69. Reconciled

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Today wasn't a very productive day of work. I spent most of the time moving into my new office two floors above. It's much larger than my old one, but it feels so empty. My old office felt full of happiness and warmness - provably because I was friends with most of the people on my floor and we would always work together to help each other out. I was also across from Zayn who was my best friend, but now I don't know if we are anymore.

I've put in effort to try and get the reason out of him why he's being so cold, but he doesn't want anything to do with me. I'm not stupid, I know it is something to do with my promotion.

I gaze around my room, taking in all the light white detail. My old office had all black and grey furniture, whereas this one is all white and cream. It's quite a big contrast.

After packing up my things that I barely worked on as setting up was my main priority today, I collect my bag and exit my room. When I get home I plan to eat, have a shower and then get ready for tonight because Harry is going out with his mates and asked if I wanted to go. I've met Liam and Niall, but not the rest. Liam is a bit of a wild one, but Niall is a sweetheart so I'm hoping they'll all be nice too.

*

Harry arrived early and he's currently out on the lounge with Taylor watching a movie whilst I have my shower and get ready. Harry insisted he accompany me, but I'm currently on my period and I just want to get in the shower and out of the shower as soon as I can.

After my shower I blow dry my hair straight and then add some loose curls at the ends of my hair to make myself look less boring and more fun. Tonight I'll be wearing a blue satin dress with silver jewellery. I brought this dress a long time ago but never wore it, so I think tonight will be a good time to wear it for the first time. I will also be taking my long black coat to keep me warm when I walk outside.

*

I drove here as I wanted Harry to enjoy himself for once. He barely drinks, only when someone or something is upsetting him but tonight I talked him into having a couple of drinks for himself. He's been through a lot lately with all the David drama, his mum and dealing with my ex turning up, etc. He said he's only going to have one or two, but who knows with Harry.

We walk in hand in hand and Liam instantly approaches us with a blonde girl by his side. So I see he has made a friend already.

"Harry, Ella - its good to see you guys." He shakes Harry's and and gives me a kiss on the cheek.

"How are you?" I ask him and he looks to the girl beside him.

"I'm great." He winks at Harry and Harry just rolls his eyes as him as he pulls on my hand to follow him. A group of boys shout out 'Styles' as we enter what looks like a games room. There's a snooker table and table tennis table in the centre of the room along with air hockey in the far corner.

"Boys" Harry approaches them and I follow shyly behind him. A lot of them have tattoos and some have facial piercings that scare the hell out of me but then there's others who are just normal looking guys. "This is my girlfriend Ella. Ella, this is Jack, Ben, Adam, Nathan, Matt, Tyler, Andrew and Christopher." Harry introduces me and points to them as he says their names.

"Hello" I say politely and shake their hands as Harry does so. Some of them hug me and give me a kiss on the cheek and one of them calls me hot, I think it was Tyler and Harry glares at him and tells him to watch it sarcastically.

"What do you see in this guy?" Adam asks me, taking a large gulp from his red cup.

"He's i-" I am cut off as soon as I speak by Tyler.

"It's the big dick isn't it?" He chuckles and I step back, clearly caught off guard by what he said.

"Tyler." Harry shakes his head at him. "He's joking babe." He places his hand around my waist.

"You want a drink styles?" Matt asks Harry. "Come on, lets go get one." Hardy follows him and pulls me along with them. As Harry gets caught up talking to someone else along the way to the kitchen a blonde head catches my attention and I smile.

"Niall!" I shout, bit of course he doesn't hear me due to the loud music. I look at Harry who is in a deep conversation and leave his side for a second whilst I go say hello to Niall. He's speaking to a girl and he's looking up at her as she is taller than me. I can't help but laugh to myself at the height difference. She's got to be a model for sure, she's gorgeous and her figure is amazing.

He turns his head and sees me and the girl looks too and as he turns to her he says something and she waves at him and smiles before walking in the other direction.

"It's great to see a familiar chirpy face." He englulfs me into a hug.

"I was thinking the same thing. Who's the girl, she's pretty."

"That's my cousins ex. They remained on good terms so it's alright. Haven't seen her in ages so was just having a good '0l chat."

"Fancy seeing her here." I say.

"Yeah it was quite a shock really. How's the office? I wanted to come see you but I'm not cool enough to be on that level." He laughs.

"Yes you are! You can come see me anytime you want. I'm still the same person Niall." I laugh with him. "But it just doesn't feel like home yet."

"You'll get used to it once the cheque comes in hey."

"It's not about the money." I tell him.

"I know I know. I'm just messing with ya."

Niall and I continue to talk for a bit and I turn around to see that Harry has gone. I figure he must be back with his mates which is fair enough. I'll let him have some time with them, he doesn't need to babysit me.

"So, where's the big man?" Niall asks whilst taking the last sip of what seems like his fifth beer since I've been with him. I'm glad to see him enjoying himself.

"Probably with your friends."

"And you're not there too?"

"No, I figured I'd give him some time with them. Why aren't you with them?" I can't help but ask.

"Me and Tyler had a bit of a dispute." He shrugs. "I'd rather be talking with you anyway, you're a trustworthy mate."

"I take it Tyler isn't trustworthy?" Niall's a great guy, so Tyler must've done something pretty bad to upset Niall.

