the zone ➸ ziam [completed]

ten.

Zayn takes another bite of his pizza, quickly looks up to his dad and then Louis, who are talking quietly beside each other at the table. He averts his eyes down to his plate of pizza when he catches Louis' eyes, who's sitting in front of him.

When his dad excuses himself from the table to take a call, Zayn thinks about just getting up and heading to his room. He's not really enjoying the awkwardness he's feeling.

Before he can even think about leaving, Louis finally speaks to him.

"So, Zayn. What year are you in?" Louis asks, smiling after he swallows his bite of pizza.

"Senior." Zayn mutters.

He hears Louis chuckle softly but he doesn't say anything. Zayn thinks that's that, but decides not to leave to his room just yet.

"You look just like your mom." Louis' voice is just above a whisper but to Zayn it feels as if it was as loud and clear as it could be.

Zayn's head whips up to stare at Louis, who's smiling softly at Zayn, shaking his head fondly. Zayn's eyes narrow and his jaw clenches.

Zayn's not to sure how he feels about Louis yet. The man's too smiley, does someone honestly smile that much?

"How'd you say you know my parents again?" Zayn asks, pushing his plate away as he stares at Louis curiously.

Louis just grins before shrugging his shoulders, "I met your dad in year ten. He was this really gangly, clumsy giraffe boy who was new to school and long story short I was about to punch him in the face because he made me spill my water bottle all over the front of my red jeans. Didn't though because he kept apologizing and-"

Louis cuts himself off with a laugh as he shakes his head, "-and he literally got down on his knees and started dabbing his sweater at the wet spot on the front of my jeans. I made an inappropriate joke about- him... on his knees. We became good friends after that."

Zayn nods his head and goes to ask Louis how he knew his mother but stops when he sees Louis smile and shake his head.

"Your dad and I actually met your mother at the same time. We were at the park and we were trying to get one of those flying drone things working. Harry was such a geek for that kind of stuff, and he had gotten that drone for his birthday." Louis states, snickering.

"It was the one with the cameras built in and what not. Anyways, he just sort of finally got it in the air. It wasn't very high really. So it was going and out of nowhere this girl is in front of the drone and she's shrieking and trying to hit it with her purse. She does eventually, making it just fall to the ground."

"Your dad was quick to go over to the girl and he was just about to yell at her for breaking his drone when she just slaps his face and starts yelling at him. She kept yelling about how wrong it was to be filming girls at the park and how he was such a peeping tom." Louis laughs, and Zayn can't help but crack a smile at the story.

"Rory thought your dad was using the camera on the drone to check girls out but Harry made sure to clear up that he was not doing that at all. He told her he was just a big geek about drones and wanted to try it out. He made her make it up by agreeing to go on a date with him to the local pizza restaurant."

Zayn snorts. He remembers asking his dad about how he met his mom and he definitely recalls his father telling the story very differently. He forgot to mention the drone situation. Zayn just remembers his dad saying they met at a park and his dad used his cute and flirty charm on her.

"Inseparable after that, them two." Louis says, smiling when he sees how fond Zayn looks.

Zayn perks his head up at Louis who looks to be deep in thought. Zayn clears his throat to get Louis' attention, which he does get after a few stilled seconds.