Baby Luca « Zarry

Chapter 53

*COMPLETELY UNEDITED IM SORRY, I JUST DIDNT HAVE TIME FOR THAT! ENJOY ANYWAYS!*

"When will you be back?" Harry questioned breathlessly, swaying around with Azad in is arms as he halfheartedly attempted to continue making Luca's lunch.

Zayn pushed a hand through his hair, grabbing his phone off the counter. "Later tonight I suppose. I've got a meeting and then I'm meeting the boys."

"Niall and Liam? I thought they were on a mini holiday?" He questioned, slightly shifting Azad in his arms.

"Neil!" Luca shouted in excitement from his place at the table, only hearing what he wanted.

Zayn laughed, "No — um, Danny and Ant. They're in town for a bit, thought we'd go for drinks."

"Oh okay, they going to stop over and see the kids?" He turned back to making lunch.

"Don't think so," he murmured, leaning down to kiss Luca's head. "But I'll be home tonight, don't wait up."

Harry sighed, turning around to respond but only saw Luca alone at the table and heard to front door opening and closing.

"Brilliant," he mumbled under his breath. "Not like I needed or wanted a small break today, I can bathe tomorrow sometime."

"What?" Luca questioned with a scrunched brow.

Harry pushed forth a smile, picking up the plate. "Nothing baby, eat your lunch. I'm going to go lay Azad down and I'll be right back."

He nodded in understanding, already munching away on his sandwich. Completely content and occupied.

"Down you go," he whispered softly as he laid Azad in the playpen in the living room.

Harry pulled his phone from his back pocket, having felt it buzzing. Checking the screen and noticing it was a text message.

'Call me, we need to talk. It's important.'

He furrowed his brow, exiting the message and went straight to his dial screen. Poking in the correct numbers.

"Harry, hey.."

"What's wrong, I just got your text?"

There was a pause, followed by an outward sigh. "It's about Zayn."

"What about him, he just left a couple minutes ago. Said he had a meeting," he shrugged.

Liam paused again, "Harry, Zayn left the band. We just got the news ourselves."

He shook his head in utter disbelief, "No. He wouldn't have, we just had this talk not too long ago. He promised Luca that he'd —"

"I can forward you the email we received, there's a document attachment of the papers. It's done."

"Liam, I'm so —"

"I have to go though, okay. I've have to meet with our label to figure out what we're meant to do now."

Liam ended the call before Harry got a chance to form a response, leaving him feeling as though he'd just been knocked on his ass. But he was pulled from his thoughts when Azad began fussing awake, obviously having been woken by his talking.

"Shh, shh, shhh." Harry cooed softly, bending down and racing his fingers along Azad's naturally heated skin in a soothing manor. Coaxing him back to sleep again.

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Harry had been asleep in bed for hours but had momentarily woken up to use the bathroom, laying back down in bed afterwards. He didn't immediately fall asleep so he laid there awhile, but perked up some when he faintly heard someone coming through the front door downstairs.

"Harry, babe — why are you up so late?" Zayn questioned on the staircase, stopping halfway when he'd spotted Harry standing at the top step.

He crossed his arms over his chest, going down the steps and straight past him. "So what was your meeting for?"

Zayn turned and followed him into the kitchen, "Just a touch base meeting with the label, nothing major."

"Huh," he hummed with his back turning towards the kettle. "So nothing has happened or changed recently that I should know about?"

"Nope," he assured as he leaned back onto the edge of the counter.

"Sure?" Harry pressed.

Zayn nodded, pulling his phone from his pocket and set it back on the charging mat on the counter. "I'm sure."

"Well that's weird because I got a call from Liam today," he started. "And he told me you've quit the band. Yet here you are telling me nothing has changed and that everything is peachy keen."

"I —"

"So that tells me someone is lying to me," Harry cut him off as he turned around to look him in the eyes. "And that someone is most definitely you because I saw the bloody document that you signed nearly two weeks ago."

He sighed, deflating some because he knew he was in the wrong. "I didn't know anything was finalized yet, they told me it could take up to two months to get everything straightened out. So I thought I had more time to ease into this."

"Zayn you've done a lot of fucked up shit but this by far is the most —"

"I did this for you and the kids," he raised his voice. "I did this so I can be here for Azad and Luca, and you. I can make music on the side and at my own pace, no more being gone most of the year. I'm here to stay because this is where I'm needed most and where I belong."

"What about the band then, you've kinda just fucked their careers." Harry pointed out bluntly.

He shrugged, "They'll be just fine without me and if not, Simon said he'd have a place for them permanently on The X Factor as judges if they want it. They'll be okay."

"You should've talked to me about this though," he murmured quietly. "It affects both our lives and it would've been nice to hear it from you, rather third hand information from someone else."

Zayn stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Harry's waist, pulling him closer. "I'm sorry, I know I should've gone about this differently but I don't regret the decision I made."

They were about to kiss when Azad's baby monitor started making sounds in Harry's pajama pocket, making him instantly pull back in snap into parent mode.

"He's probably hungry, I'll meet you in bed."

Harry went upstairs, leaving Zayn alone in the kitchen within a blink of an eye and went to get Azad before Luca woke up from the noise.

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Authors note: I'm back I just need to get back into the "groove" of writing again and I know it's been forever since an update but maybe this will make up for it on some level.

Do you think Zayn made the right choice in leaving the band? If not, why?

Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated and always welcome!!