The Babysitter//Zach Herron

Ch 51- Life of the Party

After finishing our delicious food we begin to pass around the microphone as people give their speeches.

Jack stands up and taps his fork against his glass causing us to laugh, Jack is never that proper.

"I would like to speak on behalf of all of us 'bandmates' but first I'm going to say a little bit about our past," Jack says looking to the 3 boys sitting next to him. 

"Well, Zach and I first met I think it was 7 years ago?" Jack look sat Zach with a questioning expression, Zach nods smiling worriedly knowing what's coming next.

"Yeah ok so 7 years ago Zach and I were on tour with some other young teenagers, Corbyn joined a few weeks later. So Zach was actually the first guy I met who is in the band, before Why Don't We formed, of course. We clicked instantly and he became my best friend on tour, I remember one night on the tour bus..." Jack cuts himself off by laughing.

"Nooo Jack please don't say it," Zach laughs shaking his head.

"Anyway, Zach tends to move around in his sleep, Y/n I'm sure you've noticed that. We would always joke that one night he was going to roll off his bunk, but we never believed it." I look at Zach knowing exactly where this story is going.

"At like 3 am I heard a thud. I pull my little curtain back and see Zach on the ground right in front of me, still dead asleep!!" The room lights up with laughter and Zach's cheeks get redder than normal. "Keeping in mind his bunk was above me. I mean, how do you not wake up after a hard fall like that? Man what an interesting guy you are, Zach" Jack smiles.

"Ok but bro...I've seen you grow up from a young teenager to the man you've become. I think Y/n helped form who you are today, for sure. You guys met at a young age and grew into adulthood together, tried new things together, made mistakes together, but most importantly you fixed those mistakes together." Jack's eyes get a little bit glossy. 

"I don't think there are two people more right for each other." the crowd applauds his speech while Zach laughs at his young self's funny memories. 

The mic is handed to Myta, who I guess I can officially call Mom now!!

"On the first day I met you, I remember thinking 'wow what an incredibly sweet girl.' I know you've always had a special bond with Reese and I'm so grateful that she has had a role model like you to look up to. Y/n you have always been family since you were a young 16-year-old. You have given my husband and me everything we ever wanted, the purest happiness for our child!" She wipes a tear from her cheek. "Thank you for coming into our lives, Y/n." she sets the microphone down on the table and takes a seat as everyone claps.

I didn't even realize but my eyes were filling with tears. She has been there for Zach and me when we didn't know who else to turn to. 

Zach looks to me, "Hey are you doing ok?". I nod my head dabbing my eyes. "I'm just so overwhelmed with all the love." he kisses my head as I lean it on his shoulder. 

My mom gives a speech, along with our manager and August, our photographer. Now it's my dad's turn.

"Any parent with a child who is now an adult knows that sending your kid off to college when they are 18 is one of the hardest challenges a parent has to face. You just want to be able to hold onto them forever and protect them, when they are out in the real world without you, they could get hurt." My dad pauses before continuing. 

"Now try to imagine how hard it would be to let your 16-year-old move to another state to pursue their dreams. All you can do is hope for the best, but you alway have that doubt that something won't work out and they will be hurt and you couldn't prevent that. Letting Y/n move to LA with Zach was extremely stressful, but I knew that I wouldn't be able to stop her from going no matter how hard I tried. Do you remember what you said to me when I told you I didn't want you to go?" my dad shifts his focus to me.

I shake my head. "You said 'Either you support me in this, or you don't. But I'm not letting you stop me.' I think that was the moment when it hit me that this is what you really truly wanted. Sure I was scared, but I would rather be nervous than feel guilty every day thinking about the potential you had. 

Zach, you protected her like I couldn't anymore. You were there for her just like you promised you would be. You bring out the best in her, she is so free and happy when she is with you. You get along perfectly and growing up together helped you understand each other's way of thinking. I mean look at you guys now, I rarely see you bickering or upset with each other. Y/n, supporting you in the decision to go to LA was one of the best things I ever did. You made something of yourself and proved the part of me that was doubting you wrong. I am beyond proud of you both." The guests clap louder than the previous speeches. 

"I love you, dad" I mouth to him.

My dad clears his throat, "So, I propose a toast...to the young couple that is meant to be!" 

Glasses clink at every table in the room.

We then move onto the dance floor and enjoy Eben's playlist consisting of upbeat songs, along with a few WDW songs of course.

Towards the end of the dance party, Zach pulls away to go speak with Eben.

He then comes back with his guitar across his chest and the microphone set up in front of him.

"I thought I would sing a song that I feel describes her perfectly, to the love of my life on our special day, my wife Y/n."

He begins strumming his guitar to a faintly recognizable tune.

"I love it when you just don't care, I love it when you dance like there's nobody there." He looks at me with Emmy on my hip and smiles.

"So when it get's hard don't be afraid, we don't care what them people say." Zach sings.

He's singing Life of the Party by Shawn Mendes, one of our favorite 'throwback' songs.

I look to Emmy who is now almost asleep in my arms since it's way past her bedtime of 7:30 pm.

I hand her to Reese so that I can go walk up to Zach. There happens to be an empty seat next to him. He motions with his eyes for me to come sit.

We harmonize and sing the perfect duet for our wedding night.

We leave tomorrow around noon for our honey moon in Bora Bora. We are staying there for 11 days, we've never even been away from Emmy for 2 full days.  

"Thank you all for coming to our wedding, we wouldn't be where we are today if it weren't for each and every one of you. So thank you from the Herron family!!" I exclaim.

Everyone makes their way out to the walkway where our packed suitcases are already in the back of the uber that will be taking us to our hotel for the night. Mom, Dad, Reese, and Ryan and staying at our house in LA until they fly back to Dallas with Emmy tomorrow, and Zach and I didn't want to be in a house with everyone on the night of our wedding.

Everyone holds sparklers as we walk through, parting the large group of people into a line on the left and on the right.

Our family quickly gives us hugs and kisses and of course, the goodbye with Emmy is the hardest. She didn't really seem to understand what was happening, and I'm glad because if she knew we wouldn't be back for almost 2 weeks she would flip out and cry uncontrollably.

Zach opens the car door and I climb in, lifting my dress so not to get it caught when he shuts it behind me.

"Congratulations!!" everyone shouts as our car drives off.

"Babe, we are married," Zach says cupping my face in his hands, kissing me passionately.

"I know!!!! We've acted like a married couple these past 3 years, so not much is going to change" I laugh when we break away for air.

We get dropped off at the hotel and walk into the couple's suit to see rose petals all on the floor leading to the king sized bed. 

"They did all this for us?" I ask astonished.

"Of course they did, only the best for my WIFE!!!" Zach scoops me up and walks towards the bed.

A/N- Yay the honey moon ch is next!! 

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