The Creep Around the Block

CHRISTMAS MORNING...

We decided to spend Christmas at Harry's and my house, with Zayn, Niall, Mum, Conner, Perrie, Liam, Danielle, Louis, Kaitlynn, Julia, Sandra, and Gemma. It's Danielle's and Tanner's first Christmas, and Tanner was already a month and 24 days old. Dani was a month and 15 days old. They were so fucking cute.

Also, it finally started snowing outside. No more stupid hurricanes. We had all bought each other snow stuff and other stuff, but a few extra presents were being handed out.

"Conner, open yours next." I smiled at my older brother. He raised an eyebrow.

He took the wrapping paper off of the present, revealing a box with a necklace like Niall's, the one I was wearing. He looked at me, confused, then saw the leather necklace around my neck.

"Thank you." He smiled, genuinely happy.

I smiled, as if to say 'your welcome'.

"Niall, open yours." I pointed at the small box in front of him while I hugged Harry from the side.

He opened it, showing the same necklace as Conner and I.

"Triplet necklaces!!!" He fist pumped the air. "Thank you so much!"

Just then, Gemma left the room.

I did the same smile to him. "Mum, we got you something together. All of us."

Gemma returned with Chip, one of Paige's puppies.

We had decided to keep Cazor, the ring eyed one. Gemma took Fudge, and Ansley was given to Sandra. Paige had moved in with Harry and I, and so did Cazor. I'm guessing Fudge lived with the others.

"Oooh. It's so cute!" Mum squealed. I laughed at her immaturity.

"His name is Chip. It's Paige's baby." Perrie said, holding hands with Liam.

"Oh my gosh! I love him already!" She truly sounded like a teen.

*

We were all climbing into our snow suits. He, we thought it was time to take the babies in the snow. Lou said he'd take charge of Tanner so I could have fun with my brothers, fiancee, and Zayn.

As soon as I stepped out into the winter air, I froze to death, not literally. I tripped and fell face first into the snow.

"Ahh!" I shrieked, standing up.

I stood and wiped the snow off my face, then turned in time to see Harry smash snow in Niall's face. This offically meant war.

"Girls vs. Boys! Sam, Julia, Kaitlynn, Gemma, Perrie, and Sandra vs. us boys. Mum can watch the Tanner and Danielle." Niall commanded.

Oh shit, he means business.

All the girls ran too one side of the back yard. Gemma, Perrie, and I started building a wall of snow, while Julia, Kaitlynn, and Sandra made snowballs. From what I could see, Harry, Zayn, and Conner made their wall while Niall, Liam, and Louis made snowballs.

"Why are the weak men making the wall?!" I yelled to them across the yard.

"Why are all the sexy women making the wall?!" Zayn yelled back, then realized what he said.

We all stopped and looked at him for a second, then continued.

By now, we had tons of snowballs made, and the wall was super sturdy and tall, so Julia yelled, "Ready?"

It was a moment before Conner yelled back, "Ready!"

I snuck my head out of the side to look at the guys. Zayn and Harry were both revealing themselves. So I took this opportunity to hit them both with a snowball, right in the face.

"Who threw that?!" Zayn screeched. I raised my hand, trying to look innocent.

"Oh, it is on!" He battlecried. Then hell broke lose. Everyone was being pelted by snowballs, but I dodged them all, running toward the first person I saw, who just so happened to be my new best friend, Zayn.

I track star speeded through the line of fire. I plowed right into him, sending us both into the freezing snow.

"Sam!!!" Zayn shrieked. I laughed in his face, literally.

"Zayn!!!" I yelled right back, being cocky.

"Would you like to get off of me?" He raised an eyebrow as he squirmed under me.

"Nah, I'm comfy." I layed my head down on his chest.

"You're so stubborn!" He laughed. I scoffed.

"Got a problem with it?" I cocked an eyebrow at him.

"Not. At. All." He smirked. For a second, I forgot we were in the middle of a snowball fight.

*

"What are we gonna do the rest of the night?" Mum asked, looking at the movies we had. Bug I already had something planned.

Kaitlynn knew exactly what to talk about, "Let's work on the wedding."

I nodded and grabbed the notebook that I wrote wedding stuff in and pen from under the couch.

