❛ SUPERMARKET FLOWERS ♪ ❜ - z. herron

ten: his date.

(Zach's POV)

"What do you guys want to do tomorrow?" Jonah asks as I walk into the tour bus.

"I'm down with whatever." Daniel says.

"Yeah, TBH, I'm fine with just hanging the hotel with Eben." Jack says after taking a sip from a water bottle.

Jonah looks at me, "What about you Zach?"

"Can't, I'm going on a date." I see Jack choke from the corner of my eye.

"You're going on what?" Corbyn asks with amusement in his voice.

"I'm going on a date." I say nonchalantly as I grab a water bottle out of the fridge. As I close the fridge door, I see the faces of my bandmates drop. In fact, I'd believe I had grown horns just by the look on Jonah's face.

"Nah c'mon, where's the camera?" Jack says, laughing, looking around.

"I'm being so deadass right now. Tomorrow, I can't hang because I'm going on a date." I say as seriously as possible. I know I'm not usually serious about anything, but I swear I'm making it pretty obvious. I decided to sit in a way where I can look at all of them. Jonah is in one of our table seats, while all the other 3 are on the couch precisely across from me.

"Flirting, you know what, even kissing girls is expected on tour. You go to new towns, you see hot girls, you pull the "boyband card". " Daniel says, pulling his hood down to look at me. "But a date? Zach, You're gonna hurt this poor fan." 

"She's not a fan, I swear. I met her on the train, she's sitting down reading this book. I thought she was cute & she totally rejected me. But tonight, turns out her little sister or something brought her." I explain, hoping they believe me.

"Back up a few steps, you're taking Kira on a date?" Jonah says, now fully engaged in the discussion.

"Yeah, I am." I smile.

"Bro, who the fuck is Kira?" Jack asked, looking back and forth between Corbyn and Daniel for guidance.

"Super sweet girl, she brought me this book because Zach told her I liked the author. Awkward hug but a nice gesture." Jonah says to the boys. I took a drink of water; I knew telling them would be uncomfortable, but this is weird.

Do they really think I won't take good care of this girl?

"Okay, wait, wait, wait, where do you even plan on taking this girl?" Corbyn asks.

"I told her we can do a tour of all her favorite spots."

"So she's taking you on a date?"

"Yeah, I guess so." I say sheepishly. It sounds a lot more embarrassing not coming out of my mouth.

"Is she hot?" Jack says.

I laugh. "In the least corny way possible, I've never seen a more attractive girl. And she READS. Name one girl in LA that reads something other than poetry." I state.

"Your selling factor is that she reads?" Daniel asks, with the most "are you kidding me" look on his face.

"I didn't ask everyone's for your input. Just wanted to say I can't hang out tomorrow." I say, looking down at my phone.

"Sorry if it seemed like we were clowning on you, we just were not expecting that." Corbyn states, taking off his hat to readjust his hair.

"Yeah, what Corbyn said." Jack says, pointing his thumb at him.