ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ʙᴏʏ|| jachary a.u.

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"And I believe all issues have been addressed for this month. I see you all next month."

People start leaving, but Zach stayed put on Jack's lap.

"Let's go beautiful."

"I wanna have a word with him." Jack nods.

"Can I help you?" Kingsley asks. Zach nods and signals him to get close to him.

The man complies.

Zach grabs him by the collar.

"You ignore me ever again and I'll take over your pathetic little gang."

"I'd like to see you try."

"Oh, I'll try and succeed. You don't know shit about me, Kingsley Jaden Parker. But I do know everything about you, unfortunately." The man breathes out.

"How'd you know my name?"

"Don't underestimate me. I'm so much more than a pretty boy and a trophy husband." He straightens his shirt.

He gets up and Jack holds his hand.

"Walk us out?" He asks innocently.

Kingsley fixes his hair and walks them out.

"See ya next month...better have a chair for me." Zach smirks.

They walk out the door.

"That was hot, I'll admit." Jack chuckles.

"You know I don't like fucking around." Zach pulls the lollipop out of his mouth and pecks Jack.

"You drive me crazy."

"And you've been hiding shit from me."

"About that..." He chuckles nervously.

"An attack. Your gang is under attack and you act like it's nothing."

"I'm negotiating with the leader."

"Jack, you can't negotiate with them. I'll fix this entire thing okay?" He picks up his phone and dials Corbyn's number.

"Hello?"

"Corbyn grab clothes and your favorite keyboard and headset and tell Jo and Dani to be inside a damn car in..."he glances at the watch."ten minutes."

"What?"

"Just do as I say." Zach hangs up.

"So...I haven't been completely honest." Jack furrows his eyebrows.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means that I...didn't tell you my real name...and that you...don't know where I actually live." He chuckles nervously. Jack stops the car.

"You know my real name. You know where I actually live. I trust you, at least I thought I did."

"I had to lie. The people I work with can't know my real name or they'll hurt my family. It was a necessity."

"How long where you planning to hide it from me?"

"I was gonna tell you today... because I'm learning I can trust you."

"Is everything you're telling me a lie? I just can't fucking trust you now." Jack keeps driving to the car.

"I'm sorry. I had to keep my family safe...are you mad at me?"

"I'm not mad. I'm disappointed. I gave you nothing but truth and you didn't give it back, you weren't honest with me."

"I fucked up? Yes, I did. But at least I came clean before shit got too serious. I'm helping you with your gang shit, because I trust you. I know I can trust you."

"But wouldn't it be better if you came clean from the beginning?"

"No! I can't just go tell gang leaders my real name! What if i didn't finish a job huh? They would kidnap my family because I was dumb enough to let it happen. I did it for safety reasons."

"Damnit! I need to know if I can fucking trust you! You know shit about me that the guys don't know!"

"You can trust me! I just held it in because it was the safest thing to do!"

Jack stops at the gang house and sees everyone waiting for them.

The brunet gets out of the car.

"If you could follow me to my house, I'd appreciate it." The boys get in the other car.

"Drive to the house you know and I'll give you directions." Jack nods.

Soon enough they're at the house.

"Now what?"

"Keep going forward."

***

Zach opens the front door.

"Welcome to my humble abode."

"Start explaining." Jack says coldly.

"My name's Zachary Herron." Jonah, Daniel and Corbyn look at him confused.

"And I'm Christina Harris."

"What the fuck?"

"Is this another of your stupid tricks?" They shake their heads.

"Corbyn I believe you brought they keyboard and the headset?" The blonde nods."Chrissy, can you show him the room?" The girl nods.

"What is your little plan?"

"Since they won't listen to you when you're trying to solve things diplomatically, we'll blackmail them. Corbyn you are going to better your firewall to prevent them from attacking."

"And I'll hack into their system." Christina explains.

Jack scoffs and walks outside.

"Jo and Dani, you're helping them set up things, then I want you guys to grab some lunch please." The boys nod and walk out the door.

"Let me know when you're done setting up the things okay? I'm gonna go talk to Jack." They nod and get to work.

Zach steps outside and sits next to Jack. They stay in silent for a few minutes.

"My name's Zachary Dean Herron, but I prefer Zach...I come from Dallas, Texas. I'm twenty years old and I am loyal to the people I trust...I'm a sucker for eighties music and...I love singing." Zach says quietly as he looks down.

Jack looks at him.

"How do I know you're not lying?" The brunette takes out his wallet.

"There's my credit card, my i.d., my driver's license, a drawing from my little sister and a Polaroid of me and Christina."

Jack hands it back to him.

"I'm telling you the truth Jack."

"I believe you...but it still hurts to know you lied."

"I'm sorry. I don't want to loose you or the guys. You're actually really cool dudes." Jack smiles.

"You're kinda cool too." The curly head nudges him.

"Kinda? I'm the coolest dude ever." They chuckle.

Zach sticks out his hand.

"Pleasure to meet you Jack."

"Pleasure to meet you too Zach."

"Am I forgiven?"

"Only if you gimme a kiss." The brunette smirks. Zach pecks his cheek and runs back inside giggling.

"It wasn't a kiss like that!" Jack whines.