Give Me One Chance (Ziall/Larry)

Epilogue

Epilogue

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It was finally Christmas, and Niall was beyond excited by now. He was ready to rip open presents and have hot chocolate and eat cookies and kill people.

No, just kidding. But he felt like he was going to burst. 

Christmas with his best friends and Zayn. What else could be better?

They had all agreed to stay at Zayn's house, as it was big and empty (his parents weren't going to be home for Christmas) and they had all spent the previous night together.

They each had their own rooms. (Harry and Louis included, which surprised them, but the two boys had proudly announced that they were 'starting over' and taking it slow.')

(Although, Niall knew that Harry had snuck into Louis' room when he thought everyone was asleep. He expected to hear them moaning and the bed creaking but all he heard was muffled talking and then silence. He'd smiled to himself. At least they were okay now.)

But, anyway, it was five in the morning and the sky was mixed with dusky gray and shades of white and Niall was wide awake.

He hadn't tried to get back to sleep, knowing he wouldn't be able to at all, so he kicked of the sheets and pulled on an ugly Christmas sweater and grey sweats. 

Time to go wake the lads, he thought to himself.

He decided to start with Zayn first, as they'd had rooms on separate floors again, and Niall hadn't seen him for a whole six hours.

(Granted he was asleep the whole time, but still)

He slowly tiptoed down the steps, and headed towards Zayn's room. He paused when he saw the Christmas tree they'd all set up the day before and smiled to himself.

The gorgeous evergreen filled the room with a pine fragrance. The colorful ornaments danced with the golden and silver steamers, mixtures of red, gold, silver, blue and green. The patterned ones were the best though. Medleys of stripes and diamonds, lace and string. All topped with a silvered wire star on top.

He grinned when his eyes fell to the presents. 

Just a little while longer, Niall.

He headed towards Zayn's room and slowly opened the door. He grinned when he saw Zayn, fast asleep.

He moved towards the bed and contemplated on how to wake him up.

He climbed onto the bed, straddling Zayn's waist, and shook his hair on Zayn's face.

Zayn grumbled and swatted the air, and Niall bit back a laugh. He shook his hair again and Zayn opened his eyes.

His eyes were still hazy with sleep but he could make out Niall's face and gave him a tired smile. "You're cute. Go to sleep,' and he shut his eyes again.

"But, Zayn! It's Christmas!" Niall said dramatically.

"And it'll be for the rest of the day. Go to sleep."

"But, it's Christmas,' Niall repeated. "We're supposed to get up and open presents and drink hot chocolate and-whoa!"

Zayn wrapped his leg around Niall's waist, pushing him onto the bed. Zayn, then, rolled on top of him, pressing his entire weight on top of him.

"Go. To. Sleep," Zayn mumbled into Niall's neck.

"But. Christmas. Zayn. Presents. Food," Niall reasoned.

Zayn groaned and got up. "Fine. There. I'm up. You happy?"

Niall chuckled and pecked him on the lips. "Very. I'm going to go wake up the others yeah? Go get dressed." And Niall was out the door.