Our Secret-A Zerrie Fanfic

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Zayn's POV

"And the winner for the best British single is... One Thing, One Direction!" The hosts announced as the audience erupted into deafening cheers.

The boys and I did a quick victory jump before making our way up the stage to collect our award and give our acceptance speech. I was allocated to the speech for best British single, which was utterly perfect. I had mine ready to go.

After Harry was done with his thank you, I started giving mine by acknowledging the fans.

"I just wanna saw a massive thank you to every single one of us fans for voting. This award wouldn't have been possible without you guys voting. And I also wanna thank all our friends, our families, girlfriends, people that we work with every day."

I purposely said the girlfriends quickly but made sure that it would not be missed and that Perrie would hear it backstage.

We headed over to the side of the stage and Grimmy introduced Little Mix. "Right now lets welcome another band on stage, Zayn's excited, they're Little Mix!"

I couldn't hide my smile as the lights turned on, shining on the four girls. I hurriedly got off the stage and made my way to watch their performance backstage so that I wouldn't miss anything, knowing that it was Perrie who started the song.

I was beaming with pride while watching them, I was so close to yelling "that's my girlfriend to everyone in the room." Luckily for me, I didn't and waited for their performance to be over to congratulate Perrie on a performance well done.

I stood right at the entrance of their dressing room and saw the girls squealing with excitement over their performance they had just smashed moments ago.

"Perrie!" I called and waved my hand.

She tore her eyes away from her band mates and ran towards me with a huge smile on her face. We embraced in a tight hug and I quickly praised her performance.

"Thank you." She replied as we pulled apart. "So... Thank you to our girlfriends huh?" She asked with playfulness in her voice.

"Hmm." I nodded and bent down beside her ear. "Especially mine." I whispered into her ear while she turned sideways and snuck a quick peck on my cheeks.

I straightened my body and gave her a cheeky grin. "EW!" I heard Jesy cried. Way to ruin a romantic moment. "Take it somewhere else!"

"Oh please you couldn't handle a little bit of affection?" Perrie joked.

"Erm, EW no like seriously. That's disgusting." Jesy played along with a fake American accent.

"Great performance by the way." I told the girls.

"Thank you." They all replied in unison. "And congrats on winning your awards." Jade added.

"Thanks, I've gotta go get ready for our performance, I'll see you later." I told Perrie.

"Good luck with your performance, I'll be watching!"

"Take note of my attire later." I winked at Perrie, leaving her standing confused outside her dressing room.

I had meant it when I said that bowler hats like the one Perrie had lent me for the Olympics were going to be my next fashion trend. I had asked our stylists if they could help me find just a couple of such hats for me and boy, they did not just bring a couple, I think I now have an entire collection.

The boys and I then performed five songs altogether: One Thing, Up All Night, Moments, What Makes You Beautiful and our newest, Live While We're Young.

I trip when I was running off stage, thankfully I didn't fall, that would have been disastrous. During Live While We're Young the vocals got screwed up, it started lagging behind the music and my ear piece happened to be stuck during my solo so I messed it up.

Despite all that mess up, it was a good day. We had tried to experience with something new by singing Moments on that floating platform through the air. Even though the height did frighten me a little, I had to admit it was fun. We suggested to Paul to check if we could actually have that for our tour next year.

We bagged a couple of awards, gave a stunning performance and I had the privilege of watching my girlfriend performing a new single live for the first time.

On our way home, the boys and I were discussing our Christmas plans.
"I'll be going home to Ireland with my family." Niall stated.

"I'll be going home too." Harry said.

"I don't know, I'm not sure if I'll be spending Christmas with Danielle's family or mine." Liam said.

"Speaking of Danielle," Louis added. "What are you getting Danielle and Perrie for Christmas?" He turned to Liam and I respectively.

"I'm not sure.. This is our first Christmas together I wanna get her something special." I replied, feeling the burden of getting Perrie a good Christmas present.

"Maybe get her something cuddly like a teddy bear with a necklace or something like that?" Louis suggested.

"Naw, too cliche."

"Wow thanks, that's what I was thinking of getting Eleanor."

"That's not what I meant Lou, you know me and Perrie don't go for all that kind of romance stuff."

"You've got a tough one to crack bro. At least you have one more month to think about it."

I sighed as started racking my brains on a suitable gift. A teddy bear to cuddle? Nah that's not right. I should get something meaningful, maybe something for her to have when she misses me.

