Hitch Hiking • WHY DON'T WE [#1]

twelve

week 3

Zach • WHY DONT WE
@ImZachHerron
lol guys zanslie is fake, just so you know. It was a joke

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anslie 
@anslielew
@ImZachHerron yeah, we're just friends lmao. he's 2 annoying 5 me

I watched as the disappointed and happy comments flooded in, some of the responses were pretty great actually. 

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN ZANSLIE ISN'T REAL?" Bea shouts running into the kitchen where Zach and I sat on our phones.

"We're not together, you just assumed we were and never gave us a chance to explain." I say slowly. She stares at us a moment, "but you kissed." 

"Because you and Jack were pressuring us into it." Zach rolls his eyes. 

Bea frowns right as Jack enters the room. "You guys aren't together?" 

"Nope." 

Zach and I then proceed to tell everyone who wasn't caught up that we weren't dating. 

A look of relief flashed across Corbyn's face as he made his way over to me after everyone had left the kitchen.

"So." He says.

"So." I say.

Corbyn cracks a shy smile and sits next to me at the kitchen island. "I'm sorry from isolating myself from you lately," He scratches the back of his neck, "I just thought that maybe if I didn't talk to you it wouldn't hurt as much that you were dating Zach." 

"It's okay, I should have told you we weren't together from the start." I smile. 

"So, now that that's out of the way, do you wanna go on a date sometime?" Corbyn asks sheepishly.

"I would love to." I smile right as my aunt enters the kitchen. She had a sour look on her face as she walked over to the fridge and opened it up, searching rather aggressively for something to eat.

"Tayla? What's wrong?" I ask noticing how upset she was. 

Tayla sighs and turns to face Corbyn and I. "Where's your brother?" She asks shutting the fridge. I shrug, "I think Jonah took him out on the beach, why?" 

"I don't want him finding out right now, but your mom and Steven are coming next week." 

I stare at her a moment, confused, my mom was off touring Europe with her new fiance who just so happened to be the guy she cheated with, why was she coming here? Where was my dad?

"We're not going to have to go live with them, right?" 

"Hey, I'm gonna go outside with Jonah and Zander, this seems like something I shouldn't be here for." Corbyn whispers to me and I nod, dismissing him.

We both watch as Corbyn leaves the kitchen then Tayla starts talking again.

"I don't know. Your parents aren't going to court until mid-august so until then you and Zander will be staying with your dad but since he's downloaded himself into his work now you'll pretty much be living with me." She explains.