✔︎ Simple Beginnings || Zach Herron

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The door creaked open, and I turned my head to see Jack, I sighed and motioned him to come inside; Jack sat at the edge of my bed oddly anxious, I turned to face him as I placed my last pair of leggings in a drawer. Jack began fiddling with the rings on his fingers which started to bother me.

"Jack, is something bothering you?" I questioned with slight worry in my voice. Jack shook his head and instantly stopped playing with his rings and made direct, dangerous eye contact with me.

"Come with me Paige; I promise none of this was meant to happen." I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion before Jack grabbed my wrist and led me upstairs. I saw Jonah in the living room murmuring to who I supposed was Corbyn, the wall was covering whoever it was, but it seemed pressing.

Jack slammed the door behind me; I backed onto the bed of whoever room this was; I was too scared to realize I was sitting for the first time in forever on Zach's couch.

"I'm sorry," Jack just stated; I was confused at first until I realized there was something behind me on Zach's bed. I turned around and found myself face to face with the person I thought was dead for months. I sat there in disbelief not being able to react in any way; Zach was laying down, I was basically on his chest and still in his hoodie. A huge grin appeared on his face as I looked up at him, the rosiness of his cheeks was still very much there, and the twinkle in his eye never left.

"I missed you," I whispered into his chest as I gave Zach the biggest hug possible. Zach pecked the top of my head, and I heard the faint chuckles of jack who was awkwardly standing above us. I pushed myself off Zach which made Jack feel much better from what I could tell. Zach stood up, and I shortly followed him and jack downstairs into the living room where I early saw Jonah and who I presumed to be Corbyn. Jonah was sitting on the couch playing some random game on his phone until he heard us come into the room.

"Let's get this over with then," Corbyn's voice came from the kitchen as he entered the room. I was confused, happy, sad, and a little bit jet lagged as this all went down meaning I had and no expectations or somewhat any worries so far.

As Jack went to sit beside me Zach swiftly took his place and pushed him into the floor; everyone except jack burst out into a fit of laughter as Jack slowly sat on the other side of me glaring at Zach. (Thought of this from the one recent interview FYI it's hilarious)

Jonah clasped his hands together as his arms were resting on his knees ready to get serious.

"Before we start, I'm going to say this for all of us; sorry."

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Time skip -hehe-

After what seemed like four hours of an explanation, Jonah and the rest of the guys had finally cleared everything up. I felt content with everything said, I know their reasons were pretty idiotic, but I can see some reasoning behind it all.

"Okay, we're going out now. No complaints, get in the car," Corbyn yelled with a handful of sour patch kids in his hands. Zach grabbed my waist and hoisted me up from the couch and threw me over his shoulder; I laughed the entire way to the car.

Once we arrived at the destination, I realized we were at the beach, not just any beach but the one Zach, the rest of the boys and I all went to during our first few days knowing each other. I hopped out as fast as possible from the car and threw my shoes off before sprinting into the warm ocean water. I splashed the water around as I spun in a circle as fast as possible before I was suddenly picked up by Zach; he continued to turn me above his head as I laughed and kicked my lefs around until he finaly places me back into the water.

I smiled as I looked up into Zach's eyes he smiled back down at me, eyes sparkling in the reflection of the water; he glanced down quickly at my lips before smashing his lips onto mine. I felt as if the puzzle piece I've been missing for so long has been forever found; Zach's lips moulded into mine perfectly, they felt as familiar as they did different compared to before all the drama happened. As Zach and I separated, there were four boys standing all around us gushing over how "cute" we were being. I  laid my head on Zach's chest in embarrassment causing the boys to burst into a fit of 'awes.' 

After a few more hours of hanging out on the beach and chasing each other around, it began to get darker and colder. We all headed home and finally, I felt happy as I fell asleep in Zach's arms. To think, all of this started so merely knowing almost none of this would ever happen. I'm so blessed to have these boys in my life. 

A/n

I honestly had no idea how to end this book, so I'm sorry for the shit ending!

Like all my books I've decided I will make an epilogue after the story, but depending on what feels right that might not be out for a bit.

We're almost at 5k which surprises me; I started writing this book with the intent to better my skills for school yet after however many months I've been doing this, I've gained support for something I find so fun to do! If you all even read any of this imma get personal for a second, it's almost my 14th birthday, and I don't know how I've been able to create an audience like this. Some might say, "she's just obsessed and young," I don't view anything like that. Sure one day I might stop liking Why Don't we as much, that's okay; people's interest and hobbies change as they get older, including writing but don't worry for now I like it and don't think I'm quitting any time soon.

Just because I don't update often doesn't mean I am quitting or that I have no inspiration. Check out my other books because honestly they probably are better than this one. I have an entire sketched out the plot for my Jonah book, and my Daniel book is finished. I created this Zach book first (because I'm a Zach gal ;) and I wrote the first few chapters based off of nothing. Now there is a plot yet you don't think it's as good as it could be. Okay sorry for ranting omg bye!

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