Searching For Nothing

Chapter 12

Zayn's POV

I stood in the mirror as I tried to find the perfect outfit for today, I was meeting my mother and I need to make a good impression. I had a bunch of possible outfits on my bed but none of them looked good enough, I sighed in frustration and then there was a knock on my door.

"Come in!"

"Hey what's going on up here?" Uncle Louis asked.

"I don't know what to where."

"Just put on what you usually wear, it's not a fancy occasion."

"Uncle Lou, I want to make a good impression, what if she thinks I look too shabby and doesn't want to see me anymore?"

"Zayn she will love you, I promise, and if she doesn't then she doesn't deserve you."

I nodded and gave uncle Louis a hug before he left then picked out some black jeans with an old flannel. I quickly did my hair then ran downstairs and slipped on my converse before running over to the car where dad and Uncle Louis were waiting. Dad had decided that he didn't want to be sitting alone for an hour so he invited Uncle Louis for a "date."

"Let's go!" I said.

Dad nodded and we all got in the car, throughout the car ride I couldn't stop myself from fidgeting with my hands.

"Zayn there is no need to be nervous, if anything she should be nervous," dad said.

I nodded and then noticed that we had arrived, it was a relatively small place and not a lot of people go there but it's nice. I got out and walked in holding dads hand.

"I'm going to sit right here, she is in that far booth, just be yourself Zee," dad said.

I nodded and walked over to the lady with dark black hair and similar tan skin who was on her phone but looked up when she saw me.

"Oh my, Zaynie it's really you!"

She jumped up and pulled me into a hug which I gladly returned, she smelt like a mix of pine and roses and had the biggest smile on her face. When she pulled out of the hug she cupped my face in her hands and just looked at me.

"You still have the same nose as when you born, small and cute, and those eyes, oh you were and sill are the most precious boy. How about we have a chat, yea? I'm sure you have questions."

"yea," I mumbled as I sat down.

"Ask away!"

"I just wanted to know why you gave me up really, and why you waited until now to see me."

"Zee I was merely 17 years old, I couldn't raise you the way you deserved, and as for Harry I couldn't tell him because I knew he would want to keep you. But we would not have been able to support you, I could have gone to my parents but at 17 years old I thought my life would be over. I waited until now to see you because I was trying to get my life together, but now I have a job with steady income, a house, and I even have a little dog. I'm ready to be your mother and I really hope you let me," she said with tears in her eyes.

"I would really like that mum," I answered.

"Thank you, thank you so much Zee, now enough about me, tell me about you, how do you like living with your dad?"

"It's great, at first it was thought that we were brothers but we got a blood test and we found out that he's my dad,  Louis, Niall, and Liam are basically my uncles because we all live together, but Louis is more of a second dad. Him and dad are actually dating, but it's supposed to be a secret so pretend you don't know! I'm going to be doing online schooling because I'm going on tour with the boys and because I don't do well in normal school but I prefer online school."