A jacket? Nope, she has plenty of those and it's not like she cannot afford any. A car? Oh wait, she doesn't even have a driving license, and she wouldn't accept such a costly gift anyway.

"Zayn, this is your stop." The driver called, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Bye!" All the boys chorused behind me and I gave them a small wave. I unlocked the door and fiddled for the switch amidst the darkness and turned on the lights, the sudden glare hurting my eyes.

I guess Perrie wasn't home yet, she didn't say anything about coming over to mine's tonight though. She's been staying over so frequently I completely forgot she doesn't live here. That reminds me! The property agent had called me last week to check if I was still interested in the mansion and I forgot to call him back.

I checked my schedule alongside with Perrie's that she had sent me and saw that we both had tomorrow free. Perfect, we could go view the house tomorrow. I picked up my phone to inform Perrie when a text from her came in.

I grinned to my phone. "Telepathy." I thought as I read the message. "I'll be staying with Jade tonight! Great performance just now:) good night, sleep tight and I love you xx."

I was a little disappointed she wasn't going to be with me tonight, but I guess as soon as we shift into our new house it would all change. "That's alright, I'll pick you up tomorrow we have house viewing to do. Love you too xx"

The next morning I pulled up in front of Perrie's apart really early and rang her phone. "Hello?" She answered grouchily.

"Sleepyhead time to get up! We have a house to view! By the way, I'm outside already and I'm giving you five minutes to get out of the house!"

"What!" She shrieked. "That's like asking a kid to surrender her Christmas present, that's impossible! You're asking too much Malik! Eight minutes, that's the most I'll compromise."

I chuckled at her unusual analogy, which also had me reminded about her Christmas present. A karaoke box set? No that's ridiculous, singing is her occupation I doubt she still wanna sing at home. Maybe I'll have to go along with Louis' teddy bear. I grunted in my seat, bringing my hands through my hair.

I snapped my fingers as the perfect present came to my mind! I beamed proudly to myself, that was the perfect Christmas present!

"You're such a creep! Stop smiling to yourself!" Perrie screamt in my ear, making me jump a foot in the air. I was so deep in thought that I hadn't realized that she had entered the car.

"Yes turtle, we can finally go now." I said as I started the ignition.

"Who are you calling a turtle! That must have been record time for me to have gotten ready! You know I'm not a morning person. Anyways, where's the house?"

"It's about in central London, it quite near to my current place but alot bigger and nicer."

Within twenty minutes we pulled up in front of what looked like a castle, well according to Perrie it did. "Mr Malik, I'm Mr Jackson, the property agent you've been on the phone with. It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too, thank you for reserving the house for us." I replied politely and shook his outstretched hand.

"No worries."

The house was like a dream house, it had two huge master bedrooms with a bathroom each and two other rooms with connecting bathrooms. It was just lovely for me to have the lads or my family over.

All the walls were painted white and there was a huge white sofa in the living room. The kitchen was so huge, which was a real pity because I don't really cook. In addition, it also had a swimming pool and loads of loads of space.

"This is perfect." Perrie whispered in awe.

"We're getting this." I informed Mr Jackson.

"Alright, please follow me to fill up the forms and procedures."

That was it. We had officially bought this 'castle' and Perrie was definitely pleased with it so there was nothing more that I could ask for.

"I can't wait to do the decorations and to shift in! Are you going to make all the rooms guest rooms?"

"I thought I said you could handle everything about the house? It's up to you how many guest rooms you want."

"Awesome! Shall I assign one master bedroom to myself then?"

"What no! We are definitely sharing a room! Or that would have defeated the purpose of us sharing rooms!"

"Alright, I was just kidding. Do you want a deadline for the house to be finished though?"

"Preferably in three months time? That way I can slowly pack my stuff and shift it over too."

"Perfect."

Perrie's POV

Zayn dropped me off at my apartment after our house viewing and I got in to see Jade settled on the couch with Sam.

"Hey Pez!" She called. "How did you like the house?"

"It was awesome! We bought it already and should be out of here in three months! You can start packing your stuff too!"

"That's great!" Jade cried, leaning in to give Sam a peck on his cheek. She was clearly excited to be able to shift in with Sam so soon.

"Ugh ew keep it to yourself." I commented in disgust.

"Please the girls and I catch you and Zayn more often and it's much worse than a peck! Don't even make me go there Pez!"

"Fine fine I take back my words!" I grumbled as I made my way up the stairs to catch up on the rest which I had lost.

