The Story of Us

Chapter 40

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Tia's Pov

I am in complete shock, honestly.

At the moment all I see is Zayn, and he has worriment plastered across his face. His hand is shaking, and I am frozen in my state of mind.

"Well?" His voice cracks

"I need time to think about this." My voice is shaky and my legs are wobbling underneath me.

Everyone's eyes are glued to Zayn and I and I can feel my heart racing under me. I run to the bathroom and lock the door behind me.

I feel absolutely terrible for doing that to Zayn. But I don't want to answer him and regret something later.

I hide my face in between my legs and begin counting the tiles on the floor.

"Knock Knock" I hear Katie say from the opposite side of the door.

"Yes?" I reply, but it comes out as a whisper

"Can I come in?"

I unlock the door, and scoot away from it.

"Hey" she says with a small smile

"Hi" I crinkle my nose

"So, I know you are probably worked up by this, and that's understandable, but Zayn is out there right now freaking out. I believe he needs some sort of explanation for you running out."

I guess she's right, but I don't really have an explanation, except that I'm terribly afraid to make a huge commitment this early in our relationship. I mean we fight all the time, but I know I don't want to be with anyone but Zayn.

I face palm myself and take a deep breath.

"Come on." I sigh getting up from the floor.

I put my fingers on the door handle, and slowly turn it. My eyes are closed, and I pull it towards me letting out a breath of air. I feel Katie's hand rest on my shoulder.

"You can do it." She whispers

I nod, and step out the bathroom.

Everyone is present by the dining table and their eyes are all glued to me like I'm some caged animal at the zoo.

"Where is he?" My heart aches when I see him sitting on the porch through the window.

His hands are covering his face, and his elbows rest on his knees.

I walk over to door, and slowly open it.

When I step outside, Zayn doesn't budge. I take a seat next to him, and grab one of his hands from his face and intertwine it with mine.

"Hey" I say in a soft whisper, rubbing his hand against my cheek.

"If you didn't want to marry me, you could have just said no, rather than running away Tia. I felt like a fool." Zayn's hand is warm against my skin, but his eyes have a fire burning into me.

"But I do want to marry you. I want to be with you and only you. I couldn't imagine being with anyone but you. But you asking me like this caught me off guard, and I didn't know how to take it. I was shocked. We are just so young and we fight so much, and we've only been together for about 3 months, and I just thought it was too soon. But I thought about it, and I mean why not? I was planning on spending the rest of my life with you, might as well start now." I say with a grin, and Zayn's fiery eyes are settled.

"Really?" He jumps up.

"Yeah." I giggle

I feel Zayn's arm wrap around my wrist pulling me up. I stand to my feet and he picks me up wrapping my legs around him, as he places a small kiss on my lips electrifying my body more than ever.

"Here, let me put this on." he says digging out the box from his pocket.

His hand shakes as he grabs mine and slides the ring onto my finger.

"We have to go inside and tell everyone." Zayn says pulling me inside with him.

His excitement is contagious, I can't help but smile with him.

"Well, I'd like to welcome you to the future Mrs. Malik." Zayn introduces me, showing my hand with the ring on it to everyone.

Everybody claps and comes and hugs us. They congratulate us, and we thank them.

As the excitement dies, I sit on the sofa and examine the diamond, it's really beautiful.

"Hey, do you want to take a ride with me while everyone else settles in their rooms?" Zayn asks me, and I nod not caring to ask where we are going.

Zayn informs everyone that we will be right back as I follow him out the door.

"So where are we going?" I finally ask.

"Right around the corner. I need to buy some drinks for tonight." He grins

"Zayn you aren't 21." I grin back but with sarcasm

"Yeah, but Brad is." He replies and I give him a twisted look.

"Who's Brad?" I question getting into the passenger side.

"Brad is a family member of mine who lives in Cali. He's cool and doesn't live too far off the coast. So maybe sometime we can go over to his place and go to the beach from there." Zayn suggest and I nod having no clue what he's talking about.

"Brad is at one of his friend's house right around here, so we will pick him up. Get our drinks and I have to bring him back there, are you okay with that?" He questions and I nod again.

It takes about three minutes to get to Brad's friends house. Brad is already standing outside with a water in his hand.

I watch as Brad gets into the back seat, and shuts the door. He has real strong smell of cologne and really dark hair.

"Zayn you never told me you had a lady friend, then again we haven't talked in over three years, minus today." Brad says as he moves to the middle and keeps his head between Zayn and I's.

"Yeah, this is Tegan, my uh fiancé." Zayn says uncomfortably.

"Woah since when do you decided to settle down with one girl?" Brad laughs loudly in my ear.

"Since now" Zayn replies annoyed

"Well Tegan, welcome to the Cali side of the family, where everything here is darker and better." He says putting out his hand for me to shake, and I do.

"You can call me Tia, by the way." I inform him and he nods.

"Okay so here's the list, and the money." Zayn says handing it to Brad sending him inside.

Zayn turn on the radio and keeps it on a low volume. I watch as he taps his fingers against the steering wheel, and hum to the beat of the song.

A couple of minutes go by and Brad is finally walking out with three bags in his hand.

"How much did you buy?" I ask Zayn with a shocked expression on my face.

"Enough" he laughs

"I can tell." I say

"Are you going to drink?" He asks

"I don't know? Possibly."

"Well, I took a beer, I hope you don't mind." Brad says buckling his seat belt.

"Yeah that's cool." Zayn says pulling out.

We drop Brad off and make it to our house.

I help Zayn bring a bag in, and everyone is shocked as well by the amount.

"I hope everyone is ready to celebrate." Zayn says resting the drinks on the floor.

I hope so I think to myself.