Chasing Rainbows // Zach Herron

Chapter 4

Bella got up, thanks to her alarm clock, and quickly went to her kitchen to make coffee. She went to take a shower and got dressed up in a black pixie dress with her red pumps and a small red cover up. She did her hair as the smell of coffee filled the air of the house.

Bella stood in front of her mirror taking a sip of her coffee that she fixed up, while starting another batch. She sighed as she noticed the small bruise on her face and looking at her dark bags that lied under her tired eyes. She took her time applying makeup, making sure her tiny wings were perfect. She picked up her keys and got into her truck, plugging her phone into the aux cord.

The song 'Mockingbird' boomed throughout her car as she drove to work, dreading every mile of it. She didn't want to have to see Mike after so many days of sobs she let escape from the terrible words he'd say to her.

Zach on the other hand was getting his two five year olds ready for school. He got Rosey dressed in black leggings and a pink tunic shirt that had the words 'Princess' written across it with big, white, bubble letters. Jack had dressed Charles with skinny black jeans, as skinny as little kid jeans can be, with a blue hoodie that he had bought for Zach's son.

Jack was always fond of Zach's kid. Ever since Isla grew up, Jack had missed the feelings of taking care of a little child. He grew up taking care of Isla and Ava. Zach needed help with his kids and he knew that he could always call Jack or wake up him since he did sleep in the room next to his.

"Come on twins" Zach yelled to his kids as he heard their footsteps running around upstairs. Zach made sure Charles' hair was done. As he made breakfast for his kids, Jack sat at the table doing Rosey's hair, braiding her dark hair into a cute little braid. Jack was also dressed up, not just because today was his day to take the kids but because he had his first therapy appointment of this week.

The five boys each take turns everyday taking Zach's kids to work, knowing that Zach couldn't do it by himself for much longer. Each boy knew that Zach was secretly on edge, ready to give up at any minute. Zach missed Bella. He also missed Emily. He hated Emily for leaving his kids motherless.

Zach served breakfast and packed the twins bags and lunches. Once they were both eating, he handed Jack their things and put their plates in the sink. Zach knew that if Daniel saw dishes in the sink, he'd give in and do them. Zach just hopped that Daniel didn't make a big deal about it.

After Jack and the twins left, Zach laid down on the couch taking a big deep breath. He felt his eyes grow heavier as he thought about his life, how much he'd miss out on his own kids life as they get older and hoping they didn't hate him. He always had a fear of his kids making the same mistakes he made.

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Zach woke up to a loud knock that echoed through the house. He heard someone quick feet shuffling towards the door. He peeked through one of his eyes and saw Corbyn entering the house with Christina holding his hand.

Zach checked the time seeing that he slept for a couple hours, feeling like he had more energy. He quickly jogged to his room as he changed into something more presentable and quickly fixed his hair in the mirror.

Zach walked down the stairs and greeted Corbyn and Christina. Corbyn was the only one who didn't live with him. After Christina finished college she moved to LA but didn't want to have to share a house with four other boys that weren't her boyfriend. Corbyn agreed to buy house for them and of course she helped pay for it, thanks to her YouTube career. Christina had started a new clothes line that she was working on, so seeing her was shocking to Daniel, Zach, and Jonah with how busy she was.

"Hey boys" Christina said, hugging each and everyone of them. "Hey bros" Corbyn said following his girlfriend's actions. "Hey" each boy replied with more excitement.

"So we have to talk, where's Jack?"  Christina said, excitedly. Christina and Corbyn had news that they had to get off of their chests and this was the only time that they could've done it.

"He should've been back by now, right?" Zach replied looking at Daniel. "Yeah, he actually left like five minutes ago to get milk." They all nodded as they sat down at the dinning room table. They all talked while they waited patiently for Jack to come join them.