Harry raised an eyebrow, "Was that always under there too?"

I giggled and nodded, poking his dimple with the back of the pen.

"Alright, we have a date, April 6th, location, the park, and guest list. We need dresses, a priest, and reception location." I spoke to everyone.

"Well," Sandra piped in, "We can go dress shopping when you want. All us girls can go out."

"Alright, we need a priest, then a reception location." I said.

"Oh, we can rent out the cafe for the reception. Then the priest won't be hard to get." Kaitlynn planned. I nodded slowly, liking the idea.

"We're getting married at the first place we went together." I smiled, leaning my head on Harry's shoulder. He caressed my hair, I loved moments like these.

Alrighty, I'll go get the dinner out of the oven." I suddenly said, standing. It felt a little awkward to be close to Harry, probably because my brother I just found is in front of us.

I walked into the kitchen, pulling the ham out of the oven, then turning off the stove and taking the corn off the stove. I put it on the counter, then walked out to announce dinner.

"Dinner's done." I announced.

*

"May I know where we're going?" Zayn asked. I shook my head.

I hijacked Zayn and his car after dinner, and we had Tanner. I wanted to go somewhere, but I didn't know who to take with me, so I took my bff.

"Why not?"

"God, it's a surprise." I laughed at his anxiety.

"It's dark in heren" Did I forget to mention I blindfolded him?

I pulled in the parking lot of the building, leaving Zayn, but I took Tanner with me.

I walked in the front doors and talked to the lobby guy, Jack. "Hey!"

"Hey Sam! Hey Tanner!" Jack smiled, waving.

"They still vacant?" I asked. He nodded. "I'm gonna bring Zayn in, don't say anything, and don't be shocked, he's blindfolded."

He nodded and threw me the keys. I walked out to the car.

"Zayn, ready?"

He nodded, and I took his arm, leading him into the building. In the lobby, Jack was laughing his ass off silently. I led Zayn into the elevator, then hit number 8.

We arrived on the eighth floor, and I led Zayn down the hall a bit. I unlocked the door, and pushed Zayn in, then shut the door behind me.

"Take off the blindfold." I commanded my friend.

He took it off slowly, his eyes searching the area we were in.

"You brought me back? Why?" He turned and walked closer to me. I set Tanner down.

"Because. Things were so simple here. No babies, less drama, less people. Everything worked out how it should've." I looked around, "And I left something here. But I wish we stayed."

"Why?" He asked, pulling me down, and we sat on the floor.

"So many great memories. The first 'I love you's'. The time we met. Finding out that we were all best friends." I felt a tear drop off my face, "When you tried to help me cook, then try to kiss me, then when I said we were all taking it so fast, it never mattered. I didn't end up with you in the end. I ended up with Harry."

"Ha, that time when you scared the shit out of Liam. Then the day I punched him out." Zayn looked like he was about to piss himself.

I sighed. It's so peaceful here. I wish we never left the apartments. I want to move back.

"Zayn, if Harry and I break up, do you wanna move back in with me?" I asked.

"Definitely. I hate being alone in a master bedroom." He smiled, then looked at his wrist. "We should go, it's getting late."

"You aren't wearing a watch." I mentally facepalmed him. Yea, I can do that.

"Toushe." He narrowed his eyes.

I stood and got Tanner, then turned my back at Zayn. I didn't want him to see me cry. This place made me happy just to see, but sad to leave. I wiped a tear and turned around. Zayn was standing there with a box in his hands.

"What's that?" I whimpered a little.

"A present for you, I wanted to give it to you in private." He stepped closer to me.

He got down on one knee.

"Zayn?"

"Don't worry, I'm not proposing." He laughed, opening the box, revealing a ring. A silver band with a diamond shaped like a heart built into it. Then inside, it was engraved 'My heart is yours'.


(Ring)

"I know what it says, and I know that it's a promise ring, but it isn't that kind of promis ring. If you put this on, you promise that we'll always be best friends. Last time we were, that shit failed."

I thought for a moment, then said, "Give me that ring!"

He smiled, relieved that I said yes, then put it on my middle finger. He stood and hugged me.