~

It's been a month since Zayn and I had bought the house, and I was here getting started on the designing of the house. I had my plan drafted out in a little paper, yet I have no idea where to start. I decided to start with a little surprise I had for Zayn, a graffiti room. Knowing that he liked the use art to express his emotions I decided why not give him have a little private room for him?

I stepped into each room, trying to allocate each room to serve their purpose. The plan was to be, one master bedroom for Zayn and I, the other as guest room, one small room for his graffiti studio and the last as a games cum closet room.

I looked around the two master bedrooms and decided the one facing the swimming pool to be our room, it had such a lovely view. Imagine watching the sunset from our room, it would be magnificent.

I then selected the small room next door as Zayn's graffiti studio and the last small room as the games room.

As I was about to leave the house I noticed a small flight of stairs at the back of the house. "Where does that lead?" I wondered.

I cautiously went down the steps and yanked a door open. I gasped, it was like a basement getaway, only way cooler. It was the size of a swimming pool! It was empty, I could hear the echoes of my footsteps and it seemed like a sound proof room. Why didn't the property agent tell us about this? This room could turn into something awesome! Like a bowling alley or a movie room, or maybe just recording studio!

I headed back home with a really long shopping list, I figured I wouldn't have the time to shop for all the things on my own so I'll just shop online. I bought a king size bed for us, and two super single beds for the guest room. I didn't know much about art so I just bought loads of canvas, spray paint, paint, pencils, everything an artist needs. I decided to just bring over the FIFA games from Zayn's house over from the current house and just add in a couple more games.

A brilliant idea struck my mind, I could transform the underground to the graffiti room. As for the original graffiti room I settled to let Zayn decide on that. I really hoped that Zayn would like the graffiti room, and that it'll be an awesome surprise.

Just as I was confirming my purchase, I heard my phone ringing. Looking at the caller ID brought a smile to my face.

"Hi darling!" I chirped into the phone.

"Oh so now I'm your darling?"

"Fine Mr Malik, what have I done to deserve this honorable phone call from you and how may I help you?"

"I was just kidding! I'm sure you'll call me more than darling after you hear what I'm going to tell you."

"It's not that easy. But then again, what is it!" The excitement got the better of me.

"Check your phone I'm sending you an attachment."

I turned on the speaker and an attachment came in from Zayn. It was a picture of a dog that reminded me of a fur ball. It was so tiny and adorable! Soon two more attachments came in, and it was more pictures of the dog. The last came in with Zayn cuddling with the dog, I smiled at that sight, I was definitely saving that picture.

Realizing that Zayn was still on the other line, I asked "what's those pictures for? Are you at an animal shelter or something?"

"I'm surprised someone as intelligent as you haven't figured it out Pez! Early Merry Christmas love!"

My eyes widened at the realization that struck. "Oh my gosh! Zayn Malik!" I screamt at the phone screen pretending that it was his face, "you're so awesome I can't believe it!"

I must have been causing a commotion because Jesy and Leigh-Ann who had came over to hang out with us came running into my room with worried expressions. "What happened?" They demanded.

I was about to reply when I heard a faint chuckle coming from my phone. "Pez did you just wake up the whole neighbourhood?"

I turned off the speaker and placed it on my ear "babe you're the best, I love you. Speak to you later." After I ending the call I was faced with the three girls arching their brows at me.

"He bought a dog for me as my Christmas present! Look!" I clicked the photo of the dog and showed it to them.

They cooed around my phone and mumbled that their boyfriends better had something good planned for their Christmas, making me laugh.

I sent the pictures to my mum, Jonnie and Katherine too, "new addition to the fam! Christmas present from Zayn:D"

@Littlemixoffic: P+Z

It was rare that I tweeted so openly about it relationship, but I guess this would be an exception.

@Littlemixoffic: new puppy;) what should we call him x

Within minutes, I spotted "zerrie" trending which was a combined from Zayn and Perrie, but I was smarter than that to click the trend. The last time curiosity had gotten the better of me, it killed the cat. Not literally though, you know the saying "curiosity killed the cat"? Yeah, half of those tweets contained hate for me, yet it was like drugs. I knew that I should stop reading it but I just couldn't. I sighed to myself and decided that I wasn't going to let this affect my really happy day so I whipped out my phone to send a text to Zayn. 

"Pick me up babe, I wanna meet the dog! We've gotta think of a name for it too!:D"