How Did We Get Here // Luke Hemmings & Zayn Malik

Chapter 74: On the Job

I hear Zayn's alarm blaring through my room. I turn to see his face buried on my pillow. I sigh and try to reach over him and grab his phone. I look at the screen and it alerts him to wake up for work. It's only 6:00 in the morning. I turn it off and slam my body onto the bed. I turn over and slowly rub Zayn's back "Zayn. It's time to get up now... Come babe. Let's get you ready." He moans and ignores me. I roll my eyes and get off. I quickly get ready and then drag him out of bed. He groans at me "Em's... Why are you doing this to me. It's too early." I chuckle "Zayn... Come on. Please." He rubs his eyes and walks into my bathroom.
I slowly bend down and reach my boots. I sit on the edge of my bed and turn side ways, lifting my leg up and try to slip on my boot. After a few attempts I angrily throw the boots across the room and yell "Ah! God damn it!" Zayn peaks his head out "Em's what happened?" I roll my eyes and sigh "I'm fucking fat Zayn. That's what happened. I can't even put on my fucking shoe for Christ sakes!" He sighs and goes to retrieve my boots. He walks over to me and kneels "So you have a pregnant bump, not the end of the world right." I roll my eyes and head down stairs. There I wait for him outside.
In five minutes he comes outside with his hair done and uniform ready. He chuckles "What are you doing outside?" I roll my eyes and cross my arms "I'm going to work with you." He scoffs "what!? No you're not!" I sigh, reaching the bottom of the stairs "Why not? I need the exercise, you heard Jane. Besides, I want to be with you Zayn." He groans loudly and opens his door for me.
He gets in his car and turns on the engine "Well I have to drop you off at the corner so they won't see you with me but I won't be long okay." I smile and he drives off. After a few turns, I get off at the gas station and wait for him there. I look around and rub my hands together. I felt so lonely. It was a deep pit filled with a vast emptiness and I felt hopeless that no one was there for me. I wasn't sure if I was sleepy causing me to feel such emotions or the weather.
Suddenly a big white truck pull up in front of me. Zayn groans "Come on, hop on." I carefully lift my leg away from the curb and pull my body upward to the seat. He helps me sit and he clicks my seat belt for me. I sigh "why doesn't this have a door? What if I slip out?" He sighs, rolling his eyes and drives away "Emma. You wanted to come. You deal with it." I roll my eyes "well someone woke up in the wrong side of the bed today." He looks at me then back to the road "Emma, Perrie called me yesterday." I nod, looking at the boxes behind us "oh, that's what you where trying to say but fell asleep too quickly." He sighs, looking back at me and trying to catch my attention "Emma!" I look at him and note his serious tone. "Yes?" He grips the wheel and shifts in his seat "well, Perrie called me yesterday. Her Grandma got diagnosed with bone cancer last year. The doctors informed them yesterday that she has maybe a week of surviving." I gasp "how horrible! Is she okay?" He nods no and continues "I knew gramsJess. She loved me like a grandson. She wants to see me before she leaves. I agreed to visit her tomorrow after the ultra sound appointment. But then she told me that Grams Jess doesn't know we  split. She still thinks we're together. She wants me to lie and let her grandma have a peaceful passing." I look at him "poor Jess." Zayn scoffs "Emma! Did you not hear me?!" I scoff "yes I heard you Zayn!" He frowns " doesn't that bother you?" I sigh "Zayn, she's dying painfully. The last thing she needs is finding out her loved ones where lying to keep her happy. It only bothers me that she is dying slowly." He sighs, stopping at a curb "Emma, could you come with me and meet her?" I laugh "you're kidding right? Zayn! That's just awkward!" He sighs "at least stay in the waiting room. I don't think I will be okay after seeing Grams like that." I smile and he in clips his belt and goes to the back. I take off my seat belt and get off, wait for him by the first house on the curb.
Then he comes with a side bag filled with mail popping out of the bag. I gasp "isn't that heavy!" He chuckles lightly and grabs my hand. We start walking and placing mail in mail boxes.
He would goof off and step ten feet away from the box and try to throw it inside. If he made it, I would have to enter the next house with a dog on guard. Thankfully he missed.
