A blessing in disguise

Fifteen

Tour? I almost forgot Zach was in a band.

"Zach..I..I"

"I want you and John to come with me." He added quickly.

"You want to take a baby that's 5 weeks old on tour with you?"

"I know that it's crazy and irrational, but I can't imagine life without you and him. I want us to stay together, I can't bare the thought of being away from you two for a long period of time." he said without taking a breath.

"Ok" I said.

His face lit up.

"Ok, as in you'll go?"

"I'll go because I'm convinced of two things. One that I love John more than anything in this world. And two, I love you, John, I as a family."

He didn't say anything, he just leaned down and kissed me.

It was getting late, so Zach and I went inside. He walked me to my bedroom door and let go of my hand. He went to turn to go to his room when I grabbed his hand.

"You know you don't have to sleep alone?"

He smirked and grabbed my hips. He backed us up until we hit my bed frame. We climbed in and cuddled together.

"Zach" I whispered.

"mmhh"

"I love you."

He grinned and leaned down and kissed me.

The next morning my alarm rang at 6 a.m. We had to be up bright and early to get my mom from the airport. I got up and threw on a pair of yoga pants and a hoodie.

"Damn girl, you even look hot in those clothes." Zach said from behind me.

"Don't you think it's a little bit early to be joking around?" I replied with a little smirk on my face.

I grabbed John and walked over to my bathroom. Before I could enter Zach stepped in my way.

"Allow me." He said while taking John out of my arms.

That's one of the best things about Zach. He is willing to do anything to keep those he loves happy. Even if it's something as simple as changing John's diaper for me.

When arrived at the airport around 7 a.m. I held John in one arm and I held Zach's hand with my other. We were waiting patiently for my mother to get off her flight when a girl approached Zach and I.

"Are you Zach from Allstar Weekend?" She sounded beyond excited.

"Yes, yes I am." Zach sounded overjoyed to be noticed in public.

"Can you sign this?" She held out her phone case.

Zach signed her phone case and took a picture with her. When he was done he resumed his former position next to me, holding my hand. I heard the sound of a camera snap and giggles to follow. I looked over to the girl who came up to Zach a few minutes ago and she was busy giving Zach and I a once over. Zach didn't seem to notice, so I did the most logical thing I could think of.

I stood on my tippy toes and kissed Zach. I gave him a long and passionate kiss. In the mean time I heard a few camera clicks. I looked over to see if the girl was still there, but she vanished. I stopped kissing Zach and moved my head back. He looked in my eyes trying to figure out why I suddenly wanted to kiss him. I stood there not saying word, but instead biting my lip.

"What was that for?" He said whispering in my ear.

"Just letting everyone know what's mine" I tried to sound seductive, but I horribly failed.

Zach's lips smiled on my ear. He sounded like he was about to say something when we were interrupted by the sound of someone clearing their throat.

"Mom!" I wrapped my arms around her.

She grabbed John from my arm and gave him a hug. She adjusted him so he was sitting on the side of her hip. She gave Zach and I a couple of once overs, after a minute or so I broke the awkward silence.

"You saw that didn't you?"

She nodded her head. My mom just saw me make out with my baby daddy who is 22 and I am supposed to hate.

Zach grabbed my mom's suitcase from luggage claim. When he came back over to use he grabbed my hand and we walked to the car. My mom was preoccupied with John, but I know that we'll have a talk later. The car ride seemed to take forever , I hate awkward silence. I wanted nothing more than to talk to my mother, but I know that now was not a good time.

When we got home Zach took John to settle him for the night. My mom and I sat in the kitchen. I waited for her to make some coffee before breaking the silence.

"I'm sorry." I said pleading for her to say something.

"Sorry for what? Sleeping with Zach in the first place? Having a baby with him? Making out with him at an airport? Sometimes I think you forget that you're only 16 and those things aren't acceptable for someone as young as you to be doing, especially with a 22 year old man."

I was shocked and I could feel the tears building up in my eyes. Zach was at my side in seconds.

"Having sex was my fault, I was the drunk one. Please don't blame her for that. Maybe things don't always work out as planned and sure as heck I wasn't planning on falling in love with Grace, but it happened. John happened. And this happened." He held up our intertwined hands.

My mom looked at us for a long moment before slamming her coffee on the counter.

"And by this, what do you mean?" She asked sarcastically.

"We're together, her, John, and I are a family."

I could see her face ease up a bit.

"You guys are really trying to make this work, aren't you?"

"Yes ma'am." He paused.

"I want to take Grace and John back to San Diego with me. Now before you oppose the idea, let me explain. Grace and I are really trying to make this work. We want to stay together and be there for John. With me gone on tour I will only be able to see them once every few months. I don't want John to grow up without me in his life. It wouldn't be fair to take John away from Grace. It wouldn't be fair to take my heart away from Grace either. I know that she is only 16, but she can finish high school online, I'll pay for it and everything. Why does it matter if she's 16 now? When she's 18 she'll be able to make the decision to go to San Diego on her own, so why have a separation now?"

My mom ran over what Zach said in her head multiple times. She stood there silent for along time.

"Alright. I'll let you go, on one condition."