Blame. (Book 1.)

8.

Zayn and I ended up going to the food court to get some Chinese food. I offered to pay but him being the dumbass he is, wanted to pay for us instead.

We were now sitting at a table, eating the food and watching the kids run around and play in the kid area.

"So. Why aren't you at headquarters?" Zayn asked with a mouthful of food.

I swallowed my food and wiped my mouth with the back of my hand before speaking. "Your dad gave me a few days off."

Zayn nodded his head and furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "That's odd. You never have days off. My dad hates you."

I snorted and rolled my eyes, stabbing my fork onto a piece of chicken. "Yeah, yeah, don't remind me. But I'm not complaining."

"There you are!" I heard Dinah shout from behind me, she ran up to me and I rolled my eyes while shoving the chicken into my mouth and slowly chewing.

She noticed Zayn sitting beside me and smirked. "Zayn? What are you doing here?"

Zayn turned around in his seat slightly to face Dinah. "Lauren and I thought it would be nice to get something to eat."

"Ah, I see. Camila and I have been looking for you guys forever. We were just about to leave." She said.

That's when I spoke up. "Leave? You guys are going to leave without me?"

Dinah shrugged sheepishly and I could see the guilt in her eyes. "Well.. yeah. I figured that Zayn could drive you home."

I looked over at Zayn and raised my eyebrows.

He looked at Dinah then back at me and smiled. "Yeah. I'll drive her home."

I couldn't help but smile back at him. That was nice of him. And dare I say it.. I like this side of him.

"Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, you two are so cute!" Dinah cooed at us.

This time I didn't even bother telling her to shut the fuck up. I was too busy smiling at Zayn and mentally thanking him a thousand times.

We looked pretty ridiculous right now. Just smiling at each other without words being said. I cleared my throat and quickly turned back to my food. I could feel my cheeks heat up and tried my best to hide them from Zayn.

"I'm gonna leave you two alone. Cam is waiting for me in the car." Dinah winked then walked away.

I sighed in relief and finished off my food. Zayn was already finished and he took his trash and my own and stood up.

I knitted my eyebrows together and I looked up at him. "What are you doing?"

He grinned while motioning over to the trash can. "Throwing our trash away."

"I can throw it away myself, Zayn."

"Well I'm being nice." I wanted to speak up and protest and try to stop him but he was already walking towards the trash.

I guess I was just gonna get used to him being all nice I guess.

Standing up from my seat, I fixed my cardigan and made sure I had everything. Zayn led me towards the exit.

***

"You're an okay singer." I said between giggles.

"You're pretty okay too. Your voice sounds more appealing than mine." Zayn responded while stopping at a red light.

I shook my head and turned the radio down slightly.