Triple Dog Dare *A Zayn Malik Love Story*

Chapter 10

The song for this chapter is Be With You by Enrique Iglesias!

*Rita's POV*

I skipped over to the mirror to finish putting on my jewelry and finish my make up. "Camille!" I yelled from her bedroom to the bathroom.

Camille walked into the room in a new, long-sleeve, purple sweater, denim jeans, and an accent pair of multicolor TOMS. "What?" She was struggling to put on her necklace so I put down my mascara to help her.

I grabbed Camille's heart necklace from her and made her sit on the bed while I latched her necklace in place. "I was just about to say that we have to go. Are you ready?"

She walked over to her mirror and smoothed out her outfit, brushing her hair down her shoulders, and adjusting her necklace properly. "Yep! I'm pretty excited for tonight," she admitted. "The last time I saw Zayn, he kissed me and it was so cute and now I'm getting really flustered... I don't know, I'm just excited!" Her hands flew to her cheeks and she smiled.

The two of us made our way to the elevator and grabbed our purses and coats off the hooks, conveniently placed by the elevator door. "I'm not sure what to say to Josh," I said. "I haven't seen him since brunch at the Marylebone and I don't know what to talk about."

Camille thought for a moment. "If you can't think of anything to say, you can either let him do the talking or invite yourselves into mine and Zayn's conversation. The point of the double date is to make things not seem so serious. It's supposed to be a friendly date, but a lot of fun. Plus, if you can't think of anything, you could always ask him about drumming. They like it when you ask about their jobs."

"Sweet, thanks." Zayn and Josh offered to pick the both of us up, which was extremely gentlemanly, but we declined and said we would meet them so we could have some "girl time" while getting ready. Nate greeted us at the car and opened the door for us to get in.

Camille rolled her eyes. "Nate, you don't have to do that. I already told you that. I was given perfectly functional hands for a reason."

Now it was Nate's turn to roll his eyes. "I already told you that I don't care what you say, and that I'm going to open the door for you anyway."

"Well thank you."

"Just get in the damn car, Camille," I urge, lightly pushing her in and flashing a smile at Nate before settling in myself.

. . .

"How do I look? Is it too much? Too little?" Camille began to get slightly more frazzled, once we started nearing the zoo.

I sighed. "Camille, I promise you look fine."

"Okay. I just want to make a really good impression. He'll probably look so good and smell so good and I just want to look re-"

"Camille!" I huffed. "You look beautiful, okay! He will love you!"

She started laughing. "Okay, fine. Thank you, my Darling."

We pulled up to the zoo in no time and thanked Nate after stepping out of the car. A light sprinkle of snow showered over our heads and clung to our beanies and coats. We admired the luminous lights, expertly strung around trees, poles, lamps, and fences as we walked towards the front entrance to meet up with Zayn and Josh. Camille about dislocated my arm after tugging on it anxiously when she spotted the two boys patiently awaiting our arrival.

Once Zayn saw us approaching, he smiled at Camille and she waved shyly in return. Josh met me half way and I released Camille's hand to give him a hug and kiss on the cheek, earning a kiss and hug in return. I glanced behind Josh at Camille greeting Zayn. She stood on her toes to grant Zayn a long hug, of which he rubbed her back sweetly during. Once she released him, without hesitation, he leaned forward, placing his hands respectively on her waist and kissing her, clearly taking her by surprise. He broke off the kiss and softly caught her face to kiss her forehead before grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the entrance. She laced her fingers through his and whipped around to face me, sending me a stunned expression, and happily quickening her pace to match Zayn's.