Above The Ground (Zarry)

I gave it everything, everything. But we still lost the way

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Louis' words are spinning around his head, and it's too much honestly. He wishes he could just go out and get drunk or high or whatever that will make it stop. But he can't. And that's why he's stuck with Harry inside the small apartment.

The daylight is shining through the room, which is another reminder that he just woke up, and he doesn't want to sleep again. Just wants to rest his head for a while, but the day is still long, and he groans loudly hitting his head into the window's glass.

Harry looks up from his book –Zayn doesn't really know what he's reading about, and he isn't interested either. So he doesn't ask– and sends him a worried look.

"Does it hurt again?" It does, for other reasons. And Harry's probably going to suggest he takes a pill. But pills are like drugs, they should work if he took some. And by some, he means seven or more pills. But the problem is that Harry is here with him, and he won't allow him to take more than one.

So Zayn closes his eyes and inhales deeply, "Not really" He opens his eyes with his next exhale and stares. There's a girl standing there, with long black hair, and a very familiar face. It might have been quite a long time, but Zayn can't mistake that face for another.

She's his sister.

There's a blond guy next to her, both smiling, then they kissed. Wait, when did his sister start dating someone without his approval? No, what on earth is she doing here? It's not the safest place around.

"What did you tell my family after the accident?" He doesn't get an immediate answer so he turns to face Harry. He tries to keep his face composed.

Harry avoids his gaze, "Well, um ..." he clears his throat, "I had a report sent to them that ... we both died in that accident, and that our bodies were ... weren't exactly in a perfect condition. So two jars of ashes were delivered too"

Zayn stares at him for a minute then shouts, "You told my family I was dead?!"

"I didn't want to give Louis another thing to pull it against us" Harry raises his voice and properly meets his eyes, "I didn't want them to come here, you know why" his voice quietens at the end.

Zayn has to take another deep breath. Harry is right. His family shouldn't be here. He turns to look again at the window, and he sees that the pair started walking. He quickly pulls on his jacket, "If I ever died-" he goes for the door but looks back at Harry before he's gone, "Don't burn my body" Then he slams the door.

Harry doesn't go after him. And Zayn knows he won't. But he also knows that this isn't the plan that Louis told him. On the other side, his sister is there, on the streets of a not-so-safe city. He has priorities.

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His phones doesn't stop buzzing. There are missed calls from Louis, along with some messages. And he doesn't need to open them to know their content. He does however get rid of Louis' men if they bothered him so much during his stalking.

It's not a first. Zayn does what he has to do to make sure his family is safe. And he doesn't trust the blond guy even if he looks sweet. Looks, words, and actions can all be just an ugly mask that is waiting to be pulled off. And Zayn won't allow it if his sister shows up again with tears in her eyes, because some dork broke her heart.

He follows them to a club, and fights the urge to go there and pull his sister away even though she's only two years younger than him, and basically is allowed to get inside. He just has bad memories that he could be repeating, he doesn't mind. But not his sister.