❛ SUPERMARKET FLOWERS ♪ ❜ - z. herron

forty-seven: our one year friendaversary.

"Did we really have to be on a train for this?" I exasperate, looking up at the boys. We are aimlessly traveling around in the LA metro system because Daniel decided it'd be good nostalgia from the first time we met. Emerson, Jack, Corbyn, and I are all sitting while Jonah, Zach, and Daniel insist on standing so we could all be together.

"Kira Summers, it is our year friendaversary." Jonah says, crossing his arms.

"I talked to you once-"

"Uh, you talked to me multiple times." Zach interrupts, grabbing the book off my lap. He sifts through it, the red cover of  "Concrete Rose" bright in his hand.

"Yeah, I literally asked you to please stop talking. Plus, Em didn't meet y'all until September." I say, grabbing it from him. He looks at me, shocked as if he wasn't expecting that I would actually take it from him.

"Well, we are going to be on tour, and since Em can't come, we are celebrating it now." Daniel says, holding on onto a railing.

"I'm still confused by the fact we are on a train." Emerson says, waving her finger around the compartment.

"Yeah, we couldn't have just gone out to dinner or something?" Corbyn says, pointing in agreement with her.

"I decided to do ONE cute thing for you guys." Daniel says jokingly.

"Personally, Daniel bro, I loved your idea." Jack says, pointing to himself.

Daniel starts wiping away fake tears, "Thanks man."

"Thank you for that amazing heartfelt moment," Emerson says sarcastically, "But where the fuck are we?"

"Yeah, did we have a plan or?" I add.

Jonah shrugs, "Nope, not one. Daniel and I just chose a random train."

"NOW APPROACHING DOWNTOWN SANTA MONICA"

Daniel shakes his head in disbelief, "How did we get to Santa Monica?"

"I'm guessing we took the blue line." Jack replies, readjusting his chains. "Just a guess."

Daniel slaps him on the shoulder, "I got that much, Einstein, but this is the last stop."

"Isn't the Santa Monica pier here?" I comment, dissolving the argument.

Corbyn looks over at me, "Yeah, I think so. Why?"

"Why don't we just go there if we are already here?" I ask.

"Ira, you are a genius." Zach says, leaning down and kissing my temple.

*

"Wait so hold up, how did you even get the name why don't we?" I question, scooping up another spoon of my ice cream as we walk down the pier.

Jack gasps, "Kira, you have been our friend for a whole year and not once have you watch our interviews."

"That's not true, like the night before the concert, I watched a bunch."

"I had to cox her into it." Emerson says, taking a bite of her cone. "She was very hesitant." 

Jonah shivers, "Ugh, the way you bite your ice cream makes my teeth uncomfortable."

"How am I supposed to eat it?" She says, biting it again.

"I don't know, just don't bite it." Jonah says, visibly cringing.