Lana's POV.

I open the door and gasp. I still can't believe I'm here!

I'm in Timmy's Music store! AKA Zayn's workplace.

Now that I see it, it's actually a music store and an Art store in one building.

A short chubby girl of about twenty one or so walks over to me. She's wearing over sized glasses and too much red lipstick.

"How can I help you?" She says and I let out a fake smile.

"I'm here to see Zayn" I say and she smiles

"Arthur's at the back, just turn to the left when you walk down that aisle."

I mutter a 'thanks' and start walking. This place is packed with music sheets,albums,musical instruments. The music store is at the left,while the art store at the right.

The workers are all wearing a red polo which says 'Timmy's'. All workers are assigned to a special booth. Its just like different stores inside one big store.

I finally spot Zayn.

He's arranging tracks on a big shelf and by the looks of it, he's arranging them alphabetically.

He doesn't seem to notice me because he has headphones on and he's back is towards me.

I clear my throat but he doesn't move a muscle. I hit the table once. Still no sign of hearing me.

I go in front of me and he rolls his eyes.

He is mad at me!

"What are you doing here?" He yells slightly but I guess its due to having the headphones on. He doesn't even make eye contact with me.

I try to smile but he doesn't even care. What do I say?

"I - I came to say hi?" I say awkwardly and I wish I could take that back because he frowns and takes off the headphones.

"You came to say 'hi'?" I nod my head. He looks away and continues stacking the shelf.

"Can I help?"

"Can -" he frowns "Its half past four. You know what that means?" He asks. I clearly do not know what he's trying to say.

I shake my head and he sighs.

"That means I'm working. My shifts gonna be over by 9 so if you still wanna say 'hi', you could wait over there until I'm done"

"You're just tryna send me away. Its cool. Look, I know you're mad at me for reasons unknown but, I'm sorry, Ok?" He doesn't say a word he just continues stacking the shelf.

I sigh then continue " I know you got slightly upset when I said I wouldn't be able to hang out with you guys because - " he cuts me off

"I'm not mad at you. Nice knowing you can say sorry though" he chuckles and it feels like a heavy metal just left my chest.

"So can I help you now?" He nods and bends down to bring out a carton filled with tracks. "You're gonna have to go around to file this. A-Z" he says and I carry it nonchalantly to the back of the shelf.

I start arranging. The first music is Again by Reso Beets. He looks so focused. So serious. His eyes scrutinizing every track like its a million dollar. I watch as his muscle bulges at each lift, he licks his lip ring and sighs.

"Are you done with yours?" He asks and I shake my head. Before I could say 'zap' he's already beside me arranging tracks.

After five or six minutes of silence and just the sound of tracks hitting the shelf,he clears his throat.

"So..What do you do for fun?. I mean, asides cheer leading"

What do I do for fun asides cheer leading? No one has ever asked me this

"Well, I hang out with my friends. Kim and Mason" I look away. I miss them

"I heard what happened." He says and I nod my head.

"Wait. About?"

"Erica." I sigh. Shaking my head he gets that I don't wanna talk about it.

"Well, how about you. What do you do for fun?" I ask and he bites his lip ring.
"Well, if I'm not at school, I work almost all my free time . if I'm not working, I'm with Isaac. "

I nod. "How long have you been friends with him?"

"Honestly, I can't recall but we go way back!' He smiles and I also smile too.

"Yo! Arthur! Tim wanna see u now" Amiddle aged man says and as quickly as he came,he's gone.

"I'll be right back." Zayn leaves and I continue stacking.

He's always working. I knew they weren't rich but I just didn't know hr always worked. I remember Maya saying something about him working almost all hours but I didn't really think about it.
I'm not even sure this job pays much since they have too many workers than customers.

I look back and I see him walking towards me.

"Everything okay?" I ask and he nods. Thank God

*                    *                 *

It was 9:10pm. The night was freezing as Zayn and I walked over to Maya's house. I had just given her a call and she reminded me my car was still at her house.

"Are you cold?" Zaym chuckles in mockery and I glare at him.

We arrive at Maya's house and boy is she surprised to see both of us together.she winks ate before telling Zayn that Isaac is at his house. Zayn nods and waves bye .

"I could drop you off " I say and he shakes his head.

"My house is two houses after. No biggie. Sleep well" He walks away and Maya is staring ate with wide eyes.

"Where have you guys been?" She says and smirks evily. I roll my eyes and get into my car.

"I'll just pretend I didn't see this" Maya says and I drive off.

When I get home,the house is empty as usual. My parents aren't back. I close the doors and windows then run up to my room.

My phone buzzes with a new notification.

I plop on my bed and look at the message

Anonymous - Have a good night rest. I enjoyed today, especially the evening. 😉

I smile and drop my phone without replying. I feel butterflies in my stomach. Oh! No!

This has to stop.

A.N: Its your favorite girl here again..

First of all, I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has been reading and following this story for the past months. Life's been hard and all but when I see comments from readers it cheers me up!

Announcement; I'm changing Zayn's character to Zayn Malik. And no this is not a fan fiction. His image just captured the role of Zayn Arthur and I just had to change him.

Not that he'll be Zayn Malik. But picture him as Malik.. The old picture I used for Zayn,well I forgot the model's name, that's why I'm changing it!

All cast will remain the same. Thank you.

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