Protection, Zack Merrick, All Time Low

9

Kimberly

I wake up slowly, and Zack isn't by me anymore. I sigh and shove my face into the pillow. He loves me, platonicly.

"Hey go get ready, we're going to six flags." Alex tells me.

"What is that?" I ask.

"It's a really cool amusement park." Jack jumps aroundthe bus.

Since we're in Dallas, and it's hot as hell, I pick out my razor back black crop top, blue jean highwaisted, short shorts, and I tie my short black hair back in a small pony tail with my pixie cut that's growing out.

"When we have pur two week break I'm cutting my hair." I tell Alex.

"Ooh girl I can cut it. I went to cosmetic school." Lisa comments.

"I'd let you, Lis, but I'm wanting it like done in a salon." I empathize. "It isn't you, it's the supplies."

"No I understand it's okay." She smiled. "Why don't we get it cut before six flags? And then meet the guys there after they buy our tickets and fast passes?"

"Well since it would be a long line, why not?" I chuckle.

"Okay, come on."

She leads me out the door and we run to use the venues car, thay have a van that the boys can use, as long as Jack isn't driving.

We go to this place called Supercuts, and Ironically it wasn't as fast as they say, but it was eight AM, so no one was really there, but it took a long time for my hair to be cut and it wasn't that long of hair.

We payed the money and the boys called, Lisa put it on speaker since I was driving. "Hey girls." Jack says, "Alex wanted me to call and let you know we just got our tickets and passes."

"We're probably five minutes away." Lisa tells him. "Her hair looks sexy as fuck."

"Lisa, shush."

"I'm sure it does." I can see the smirk on Jacks face. "Do you guys want us to get you anything? Or do you want us to wait?"

"Considering we have an hour before it opens, do you want us to bring you guys coffee?" I ask. "I already know your orders."

"That sounds great. You should bring doughnuts too."

"Didn't we all just eat cereal?" Lisa whines.

Jack pauses, "You're right, but I'm paying."

"Alright, but only since I have your card."

"Where did you get my card?"

"Well, someone needed to pay for my haircut." I joke.

"I'm kidding Barakat, I don't have your card. I'll pay. See you soon." I grin and Lisa hangs up as Jack protests.

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"Split into teams of two since that's all you can normally ride with is one person. But we will still all stay together." Rian instructs, choosing Jack. I giggle as Alex has chosen Lisa and I'm with Zack.

"You're not scared of the rides are you?" I ask him.

"Probably not if I'm with you." He jokes. I grin and we head to the Superman. We use our fast pass, and I'm in the middle with Zack and Jack on my sides like the other night at dinner. They strap us in, and I giggle as Anxiety sets in.

Jack holds his hand out for me to hold and I take it, then grabbing Zacks too, so he wouldn't be left out.

I squeal as we take off, and I can feel my ass hit the chair hard, gravity and the wond pulling me down roughly. Jack is laughing and Zack has his eyes closed. As we're up at the top, I can look around the city a little bit. A lot of people are here today and it's amazing because they look like little ants.

I scream loudly as we bounce down at a really fast pace. Jack is barely squeezing my hand, probably because I'm not letting him, also because he's laughing his ass off and Zack is screaming too, but I can hardly hear him at how loud I'm screaming and at the wind ripping at my ears.

I can picture Jack already making a dick joke because it's probably flying straight up as we go down.

The ride ends, and I hop out, grinning from ear to ear at Jack. Zack is laughing too, and I'm gripping his shaky hand still.

"Not really one for heights." He explains. Lisa and the others come around the corner all in different states. I laugh at them as we chuckle and go to a different one that is a genuine coaster called The Titan, it's orange but turqoiuse is the color it's rimmed to be.

"Ooh!" I coo, Zack sits next to me, and this time, he grabs my hand. We get strapped in, and as we start, I get really excited, except the part I always dread is going up. I don't know how far we went up, but it was quite a bit if we drop 500-600 feet. I grab his hand and whimper as we're nearly going straight up.

Alex, Lisa and Jack all have their hands in the air, and I'm just sitting here like, lol no way.

Zack brings my hand up to his mouth and kisses it. For some reason it soothes me. I smile at him before we drop down, and I scream pretty loudly, but I'm having the time of my life.

A couple coasters later, my voice is raspy. "We should get lunch." Lisa comments.

I look at Zack, who shakes his head nah, and I agree with him. I'm not really hungry.

"Zack, we should go look at the shops, or maybe ride the carosel or something." I pop out my bottom lip and he looks at it. I can't help but think of him kissing me.

"Alright, let's go." He smiles and we walk away from the others. "Call us if we want to meet back up." He says before we walk off.

Our hands brush against eachother and I turn to look at him, "Thank you for last night. I've had a lot of bad dreams, and I didn't have another one once you were with me."

He smiles at me, and I see a small glint in his eyes. Like another smile reaching his eyes. "I'm glad you've actually gotten sleep."

"Yeah. I have insomnia."

"Kimmy what are those dreams about?" He asks, bluntly.

"My ex." I whisper, he has to strain to hear me. I get louder and look at the ground as we continue walking. "He had beat me, and raped me. And I wanted to save my virginity for someone I loved, but he took it, and he enjoyed it." I could feel the pain all over again. 'And I was having flash backs. As you know, I had to leave him, but you guys didn't know he did that."

"What an ass." He stops and folds his arms around me, pulling us to the side. At least he's wearing strong deodorant.

"I'm so sorry he did that, but it'll be okay, like I said he won't come get you." He kisses the top of my head and I look up to him. "We've got you, girlie."

I looked up at him and smiled, and grabbed his hand, dragging him to a stuffed animal shop with plushie bunny ears like the rabbits of loony toons. I grabbed one with a bow, and he grabbed the regular ones. I took a picture with him and put them back, not knowing that he grabbed them again and payed for them, making us wear them the rest of the day. I smiled at him and snuggled into his bicep.

"You're so cute." He tells me, making me bludh and hide my face.

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Sunburned, I hop into the shower after everyone else had. I am yawning hard, and I'm so exhausted, so I hurry.

I make sure I smell good, and I hug myself in the cold bus. I grab an I Am Amerikan hoodie and a pair of Alexs new boxers and climb into Zacks bunk. "Hey pretty girl." Zack coos. "You tired?"

"Yeah, I'm just not in the mood for nightmares, can I sleep with you?" I ask him.

He grins at me and nods, and I wrap myself into his arms, but his bunk seems to be smaller than mine. I smile into his arms and fall asleep slowly, listening to Zacks breathing as he plays with my short hair and traces my shoulder blades while checking twitter. I feel him kiss the back of my head and I hum in approval.