Reveal

He whipped his head in the direction where he could feel eyes piercing into his soul and made eye contact with Aaron who quickly looked away. He could tell he had so much to say which were only excuses but he didn't have time to listen. He had to take the initiative and lead the team since the coach didn't show up today. The staring was becoming unbearable.

"Do you have a problem?" Zayn asked, annoyed as he turned to face Aaron who eyes opened wide at the address.

"U-uh" He mutters as he comes out of his stretching position.

"Cuz people say staring is rude. It is annoying me. Please stop or say what you have to say before I go back to ignoring you." His attention flashed back to the team for a second. "Pair off!" He commands the rest of the team who began to talk amongst themselves. His eyes darted behind him to Aaron who stood there awkwardly. "Pair off." He repeated to him.

"There's no one else to pair up with." Zayn sighed and rolled his eyes at the position he was put in. He just had to ignore and keep jogging, the easiest thing ever. He rolled his eyes and joined the others on the track. He was cursing himself in his mind trying to ignore the guy who has yet to explain what was on his mind. His airpods pushed into his ears to ignore any distractions. A tap on his shoulder pulled him out of his mind. "Can we talk?"

"I don't really want to. Focus on moving." Zayn muttered as he kept moving.

"Please speak to me." Aaron stopped on the track but Zayn kept going.

"You can talk and keep moving."

"I feel bad… and I wanna talk to you and apologize." Zayn didn't glance back at him at all as he could feel the anger bubbling up inside him. He didn't believe that for one second. His mind flashed back to the one thing he was trying to block from overpowering him. Once he took a look at that flashdrive he knew there were things on there that would ruin his whole outlook but for some reason his mind decided to protect him.

"You don't feel bad for me, you feel bad that I know what you did. I know that you have tried your hardest to separate me and my friends and to that i say fuck you. I really thought we were friends and I was putting trust in you but you used me to get to the one person I value over myself. I trusted you to take her home and you abused my trust and took pictures of her to sabotage her and her family. Unbelievable." Zayn pushed his emotions to the back of his head and kept going. He didn't want to get emotional over nothing.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I did want to be your friend and regretted all of that."

"Well it didn't feel like that. You don't care about my feelings, you only care about how it makes you look. I don't care anymore. I use to-" Zayn shut himself up as he turned his head and focused back onto the field. "In my eyes, you are the worst. I should have listened when I told to stay far away from you even though it was said for different reasons."

"Who said that?"

"Wow you're acting like you don't know." Zayn rolled his eyes at Aaron as Aaron stood behind him confused.

"No because I'm actually confused Zayn."

"Aubrey said to stay away from you cuz of your relationship with Saintclair and said I'm "ruining" your relationship." Zayn laughed as he recalled that conversation. "And when it came out that I knew you acted as if I did some huge attack against you."

"That's no- It's no, it's not like that-" Aaron passed a hand through his hair not daring to look Zayn in his eyes with how embarrassing this information was. He wished he didn't know.

"Doesn't matter, it is what it is I guess, y'know." Zayn could feel an itching feeling in the back of his mind telling him something was off. For him to not accept this situation to say something he placed on the back burner but Zayn for his own sanity blacked that out. Even despite all that was happening around him he still liked Aaron unfortunately. "If you like me, you like me but what hurts is you doing what you did."

"I'm really sorry again that things turned out this way."

"To be honest Aaron I never minded what happened to me but when it all affected the one's around is where you crossed a line. You risked Daniela her title and my job. I'm grateful I was forgiven but it could have gone worse and here you are acting like Sorry helps save lives. Apologies are an amazing thing to receive but it doesn't fix everything."

"I know I messed up but believe me I really did want to be friends with you. Forget all the rivals shit. I really did want to become one of your friends and I'm sorry for complying with my club." I'm really real- Sorry." Aaron choked out a sob. He was trying really hard to hold back himself but tears rolled down and lumps formed in his throat. "Fuck! Sorry for crying!" He croaked at Zayn who pulled him off the field. "Don't believe Aubrey and his lies. It's not your fault my relationship was failing. There are so many problems and it's really one another person's fault. Saintclair's obsessed hold he has on Renee. in a back up plan kinda way. I don't even think she knows it's like that. It's weird and rubs me the wrong way." Aaron shook his head thinking about it.

"Do you hate Renee or anything?" Zayn hesitantly asked.

"God no, not really, just maybe." They were in the same spaces and were in contact with each other. What was the reason? "I always knew she didn't like me and over time the feeling was mutual. I know why she resented me but I feel like it was displaced. Recently she started being more passive-aggressive towards me and when you two-" Hesitation flashed in his eyes. "... you know, it made her more how to say… erratic. Both her and Saintclair have been off these days. I have no idea how to deal with it. She used you but it didn't work in the way she expected. She tried to one up me or something. Why would you sleep with her? She doesn't fit your type." Zayn shrugged, it just was a spur of the moment thing.

"Just happened." Aaron hated that answer for some reason.

"Do you… like her?" Hesitation was still evident in his voice. God no! She literally posted a video he had no idea was being filmed for everyone they know to see. To him she proved how awful she was. Whether or not he was used by him had to come from her, not from someone who loathed her

"I don't know about that. She pulled a Kim on me so I'm kinda opposed to her as of now." Aaron laughed at Zayn's kim kardashian line.

"Do you forgive me?" He stared at the boy's eyes that missed its usual twinkle.

"Fuck no." Zayn stated side eyeing him. It's like he didn't hear anything he stated. "I don't, obviously. If you want my forgiveness, prove it to me. That is hard work you have to do." He couldn't help but feel somewhat hopeful things would go somewhat better this time.