"One second." I held my pointer finger up and ran to my old bedroom. I got out the picture that fell when I slammed the door one night. It was split right down the middle, in between Harry and I. One one piece was Zayn, Perrie, Jess, Harry, and Liam. The other had me, the Louis, Kaitlynn, Niall, and Julia.

I handed the piece with me on it to him. Then I folded the other and put it in my back pocket.

"Just in case we ever got split up." I smiled.

He smiled, then picked up Tanner. We went down to the lobby, out the door, and got in the car.

Zayn drove us home, and neither of us told anyone what happened there. I never would.

*

MARCH 30TH (A WEEK BEFORE THE WEDDING)...

Gemma, Sandra, Julia, Perrie, and I were dress shopping at David's Bridal. Kaitlynn was at home booking the wedding shit.

"Finding everything okay?" A lady with a nametag 'Bethany' asked.

"Yea. But we could use your opinion on this dress. I'm pregnant, and the wedding is in a week. Does this look okay?" I asked.

I had on a long, patternless, sleeveless white gown on. Dress #1. Also known as Gemma's favorite. Dress #1

"I like it, but it would need fitted. And you would probably have to have your hair up with that. Any other dresses?" She asked. I nodded and went to my dressing room, removed the dress, then put on Dress #2.

It was a long dress, completely covered in lace. Then it had quarter sleeves of lace. Sandra's favorite.

"Same. It would need fitted, but I think you could leave your hair down. But this is one of my favorites in the store." She looked sround my whole body. "Anything else?"

"One more." Perrie squealed. It was her favorite

I put on dress #3. It was to the floor, wavy from the torso down. Then there was the option of having a red or green band. Dress #3

"I like this one too. But once again, it needs fitted. But you could definitely do anything to your hair with this dress." Bethany said. "So have you come to a decision?"

"Actually, I think I have." I smiled at her. Then I took off the dress in the dressing room. I left all three dresses in the room, and told Bethany to keep them there, because I wanted to surprise them with what dress I chose.

"Anything else I can help you with?" Bethany asked another question, part of her job. This seems like a job I'd be fantastic at.

"We need 5 bridesmaids dresses." Julia spoke, not looking up from her phone. Probably tattoo stuff.

"5?" She cocked an eyebrow, confused.

"The fifth bridesmaid is also the wedding planner, she's at home. But she's the same size as me, so I can help measure." Sandra explained to the worker.

Bethany nodded, "What color is your wedding?"

"Multi-color." I said.

"Okay, so all of you will have different colored dresses?" Perrie nodded, confirming that that was correct.

"Okay, we have a few racks with different colors of the same dress. Have a look around, and get me when you need me." Bethany walked behind the counter into a back room.

They spent what seemed like hours looking different designs of dresses. Finally, they found one they all were happy with.

They had muscle shirt sleeves, and went to the knees. All five were a different color. Julia had a light blue, Gemma had green, Sandra had yellow, and Perrie had purple. Kaitlynn would be wearing an orange one. Bridesmaid dresses

I went back and got Bethany. She came to the girls and saw them all wearing the dresses.

"Perfect. You getting those ones?" She asked.

"Yep!" Perrie got all excited about her dress.

"Alright, I'll ring you up. Rent or buy?"

"Buy. I have a feeling that this won't be the only wedding. Hint, Louis and Kaitlynn, hint." I said, laughing a little.

She finished checking us out, and the girls took the bags out to the car. I ran to the dress in the dressing room, and brought it out to her.

"Nice decision. Keep this secretive." She looked at me. I nodded.

One week until the wedding.

Notes

As you can probably tell, I didn't say ehich dress she chose, because you guys are going to decide. This is the same competition like the houses. Comment which one you like.

Q: Do you think the promis ring thing from Zayn was cute? Or too much?

Q: I know I already asked, but what team are you on? It could've changed.

Q: Out of all the characters from TCATB and Surviving, which one can you relate yourself to most? Which character is most like you from either stories?

Q: Do you like the Harry from Surviving or the Harry from TCATB? Which Zayn do you like? Same with Louis, Liam, and Niall.

Four questions. Sorry. I'll see you tomorrow at Something Stronger Than Love. Bye!!!