Awkward

Part Twenty Five

"Gemma?" He called out cautioniusly. Zayn elbowed him hard in the side causing Louis to wince but he didn't take his eyes off her. The woman visibly tensed up before turning around slowly. In the two months they hadn't spoken or seen one another, Annie had dyed her hair black and when she looked up at Louis her once green eyes were now a muddy brown, the outline of the cheap contact visble if Louis looked hard enough. Louis glanced down at the flowers crushed in her two clenched hands and opened his mouth to apologize.

"Don't." Annie spit at him, her eyes filled with pain and anger. "You don't call me that. My name is Annie and I thought you two would take a hint after I didn't respond. Leave me alone." 

"I'm sorry I called you that, I just wanted-"

"I don't care what you want." She stressed, her grip tightening on the flowers, ripped and torn petals floating to the floor. "Did Harry send you here? Tell him nothing has changed, it's too little too late."

"Harry doesn't know we are here. He doesn't know you're here." Louis assured her.

"Annie, no one sent us. We wanted to make sure you were okay. It's been months since we've heard from you." Zayn spoke up. Annie rolled her eyes the moment he opened his mouth.

"You have a lot of nerve coming here after what you did to me." Annie states calmly, turning away from them to put down the destroyed flowers then harshly wipe her hand down her apron. Louis and Zayn made eye contact the moment she turned away, their eyes conveying the same what the fuck look.

"What I did to you? What did I do to you?" Zayn asks.

"You took advantage of me." She says casually, facing them. Louis shifts his weight uncomfortably at the accusation. Louis knows Zayn would never, could never hurt anyone like that.

"How? When? What are you talking about?" Zayn was flabbergasted. He couldn't believe she would try to accuse him of taking advantage of her. Annie scoffs

"You took advantage of me." She repeats angily, pointing a finger at him as she spoke. "You knew I had feelings for you and you took advantage of me to make yourself feel better after Liam cheated on you." She accuses. Zayn clenched his jaw as he stared Annie down. He couldn't believe what he was hearing and what his so-called friend was accusing him off.

"You're a real piece of work." Zayn started, Louis looked over at him in surprise. "We have one drunk night together and I tell you nothing will come of it, you don't talk to me for months. I come here to finally talk to you, to apologize for how I last spoke to you, and you've convinced yourself that I took advantage of you."

"Zayn." Louis calls out to stop him from saying anything else but it falls to deaf ears as Zayn continues speaking his mind.

"We are all supposed to be friends but the person I'm looking at..." Zayn glanced at her sneakers then swept his eyes up her grey sweats hidden behind an orange, dirt covered apron before meeting her brown eyes. "..this person is pathetic." Zayn turned around and stormed out of the store. The door swung open so hard, it had knocked over the plants outside on display. The pots crashed to the concrete, cracking and soil spilling. Zayn didn't look back.

Louis and Annie stood in silence for a moment. Louis clasped his fingers together while Annie looked at him with a bored look.

"You can leave too."

"What is your problem? I haven't done anything to you."

"Don't play innocent. I know he was looking for me, but I never expected that you knew or that you'd ambush me at Boytoy." Annie shook her head and started to walk away when Louis grabbed her arm.

"Annie, I have no idea what you're talking about. I barely remember what happened that night, I just know Harry called you that and you answered. Are you his sister?" Louis asked, his grip tightening on her arm every time she tugged.

"Let. Me. Go." She pulled with each word before clenching her jaw and accepting his hold on her. "You're dating him, if he doesnt want to talk about his family, maybe its for a reason." She spoke, pulling her arm from his hold with a harsh tug and rubbing the already forming bruise. Louis glanced down at her arm and opened his mouth to apologize but Annie turned and started walking away from him. Louis watched her walk into the back office and slam the door shut.

"What the fuck." Louis mumbled to himself. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and began walking out of the shop. He pulled up his text thread with Harry to send him a message.

Harry Styles
Missed you this morning

Louis
Sorry, stopped by the orphanage and I'm meeting with Zayn after. I'll be back for dinner.

Harry Styles
I'll find a recipe

Louis clicked the text box and drafted a new message.

Louis
We should talk

He pressed send then opened his contacts to call Zayn.

A/n wowowowowow.so so so sorry time is really flying, I update, I blink and it's been a week already. I've got a new vampire fic in the works that I'm super excited about so keep an out for that. In the meantime, between time, enjoy this chapter.

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