Midnight Memories (1D)

Chapter 35

I turn into the parking lot where we hid the tour bus. I knock on the door, but no one answers. I open it anyways and go inside.

"Hello?" I call out. "Zayn?"

"Stay there!" I hear the Bradford boy yell. He comes out of the back a minute later. "Hey." He leans against the wall across from the one I was leaning on.

"Hey."

"Niall told me it's your mum's birthday." Zayn says. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I... I'm fine." I look down at the floor. I feel something warm against me. Zayn wraps his arms around me, and I lean into him for a minute. I wipe a tear falling down my cheek. "So... why're we here?" I ask, pulling out of the comforting hug.

"Well- I made you something, and I wanted to show you." He says.

"For me?" I ask, astonished. Why would he make something for me?

"Yes, for you." Zayn laughs. "Don't look so surprised!"

"Okay, but why me?" I laugh.

"You'll see." He smiles at me, and grabs my hand. He leads me into the back room of the tour bus. It looks normal, until I see the usually empty wall is decorated with a huge tapestry.

"Woah." I breath. The tapestry has been decorated with moments shared between me and Zayn. An Ireland flag, a hospital bed, french fries obviously, and the best part, an enlarged picture of me and Zayn on the giant swings at the fair. "You made this?" I ask looking back at him.

"Yeah, I- I did." He looks down, blushing. I rush over and hug him.

"It's amazing. Thank you." I say into his chest.

"You're welcome." He pauses, and takes a few deep breaths before continuing. "Also, um, so- do you remember that day in the hospital, when you gave us the chorus for a new song?"

"Yeah- why?" I ask sitting down on the couch, as Zayn sits ont he edge of the giant coffee table in the middle of the room.

"Well- the guys and I... we finished it. And I wanted you to hear it." He pulls out a guitar from underneath the table, and starts strumming the familiar tune Niall first played that day in the hospital.

(A/N: Okay- quick disclaimer- I have no idea if Zayn actually plays the guitar or not but in this fanfic he does. So if he doesn't then forgive me but remember this is all make-believe lol ;)

"Goin' out tonight, changes into something red
Her mother doesn't like that kind of dress
Everything she never had she's showin' off." Zayn sings. 

"Drivin' too fast, moon is breakin' through her hair
She's headin' for somethin' that she won't forget
Havin' no regrets is all that she really wants."

"We're only gettin' older, baby," I start to sing the chorus with him.

"And I've been thinkin' about it lately
Does it ever drive you crazy
Just how fast the night changes?
Everything that you've ever dreamed of
Disappearing when you wake up
But there's nothing to be afraid of
Even when the night changes
It will never change me and you."

"Chasing it tonight, doubts are runnin' 'round her head
He's waitin', hides behind a cigarette
Heart is beatin' loud and she doesn't want it to stop." Zayn continues on his own.

"Movin' too fast, moon is lightin' up her skin
She's fallin', doesn't even know it yet
Havin' no regrets is all that she really wants
We're only gettin' older, baby
And I've been thinkin' about it lately
Does it ever drive you crazy
Just how fast the night changes?
Everything that you've ever dreamed of
Disappearing when you wake up
But there's nothing to be afraid of
Even when the night changes
It will never change me and you
Goin' out tonight, changes into something red
Her mother doesn't like that kind of dress
Reminds her of the missin' piece of innocence she lost."

"We're only gettin' older, baby," I join in for the final chorus.

"And I've been thinkin' about it lately
Does it ever drive you crazy
Just how fast the night changes?
Everything that you've ever dreamed of
Disappearing when you wake up
But there's nothing to be afraid of
Even when the night changes."

"It will never change, baby
It will never change, baby
It will never change me and you." Zayn strums the final chord. He sets the guitar back under the table.

"Zayn! That was amazing! Thank you." I wipe tears from my eyes. My mum would have loved that. She was a very romantic person. Zayn pulls me in for another hug.

"So- there's one more thing I need to ask you." He says after a minute.

"What's up?" I ask, pulling out of the hug and leaning back into the sofa.

"Briella- I like you. Like... more than friends." He says. I feel my eyes widen at those words. My thoughts flicker back to the conversation with Niall and Louis earlier. Damn. They practically told me and I completely forgot about it. It was less than an hour ago!

"And... I know you might not feel the same, but-"

"I do." I cut him off. I stare at the floor- too scared to see the look on his face.

"You do?" He asks softly.

"I do." I whisper again. I courageously look up at Zayn, and he was grinning ear to ear. He grasps my hands in his, intertwining our fingers.

"Well then I have just one thing to ask you." He make eye contact and smiles at me. "Briella Sloanne, will you go out with me?"

I smile back at him. "Zayn Malik, I will go out with you."