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The next morning, the house was quiet. Nobody really knew what to say.
"Anyone speak to Jo?" Corbyn asks as jack, daniel, and him all stared at the table they were sitting at.
"H-he said he iust wants to sleep all d-day" daniel says quietly.
They all look up when they hear the front door open.
"What the hell happened?" David, their manager, asks.
They try to explain it to the best of their abilities.
David sits and cups his face as he exhales.
"You'll take a break. You have been running uphill for two years now, you need a break. No interviews, no worries. As long as it takes" he says
"And what do we tell fans?" Daniel asks.
"Wait. You havent seen twitter yet? Ivan is going crazy. Everyone knows" david says quietly.
They arrange a few more things before he leaves.
"Lets throw a party, in three days. For zach" corbyn says after some silence.
"Yeah" both jack and daniel agree.
They call over logan, brendan, lydia, jake, kade, and chance to start planning it.
They plan for a few hours until they all decide to order a pizza.
"How's jonah?" Lydia asks the question everyone wanted to ask, but were too afraid.
"We finally got him to eat a sliced up apple, and he is keeping his door open so that we know he is okay, and safe" Jack says quietly.
"And zach?" Chance asks.
The three boys look to their laps at the mention of their bandmate.
"We don't know. We are hopeful. Since he didn't do anything when he was on that roof, we think he'll be okay with time," daniel answers this time.
"Guys, again, I am so, so sorry" jake says.
"Jake, it wasn't you. It was Ivan. He said those things. Not you. You're not the one Jonah wants to pummel into the ground. If anything, you kept him safe until we got there." Corbyn answers.
The pizza arrives and they dig in.
"So, where's erika?" Brendan asks.
"Visiting her parents. She left this morning" chance answers for jake, as his mouth was too full to speak.
They eat in silence the rest of the time until they heard footsteps approaching. Jonah walks in, grabs a slice of pizza and sits with them, everyone staring.
"I'm doing this for zach. Not any of you" he sasses.
"And there's the jonah we love" logan says sarcastically, everyone laughs, even Jonah.
They continue to joke around, until the food is all gone.
"Movie anyone?" Daniel suggests, to which everyone eagerly agrees.
Lydia cuddles with kade.
Jake with chance
Logan with brendan
Jack with daniel
And, Jonah with Corbyn, since they were both feeling left out.
They all ended up falling asleep.
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Jonah woke up early. He was seeing zach today. The boys were up too. He needed zach more than them, but nobody felt whole without his smile in the room.
They all piled into the car, jonah bouncing his leg in fear and anticipation.
They soon arrived and were guided to a recreation room.
It wasn't long before a dazed zach came into the room.
"Hey bud" corbyn says as he holds the smaller one.
"We going home?" Zach asks jonah as the two hug.
"Soon bub. Soon" jonah tried his best to keep his voice steady.
They all sit down, and zach focuses on the wall behind Jack.
They talk about logan, brendan, amd more. They don't mention any band stuff, or even team 10. To much of jonah's dismay, it is soon time to leave. They all hug zach goodbye and right as jonah is about to walk out of the room, zach jumps onto him.
"Dont leave me here jonie. Please" zach begs.
"Zach, baby, you will leave soon, okay baby? I will be here to pick you up sooner than you know it. If i dont leave then that time will never come" jonah says softly, trying not to cry.
Doctors pull zach off and the other boys lead jonah out.
"I cant leave him here" jonah starts to cry as soon as he gets in the car.
"He is getting help, jonah" daniel reasons.
Jonah doesnt respond, just lays his head on corbyn's shoulder.
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That night, jonah doesn't sleep very well. None of the boys do. Jonah ends up cuddling with corbyn to help them both sleep, and soon the house falls silent.

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