Walk Of Shame (On hold)

16

"Hey, you seem far away. What are you thinking about so hard?"

Layla asked pulling Zayn out of his trance. Although he was driving, he didn't seem like he was present in the car. Apart from the fact that it was a RTA waiting to happen, it worried her.

"Hmm?"

"Exactly" she said with a gentle laugh. Zayn laughed lightly.

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about the break in"

Layla rubbed the back of his head comfortingly. He felt some of his stress lift because of her touch. He could just fall asleep.

"It's okay. Thank God we weren't there and it didn't seem like he took anything"

Zayn's heart did a flip in his chest. He knew he needed to do something before Layla noticed the photo was gone. It didn't help that he couldn't tell her either. She'd lose sleep thinking about it and it's better if only he lost sleep than both of them. He had no single idea what to do and it worried him immensely.

"So where are we going?"

'I don't know' Zayn thought.

"It's a su-

"If you say it's a surprise, we are going to pull over and fight" Layla says and it made Zayn laugh hard. More of the heaviness lifted from his chest.

"Then I guess You'll have to wait and see" he says with a wide childish grin.

"You think you are so clever" Layla says with an eye roll and a subtle smile

"I try"

The trio arrived at a boutique shortly after. "I'm thinking you haven't gotten new clothes in months"

Layla was nearly jumping in her seat with child-like excitement. She'd almost forgotten how much she loved clothes shopping. Actually, shopping for anything made her happy. But from the pregnancy, to school and the baby, she could not remember the last time she got new clothes.

"Are you always this thoughtful?" Layla asked.

"You deserve the entire world and all the stars in the sky Mrs Layla Amin Abdurraheem" Layla smiled widely, biting down on her lower lip. The L-word dancing at the tip of her tongue.

"You look like you want to say something to me?" Zayn asks, holding his ear playfully.

"I love- the fact that you think it's going to be this easy" Zayn's smile dropped so fast it made Layla laugh hard.

"You don't play with a man's heart like that Layla. That's just cold"
Layla laughed, getting out of the car.

They spent an hour shopping. Layla had almost entirely forgotten about the break-in but Zayn couldn't. As he watched Layla's pupils dilate over a dress with Rya sleeping soundly on the sofa beside him, panic ripped at his chest. The thought of anything happening to his girls made his blood sear.

He'd always dreamt of getting married and having a bunch of kids but he never thought it'd be like this. He thought his sisters will just end up forcing him to marry one of their friends since he never actively searched for women. Layla was the first woman he'd actually put effort into talking to and it was one of the best decisions he has made. He never thought it possible to have this amount of adoration for someone and it scared him.
He wondered if he should report to the police but they had already deemed the break-in an "attempted robbery" you can't exactly report a missing photograph, especially if you have no evidence. It could have just gone missing since we moved houses. Plus Ahmad was rich so there's only so much the police can do.

"How do I look?" Layla asked.

"Absolutely stunning mama" Zayn says looking dazed making Layla laugh.