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

Chapter 44: Rest

--Zayn's POV--

I woke up in the morning after Ally and I had shared our tea and muffins in peace last night. We were passed out on the couch because we had a late night movie fest, nothing too sad because of the events that occured. She fell asleep first, as always, and I fell asleep shortly after. The television was still playing Catching Fire because she was absolutely obsessed with The Hunger Games and everything about Katniss. I just watched it with her to make her happy and so she wouldn't be alone. 

I slowly got off the couch, careful to not wake her and put some water in the kettle to make some more tea for her to drink when she woke up. She wasn't really a fan of coffee and she prefered tea over everything, like most people here in England. I could hear her lightly snoring from her spot on the couch and smiled to myself, she insisted that she never snored.

I went to Ryan's room to check up on him and to see if he was still asleep, he usually woke up early unless it was a weekend. I poked my head through the newly cracked bedroom door and found him asleep on his side, his mouth slightly ajar and he too was lightly snoring. 

He shared that one habit with his mother, their tendency to snore, everything else was exactly like me; my hair, my smile, my habit to fall asleep whenever and wherever I so please, and his eyes were exactly like mine... chocolate brown with long eyelashes. Ally says she could get lost in mine and Ryan's eyes but that hers were dull even though they were the same shade as mine and Ryan's. I walked up to our bedroom, closing Ryan's door, and went to the restroom to brush my pearly white teeth. I always joked to Ally about that and said 'my shining white teeth are now clean' to which she would reply with a 'your teeth are the farthest shade to white... they are more like a buttery yellow', of course she was only kidding. I ran downstairs after brushing my teeth before the kettle screamed like a child right after it's born, so it didn't disturb my sleeping family. I was also afraid of a stumbling drunk Niall walking in and making a full of himself and messing with my happily resting family. If he came in here yelling and screaming then I would have happily kicked him out, locking the front door behind him and not letting him in for the remainder of the day.

I got to the kettle right before it started it's screaming fest and poured the boiling hot water into two tea cups with tea bags in them. I grabbed my cup and walked around the house, sipping it like I was in the Queen's royal home. I sat down on the other couch adjacent to where Ally was cuddling a blanket as a subsititution for me. I watched the way her nose crinkled as she fisted the blanket, trying to get as comfortable as possible in her new position without me. Her eyebrows would furrow showing that even as she slept and was unconcious, she knew something was missing... and that something was me. She stirred a bit and I knew she was about to wake up so I sat down next to her so she could see me making a silly face as soon as she woke up.

Her eyes opened and she looked at me with a weird face.

"What the fuck are you doing?" She asked, talking about my silly face that greeted her.

"I wanted to greet you with a silly face so that you're day would be silly." I smiled and bent down to kiss her lightly.

"That sounds like Louis logic." She said, getting up and propping herself up on her elbows.

"Are you drinking tea?" She asked, her eyes sparkling.

"Yes I am and I even made you a cup." I said getting up.

"I love you! I was dreaming about tea or something but I really want some right now." She said, getting up and following me into the kitchen.

"Here." I said, giving her her cup of tea.

"Thank you love." She said, giving me a goofy grin.

"Your welcome babe." I said back to her. 

"Is Ryan awake yet?" She asked.

"No I just checked on him." I said.

"Mommy!" We heard Ryan call.

"Well, he was asleep. He's awake now." I said.

Ally huffed and was about to get up when I put a hand up.

"I got it babe, you sip your tea." I said, getting up and walking towards Ryan's room, getting a soft smile from Ally. 

"What do you need bud?" I asked Ryan when I opened the door to his bedroom.

"I want something to eat Daddy." He said and I smiled.

"Then come on buddy, let's go downstairs and get some food." I said, grabbing him and carrying him down the stairs. I sat him on a chair next to Ally's and looked in the fridge for some eggs.

"No Daddy, I want some cereal." Ryan called to me.

"What cereal do you want?" I asked.

"Lucky Charms." He replied quickly, his eyes looking like they could come out of their sockets from his excitment.

"Babe, we don't have Lucky Charms anymore, you ate the rest of the cereal yesterday for breakfast." Ally said, looking up from her cup of tea.

"Mommy." Ryan whined.

"We have Cinnamon Toast Crunch." I offered. Ally shook her head at me, telling me that he would say no.

"No Daddy, I want Lucky Charms." He whined.

"Babe we don't have any." Ally said again.

"No." He whined.

"Here, I'll go get some for you." I offered.

"Zayn you don't have to go all the way to the market for some damn cereal." Ally said.

"No it's okay babe, I asked him what kind of cereal he wanted and he told me." I said, running upstairs to grab my wallet and a jacket.

"You better say thank you to Daddy when he gets home." I heard Ally say to Ryan.

"Thank you Daddy." Ryan called to me when I was at the front door.

"No problem pal, it's my job." I said.

"No your job is to sing and dance with Uncle Louis, Niall, Harry, and Liam." Ryan said making me laugh as I left the house.