My Crazy Life

Chapter 20

(Zoey's POV)

I just want to stay in bed today. Tomorrow is my dad's funeral and right now I'm feeling like shit. Why did he have to die? Out of every 7 billion people in the world, my dad had to die. What did I do to deserve this?

"Zoey, wake up." Tori says.

"Noo." I mumble and put my head under the pillows. Tori sighs and grabs my feet. She pulls my feet, causing me to slide out of the bed. I land on my butt and groan.

"C'mon. We're meeting everyone at the skate park today." Tori informs and starts getting dress.

"And I have to go why?" I ask getting up.

"You're like, the leader of us. I don't know. You make the decisions." Tori shrugs.

"Taylor should be the leader." I mumble to myself. Taylor is the most popular one, so why not?

"Popularity has nothing to do with that. So get your ass dress and c'mon." Tori demands.

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Zach said he was already there with Hunter, Noah, and Tyler. Oh yeah, Hailey invited Tyler to come. Hailey is riding with Taylor.

We get there and get out of the car. I search for the guys and find them with Hailey and Taylor. We walk over.

"Hey sleepyhead!" Hailey says, happily.

"Shush. You're lucky I came today." I mumble. Zach comes over to me.

"Is it because of me?" Zach asks me.

"No. It's just, my uh, dad's funeral is tomorrow." I mumble the last part. Zach nods understandingly. I sit down on the bench. Everyone stares at me.

"What?" I ask them, confused.

"You're like the leader, you plan for us." Hailey says.

"Oh my god, I'm not the fucking leader. Go do whatever you want." I snap at them. I honestly didn't mean to snap.

"Sorry, I'm just stressed out and all." I apologize. They nod. They all go skate, except Zach. He sits next to me and grabs my hand.

"Hey, it's okay, alright? Tori and I will be there with you tomorrow. Okay?" Zach tries to cheer me up. I sigh and nod. That's the only good thing about tomorrow, I get to spend it with Zach and Tori.

"Good, now let's go do something." Zach says with a smile.

"Like what?" I ask and stand up.

"I don't know, leader." Zach teases me, also standing up. I playfully glare at him.

"Tag! You're it!" Zach says like a 5 year old.

"Oh my gosh, we're 5 year olds!" I shout and start running after Zach. Zach takes a left around a tree so I do the same. I see him run behind a bench. I get on the other side of the bench. I move to the left, he moves to the right. I move to the right, he moves to the left.

I laugh and jump on and over the bench. I jump on Zach and he falls onto the ground. We start laughing. I notice how close we are and stop laughing. Zach stops laughing and stares at me. I feel his heavy breathing and panting. I notice how inappropriate this position is. My hips are on his waist, while his hands are on my hips. I'm basically straddling him. I lean in and so does Zach. I close my eyes and Zach closes his. Zach closes the gap. His soft lips are on mine. Fireworks. That's what it feels like. Fireworks are exploding. My stomach is full of butterflies. Before anything can escalate we hear someone clear their throat.

l look up and see Tori smirking, along with everyone else. I hurry off Zach.

"U-Uhh..Hi." I say and smile.

"Hey, lovebirds. Nice makeout session there." Tori laughs. I blush and look down. Zach stands up and holds his hand out. I take it and he raises me up.

"Soo..Ice cream?" Zach asks, changing the subject. Everyone nods. But me knowing Tori, she won't shut up about this. And lucky me, I live with her. And so does Zach.

We reach the Ice cream shop. When we enter I groan. Troy is working. Zach sighs in annoyance, noticing Troy too.

"What's wrong guys?" Hailey asks.

"Last time we came here, that guy, Troy, tried to get Zoey's number." Zach informs Hailey. Everyone nods. We walk up.

"Hello, how may I-oh, it's you again. And friends." Troy smirks. I see Zach's eye twitch. I stand on my tippy toes.

"Put your arm around me." I whisper to him. Zach nods and does it. I lean into his side. Tori is the first to notice and she gets what we're doing. Tori whispers to Hunter to do the same, and he gets it. Hunter does it.

"So those two are taken, but you two aren't, can I have your number?" Troy asks. Tyler stiffens and automatically puts his arm around Hailey. Hailey blushes and smiles to herself.

"Alright, how about you?" Troy asks Taylor. Even though Noah doesn't like Taylor, he puts his arm around her, awkwardly. I hold in a laugh. Troy gives up and we order our icecream.

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We're back at the skate park. I'm sitting on a bench, next to Hailey and Tori. Taylor is on the bench across from us, along with Zach and Tyler. Noah and Hunter are sitting on the grass.

"Did you see how awkward it was for Noah to put his arm around Taylor?" I ask, now laughing. Taylor blushes, making me laugh even more.

"Yeah, Noah, come on, you got to put your arm around the most popular girl in school." Tori informs.

"You guys only like me for my popularity?" Taylor asks, teasing us.

"No! You're actually really nice. You're not like Regina George from Mean Girls." Hailey says, taking her seriously.

"I know, Hailey. I was kidding." Taylor laughs. Hailey turns red from embarrassment and looks down. I stifle a laugh.