Away

20

"Dad!!"

Liam looked at Aileena and smiled, she was holding a box of cookies and walked towards him; he laughed and knelt down

"Look!! Chocolate chip, red velvet, and s'mores!!"

Liam smiled at her "You know what I like"

She walked closer and whispered "Baba helped... but he said not to say"

Liam smiled and looked at Zayn, he stood up and walked towards Zayn, they hugged and Zayn took a deep breath

"Happy birthday, Jaan"

Liam laughed "You should stop calling me that" He whispered pulling away

Zayn cupped the back of his neck and pulled him closer and gave him a rose

"I'd sooner sacrifice myself..." he said

Liam took the rose with a smile "Yourself, or your life?"

Zayn laughed against his forehead

"I would never sacrifice you..."

2 days later...

"Mamma mia, here I go again"

"My, my, how can I resist you?"

Aileena laughed as Liam's sisters sang, they were away and managed to get a flight as soon as they heard

They picked her up and all sang together when Zayn's sisters came into the room and continued on the song

The girls were all close, often spending time together when their brothers would; and even after their brothers left for university, it was years of it happening and they wouldn't just forget it all

A few years ago, they all sat down with little Aileena, and needed to find the perfect movie to watch with her

Choosing mamma Mia felt like the best choice, and the little girl still doesn't understand the plot or what happened and why everyone was sad

But she remembers the songs, and they all sing them together with the upmost excitement

Liam was smiling while watching at them, he felt arms wrap around his waist and smiled when Zayn kissed his cheek

"Behave yourself" He whispered looking at Zayn "You just broke an engagement less than 6 hours ago"

Zayn shrugged and kissed Liam's temple, Liam looked at him

"Give yourself sometime... You loved that woman enough to propose-"

"I didn't"

Liam frowned "What?"

"I didn't propose, she did"

Liam frowned "Really?"

Zayn nodded slowly "Yeah... she one day she wants to marry me, I said 'Ok'  we had a few drinks then woke up the next morning she was telling everyone we were engaged"

"But you were happy with her, Zee"

Zayn took a deep breath and tightened his arms around Liam "Never as much as I was with you"

Their sisters saw the blush coating Liam's cheeks, they focused on their niece and didn't say a word

~~~~~

Zayn was holding Liam's hand while Liam talked to Louis, Aileena was on Zayn's lap, fast asleep with her head on her baba's shoulder because she said he's more comfortable than the hospital beds