Skinny Love: A Zachary Abels Love Story

Chapter 7

Four days went by. We spent that fourth night before Jeremy's birthday checking into a hotel somewhere in Georgia. I left the directions and locations up to Bryan and Zayn. I was chatting with Mikey about the frustration of not being able to go to 21 and over clubs (because sometimes they kick you out) when we walked to our rooms, so to continue the enlightening conversation, I followed him and some of the guys into their hotel room.

"It must really suck though, because you're twenty," I mused.

"Yeah, but i'm just a few months away from twenty one. It was worse back when we went on our first tour. there was this really sick club, 21 and over, and literally everyone was drinking, except me."

"well you'd be a pretty embarrassing drunk anyway, so maybe it was better for everyone," I teased.

"Hey, i remember that place," Jesse overheard. "What was it called again?"

"Something southsend." Bryan guessed, sitting on the hotel's couch, me sitting down next to him.

"You mean Amos' Southend?" Jeremy recalled.

"Yes!" Mikey and Bryan exclaimed simultaneously.

"In North Carolina, I think. Not far from here." Jesse said.

"Yeah, that place was dope," Jeremy smiled at the thought.

"Yeah," Zach echoed, reminiscing on what was probably a good time. My eyes widened, an lightbulb going off in my head. I stood up, then looked around at everyone.

"I'll see you guys later," I said before running out of the hotel room to mine and the girls' next door. I opened the door to Nikki eating mac & cheese.

"I know where we're going for Jeremy's birthday," I said excitedly, deciding not to talk to Nikki about how she had made the mac & cheese so fast.

"Where?" Dylan popped her head out of one of the bedrooms.

"It's a club in North Carolina," I explained. "The guys went to it way back when they weren't as famous. They were talking about it in the other room, and Jeremy seemed to really like it, so i thought Hey! why not?"

"What's it called?" Callie came out of another bedroom, Katie following behind.

"Amos' Southend, I think."

"Wait, we're not even in North Carolina, we're in Georgia," Katie pointed out, confused.

"According to Jess we aren't far at all. So get out your flirty dresses, girls!" I tried to pep everyone up. "Nevermind," I muttered, not getting a pepped response. I went to my bedroom, texting all the guys the plan, omitting Jeremy. 

The girls and I were sitting on the hotel's two couches, talking. It was nice to have some time for us just to talk, away from the ten guys . They were probably all in their hotel room, thinking the same thing. 

"So Quinn, How's the bae?" Katie asked, giggling to herself. I saw Nikki beside me shoot her a warning glance.

"What?" I asked, knowing there was something they weren't telling me. 

"What?" Callie covered. Whatever it was, they all knew. 

"Anyway," I said, dropping it. "How's your bae?" I asked Katie, jokingly refferring to Zayn.

"You know," She gave me a pained smile. "Still married."

"Kat, You can't like him," Dylan pointed out the obvious.

"I know that," She snapped. 

"Try to focus on something else," Nikki suggested. "Like music. Write a song. Or hang out with someone other than him."