~There's no question, she's not in a disguise~

"I'm struggling." Harry said. Louis looked back at him, burdened by three duffle bags and three smaller bags.

"You're cute." Louis said, taking a backpack and readjusting Fin's carrier. "Liam's outside, okay?"

"Wait! Please, wait!" Comes a shout from behind them. Louis turned, seeing Zayn, and he smiled. Zayn came up to them, sweaty and panting. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to be left behind."

"Oh, you're going to be mad." Louis said, turning to his boyfriend. "Zayn's staying with us, and I didn't tell you..." Louis smiled in his cute way, but Harry's face remained emotionless.

"I'm sorry, but I didn't want to get a hotel room, and I feel super bad about it." Zayn said, and finally Harry kicked into gear.

"Zayn it's fine. You'll just have to sleep on the couch, since there's only one bed."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Zayn said, spinning around. "Oh my gosh, Louis, Fin is so cute." He finally noticed the two month old in the carrier Louis held.

"Liam's waiting outside, okay? We have to go." Harry wasted no time, lurching outside under the weight of all of the bags. "Are you okay being in the car with Liam?"

"It's fine." Zayn said, following Louis outside where Liam screamed when he saw them. He was wearing some basketball shorts and a long sleeve shirt. His hair was growing longer, and a portion was tied up in a cute bun. The rest was down and free.

"What's with the hair?" Louis asked. "It's not very you."

"My hairdresser is out of town." Liam sighed, taking the carrier from Louis. "Hey, Finny." He started buckling her in. Zayn felt ignored, and he hunched into himself as he sat in the middle of the car, next to Infinity's car seat.

Harry and Liam talked excitedly about everything and anything as they drove to Louis' apartment. Zayn watched New York pass by, excited to be back in a familiar place.

"Stay for dinner?" Louis asked when Liam helped bring all the bags to the door.

"Depends on what it is."

"Takeout?"

"I'm down." Liam said. "As long as there's alcohol."

"You didn't have plans for this evening, right?" Harry asked him, taking off his coat.

"Just some light editing."

"Editing?" Zayn asked, finally turning his head up from the corner of the sectional.

"Yeah. I do Youtube." Liam said. "Five hundred thousand subscribers and climbing."

"He's kind of amazing." Louis laughed, pulling menus from restaurants all over the city out of a folder he kept next to the fridge.

Food was eventually ordered, Fin changed and put to bed, Louis and Liam's mood changed by a bottle of rum. Zayn was on Youtube, on the sly, watching Liam's videos through earbuds. Harry and the other two yahoos watched a lot of Love Island episodes before Liam called an Uber for himself.

"Take care boys." He said, dancing out of the apartment while singing some pop song.

"He's a cutie pie." Louis giggled.

"Time for bed." Harry told him, pulling him out of the room. "Blankets are in the hall closet, Zaynie boi. Help yourself to tea or anything you want from the kitchen."

Harry left him alone, turning off all the lights. Zayn was a mouse, grabbing the seven blankets he needed for the night, and then making some tea. All the while, he continued watching Liam's videos. He did a lot of vlogs, he hung out with friends, went to work, did all the dumb challenges, and he talked a lot about common issues. Those videos got the most views.

He even found a couple videos with Harry and Louis, who his fans loved. And while he watched these videos, he found himself learning more and more about Liam, and gaining a crush on him again.

And before he knew it, he heard the padsteps of Harry coming down the hall to make his morning tea for everyone. "Just like old times, eh?" He chuckled, noticing the light from Zayn's phone. "Did you sleep at all?"

"Not really." Zayn smiled, thinking of Liam.