Zalien Invazion

36

   Liam and Zayn walk onto the back patio where they see Harry and Watson sitting out in the sun. They sit down at a small circular table next to Harry.
     "Can I get you anything? Coffee? Tea? Anything to drink or eat?" Liam asks, as any good host would.
    "Tea would be great," Harry answers.
     "Anything for you Zayn?" Liam asks. Zayn just shakes his head silently.
      "Alright then. I'll go inside and get that tea. You two have a good chat," Liam says as he pats Zayn's shoulder then leaves the room.
     The two strangers sit quietly, neither of them really knowing what to say or do.
      "So um... That dinner Friday night. It was super good, yeah?," Harry breaks the silence.
"Yeah," Zayn nods but realizes he only had coffee and it tasted terrible.
Harry nods, unsure how to start the real conversation he actually wanted to have. He couldn't just accuse Zayn of being an alien to his face, could he?
Finally Liam walks back outside holding two coffee mugs. He gives one to Harry and sits down next to Zayn, taking a sip of his tea.
"So...." Liam trails off awkwardly when he realizes no one else was going to try and start the conversation.
"Have anything you wanna say or ask, Harry?" Liam suggests.
"Well if you say so..." Harry trails off. "Uh... So- Zayn.... Liam told me that... You're a.... Zalien, I think it was. Is that true?" Harry asks, looking at Zayn with a big hopeful gleam in his eyes.
Zayn glances up at Liam who rests his hand on Zayn's knee encouragingly.
"Yeah. It's true," Zayn nods. Harry stares speechlessly at him for a few seconds then recomposes himself
"Is it alright if I ask you some questions about yourself and where you're from? I've been so curious about this for my whole life and I would love to learn all I can," Harry asks.
"Ask whatever you want,"Zayn shrugs.
"First of all, I just want to say that You speak very good English," Harry compliments.
"Oh. Thank you," Zayn smiles happily.
       "That's not your native language is it?" Harry guesses.
      "Zanglish. But I could speak anything if I really wanted to," Zayn clarifies. Harry nods. 
"So Um... I'm curious. What's the weather like on your planet?" Harry wonders.
"Hot. Very hot. Much hotter than here. But our Zkin is used to it zo it's not too bad," Zayn answers.
"Are you immortal?" Harry wonders.
"As a human? Or a Zalien?" Zayn asks.
"Both,"
"Well...I don't know shit humans, but I think I could die in my human form which is a wild thought," Zayn explains.
"So Zaliens can't die?" Harry asks.
"I mean... If they wanted to they probably could. But most don't. We just kinda.... Ztop,"
"Stop? Stop what?" Liam laughs, interrupting the conversation.
" I don't know. It's complicated," Zayn tells him, with a quick wave.
"Is it actually complicated? Or do you just not want to talk about it so you just say it's complicated?" Liam asks jokingly.
"It's complicated! You wouldn't understand!" Zayn assures him. "But anyway...." Zayn says as he turns his focus back to Harry.
"Do you need to blink?" Harry suddenly asks.
"Blink?" Zayn repeats cluelessly.
"Yeah. It's when you close your eyes every 5 seconds so they don't dry out," Liam interjects.
"Why would anyone need to do that?" Zayn asks with a confused laugh.
"Fascinating. So some of your extraterrestrial traits must carry over to your human form...." Harry mutters.
"Yeah and he doesn't sleep either. It's super creepy. He just watches me all night," Liam adds to Harry's curiosity.
"Well I mean.... I do kind of zleep.... But it's not like how you zleep," Zayn tells Liam.
"Let me guess. You sleep with your eyes open," Liam says sarcastically.
"If I wanted too," Zayn shrugs casually. "I could even be zleeping right now and you would never even know," he adds proudly.
"What?" Liam asks with a very confused expression.
"And I don't snore when I zleep!!" Zayn points out as he narrows his eyes at Liam, making Him laugh.
     "Unbelievable!" Harry cries. "How did you get here?" Harry wonders.
      "I have no idea...." Zayn admits. "I just woke up and it was dark." He adds. Harry nods studiously.
     "Probably some form of.... inter-realm travel like teleportation or something," he suggests. Zayn nods, But wasn't really sure what Harry was talking about.
     "What is your purpose here?" Harry asks.
     "Erm.... My home is being attacked and we came here to find help," Zayn says.
      "Wait just a minute..... That's not what you told me...." Liam comments in confusion. Zayn's eyes widen slightly and he looks up at Liam worriedly.
     "What? I thought I did tell you," he says.
