Zoe's P.O.V
I groaned loudly in response to someone shaking me awake.
''What is it?'' I murmured into my pillow.
''Myself and Finn need to pop over to a friend's house. My parents are gone out to work but my
sister is here to keep you company. Be back around two, Babe'' Jack whispered, in a rush, dropping a kiss
on my forehead. I muttered an 'ok bye' into my pillowe before I heard the door of the bedroom shut, followed
by the front door.
After a while, I rolled over to face the wall. I lazily looked over all of Jack's instagram photos, stuck neatly
on one side of his room. I came across a picture of him and Caspar at vidcon and felt a smile flicker across my face.
They really are good friends and I can't ruin that. So there was only one thing to do.
Kicking the covers off of me, I stood up from the bed, fixing my shorts and making my way over to Jack's computer.
I logged into my e-mail and pushed 'Reply' on Caspar's e-mail.
Once I was about a paragraph in, I see a window pop up in the corner of the screen.
'Caspar Lee has signed into Skype'
I swallow hard before clicking into it. I'm still on Jack's skype account but he wouldn't mind.
Before I can type anything, there's an incoming call from the guy himself. I can feel myself panicking for
a few seconds before closing my eyes and pushing 'Answer'.
It takes a few seconds for the window to actually open and reveal Caspar.
''Hey, Ma-'' He looks into his screen, shocked. ''...Zoe?''
I giggle lightly ''Yeah...'' I bite my nails, awkwardly ''I was just on my e-mail...I'm on Jack's umm his computer and I saw you
were calling so I just. Yeah''
He chuckles, scrunching up his eyes and nose, making me smile.
Caspar doesn't really smile alot. Like he does laugh and stuff but even when he tells jokes he manages to keep a
straight face and usually he's trying to impress the girls by looking all serious and mysterious.
''Well, hey how are you?'' He finally speaks, barely avoiding an awkward silence.
''I'm good, I'm doing good, What bout you? How's South Africa?'' I respond.
''It's good. The weather's way better than L.A believe it or not''
''No way''
''Yeah''
''Wow''
He laughs, awkwardly. And then silence.
''So how's your fami-''
''Let's just talk about it, ok. We can't avoid the extreme awkwardness of this conversation, Zo.''
I bite the skin on the edge of my finger and nod, slightly.
''Can we just forget about what happened at Playlist? ..For Jack's sake?'' He continues, raising an eyebrow.
I exhale deeply, in relief, and then respond ''Of course.''
A smile appears on both our faces on the computer screen. I watch as Caspar rubs his hands together.
'' But, Zoe remember. I'm still here for you. If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here.''
I nod again, a smile lingering on my lips.
''Ok, well I guess I better get going. Got some beaching to get to'' He states.
''And me, some sleeping'' I respond. We both laugh and say our goodbyes and I'm about to end the call when Caspar says one
last thing.
''Oh, by the way. I knew Jack wasn't home'' And then he winks and hangs up.
That's it. I hate boys.
I grin stupidly and look down at my knees on the chair.
''What happened at Playlist...''
My heads whips to the side, in the direction of the door to see Emmy, Jack's sister.
''Oh um...''
''You said that you would forget about it...for Jack's sake?''
''Yeah well... Jack um he embarassed himself doing something and um...we just agreed to forget about it for his sake''
I finish with a smile. I don't know if she buys it but she shrugs and walks down the hall again.
I exhale deeply and run a hand through my hair, sitting back down on the bed.
*******Later on*******
Me and Emmy were just finishing watching 'Love Actually' when the front door clicks open.
Finn dashes into the room, planting a kiss on Emmy's head and flopping down on the sofa next to her.
''Hey sister''
''Hey Finny''
''Hey Zoe''
''Hey Finny'' I respond, copying Emmy's voice.
We all laugh a bit before Jack walks in and sits next to me .
''So what have you girls been up to?'' He asks, leaning on my shoulder.
''Moooviiiieeees'' We both say in unison.
''Very nice.'' Jack says.
*********Even later***********
''What's cookin' good lookin'' I sing as I pad my way over to where jack is at the counter.
''Pizza'' He replies, holding up his phone. We both chuckle.
''So there's a party tomorrow at Sam's old house, seeing as he's back for a while, and we're invited! Sound good?''
I nod, scanning the Pizza brochure.
''Caspar's coming back just in time for it, too. Can't wait to see him''
I swallow hard, hoping Jack doesn't hear.
''Yeah'' I say, quietly ''Well, let me just go see if I have anything to wear to the event'' I rush, in a put on posh accent.
I scurry out of the room and run up the stairs into our bedroom.
Practically throwing myself onto the bed, I open up my computer and log into my Skype.
Caspar isn't online but I message him anyway.
Z: didn't plan on telling me you were arriving tomorrow, i see?
I type it in quickly and then close the laptop again, making my way towards the door, when I hear a noise.
I turn to face my not-really-shut-down-laptop and open it again to reveal a message on my Skype, from Caspar.
C: Surprise.
