The BoyBand Project- Loving Zac

Paparazzi

Leaning back on the swing and pushing with my feet I listened to Mathias tell ridiculous stories as the sun went down. I touched my hair and instantly regretted letting Mathias play with it. He did his own 'special' version of a braid in my hair and covered it in flowers we found in the park, attempting to - and I quote- make me look like a "tumblr girl". I think if I even put my hair on tumblr they would just ban me completely. No, I'm not over exaggerating and yes, it was THAT bad.

"And then he fell flat on his face!"

I threw my head back laughing as hard as I could. Mathias had taken me to a park close to his house. It was so gorgeous and the temperature was just right to sit on the swings and catch up.

"YOU'RE - hahahahaha- YOU'RE KIDDING!"

I grabbed my stomach and couldn't contain my laughter. The whole day had been filled with funny stories and catching up.

"True story haha"

It took a while to catch my breath but when I finally did I looked up at Mathias. (Literally looked up, we were sitting down and I'm so short I still had to look up at him.) I realized by the smile on his face and the way he was like a little kid when he told stories and the way laughed at the corniest things that I didn't really know him at all. Of course he played the big brother roll, advice column occasionally, things like that. But I never really knew how he was by himself, I always just thought of him as part of the band. But they're all different boys with the same passion. It took a while but I realized it. The whole day we had gotten ice cream and played like little kids and just had fun. Moments like those made me wish I had a big brother, just like him.

"Hey, race you to the monkey bars!"

I screamed, wanting to break the silence. A smile appeared on his face as he took off towards the bars without me. Smiling I screamed after him.

"CHEATER!"

I ran, trying not to trip over my own feet. Catching up to him, I jumped on his back yet surprisingly he kept running like I didn't phase him. Screaming as he ran faster, we attracted a few strange looks from toddlers and their parents.

"MATHIIASSSSS! OMG MATHIAS SLOW DOWN!!!"

I couldn't help but to laugh uncontrollably while protesting him running any faster. Sadly, we never even made it to the monkey bars because out of no where, Mathias tripped over his own two feet and went tumbling towards the ground, me still attached. Flying off of his back (despite my efforts to hold on) I landed right beside him on the shaved wood. After about 0.3 seconds of silence we broke out into uncontrolled laughter, almost in sync. Naturally two people in a park full of toddlers, laughing like mad men, will attract attention.

*click* *click* *click*

The noise seeming odd, I turned to my left and caught a glimpse of a girl, similar to an old best friend of mine, running away with a camera in hand. As I dwelled on the fact more, my smile disappeared. We stopped being friends because she had a crush on Zac first but he liked me, not her. She hated me so much in the past 3 years. Noticing my change of mood Mathias asked me why my face looked so disgusted and sour. Doubting Zac knew we were here together and noticing how bad the picture can make the situation seem, I replied simply.

"Damn paparazzi."

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