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[T H I R T Y - F I V E]

edens pov

i was currently laying with zach in his bed. sometime after his post on his personal account, i ended up in his bed in the position we current are in. my head is resting on his bare chest while my right hand is being held by his left hand. my other arm is casually at his side while his other arm is around my back, rubbing small circles on my right side.

everything was silent and calm, neither of us saying anything. it wasn't an awkward silence, but a comforting one, i felt safe in his presence.

our phones kept buzzing on the nightstand, signaling that we were getting text after text from our friends.

zach, obviously getting annoyed with this, let go of my hand to reach over and shut them off, immediately reconnecting our hands once he was finished.

"eden?" zach broke the silence.

"hmm?" i mumbled, my eyes sealed shut and sleep threatening to overcome me.

"what are we?" he asked and i could hear the nervousness lacing his voice.

i looked up at him to see him staring back down at me. i smiled, "whatever you want us to be."

"do you know what i want us to be?" i shook my head. "this."

he flipped us over so he was hovering over top of me. staring into my eyes, he slowly leaned down and placed a simple, yet passionate kiss on my lips.

pulling away, he continued to stare at me again.

"i'm sorry, i didn't quite understand, what do you want us to be?" i smirked, causing zach to chuckle and go in for another kiss, this time a much longer one.

my hands slowly went from the bed to behind his head. his hands were anchoring himself up just enough so he wasn't squishing me.

it was every story books basic kissing scene.

i was living a story. a dream. i was living the dream of so many other girls.

and i hope i never wake up from it.

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the sunlight seeped through the opened curtain which zach and i had forgotten to close last night.

yawning, i slowly blinked. as i did, i realized there were a pair of arms wrapped around my torso and warm breaths against the back of neck.

i smiled, turning around to meet zach, smiling in his sleep. chuckling, i reached up and placed my hand on his cheek.

unfortunately, it was already around nine, and zach and to meet the boys at rehearsal around noon for the last concert out of the country.

i managed to slide out of zach's grass and gathered some clothes, rushing into the bathroom to take a quick shower and then change.

once i was done doing everything i needed, i headed out of the bathroom to see zach still laying in bed, but this time awake and on his phone.

i hopped next to him, causing him to look at me and smile. "good morning, beautiful."

"so zach, you never answered my question last night. what are we?"

"well, eden, i was to busy making out with you. but, if you really want to know..." zach got out of bed and pulled me up with him. "edith marie sommors, will you be my girlfriend?"

i couldn't contain my smile. i nodded vigorously, wrapping my arms around his neck and giving him a kiss. "i've waited way to long for you to ask me that."

i couldn't believe it. zachary dean herron, my boyfriend.

how many people get to say that?