My Brothers Friend || Zach Herron

Plane Tickets

Suddenly I could feel tears coming to my eyes, I turned around and walked out of the kitchen so no one saw me crying. I went upstairs to my room, sat on my floor and stared at my wall.
He was leaving me. We promised each other to never leave. 
The tears were starting to escape my eyes and roll down my cheeks. I was so grateful for taking my mascara off when I got home, I heard footsteps near my door, my hands ran across my face trying to his all evidence that I was crying. I tried really head to swallow the lump in my throat but it was to late, there was a knock at my door and I froze.
"May I come in" The voice from the hall, hallway boy! No no no no, not now.
"Um, yeah sure" I panicked, I was now at my mirror throwing powder on my face to take away the redness.
Hallway boy walked in slowly, like he was unsure of what to do.
Great I was just crying and my eyes are a gross grey color. I'M STILL HALF NAKED, could this get any worse.
"So I noticed that you kinda walked away when we announced the move, I just wanted to check if you were ok?" He rubbed the back of his neck as he spoke, not making direct eye contact.
"Um yeah, I left cause I didn't wanna ruin all the excitement going on." I didn't wanna start a possible friendship with a lie.
"Oh, yeah, so um, I'm Zach by the way, I think I ran into you in the hallway today at school?" He kinda just stood there and held out his hand. I stood up and shook it. He looked up the same time I did. His eye were better then the mental picture that had been running through my head all day.  
Zach? Zach, why did that sound familiar? 
Shoot! This was Zach from the summer tour, wow great first impression.
"Uh yeah that was me" I tried my best to sound cool about it, but I don't think it was working "I'm y/n, but you probably knew that by the other boys." Great reply y/n. I flopped on my bed and he surprisingly followed.
"Yeah I figured, do you know the boys well"
"Don't even get me started, those boys down there are my best friends. Corbyn is my brother but the other three might as well be too. They have been the only ones there for me when I needed some one. I don't know where I would be if I didn't have them. They are all I have" I rambled, the tears started again as I talked about how much I loved the boys, Zach just sat there and stared.
Great not only am I still half naked, in sitting here crying. Great going y/n.
"I'm sorry you probably wanna go celebrate." I was upset enough, him just staring at me was just making me cry a little harder.
"Not if you need me here" he rubbed circles in my back. Did he not care that I was sitting here blubbering like a baby when his bandmates were downstairs? 
"Oh, um thanks" I just met the dude but he was nice.
"Are you at least happy for us?"
"Of course I am I couldn't be more proud" I choked and could feel more tears coming. "Its just that Corbyn has been there for me my whole life, if he is in LA then he can't be here with me." He didn't understand my backstory so he probably just though this was a normal sister brother relationship but it's not. I don't know what I would do if Corbyn was in a different state.
"I'm sure it's gonna be ok. LA isn't that far." He tried to help but he just didn't get it, no one really did.
"No, you don't get it, it's different between me and him. We went through a lot when we were kids, right now he is all I have." I tried to stop crying but it wasn't working. "I know that this is his dream, I mean he works so hard and long it actually gets annoying" he laughed at my sad attempted to be gunny but I guess it worked "But he just can't leave." 
All Zach did was hug me from the side, he was warm, really warm. 
"Maybe we should go down stairs before they start to get ideas about us." He said pulling me off the bed and making me smile. Corbyn has always been protective after what happened freshman year so it was probably for the best.
He seems like a great best friend but he is leaving in 3 weeks, plus I just had a melt down right in front of him, he probably thinks I crazy.
As I walked into the kitchen everyone stared, the boys were sitting around the table talking, mom was probably over the whole concept and upstairs drinking.
"there you are y/n were did you go?" Corbyn asked still staring.
"I just needed fix my makeup" I breathed out as I lied to his face.
Why am I lying. I never lie to Corbyn, he never lies to you.
"Oh ok, sit down we are picking plane tickets and looking at houses!" They were all do excited and I couldn't reciprocate the emotions that they had.
"If its ok I think I'm gonna go tap a nap" I smiled and walked away without an answer so I wouldn't cry in front of them and ruin their fun.
"If you need anything just ask me, ok" Zach whispered in my ear as I stood up, my stomach did a flip as he touched my arm. My breath hitched when i felt his breath near my ear. All I did was smile and nod, but my head was screaming.
I didn't know what to think anymore.