Reticence ( Kid!Zayn) ( Larry Family)

five.

Life's all about changes. Some good. Some bad. All equally disturbing. Well at least for Zayn.

The first ever change in Zayn's life was when Uncle Freddie got married. He was three and the concept of marriage was still very peculiar to him. He didn't get why someone would want to leave their house and come to stay with another person. Although Zander was actually a very cool guy and it didn't take Zayn that much time to get used to him. Now it could be all the pretty cakes he baked or how he braided Zayn's hair to make them look all cute but Zayn had fallen in love with Zander before he had the time to adjust with him. Then came Greg. Freddie was the one who told him about the new baby who was going to play with him but in his four-year-old mind, all Zayn understood was that someone was coming to take away his toys. Fortunately, Greg was cute enough and Zayn didn't mind sharing his toys after all.

The hardest of all the changes he had to go through life was when Billy left for college. Zayn and Billy were closer than close. The older lad was only thirteen when his nephew was born and being the youngest he had always wanted a baby to play with. Zayn being Zayn had filled Billy's life with all the rainbows and unicorns in the world. And well Billy was the only one Zayn could blabber about to all day and all night long. It felt like Billy had raised Zayn himself, growing up in the process of it. So leaving the toddler was very hard.

One of the reasons for that change being harsh on Zayn was that nobody told him that Billy was going to leave and when they did they didn't tell him that he wasn't coming back for awhile. So one second Billy was giving him a wash and they were chasing the shampoo monster away and the next Billy was crying like a little baby.

" What happened? Did the shampoo monster got you, Uncle Billy?" Zayn cupped his face, tilting his head to the side, concern thick in his voice.

Billy chuckled, wiping his tears away and smiling at his nephew. " No, It can never get me. It only eats babies cause they are cute." He poked Zayn's side, earning a shrill squeak and so began the tickle war. Zayn laughed and laughed until he couldn't breathe anymore. And then Billy scooped him up in a towel, drying him gently.

" I'll miss you, Kitty." His eyes shined as he combed through his nephew's hair. Zayn was confused. Was he going somewhere? Then he realised it was Monday which meant Uncle Billy had school. So logically he figured that's where he was going.

" I mish you too." He nodded his head to emphasise the words. Billy chuckled.

They ate fries after that and played on Billy's phone. Then they went out to get ice cream and Zayn was shocked when his uncle bought him a chocolate too. For a moment he just looked at it and then asked his uncle.

" For me?" He pointed at himself with his little finger. Billy nodded his head, a huge smile gracing his lips.

" Don't tell papa, though." He whispered as if it were a secret and Zayn nodded before taking the bar.

When they got back home everyone was standing around in the living room and there were suitcases lying around everywhere. Billy had put Zayn down and helped out in setting all the bags and before they knew everything was ready except the people. Priscilla had locked herself in the room, stating it was too hard for her to say goodbye. Louis was trying his hardest not to cry and Freddie was moving around trying to hide his tears. Everyone was hugging and then everyone was crying. Billy was hugging everyone once again and then he was crying. It was a mess and Zayn was extremely confused. He just stood there at the side until it was over and then Billy hugged him, peppering hundred's off kisses on his face. And then he was gone.

When he didn't come back in the evening, Zayn sat at the door with his face in his hand and waited. He waited and waited, counting all the cars, jumping up when he heard the motorcycles. But Billy didn't come back. He sat there until Freddie came back from work and saw his sleeping for beside the door. The next morning they told him how uncle Billy was gone to college and it was all the way in London and he wouldn't be coming back before the holidays. Zayn had cried, not saying anything. Just crying and wishing silently for Uncle Billy to come back home.

That was the change in his life. When Billy completed his studies he decided to get settled in London and by the time he did came back Zayn was used to not having him around and it was never the same.

School was the change that came after that. Louis was pregnant which, Zayn didn't know about, so Mel and Zander had taken him to get his admission done. He had managed to do well in the test thanks to all the home tuitions he had taken the prior year. Except he wrote the six the other way around, even though he had tried to practice it like a hundred times the previous day. When they were done with the test. Zander had asked him if he wanted to go on the slide. He had gone just because Zander was smiling big and the slide was pink. And even though it was too hot and the metal burnt him, he still managed to smile at his uncle. His entire school experience was like that one slide.

Another big change in his life was Myra's birth. He was five and they were still living at Priscilla's place. Nobody had told him anything. Come think of it there were a lot of thing everyone knew and no one told him. Anyways, It was 26th August and he couldn't find his papa anywhere in the house. He had asked everyone if they'd seen him but not one of them could help. Around noon Aunt Mel had taken him to the hospital, where his mum told him he had a new sister now. At first, it felt weird, having a new sister, but then he had been lonely for awhile and he realised he could actually use some company. Little did he know, he was going to fall in love with that girl and for the rest of his year she would anchor him through life.

The next good change was their new home. Harry had finally earned himself enough money to buy a place for himself and nobody could be happier than Louis himself. The first time they had visited their house, it was dark and furnitureless, which was scary. But his papa was twirling and his dad was laughing so everything was very very bright.

"Am I dreaming?" Louis exclaimed, moving around from wall to wall, his eyes shining in glee.

Harry chuckled. " Feels like it, doesn't it?" He said. " Thank god it's not."

Louis opened his arms and twirled around like a ballerina, only with a lot less precision.

Zayn smiled, walking over to Myra who was crawling around on the carpet. He picks her up and sits down.

" It's because of you, you know. You're lucky." He whispered in her ear while rocking her around. She babbled around before placing her little hand on his face, making him smile big.

So, that's how it started. The life after changes.

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Hi guys! So this is the promised update. I really hope you like this. A Lot of memories. A Lot of them. Do tell me what you think and I wanna know what u guys think will happen next. Also I kinda lost my original sketch plot of this book and I had to write another one, took a lot of time. Anyways, I am kinda back on track and med school test was fine but I'm free now. So update will be more frequent and well that's it.

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