     "I think I would remember that," Liam replies doubtfully.
     "Well I'm pretty zure I would know why I'm here..." Zayn tells him.
     "You said you were looking for somebody," Liam reminds Zayn. "You never said anything about an attack or getting help."
    "I did," Zayn nods, panicking for a fleeting moment.
     "No you did not," Liam says.
       "Yeah," Zayn nods frustratedly. "I implied it," he adds smartly.
      "Oh you implied it," Liam mutters.
      "It's not my fault you can't remember," Zayn says sassily and Liam laughs in surprise.
     "But I'll explain for you again. My Homes is being attacked.... And they kidnapped zome leaders and brought them here. For zome reason.... Because.... It's far away and no one would ever find it," he explains. Liam nods slowly with a suspicious look.
     "But you did find it..." He points out.
    "Any other questions?" Zayn asks with a nervous smile, turning back to Harry and ignoring Liam's demanding questions.
       "I noticed you kept saying 'us' and 'we' a lot. Does that mean there's more Zaliens here?" Harry asks hopefully.
     "Oh yeah. We're everywhere all around the world. Deserts forests cities oceans mountains. Everywhere," Zayn explains.
     "Why would a Zalien need to be in the ocean...?" Liam asks.
    "I'm not answering any more of your ztupid questions liam. Shut up," Zayn tells Liam. Liam gasps, clearly taken by surprise for a moment, then laughs.
     "What do humanoid Zaliens look like?" Harry asks.
     "They look like any other humans," zayn admits. "I only know they're here. But I don't know who they are."
      "I've seen some theories about this. Maybe you all look the same to eliminate any suspicion," Harry says.
"Seeing 500 exact copies of the same person wouldn't be suspicious at all?" Liam points out skeptically.
"It can work. Because most of the one people just think they're seeing the same 1 person over and over again and not hundreds of different people who all look the same," Harry explains.
      "Oh god...." Liam mutters with a laugh. "Imagine that: Millions of Zayn's just cluelessly wandering the earth. Jesus I can barely handle one...." He adds with a laugh.
    "Are you going to be like this all night?!" Zayn asks Liam frustratedly.
"Maybe," Liam can't help but laugh. Zayn narrows his eyes at Liam again, trying to look threatening but it just makes Liam laugh again.
   "This isn't your true form though, right?" Harry guesses, trying to stay focused on the topic.
    "I don't normally look like this," Zayn nods.
     "Incredible!" Harry remarks. "So what do you actually look like?" He wonders curiously.
     "I knew that was coming..." Zayn mutters with a short laugh. "I don't know..." He says as he stutters, trying to find an explanation. "I-I don't know. I can't.... I can't Explain. I don't know," he admits guiltily with a shrug.
    "That's alright. It's probably to complex for my simple human brain to understand anyway," Harry reasons understandingly. Zayn looks over at Liam with a proud 'I-told-you-so' look.
    Liam rolls his eyes then laughs.
    After talking for about an hour or two more, Harry realizes it was late and he needed to go home soon.
     "See you tomorrow Liam," Harry says as he opens the front door. "And it was nice talking with you Zayn," he adds with a smile.
    Zayn nods and smiles back  and waves to Harry as he leaves.
     "I'm proud of you Zaynie," Liam says as he closes the door behind Harry.
    "I didn't do anything," Zayn says with a shrug as he walks to the kitchen.
     "You opened up to Harry. I know that must have been hard for you but I'm very proud of you. That was very brave," Liam explains in admiration. Zayn laughs and shrugs humbly again, shaking his head as he finds something to snack on.
    "It wasn't that hard..." Zayn mumbles. "It would've been a lot easier if you didn't interrupt me every time I zaid zomething...." Zayn trails off.
"Hey! I wanted to ask questions too!" Liam tells him. "I didn't know that much about you before! How come you never told me?" Liam wonders defensively.
"Because you never asked," Zayn states the walks past Liam with a slight smirk.
"Oh my god are you gonna be like this all night?" Liam asks, repeating one of Zayn's earlier questions.
"I don't know. Maybe," Zayn replies back, repeating one of Liam's earlier answers before he opens the front door and slips outside.

I don't know why Zayn (and Liam too) were so sassy in this chapter, but I thought it was kinda funny so I just went with it. But thanks for reading :)