5. Meghan

'Mascara anddd... Done!' I said staring at my reflection in the mirror. My door opened to reveal my sister, Gracie.

'You look great sis. Black has always been your thing'. She said

'You don't think it's too short to meet June's in-laws?' I asked, dragging the dress which was just above my knees.

It's a very simple dress that I love, I don't know why I'm feeling nervous all of a sudden.

'It's fine, it's just dinner. Let's go down, our guests are here already'.

I took a deep breath and walked out of my room and down the stairs with her.

I see Mr Rodriguez and Stuart, Gracie's boyfriend standing by the bar, of course he'd be here, he's family.

From the noise coming from the kitchen, it's obvious the mothers are there. I look to the living room and see Zayn sitting there with his signature smirk on, holding a glass of orange juice? So he did softs.

'No way! He didn't wear that jacket to a family dinner'. Gracie said, chuckling. I didn't expect him to dress in a suit or something.

'Oh hey girls!' Mrs Rodriguez said as she helped my mom bring the food out of the kitchen.

'Hello Mrs Rodriguez'. Gracie and I greeted.

'Oh please, call me Linda'. She said smiling. I wonder what's wrong with her, during the wedding she seemed all serious and sophisticated, now she's all smiley and still sophisticated. Maybe it was the the stress of planning a wedding.

'Food is ready, to the dinning everyone'. My mom said and we all moved to the dinning. Mom sat at the head with Zayn and his parents to her right and Gracie, Stuart and I to her left, leaving me directly infront of the asshole.

'Oh Linda it's so nice to finally have you here like this'. My mom said, wanting to start conversation. The woman knows nothing about table manners.

'It's nice being here, Sussie'.

Nicknames? How nice.

'Hmm, this is so goood!' Linda said, chewing gently on a shrimp. 'It reminds me of June's cooking'.

'How's June?' I asked.

'She must be doing great with Malik at Paris'. Mr Rodriguez said.

'Paris?!' Gracie exclaimed.

'Yes dear. They went down there this morning for their honeymoon'. Linda said.

'OMG! That's so cool. We're going down there for our honeymoon too, Stuart, we have to'. Gracie said, dragging her boyfriend's hand.

'Get him to put a ring on your finger first'. I murmur but since I'm so bad at it, everyone hears me and are wearing shocked expressions except Zayn who is smirking, big surprise there.

My mom was about to kill me with her eyes when Linda spoke up.

'I bet you also want to go to Paris, Meghan'.

'Nah'. I shrugged.

'Why not?' Smirky asked.

'Coz that's be too corny, everyone is going there. I want something different, maybe South Africa'.

'What?' They said

'Cool'. Zayn said with a small smile. After that the table was silent again.

'So how's work Isaac?' My mom asked Zayn's dad.

'Stressful as usual. Surgeries have not been the same without Henry there'. He said and there was a slight change in atmosphere at the mention of my dad.

The Rodriguez' have always been close friends of my parents but due to my 'busy' schedule I never got to meet them and that is why I had no idea Zayn was their son.

'Henry always wanted our friendship to last forever, he would've been the happiest at our children's wedding'. My mom said.

'He was rooting for Zayn and Meghan'. Linda said and my eyes shot up to meet Zayn's, he smirked. My dad knew him? That means Zayn had known about my relationship with June for a long time.

Gracie scoffed beside me.

'Never gonna happen with these two. They can't even stand each other'. I love her sometimes.

'But Zayn said they are good friends. Not so Meghan?' Linda said with a puzzled expression.

'Of course. Zayn and I have been 'great friends' since the seventh grade but we had a bit of a falling out, that's why he never introduced me to you guys'.

'What happened?' My mom asked.

'We don't want to talk about it'. Zayn said swiftly.

'Yeah, don't want to open up old wounds'. I supported

'But we are good now, plus Malik and June have brought us closer with their marriage'.

'Oh that's good. So, Meghan you have enough reason to drop by our house anytime'. Linda said and I gave her a small smile.

'I need to use the bathroom. Meghan can you please come show me?' The look in his eyes told me he wasn't asking so I stood up reluctantly and showed him to the bathroom which was just beside my room but he pushed me into my room and locked the door behind us.

'How'd you know this was my room?'

'You just told me'. He said, smirking. I rolled my eyes.

'If I didn't know any better I'd think you want to have your way with me'. I said, crossing my arms. It was his turn to roll his eyes.

'What were you doing down there? We had a falling out? Now my mom is going to bug me until I tell her what happened between us'.

'What else was I supposed to say? You can tell her you put a dead lizard in my locker or something'.

'Why do I have to be the one to look bad?'

'You are the bad one Zayn, everyone knows that except those people down there. Don't forget I am doing you a favor here'.

'A favor? I could just go down there and show that passionate photo of you and "a girl" to your mom, don't forget that Meg'.

I couldn't forget even if I tried, it was the only reason I was in this situation right now.

We had a little staring contest before he opened the door and walked back down.

          Everyone was done with dinner when we got there and I wasn't feeling hungry anymore so I went to sit on the lone chair beside Gracie and Stuart, Zayn sat across from me and began typing away on his phone.

'How's the store Sussie?' Linda asked.

'Good but it would be better if Gracie stopped taking the best jewelries for herself'.

'What would be the point of being the daughter of the owner of the best jewelry store in town?'

'Wait until you render us bankrupt'. Mom said

'Then I'll just sell my old jewelries'.

'Like you would want to part with any of your 'babies'. How do you keep up with her? You do know how expensive my sister is right?' I asked Stuart.

'Gracie is my perfect kind of woman. I love every aspect of her'. Oh yeah? It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that no other person would want to settle for your weird ass.

Gracie peeked him on the lips.

'You're perfect for me too boo. Hey Zayn? What kind of girl do you want?'

Zayn put his phone down and contemplated a little before answering.

'I don't know. I want my equal, someone rare, tough, not particularly girly_girl, maybe a bit sporty, free and nonchalant'.

'That sounds like you want a tomboy'. Gracie joked.

'Maybe'. He said, leaning back on the chair and staring at me, I roll my eyes and decide to distract myself with my phone.

'What about you Meg? What's your kind of guy?' Linda asked.

'Or girl?' Zayn said, making my mom choke on her wine. 'Just kidding' He added.

'Someone gentle, loving, sweet. A honest and respectful person not some two_faced bastard who can't even be proud of the beast that he is'. I said, never breaking eye contact with Zayn who just kept on smirking.

          Zayn and his parents had to leave after a few hours and I was glad to finally be able to bask in the solitude of my room until my phone pinged.

Smirky: That was fun😁

Me: Yeah especially the part where you made my mom choke on her drink, so much fun😏

Smirky: You know they were trying to matchmake us right?

Me: I'm really not that dumb, smarty pants, give me some respect.

Smirky: My mistake... Oh and mom wants to know when you'll be coming over.

Me: I just want to know when this nightmare will be over.

Smirky: 😂😂. Goodnight captain.

Goodnight nightmare.