The First Text (A Why Don't We Fanfiction)

CHAPTER 2

{Side note} This chapter was boring to write ngl because I had to find a way to ease 'Eli' out of tht excitement of the previous chapter, if you get me. I'm so sorry for this chapter, i promise i'll write better ones next time. Oh, also, Marii featured in this chapter is actually my irl internet friend and she requested to be in it, so i don't mind requests and even suggestions from you guys! Okay, thanks again for reading and ily😂

My mood has just changed from 100 to zero real quick. My tummy aches. My throat is dry and I'm sweating unhealthily, even though it's remotely not warm whatsoever, after all, it is 10:00pm. I get these symptoms when I'm nervous. Auditioning for something, having to do individual speeches in front of the whole class , waiting to hear my name being called at the doctor's and I even get nervous walking down the hall at school by myself. I'm pathetic, I really am. But I have nothing to be nervous about... WHY am I being like this all of a sudden? Yet of course, I know the answer.

ZACHARY. DEAN. HERRON is the answer. The love of my life, although he doesn't know that yet. The call ended about 10 minutes ago and here I am, nervous for something I don't know what I'm waiting for. It might be because I have a niggling feeling that was a one-off thing. For all I know, he could've texted other fans those messages. OR I might be nervous because it just happened....

I have his number in my contacts list. I had a conversation with him. He sung to me. I actually spoke like a normal human and he finds me 'cute'. I should be blessed that he thinks that way. But I'm such a pessimist. I'm focusing on the negatives instead.

For example, what if he calls later and I'm asleep? What if his manager phones me, demanding me to delete his number? What if he'll delete my number off his phone because it was a one-off thing? I seriously don't think I'll be sleeping tonight. And just when I'm about to think of more deppressing thoughts, my Mum barges into my room with her empty glass of wine in her hand, inicating she's had one too many to drink,

"Eli honeybun, GO TO SLEEP. I've been hearing your non-stop, blabbering on the phone. God knows to whom but please, shut off from the world and get a good night's rest. You have school tomorrow. I love you my little duckling"

She only ever calls me "little duckling" if she's tipsy. Which she is. I nod at her and she disappears away from my room.

And then I actually register what she just said. HOLY SHIT. I forgot all about school. I forgot all about exams too!

I'm almost finished with my GCSE's (a set of exams in every subject that Year 11's have to take) and I've been doing pretty bad. I've been revising last minute and then almost falling asleep in the exam room during the exam. And when I'm supposed to be at home studying, I go on Netflix instead and cuddle up to my cat, Henry.

I'm such a shitty person. My whole family will be dissapointed with my results on Results Day. Even I'd be disappointed and I'm the one not making the effort. But in all seriousness, I can't be arsed for exams. Like, at all. That's why I haven't bothered to revise that much.

Why focus on exams that's not gonna define my future if I can focus on music that might actually be a future for me instead?

If you didn't know, I'm obsessed with music. I love every genre. I would love to study Music at Uni. It would be a dream. And of course, Why Don't We is one of my favourite bands. They are in my list along with Foster The People, Imagine Dragons, altj and Guns n' Roses. Those bands are the most random mix of bands ever but each band means something special to me. If I could listen to each of their songs everyday on repeat, until my death day, I would.