Life Moves On • Zach Herron

forty two

"i'm gonna be honest with you here, what i'm about to tell you, i have never told anyone else" i say, jonah nods before saying "okay"

"well i'm pretty sure jas has told you about the time she threw a book at me"

"yeah she's told me about that" jonah says looking slightly confused "well i'm pretty sure i said something  like what was that for or something similar to that and she simply apologised and left" i say

"yeah she's told me this part" jonah says and i nod "but this is the part nobody knows about, i'm not even sure if jas heard me say it, while she was walking away i mumbled something under my breath about her" jonah looks at me "what did you say?" he asks

"your lucky your hot otherwise this would've been a problem, it's weird that i remember the exact words i said but i meant it, i liked her even though i knew pretty much nothing about her"

"why've you never told anyone? if jas knew you liked her even at that stage it could honestly change so much between you guys, for the better as well" jonah says and i smile

"i doubt it, i mean it was so long ago" i say and jonah sighs "yeah but she still liked you even back then, if she knew you were somehow feeling the same or even slightly similar, it would, it could just- i don't know how to put it into words but in my opinion it would be great if she knew this"
jonah says and i nod

"if i asked her to be my girlfriend do you think she'd say yes?" i ask and jonah instantly smiles and nods

"of course she'd say yes! she adores you, even if she doesn't show it sometimes she still does"

"i'm gonna do it soon, i think we're both ready again, i mean i've always been ready and jas keeps asking what we are to each other so i think she's ready too" jonah nods and pats me on the shoulder "just treat her well bro" i nod before remembering something

"oh and jonah"

"yep?"

"please don't mention any of this to jas, i want it to be a surprise"

"don't worry, your secret is safe with me" he says and i nod

jasmine's pov

"sooo, when do you think he'll pop the question?" christina asks and i raise my eyebrows in disbelief

"christina! we're not getting married yet!" i say laughing and lightly hitting her arm

"nooo i meant asking you to be his girlfriend" she says and just as i'm about to answer her she starts talking again

"oh my god you said yet! if zasmine get married i am getting front row seats for the wedding!" christina shouts and starts shaking me while making excited noises

"i think he'll ask me to be his girlfriend soon, well i hope so anyway"

after a few moments of silence, i decide to say something that's been on my mind since i left zach's room "i wonder what jonah and zach are talking about"

"i don't know, jonah didn't tell me" christina says, tate remains silent and i know it's because of the mention of jonah, i look at christina and can tell she's thinking the same thing

"you seem quiet tate" christina says which confirms my thoughts "yeah i'm just thinking" she says and i have to hold back the smile because i know it's jonah she'll be thinking of

"what about?" christina asks curiously but she holds a smile on her face which tate notices and then looks at me, i nod as if to tell her to say what she wants to

"it's just jonah" she quietly says "ooh, do you like him?" christina asks even though she already knows the answer to that question

"a little" tate blushes and smiles "awhh you two would be so cute together!"

"it would never happen though, i mean i can already tell we are so different" tate says and i decide i have to say something

"surprisingly you guys aren't that different"

"you think? i mean i go to parties pretty much every weekend and i can't say i can recall you and jonah mentioning going to parties together"

"yeah but you've even said that you don't truly like those parties you just go to be with your friends" i say and tate nods "i guess your right"

"something tells me you guys could have a future with each other" i say, tate smiles and christina knowingly looks at me

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hope you guys remember in book one when jasmine threw the book and he mumbled something. i never actually revealed what he said so i thought it would be good to reveal it at some point but from zach's point of view

also on my instagram story i posted a screenshot of when my other book hit 12k and i didn't realise until about 12 hours later that i didn't cover up a draft book i've been working on so yeah, oops 😂