Love Me Like You Do - A Zayn Malik AU

Chapter Eight

I wake up from my alarm clock. I snooze it and dig my head deeper in my pillow. Rose, Jacob and I are having a photo shoot today for a clothing line. I get up and walk towards the closet. I change into a pair of black skinny jeans, a tank top and a soft sweater from Victoria's Secret pink. I take my bag with my wallet and some other things with me.

A couple of years ago my mother and I designed our own clothing line. DeLafayette Vogue. Ever since then Mother and I have been working very hard on all of the designs and clothing. We have a photo shoot for the next collection today. I am very excited. I walk downstairs and we quickly eat a small breakfast.
We step in our car and drive towards the building where the photo shoot is being held.

We walk inside and get met by Zara. She is a young lady, that we know very well. Her hair is up in a ponytail, she is wearing a black top with her name printed on it, black jeans and some sneakers. We get lead into the room and we get informed about the schedule. The first shoot gets informed.

Our makeup is getting done. The whole crew is amazing. Every photo shoot that we have they are there for us. They help us with everything that we need.

When all the makeup is done, we get led into the little changing rooms. We all have our own little changing room.
In the room stands a clothing rack with all the clothing for the shoot. On the little table lay the jewellery for each shoot. I get to wear the sparkly long black dress first. My hair is curled beautifully and my makeup is very pretty.

I step into the black heels and walk towards the big room. Rose is wearing the pink dress with quarter length sleeves and a bow around her waist. Jacob has on a white blouse and black pants with a black bow tie. We get informed about our positions and then walk to the location of the shoot. We first do the inside shoots.

Jack, Rose and I are standing in a triangle. They make pictures of each of us, of us three together and we get some more single photos taken. We get called to the laptop. We get to see the first set of pictures. I then get to change while one of Rose her single photo's gets taken again.

I then change into the next outfit. A white top and a pair of black shorts. I walk back and then my pictures get taken. All of the pictures don't have to get taken again and Rose comes to the room so she can get her second outfit photographed.
In that time, I get ready for the outside shoots. My hair gets straightened slightly and my lipstick gets changed. I put on a glittery sweater and a pair of black jeans. Under that I have on some white ballerinas. Before I get out they walk outside and take a picture from the outside of the window.

When I am then fully outside, I get some poses done and then make some extra fun poses. I get to do the advertisement video and explain what the idea of the collection is and how we got inspired. After that I get inside. I get to have one more photo inside and change to the last outfit. This is a picture of Rose, Jacob and I. We have on the formal silver dresses and Jacob the black suit. Under that I have the silver open toe high heels on as the last photo's get made.

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We just finished the shoot. We just arrived home and are having lunch. There is a knock heard on the front door. I hear Natalia's footsteps walking towards the hallway and opening the door. "I will get it for you." I hear her say and the doors open up. "Nina, there is someone at the door for you." She days and then begins to clean the counters of the kitchen. Rose and Jacob look at me while I walk towards the hall. Zayn is leaning against the marble table with the big vase with roses on it. He has a big bouquet of flowers in his hand. He looks at me with a smile. "Hi." He says with a soft voice. "Hey." He gives me the flowers.

I look at him a little confused. "I am really sorry about Saturday." He scratches the back of his neck. He looks down. "It is okay." I say. He looks at me with a relieved look. "Yeah, I could have told you what was up." He says. I look at the flowers and then look up at him. I give him a hug without saying anything. I can feel him loosen up.
When he pulls away. I look down at the flowers. The flowers are white roses. They smell amazing. I smile and give him a kiss on the cheek. "Saffaa told me that you came by." I nod. "I did."

I get a vase and then we walk towards my bedroom. In the bathroom, I fill the vase with water and put the flowers inside. "The flowers are so beautiful." I set them down on my vanity. Zayn wraps his arms around me. I turn around so I am facing him. "Are you okay?" I ask him when he looks a little concerned. He then smiles.

"We are going to take a walk."

Rose is sitting on the couch and smiles when we walk down the small steps in the living room. "You two are cute." She says as she walks towards the table with the drinks and pours herself a glass of water. "Yeah, we are." Zayn squeezes my hand as we walk to the front door.

We walk through the crowded streets of London. There are tourists all around us. I hear the flashing of photo cameras. I try to ignore them but I notice that Zayn has a harder time with ignoring the questions that are being asked so he takes my hand tighter and we decide to walk a little faster.

We reach a cafe. "They won't find us here." He says taking off his hoodie that he had put on earlier. "I hope that they won't." I say sitting down behind a table. "What do you want to drink?" I quickly look on the menu and then tell him what I want. "Chai Latte." He nods and turns to the bar to order.

Zayn walks back and then sits down in the chair in front of me. The waiter comes with our orders. He looks at me with a smug smile and then sets down Zayn's drink. He then turns back to me and sits down my drink. "Thank you." Zayn says with an irritated tone.

We drink our drinks and it is actually fine when the silence falls. We talk about our days where we haven't seen each other. "I had a shoot today." I say. He smiles and listens to what I say. We finish our drinks and pay at the cash register.

We are walking down the streets again. These streets are quiet and not that crowded which is nice since there isn't that much paparazzi. 

We enter the back gate of the palace. Zayn presses on the button of the intercom. "Hey Jackson, it is Zayn here." After that is said, the gates open up. We walk through them and then they automatically close behind us. We walk through the flowers and the water fountains. Past the horse stables and then walk through the glass back doors that let us enter the white room. Safaa and her mother are sitting on the couches drinking some tea.

Zayn and I talk along with them. We drink some tea. Classical music is being played from the stereo. We talk about a lot of things before Zayn and I walk upstairs towards his bedroom...