Young & Beautiful

III
Chapter Summary
And now Zayn appears. :)
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
The first time Louis hears the name “Zayn Malik,” he’s sat outside his first lecture hall, studiously
ignoring another missed call from his mum and Niall’s fervent texts demanding the whereabouts
of his guitar. (He may or may not have hidden it after he’d been woken up at the crack of dawn by
a fevered rendition of a Poison solo, amp at full blast—what did that little leprechaun expect?)
Eyes glued to his phone—and why is he even on Facebook? His newsfeed only leaves him
irritated—he uses every ounce of mental strength he possesses to ignore the yipping girls to the
right of him, resplendent in bland personalities and Chanel. They’re essentially bedazzled hyenas.
It’s just as Louis masters the art of selective hearing that two more girls suddenly join the pack,
slamming the door shut as they scuttle into the building, giggling and bumping into each other as
they frantically seek their friends, Prada bags flying.
Which is excellent.
“OH MY GOD,” the girl with lanky white-blonde hair exclaims, grabbing her chest, and Louis
successfully manages not to scoff, instead focusing on a picture of his cousin’s dog chasing its tail.
Something he would rather be doing right now.
The sharp cheekboned brunette next to her shushes her with a giddy giggle. “Hush! What if he
hears you?”
For one terrifying moment, Louis thinks they’re talking about him. But then—
“He’s not gonna hear, he’s probably on the other side of the school grounds by now!”
Thank the baby Jesus.
“Who’s ‘he’? What are you talking about?” Hyena Number One asks, clutching her iPhone in
French-manicured claws.
“Zayn Malik!”
And then a series of screeches ensues. Louis is sure that, somewhere, a dog is howling. Maybe the
dog in the picture.
“NO!”
“We’re not even joking!”
“Oh my god! He’s so fit!”