"Yeah, let's just say the bloke owes me money and he's broke so it looks like I won't be getting it back anytime soon."

"I'm sorry to hear that." I say honestly. "If you don't mind me asking. How much was it?" I can be a really nosey person, but it's just because I care. Something seems off with Tyler and I mean, it's not just me being judgemental because Niall is having problems with him.

"A grand. It may not seem like that much, but it is when you know you won't get it back and you're trying to get on your own two feet here." He leans over and grabs a beer from a random guys hand and mutters "thanks Frank" and the guy stares at him for a bit before laughing and continuing to drink from the beer in his other hand.

"That is a lot Niall. Are you going to try to get it back?"

"Yeah, but he's told me he's broke."

"So why is he here getting drunk when he could be working and earning money?" I ask.

"You may have experienced it with Harry, I don't know - but us boys we deal with our problems by getting shitfaced." He holds up his beer. "Excuse me for a minute. I need to take a whiz."

"No worries." I say as I sit at the lounge by myself and look around to see if I can see Harry anywhere. In the far distance I catch ahold of a leather jacket with silver beads on the shoulders that are flashing under the lights from the coloured spinning ball. You have them at discos, I don't know what they're called as I've never really paid attention to them until now because that man wearing the leather jacket is someone I have been needing to speak to and I think that now is the best time for that. He takes a sip from a red cup and I stand up from the leather lounge. Under the presence of alcohol, he is more likely to tolerate me so here I go.

He sees me approaching and stares in shock for a minute, but then quickly looks away as he sees me staring directly at him. As I get closer to him, he quickly shuffles through the crowd on the lit up dance floor and disappears. I catch a glimpse of his dark hair and leather jacket as I manage to make my way through that small crowd of people and walk outside, closely following him.

There's people smoking and I hold my breath as I walk through them and end up in the yard of the house that backs onto a pond.

"Zayn" I shout as I begin to run. If I snap an ankle from running in these boots it's his fault. It doesn't help that I'm carrying my thick coat in my hands as it got hot inside and I took it off. When I catch him I'll put it back on. "Zayn please stop I'm about to break an ankle."

"Then stop chasing me." He stops running and is now walking at a slower pace until he stops completely and turns around. "Did you ever get the impression that I'm avoiding you?"

"Yeah I did and it's stupid because I haven't done anything wrong." I put my coat on as I reach him. I'm so out of breath, I haven't ran that much in ages as you can tell. I'm so unfit.

"Of course you don't think you've done anything wrong." He snickers. "Because you're blind to seeing it."

"Care to explain?"

"You've changed so much Ella and you've become so secretive as well. We used to tell each other everything. It started when Harry came into your life and now with the promotion I'm happy for you I really am but it's going to turn you into a snob and you won't want to hang out with us anymore so I'm distancing myself before that happens."

"Okay for starters I will not become a snob because this is my dream and if anything it'll make me work harder so I won't have time to be a snob." I make air quotes when I say the word snob. "And what do you mean secretive?"

"For starters you moved houses and didn't tell me or Perrie."

"It's because I was waiting to tell you both in person but that was a little hard when you didn't want anything to do with me."

"Why couldn't you call us or text us?" He asks. I can't tell him that someone may be listening to my calls can I? I was going to buy a new phone but I've been so busy and I can't exactly afford one at the moment with the new apartment funds and everything. "That's what I thought."

"No, wait Zayn I'm sorry I wish I could tell you but I can't. Not here anyway."

"What do you mean?"

"I haven't told you anything because I don't want to get you involved and I don't want you to worry because I know you will." I can trust Zayn with this. Besides, I need to tell someone who's close to me and not just people who know Harry just incase anything happens.

"Now you're starting to freak me out. Are you in trouble?"

"I don't know where to begin." I sigh. Do I tell him first about Adam showing up, my abusive ex or all the David drama?"

"I heard about Harry getting shot, so obviously he is because people just don't get randomly shot and everything is swept under the doormat. It would be broadcasted over the news for sure."

"Well this is New York." I shouldn't be making jokes as this is serious.

"Come to my car. I need to tell you where I know no one will hear."

"Do you think anyone will here us here?" He asks and I look around at the bushes surrounding us.

"What if someone is here."

"Don't be stupid, it's not a movie Ella." He shakes his head.

"Can we at least go to where there's open space so I know for sure no one is going to hear this." I ask and he nods. We walk more towards the house but further enough away that no one there can hear us. We both take a seat on the grass. Hopefully it isn't damp from the night aid.

"Are you going to start talking?"

"I need to make sure you aren't still mad at me and you absolutely promise not to tell anyone. Not even Perrie because I need to tell her myself in my own time."

"You can't make me not tell her. I can't lie to her Ella."

"Please Zayn."

"Fine, I won't tell and yes I forgive you for changing I'm still mad but whatever you obviously have your reasons." He waves his hands in the air as he says he forgives me.

Well, here goes nothing.

A/N: I am so sorry for not updating in so long but I have officially finished school and am half way through my big exams so I haven't had time to write anything and I've written this one across a few days. I will try to update again this weekend but I can't promise anything I'm just trying to find time. Thanks for reading x

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