Living life .. A Zayn malik fan fiction

A merry big Christmas pt2

We have the whole family crammed into our little dining room for the traditional Christmas Eve roast lamb .
I'm sat between Zayn and Dan.

The conversations are light and cheerful and everybody is in high spirits .

"Us men will retire to the living area for a hot port if you ladies don't mind " Dad cheekily suggests leaving us woman to raise an eyebrow at him .

Zayn is first up fallowed by Dan .

"I guess you have slaved away today and it was an exceptional lamb darling , go and have a port and we will join you men later after we're done here " Mom coos at him .

"See you later babe " Zayn teases reaching down to kiss my forehead from behind me .
He's quick to leave us woman to kitchen duty , actually they all do !
Men eh ?!

The kitchen is fury mass of domesticated ladies primping and priming over kitchen duties .

We're done in 10 minutes leaving leaving mom and Patricia to refilling drink trays .

I go to find Zayn in the living room .
"You got your Christmas jumper all ready for tomorrow ?" I ask wrapping one arm around his stomach , the other on my drink .
He's leaning against the fire place mingling with Dan and his brother joey .

"Yes I do baby " he winks back kissing my forehead before
He continues speaking with joey much to my dismay .
He doesn't notice so I move away and join mom and Patricia while they discuss there Plan of action for tomorrow .
2 woman and 1 kitchen ?! ...

ZAYN POV

I'm still discussing the premier league with Dan and joey .
From the corner of my eye I spy Skye .
She's with mom and Courtney .
I turn my attention back to Dan until skye moves again instantly my eyes are on her like always , watching .

She looks different .. It's her demure it's off . She's got that face , something's wrong .

She says something to Ricky before leaving the room .
Has my mother said something to upset her ? Surely not , she really likes her and Courtney's laughing so it can't be .

"Excuse me boys " I say and take off in her direction . I hear the patter of shoes against the marble floor she's in the kitchen .
She's probably fetching something and I'm over reacting .

I stop short thou in the hall when I hear the back door closing gently .
Now I'm curious ..

I fetch my jacket from the stand and realise hers is gone too .
I open the door gently , closing it lightly again as not to startle her. Her boots are gone from there usual place beside the doormat and replaced by her heels .

I go in search for her starting with the sheds . It's freezing cold so I place my hands in my jacket pocket .
I see her by the paddock but facing the forestry . Her back is turned to me and rather then creep up behind her to startle her I stamp a little harder on the ground and clear my throat before approaching her .

"Hey darling " I say and she turns her head slightly before bowing it and wiping her eyes .
"Hey you " she replies cheerfully but something's wrong .

"Why are you crying whats wrong ?" I ask turning her around to face me . I can just about make out her under the glare from the flood light.

I take her chin and tip her head up so I can see her and I see that same look in her eyes that I seen when we were back in LA .
I have seen that pained look before and I know what's wrong immediately.

I grab her firmly taking her in my arms , her head hard and firm against my chest . I kiss her head and coo her while she sobs quietly .
Why didn't I realise this must be hard for her , Christmas . I just didn't think.