Starstruck/ Zach Herron

12

I wake up to the sounds of light music playing throughout the unfamiliar house. I slowly open my eyes and look around to see Zach cooking in the kitchen. His back is facing towards me and he hums while flipping pancakes. I sit up from the couch I lay upon and look down to see Daniel, Jack, Corbyn, and Jonah laying on the floor and still sleeping. Jonah and Corbyn are cuddling which causes me to giggle.

I wrap myself in my fluffy blanket that I slept with and waddle over to Zach. I try to be as quiet as possible so I can sneak up on him. But before I can scare him he turns around towards me and I scream and fall on the ground hitting my head.

"Ouch"I groan rubbing my head, maybe that wasn't a good idea. Zach bends down and grabs my hands to lift me up.

"You need to stop falling when I'm around, Cameron." He chuckles and I hide my face in my blanket from embarrassment. I feel hands on my cheeks and then my head is tilted up.

I now stare right into Zach's brown orbs that keep me captivated every time I look into them. My breath hitches as he still looks at me. I wish I could look down right now but he's still holding my face.

He leans forward and whispers in my ear, "Don't hide when you blush, you look cute when you're embarrassed." Nope nope nope. At this moment butterflies are in my stomach and I really want to run away. No one has ever said something like that to me.

I think I like Zach...shit.

I back away from Zach and walk back over to where the other boys are sleeping. I should wake them up.
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"WAKE UP!" I scream.

Daniel shoots up wide eyed, and Jack groans and rubs his eyes. Jonah and Corbyn wake up with wide eyes while seeing they're holding each other in their arms. They separate as quickly as possible and I burst out laughing.

"Did you two keep each other company last night?" I ask the two. The other guys start laughing.

Corbyn shakes his head and stands up.
"You're a little bully Cameron"
"I'm okay with that" I state.

I giggle and walk back over to the kitchen to see Zach putting pancakes and bacon on the table. Let's hope they taste decent.

Jack, Corbyn, Daniel, and Jonah also walk into the kitchen.

"Woah, Zach cooking? This is rare. And he didn't burn down the house!" Jack exclaims, being impressed.

"Ha ha, very funny" Zach rolls his eyes and looks at me. I giggle some more and take a seat at the table. Zach sits next to me and then everyone begins to eat. Not going to lie, Zach isn't a bad cook.

After breakfast we all decide on going swimming in their pool and I go upstairs and change in the bathroom.
I put on a yellow high waisted bikini because I'm not the skinniest, let's say I'm more curvy. I put my brown hair in a low messy bun since my hair isn't really long.

I go downstairs and walk out into the backyard to see Corbyn and Daniel doing a side dive into the water. I put my towel down on a lounge chair and put sunscreen on because I don't like being sunburnt. But who does?

I turn around to see Zach in the water staring right at me. The world seems to stop at this moment and neither of us want to look away. I look away first and walk into the water. I hum as I get in. The water cools off my body from the heat. I love the water. Everything about it pulls me in. It moves like it's a living thing even though it's not. It can be both calming but harsh and warm but cold.

I lean against the pool's wall and let the sun dance on my skin. I take in the calming sounds of splashes and can easily fall asleep.

I feel water splashing me and my eyes shoot open to see Corbyn splashing he and laughing. Yeah he's real funny.

"Oh you're dead Besson. Wait until I tell Christina about this." I yell at him. He immediately stops and puts his hands up in surrender.

"Ok I'm done, please don't tell Christina" he begs swimming towards me.

"I won't only if you promise to not do that again" I say putting my hands in my hips.

"I won't" he smiles then salutes me and swims away.

The rest of the pool day was spent with us doing chicken fights(I was on Zach's shoulders), diving/jumping contests, and races, which I happened to beat the boys. Not going to brag but I used to be a competitive swimmer back in Massachusetts. I later had to go home but when I was in bed one question popped back in my head.

Do I like Zach?

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