HELPING HAND [ZARRY]

Chapter FiVe

ZAYN:

A song from the weeknd was playing in the background and He was folding his Hawaii themed t shirts while dancing, humming to the song and packing his suitcase for his trip when his phone begins ringing and he pick up his phone and sees his sister doniya's name which made him turn off the music and attend the call frowning.

"Is everything okayyy?" the first thing He asked curiously.

'why do you say it like that?' Doniya asked him confused.

He exhaled loudly and said"Because we haven't talked since....umm" he went quite when he couldn't tell how long ago to her.

'Did mom tell you that Amir and I are adopting again?' she asked him smiling changing the topic.

"Yeah she mentioned something about that a few months ago. How's that going by the way?" he said non chalantly and started packing his clothes as well.

'The birth mother just went into labor.' She tells him chuckling nervously

"Ah!  So goin'soon, then? " he said in high pitched voice.

'sooner then expected. She wasn't supposed to arrive until new year's.' she tells him sighing when Zayn's phone bell chimed with the notification from his uber driver that his ride is here.

'And mom was gonna help--'...."Uh-huh" he said giving end touches to his packing quickly while doniya continues her rant on the phone 'But she's not set to arrive until the 26th december, to watch Sam and zaneyah, and we have to drive out to buffalo to get the baby today'

"It'll cost her a kidney to rebook this close to Christmas" zayn said now rolling his suitcases on the ground for the go.

'That's what she said.. Anyway we need to find someone A.S.A.P. to come here and be with the kids until we get back.' she tells him seriously.

He stops in his tracks dreaded "wait.....are you asking me to babysit?" he said with fearful wide eyed.

'I know it's been a really long time since you've been drafted into the service-'. She tells him trying to make him Calm.

"Years!" he said scared "It's been years, don."

'we're obviously desperate, but you are the only person who never goes anywhere for the holidays and you can make all of your work calls here. When you're not with the kids, of course.' she said trying to reason him while all he's doing is crying silently and pulling his shirt neckline down.

She grunts in frustration when he doesn't say anything  'Ah, you're gonna make me do it,  aren't you?' She asked him with gritting teeth. 'Fine. I'm calling in the Ashton card!' she said atlast smirking.

"WHAT? " zayn asked horrified. "it has been 22 years!" he said sitting on the chair.

'You made me lie to mom and dad about where you were on senior night in high school when you snuck out with Ashton Irwin to Central Park, and I told them that you were with perrie Edwards and jade thirlwall. So that you wouldn't get grounded for the whole entire summer.' She tells him like a matter of factly with squinting eyes and whispering ' You totally owe me--big time! She said smiling

"Oh! I can't believe you're calling that in!" Zayn said irritably to the phone after biting his fist the whole time.

doniya exhales victoriously flicking her hair back and said 'Desperate times, desperate measures.'

"isn't there, like, a--a professional Mary Poppins service out there you could hire?" zayn asked trying to get out of this situation.
"Someone who has the slightest clue on what to do with children? And who didn't blowup the house last time they tried?  He said desperately trying to prove his point.

'You know what?  I knew better than to ask, but Amir pulled his "Zayn's family " Jedi mind tricks, and I fell for it. I guess I'm just gonna have to leave Sam in charge after all.' she said huffing sadly on the phonecall.
' Merry Christmas, Zayn.' she told him and cut the call without hearing his answer.

Zayn looks at the phone making weird guilty faces and contemplating his options after she cuts the call.

Doniya  was looking at her nails when her phone rings after 1 min of ending the call and she attend it after two rings.

"Sam being incharge was sarcasm, right? Zayn asked confirming from her.
'He's 13, of course, it was a sarcasm.' she said boredly.

"Just checking" he said exhaling loudly and asked. " How long would this...arrangement entail?

'Two days. Probably.' she tells him smiling

"Probably?" he asked scared.

'You know, Zayn..babies have their own schedules, but you won't. I will leave you a detailed one and make sure that you don't have to worry about a thing.' she said assuring him.

Zayn nods in agreement and hold the phone away from him and did the one sane thing "AHHHHHHHHH" then inhales loudly and put the phone near his ear again "okay" he said with the forced cheer.

' Seriously?Okay! Wow! Thank you!' she said elated with his answer

"But I don't have to cook? " he asked confirming.

'Absolutely not.' she told him in the end and he cuts the phone with somewhat relieved sigh and went back to his house with his suitcase again while groaning.