New Beginnings. (Jiam AU)

Chapter 02.

Liam's POV

Once I arrive at Zayn's flat, I take a deep breath before lifting my hand up to knock on the door. I rarely hung out with Zayn when Perrie was around, and knowing Zayn, this was probably important to him. I wondered what plans he had?

As Zayn answers the door, I give him a small smile as he invites me inside. I take off my shoes and my coat, and join Zayn in the living room, where Niall and the girls of Little Mix currently were. Well, three of them.

"And then, Zayn was about to sing his solo... Then all of a sudden the boys and me heard a big farting sound!" Niall says, breaking out into laughter, his face all scrunched up.

"The boys thought it was me.. But for once, it wasn't! It was Zayn! He shat himself onstage, right before his solo!" He exclaims, pausing to take a sip of water as the girls laugh.

With a small chuckle, I look around the spacious living room area. Perrie was on the loveseat, with her arms wrapped around Zayn in a loving embrace. Jesy and Leigh-Anne are playing with Harvey, and Niall is seated on the large sofa. I wave to the girls, seating myself next to Niall.

"How's yer break, mate?" Niall asks as I plop myself onto the sofa.

"Eh, nothing much, really. I'm flying out to Wolverhampton in a couple days," I state, shrugging at him.

He leans in, close enough to whisper into my ear. "Why d'ya think Zayn invited us here?" He remarks, pointing at Zayn, who was currently being cuddled and loved up by Perrie.

"Probably to keep the other girls busy," I roll my eyes and chuckle.

He snorts, a little too loudly for the other girls to hear. "Ey, Leigh-Anne, Jesy. Can Li and I play with Harvey?"

I give him a playful nudge. "You're an arse," I mumble under my breath.

We walk over to the two other girls, sitting next to them as I watch the small dog do tricks. As I learned, Harvey was Leigh-Anne's dog, and Jesy loved him as her own. I laughed as Niall tried to imitate the dog's movements, sticking his tongue out and wriggling his bum at me.

"Niall, quit shaking your bum in my face!" I say in between laughs.

"I have an arse like Kim Kardashian," he remarked, earning a couple giggles from the other girls. Even Zayn and Perrie were looking at the grown man who was shaking what his mama gave him.

"Where's Jade?" Perrie asks after Niall finishes his act.

Zayn looks at Perrie, chuckling as he presses a kiss to her temple. "Probably upstairs, she should be down in a second. Don't worry, babe," he replies, peppering soft kisses in her hair before pressing his lips against hers.

Everyone seemed to be staring at the couple, and they didn't seem to notice. I turn to look at Niall, who was trying to contain his laughter as Jesy and Leigh-Anne made icky, lovesick faces.

Suddenly, Niall wraps his arms around me, cuddling close to his chest. "Perrie, don't ever let me go!" he says dramatically.

I decide to go along with it, bringing my hand up to stroke Niall's face. "Zayn, I would never leave you! I love you so much!" I say, trying to imitate Perrie's girly accent.

I look at Leigh-Anne and Jesy, who tried to contain their laughter, but couldn't as they both burst into laughter. The sound must've stuttered the lovely couple, as Perrie pulled away with her cheeks flushed. I looked at Zayn, who gave Niall and I a glare, but then joined us in laughing a moment later.

We laugh for a good couple of minutes before Jade appears in the doorway of the living room, with an apologetic smile on her lips as she turns to Perrie and Zayn.

"Sorry I took so long," she mumbles as she walks over to the sofa Niall and I were seated earlier, sitting down.

"Is everything alright, baba?" Perrie asks, her face still slightly pink.

"Yeah, it just took a while to put her to sleep," she chuckles and adds, "I hope you don't mind her sleeping in your guest room, Zayn."

Although she was looking at Zayn and Perrie, I couldn't stop looking at her. I probably looked like a maniac. Her brown, wavy hair was tied into pigtails, and she wore a large gray sweater, along with a pair of jogging shorts. She had changed a lot from when we first met on the X Factor, but she was still beautiful. We had drifted apart over the years... Scratch that, we never even talked anymore. This was the first time I had seen her in a while, and to be honest, I had missed her. She turns her head to observe the scene before her, a wide grin on her lips as she looks over at the girls and Niall. Her gaze then meets mine, and we seem to stare at each other for what seemed like hours, but was probably actually just a few seconds.

"It's no problem, Jade," Zayn says, snapping me out of my thoughts, his voice clearing my imagination as he clears his throat. "How about lunch, everybody? The missus made something special," he says, his lips brushing over hers, which earns a couple over exaggerated 'awws' and 'ewws' from not only Jade, Leigh, and Jesy, but from Niall as well.

Niall scoffs playfully and leans into me once more. "Young love," he says with mock disgust.

I chuckle softly and ruffle his hair, shaking my head as I stand up.

Little did he know, or anyone else in this room know, for that matter, that the girl that I once loved when I was young, was in this very room.





(A/N: Thank you all so much for voting! Some feedback would be appreciated.

This chapter is dedicated to my friend, Sharlea, who is amazingly awesome and obsessed with Zerrie. You go, girl.

Also, I know that the chapters were mixed up at first, but I hope everything's settled! I update from my phone, and I don't know how to really control it. I still have to set up an updating schedule, but I write as much as possible. x)