American Dream (Zayn Malik AU Fanfic)

Zac Efron

Walking down the streets of LA, different emotions were radiating off of both Zayn and Cecilia. Taking in the beautiful hills behind the tall buildings and the amazing warmth and brightness of the sun, their smiles never faded.

What both of them didn’t know was that they had shared the same favorite tv show throughout their younger years in life. A tv show that had made them fall in love with the openness of California. With its residents who always seemed happy. And even though that TV show was in San Francisco, the city that seemed to take their breath away and lead to big dreams was Los Angeles.

Growing up, Cecilia used to always watch Full House and admire their way of living. One of the reasons she loved that show was because it somehow filled that empty gap of a big family that was close to each other.

Another reason was because in a way, it related to her. In Full House, the mother was dead and the girls had to grow up with the help of their Uncles and dad and it somehow related to Cecilia. Why? Because her mother was barely there. She would always choose Group meetings and shopping over her daughter and the person who was mostly there as she grew up was her father.

And as she went through different kinds of problems and obstacles, she would run to her room and grab all the Full House DVDs, looking for the right season and the right episode and watch it, finding the solution to her problem in that particular episode.

As for Zayn…his reason was a bit different.

He would be snuggled up to his dad, being the adorable six year old, and watch Full House with him. And with every kissing scene, his dad would cover his eyes, making little Zayn giggle and tell him “Dad, it’s only kissing”. (And frankly, till this day, whenever a rerun of Full House is on and there’s a kissing scene, he somehow has to look away, then remembering that he’s not a little kid anymore and he’s done more than kissing.)

But as he watched that TV series, he was taught a new lesson from each episode, helping him grow up with a positive attitude and helped him find out the importance of his mom and dad. It showed him that he was lucky that he had both of his parents while some kids had only one or none.

But what both Cecilia and Zayn adored were the opening credits. The way they wished they were able to ride in a car like that, the sun shining bright and their hair blowing in the wind as they had the radio on the highest volume.

“Guys, here’s a small café. Let’s just get donuts and coffee.” Louis told them.

As they walked in, they noticed that it was empty of customers.

“Too late to walk out now…” Louis muttered, making them laugh quietly.

“Hello, how can I help you today?” The all too cheery cashier spoke.

“We’d like a dozen donuts and seven coffees. Keep them black and put everything on the side.”

But the three newbies were too concentrated on pastries in the display to hear the bell ring, indicating that someone had just walked into the café. They were also too concentrated to notice that the person was now behind them, waiting for his turn.

As he looked down at the floor, he noticed Cecilia’s shoes and smiled. He slowly tapped on her shoulder. “I like your converse.”

Cecilia barely looked at the guy for two seconds as she smiled and muttered a thanks and returned to the cakes. But it didn’t take her long for realization to dawn on her as her eyes widened and she slowly turned back around, to look at a pair of blue eyes that she had always been obsessed over ever since High School Musical. “Y-You’re…You’re…Zac…Z-Zac E-Efron…”

He smiled at the shocked girl as she started hitting both Louis and Zayn’s arms to get their attention, making him chuckle.

“Ow, Cecilia you’re hurting me. Stop.” Louis told her as he kept looking at the different pastries.

But she did the opposite as she hit both of their hands harder, repeatedly.

“What?!” Louis said as him and Zayn turned around, only to freeze in their place.

“Hello?” Zac said as he smiled at the three frozen people.

“You’re…mate do you know who you are?!” Louis said, making him laugh.

“Yeah, I do. You guys British?”

The three slowly nodded as they looked at him. But Cecilia was the first to snap out of it.

“Oh my god! I have your posters in my old bedroom! I swear if Harry was here he would freak out! Oh my god, you’re Zac Efron! C-Can I have a p-picture?”

“Sure thing!”

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“HARRY EDWARD STYLES YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED!” Cecilia yelled as they walked inside the apartment.

Harry looked up at his cousin as he raised his eyebrows. “And what could have possibly happened?”

“I MET ZAC EFRON!”

His eyes widened but then they narrowed. “You’re lying. I’ve been living here for three years now and I was never able to meet him.”

Cecilia smiled as she took her phone out and showed him the picture, making his eyes go wide again.

“YOU MET ZAC EFRON! How the fuck did that happen to you and not to me?!”

“Luck.”

“Did you ask about Vanessa Hudgens?!”

“Why the hell would I do that?!”

“How the hell do you meet Zac Efron and not ask about Vanessa?! Do you know how hot she is!?”

“Oh, so I just go like, hey Zac, do you regret breaking up with Vanessa because she’s so hot and my cousin loves her?”

Harry scoffed. “I would’ve.”

“Once, I walked into his room while he was jerking off to her poster.” Niall said, making Cecilia cringe.

“Okay, ew! I did not need to know that. Gross!”

“Hey Lia, come over here for a second.” Zayn told her as he sat on the couch, newspaper in his hands.

She walked over and sat next to him as he showed her the paper. “Look, they need a writer for the short story section. It’s been empty for a while now, why don’t you go check that out?”

“I’m not sure…you think they’ll approve of me?”

“Why wouldn’t they? Show them some of your writing. I’m positive they’ll be crazy over you. You have that power over people.” He said as he smiled.

But Cecilia didn’t know what to be happy about.

The fact that she might have found a job that included her doing what she loved or the fact that Zayn had just practically told her that he’s crazy over her.

But then again, what if he’s just being nice? She thought.

But that thought didn’t last long as he spoke his next words, making her smile.

“You’re perfect for the job. I believe in you, Lee.”

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Happy Early Thanksgiving!!!