Talking To The Moon [z.m.]

12: Stay

Zayn's POV

We've stayed here for the past hour, talking amongst ourselves with our friends.

It was great to back with the people who we got along with and had done everything they could do to help and support Faith and I.

The three of us stayed close together as a family, our family.

Alex talked to the guys but he'd still act quiet and shy around the girls. He's never been around so many females.

Mandy, Anastasia, and Sammy talked and had laughs with Faith and it felt good to see her smile this often, it made me happy.

Meanwhile, the guys teased me about how big their biceps had grown and how I looked like a fucking twig.

I was about to tell them to fuck off but I couldn't cuss in front of my son so I only glared at them.

Not being able to cuss was one of the downfalls to having a child but I was willing to not use the language I'm used to use everyday for the sake of my son.

I'd do anything for Alex.

Xavier and Johnny made their famous hamburgers and we all ate in peace. I helped Alex eat his since it was a huge hamburger so I gave him small portions one at a time.

I could see Faith smile at me from a distance out of the corner of my eye.

Minutes later after eating our meals, Louis, Liam, Niall, and Harry came over and had a beer with us, well, except me.

"C'mon Malik!" Xavier held a beer bottle in his hand. "Have a drink with us, I know you want to!"

"Nah, I'll pass." I shook my head, looking over at Alex who was talking to the girls and made them laugh. "I have to drive home."

"Just have Faith drive!" Niall agreed with Xavier. "She can drive, might as well test her."

"Not when my son is there." I glared.

"Let it go, guys." Mandy said from the other side of the backyard. "If he doesn't want to, then he doesn't want to."

I thanked her by nodding my head at her and she smiled. It was weird having to have the girls have my back instead of the guys, it'd usually be the other way around but hey, I'm a parent now and I had to watch out for my child's safety.

I watched as Alex tried to describe the red floating air which was a balloon to the girls and I noticed the way Faith looked so interested in every word he had to say. He was her top priority.

Our top priority.

**

"Come visit us again!" Ben said as we said good bye to our friends.

It was past Alex's bedtime and my little guy was falling asleep in my arms, his small head resting on my shoulder and he tried to blink away the sleep that was about to take over.

Our friends gathered around us to give both of us a hug before we left, the girls giving Alex a kiss on the cheek.

"We'll see you on your birthday alright, buddy?" Ben grinned at Alex.

"Yeah," Alex yawned. "And you can buy me my power rangers piñata."

Ben chuckled. "For sure, little buddy."

Harry, Liam, Niall, and Louis were leaving also and all of them apart from Niall grinned at us, more at me and I think it was because of how quickly I took responsibility over Alex.

Niall on the other hand, was too drunk to know what was going on the Liam had to hold him with an arm wrapped around his shoulder.

"Bye guys!" We waved at our friends but right as we were about to step out, someone came in.