love again 2 [z.m au]

∞ t h i r t y - s i x ∞

Zayn

"You need to listen to her," my dad began.

After I ended the call with Louis, I felt the need to call my dad. I just needed someone to talk to. I told him that Evelyn and I were not on good terms because I let Maia come between us and I felt like an asshole because of it.

"Just let her talk and listen to what she has to say. When your mum and I argue, I just let her speak what's on her mind and let everything out. Our ladies tend to bottle up their feelings, so I just stay quiet and hear her out."

I can just imagine how angry Evelyn will be when she walks through that door. But is it wrong of me to think that it's actually cute when she's mad...?

Like the way she furrows her eyebrows at me and pouts her lips. And the way she paces back and forth around the room and gets flustered when she tries to yell at me.

"...earth to Zayn!" My dad snapped me out of my thoughts. I flinched and pulled my phone up closer to my ear.

"Oh, sorry...I was um, just...thinking," I stammered.

"As I was saying-" he continued. "Don't let Evelyn go to bed upset because she'll only toss and turn until sadness pulls her into sleep and tears stain her pillow. You'll be her first thought when she wakes up and more than anything, she'll wish that she could go back to sleep; back to the silence and emptiness. Don't do this to her."

I closed my eyes and nodded slowly. "Okay, dad."

"You love Evelyn, am I right?"

That's when my eyes reopened and I sat upright. "Of course I do! Why are you even asking-"

"Then everything will be just fine," he interjected, cutting me off. "Don't stress it, son. You and Evelyn will work things out. Marriage isn't meant to be perfect. You'll feel like everything will fall apart but at the end of the day, just remember what brought you two together in the first place. And maybe after tonight if you two make up, we'll have another grand baby soon."

When we said our goodbyes and hung up, I looked at the time and sighed; she still isn't back. I wanted to call and check up on her but then I also wanted to give her space. And as long as she's with Louis, I know that she's safe.

Time was going by so slow and I just wanted her to walk through that door already.

I unlocked my phone and scrolled through my camera roll and couldn't help but keep a smile on my face as I came across the very first picture of Evelyn and I.

It was back in Seattle and Lauren gave me her number and told me to give her a call and I remember how nervous I was, fearing the fact that she won't answer or if she did, that she wouldn't be interested in talking to me.

So much has happened since then and I always think about what if. What if I didn't call her that day? What if none of this even happened? What if we didn't happen?

I heard the door unlock, followed by a slight grunt. My gaze moved from my phones screen up to Evelyn, who kicked off her sandals and dropped her bag onto the floor before her eyes laid on me.

"It's 2am, why aren't you sleeping yet?" she spoke first and I set my phone aside on the night stand and gulped. I don't know why I couldn't even come up with something to say, all I could do was stare at her. "Now you can't talk...?"