*Lucy's POV*
Zayn woke me up the next day with breakfast and after watching some TV for a while, we went to the park he had told me about yesterday. So here we are, sitting on a bench and waiting for Lily to show up. Zayn had bought his camera and he was now taking pictures of both me and the children running around in the park. I found it really cute that he had this big love for children, if my Lily still were alive he would've loved her.
"There she is!" Zayn said excitedly, pulling me out of my thoughts "Look, she's coming over"
I looked at where he pointed, and sure enough there was the little girl he'd shown me pictures of yesterday, running towards us.
"Hi Zayn" she smiled brightly up at him. Omg she was so cute! She was wearing a purple t-shirt with butterflies together with some green shorts and tiny shoes.
"Hi Lily" Zayn cooed and pinched her cheek.
"Who is that" she asked and pointed at me with a big smile.
"I'm Lucy" I answered and gave her my hand to shake.
"I like you. You're pretty" she said while shaking my hand violently.
"Thank you" I laughed "So are you"
"Are you Zayn's girlfriend too?"
I blushed since Zayn and I didn't really had a label on 'us' yet, and even though I would like to say yes I couldn't really do that "No honey, I'm not that lucky"
I felt Zayn's eyes on me, but I avoided looking at him for obvious reasons.
"I think you should be his girlfriend instead of me. You're pretty together"
"You think so?" I asked with a smile.
"Yes" she said and smiled even bigger, shoving that she missed a tooth, and turned to Zayn as her face became serious " 'M sorry Zayn, but I don't wanna be your girlfriend anymore"
I looked at Zayn and had to cough to hide a laugh, he was pulling a sad face and it looked quite funny.
"Oh no, what am I gonna do now?" he fake cried and hid his face in his hands.
"You'll be okay. I gotta go now, bet my mummy is looking for me" she said "Bye Lucy, bye Zayn" and with that she ran away from us again.
"Omg she was so cute!" I said happily and looked at Zayn with a smile.
Zayn just smiled back at me while playing with his hands. I looked at where Lily had ran to and saw her together with a tall beautiful lady, probably her mom.
"Do you want that?" he suddenly asked.
"Want what?" I asked confused.
"You know... Being my girlfriend" his cheeks were slightly red and his eyes showed how nervous he actually was.
"Do you want that?"
"Of course I do, Lucy" he said with a shy smile.
"Well, then yes" I whispered and leaned in to kiss him. His hands cupped my face and I placed mine on his shoulders.
"Thanks princess" he whispered back as he pulled away. I took his hand and we sat at the park for another hour before we decided to head back to my place.
I was a bit tired since today had been a bit of a rough day for me, emotionally. That Lily girl reminded me so much of my sister, not only in the way she was beaming with happiness, but they way she looked and acted. That only made me think of how my Lily would have been today if she didn't die. Maybe she would be more like they way I was before I met Zayn since she had gotten older, or maybe she would just be like she was then. Kind to everybody.
"What are you thinking about?" Zayn asked as we walked hand in hand through the city.
I was quiet for a while, thinking about what to answer "Her eyes reminded me so much of my sister"
"They did?" he asked.
"Yeah. So happy and not afraid of anything"
"Hey, don't be sad, babe"
I felt a tingle in my stomach as he called me babe. Maybe he was getting better to this relationship thing? Wow, I can actually say that we're in a relationship now. I have a boyfriend. My first boyfriend!
"I'll buy you an ice cream, okay?"
I realized that I hadn't answered him yet and smiled at the thought that he wanted to buy me ice cream when he was the one without the money.
"You don't have to, Zaynie"
"No, but I want to. Come on" he smiled and tucked at my hand,
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We ended up going to the mall and not only eating ice cream, but also going into different shops where I insisted on buying Zayn something he wanted, after denying for about half a hour he finally agreed and dragged me to a music store. I bought him whatever he asked for, and even though it wasn't much, I know he really appreciated it.
We were like twenty meters away from my house now, and we were just talking about everything that came to our minds. He was telling some story about him and Harry as we walked to the door and I was so into it that I didn't noticed the two cars there were back in the garage, so I got surprised when I found my mom and dad waiting for me just inside the door.
"Lucy-Amelia Rose Williams, I will not tolerate you going out a whole day without telling anyone" my dad said with a stern voice, eyes on me until he saw Zayn and our intertwined hands. Zayn was wearing some ripped, black skinny jeans, a white t-shirt wilt a skull on it and his worn leather jacket. He looked kinda bad ass, not something my dad would like.
