Zalien Invazion

22

About 15 minutes later, Liam glances at his watch nervously. He was worried because Zayn wasn't back get.
"Zayn's not back yet," he states.
"Guess he must be pretty busy in there. Maybe he 'forgot' how to put his pants on and needs you to help him," Louis suggests with an amused grin.
Liam looks at him and shakes his head, clearly unamused.
"I'm gonna go check on him. See if he's alright," Liam tells them as he stands and pushes in his chair.
"Aw, daddy Liam going to check on his little baby Zayn," Niall says with a joking smile as Liam pretends to ignore him.
"Daddy Liam...." Louis repeats with a devilish smirk.
"Stop it," Liam tells them as they laugh.
He leaves the table and walks to the bathroom. "Zayn?" He calls with no reply. He checks under the stalls but doesn't see Zayn's small black shoes. Worriedly, he leaves the bathroom and walks through the first level of the restaurant.
"Excuse me," he starts as he walks up to the front desk to talk to a hostess. "Have you seen a man walk by here?" He asks. "He's got very dark hair, all black clothes, kinda tan skin, a beard, tattoos, a very attractive man, a couple inches shorter than myself?" Liam describes Zayn as best he could.
"Sorry, Hun, I see a lot of people in one day..." She tells him, glancing up from the computer at the desk.
"Alright. Well thank you for your time," he says politely then turns. As a last resort, he walks outside. He hopes Zayn hadn't ran away.
"Zayn!!" He calls as he walks into the small tree lined courtyard outside the restaurant. He finally sees him sitting on a ledge of a flower garden in the darkness with a bag of clothes at his side.
"Zayn!" Liam sighs in relief as he walks over to him.
"Hi Liam," Zayn greets, glancing up at him.
"What in the World are you doing out here? Are you okay?" Liam asks worriedly. Zayn shakes his head slowly.
"What's wrong?" Liam asks as he sits down in the grass in front of Zayn.
"I don't like it in there," Zayn admits. "Is too loud, too crowded," he explains. Liam nods understandingly.
"You don't like the noise," he realizes then sighs. "I'm sorry for making you come here Zayn. It was a bad idea," Liam apologizes guiltily. He knew Zayn wasn't having any fun and he felt bad for it. He just wanted Zayn to have a good night.
"It's okay. Your friends are alright," Zayn assures him.
     "Even Louis?" Liam asks jokingly.
      "Errmm...." Zayn trails off, unsure.
      "He means well. He's Pretty annoying, but he's a super caring guy," Liam explains.
     "He just talks to much," Zayn mutters. Liam laughs and glances up at the sky.
"It's a nice night," he comments.
"Beautiful," Zayn agrees. Liam smiles slightly and stares up at the stars. He looks back at Zayn to see him staring at him with a confused expression on his face as if he was trying to figure out a hard problem.
     Quickly, Liam searches for anything to start a conversation.
    "So Um... How do your new clothes fit?" Liam wonders, crossing his arms.
    "Pretty good," Zayn says as he stands up and holds his arms out. Liam looks him over from head to toe and is speechless. Niall was right. Black is an amazing color for Zayn.
     "Yeah you look really good. Well They look really good on you," Liam comments. "I mean- they look like they fit good. Nice and comfortable, yeah," Liam adds quickly but just wants to punch  himself in the face.
     Zayn smiles slightly and stares back at the sky, deep in thought.
"Im going back inside, do you want to come?" Liam offers to change the subject again. Why was he so awkward all of a sudden?? Zayn shakes his head no.
"You sure?" Liam double checks.
"Yeah," Zayn confirms.
"You'll be okay out here by yourself then ?" Liam asks.
"Of course," Zayn assures him.
"Alright well, we should be done soon," Liam tells him.
"Take your time. I'm okay. I love it out here. The ztars are zo bright and clear," Zayn tells Liam as he stares at the sky.
"I could bring your coffee out and make it even better," Liam tells him with a smile.
"No that's okay thank you. It's not as good as when you make it...." Zayn declines. Liam laughs shyly and he feels his cheeks growing warm for some reason.
"But that's just coffee pot coffee. This is gourmet cafe coffee. The good stuff," Liam says in confusion.
"It's not as good as tour coffee," Zayn repeats. Liam can't help but smile and glance down at the ground.
"Well I uh... I'm gonna head back inside now," he tells Zayn.
"Okay. I'll be out here," Zayn says with a slight hint of a smile. For some reason, Liam wanted to stay out with him in the cool night air and just sit and watch the stars for hours, but he knew he should go back inside with his friends and leave Zayn alone by himself outside.