For Now ➸ Zauren

8.

December 23rd, 2014

Lauren

I'm home! I'm in Miami! I couldn't be more happier to be in the only place I can truly call home with the people that make me the happiest I've ever been. My parents, and siblings were staying with my aunt at her house, and I was staying with Dinah. My mom used my aunts car to drop me off. My eyes lit up like a small child on Christmas morning when I saw the tan house with the palm tree out front that had HANSEN spray painted on it. I remember how much Dinah's brother got into for doing that. 

"Don't have too much fun," my mom said. I kissed her on the cheek, and rushed out of the car when i saw the front door open. I started to cry as Dinah and I ran toward each other. We jumped at each other in a very aggressive hug that took us both down in the grass. The grass tickled my legs. This was the weather for me. I was meant to be here. I loved it in the U.K, but it could not compare to my true home sweet home. 

"I missed you so much!" Dinah said pulling away from the hug that I never wanted to end. I just nodded, trying to contain my tears. "Stop! I do not need to cry. I just did my make up-" Dinah's voice cracked, and the next thing you know we were both sitting in her front lawn crying. 

It took a while, but we managed to gather ourselves enough to go to the beach. 

"How are you and Zayn doing? I feel like it's been forever since you've talked about him."

"That's because it has," I laughed.

"Please don't tell me things are done between you guys."

"No," I shook my head taking in a pile of sand and letting it fall through my fingers. "I don't want to jinx things between us. They're really good right now, and I don't want to throw things off. You know?"

"I know. Was he sad to see you go?" Dinah asked sliding her sunglasses from her head to the bridge of her nose. I nodded. "I wish he could have came along. He's probably the only thing about the U.K I'll truly miss while I'm here for these couple weeks. It's great out there, but this is where I really belong on the beach with my best friend." I let out a relieved sigh. "Life really can't get any better than this."

Zayn

"I hope I got everything that you asked for," I said to my mum as I struggled to carry in all the bags from the market. I kicked the door shut and made my way into the kitchen where I laid the bags down on the countertop. "I hope so too, you would't want to make two trips," she teased. I sat down on a barstool and watched my mum at work in the kitchen. 

"Do you need any help?" I asked. She was prepping things for Christmas Eve dinner. She shook her head. "I think that I'm fine, thanks."

"So, how many people are going to be coming over tomorrow?" I asked. My mum shrugged putting the milk into the fridge. "I invited a lot of people. You know, family and friends. I invited the Edwards." My mum stopped looking at me when she said this. I scratched at my chin. "The Edwards? As in Perrie and her family?"

"Yes, them. I hope you don't mind. I would have invited the Jauregui's, but they're in the states. I will disinvite them if you'd like. I just hadn't seen them in a while, excluding Perrie and I thought it'd be nice."

"It's fine, do what you want," I said. 

"Are the two of you on bad terms?" 

"No. It's just Lauren and I kind of have a thing, and I don't want my ex-girlfriend in the picture still."

"I absolutely understand. I'm sure she'll be spending most of her time with your sisters."

December 24th, 2014