Twin Flames | Zarry AU

▸ 17

They walk through the corridors of the courthouse in silence. Harry is holding Zayn's hand, his palms are starting to get sweaty from nervousness. The girls are with Trisha at her house, which calms him a little. They are safe.

Roodline is walking ahead of them, she walks as if she owns the place. Everyone around stares at her as she passes. She is famous. Harry is optimistic that this will end well.

Becka is right next to him, she looks calm, unbothered. Harry wishes he was as collected and confident as she is.

"I leave you alone for 2 seconds and this happens" she whispers to him.

"Maybe you should move in here to watch me" He jokes.

"Maybe" she smiles.

"Are you okay?" Zayn squeezes his hand, getting his attention.

"I am, babe. Just like I was the other 11 times you asked" he squeezes Zayn's hand back in assurance.

Louis is already outside the courtroom waiting for them, he looks anxious. He has been so supportive that Harry makes a mental note to be less hard on him from now on.

"Hi" he walks up to them as soon as he sees them.

They all greet him as they stand there waiting for Alma and Fer. Roodline gets a call and says she needs to check on some details, leaving them for a moment. She takes a long while, which makes Harry worry. What could be so important that she needs so much time? What if it was something to do with the hearing? He starts overthinking and doesn't even realize that Alma and Fer are already there.

"Are you okay? You're biting your nails" Zayn places a hand on the small of his back, soothing him.

"I'm nervous" he confesses.

"You should" Wendy's voice comes from behind them making Harry roll his eyes, he doesn't even bother to turn around to look at her. Zayn shields him, ready to start an argument but Roodline returns holding an envelope.

"Don't talk to my clients"

Wendy huffs and turns away from them. Her attorney is the same guy who follows her around.

"Don't let her get under your skin" Roodline tells them.

"Where were you?" Zayn asks, looking down at the envelope in her hand.

"Do you trust me?" she addresses them both.

They nod.

"Then let's go inside."

Harry's stomach drops.

This is it.

There are some random people in the courtroom, since the cases are public sometimes nosey people go there to watch. Especially if Roodline is involved, she is really like a celebrity. Even though it's a personal and small case like child custody, people still go there.

Wendy is already there, her mother is one of the witnesses and the other is still unknown. Roodline told them that a party can request that their witness be excluded and wait outside the courtroom until it's time for their testimony, so they are not there yet.

Not long after, Judge Keating arrives. Since it's not a criminal or complicated case, they do not need to give an opening statement. In their case, the bailiff makes them swear by asking them to state their names and affirm to be truthful.

Wendy is the petitioner in this case, so she is the first to tell her side and call the first witness.

"Miss. Case, did you assume that Zayn would not be able to meet the twins' needs and you alone decided to separate them?" Roodline begins the questioning.