Support Act // z.h

n i n e

(For those wondering, Stephanie is played by Olivia O'brien. Her music is going to be Billie Ellish's and Olivia's. I would put original songs in here but I don't want them stolen :) )

steph's pov

We all finished at the studio around the same time, so Jordan and I decided to invite the boys back to our apartment to hang out for a little bit longer. They all agreed so we started to pack everything up from the studio and say goodbye to everyone. "So, we live at corner street apartment complex, off of Stive Street, central Hollywood" Jordan explains, before Jonah cuts him off. "Yeah we know, you live above Logan Paul. We've filmed some stuff with him." He states, leaving Jordan and I shocked. "Alright, well I'm driving, some of you can freeload with us I guess" I say snatching the keys off Jordan. We barely left without eachother so it was easy for us to share a car. Jordan tried to protest against me driving but Jack cut him off. "Zach and I will go with you guys, the rest of you can get the driver to follow Steph?" He suggests. The boys nod in agreement. "I CALL SHOTGUN" Zach yells before running to my car. Causing us all to laugh and go our separate ways.

"Who wants aux?" I ask

"Don't let Zach have it I beg of you" Jack pleads

"Excuse me, I have the best taste in music out of all of you" He protests.

"You'll probably just play all our songs"

"Our songs are amazing though." It was almost as if I had two children fighting. I decide to shut them both up and let Jordan have it. "Jords, play the star playlist" Jordan and I used spotify to find inspiration for a lot of the songs we write. We both write songs for the potential of me releasing them but it seems unlikely. The star playlist was a collaborative playlist we shared, that even had our own unreleased songs. Jack and Zach protested against Jordan having the cord, but Jordan wouldn't give it up. Jordan plugs his phone in and shuffles the playlist. The first song being one we wrote. Jordan grins at me through the rear view mirror as I sing along, tapping on the wheel.

No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes

Jack and Zach were staring at me in shock, as my eyes glisten while driving. Jordan looked proud of me, I never sing in person, unless I was filming. I've never put as much emotion in my voice as I have with Ocean Eyes. It's my favourite that Jordan and I have done.

I've been walking through
A world gone blind
Can't stop thinking of your diamond mind
Careful creature
Made friends with time
He left her lonely with a diamond mind
And those ocean eyes

I glance at Jack through the mirror and he was on his phone, I could just get a glimpse of his screen. He was on the shazam app, trying to figure out the song I was singing. It brings a smile to my face as I finish the outro.

  No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes

"Wow, you have an incredible voice" Zach says in a mix of shock and awe. It brings a slight blush to my cheeks. "Thank you so much" I reply, keeping my focus on the road ahead of me. Another song plays but Jordan turned it down slightly. "Yeah, that was amazing. What song was that?" Jack asks. "Thank you, it's called Ocean Eyes. Jordan and I wrote and produced it, we just haven't released it yet." I answer. I did want to release the song, I was just too scared, and so was Jordan. It's easy to post covers of other peoples songs, but it becomes so real when it's your own lyrics. "That's amazing. You really should release it, it will do so well" Zach says, I look at Jordan through the mirror to see if he would explain why. Luckily, he took the hint. "It's scary to release your own music though, it's so easy to sing along to someone elses music but when it's truly your own, it's rough. You can either get heaps of support or an ungodly amount of hate. We're just scared to be honest." Jordan said. Exactly what I was thinking. My phone buzzes from the cup holder and I hand it to Jordan. "Can you please check that for me Jords" I ask. He grabs my phone and reads the message. "It's from Lily, about your times for next week. 10am until 4pm, lunch provided, tea and coffee upon request." He reads. "Finally, someone else can be your drink slave" He adds, making us all laugh. We were almost out the front of our apartment complex, where traffic was really bad. "Can you screenshot that and send it to Cassie please?" I ask politely. He nods and focuses back on my phone. I hear it vibrate again, causing me to look up at him through the mirror. He was showing Jack my phone, Jack tells him to ignore it, spiking my interest more. "It shocks me how good and calm of a driver you are to be honest" Zach says, looking at me intensely. "Need to be safe when you only have one car between two people, I guess" I chuckle as we pull into the parking garage. I don't even bother to reverse park so I just swiftly slide in next to Logans car. Jordan hands my phone back as we all head to the foyer. The boys had to wait for us in the foyer so we could bring them up. They come through the sliding door before the security guard stops them and asks who they were seeing. They point to us and I nod to the security guard, so he sends the boys over. We head over to the elevators before Zach froze on the spot. "We aren't all getting in the one elevator, are we?" He asks, causing the boys to laugh. "He is terrified of elevators" Corbyn informs me. I nod my head in acknowledgement. "Jords, take them up, Zach and I will go in the other lift" I say. Jordan wiggles his eyebrows at me causing me to death stare him. They enter the first lift and Zach and I go in the second one. "Thank you, for this" He whispers, his hot breath fanning my face. Yet again, causing me to blush. "Don't worry about it" I reply, our faces centimetres apart. He looks me in the eyes and then at my lips and he starts to lean in closer. We hear the ding of the elevator, causing us both to jump apart. The doors open to reveal the rest of the boys staring at us. I don't know how much they saw, but we silently went down the corridor to Jordan and I's apartment. I grab the key card out of my phone case and swiping it for us to get in.

After about an hour, the boys decided they were too tired to go home, so they were spending the night at our apartment. The apartment was four bedrooms, but one of those rooms were for us to record, and two were mine and Jordans room. "We have a spare bedroom that has a queen sized bed and a pull out couch, if some of you want to sleep in there, or we have the couches and bean bags" Jordan says, the boys think about their options before I cut into the conversation. "Jords, we could get all the mattresses and bean bags and camp in the living room?" I suggest. The boys all agreed and started to move everything. My room was down a set of stairs so I made Zach help me get my mattress. When we entered my room he whispered "Do you see why I hate elevators?" He asks. I assumed he meant the fact the elevator stopped us from kissing. Even thinking about it heated my cheeks up. I looked back up to him "Yeah" I briefly reply. Our faces inching closer again. I was expecting something to interrupt us again, but nothing did. Our lips met and sparks flew through my body. I gently pull away as he tucks a strand of hair behind my ear. I pull him closer again, causing even more sparks. "What the hell is taking yo- OH MY GOD" someone yells from my bedroom door. I whip around to see Corbyn covering his eyes. The rest of the boys descended down the stairs and stopped out the front of my door. "What happened?" Jordan asked. I look Corbyn dead in the eye. "Nothing happened, we were about to pick up the mattress and Corbyn saw a spider and freaked out" I reply, directing my contact towards Jordan. Jack squints his eyes at us. "Nice try, Corbyn isn't scared of spiders, what happened?" He says, I look up at Zach and he looked clueless as to what to say as well. "They were kissing" Corbyn blurted out. Zach shoots him a glare and puts his arm around me. "You kissed my sister?" Jordan asks. Zach nods, he looked terrified. Jordan was staring at him dead on. "Finally, I was starting to think she wasn't into guys" he said laughing. I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding in. "I hate you" I reply and move closer to Zach. He now fully had his arms around me from behind. "You can makeout later, just move the mattress already" Jordan finishes as they all head back up the stairs. I laugh as Zach and I begin to move the mattress.

END OF CHAPTER. WORD COUNT: 1660

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-g