The Babysitter//Zach Herron

Ch 23- Why is this so difficult?

I wake up the next morning alone. Zach never came to bed last night.

I do my morning routine by myself and head downstairs for breakfast when I'm finished.

It's 8:30am and Zach is asleep on the couch. I see a denim jacket laying on the coffee table, it's Emma's.

I just walk right past him into the kitchen like he's not even there and find Corbyn eating some cereal.

"Morning y/n" he says.

"Hey Corbyn," I reply forcing a half smile.

For breakfast I make a fruit salad and put some peanut butter on a piece of toast. I sit down on a bar stool next to him.

"Hey, how are you? I know last night was pretty rough." he asks putting his phone down and looking at me.

I didn't realize how emotional last night made me, I immediately start tearing up.

"I just, I just don't understand why he would do that. We've been dating for 3 months at this point and I never thought he would suddenly have interest in another girl. I knew that there would be other girls around pretty often when we moved to LA, but why is this so difficult?" 

"Y/n he loves you, I know that for a fact. Ever since he met you he has been the happiest we've ever seen him!!"

"Ok then why would he be finger fed by Emma and then kiss her?"

"I'm not sure what he was thinking about the s'more part...but the kiss was 100% Emma. He was completely taken by surprise. Emma kissed him and he couldn't stop it."

I replay the moment in my mind. "So if it was a complete accident why would he not have tried harder to prove it to me?" 

"What do you mean?" Corbyn looks confused.

"I mean that last night when I ran off, he just left when I told him to go away."

Corbyn laughs under his breath. "You told him to go away, so he left. Am I missing something?"

I laugh a little too. "Normally if a guy gets in a fight with his girlfriend and she tells him to leave it doesn't mean she really wants him to leave. I wanted him to open the door and sit on the bed with me and explain himself. But he just walked back down the stairs and left."

"Ohhhh you know, one might think that after dating Christina for over a year I would know this secret information...but I don't." Corbyn shrugs and we both laugh.

"I guess I could have been a little more clear with my intentions, and given him a chance to explain himself. What should I do now Corbyn?"

"Well, Zach is still asleep on the couch so you have some time to think about this. Coming from a guy who has a ton of experience with this...if I were him I would hope that you would come to me and allow me to tell you my side of the story."

"Ok, I guess I can do that. It's just so frustrating because if I had woken up this morning next to him then my feeling about last night would have been muted and I would have been much more calm."

"Yeah but you can't really blame him because you told him to leave you alone last night and he probably didn't want you to get mad at him for not 'giving you space' ya know?" Corbyn replies.

"Yeah, thats true. Thanks, this has really helped me a lot!!" 

"Anytime y/n I'm always here." 

I'm so glad Corbyn was able to empathize with me.

I finish my breakfast and when I was going to go back up to our room I see the couch is empty.

My head immediately turns to looks up over the banister and I faintly see a light on in our room. Zach is probably taking a shower.

I decide to be brave, I walk upstairs and I'm going to wait for him to finish his shower and then talk to him about it. I sit down on the bed and start scrolling on twitter.

I hear the shower turn off and Zach walks out of the bathroom a minute later with his towel around his waist. He looks so shocked when he sees me.

"Hey" I say.

"Y/n, please let me explain about last night." Zach says worriedly.

"That's why I'm here." I reply.

Zach sits on the bed in his towel. "I didn't want to kiss her, she kissed me and I didn't have a chance to stop her. It happened too fast, when I saw you standing there my heart dropped."

Zach pauses and pushes his wet hair off to the side. "And as far as the s'mores thing goes, she shoved it in my mouth and I couldn't do anything at that point but eat it or it would have fallen all over me." 

"Why didn't you come to bed last night? I woke up all alone and it put me in such a sad mood."

"I didn't know what to do, you told me to go away and I assumed you wanted your space so I just slept on the couch. I told Emma to leave as soon as I walked back downstairs. I also called Austin and she is no longer a model for our WDW shoots."

This reassured me that Zach really has zero feelings for her. I sit there quietly taking everything in.

"Ok." I say

"Wait, ok?" Zach questions.

"Yes. I know Emma likes you and you said you didn't have any control over what happened last night...so it's ok." 

Zach smiles, he kisses me passionately. "Thank you for understanding!!"

The rest of the day goes on and everything is back to normal.

Around 6:00pm Zach takes me out to dinner on a fancy date. When we get back home we decide to FaceTime Reese and Zach's family.

After 2 rings Myta picks up. "Hi guys!!! How are things in LA?" she asks excitedly.

"Hey Myta" "Hi mom" we say. "Things are going great, Y/n just recently finished recording her first song." Zach says nudging me and smiling.

"Awww that's great sweetie we are so happy for you. Y/n your father is over here for dinner, do you want to talk to him?" 

"Of course but let's talk to Reese first."

"Ok here she is..." Myta replies handing the phone to Reese.

"Hi Reese!" Zach and I exclaim.

We spend a few minutes hearing about how Reese's first day of school went and then she shows us Rosie. Rosie stays over at the Herron's house sometime because Reese absolutely adores her.

Reese hands the phone to my dad.

 "Hey dad! I miss you." "Hey Mr. y/ln" Zach says.

"Hi sugar how are you doing? Hey Zach!" 

"I'm great, I love it here in LA." 

"I'm glad. I'm so proud of you for finishing your song, it sounds amazing!"

"Thanks dad, I love you."

We talk to Ryan for a little bit and then say goodbye to Myta.

Zach puts his phone down. "I really miss them" I say.

He puts his arm around me, "Me too."

"Especially my sweet Rosie!! Our baby is growing up, she's so big now!!"

My little birthday pup isn't so little anymore.

We spend the next few hours lounging around the pool with the other guys before we decide to shower and head to bed. 

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