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"We came here for bird watching not, Lilac-watching, pay attention and get your butt over here; I need help." She muttered sassily as she got up from the ground, dusting her jeans.

"Lilac-watching was a way better idea; I think you could use some Zayn-watching too," I smirked. "You wish."

There were beautiful flowers around, everything was just breathtaking. This is all new for me; for a kid who grew up in a busy city dreaming about playing in a field full of dandelions, it was an absolute treat to the senses. I got distracted by a butterfly who was roaming around, okay, I know I'm not three but, I couldn't help but, admire the colors on her and that made me miss my hobby even more. It was more than three days of painting nothing. When I'm at home, I make at least two paintings every week now; a part of me feels empty. I'm looking forward to go home, take in the smell of my colors and let the paintbrushes guide my hand over the canvas.

"There you are, again! Can you stop fooling around? We don't have much time; we have to submit the report after almost an hour. Am I going to do this all on my own?"-Lilac yelled. She was super cranky today and was shouting a lot. I had no idea why. We had to submit a report on the birds we observed. The teachers wanted to make sure we were actually bird-watching and not just hovering around and having fun.

"Lilac, just write names of random birds and tell them we observed them and we'll be done with this in no time."

"Are you kidding me, Zayn? They're going to check whether those birds are here or not plus, this is the season of migration, birds fly to different places to make themselves a temporary home in search of food and stuff; we can't just make it up! This is serious, get your head around it," she huffed.

School was being such a pain in the ass, we could have easily enjoyed our day but, no, they had to hang the burden of work over our heads. I thought we were here to be in a different atmosphere for a while, away from the stress and pressure but, looks like this is just adding to it.

I don't blame Lilac, I was a little distracted from the work we were supposed to do. I guess I was just tired. I haven't gotten proper sleep for a quite a few days now and the boys that share the tent with me are the ones to be blamed. Niall snores a lot. At first, I thought it was adorable now, it's very annoying. Harry and Louis would start giggling in the middle of the night like little girls and when we ask them the reason, they say "It's a bit too personal". I don't get any of their weird inside jokes, not that I'm interested. Louis sometimes kicks me in sleep. I don't know if it's intentional or not, with him, we never know.

"Okay, so you're not doing it. Fine. This is going to mess up your grades too. Bye, I'm going on my own way,"- She walked away and I just stood there looking like an idiot. "Hey! Wait." I ran after her, almost tripping over a mess of fallen branches and leaves.

She went a few feet ahead and then, noted something down, nodding observantly while looking at a tree. I walked towards her and wrapped my hands around her waist as I placed my chin on her shoulder. "I'm so sorry; tell me what you want me to do?"- I spoke as I stroked her hair. I heard her intake a sharp sigh and then she said, "See? This is what you do... You behave like an absolute jerk the whole morning and then, become all cute like this. You know I can't resist this sad tone and the pair of puppy eyes of yours. Don't annoy me again, if you do I'm so going to throw you down the ditch, I'm not even joking. Look at that bird on the branch of the tree, note down its color, size and some more information. Fill up all the information given on the first page. The size doesn't have to be appropriate, we just need estimation. Can you do it, Zayn?" "Yes, mam." "Good. Now, get to work."

This is how we solved our little dispute.

After a few minutes later, I had noted information about five birds. "Impressive. So you're not completely useless, Zayn," she said as I showed it to her. "I think it's enough for today, we can go and submit this. Then, we would have the whole evening to ourselves,"- she continued. "Do you think you would spend it with me?" I asked, hopefully. "Nah, I got plans. I'm going out with my girls," she mercilessly turned down my offer and murdered the tingly feeling in my stomach.

I think my face fell immediately because I saw her expression soften and she looked a bit kinder as she offered-"I might cancel on them, do you want me to spend the evening with you?" "Totally!"-I cheered. "Then, that's what I would do."

I had lunch with the other boys. I learned that they had gone for bird-watching together like Harry and Louis and Liam and Niall went. It seemed like they had a lot of fun. I spent the whole morning getting scolded by Lilac. She looks cute even when she tries to appear fierce. I love being with her even when she's hating me with all her heart.

"You went with your girlfriend, right?" Niall enquired as he hung his arm around my shoulders. Girlfriend. I liked how it sounded but, I wasn't sure if Lilac wanted what I wanted. I wasn't sure of anything. The thing that I knew was that we were a little more than friends and a little less than being in a relationship. We were somewhere in the middle, I wanted to take it to the upper level.

"Yeah, I did. I haven't asked her out, yet. Properly," I answered.

"You should totally ask her out, she's hot. I've seen her quite a few times; she's fun to be with. I would be glad if she joined our gang!" Niall rambled on enthusiastically.

"First of all, she's mine. Second, no, she's not joining our savage gang," – I scoffed.

Niall shook his head and laughed.

I was eagerly waiting for evening as the afternoon passed in a blur. When it finally came, I spotted Lilac coming towards me, wearing her usual, friendly smile. "Hey, there."- She waved. "I've missed you,"- I said. "You saw me only five hours ago, you dork," she laughed. "Really? It seemed much longer..."

I took her smaller hand in mine as we happily strolled to a place that was quieter so that we could get away from the crowd and get some privacy. The sky was darkening and there were possibilities of rain. I couldn't help but, think about how romantic our surroundings were. Everything was just perfect. I'm the kind of guy who would love to cuddle all day. I'm into cheesy stuff and girls seem to like it. Not like I have a lot of experience with girls.

Speaking of romance, Lilac and I did nothing more than holding hands and embracing. It's been three days since we kissed and I really miss the feeling of her lips on mine. We would have kissed another time too if Liam hadn't interrupted. I love Liam a lot but, I swear to God, at that moment I felt like ripping his head off.

"There's a bonfire, Zayn. Not many students are around here. Let's go and sit by the fire..." She suggested.

"I wish I had a guitar," Lilac's face brightened at the idea of playing a guitar and singing while sitting around bonfire.

"We can share horror stories," I added in. "Yeah, that would be cool but, I don't know many horror stories. Mom doesn't even let me watch scary movies because then I get nightmares and I crawl into her bed to sleep with her. I don't act like I'm seventeen," she giggled. "I'd love to watch one with you," I smirked at the thought of her getting all frightened and hiding her face in my neck. I'd be there to protect her. Like I said I love to cuddle and do romantic stuff.

"Hey, do you remember we posted a cover of Melanie's song on YouTube? I wonder how many views it must have gotten," she trailed off. "I wish it would have gotten some views because we have put in a lot of effort into it. We didn't do any promotion though," I said. At that, the corners of her lips twitched up. "I posted it on Twitter a few times with some hashtags and sent the link to some of my family and friends. I hope they spread the word around. It was just one cover, we have a long way to go," she smiled.

It was a great feeling to sit around the fire with her. We talked for hours without running out of topics. I found myself thanking God for her existence, I was just so grateful to have her. The other people who used to isolate her didn't know what they were missing out on but, it's their loss. I have got this precious, little girl right by my side.

"What are we, again?" She asked. I took her hand once again in mine and cradled her fingers as I whispered-"What do you want us to be?" "Be just the way we are and maybe even closer?"

I smiled at that and pushed a strand of hair from her forehead as I leaned my head against hers, our noses touched and lips were just centimeters apart. "Then, that's what we'll do," I felt her lips softly brush against mine and we slowly closed the gap between us. It wasn't as long as the one we shared before but, it did make me feel a lot better. It was short yet, meaningful.

It wasn't a deep kiss but, sweet enough for me to dream about it all night long.

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