HELPING HAND [ZARRY]

Chapter EiGhTeEn

ZAYN:

"There you are!" he said coming into the room of zaneyah and walking carefully to avoid stepping on anything and looking at all the art supplies she was surrounded with on the table and floor.

'I wanted to get it done before Santa shows up.' she tells him when he sat opposite her on the table and picked up the stocking.

'Since we don't know her name. I'll make another one for her next year.' she said explaining to him the reason for her writing 'beby sistar' on the stocking instead of her name.

"Mm-hmm. What?" zayn said utterly confused when zaneyah gave him another stalking which he turns around to only see ''uncal  Zen'' written on it with the paint.

If it were someone else he would've corrected them till now about his name but it was the purest emotions of his niece which made the words catch in his throat and he looks up at her with eyes full of unshed tears.

'You need one, too.' she tells him shrugging and he chuckles at her sweetness.

"Thank you. We'll hang 'em up when we get back from the play tonight." he tells her softly taking her hands and slightly squeezing them to thank her.

Zayn and zaneyah then went downstairs together to find Sam standing there nervously reading his part of play as he goes to him and pats him lightly to settle down his anxiousness and started to leave the house when he saw Harry coming from the door smiling and looking absolutely breathtaking in his cream coloured long coat with light grey turtleneck sweater and dark grey pants and his hair was styled in his natural curls and Zayn was impressed by him was an understatement because he was literally gaping at him stupidly until harry looked him up and down smirking and he blushed looking down and fixing his green sweater he was wearing which was a gift from Harry.

'Is everyone ready?' harry asked now looking at all of them

'Ready!' zaneyah said smiling.

'Ready.' Sam said uncertainly.

"Ready."  zayn said lastly smiling wide.

'Then let's go.' harry said gestering towards the main door with his head.

"Come on." zayn said physically pushing Sam from the back with his hand on his shoulders to get him to start walking.

They all arrived at the community centre which was gradually filling with the people from around the town. Sam went backstage to rehearse his lines and get into his costume while harry had sat zaneyah down besides the seat his mom would sit on and went with zayn to search where to place the two cameras and tripod they had came with to record for Doniya and Amir to see.

"Here!" zayn said opening the bag of cameras and taking one out to give harry.

'Got it.' harry said taking the camera from him.

'-There?' he asked pointing at the side of stage to record the second angle video.

"-There." zayn said agreeing with him.

"Harry?" he stops him mid step. "-Backup?" he said giving him a smaller tripod for the camera.

'-Backup.' harry repeated again after taking it from him too.

'So many! Hoo-hoo-hoo!' zayn looks up from fixing his camera to see Anne coming in with flowers in her hand and a big smile.

"Oh. Yeah. Doniya and Amir are delayed because of the snow, so she texted me to make sure I capture everything." he said with his eyebrows raised and almost finishing his camera setup.

'Oh, well, I'm glad you're here for this.' she tells him.

"Me too. Although, I might be a little bit more nervous than Sam at this point.It's close." zayn said chuckling nervously looking at her.

'Oh, well, it doesn't get easier and I've seen dozens of these.' she said smiling forcefully.
'Though...Kacey says Sam is wonderful.'  she said in a little whisper.

"She did?" he asked blinking at her rapidly.

'Probably helps that she has a little crush on him.'  Anne tells him mischievously.

"She does?" zayn said in the same excitement.

'That's why she wanted him to be in the play, though she's too shy to admit it. Grandmas know things.' she tells him proudly tapping her finger on her nose smiling.

"They do. Will you excuse me for a moment?" zayn said nodding and then squinting his eyes to get the permission from her.

'Of course.' she tells him smiling and he just turn back and started walking towards the backroom exhaling eagerly.

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'Santa stacked six singing snowmen in his sonic sleigh.'
when zayn came in the backroom he saw Sam reading his lines anxiously standing alone away from a very one else.

"Sam! She likes you!" zayn said coming towards him and whispered excitedly.

'-What?' Sam said looking up from his script looking at zayn confused.

"-Kacey! She likes you, not "Decker."" he tells her gesturing towards Kacey standing on the other side of the room.

'-Declan.' Sam corrected.

"-Whatever! I heard it straight from her grandma's mouth. She likes you, dude!" he tells her jabbing his finger lightly on his chest super hyped.

'Wow! Now I'm more nervous.' Sam said in a trembling voice.

"What? No, no, no, buddy! This is your chance to shine. You got this! Let me hear you say it, okay?"  zayn said reassuring him and pushing him slightly.

'I got this.' Sam said meekly unconfident.

"I got this!" zayn said confidently grinning bouncing on his toes.

'I got this.'  Sam said a little less slowly and more confident.

"I got this!" zayn said with all his teeth out gritting them passionately.

'I got this!' Sam said now alot higher.

"I got this!" zayn roars completely lost from his environment.

'Shh!' someone from the crew said looking at them and he gets quite while laughing.

"Good luck!" zayn said now whispering at him.

"I knew it!" zayn said fist bumping him and goes back into the crowd. And Sam exhales with resolve and started preparing for him to go on the stage.

NOTE:
A little single update for y'all. Enjoy :-).
Byeeeeee....