Let's Fanboy/ Zayn Malik

Chapter 18

Dedicated to: Vanz_1D4 , GopsWatty_4 and swathygops

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"We came here for bird watching not, Lilac-watching, pay attention and get your butt over here; I need help." She muttered sassily as she got up from the ground, dusting her jeans.

"Lilac-watching was a way better idea; I think you could use some Zayn-watching too," I smirked. "You wish."

There were beautiful flowers around, everything was just breathtaking. This is all new for me; for a kid who grew up in a busy city dreaming about playing in a field full of dandelions, it was an absolute treat to the senses. I got distracted by a butterfly who was roaming around, okay, I know I'm not three but, I couldn't help but, admire the colors on her and that made me miss my hobby even more. It was more than three days of painting nothing. When I'm at home, I make at least two paintings every week now; a part of me feels empty. I'm looking forward to go home, take in the smell of my colors and let the paintbrushes guide my hand over the canvas.

"There you are, again! Can you stop fooling around? We don't have much time; we have to submit the report after almost an hour. Am I going to do this all on my own?"-Lilac yelled. She was super cranky today and was shouting a lot. I had no idea why. We had to submit a report on the birds we observed. The teachers wanted to make sure we were actually bird-watching and not just hovering around and having fun.

"Lilac, just write names of random birds and tell them we observed them and we'll be done with this in no time."

"Are you kidding me, Zayn? They're going to check whether those birds are here or not plus, this is the season of migration, birds fly to different places to make themselves a temporary home in search of food and stuff; we can't just make it up! This is serious, get your head around it," she huffed.

School was being such a pain in the ass, we could have easily enjoyed our day but, no, they had to hang the burden of work over our heads. I thought we were here to be in a different atmosphere for a while, away from the stress and pressure but, looks like this is just adding to it.

I don't blame Lilac, I was a little distracted from the work we were supposed to do. I guess I was just tired. I haven't gotten proper sleep for a quite a few days now and the boys that share the tent with me are the ones to be blamed. Niall snores a lot. At first, I thought it was adorable now, it's very annoying. Harry and Louis would start giggling in the middle of the night like little girls and when we ask them the reason, they say "It's a bit too personal". I don't get any of their weird inside jokes, not that I'm interested. Louis sometimes kicks me in sleep. I don't know if it's intentional or not, with him, we never know.

"Okay, so you're not doing it. Fine. This is going to mess up your grades too. Bye, I'm going on my own way,"- She walked away and I just stood there looking like an idiot. "Hey! Wait." I ran after her, almost tripping over a mess of fallen branches and leaves.

She went a few feet ahead and then, noted something down, nodding observantly while looking at a tree. I walked towards her and wrapped my hands around her waist as I placed my chin on her shoulder. "I'm so sorry; tell me what you want me to do?"- I spoke as I stroked her hair. I heard her intake a sharp sigh and then she said, "See? This is what you do... You behave like an absolute jerk the whole morning and then, become all cute like this. You know I can't resist this sad tone and the pair of puppy eyes of yours. Don't annoy me again, if you do I'm so going to throw you down the ditch, I'm not even joking. Look at that bird on the branch of the tree, note down its color, size and some more information. Fill up all the information given on the first page. The size doesn't have to be appropriate, we just need estimation. Can you do it, Zayn?" "Yes, mam." "Good. Now, get to work."