Mr. Payne

Chapter 4

"Nice to meet you Zayn."

He said with a croaky voice obvious of the sex emanating from it.

Zayn stood their and his heart pounding loudly.

"Nice to meet you." Fear registering in Zayn's brain but taking the man's hand in his and gave it a firm shake. Zayn tried to let go of Liam's hands but Liam kept a tight grip.

" You're quite the handsome lad Zayn. No problem making friends here, right? Well I hope to see you more often." Liam lets go of Zayn's hand and directed his attention to Trisha. "Welcome to the neighborhood Trisha."

"Oh Thank you."

"I best be off now and let you settle in your new home. Excuse me" Liam left but not without giving Zayn a tap on the shoulder and a wink.

"Best come on in Zayn." Trisha called of to her son. Zayn with relief filling him, he walked towards the door. He took one last glance at his neighbor and saw mr. Payne and the boy at the door. He waited a bit more to see what happens. He was a bit curious why mr. Payne didn't tell his mother. The boy left and mr. Payne looked towards Zayn and gave him a wave. Zayn returned the favor and afterwards returned inside.

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Liam had just greeted his new neighbors and went back inside.

"What was that about?" Luke asked while putting on his shoes.

"Oh just new neighbors." But Liam can't forget Zayn's face as he watched the two of the go at it.

"When are we gonna do this again?" Luke grabbed his bag ready to exit the building.

"Don't know. Whenever the opportunity arrives."  Liam led the younger lad out the door.

"See you at school Mr. Payne." Luke waved goodby and went off. Liam turned around to see Zayn still standing outside. He waved to Zayn and Zayn waved back with an unimpressed look and went inside.

Liam couldn't help but smirk and turned into a grin. An ominous aura radiated as he entered his home.

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That was wierd. Why didn't he say anything. Although I'd understand him if he did that to avoid an awkward situation. Was what Zayn thought as he sat for the first time on their dinning table.

"Zayn any plans for tomorrow?" Doniya asked.

"Tomorrow is the first day of school in a new school. So making friends should be my priority." Zayn focused his attention on Waliyah. "How about you Waliyah?"

"Oh well, maybe get to know the teachers and research about their grading system. Ask for a copy of their syllabus and maybe make friends along the way." As usual for Waliyah another book-ish answer.

"What about you Saffah?" Mum asked her.

"Well I want everyone at my new school to like me so I'm wearing my new red ribbons tomorrow so I'll look pretty." She said cheerfully

"You know you don't need those. You're already pretty." Zayn said teasing his little sister.

Saffah stuck out her tongue at Zayn.

Everyone laughed for a few seconds then it was back to awkward silence.

Trisha broke the silence. " My angels Thank you for bearing with me. I couldn't ask for better children. I Love you all."

All of them said "I love you too" back to her.

After dinner Zayn took a bath, dried himself and laid on the bed. He kept staring at the painting hanging above his head. He couldn't shake of a bad feeling. He changed his thoughts to about school.

"I hope everything will turn out fine." He said to himself and tried to drift off to sleep.