"Who's that?" he spat with venom and nodded his head at Zayn.
"Hello Mr. Williams, I'm Lucy's partner in drama, we're doing a project together which is why we're holding hands. Just practice" Zayn quickly said and let go of my hand.
I felt a little bit rejected even though I knew Zayn did it for me, but I had just gotten enough of my parents, so what if Zayn was my boyfriend?
"No he's not" I said as my dad was about to speak "He's my boyfriend"
After saying that, my mom and dad's faces was the funniest thing I've ever seen, and if it wasn't for the serious situation I was in, then I think I would've laughed my own ass off, but instead of that, I found Zayn's hand again and gave it a lightly squeeze which he returned.
"Your boyfriend?" my mom asked, the disbelief clear in her voice.
"Yes mom, my boyfriend"
"Ehm yeah, hello Mr. and Mrs. Williams. I'm Zayn" he said, clearly a bit embarrassed.
I saw my dad eye Zayn up and down and I knew he didn't like what he saw.
"I won't accept that"
"I don't care" I spat and looked directly at him "It's not your decision"
"Of course it is, I'm your father"
"Maybe you should start acting like it then" I said angrily.
"Don't talk to your father like that, young lady" my mother said with a stern voice.
"Get out of my house, poor boy" he said to Zayn.
I tightened my grip on Zayn's hand so that he wouldn't do as my dad told him. I needed him here if I was finally gonna stand up to my parents.
"He's not leaving. And don't talk to him like that" I know I couldn't really be mad at my parents for looking the way they did at Zayn, after all I did too once, but the anger was floating in my veins and I know they didn't have to do much before I let it out.
"Oh but he really is. Leon will you please show that excuse of a son out of my house"
And there it went.
"How dare you talk about him like that?" I yelled "He's my boyfriend, shouldn't you be inviting him into your life with open arms and ask him a bunch of questions?"
"That boys isn't even descent dressed!" My dad exclaimed and threw a hand in Zayn's direction.
"So what?"
"You two are not allowed to see each other"
"Why do you even care?" I hissed "You are supposed to be my parents, but you are never home, you've been away since Lily died. I know you're blaming me for her dead and I did so too because of you, but it wasn't my fault. Lily was a smart kid and you know that, she knew how to look for cars before running over a road. You can't blame me and you can't take Zayn away from me. Isn't it enough that you run away all the time? That the only thing you know about your daughter is how she's doing in school? You never spend time with me!"
"We're your parents! We gave you life and a place to live, food to eat and all the things you wanted" my dad was yelling too now.
"What if that's not what I wanted" I asked in a softer voice "What if all I wanted was a mother who would talk to me about how my day was or which boy I liked in school? And what if I needed a dad who could protect me from the monsters under my bed or the nightmares that still haunts me?"
My dad nodded "We'll work home if that's what you want, no more business trips. But you're done with that. Leon, will you please?"
"NO! You can't just take him away from me! I love him!" the tears were now falling down my cheeks and I didn't realize what I had just said before I looked at Zayn who had wide eyes and a open mouth.
"You-you love me?" he asked with a soft voice, he eyes showing more emotions than I had ever seen.
"Of course, silly"
"Leon" my dad warned and Leon took Zayn by the arm and pulled him outside with a look of sorrow on his face. I couldn't blame him, he just did his job.
"You can't do this to me!" I shouted and turned to my dad "You can't just tell me not to see him!"
"I can and I will"
"Mom, please" I cried and turned to her.
She looked puzzled before she took a deep breath and said "You've got 2 minutes to say goodbye to that boy"
I don't think I've run this quickly before and in less than 5 seconds I was in Zayn's arms, crying my eyes out.
"Shh princess, we'll figure this out together" he mumbled into my hair has I hugged the life out of him "It's gonna be okay, you'll see"
I nodded and my lips found his hungrily. The kiss said everything that was needed. That Zayn loved me too, that my mom and dad could go to hell, but most important that this was just another thing we had to face together.
Eventually I was taken inside as I saw Zayn walk away from the house. Leon closed and locked the door, gave me a apologetic look and went into the kitchen. I looked to see my mom and dad standing where I left them and all I felt was my heart cold as ice.
"I HATE YOU!" I screamed before running up to my room, locking the door and burring myself in my pillows. That night I cried myself to sleep.