Cause and Effect || Jonah Marais

19

"How much time do we have?!" Zach screamed from the kitchen.

   "ONE HOUR!" I yelled back. "WHERE'S DANIEL?"

   Maddie was coming in an hour, and I had sent Daniel out to get food because all we had in our fridge was guacamole. Jack took. Corbyn shopping to distract him, so when Corbyn came back Maddie would be here.

   "Zach," I said, walking into the kitchen. "We need to clean the living room, like, now."

He hung up the phone.

"Who were you talking to?" I asked.

"Our manager about leaving for tour."

"Okay. Well, right now we have to clean."

   Zach groaned. "Why can't Kennedy or Jonah do it?"

   "Because this is best friend bonding time!" I yelled, grabbing his wrist and dragging him into the living room.

   "YAY!" He cried. I sighed in disappointment. Zach was not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

   "Okay," I began. "You vacuum, and I'll fold all of the blankets and stuff."

   We worked quickly but efficiently, and Jonah came to help us when he was done cleaning the bathrooms.

   "Where's Kennedy?" I asked.

   "In her room, on her phone." Jonah said.

"I'm not surprised." I chuckled.

We worked for about five more minutes when the door flew open. I turned around to see Daniel tumbling in, paper bags flying everywhere.

"I'm home." He breathed, lying on the floor in exhaustion. "Those bags are heavy."

   I rolled my eyes and picked up the bags to start unpacking the food.

   I was putting the fruit in the fridge when someone's phone started to ring.

   "It's Jack," Jonah stated, picking up. "Hello?"

   There was silence for a moment, and as Jack spoke through the phone, Jonah's face quickly expressed panic.

   "Okay. Just try to hold him up a little bit longer. She should be here in 10 minutes." He hung up.

   "What happened?" I asked worriedly.

   "Jack and Corbyn were mobbed by fans, and they're on their way back!" Jonah yelled so everyone could hear. "They might make it back before Maddie does."

   "What do we do?" Zach asked, now running around in panic.

   "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!" Daniel jumped up and started running around in circles with Zach. Jonah just sat there calmly and shook his head at them.

   "Guys! We'll be fine, she's almost here!" I shouted.

   With that, there was a knock at the door. I made a "told you so" look to Zach and Daniel before Kennedy went to go greet Maddie.

I heard them talking for a minute before Kennedy lead Maddie into the living room.

   "Hi! I'm Emma," I squealed, rubbing up to her and engulfing her in a hug. "It's so nice to meet you!"

   "You too! It's so nice to finally meet you," she smiled. "And see Corbyn, too."

   Maddie hugged all of the boys as we all sat down on the couch.

   "Just so you know," I explained. "Corbyn and Jack will be back any mi-"

"CORBYN!"

The door flew open to reveal Corbyn running inside, with Jack calling after him.

Maddie stood up and Corbyn stopped running, looking around. When his eyes finally settled on Maddie, I could see his breath hitch and his eyes go wide.

"MADDIE!" He screamed before running into her arms. They collided and hugged each other tightly.

I rested my head on Jonah's shoulder and smiled at the heartwarming reunion. Jonah gave me a quick kiss on the forehead.

They pulled away, Corbyn's hands on her shoulders.

"What are you doing here?" He breathed.

I thought Maddie had started crying because her eyes were red and puffy.

"I love you, Corbyn." She beamed.

Corbyn smiled from ear to ear.

"I love you too." He said before they shared a very passionate kiss.

Everyone started to clap, and they pulled away slowly, their faces still sharing the same space.

"How did you get here? Why are you here?" He asked.

"Emma DMed me and invited me here." She explained.

Corbyn's eyes flashed to me before running up and giving me a hug.

"Thank you, Emma. You don't know how grateful I am." He whispered into my ear.

I smiled and pushed him towards Maddie. "You two need to go catch up!" I said.

They nodded and, with their hands laced together, practically skipped up the stairs to Corbyn's bedroom.

"Welp," Zach said. "That went well."

"I'm so happy for them! You can tell how much they missed each other." Kennedy gushed.

Everyone got into their own conversations about the excitement. I turned to look at Jonah, whose eyes were shining as we stared at each other.

"Do you want to go on a date tomorrow?" I asked him, playing with his hand.

   "Em, I wish we could, but we have to leave for tour tomorrow." Jonah frowned.

   I mentally smacked myself. "Right. I forgot about that."

   "I'm sorry."

   "It's okay! I'm so excited for you guys. I'll miss you, though." I quickly reassured.

"I'll miss you too. I'll FaceTime you every night. I'm so excited, though. This is our fourth tour in such a short amount of time." He grinned.

"I'm so proud of you baby," I smiled.

Our faces got closer and we began to kiss, but Jonah slowly pulled away.

"I have to go pack," He mumbled. "We can do this later."

I nodded and he squeezed my thigh before he got up and walked upstairs.

I can't believe I forgot that they were leaving for tour so soon, I thought.

How am I going to be without Jonah for that long?

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A/N:
I've been so busy lately but softball is over so I'll be able to update more until basketball starts :) lol help I'm so busy

Comment if you ship #Jemma!

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