Protection, Zack Merrick, All Time Low

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Zack

Kim shakes me awake, she had tears streaming down her face, and she shoves her phone into my face.

Unknown number// I'm coming for you, and I'll get what I want, or I kill more of your family members. I failed with your pretty little cousin, but I'm not going to fail again.

Unknown number// Maybe I'll go for that pretty brother, too. Or your "fiancée," huh? Maybe your parents? Or your best friends. Maybe your sister in law and your nephew.

Unknown number// I wanted to wait till you were happy again before I came to tear you back down again.

Unknown number// If you give me what I want, no one but you will get hurt, Kimberly.

Denny. That asshole!

She was bawling in my arms, I kept whispering weird of protection into her ears, but she was not hearing it as she was having a meltdown, abd it woke Jack and Alex up. They both immediately sprung into action, and Kimberly was bawling.

"H-He killed Lydia and tried to k-kill Han." She sputtered. Alex looked at me, worried, but confusion laced his eyes. "He's threatening to kill all of you."

"It was just a dream, it's gonna be okay." Jack tried. I handed them the phone.

Rian had the angriest look on his face that I've ever seen. "He's not coming anywhere near us or you because we're going to call the police. No one is going to hurt you."

Rian calls the police and Alex calls Lisa and his parents, asking them to go out of town together.

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"You can only be alone to shower and use the bathroom, okay? You can't walk from the buses, and you have to be with one of us at all times, okay?" Alex says.

"Hell, I don't even want you alone then!" He exclaims, "But you'd need time to yourself alone every now and then, and that's only in the bathrooms and to shower, and we can arrange a gaurd to be with you during the show. Alright?"

Kim nods, still numb after being interrogated by the police. "I love you." I tell her.

"I love you too. Please don't ever leave me."

"I won't." I promise.

Kimberly

A day after all of that, was spent in constant fear. I knew I had my family and my friends, but I didn't feel right in my own skin.

"Baby." Zack coos at me in the middle of the night. "Why aren't you sleeping?"

"I'm scared to fall asleep." I admit.

"It's gonna be okay, the police are going to take care of it while we take care of you. We love you. I love you. I need you."

"I love and need you too, Zack." I kiss him, abd he wraps his very strong arms around me, and he puts me on the inside of the bunk. Normally I am on the inside, but surprisingly he went to bed before me because I was making extra plans.