(TWO WEEKS LATER)
ZAYN
I push open the front door to my new apartment with my shoulder and throw my gym bag onto the couch.
It's been a week since I moved in.
Vinny—my close friend's—parents hooked me up through their real estate connections, so it didn't take long to find this place. Close enough to campus, far enough from the family house that no one drops by unannounced.
Ashleigh was supposed to move in with me. We'd talked and agreed on it, so we'd be finally free from the sneaking around or pretending.
But she's boarding a plane for Melbourne tonight to spend three months in Australia.
When she gets back, she'll come straight here. We'll get to wake up together every morning in the same bed, fight over the shower, f**k in it without looking over our shoulders.
It is this t
