A New Beginning

The Proposal

I glanced at the clock once we were inside, 9PM. Wow, we were there longer than I thought. We drove back towards our house as I watched out the window. A little while later, we pulled in the driveway and headed inside. They were still up and in the living room. I noticed Iris’s eyes get big when she saw me walk in.

“See, I told you what she looked like, but you didn’t believe me” Niall said, teasing her.

“Wow! Where did you go dressed like that?” she asked.

“We just drove around for a bit and wound up going to the pier for a while.” I told them, smiling.

“In a dress like that?”

“Yea, well I wanted to look nice” I said as I turned to go upstairs. I walked into my room and grabbed my pajamas off my bed. I went into the bathroom to change. I changed my clothes first, then took what little makeup I was wearing off and brushed my hair out, putting it in a ponytail. I walked back in my room to see Zayn already changed and sitting in the usual spot on my bed.  He already had the last Godfather movie ready to play, so I climbed in beside him and we finally finished the movie. He wound up sleeping in my room again, not because I was scared, just because. I set my alarm to wake me up at 7AM so I could start getting everything ready for the day’s events. I knew Iris left around 6 and I would be safe with 7. Zayn was still asleep of course. I tried my best to get out of bed without waking him and did so successfully. I smiled at my skill. I thought for sure he would wake up. I turned to my closet to find a good outfit for the work ahead of me. I threw my hair up in a bun and added a headband to be sure my hair stayed out of my face. I settled on a pair of jean shorts, my Rihanna tee and a pair of my Toms.

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I got dressed, grabbed my purse, and headed downstairs. Niall was in the living room watching TV and eating.

“Hey, I’m running to the store. Zayn’s still out. You wanna come with?” I asked.

“Sure.” He said, turning the TV off and walking out the door behind me. We went to the nearest grocery store and bought all the food I would need to cook the dinner we had planned. I double checked my list to make sure we had everything for the Caesar salad, mushroom fettuccini, saffron sauce, and tiramisu before we got to the checkout. We paid for everything and headed back to the house. My phone beeped as we got back in the car. It was Zayn. I forgot we didn’t leave a note saying where we had gone.

To Jess: Where you at? Everyone disappeared. :(

To Zayn: Sorry. You were asleep and I didn’t want to wake you. Niall and I went to the store to get the food for tonight. On our way home now :)

To Jess: Hurry up :)

“That was Zayn” I told Niall. “He thought we all deserted him” Niall rolled his eyes.

“He’s a bit overdramatic at times” he laughed.

“Yea, but it’s cute though.” I smiled.

“You really like him, then?” I blushed and nodded.

“I really do.”

“Good, cause he really likes you, too” He smiled. I returned my gaze to the scenery. A few minutes later we were pulling back into our driveway. We grabbed the bags and headed towards the kitchen. I separated the ingredients into their respective dishes and put up what I wasn’t getting ready to use.

“Alright. You go do whatever you want. I’m gonna start getting ready. If I need your help, I’ll let you know. Otherwise, go relax” I said to Niall, smiling. I got out a medium sized dish to put the tiramisu in. I made it first so that it would have time to sit in the fridge and rest before it was ready. Just as I finished making it, Zayn came in the kitchen.