Where were you when you found out Zayn Malik was leaving One Direction? I was at home watching an episode of Catfish on MTV when I got a call from a friend (this was too heavy a topic for a text she said) and she broke the news that my favorite member of 1D was actually leaving the band. We bemoaned the loss of our Bradford Bad Boi, we lamented over our bad luck (we never got to see them in concert as OT5), we howled in anguish because we knew this was the beginning of the end. And then my mom told me to stop making so much noise. So we said our goodbyes (to each other and to Zayn) and now it's somehow been 8 years since that grave day for directioners. Reach out to the fangirls in your life, check in to see how they're doing -- if they're listening to Zayn's solo music they'll be just fine, but if they pull out the boys' first album show them a little extra love; they're still grieving.