Falling// Jack Avery

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You went to sleep after texting Zach. You woke up at 10:30 and took a shower and got dressed. You put on some black leggings, a T-shirt, and some sneakers. You left your hair natural and put on light makeup. You went into the living room where Allie was sitting.

"Hey, I'm gonna go ahead and go so I can grab some food on the way" you said
"Okay, don't forget to tell me how it goes and if he gets too crazy, just kick him, you still have some muscle from soccer" Allie said and you laughed
"Okay I'll try to remember" you said and grabbed your keys.

You drove to Chick-fil-A and got a quick meal and then headed to the boys house. When you got there, Zach opened the door and you said hi to the boys that you saw and then went into the back with Zach. You sat down in one of the chairs and it was super awkward because y'all hadn't spoken in almost a week.

"So, what'd you want to talk about" Zach asked
"Well, what did you and mom talk about?" You asked
"She was just telling me that I needed to be easier on you and not be so controlling because it's not nice and it's not my place and just stuff like that"
"So did you change your mind about anything at all?"
"Well I guess I was being too hard, and I'm sorry about that but I'm not going to stop protecting you, you're my sister and I would hate for you to get hurt" Zach said
"Yeah but did you ever think that you keeping me from getting hurt could hurt me more? I mean I can't even hang around Jack anymore without you getting mad and with you controlling my whole life, I feel like I never left home, I feel like I'm still a little kid getting bossed around by my parents. I'm 17 now Zach, I'm old enough to make my own decisions and if I make a mistake, I'll learn from it but I can't learn from a mistake that I've never had a chance to make" you said
"I never thought about that....hm......well what about you going behind my back to hang out with Jack, y'all lied to me, how do you think that made me feel?"
"Well it was our only option, we couldn't tell you we were hanging out or it would've never happened. We weren't trying to go against you but with you being so strict, it's hard not to"
"Okay fine, I'm sorry for not letting you be an adult and I'm sorry for bossing you around and being so controlling and for making fun of your apartment and I promise to let you make your own mistakes but I'm still going to watch out for you but i won't be all in your business" Zach said
"Thank you, and I'm sorry for going behind your back with Jack and i promise I won't do it again as long as you let me be my own person"
"Deal" Zach said and y'all stood up and gave each other a long hug
"I love you" you said
"I love you too....sometimes" Zach said and you hit him on his back and y'all laughed
"Wait one more question" you said
"Go for it" Zach replied
"Can me and Jack be official, can we date now?" You asked
"Ugh I guess so, if I'm letting you make your own decisions I guess I can start there" Zach said and you gave him a big hug
"Thank you Thank you Thank you!" You said
"You're welcome" Zach replied

Y'all both walked inside and found all the boys sitting in the kitchen facing the window to outside where y'all were sitting. They all immediately looked at their phones when y'all came in hoping y'all wouldn't notice that they were watching the whole thing. You laughed at them and they looked at you

"Oh, y'all are back, how'd it go" Corbyn said trying to act normal
"Oh shut up y'all were watching the whole thing, y'all aren't as slick as you think" you said and laughed
"Okay fine" Daniel said
"Wait so did y'all hear everything or just watch?" Zach asked
"We couldn't hear anything, we just wanted to make sure y'all didn't start fighting" Jonah said
"Okay well in that case Jack can I talk to you in private?" You asked with a big smile on your face
"Yeah, does Zach not care?" Jack said sounding very confused
"Y'all are grown, you can do what you want as long as it's not rated R" Zach said and y'all laughed
"Don't worry, we're just gonna talk" you said and grabbed jack's hand and pulled him into the music room to the boys couldn't hear or see y'all.
"What's up?" Jack asked
"Well, after me and Zach straightened everything out I asked him about dating you and he said he didn't mind because it wasn't up to him anymore!!!!!" You said
"No way! You're kidding!" Jack said and gave you a giant hug
"So now we can hang out whenever, hug whenever, kiss whenever and just live life without Zach killing us" you said and pulled away from the hug
"Well I don't think we should do all that until after we are official"Jack said
"Yeah, So should we just not date anymore like we were? We can just 'talk'" you said
"Yeah that sounds good..so...I'm temporarily breaking up with you" Jack said and y'all laughed

Y'all went to join the boys and Zach had already told them about y'all being able to date. They all turned to look at you and Jack when y'all walked back in.

"What" you said to them
"Oh nothing just looking at the new couple on the block" Corbyn said
"We aren't dating yet, we just can date when we decide to" You said and jack nodded his head in agreement
"Well y'all better hurry because I've been shipping this for a while" Daniel said and y'all laughed
"How long?" Zach asked
"Since like the beginning of the band when we all met up in some town with our families and Jack was talking to me about her because he couldn't talk to her" Daniel said
"No way, that long?" You asked
"I mean, you've always been pretty" Jack said and you blushed
"Awww" Corbyn said and you laughed
"Welllll...y'all want some food?" Zach asked
"Of course" Jonah said and everyone agreed
"Okay, let's all go get something together" Zach said
"I'm gonna invite Allie, y'all just text me where y'all are going and me and her will meet you there, I'm gonna go pick her up" you said and grabbed your keys and headed towards the door
"Bye Maddie" all the guys said
"Bye guys see y'all in a bit" you said and went out and got in your car.

Once you got into your car, you called Allie to see if she wanted to come with y'all. She said she did, so you pulled out of their driveway and drove to your apartment. You texted Allie when you got there and she came downstairs and got in your car. You received a text from Zach that said where y'all were eating and you drive to the cafe to meet them.

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