Frozen Waves Trilogy

(FWT) #2: Shopping Mall Adventure

Summary: Of course Liam was out with his girlfriend, probably at the exact same mall Zayn was going to and Louis was spending the day with Harry at the Zoo. Why he didn't take Niall with him was beyond Zayn, but the teenager shrugged it off.

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Zayn had to go to the store. He needed new shoes for Basketball and he'd finally saved up enough money to go and buy himself a sick pair of sneakers. He'd had his eye on a certain pair by Nike, way too expensive, is what his fathers thought, but Zayn was sick of the old clothes from Louis.

Louis was slightly shorter than him, thinner since he didn't work out as much, so Zayn's clothes always clung to him and felt too tight, too constricting. Whenever Zayn had enough money, instead of saving it he'd spend it on something he'd always wanted.

"I can come?" Niall asked, when he saw Zayn get into his piece of crap Honda.

Of course Liam was out with his girlfriend, probably at the exact same mall Zayn was going to and Louis was spending the day with Harry at the Zoo. Why he didn't take Niall with him was beyond Zayn, but the teenager shrugged it off.

He saw his dads stand by the door, holding one another and Zayn relented, smiling and nodding, letting Niall come. The smaller boy cheered excitedly before rushing back inside, grabbing a jacket and his little sneakers before running back over to Zayn, so he would help him with the knot.

"Thanks Zayn." Nick smiled and hugged his second oldest before the two men went back inside.

Zayn sighed and smiled. At leas it would give his overworked parents an afternoon off and the teenager really wanted his dads to be happy. Taking care of the 5 of them and constantly worrying about Harry and his health had a toll on them. The least Zayn could do was watch over Niall for a day.

"Look! Look Zaynie!" Niall cheered and pulled out a small Kermit the Frog wallet from the tiny backpack he had brought with him, "I've got 15 dollars!"

Zayn smiled and ruffled his brothers hair, "That's great buddy! We'll buy you something nice with that today okay?"

Niall nodded excitedly, climbing into his booster seat in the back of his brothers car, Zayn helping him put the seat belt on before the two drove off to the mall. Of course Niall was 'singing' along to the radio the entire ride.

The mall was huge! Daddy and Pa, barely ever brought Niall there. They said they couldn't afford a lot of the things there so they didn't go so often. Now Niall was here, with Zayn, and he was so excited.

It was so exciting to see all the people rush by him, looking into the stores. Everything was so colorful and so... big. It was amazing. Niall loved every moment about it. He saw the white mannequins dressed in clothes Niall could only dream of ever wearing.

"Come on kitten." Zayn couldn't help but smile when he saw how amazed Niall was at all the stores and he'd only been looking at the displays, not even entered a store.

Sometimes Zayn hated how the family didn't have enough money. Kids like Niall and Harry deserved everything in the world. They weren't supposed to be deprived of little things like going to the mall and buying new clothes.

But sometimes things just didn't fall into place right and Niall and Harry seemed happy enough to be where they were. That was enough for Zayn not to curse his life. He just wished that there was more he could do, especially for his little brothers.

"Look Zaynie!" Niall tugged at his brothers hand, pointing towards the fountain in the middle of the mall, a large tree growing in the middle of it, casting a beautiful shadow over half of the hallway, "Liam is there!" Niall let go of Zayn and was about to run off, but the older teenager grabbed Niall before he could get too far.