In Heaven

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~Zack~

Okay, I'm just going to get straight to it. I like Tomika. I have liked her since ever and I've never told anyone because I know Freddy will tell Summer because he tells her everything and Lawrence would tell the world... because he's Lawrence.

So in the life of Zack, when you like a girl, you keep your feelings to yourself until you get over her. That's how I've been doing it since day one. Did I mention I used to like Summer? See what I mean. I got over her and now I can't even believe I used to like her. That's what I'm going to do with my feelings for Tomika.

I've known Tomika longer than any of our other friends and they don't know about all our secrets. They way we spend cold stormy nights at each others houses or just hold each other close and I make her feel safe. My parents have been fighting for 3 years now and she always comforts me by letting my stay over at her house.

But there are some secrets you can't even tell your best friends. She doesn't know that I have a crush on her and just holding it in. She doesn't know that I think about her everyday. She doesn't know about the secret glances I give her when she isn't looking. She doesn't know and I'm going to keep it that way.

But I feel like Lawrence is started to suspect that I like her because every time I'm staring at her, he looks at me and then the direction I'm looking in and then back at me. He's probably already cracked the code already. They don't call him a genius for nothing.

We are currently making our way over to Erika's quinceanera to play for her dance. Tomika is sitting next to asleep since she hasn't gotten much sleep because of Summer. I'm really worried that she's going to black out while we're performing or something.

 I nudged her awake once we got there and got out of the van but she had somehow ended up in Mr. Finn's laundry bag until we got her out when she woke up. We went inside and I noticed she wasn't there so we went back to find her asleep in the bag again.

Lawrence and I helped pick her up and tag her out of the bag. We had to strap our feet with hers to help her walk since she wasn't waking up.

"I feel really bad for making her stay up and now she wont even wake up." Summer sighed as we went into the building. "Don't blame yourself." Freddy told her and I rolled my eyes. "Yeah huh blame yourself! Now our gig is ruined because she will be too tired to even sing." I sighed and we were greeted by Erika's dad.

As we spoke to him, Tomika kept unconsciously laying her head on my shoulder but when her head went to lay on Lawrence's shoulder I couldn't help but feel jealous. I really do like her.

When she finally woke up and we performed well after all the fiasco, I pulled her aside to talk.

"You were great, Tomika. I didn't know you were able to speak Spanish so well." I said and she smiled. "Thanks, Zack. I actually don't know how to speak Spanish. I just practiced the song a lot so it can be perfect for you." She smiled sweetly and my heart melted. "That's so sweet, T. Thank you." I pulled her in for a hug and neither of us seemed to let go. I finally realize we were hugging for too long and she noticed too and we pulled away.

"Uh-umm, sorry. We s-should go help everyone clean up." She stuttered. "Y-yeah. W-we s-s-s-should." I stuttered uncontrollably like an idiot and she laughed. "Ha. Zack your so cute." She slapped my face very, very lightly and walked away. 

I can't believe I was just so shy in front of my best friend! I mean I like her but how could I get so nervous like that in front of her?! I didn't really mind her calling me cute though because she says it all the time when I do something dumb and I tell her she is adorable when she does stupid things. Its a best friend thing...

On the way back to school, Tomika sat with her head on my shoulder and slept as I had my arm around her. It was nothing new but it felt amazing to have her that close.

A/N: Hey! I know I haven't updated this story in a few days so I decided to and I FINALLY reached my goal of updating all of my stories! SO what did you guys think?

Till next time

-Z