End Up Here (Ziam AU)

Chapter Thirty

Liam frowns as he attempts once again to get Bella to let go of him, he's supposed to be boarding the plane in five minutes, but since Bella decided to give him cuddles, she's been clinging to his neck and refusing to let go. "Bella, babe, Daddy needs to get going, you need to say goodbye" Zayn says gently, one hand on Liam's waist, the other rubbing the toddler's back. Niall is leaning on the wall watching them and Liam can feel his eyes on him, knows his best friend is going to grill him about all this on the plane, Bella shakes her head, and clings tighter to Liam, "no" she grumbles at Zayn, who sighs. "Can I try?" Niall asks suddenly and Zayn steps away as Liam nods, "Bella?" Niall asks, resting one hand on her shoulder. Bella pulls away from Liam just enough to look at Niall, "hey, I need a hug too" he says opening his arms, Bella narrows her eyes before leaning away from Liam into Niall's arms, she has become very fond of his Irish best friend in the last few weeks. Bella turns to look at Liam "stay" she instructs and Liam sighs, because he can stay for now but in a few minutes he and Niall are both going to have to leave. Niall's talking to Bella in a low voice, that Liam can't hear but she's not crying so Liam thinks it's a good thing, he looks around, spotting Zayn with his hands stuffed into his pockets, and takes two quick steps towards him.

Liam pulls Zayn into his arms, "hey" he murmurs as Zayn melts against him, "hey yourself" Zayn answers. Liam chuckles leaning down to catch Zayn's lips in a kiss, the younger responding instantly. Liam holds him tighter, and sweeps his tongue across Zayn's bottom lip, making Zayn instantly allow him to lick into his mouth. When Liam pulls away, they're both breathless, "I'm going to miss you" he murmurs knocking his forehead against Zayn's. Zayn nods, "I'll miss you too, but it won't be long, right?" he asks. Liam chuckles shaking his head, "nope. Two weeks maximum, then I'm taking you away" he murmurs. Zayn sighs, "yeah can I know where we're going?" he asks, but Liam laughs shaking his head, "you'll find out when we get there" he teases and Zayn rolls his eyes. Liam kisses him again, before Bella is crashing into their legs, Zayn scoops her up and she pouts at him "want Daddy" she whines, struggling in Zayn's arms. Zayn frowns and kisses her cheek, "Daddy has to go, babe" he murmurs, as Bella shakes her head, starting to cry again. Liam wraps his arms around the pair, because he knows he'll never get Bella to let go if he holds her again, pressing kisses to Bella's face, and Zayn's temple as he does. "Daddy, stay" Bella whines grabbing onto his shirt, "I can't princess, I have to work, but I promise I'll call, and see you soon okay?" Liam tries, as Zayn carefully pulls her away from Liam just slightly. Bella whimpers and clings onto Zayn's neck instead, hiding her face, Liam sighs and looks at Zayn, who bites his lip, nodding. Liam leans over pressing another kiss to Zayn's lips, before pressing one to Bella's head, "I love you" he murmurs, "I love you too" Zayn replies. Liam kisses them both once more, before turning away grabbing his luggage, and allowing Niall to lead him away.

They're almost to the gate when Liam hears it, Zayn calling Bella's name, and Bella calling Liam, "Daddy, wait!" she yells, and Liam turns around in time to see Bella weaving through legs, as Zayn chases after her. Liam stops and Bella crashes into his legs, hugging him tightly, he wraps his arms around her as Zayn catches up, "you can't run off like that" Liam scolds gently. Bella shrugs and hugs him tighter, "love Daddy. Miss Daddy" she pants, "I love you too, and I'll miss you so much" Liam soothes, "you be good for Baba and I'll see you soon" Liam tries, hugging her tightly. "Bye" Liam murmurs, as Zayn pulls Bella away from him again, "bye" Zayn responds, gripping tightly onto the squirming toddler in his arms, "call us when you land" Zayn instructs and Liam nods "absolutely" he agrees, before handing over his ticket.

Liam flops against the back of his large, overstuffed, first class seat, pouting as he waits for the movie selections to pop up on the screen in front of him. Niall chuckles from his seat beside him, "so that was heartbreaking" he says, gesturing around randomly, but Liam knows exactly what he's referring to. "Tell me about it, I feel terrible" Liam groans, Niall pats his arm, "she'll be okay, and so will you. Plus if it helps I had Nikki rearrange some stuff and we can come back in a week, instead of two" he explains. Liam grins, launching across the seat a little to hug Niall tightly, "you are the best. What would I do without you?" he asks. Niall chuckles shaking his head, "no idea, you'd probably have lost the whole company by now" he jokes. Liam would protest, but the sad thing is, Niall is probably right, even though it is Liam's family's company, Niall handles a lot more of everything, than Liam ever could. A flight attendant comes by then, snapping Liam out of his thoughts as she offers him a drink, which he accepts, before settling back into his chair to watch a movie, and maybe take a nap for the duration of the long flight.

Liam's exhausted as he says goodnight to Niall and stumbles into his own room, dumping his bags just inside the door, and kicking off his shoes, before flopping across the bed. It's late, even later at home but he did promise Zayn he would call, so he pulls out his phone and presses on Zayn's number quickly listening as it rings. "Hello...?" Zayn's sleepy voice asks a few moments later, and Liam feels bad for waking him up, "hey, Babe. It's just me, we're at the hotel finally" he murmurs, and can hear Zayn shifting around, slightly. "Good, I'm glad you called" Zayn yawns and Liam chuckles "I'm sorry I woke you up, it must be like two AM there" he laughs. Zayn makes a noise Liam can't decipher into the phone, but doesn't otherwise respond. "How was Bella after I left?" Liam asks picking at the blanket on his bed, "she was upset, took a while to settle in, Louis and I finally gave her ice cream, which helped. But she remembered again at bedtime and now she's sleeping in my bed" Zayn explains. Liam frowns "I'm sorry Zee" Liam mumbles. "Don't be Li, you have work obligations, we'll be fine, you just may have some sucking up to do when you get home" Zayn teases. Liam laughs "I can work with that" he chuckles, before yawning. "I'm sorry babe, I have to get some sleep, we have a meeting first thing in the morning. I'll call tomorrow though, I miss you" Liam pouts, "goodnight Li, I'll talk to you tomorrow. Miss you too" Zayn answers. "Zee, I love you" Liam murmurs, quietly, "I love you too" Zayn answers, before the call disconnects and Liam's alone in his room once again.

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A/N: Here you go! 
I hope you guys enjoyed this update, we got a little bit of everything, in these two chapters. Let me know what you think with comments and what not, I love you all. 
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