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Ariana and Harry entered the hospital room where they saw their injured friend.

Zayn was laying on the hospital bed with his forehead wrapped with gauze.

He was watching a soap opera on tv but turned his head when he saw the two walking towards him.

"Hey..." Harry spoke. "How are you feeling?"

"My head still hurts and my rib is broken." Zayn answered.

Ariana tried to hold in her tears. She felt really bad seeing him like this.

"I'm really sorry." She held his hand, rubbing it with her thumb.

He took his hand away from hers, causing her to frown.

"Come on, she feels really bad about this." The curly haired boy told his friend.

"Harry, can I talk to Ariana alone for a moment?" Zayn asked in a serious tone.

"Okay." Harry said, before leaving the room.

Ariana looked at the injured boy, anxiously.

"My mom doesn't like you." Zayn said. "She thinks that you're the reason for this when it's actually my fault."

"She's right." Ariana began to slowly have tears. "It was all my fault, so don't blame yourself."

Zayn sighed, pulling her down into a hug.

"Don't be too hard on yourself." He rubbed her back, comforting her.

"I wish I didn't let you go with me." She cried, her tears soaking his shoulder.

"I wanted to protect you."

"Why?"

"Because I..."

Ariana waited for him to answer, but he wasn't making eye contact.

"D-Do you still have feelings for me?" She asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" He slowly made eye contact. "I felt like what happened at prom night was a mistake, because now I'm falling really hard for you."

"Zayn...what happened at prom night wasn't a mistake." She confessed. "I feel the same way."

"So you guys fucked."

They both turned their heads, seeing a frustrated Justin.

"J-Justin?" Ariana quickly stood up from the hospital bed, shocked.

"Uh, hi. I been trying to text and call you for the past 2 days!" He snapped. "Then I found your earring at Zayn's room and a condom wrapper."

"H-How?" Ariana asked, still shocked.

"I went to visit, and his mom let me in." He answered. "I felt like you were cheating on me the whole time with him. You're a liar."

"You kissed me at prom." Zayn blurted out.

Both Ariana and Justin raised their eyebrows.

"You both cheated on each other." Zayn continued. "I'm not a couple counselor, but you both are only dating each other to deny your feelings for me. You both should grow up and solve this on your own, because I'm tired of being in the middle of this."

Ariana and Justin both dropped their jaws, exchanging looks.

"But at the end I know that you both are gonna be together anyways." Justin finally spoke. "I was just experimenting, and I'm still trying to figure myself out."

"I feel honored that you experimented with me." Zayn gave him a small smile. "I'm sorry, but I have feelings for Ariana."

Ariana's eyes widened at Zayn's words.

"I understand." Justin smiled back before walking out of the room.

Harry was coming back from the vending machine and saw Justin casually walking down the hall.

The curly haired boy walked to the room, seeing his stepsister kissing his best friend through the window.

His phone buzzed in his pocket and he pulled it out to check who messaged him.

Cher: Wanna hangout?

He frowned. He forgot to delete her number. He doesn't want to be a player anymore after witnessing the two lovebirds kissing.

Harry: I got plans with a special girl, delete my number too.

Cher: Um okay?

He deleted her number after the text and smiled to himself. The next thing he did was called Selena.

***

5 months later

Ariana woke up...naked, covered under the duvet. She was wrapped in Zayn's arms, who went back to dark hair, but this time shaved. He was still sleeping, and she smiled at how cute he is. She then checked her phone for the time and it was 11:33 am.

"Shit!" She muttered.

"Zayn, wake up!" She shook him awake.

"What?" He groaned in annoyance.

"We're gonna be late for class!"

"We go to different universities, remember?"

"But you said you're gonna drive me every morning since you have your license now."

"Ugh." Zayn groaned, getting out of bed.

They both got ready and arrived at Ariana's university in less than 30 minutes.

"I'll text you when class is over." Ariana pecked his lips before getting out of his car.

"Bye, babe." Zayn said before driving off.

"Ariana!"

She turned around and saw Justin catching up to her.

"Hey Justin." She smiled at the Canadian boy. "Where's your boyfriend, Ryan?"

"He got a job at the cafe now so he switched his classes." Justin answered. "So how's Zayn's driving?"

"Pretty scary." She chuckles as they both walk to class. "He's always speeding."

"He learnt that from me." Justin smirked.

They both entered class and took their seats.

Everything was going well for the little brunette. Even though she didn't get accepted to the university she wanted (Zayn's university), she's happy that she got her own apartment with her boyfriend, and going to the same university as her childhood friend.

She's studying environmental science with Justin while Zayn is studying to be an English teacher.

After graduation, everyone went their separate ways.

Harry went to a university in England, having a long distance relationship with Selena who's modeling for a small clothing company.

Tori got accepted to a good university out of state.

Demi and Liam are no longer dating. Liam went out of state while Demi goes to a community college.

Louis also goes to a community college.

As for Niall, he didn't go to college. He works at a sports store.

They all still keep in contact, but they aren't as close anymore.

Ariana is still close with Zayn and Justin of course. Just the 3 of them having their own little adventure.

A/N: Wow I started this story 3 years ago. Well I lost motivation on writing it so I wanted to end it here, that's why the ending kinda sucks. This is the first story that I completed. I will be editing it or rewriting this. Anyways, thank you for taking your time to read my story.