospital soon." "Thanks Zayn." "You're welcome babe. I'll see you soon." I hung up. "He's coming." "Good. Now, we'll take you in an ambulance and you two can ride in the back." I nodded and followed him downstairs. We sat in wait for the ambulance to get ready and Zayn. The door soon opened and paramedics ran in. "It's ready. Let's go." "But my boyfriend's not here yet!" "Okay, we'll wait a few more-" "Tori!" I turned to see Zayn running to me. He picked me up in a tight hug. "Let's go." Zayn carried me to the ambulance, soothing me. "I'm so scared Zayn." "It'll be okay babe. It's okay." I felt tears coming down and buried my face deeper into his neck. "Babe, I just-I don't know...this has never happened before and I don't know what to do...Josh always did." "Do you wanna call him?" "I don't wanna bother him..." "You won't love. He needs to know. He's your guardian after all." I slowly nodded and he pulled his phone out and called him. "Josh? Hey, they're taking Tori to another hospital. We don't know why b-.....We don't know anything." He went silent for a moment. "Okay, I'll take care of her until you get here. She'll be okay." I kissed his cheek. "Thank you." I mouthed. He hung up and looked at me, tears coming down his face. "Zayn I just-" "Babe." I kept on rambling. "Babe." "What?" "It's okay. It's okay." "No it's not. I don't have any hair and this is all spiraling out of control." "Babe, you're still beautiful." "No I'm not. I wasn't before and I'm not now." "Yes you are babe. You're amazing." "Zayn-" "Babe, look at me." I refused to, afraid I'd break down again. "It's gonna be okay. You know why?" I shook my head. "Because I-I love you that's why. It's gonna be okay." I smiled slightly into his chest. "I love you too." "Um, Ms.Devine?" "Yes?" "We're here." We hopped out and were lead into the hospital. "Sir, you'll have to wait out here for now-" "What happened? Why are we here?" I looked at Dr.Winters. "Tell him while I'm gone." He nodded as I followed the nurse to another room.

-Zayn's POV-

"You messed up again??" "Sir, I'm sorry. This is just a very complicated proces-" "You should've known better! I'll make sure you don't do anything involving her health again!" "Sir-" "No." I walked off. What am I going to do??