The day we met (Zayn Malik Fanfic)

Chapter 5 "Butterflies"

     We got to the house and since Zayn and I wanted to talk about things, I asked Anna if she wanted to go play with our neighbours since they had kids about her age,

"Anna, do you wanna play with Josh and Emma until I'm done with dinner?", she nodded, "OK, I'll call Mrs. Walters to let you know when I'm done", She skipped to our next door neighbours while me and Zayn headed inside my house. I opened the door, got in and stood by the door and nodded, letting him come in.

"You have a nice house", he said looking around, "Did you buy this?", I shook my head, "No, It was my grandma's, I stay her when I'm away from home", I explained.

I walked into the kitchen and he followed close behind, "So ... care to tell me what happpened?", he looked at me, titling his head waiting for an honest answer. I sighed and shrugged my shoulders, showing no intentions to speak up.

He held my shoulders and looked into my eyes, "Come on, Ivy, tell me", I looked down at the floor, thinking whether to really trust him and open up or to stay silent. He grabbed my chin with two of his fingers and lifted my face up making me look staright into his eyes,

"You can trust me", he whispered. My eyes started to tear up, forcing a tear to run down my cheek, just thinking about my conversation with Charlie about an hour ago, he gently wiped it away with his finger and hugged me really tight, I couldnt hold it on anymore so I started to sob. 

"He's cheating on me", I yelled while squeezing my face into his shoulder and my arms wrapped tightly around his waist.

"That son of a ..." he said under his breath but loud enough that I heard. Right at this moment, I never really cared about anything else, not Charlie, not the skank he cheated me on with, nothing .. I just felt safe enough in Zayn's arms that made me wanna cry in his arms and stay there forever. Throughout the 2 years I've spent with Charlie, no matter how much memories and good times we've had together, I've never felt so safe in his arms like I felt at this very moment. It was different with Zayn, something felt very different about him, I didn't know him for so long, If I could count the hours we've spent together, they probably wouldn't exceed 20 but for some reason I felt like I've known him for years.

I pulled away and looked at his shirt, "I'm so sorry, I've ruined your shirt",

"Do you really think that's all I care about?", he chuckled, making me laugh a bit. "How about we forget about this Charlie guy and have some fun, huh?", He said with excitement in attempt to cheer me up, I nodded, wiped away my tears and we started on making dinner.

"I'm not much of a cook so don't laugh at me", He said in a serious tone but I knew he was joking. "Alright, I'll teach you then", I said, holding my head up high pretending to be the boss.

"What are we making, Chef?", he chuckled. "Chicken, vegetables and mashed potatoes", He widned his eyes and licked his lips making the 'Yum' face. I started to get the things I'm going to need out of the fridge and then ... we began.

"Your mission, Sir, is the mashed potatoes, simple and easy", I tried to say in a host voice but failed and laughed at myself so I just quietly pass the ingredients over to him.

"You're adorable", He said while laughing at me, Can't blame him, that was silly. "You're gonna have to lead me step by step though, I don't wanna ruin this", I nodded and we started cooking.

After we were done, I put the chicken in the oven, "That's it, now we just have to wait for the chicken", I announced, "You're not gonna taste my mashed potatoes?", He frowned, I chuckled and grabbed a spoon to taste it, he pushed my hand away and dipped his finger in, pointing his smeared finger towards my mouth giving me the 'Go ahead' look. I nervously looked at his finger and licked it, "Mmmm" I hummed,

"This is actually really good knowing it's your first time", he chuckled and dipped his finger in once again and wiped it on my nose. "Oh gross", I cringed, he grabbed a tissue off the counter, and  wiped it off, laughing at his evil move, I was blushing like crazy but tried to hide it.

We sat on the bar stools in silence, my stomach was filled with butterflies just for having him here with me. Am I starting to develop a crush on this guy, oh god, I mean he's everything a girl could ask for, he's perfect, maybe too perfect to be true, why was he being nice to me anyway? like why would anyone? Charlie wasn't that nice to me, and it clearly showed by the way he broke up with me, OK maybe I should stop thinking and kind of break the awkward silence,

"So ...", I trailed off but not really knowing what to say, all I could hear in my head was "hot, hot, hot, hot" OH MY GOD focus Ivy, think of something. "Do you study?", I finally found something to say.

"Yea, I'm at university, I'd like to be an Engish teacher one day", Ok that just made things way more attractive, he could be the hottest English teacher in history. IVY, FOCUS. The voices in my head is cut off once again when he asked, "I know you're in college because you told me at the airport, but what are you studying?", he asked. "I study art", I shrugged, "Oh that's interesting".

"Yeah", I nodded, "I'd like to open my own gallery someday",

Once again we were cut off as the oven started to beep, "Chicken is ready", I yelled as I hopped off the stool. "Hold on, I'm gonna call Anna, it's already about her bed time", I chuckled. "Bad guardian", He teased me, I shook my head at him and giggled. 

I called Mrs. Walters so she would tell Anna to come home and in just a few minutes, Anna was back, I served dinner and we all ate silently at the table, as we were finished, I took the dishes and threw them in the sink, for them to be washed later.

"Alright, it's already passed your bed time, say goodnight and go to bed", I ordered Anna. She groaned but enavtually obeyed, saying good night to Zayn and I, hugged both of us and went to her room. Now it's just me and Zayn.

 "So.. what do you wanna do?", he shrugged, "I don't know, what kind of movies do you have? Maybe we could watch something".

"Fun choice", I laughed and ushered him to the living room, placing some DVDs infront of him, making him choose, he chose 'The lucky one', I put it into the DVD player and sat on the couch next to him. 45 minutes into the movie and I already felt like my eyelids were getting heavy, I close them for a second telling myself that they'll be open again in no time. And that's what happened, except that when I opened them back, the TV was off and somehow my head was on someone's shoulder. I looked up and saw Zayn laying his head back on the couch, eyes closed and breathing evenly, I sat up and looked at him, he couldn't look more adorable, he looked like an angel, I just wanted to lay on his chest and cuddle with him. I didn't wanna wake him up though because then he'll have to drag his heavy body back home at night and it felt a little mean so I just grabbed a blanket from my room, covered him with it and kissed him goodnight on his soft cheek. I went to my room, changed into my pjs and slipped into bed, falling fast asleep.