In Another Life

Chapter Three: Gabbie

Zach woke up way too early in the morning. 6:00. Ugh.

Jack was rifling through his clothes in his room and kept knocking stuff over. Zach overheard Daniel telling him to 'Shut the f*ck up and let me sleep!'. Zach chuckled at that and rolled over, falling back asleep within five minutes.

The next time he woke was to Corbyn blasting Better Now by Post Malone in Zach's ear. Long story short, Corbyn had a make-out session with a pillow.

Zach finally woke up fully when Jonah poured water all over him.

"Dude! My blanket! It's ruined!" Zach yelled at him, talking about the one with Ariana on it.

Jonah also had a make-out session with a pillow. This pillow was soggy and cold from the water.

Jonah laughed and started to strip the bed of it's sheets with Zach.

"Jack is gonna be back with Gabbie in 10 minutes. You ready?" Jonah finally said.

Zach shrugged, "Yeah, I guess. See ya later."

Then he took the bedding to the laundry room, putting them in the washing machine. Then he walked back to his room and got dressed.

While he got dressed, he did the forbidden thing. Thinking.

He was actually extremely terrified of meeting Gabbie. He didn't want to slip up and get jealous and confess his feelings. That would be extremely awkward and embarrassing and a thousand other things that aren't good.

At least Jonah would be there to keep him from making any rash decisions. It felt good to have someone know about his secret. It made him feel a little less alone than he had.

Zach finally finished getting dressed, looked in the mirror, took a deep breath....

And flopped onto his bed, groaning. He knew he was going to screw up. He had a feeling about it. He didn't want to meet Gabbie. He didn't want to see the couple making googly eyes at each other. And he definitely didn't want to watch his crush kiss another human.

He decided on staying upstairs, in his room, on his bed, where he didn't have to deal with the weight of life's problems. (Please tell me some one got that Inside Out reference.)

He stared at the ceiling for a full 30 minutes, doing nothing but thinking about scenarios between himself and Jack. Then he spent another 30 minutes on his phone, stalking Jack's Instagram profile.

After that, Jonah came barging into the room with another bucket of water. Zach acted fast, diving into Jonah's bed.

Jonah, sadly, did not act fast. He ended up soaking his own bed. Zach was soaked as well but he could care less. He was busy laughing at the scowl on Jonah's face.

Zach didn't feel Jonah pulling him downstairs until they were halfway down the staircase and in full view of everybody.

Jonah pushed him into the living room, still glaring, and said, "Socialize." Then walked back upstairs to wash his bedding.

Jack walked up to Zach after Jonah left. "What were you doing up there?" He asked, nodding towards the ceiling that supported the second floor.

"Stalking Ariana until Jonah came in and dumped more water on me. He got it on his bed instead. You should have seen his face." Zach giggled at the thought.

Jack laughed along with him. Then he gestured behind him. "This is Gabbie. Gabbie, this is Zach." He introduced.

Zach hadn't noticed the girl behind Jack until he had pointed her out. He wasn't ready for this.

Luckily, his brain acted immediately, preventing an awkward moment.

He automatically reached out his hand, taking Gabbie's and giving it a firm shake.

"Nice to meet you, Gabbie." He said.

"You too, Zach. Jack has talked abut you so much you'd think he has developed a crush on you." She said.

Zach tried not to blush but sadly he did. But, on a good not, no one noticed because Jonah tripped down the stairs, causing all heads to turn his way.

That's when Zach noticed Logan in the room.

"You gud, bro?!" He shouted when Jonah stood up.

"Yeppers!" He shouted back, then grabbed Zach's shoulders and took him to the kitchen.

"What?" Zach asked.

"You okay?" Jonah asked in response.

"Yeah, why?"

"Just making sure. Don't want you making any rash decisions." He chuckled. "Now let's go watch Inside Out with the others.

They all spent the rest of the day watching Disney movies and eating. They also talked a lot.

Jonah cried during Inside Out and Gabbie cried during Coco. Jack comforted Gabbie which sent a surge of jealousy and hurt through Zach's body.

Jonah asked if he was alright once every hour which got a little annoying but Zach was okay with it. At least he knew some one had his back.

Gabbie was actually really nice. Zach didn't want to, but he liked her. She was really cool and the only thing he resented her for was dating Jack.

He also felt that there was something off about her. Like she was hiding something. But Zach soon shrugged it off as he started having a good time with his friends.

Soon, everyone went up to bed until it was just Zach, Jonah, Jack, and Gabbie left. Soon after that, Jack and Gabbie went up to bed. They were going to share a bed which made Zach extremely jealous.

"You okay?" Jonah asked, once again.

"Yeah. It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be." Zach replied.

"Good. We don't want any rivalries in the band now, do we?" Jonah jabbed him in the ribs before getting up and going to bed.

"No, we don't." Zach said to the empty room.

He finished  watching The Little Mermaid and put in Frozen.

Soon, Elsa was singing Let It Go, and soon Zach was singing along, feeling free in the lyrics.

There was just something about Idina Menzel's powerful voice that just made him feel so good.

After the movie was over, Zach walked upstairs to his room, got changed for bed, and tried to fall asleep.

Alas, he could not find sleep as easily as he had the past few days.

He scrolled through Instagram, liking some edits the fans had made, following some others, and not getting any sleep.

He finally passed out at 2:57 a.m..

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////I listened to Sober by Selena Gomez while writing this chapter.

The ending to this update probably sucked, but I wanted to make this chapter at least 1,000 words.

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