Finding Me

Chapter 13

Zayn wakes up to find himself in a strange room. It's sure isn't his own run down appartment he's been staying in since moving to Mason a little over a week ago. This room was luxurious with a brown and tan color scheme to it, and it was huge. He could fit his whole appartment into this one room. Must be nice living in a house this size, he thought, sitting up spotting a pile of clothes someone had placed on a chair by the door. After getting dressed Zayn made his way down stairs to the kitchen to find everyone else already there. Ava was the first to notice him.

Ava saw when Zayn walked into the kitchen. She had just put a plate down on the table so she walks up to him and gives him a hug just like she did the others. "Morning, Zayn. Did you sleep well?" She asks, pulling him the rest of the way into the kitchen.

Zayn wasn't surprised by the nice question, but the hug did startle him a little. "Yeah, I did. That bed is a lot more comfortable than the one in my apartment. Hell that room is bigger that my appartment." He laughed.

"Where are you living?" Harry asks him with a frown.

"A small place downtown on Collins street." Zayn says with a shrug. "With my dad in prison, I can only get my hands on so much of the money that was in the bank account belonging to him and my mom. So until I get my hand on the rest of that money, that's all I can afford right now."

Ava looked up to see Harry's mom standing in the doorway. She smiled and ran to give her a hug. "Momma Anne, welcome home."

Anne smiles and wraps her arms around the girl she has come to love as much as her son has. "Thank you, Peanut." Anne says kissing her cheek, then Harry's. "Morning boys." She said patting Lou and Damon on the shoulder. She then turns to Zayn. "You're a cute one and new. I heard what you said and I know that building. If you're friends with this group then you're family and you living there alone is totally unacceptable." Anne says in her mom voice she doesn't use very often. "That place looks like it's about to fall down, and it's an eyesore this town needs to get rid of. No, you can't live there. You will move your things in here." Anne holds her hand up when Zayn opens his mouth. "No, Harry will tell you there is no use in arguing with me once I have made my mind up. I have always wanted a house full of kids. Unfortunately I was never able to have more than my wonderful Harry, but he has given me all his amazing friends to fill this monstrous house up with on weekends. And now I have this little treasure." She said placing her arms around Ava. "If I had my way all of his friends would move in. So I expect you back here tonight. I'm making meatloaf for supper, now my suggestion to all of you is to skip school today, get the rest of Ava's things moved in and then you can help Zayn move out of that death trap."

Zayn was shocked and didn't know what to say so he just looked at Harry, but he was no help. He was just sitting there grinning.

"You heard her." Harry laughed at the look on Zayn's face. "You're moving in." He looks at Lou ad Damon. "You guys going to school or skipping to help move Zayn's thing?"

"Are you kidding?" Lou laughs. "I'm helping you. You know damn well I hate school."

Damon nods. "I'm with ya, the more hands you have the faster it will go. Besides that Ava still has that cast on so she's limited on what she can do."

"Okay, in that case." Ava says walking over to a table with a bowl on it. She reaches in and pulls out a set of keys and throws them to Zayn. "You can drive my truck. You can't move shit on that bike. Harry why don't you call Ed and Aaron and see if either or both of them are off today to see if they can help? They have a truck too."

"Great idea, love." Harry says kissing Ava on top of the head while grabbing his phone. Within minutes everything was arranged. As it turned out both Ed and Aaron was off for the day and they were meeting them at Ava's aunt's house so they could get the rest of her items.