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-This is probably the worst chapter I have ever writen x-

Zayn and Liam arrived at Niall's place properly dressed. For some reason, Niall had them dress up for the occasion even if it wasn't that big. It was weird, but they went with it anyway. It was the least Zayn could do for turning down their first thought out plan.

Harry opened the door for them, and maybe it was just Zayn, but something seemed a bit off. Usually for dinner, Zayn had noticed that the table would often be set. Now though, the table had no signs of even being touched. For the first time, Zayn could actually see the color of the table as there wasn't any table cloth. There were no glasses, plates, silverware, or anything of the sort, in sight.

Zayn's brow furrowed, obviously there was something wrong, or maybe, just maybe, they were a bit early. Zayn decided he would keep his mouth shut in case. He hesitantly walked over to the table, Liam in tow, and sat down.

It almost right at that moment that Zayn finally saw Niall. He came out fixing his hair into place, totally oblivious to the fact that his company existed in that room.

"Hey Harry, do you know if Liam and Zayn are on their way yet or-Oh! hey, didn't see you there, ready to go?" Niall was oblivious the whole time as Harry tried waving his arms frantically. Harry scrunched his eyes shut as he awaited for Zayn's response. 

Zayn's remained blank as he processed what Niall had said.He had said ready to go like they were going some place. And Zayn almost refused to believe that Harry would try to betray him like that again. It was almost as if Harry didn't want Zayn to be happy with Liam. And that, made him mad.

But he tried to remain calm because maybe he had heard differently. Surely, Harry had told Niall what Zayn had said over the phone. Surely, they were going to sit down at this table right in front of them, and eat whatever Niall decides to cook or has already cooked. But Zayn didn't smell the aroma of food. And his eyes began to twitch at the fact, that once again, he was fooled.

"i'm sorry, repeat what you just said?" Niall still seemed totally oblivious to the scene unwinding itself before him.

"I said 'are you ready to go'?

"go where?", Zayn was trying way too hard to keep calm, and although Harry still had his eyes closed, he could almost hear Zayn's teeth grinding down together.

"Out, to the restaurant? Remember, Harry told you?" And every eye seemed to turn to Harry who was still frozen with his eyes shut. And somehow, noticing the silence that fell over the room, he just knew they were all staring at him, even Liam who had not said a word and had been watching the situation all go down.

 His eyes slowly opened, and he smiled almost apologetically at Zayn, and then Niall. "I thought I told you, I didn't and I still don't want to go anywhere!", A growl was sounded, and Zayn almost leaped at Harry.

"Liam! Calm him down!", Liam wasn't sure who said it but he jumped up, and grabbed Zayn's arm before it could wrap itself around Harry's throat. Zayn almost turned around and punched whoever was holding him with his other arm, but second guessed himself once he realized who it was. His whole face softened and Liam just knew he had the power to calm Zayn down whenever he wanted.

For a moment, Liam wasn't sure what he was supposed to say or do, and both Niall and Harry were staring at him expectantly. Liam nearly panicked. Actually, the more everybody stared at him to do something, the more he panicked.

And Liam could tell that Zayn was started to get mad again because Liam wasn't saying anything, and it just made him remember exactly what Harry had done. Zayn's arm started twisting, trying to get free of Liam's grasp but Liam couldn't let that happen, so he ended up losing control of all actions and next thing he knew, he had picked up something from the table, he didn't even know what it was, and hit Zayn in the head with it. 

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The drive to the restaurant was about thirty minutes long at the least. Everybody was quiet, it wouldn't have been if Zayn was actually in a conscious state. Nobody said anything just in case they accidentally woke Zayn up with their voices. Not one of them wanted to hear Zayn go off again, especially with his violent tendencies.

Liam looked over as Zayn's limp body and almost felt a pang of regret but then he thought about where they were going and he started to get excited when he realized that he hasn't been anywhere except Zayn's place and Niall's place for a long period of time. He'd enjoy this night out whether Zayn was conscious or not.

Chances are, Zayn would wake up later and probably beat them all to a pulp but for now, they'd enjoy the nice silence while they could. 

About halfway into the ride, Zayn woke up. When he realized where he was, and all the pieces fit together like a puzzle in his mind, he started yelling. Niall tried to hush him up but he was the one driving and he couldn't really focus on both Zayn and the road, it was quite an impossible thing to do.

Harry tried to turn around and reassure Zayn that everything would be okay but Zayn wasn't having any of it, and soon his hands were ringing around Harry's neck. And it all seemed like a scene from The Simpsons as Niall tried to let one hand go from the wheel to try to pry Zayn's hands from Harry's neck but ended up making the car swerve.

Once again, the solution was all on Liam's hands, he too, tried to pry Zayn's hands off Harry's neck as Harry was actually started to turn a light shade of red. No one seemed to be stronger than Zayn, and once again, Liam panicked. 

It was either, let Zayn kill Harry or do something about it. So he chose the second option.This time, as there wasn't anything he could grab, he punched Zayn as hard as he could. It didn't seemed to work at first, until Zayn unraveled his hands from Harry and went to put his hands on his head, though because he was still dizzy from earlier events, he fell back and hit his head on the car door.

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Getting out the car was proven harder than any of them thought. Zayn refused to get out the car, and sat with his arms folded across his chest like a spoiled little kid. Not even Liam could get him to get out of the car and go inside the restaurant like a civilized person, and like the grown man that he was. 

So when they proposed the idea to Zayn that they would literally drag him out of the car, not one of them had thought that Zayn would put up such a fight.

Niall and Harry had took a hold of both Zayn's legs and were trying to pull him while Liam was trying to pry Zayn's hands from the insides of the car. None of it seemed to be working and on top of that, Zayn started to kick his legs once he realized that Liam almost got his hands to be free of the vehicle.

In the end, it took Liam to start kissing Zayn for him to actually let go in order to cup the sides of Liam's face. Niall and Harry took that chance to drag him away from Liam and in the front of the restaurant. Niall had already locked the car doors with the little button on his alarm system so Zayn had no choice but to go inside.

Dinner hadn't even been as bad as Zayn thought it would be. Though he didn't actually start to enjoy it  until later into it after he stopped glaring at everyone who brought him there. 

Not only did Liam stay by his side, but the food was almost better than anything Niall had ever cooked. He had underestimated what this dinner would turn out like  and now he was sure that he would definitely take Liam out more often or at least bring him here to eat.

That is, until he turned around to see just exactly who Liam was staring at. A boy with bright blue eyes, chestnut hair, and a smirk that was directed at none other than the man that's supposed to be his. Looks like Zayn has some competition.