Kc is 19 years old. She had just found out her dad had been charged with second degree murder. Her boyfriend of three years cheated. She hasn't seen her mom in years. She has no job, no place to live, and no money. Only her beaten up Honda and her...
One week later. Being their assistant wasn't so tough. I just had to do some things every once in a while but other than that it was the easiest job in the world. "I'm running some errands today, y'all need me to go grocery shopping too?" I ask them as I cleaned up our breakfast. "Uh yeah, I'll text you what we need" Edwin says washing the plates. "What are we doing today guys" Zion asks. "Nothing, today is like our only free day because we need to start rehearsals for tour soon" Brandon answers. "Okay" he responds. "Kc, can I go with you? I need to go get some things from the store" "Uh yeah" I say. "Lemme go shower and we can go" I go upstairs and shower. When I get out I sit in my towel and brush my hair out. I'm actually kinda nervous to hang out with Zion alone. It hasn't been the same since we decided to just be friends. I can tell he's actually lost feelings for me. Me, on the other hand. I haven't. At all. And it's hard, looking at him and realizing that he doesn't feel the same. It's like, nowadays I'm more of his assistant than his friend. My phone buzzes.
Zion💙 You ready?
I should probably take the emoji off of his contact name. I text him back and change.
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I go downstairs. "Okay I'll see you guys later" Zion says to the boys. "Bye Zion, bye Kc" they say. Nick doesn't say bye to either of us. Nick still doesn't like me. I try my best to get him to like me but he won't give me a chance. "So what exactly are we doing" Zion asks as I start the car. "Um let's check, I wrote it down in my notes" I say checking my phone. "Okay so first we gotta go to target for stuff that we need around the house, then to this one place to get some LED lights for the stage setup for fomo, and lastly to go check out the place where y'all are going to be rehearsing at" I start to drive to target. "Damn, this is what you have to do for us everyday?" He asks me. "Eh, some days are easier than others" I tell him. We both sit in silence. "Soooo" I say. "How you been?" Zion laughs. "Why are you so awkward?" He says. I smile. "I'm sorry! What do you want me to say" I laugh. Zion plugs his phone into the aux and plays music. We sing along to No Guidance by Chris Brown. It was actually normal. Normal yet different. We go to target and the LED shop and pick up everything we need. "Okay now we need to go meet Ian at the rehearsal place" I say as we put the boxes of lights in my trunk. We pull up to a warehouse type of building. I open the door and we see Ian already inside. "Zion, this is it" he says as we walk in. "It's perfect" "You like it?" Zion says walking towards him. "Isn't it too big?" "Too big? Zion, fomo is a big tour. We're have a full stage set up. Trust me, this is the perfect place for rehearsals" he says. "Oh hey Kc" Ian says realizing I'm here. "Hey Ian" I say. Ian knows me mostly Knows me as their assistant because he has to check with me to arrange rehearsal days. "Alright looks like we're all good now" "Perfect, well I'll see y'all at rehearsals" he says as we walk out. "I'm hungry" Zion says. "Let's stop for food?" "I'm down" I say starting the car. "In n out?" We say at the same time. We laugh and go to in n out. We sat across from each other at an outside table. I couldn't help but notice Zion staring at me since we ordered. I take a big bite of my burger. Zion laughs. "What? Can't a girl eat" I say with my mouth full. "Nah. Nah you good" he says with a smile. He pauses. "I like this" "Like what?" I say cleaning my face. "Us" he says. My heart flutters. "I'm so glad we chose to be just friends" My smile fades. "Because when we were together it was like crying, fighting, and yelling. Now it's just laughing, smiling, and singing" I nod. "Yeah" I say looking at the floor. "I'm so thankful you're my best friend" He says. I fake a smile. "So when does tour start?" I ask changing the subject. We finish our burgers and head home. Damn. I was hurt ngl. I knew Zion had lost feelings, but I was lowkey hoping I was wrong. We pulled up to the house and all the boys helped take all the stuff into the house. I start to grab a big box of lights. I see Nick come out of the house to help. He picks up a phone from the ground and smirks. "Hand this to Zion" he says. "I'm kinda bus-" he sets Zions phone on the box in my hands. I look down to see a text notification.
Sammi🤤 I'll be there. See you tonight😉
My heart sinks. I head inside and set the box on the floor. I throw Zion his phone and lock myself in my room. I feel a tear fall down my cheek. Fuck.
