A/N:Here's chapter one please enjoy! :)

Chapter 1

Zayn Malik slowly opened his eyes to rapidly close them again when the light sneaking through his window burned his eyes. "Shit..." He groaned turning around facing the ceiling now. He sat up and slowly opened his eyes rubbing them to get them used to the light.

It was 7:00AM on a Sunday morning but instead of sleeping in like any normal 17 year old would, he had to get up and go to work to help his mum support their family. If he didn't work then he wouldn't have enough money to pay the bills, food, and other things they needed. The Maliks weren't exactly poor but they still struggled to make ends meet.

Life wasn't always like that for them, they had a complete happy family- a mum, a dad, and four kids; three girls and one boy but not anymore. It all changed when Zayn's mum received that phone call that shattered their happiness, hopes, and dreams. Zayn's dad and his older sister Doniya were dead; killed instantly in a car wreck by a drunk driver who is now rotting in jail. His dad's paycheck along with his mum's was enough to give Zayn and his sisters a good life, not an extravagant one, but a happy good one and now they could barely get by.

The only thing keeping Zayn going was the love for his family and the fact that soon he will turn 18, graduate school and then maybe he could get a better job but right now he was stuck working at Nandos .

Zayn hated working there but he had to for his mum, Waliyha, and Safaa, so that they could have three warm meals everyday, clothing and a place to live in. A knock on his door snapped him out of his thoughts

"Zayn? You up love?" Zayn's mum asked peeking through the door left ajar last night.

"Yeah mum I'm up." Zayn said smiling, his family had the power to make him smile even if he was feeling like shit or having a bad day, he lived for them, he wanted the best for them.

He finally got up and went to take a shower, after he was done and dressed he grabbed his bag and went downstairs. He was greeted by the smell of pancakes and his family happily eating as he entered the kitchen and a wide smile appeared on his face.

"Morning" he said hugging his three sisters then his mom.

"Morning." They all said. They ate in silence until it was time for Zayn to go, he had to be at Nandos by 9:00AM, he grabbed his stuff and headed out to the place he liked to call his almost personal hell.

~*~

When Zayn got to Nandos 15 minutes before 9, he was greeted/jumped by his curly-haired best friend Harry. They had known each other pretty much since they fought over a crayon back in the early school days, they were seven.

Zayn was sitting on his assigned seat next to a kid with curly hair, drawing a picture for his mum. It was the first day of school and he already wanted the term to end. He reached for a red crayon to colour the heart when he felt another hand gripping the same crayon. He looked up and saw the boy with curly hair, determination showing on his emerald green eyes, trying to get the same crayon as Zayn.

"Let go!" Zayn said.

"No, you let go!" The little boy answered.

"I got it first!!" they both said at the same time.

They started pulling the crayon they were both holding with a death grip back and forth until it broke into two pieces. "Look what you did!!" the curly haired boy growled holding half the piece while Zayn was holding the other.

Curly, as Zayn had nicknamed him since he first saw him, tried to reach for the other half but Zayn was faster and shoved him off of his seat. Curly got up, dusted himself off and said "I'm Harry, Do you wanna be my friend!?" a smile forming on his lips showing off the cutest dimples and Zayn nodded furiously smiling too "I'm Zayn, yeah, i wanna be your friend." They smiled at each other, shook hands and continued colouring each with half the crayon they had fought over, making small talk.

To this day Zayn and Harry still had those two pieces of red crayon, it was a reminder of how they became best friends and a symbol of their friendship. To them, the other one was the brother they never had.

Zayn hugged Harry back "How have you been mate?" Harry asked Zayn letting go of him

"Oh, just the usual you know, how 'bout you?"

"Same old, Same old." Harry replied putting his stuff in his locker then locking it as Zayn did the same.

"Ready to start another tortorous day Haz?" Zayn said, his words dripping with bitterness.

"Ugh yeah, I just hope those stupid rich scumbags don't show up today." Harry said with a disgusted expression to which Zayn just laughed.

"Yeah I hope, for your own sake, I do mate."

They got to work, as much as they hated it both of them needed the job. Harry Styles had a family; his step dad Robin, his mom Anne and older sister Gemma. They had moved to Bradford from Cheshire when Harry was seven, he hated Bradford but then he met Zayn, right now his step dad was jobless and Harry tried to help as much as he could even if it meant sacrificing his Sundays.

~*~

Everything was going great for both Zayn and Harry, they had managed to get good tips until the 'stupid rich scumbags' decided to show up around lunch time. Harry was busy taking orders while Zayn was moping the floors by the bathrooms actually enjoying themselves for once. Harry was busy lost in his own thoughts when he heard that annoying voice that made him want to punch everything on his path.

"Hey gorgeous." The annoying voice said in a flirty tone, Harry looked up to see Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne aka 'the stupid rich scumbags' along with another blond he didn't recognized.

"Can i take your order?" Harry said trying to be polite.

"Are you free tonight babe?" Louis said winking at him.

Harry sighed "Can i please just take your order? you're not the only one in line Tomlinson." He said trying to remain calm.

"Ooh feisty, I like that!" Louis said leaning down on the counter, his face mere inches from Harry's. Harry was getting lost in Louis' icy blue eyes when he heard someone clearing their throat, he pulled away and noticed Liam and the blond boy blushing furiously.

After a few minutes of putting up with Louis and then taking their orders Harry was dreading having to go there to give them their food, he heard Paul saying their order was ready and to go give them their food. Harry literally dragged his feet to where Louis and his friends were, he walked by Zayn who just gave him a knowing look and an encouraging smile.

He got to their table and set the food down. "Here's your food, anything else i can do for you?" Harry asked.

"No, thank you." Liam and the blond boy said.

"Oh yes. could you get me a fork babe?" Louis said smirking, Harry just nodded and turned around to go get the fork when he felt a hand smack his bum, he turned back around to face Louis and his friends with a shocked expression, blushing furiously, his lips forming into an 'O'. Louis was laughing hysterically and Liam and the blond boy looked embarrassed.

Harry turned around and walked away from them as fast as he could, muttering curse words. "You ok mate?" Zayn asked with a worried expression. He had just finished moping the floors when he saw Harry walking by looking pissed and embarrassed.

"NO!! I'm not okay!" Harry growled.

"What's wrong?!"

"Tomlinson just smacked my bum, I'm supposed to go get him a fork but i don't wanna go back there." Harry said blushing.

"Fucker. Want me to go give it to him instead of you?" Zayn asked trying to make Harry feel better.

"Yea please." Harry said giving Zayn a quick hug.

Zayn went to go get the fork for Louis and came back, he was heading to Louis' table and he could feel Harry staring at him. When he got there Louis looked at him surprised.

"Here's your fork. Anything else I can get for you?"

"yeah, where's Harry? He's supposed to be serving me." Louis said looking annoyed, he didn't liked how close Zayn was to his Harry.

Zayn was about to answer when a pair of beautiful cerulean blue eyes caught his attention. They belonged to a beautiful blond boy he had never seen before around Nandos. The boy blond looked back at him and smiled showing off his white straight teeth and braces. To Zayn his smile was beautiful, he was beautiful.

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A/N:I don't really know how Nandos work so please bear with me! Don't forget to comment, vote and share! :) I love reading your comments

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