You're a Mystery // zm

Chapter 12

Piper's POV

I felt a hand shake me awake making me spring up in my seat.

"I'm awake!" I said loudly making him chuckle beside me.

"You fell asleep, we are landing." Zayn said quietly as he leaned over pointing his finger to the left of me. I turned my head and I saw New York below us making me smile. I sat up straighter and admired the view.  There wasnt the thick blanket of snow covering the city like I had expected but all the green from the trees were gone.

"Excited?" Zayn asked making me concious of how close he was to me.

"Very! I can't wait! You'll love New York, it's so fun." I said happily looking over at him. He chuckled.

"I've been."

"Right, I forgot you've been everywhere." I said. I soon realized how rude it sounded and by the look on his face I had hit a bad nerve.

"i'm sorry... I didnt mean for it to sound like that..." I said making him nod and put his hand up.

"It's okay." He said cracking a smile.

"Do you miss it?" I asked.

"New York?"

"No, just being able to be you. Just to be at home and do regular things." I said making him look down and nod. Come on Zayn, open up to me.

"Yeah I do, but I'm grateful for what I have." He said making me smile.

"When was the last time you just had a day to be with friends and do stupid things?" I asked making him tap his fingers on his lap thinking.

"About 6 months ago." He said making my jaw drop causing him to laugh at me.

"Well Mr Malik, we will have one of those days while we are here." I said making him look up at me and smirk.

"So we are friends?" He asked making my breath hitch in my throat.

"We can be." I said quietly making him genuinly smile at me.

"I'd like that." He said quietly.

"Me too." I admited. He chuckled and nudged me with his shoulder making me laugh.

The plane quickly ended causing my excitement to grow. We collected our things and then lined up with the other people waiting to get off the plane. Zayn stood right close behind me with one of his hands on my hip pushing me slightly each time the line moved up. At first I tensed up when his hand found my hip and his head towered over me. But I soon sothed into him, letting his hand melt into me. It was like even if I didnt want his hand on me, I kept it there because I needed it there.

Once we made our way up the ramp and into the boarding station it came to our realization that Zayn wasnt swift enough and the fans had tracked him down. There werent too many fans at all, only a group of ten girls waiting in the chairs. Once they saw him they got up and ran over to us causing Zayn's hand to grip onto me making me realize it was still there. Paps soon appeared and started taking pictures.

"Zayn your hand." I said inbetween my teeth making his mouth form an "o" shape. He quickly let go and as the girls reached us I noticed how happy they looked just to be in his presence. I stood there watching as he talked to them asking how they were, in return would be replied with a scream.

"You're Piper right!?" One of the red heads said.

"Yeah." I said smiling, shocked she knew me.

"You're Harry's girlfriend!" Another girl added making me look up at Zayn. His jaw line tensed as he wrote his name down on a girl's phone case.