The Babysitter//Zach Herron

Ch 13- Hometown Performance

A few days go by and Zach and I have been inseparable.

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I hear a knock at my front door, Its Zach. He texted me and told me he was coming over.

I open the door and Rosie greets her second favorite person on the planet...runner up to me, of course.

We head upstairs and lay on my bed. Zach starts telling me about this solo gig coming up at the Dallas Summer Music Festival (DSMF)!!

"It's gonna feel so weird singing without my boys," he starts, "I'm worried that I won't do as well alone on stage." he says breaking eye contact and fidgeting with his rings.

"Baby, you were a solo artist before you ever met the boys, you will be great!! And don't even act all shy, I've seen your baby videos of you standing on the coffee table performing twinkle twinkle little star for your entire extended family." I say jokingly.

"You're right, its probably all in my head. Unless..." he says with the expression like he has an idea.

Uh oh, this expression is never good!!

"Unless what, Zach??" I ask with doubt.

"Would you do a duet with me?" Zach gets all giddy.

"No. Absolutely not. No way in hell." I say with a straight face.

"Cmon pleaseeeee it will be so fun!!! We can sing whatever song you want to." 

"Wow Zach, really making it difficult on me aren't ya" I say mocking his effort.

He starts to pout, his lower lip pushed out way farther than the top lip. "Please...angel, my love, baby, princess, love of my life, person who completeness my exist-" 

"Yes, yes. Fine I'll do it." I say cutting him off.

"Yayyyy thank you!!" He exclaims as he showers me with kisses all over my face causing me to giggle extremely loudly. Then he makes his way down my neck...causing us both to completely shift gears. As his hand starts working up my thigh I immediately stop kissing back.

"Wait wait, my dads in his office right down the hallway, he's working from home today. We can't..." I say disappointedly.

"You're right, bad timing." he says managing to make me crack a smile.

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Next day

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I head over next door and bring Rosie with me, of course.

Zach and Myta are inside speaking with his manager.

"Come in, come in y/n." Myta says while walking over to the door to welcome me. She gives me a hello hug and introduces me to Zach's manager.

"Hi I'm Mark Benders, I'm Zach's manager as well as the other 4 boys in Why Don't We." he says while shaking my hand.

"Hi I'm y/n, nice to meet you." I say smiling.

I sit down at the table next to Zach and we begin discussing the plans for the June 24th performance at the DSMF. I never realized how much was taken into consideration when planning just one of the hundreds of performances for this event. 

You have to think about sound checks, staging, choreography, and this is all assuming that the song actually sounds perfect  and there are no vocal issues.

After the manager leaves, I look at Zach and my jaw drops open.

"it's a lot to take in, isn't it babe?" He says while walking into the kitchen to grab some water.