Ours (Zianourry Family/Lilo AU)

Chapter 6: A Day in the Life of Zayn Malik

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Chapter 6: A Day in the Life of Zayn Malik

Monday mornings suck. Everyone thinks that but no one believes it more than Zayn did, as his alarm went off in his ear. It wasn’t that he had to go to school, that’s not why they sucked. They sucked because for two days you’re allowed to sleep in as late as you want and then BAM. You have to wake up early and no one was ever prepared for that.

Zayn groaned and shut the alarm off of his phone, deciding to stay in bed just a few minutes longer. Louis would come by anyway to see if he was awake so if he happened to dose off again, Louis would catch him. Louis was great. Zayn didn’t know it was possible to become that close to someone in such a short amount of time. He had been at the Payne’s for just over a week and he had been really comfortable. He was still a little iffy about Liam, but that’s just because they haven’t spent a lot of time together. Zayn was sure that if they just sat down, maybe watched a football game or something, they would get along as well as Zayn and Louis do.

“Zayn?” There came a knock and Zayn grunted in response.

“Are you still alive?” Louis asked him.

“If I were dead would I have grunted when you called my name?” Zayn called back, a smile on his face. It was silent for a minute, as if Louis was thinking it over.

“I suppose not. Cereal for breakfast?” Louis asked.

“Sounds good.” Zayn answered. As soon as he heard Louis walk away, he got out of bed and headed straight into the bathroom for a shower.

After he was done getting ready, Zayn went downstairs to eat breakfast. Louis was feeding Niall some oatmeal and Harry was eating his own bowl. Zayn noticed that Louis set out a bowl and spoon for Zayn, along with his favorite kind of cereal. Once his breakfast was put together he sat down at the table and started munching away.

“Up late last night?” Louis asked, scooping some oatmeal and directing the spoon into Niall’s open mouth. Niall hummed and swallowed, opening his mouth for more. Zayn swallowed his spoonful and looked up at Louis.

“You can tell?” Zayn wondered and Louis nodded.

“You’ve got a little hint of bags under your eyes, doll. Liam used to get them when we were young, having stayed up half the night wanking to thoughts of me.” Louis replied with a smirk. Zayn choked on his cereal, having to take a sip of orange juice to clear his throat. Louis let out a loud laugh, and Zayn stuck his tongue out at him.

“What’s wanking?” Harry asked, joining on the conversation.

“Something you’ll do when you’re older, bub. But you’ll probably do it to some bad porn with a clichéd plot line. Don’t repeat anything I just said okay dear?” Louis said to Harry who nodded his head. Zayn chuckled at the two of them.

“You think I’m kidding, but I’m not. He really did that, and I could always tell.” Louis said with a large grin. Zayn rolled his eyes playfully, pushing his empty bowl away from him.

“Speaking of Liam, where is he? He’s usually down here by now.” Zayn stated, noticing Liam’s absence.

“He’s come down with a nasty cold. The little bugger didn’t bundle up enough when he was at the zoo.” Louis explained. Zayn nodded and looked at the clock, noticing it was time to go.

“Well, I should get going. I’ll see you guys after school.” Zayn said, putting his dirty dishes in the sink. He grabbed his backpack and slipped on his shoes, heading out the door. It was pretty cold outside, and Zayn was so thankful that Louis and Liam had let him drive Liam’s old car. Zayn was insured to drive it, and he couldn’t be happier. It was a 2010 Mustang, and not too many teenagers were driving a car like that.