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october 14, 2023
letting out a small annoyed groan and forcing himself to sit up, zach yawned as he grabbed him phone and turned off the alarm.
seeing that it was only 4:30am and that he still had an hour till estelle got to the city, as well as the fact he only had three hours of sleep, he considered laying back down for a bit longer but also knew he shouldn't.
so instead, taking a little bit of time, he got up, and simply just stood there in the middle of the room with his eyes closed. not in the mood to actually do anything other than go back to sleep.
yet another alarm rung, shaking him out of his stance, he unlocked his phone and turned off all the following alarms before using the touch to go over and turn on the bedroom lights.
after finally getting ready to go and letting estelle know he was in fact awake this time, zach was out in his car and making his way to the train station to pick the girl up.
arriving with about ten minutes till she did, he waited in his car for a moment before heading inside to the waiting area where she had requested he meet her.
soon seeing many emerging from the train platform, zach scanned the crowd, eyes soon setting on estelle and a smile appearing across both their faces.
"hey phoenix," he said as she got closer to him.
"hi," she softly replied, quickly following with a small yawn.
he grabbed her duffle bag from her and placed it down on the floor beside them before bringing both his hands on her cheeks, leaning down and connecting his lips onto her's.
"how was the trip?"
"it was okay," she replied, watching as he picked her duffle back up. "i couldn't sleep very well though cause i was alone, so i'm very tired.."
"well let's get back to mine then and sleep," he intertwined his free hand with her's, beginning the walk to his car. "cause i also haven't slept much."
"alright.."
arriving back to his house just before 6:30, zach didn't really show estelle around, instead led her straight to his bedroom. both getting comfortable and soon enough falling asleep.
it wasn't until almost 10am when zach had woken up again. glancing over at the girl beside him still asleep — which was surprising to him since the last time she was in la, she was always awake before him.
with a knock on the bedroom door, zach fumbled his phone which made a slight thud as it hit the edge of the bedside table. groaning a quiet "fuck" since he didn't want to wake the girl.
"hey," myta smiled at her son with the door barely propped open. "did you go somewhere early this morning?"
"oh.. yeah.." he spoke at a lower volume than his mother, trying to think what to follow with. "i went to.. pick up my.. girl.. friend.."
"girlfriend?"
".. yeah"
"at like five in the morning?" she furrowed.
"yeah, she lives in arizona and took the overnight train here," he explained, trying to keep the conversation quick.
"oh, okay. is this the same girl that you invited around to jack's house-"
"uh yeah, now can we please wrap this up, talk about it later," he polite interrupted his mother. "she's trying to sleep still."
"oh of course," myta quickly agreed. "but please introduce us later, don't keep her hiding away in here."
"yeah, sure," he brushed it off. "is that it?"
"yeah, i just thought i heard your car this morning and was confused, that's all."
"okay," zach replied.
with that he closed the door, his eyes landing on estelle as she yawned and lightly rubbed her eyes. waking himself back over to the bed, he climbed back in, smiling at the girl whilst she returned the gesture, still cuddled up in the comforter.
"sorry for waking you," he firstly apologised.
"it's okay.."
"did you sleep well?"
"mhm, your bed's quite comfy."
"you're so cute," he reached his hand over, using his thumb to gently push her hair behind her ear and cupping the back of her head as he lent in and kiss her lips. "i'm so happy you're here."
".. how come you told your mom about me but not that i was coming?" she switched the topic, mostly because she was unsure on how to response to his comment.
"she was in bed when you decided to," he brushed it off. "did you hear the whole conversation with my mom?"
she hesitantly shook her head — although she did in fact hear it all, she woke up to the sound of the knock on the door.
"okay, good," he slightly mumbled.
"why..?"
"nothing. don't worry about it- anyway, i'm so happy you're here."