We slowly open the fence and suddenly see a Doberman hurdling it's way to us, barking and growling at us. I quickly pull Zayn out and close the gate. Then the dog tries jumping over the fence. Zayn laughs "Emma... This is Bitsy, she's a friendly dog. She only did that cause she doesn't know you. But once she does, she loves you. Like the first day, she held me down in a choking position, she literally had my throat in her mouth." I gasp "that's the dog you were talking about!" He chuckles and enters inside the yard. Then the dog jumps up  towards him, trying to lick him. Zayn successfully puts the mail and pets her and then leaves. I scoff "I've never been terrified like that." Zayn rolls his eyes "your dog was a bigger beast." I dip my head down"at least she wasn't a dog who nearly kills people." He sighs and hugs me.
After about two hours of walking around and delivering mail, I have decided that I have the utter most respect for mail people. Literally, I mean they carry loads of paper and boringly and annoyingly stash them in the correct box. They work under all conditions of the weather. Blazing hot to warm to chilly to freezing. I was bored and my feet were starting to hurt by then. Around 11:30, Zayn took his 15 minute break and we ate at the gas station. Eating a donut with coffee was energizing.
After break was over, there we went again over four blocks.
I look over the mail and see a whole stash of coupons from target and Victoria secret. I gasp "Zayn! Look!" He looks down at them and shrugs. I take a few away. Zayn scoffs "what do you think you're doing?" I look at him innocently "I only got coupons for diapers and baby formula." He rolls his eyes "and the coupons for Victoria secret?" I keep a straight face "none of your business." He groans, turning to face me completely "Emma put them back, they're going to notice." I smirk "well just take everything then." He sighs, begging me "please Emma, I could lose my job for this." I give in and hand it to him.
After we finished that block, we were walking back to the truck, I kept pushing him to the grass area and hoping he would step on poop. Suddenly we hear a familiar voice ahead of us "hey! Baby lovers!" I close my eyes and smile "it's Ashton isn't it." Zayn sighs "outstanding guess!" I lift my head up and see Ashton wearing his bandana and idiotically waving at us. Zayn yells "hey lover boy!" Ashton chuckles "what are you guys doing!!?" We get close and he hugs me. Zayn sighs "I'm working and Emma decided to torture me and tagged along." He grins "cool, cool." Zayn's eyes pop "can you take her home?" I scoff "what!?" While Ashton agreed "yeah of course!" I look to Zayn "really?" He grins a bit "I really want to finish fast and you slow me down." I scoff and walk away with Ashton. Zayn yells to me "you know I love you babe! Right !" Ashton yells back " she's a hormonal hazard! Best you come up with the best apology ever!" Ashton chuckles and places his arm over my shoulders. He sighs "so how's things?" I laugh "everything's good. Baby's strong and healthy as ever. Everything's good." He laughs slightly and stays quiet. I asked "Ashton... What are you doing walking in the morning? Aren't you suppose to be at work?" He sighs, looking up at the sky "Emma, I got fired today." I stop walking "what?! Why?!" He turns around to face me and shrugs "they didn't need me anymore." I click my tongue and huh him, rub his back and feel so much pity for him. He laughs "it's fine. Anyways, weren't you always asking when they were going to fire me." I slap his arm a bit, laughing "but I didn't mean it! This is awful!" He kisses my forehead and we keep walking.
We got home and Ashton immediately ran to the couch and sat on it, I roll my eyes and sit next to, slowly and gently dipping low. Ashton sighs "how's it like being six months and three weeks pregnant?" I look at him and fake a cry "i hate it!" Ashton shrugs and screams "Niall?! You home?'" We heard two thumps on the up stairs floor following rushing steps down the hall. Niall screams "Ashton is that you?'" Ashton laughs "my Irish Niall cousin! Could you bring Emma her PJ's please?!" We heard him enter my room and slam my drawers. Then he comes rushing down the stairs and throws it to my face, jumping over my feet and sitting next to Ashton. I scoff and roll my eyes. I go to the restroom and try to change in the god forsake tiny space. I splatter my face into the wall and stretch my leg up to get my boots off.
After a while I was changed and I threw my clothes in with Natalie's basket. I sigh and walk to the living room. As soon as Ashton saw me, he quickly jump out of the couch and kneeled in front of me "you're so big now! My goodness!!" I laugh and he places his hand over my belly. The baby starts kicking and moving around. Ashton laughs "munchkin! I'm your god fatherAsh! I love you baby!" I chuckle and walk away. Niall scoffs "but I'm the God father!" Ashton sneers "no I am. Right Emma!?" I laugh and watching them fight over who's who. At the end, Ashton looked at Niall, impersonating a Italian gangster accent and putting his hand in front of him "You may now kiss my hand." Niall rolls his eyes "yes God father." And kisses it.
It was nice knowingly friends care so much not only about me but for my baby. They don't even have a connection with them but they it either way. And munchkin loves them too.