Wrong Number// Zach Herron

Chapter 19

Laken's POV

          The lights raise and Zach looks over at me. Come to Brazil starts playing and the boys start to sing. I smile as I watch my best friends do what they love. I sing along as the guys jump around stage. Zach always catches my eye. Out of the guys, I think he has the best smile, the most energetic one. He truly loves what he's doing. The guys are now singing Choose, my favorite song. I jump along with the guys, from the side of the stage. Zach looks over and smiles at me. 

          It's finally time for Corbyn's speech. His dream speech makes me cry like a baby. He was rehearsing it on the plane ride over, and I heard a little of in when I was in the middle of my naps. Corbyn starts to walk forward but Zach stops him.

Zach's POV

          Corbyn starts to walk forward to give his dream speech but I stop him. " Corbyn can I cut into your speech time for a few minutes? There is something really important I need to do," I ask. Corbyn looks confused but he agrees and walks back to his place. I take a breath and look out to the audience. " As you all know, a few months ago, I started following this girl on Instagram. Well for those of you that don't know how we met, I added her to a group-chat on accident and we texted for a few weeks before I ran into her at Chipotle, I didn't know it was her, but I thought the girl was cute and she wrote her number on my hand," I look over and smile at Laken before looking back at the crowd," And later that night, I was sitting in my room and decided to text that girl. Little did I know it was Laken, the girl I had been texting for the past two weeks. So we met up and hung out all day. And that day sparked a ton of rumors about if we were dating or not." I take a break from talking and look down for a moment. I grab my water and take a sip before continuing," And no we aren't. But Laken is from Canada if you didn't already know. Last week I went with her to celebrate her birthday and to go to prom with her, which was one of the best experiences. Well Laken decided to pick up the life she's known her whole life in Canada, and move to LA to do what she loves. In fact, she finalized the papers for here new house thirty minutes before we got on a plane to come here yesterday. I said all this to say that Laken is really special to me." The audience started screaming as I talk about Laken. I motion Jack to the opposite side stage from Laken, and he brings me the rose I laid over there. " I was going to wait, and ask you this when  you got settled and level headed in LA, but I can't wait any longer," I say turning to Laken. I wave her out of the side stage," Come here." When she walks out the limelights yell and shout ' Zaken ' which I'm assuming is our ship name. " Laken, you're my best friend. I can't even begin to tell you how much you mean to me. You're stunning, and I can honestly say, I've loved you since I first laid my eyes on you," I stop to let the crowd quiet down. Laken quietly asks me," What are you doing?" I smile," Laken, will you," I stop and hand her the rose. She puts it to her nose and smells it. " Will you be my girlfriend?" I ask. It's hard to hear because of how loud the limelights are. Laken doesn't say anything and it starts to worry me, but once the limelights quiet down, she smiles at me. " Of course," She says. I hug her immediately and take her back off the side of the stage and walk back out. " Okay Corbyn, sorry for interrupting you," I laugh. " I always thought I would be the first one in a relationship," Corbyn responds, laughing. He finally does his speech.

          After a few more songs, we wrap up the show. I run off the side and grab Laken. " I'm so proud of you," She says, into our hug. " Thank you," I cheek, pulling back. We all pile into the van to head back to the hotel. " Now you two-" Daniel starts but Laken cuts him off," Nothing is gonna happen!" I look at Jack and we hold back laughter. Daniel gives Laken a look before walking off to his room. I grab Laken's hand and we walk to our room. " That was one of the best shows ever," I say, flopping back on my bed. Laken walks into the bathroom so I take that time to change. She walks back out in my T-shirt. I smile at her," You wear that so much better than I do." She looks down at it," I do, don't I?" We laugh and I pull her over. We lay there talking for hours, before we finally go to sleep.

The Next Day

          I let Laken sleep in, I didn't want to wake her up. I packed all of our stuff, her's and mine. I changed into airport attire, sweats and a hoodie, and left Laken's sweats out for her. I packed up everything else, and finally, I needed to wake her up, we were leaving soon. I walk over to her and shake her lightly," Wake up princess." She rolls over and her eyes flutter open. I lean down and give her a quick kiss before pulling her up. She goes in the bathroom and puts on her sweats. " You look like a little bum, it's adorable," I laugh. She smiles at me and rubs her eyes. " Sleepy?" I ask. She nods, pulling her hair up into a bun. " Well I packed your stuff, we've got to get going," I say, grabbing both of our bags. We make our way out the door and down to the lobby. " It's about time," Jonah groans. " Are you wearing his shirt?" Daniel asks. " For the last time," Laken complains," nothing happened." The guys and I, with the exception of Daniel, laugh. 

          We exit the hotel back to the airport, and through security. Once we board, and take off, Laken lays over on me and goes right back to sleep. " She's really tired," Jack laughs. " Yeah, we were up all night talking," I say, looking down at her. 

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I'm waiting for the dishes to finish drying so I can put them up. I didn't edit this. I want mac N cheese