New Family, New Step-Brother, and Zayn (Zayn Malik Fan Fic)

Chapter 31: Daddy's Boy

All the boys have been doing for the past couple of days is write songs for the new album. Niall inspired them with Through The Dark to write most of the album themselves. Some songs were perfect like, Right Now and Little White Lies. Some on the other hand were wasted sheets of paper that the boys would toss in the waste bin.

I was proud of them and everything they were doing, they were so talented and I was so proud. Ryan was a little unhappy because Zayn was constantly telling him they'd do stuff together later and later never came. He was busy and I know Ryan understood that but it still hurt him. I offered to play with him but he always said 'I want to play with Daddy.' Zayn was his favorite, after all.

"Maybe later Ry. I am super busy." Zayn shut him down again.

"But you are always busy, I just want to play. We could go outside and play catch. It'll be f-"

"Not now Ry. I'm sorry bud but you know I'm busy." Zayn said, patting him on the back before walking away.

"Do you want me to play catch with you?" I offered.

"You're not Daddy." He said before walking away. Ouch.

It did bother me a bit that Ryan preferred Zayn over me, he is my son after all. It does upset me and sometimes I feel like I could cry.

"Ryan, want to go get some lunch?" I asked him.

"Is Daddy coming?" He asked

"Uhm, no baby but we could go together." I said.

"I don't want to go with you. I want to go with Daddy." He said.

"Okay." I said before I walked away from his room, feeling a burn in my throat.

"You okay love?" Zayn asked.

"Yea, I'm fine." I said.

"No you're not. I see that look in your eyes. What's wrong?" Zayn asked, putting down the pen and paper he had in his hands.

"It's just Ryan." I said.

"What about him?" Zayn asked knitting his brows together.

"It's just... it's stupid... I'm being ridiculous, never mind." I said.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"He just, he doesn't like me that much." I said.

Zayn looked completely taken aback and looked at me with wide eyes.

"What?" He laughed slightly.

"It's true. Watch." I said to him, going to Ryan's room to demonstrate what I was talking about.

"Ryan, you want to go to the park?" I asked.

"With Daddy?!" He asked excitedly.

"No, baby, with me." I said.

His excitement died and he shook his head.

"No, not with you. With Daddy. I don't want to go with you Mom." He said, it was his first time calling me 'Mom' instead of 'Mommy'.

"Okay, let me know if you change your mind love." I said, biting back tears.

"I told you." I said to Zayn when I left the room.

"It's probably just a phase. Don't worry love." He said.

"But what if it's not, he seems to love you so much and just likes me." I said.

"That's not true. He loves us equally." Zayn said.

"Yeah? Who did he call for the monsters? Who does he run to as soon as they get home? When he comes to lay down with us after a nightmare, he sleeps closer to you than me. He always wants to be with you and hardly me. Now, he doesn't even want to hangout with me." I said.