Life Moves On • Zach Herron

forty three

later that night

imessage

zachy 💖
do you wanna come and visit reese with me tomorrow?

jas 💜
omg yess! of course i will come

zachy 💖
yay whats your last class tomorrow and when does it finish?

jas 💜
maths and it finishes at 1:45pm

zachy 💖
okay well i'll wait outside the class for you and then we will go there

jas 💜
okayyy

i put my phone down and go to sleep since it's quite late at night and i don't want to be tired tomorrow

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five minutes before the end of my maths class i see zach's face appear at the door, he looks around the room to try and spot me and when he does a big smile appears on his face and he sends me a little wave

i smile and shake my head at him and then look down at my page to finish off the notes i had started writing down

once i was done it was time to go so i put my notebook and pencil case in my bag which i then put on one of my shoulders and walk out the class

"hi there" zach says hugging me, i smile "heyy"

he reaches around my shoulder and takes my bag off it before putting it on his own shoulder, i frown at him and he smiles

"why are you carrying my bag?" i ask laughing slightly "because i'm nice"

"you don't have to you know" i say "but i want to" he says so i shrug and let him carry it, and to be honest it was quite amusing seeing zach carrying a purple bag on his shoulder

"i've ordered an uber which should be here soon" zach says and i nod, we carry on walking to wherever zach has arranged for the uber to collect us

he lightly takes hold of my hand as we walk and i embrace the feeling of his warm hand gently gripping mine

the uber arrives and we get inside, it starts driving us to zach's parents house and i lean my head on zach's shoulder during the journey

"reese has grown so much since we last saw her, my mom sent me some pictures of her yesterday" zach says and i look up

"awh i can't wait to see her again" i say and zach nods "me neither"

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we arrive at zach's parents house and when we enter they greet us both with hugs and ask how we are doing

we sit with them for a while and chat

"do either of you want a drink of anything?" myta asks "can i have some coffee please?" zach asks, myta nods before looking at me

"jas would you like a drink?" she asks "coffee too please" i say, she nods and goes into the kitchen to make it

"you seem quiet" i say quietly to zach "do i?" he asks and i nod

"oh i didn't notice" he says and laughs

myta returns with our coffees which we drink while having a little conversation with josh and myta about reese, zach was asking the most questions and i was just listening to them

"go and see her if you like" myta says, zach nods and puts his cup down on the little table, he goes upstairs while i help myta take the cups into the kitchen

"thanks jas, go and join zach upstairs if you want" she says and i nod before going upstairs

i could hear zach talking to reese as i walk into the room, she was asleep but zach was still stood by the cot talking to her

"oh my gosh she's gotten so much bigger!" i say quietly and zach looks up smiling "i know and if possible she looks even cuter than last time" he says, i walk over and stand at the side of the cot next to him

he reaches into the cot and takes reese's little hand gently in his "whats that under her arm?" i ask and zach carefully lifts her arm, trying not to wake her

"what you got there reese?" he quietly asks and pulls out what looked like a piece of paper and hands it to me while he moves reese's arm back to its original position

"what does it say?" zach asks "it's an envelope and it says my name" i say looking at the envelope

"open it and see what it is" zach says curiously so i carefully tear open the back of it and pull out the sheet of lined paper inside

i open up the paper and see zach's handwriting, i look up at him and smile before reading it out loud

"jasmine, ever since the day i first saw you something happened to me, it was something about the way you discretely walked past me, fell into me, tapped me on the back and asked to use the vending machine and then even when you threw the book at me, i knew there was something special about you. 'your lucky your hot otherwise this would've been a problem' were the words i mumbled to you after you threw the book at me because when i looked up and saw you, i knew that i liked you despite knowing pretty much nothing about you. anyway i'll move on from that, the day you moved away broke me, i hated myself for lying and decided i would wait for you and even if you never came back i would still be dedicated to you. when i found you again my whole world came back together and the fact you were willing to let me be a part of your life again meant everything to me. fast forward to the day before daniel's sleepover, me and daniel made a mission to find out whether you felt the same as me and once we knew you did i was so happy i could've cried. the next night we kissed, we seemed to grow closer and inside of me i felt different, my feelings for you grew again, i knew i needed to ask you on a date. the night after our date i was so happy, i felt like i was on cloud 9, so i wrote this letter in order to express my feelings. i have fallen for you and i hope it's mutual, if it's not, i will wait for you because i couldn't possibly find anyone as perfect as you. so at this point i want to ask you a question, would you give me the pleasure of being able to call you my girlfriend? zach x" i wipe away the tear that had rolled down my cheek before looking up at zach who was still standing in front of me

i walk over to him and wrap my arms tightly around him burying my head in his chest, tears of joy roll down my cheeks and then onto zach's t-shirt, i look up at him and smile before attaching my lips to his for a few seconds before pulling away

"i would love to be your girlfriend" i say he instantly smiles and kisses me "thank you" he says and then hugs me tightly

"i love you" zach quietly says into my ear "i love you too zachy"

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okay i need a minute to fangirl over this