A blessing in disguise

Twenty Seven

*Grace's POV*

Two weeks went by quickly. Mrs.Porter would watch John whenever Zach and I would go out on dates. Ever since John said his first word to Zach he hasn't stopped talking. So far he has said the words daddy, mommy, potatoes, no, and merp. Zach was cleaning up around the apartment when he stubbed his toe on the leg of a coffee table, he knew that John was around so instead of using profanity he yelled "merp" and John has been copying him ever since. It's so cute to see little John run around and yell "merp." He did that once at a restaurant while we were in the waiting room, I leaned over to tell Zach that he will be a spazz like his father when he grows up.

Today was packing day. Grandma and Grandpa Porter were spending the day with John, spoiling him and what not. I place my iPod on my ihome and turned the volume up to the max level. It was the middle of the day and I assumed that all of my neighbors would be a work anyways. Come down with love played on my shuffle and I began to dance around the room. My signature dance move was my version of the moon walk, including what Cameron likes to call "spazzy arms". Someone cleared their throat in the hallway and my cheeks immediately turned bright red. Zach must of been watching me this whole time without me knowing. He met my gaze and walked over to me. He was so close, his ocean blue eyes were teasing me.

"You know who I wrote that song about?" He asked seductively.

I shrugged my shoulders and looked at his face trying to read his expression.

"You silly! I wrote it about you." My heart raced when those words left his mouth. Me? I never actually put the connection together. I know the boy's released the song shortly after Zach and I began dating, but I never thought the song was about me.

"Really?" I looked into his eyes.

"Yup. I was strumming on my guitar one night while trying to put John to sleep one night when the song popped in my head. I made a rough draft of it and recorded it the next day. I sent it to my manager and she shared it with the rest of the band, it was an instant hit with everyone."

At that moment in time I felt so happy and at peace with the world. Zach often made me feel like this. He was safe, I know that he will never fail to surprise me.

"I love you." I said to him.

"I love you too." He said while smiling through his teeth.

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"Alright that's it, the last bag is on the bus. Let's make like a baby and head out." Cameron said to the entire crew. Everyone cheered and gathered onto the bus.

The first night was spent organizing things and watching movies in the front lounge. I was lying on the couch with my head resting in Zach's lap. He stroked my hair, it was so soothing that I melted in his arms. I soon fell asleep on the couch. I was woken gently when I felt someone wrapping their arms around my waist. I opened my eyes slightly and looked up to see baby blue eyes starring down at me. Zach kissed me lightly on the forehead and placed me in the bed. He checked on John and flipped the light off. He lifted the covers and joined me in bed. I was drifting off again when I suddenly felt something hard on my backside. Zach moved away from me and I flipped over to look at him.

"Zach, do you have a boner?" I asked loudly.

"Ummm.. yeah." He said innocently.

"You pervert." I said jokingly. "Were you picturing me naked again?" I said, while giggling a bit. When Zach stood there silently I could tell that I hit the jack pot. "Zach, no we can't do anything. One It's illegal, two I promised my mom I wouldn't do anything on tour and three John in right there" I said pointing to the crib behind him.

"Awh come Grace, I can get someone to babysit John!" he whined.

"At 3 in the morning? Yeah, right." I said while laughing it off and rolling back over.

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The next 14 shows went smoothly. The boy's got up every morning, loaded in, interviewed, had down time, sound check, VIP meet and greet, show, post show meet and greet, bus call, movies, and sleep. The love the fans have been showing me has been insane. Every night more and more people come up to me and ask me meet John. A new game the fans have been playing is "Get John to trying and say merp." Zach accidently said merp on stage one night and John came running out on stage yelling "merp!" everyone died of laughter. No one will let Zach live it down.

Tonight was the last show on tour. Zach gave me his credit card and told me to buy something pretty for tonight.

What on earth is Mr.Porter planning now?