Once

Chapter Sixteen

Zayn (about time!!)

I gently shook Liam awake as we landed in Australia. I was just about bursting at the seams - I finally got to see Perrie today! Despite the fact that it was two in the morning Australian time, I was wide awake, and so was my babe. This plane had WiFi - much to everyone's enjoyment - and I had been Tweeting and DMing Perrie on Twitter the whole plane trip. After all of the little announcements and stuff were done, we were finally aloud off the plane. I was resisting the urge to run, but I calmly took my bag from under the seat and waited for everyone else. We all stepped off the plane and I felt my heart flutter the moment I saw Perrie.

"Zayn!" She squeaked, running over to me. I opened my arms, and she jumped into them. Still holding onto me, she looked up at me. "I missed you." She said, smiling. I gave her a kiss.

"I missed you, too."

"Sorry, but are you two done? We need to go, you can make up what you missed out on later." Harry said with a wink. I rolled my eyes at him, and Perrie blushed, grinning. We made our way to the exit, Perrie and I holding hands. I was so glad to be seeing her again. Well, I could say that a million times over and over, but nothing will ever compare to how happy I felt when I saw her. Everyone went in their own taxis, and I went with Perrie. It didn't matter that it was almost two thirty now, we were going to out somewhere - another thing we had arranged over Twitter. However, rather than me taking her out, she had called a restaurant and booked it for us, and I guess there's another plus side to being famous; this restaurant closed at eleven, but they had left the back door unlocked for us to sneak in. The car trip took about ten minutes, but it didn't feel like too long, as we had a lot to talk about. When the taxi finally stopped in front of the little restaurant, we got out, paid him, and walked around the back. Sure enough, the door was unlocked. Perrie grinned at me as we stepped inside.

"Lock the door behind you, please." A woman's voice said. I turned and locked the door, and when I looked around the room properly, I found we were in a kitchen. "Sorry, there has been about seven girls who have tried to come in." She said with a smile. "This way, I'll show you to your table." Smiling down at Perrie, I took her hand again as we walked into the dining room. All of the tables and chairs were packed up against the wall, the chairs upside down on the tables, all except one table right in the middle. It had a white cloth over the round table, a few candles in the middle, and two chairs around it. The lights were all off, and the room was all lit by candle light.

"This is so cute, thank you." Perrie said to the lady with a smile. The waitress smiled back. I pulled out Perrie's chair for her before sitting down myself.

"Here are your menus." The waitress said, handing us both a sheet of laminated paper each. We read over them, and she left, I assumed she was going back to the kitchen. We sat for a few minutes, thinking, and the waitress came back with a notepad and pen. We ordered, and she wrote it all down on the paper.

"Jamie!" She called into the kitchen. There was a bit of movement and scurrying in the other room, and a tall man walked out of the rooms, and I recognised him instantly, the amazing Cook, Jamie Oliver. He smiled at us. I stood, and Perrie followed.

"Mr Malik, I'm a huge fan." The man said, shaking my hand.

"Same to you." I said with a smile. He side-stepped to stand in front of Perrie, and took her hand, planting a kiss on the top of it.

"Pleasure to meet you, Miss Edwards."

"And you." Perrie said, grinning at me with her I'm better at arranging our dates than you are. Let me briefly explain this; Perrie and I take turns in arranging our dates, and we make it our own little competition. I rolled my eyes. I was the best, and we all knew it. Jamie took a step back, putting his hands behind his back.

"I'll have Larissa bring your meals in about half an hour, if you have any inquiries or more orders, just give a shout." We nodded and took a seat again as Jamie left.

"Would you like and drinks?" Asked the waitress, whom I assumed was Larissa.

"Just water for me, please." Perrie said with a smile.

"Same, thanks." I say. Larissa brings us some water, before she leaves again. The rest of the time we spent at the restaurant passed incredibly quickly. We spoke of our wedding plans, about Christmas plans and trying to spend the time between Christmas and New Years together, tour dates and places we could try to meet up, and just everything in general. We left Jamie's Restaurant at around five that morning, and being the middle of summer in Australia, the sky was already slightly lit up. We climbed into the taxi, and in the half hour it took to get to Perrie's apartment, Perrie fell asleep on my shoulder, which I couldn't blame her for - she'd been awake all night waiting for me. Once we got there, I paid the driver, and got out of the car, when I picked Perrie up gently, careful not to wake her. I grabbed her handbag and took her keys out before I linked it over my arm. I made my way to the door, unlocked it, and closed the door with my foot. I carried her into the bedroom, and was glad to see she hadn't made her bed the morning before. I placed her onto the mattress and pulled the blanket over her. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep - I simply wasn't tired. I stood there for a bit, admiring my fiancé for a bit. She still looked just as beautiful when she slept. I left the room with a smile, closing the door behind me.

A/N;

I AM PLAYING MIDNIGHT MEMORIES TO MY MUM AND SHE WENT AND BOUGHT THE ALBUM ON HER PHONE!! OMG, MUMMA DIRECTIONER!! Just you wait mum, soon I'll tell you everything about them and you will be trapped forever and you'll have to take me to concerts because you'll want to go too, mwahaha!! Anyways, I was going to make this a super dramatic chapter with Zayn&Pezza, but I couldn't be bothered, and I wanted them to be happy. #zerrieforever Photo of the beautiful Perrie Edwards and the sexy Zayn Malik on the sideeeeeee<3