WHY DON'T WE

Surprise!!

I wake up to my first day on the road with the boys. We all eat breakfast and talk about our lives at home. It's so relaxing compared to all of the drama between Corbyn, Jonah, and I. The bus is literally massive, so I didn't see everyone at the same time a lot. Most of the time only two people were in a room together. Jack and I both end up in the 'chill room' which basically has a bunch of beanbags, board games, and a flat screen for movies. "Emily, everyone's glad you came. You know that right?" He asks me and I turn from my book to look at him. "I mean, yeah I guess. But so far I've already caused so much- drama." I shake my head back and forth as I say "drama" because I'm truly disappointed with myself. "Emily, something has been eating at Corbyn for months. And now I know it's because of you."
"Wait- what do you mean?" I ask.
"Corbyn broke up with his girlfriend because of some reason that he wouldn't tell us. I'm sure it was because he realized he had developed major feelings for you. Daniel even approached him about you...." He took a long pause. "About what about me?" I ask nervously.
"He asked if he likes you. And Corbyn completely ignored the question. We didn't tell J, because we didn't know for sure." He finishes and takes a pause. "Why wouldn't you tell me, Jack?" Jonah walks in the room. "I mean, I'm not mad, but you suspected it, right?"
He just nods. "Yeah, but we also think he's getting anxiety attacks some times. Now that I think about it, I'm sure that's why he freaked out on you. But who knows?"
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45 minutes later.
Me and Corb are sitting on his bunk talking about school, and how the shows have gone, and other things in our lives. For a minute, I feel like I get the happy, sarcastic, genuine Corbyn back. Not the one who is jealous or keeps secrets from me. "Hey, only one more hour until Sydney." He says after he looks down at his watch. "What will we do when we get there?" I ask him. I don't know any of the travel plans, but I know Corbyn will know all of them. "We get our hotel. Our show isn't until two days, so we'll explore." He says so excited. I bounce up and down doing a crazy, goofy, party dance I do when I'm excited. He starts hysterical laughing at me. We both climb down the stairs from his bed and walk to the kitchen to see all of the boys talking. "So what are the hotel arrangements?" I ask looking at Jonah. "Well," he starts, "Jack and Corbyn will be in a room together, then Daniel and Zach, and then you and I will have our own room too." He says as all the boys start to say "Oohhhhh" and "yeah man!" and "Lucky" Jonah and I both blush and J tells them to cut it out. Then we all start laughing, my laugh being mostly an embarrassed one.
One hour later, we arrive in our hotel and take a picture of all of us in front of the bus. We all have rooms next to each other on the top floor. And lucky for us, the top floor has only five rooms- all of them being occupied by Why Don't We's crew and of course us. Jonah and I depart from the other boys and walk into our MASSIVE room, which has a king size bed, a huge bath, a refrigerator, a kitchen table, and a balcony. We both walk into the room in amazement. Jonah looks at me with his mouth wide open. I shut the door behind me and I feel hands wrap around me from behind. Jonah quickly throws me into his arms and then on the bed. He gets on top of me and looks into my eyes. "This life is such a blessing to me, in general, but with you along with me... I must be the luckiest man in the world." And then he kisses me and jumps off the bed. He jogs onto the balcony and looks at the beautiful view we have. I walk behind him and now it's my turn to hug him from behind. I wrap my hands around his stomach and he takes them in his hands and kisses them softly. He turns to look at me and whispers, "You and I. That's all I'll ever need, E. I promise, I'll never let you go." I smile and kiss him on his nose. "Hey, babe. Why were you crying in the store? Did Corbyn say something to you." He looks down at the ground and then meets my gaze. "He just said something hurtful about someone I care about." He says as he sits down on one of the balcony chairs. I decide to follow along and I pulled another chair up to his so we can be close. I sit down and take his hand, "What did he say?" Compassion and curiosity both sounding in my voice. "Just that he, um, didn't want you to stay. On the tour. But I knew he didn't mean it, and that's why I cried. Because sometimes I think I'm not good enough for you. Sometimes I think he'd be better for you, instead of me." I can barely look him in the eyes when he says this. Tears start streaming down my face and he hugs me. "You, Jonah, are more than I ever could've asked for. I love you. I need you. And I want you. Forever. And if I know anything about love... it's because of you." And once I get my last word out, he shoves his lips against mine and you can feel the pain in him with every second. We both stand up, still making out, and we go to our bed. This is the time. This is my special moment with J. I love him so much and he feels like he isn't worth me? At the thought of that, I push myself harder against him and he falls on the bed.
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What feels like 3 hours later, we lay in bed, under the covers, cuddled up. "Baby. Don't ever leave me. I don't think I could survive." He says into my ear and he kisses me gently. "I. Love. You. Jonah. It's that simple. I will never leave you."
He doesn't respond. It's silent and it's nice. He soon breaks the silence...
"Then marry me."

Gasp.