Protection, Zack Merrick, All Time Low

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Zack

"So you and Alex really made up?" I ask Kimberly as we head up to the studio. She's wearing my hoodie without a shirt on and leggings.

"Yeah, I suppose." She replies, "We've been talking a bit again, I just don't want to tell him personal things."

We get up to the studio, and Alex and Jack run up to hug her. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" They shout.

"That isn't today?" She asks. I frown, "What day is it?" I didn't know it was her birthday.

"July third." Alex says.

"Oh, how could I forget?" She presses her hand to her face. "I haven't celebrated it in a few years."

"Well, you're twenty seven now you Zack fucker." Jack laughs, excitedly.

"We planned a fake studio day, I mean honestly why would we plan a studio day on Sunday at four PM?" Rian smirks. "We couldn't tell Zack because he would tell you."

I didn't know it was my girlfriends birthday, fuck.

"Zack fucker?" I ask.

"Well, it would make me uncomfortable if I called her a Mother fucker." Jack giggles. "And since you guys have been living together for a while I fig--"

"Once." She says, I feel awkward with her brother in the room, I can't talk about that with him or around him.

Alex cuts in, "I don't want to think about my little sister having sex, stop that."

I chuckle and start planning what I'm going to get her and what I plan to do to keep her happy tonight.

Kimberly

"What are these guys planning?" I ask myself, sighing as I'm in the bathroom and Zack is picking up the cake.

My phone rings and I answer it, "Happy Birthday baby girl." My aunt hums into the phone. "Sorry I couldn't be there."

"It's all well, Auntie. How are you?"

We continue chatting for a while, I smile as we talk, I missed her.

After about fifteen minutes, I step out of the bathroom and see the guys in my kitchen around the island Jack asks, "Did you take a nice shit?"

"Jack!" I whine. "I was on the phone!"

"Phone sex while Zack was getting the cake?"

"No!" I shout, embarassed. "It was my aunt."

"I know, I'm messing with you." They laugh, my face is beet red and I'm so embarassed.

"I'll get you back one day Baratwat!" I threat.

"Is that a threat or a promise?"

"Even worse, it will be a thread, like on Twitter, but in real life." I promise.

"Oh, fuck." He teases.

Zack comes in, holding the cake and a wrapped gift, I lean over and kiss his cheek.

Lisa comes in and so does Cass and I grin as Lisa shouts, "LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!" and turns on music.

After eating cake, I have to open the gifts.

"It's obligation to open your best friends present last." Jsck says, "So don't open mine yet."

"Actually it's obligation to open mine last, I'm her boyfriend." Zack jokes, "But really open mine first so I can show off the others."

He hands me a gift wrapped in pink wrapping paper, and I grin. I open it and find a jar that says, "1000 REASONS WHY I LOVE YOU."

"Zack! Thank you!  I love it!" I jump up and kiss him as he's sitting down and he kisses back, but it's a short kiss because I don't want to makeout in front of the guys.