Next To You (Ziall/Larry Mpreg) AU UNDER HEAVY EDITING

Chapter 1*

A/N:Here's chapter one please enjoy! :)

Chapter 1

Zayn Malik slowly opened his eyes to rapidly close them again when the light sneaking through his window burned his eyes. "Shit..." He groaned turning around facing the ceiling now. He sat up and slowly opened his eyes rubbing them to get them used to the light.

It was 7:00AM on a Sunday morning but instead of sleeping in like any normal 17 year old would, he had to get up and go to work to help his mum support their family. If he didn't work then he wouldn't have enough money to pay the bills, food, and other things they needed. The Maliks weren't exactly poor but they still struggled to make ends meet.

Life wasn't always like that for them, they had a complete happy family- a mum, a dad, and four kids; three girls and one boy but not anymore. It all changed when Zayn's mum received that phone call that shattered their happiness, hopes, and dreams. Zayn's dad and his older sister Doniya were dead; killed instantly in a car wreck by a drunk driver who is now rotting in jail. His dad's paycheck along with his mum's was enough to give Zayn and his sisters a good life, not an extravagant one, but a happy good one and now they could barely get by.

The only thing keeping Zayn going was the love for his family and the fact that soon he will turn 18, graduate school and then maybe he could get a better job but right now he was stuck working at Nandos .

Zayn hated working there but he had to for his mum, Waliyha, and Safaa, so that they could have three warm meals everyday, clothing and a place to live in. A knock on his door snapped him out of his thoughts

"Zayn? You up love?" Zayn's mum asked peeking through the door left ajar last night.

"Yeah mum I'm up." Zayn said smiling, his family had the power to make him smile even if he was feeling like shit or having a bad day, he lived for them, he wanted the best for them.

He finally got up and went to take a shower, after he was done and dressed he grabbed his bag and went downstairs. He was greeted by the smell of pancakes and his family happily eating as he entered the kitchen and a wide smile appeared on his face.

"Morning" he said hugging his three sisters then his mom.

"Morning." They all said. They ate in silence until it was time for Zayn to go, he had to be at Nandos by 9:00AM, he grabbed his stuff and headed out to the place he liked to call his almost personal hell.

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When Zayn got to Nandos 15 minutes before 9, he was greeted/jumped by his curly-haired best friend Harry. They had known each other pretty much since they fought over a crayon back in the early school days, they were seven.

Zayn was sitting on his assigned seat next to a kid with curly hair, drawing a picture for his mum. It was the first day of school and he already wanted the term to end. He reached for a red crayon to colour the heart when he felt another hand gripping the same crayon. He looked up and saw the boy with curly hair, determination showing on his emerald green eyes, trying to get the same crayon as Zayn.

"Let go!" Zayn said.

"No, you let go!" The little boy answered.

"I got it first!!" they both said at the same time.

They started pulling the crayon they were both holding with a death grip back and forth until it broke into two pieces. "Look what you did!!" the curly haired boy growled holding half the piece while Zayn was holding the other.

Curly, as Zayn had nicknamed him since he first saw him, tried to reach for the other half but Zayn was faster and shoved him off of his seat. Curly got up, dusted himself off and said "I'm Harry, Do you wanna be my friend!?" a smile forming on his lips showing off the cutest dimples and Zayn nodded furiously smiling too "I'm Zayn, yeah, i wanna be your friend." They smiled at each other, shook hands and continued colouring each with half the crayon they had fought over, making small talk.