Protection, Zack Merrick, All Time Low

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Kimberly

"Kimbo, we're going to miss the flight if we don't hurry." Zack sympathetically says, I frown, and head out.

I need to see my old doctor while I'm there, to start getting in antidepressants again, I don't want to hurt Zack, or my friends, or anyone. I just want to be relied on and trusted, and I want to have the will to do things, and the energy.

"Alright baby." I smile, and kiss him. I had taken the last pill today, I hadn't taken them for  while, and I suppose that's good, but it could be the cause of why I'm sad again.

He wraps his arm around me as Alex and Jack drive us to the airport, we get out, and Alex hugs me first, telling me to stay safe and to show Zack the town, and Jack was next, kissing my cheek and promising to take care of Alex and Lisa while I'm gone.

"Bye, guys." I hug them again quickly before I'm dragged away, "Watch over my dog!" I call out.

"Our dog." Zack winks.

"Our dog." I correct.

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"Auntie." I sob, hugging her after I called Hannah, my cousin to tell me her room number and location.

She hugs me, and Zack hugs her too, "You're the man that's been treating my baby right." She smiles. "Keep doing that or I'll come back and haunt you." She teases Zack who smiles warmly.

"Auntie you're not dying yet, be quiet!" I demand.

"Oh sweety, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I am. They have machines running my heart for me."

"But you can survive a little longer!"

"I signed a DNR, so if I start to die, I die. They can't save me by law. I don't want to live like this, hooked up to machines."

"I understand, but this isn't goodbye!"

"No ma'am it isn't."

I sit beside her on the couch at her bedside and grin. "I love you."

"I love you." She replies, "But I'm really sleepy, and you must be jet lagged. I'd say you could stay at the house, but Han has it locked up for now."

"Oh, okay. That's fine. We can get a hotel." I smile, and kiss her head as she starts to tire.

She falls asleep and I step out to Hannah, "Han why would you let her sign a DNR?"

"I was at work when she signed it. She does have good reasoning behind it. She would die in peace, dear cousin.

"Her house is a mess currently, otherwise I'd let  you stay there." She concludes.

"It's okay, but I'll come clean it tomorrow if that's okay."

"That's fine. Let me give you her keys, I have a spare. And here's her car keys, you can borrow that."

I hug my cousin, and we promise to catch up, and Zack and I leave.

Zack had called us a cab, and now it was here. "C'mon baby." He kisses my hand and we head out with our suit cases in toe.

I snuggle into him and cry for probably the millionth time. He wraps his arms around me, pulling me as close as possible. It reminds me of when we were going to the police station, after they saved me.

We get there, he pays the driver, and we head out of the car and to my aunts house. I get into the drivers seat of her car, and we go find a hotel nearby.