Protection, Zack Merrick, All Time Low

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Kimberly

"Do you guys need anything?" I hear Zack ask Alex on the phone as I'm half asleep with my head on his lap because I was extremely tired.

"Alright, we'll be there in a bit." He hangs up, and runs his fingers through my now shoulder length hair.

"Who was that?" I ask sleepily, fluttering my eyes open. He smiles suddenly, the loving look in his eyes.

"Alex. We should get going soon if we're still going over there for dinner." He mutters, still playing in my hair.

"Mm, we can wait a few minutes." I smirk, getting up slowly with his help so I don't elbow him in the gut. Once I'm shutting up, he pulls me into his lip and I giggle as he nuzzles his face in my neck and kisses it very softly. I leery out a tiny moan, and I can hear him smile, and the butterflies in my stomach go insaine.

I'm scratching his chest gently, how he likes it. I didn't want him to let me go, but he did, slowly. "We should go now." He says,"Otherwise we won't go."

I sigh, and slide ny legs off of the couch, and I get up, grabbing his hand as he gets up too. I hug him, and stand on my toes so I'm able to kiss him.

I pull away, and we go to the car, I'm awake now, just a little sleepy, but as we step out into the chill October air, I shiver and trudge to his trucks passenger seat, he opens the door for me, helps me in, and closes it for me, and I chuckle.

"Can we go on a trip, just the two of us?" I ask him.

"Where would you want to go?"

"I want to go to Rio." I say, smiling.

"I'll see if we can."

I thank him and giggle, and he chuckles as I lean over to kiss his cheek.

We get to Alexs' house, and Baz and Pey are bounding around the front yard while Alex is outside for a minute.

"Hey I was wondering when you guys would get here." He chuckles.

"Sorry, I honestly didn't want to wake up."

"Well, come on in. Baz, Peyton, come in now!" He calls, the dogs run inside, they sit by the fire they have going, and as we go inside, I'm going in after Alex, so Zack is behind me with his warm hands underneath my sweater to keep me at least a little warm.

"Papa!" I coo, seeing my dad. "I missed you." I hug him, and Zack quickly takes his hands out from on my hips, making me choke back a giggle, but missing the warmth of his huge hands.

"Where's mum?" I question.

"I was actually just leaving, but I was waiting to see you first. I hadn't seen my grandson yet." My dad chids, kissing my head, shaking Zacks hand, and then heading out with I love yous.

Immediately after dad shuts the door, Zack is trying to warm me up again, wrapling his arms around me.

"Lisa is in the kitchen while Lucas is taking a nap, if you want to help her cook, or to see her." Alex says.

I go into the kichen, and I'm greeted with the cutest smile I gave ever seen as Lucas watches me come in, he's sitting in a little bouncy bed, and he's giggling as Pey follows me in abd licks his cute little face.

"You cold?" Lisa asks, "I can make warm tea?"

"Mmm, yes please." I smile. "How is being a mom?"

"I feel like it's what I've been made for, even when he wakes me up in the middle of the night a few times every night because he's hungry or something." She smiles tiredly.

"Do you ever sleep?"

"Alex takes care of him every now and then, you should see him in the morning when I wake up and wonder why Lucas isn't crying, Alex is normally rocking him in the chair or changing his diaper." She says and I smile.

I picture these things happening with Zack, and my stomach flutters with happiness.

"Can I hold him?" I ask her. She nods excitedly, and pulls out her phone to take a picture. I had held him in the delivery room, but not here.

He smiles at me and pulls on my ear as I hold him close to me.

I hear Lis snap the picture and I grin at the little baby in my arms.

"A week old baby, I love him." I kiss his little head, and then after a few minutes I put him back down because he had fallen asleep.

I help Lisa cook dinner, and when Lucas wakes up hungry, I take over while she feeds him.

"Alex, Zack, dinners ready!" Lisa calls.

They come running in, and I chuckle. Zack scoops up Lucas, and I smile as I see it. He's sitting there burping him.

Suddenly, Lucas pukes on Zack.

Zack has a sour looking face, and all of us are laughing, even Lucas.

"I uh, should've warned you about that." Lisa giggles.

Zack stops him before they all laugh. "Yeah, haha, you laugh now, but one day it'll be you holding my baby, burping it, and then it'll puke on you." Zack chuckles too, and then he wipes off Lucas' mouth.

I hand him his hoodie, tell him to change out of that shirt and put it on, so Alex can wash his shirt. Alex goes to grab him cologne and Lisa, Alex, and I chuckle again as we wait on him so we can eat.