"Hey Zach," Jonah says softly as he pulls me into a hug.
"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Daniel asks, looking at me with sorrow-filled eyes. I shrug.
"I'll never actually be ready to get back on the road. But I'll have to eventually," I sigh. They all nod and pull me into a group hug. I hug them all back wearily. We walk into the building in silence, my head hangs down as we go into the conference room. Our manager walks in with a soft smile.
"How has everyone been holding up?" He asks, his eyes directly on me. I shrug, my only response to anything.
"Zach, I don't want to move on if you aren't ready. The boys have agreed to pace the comeback until you are ready. And you know the fans will understand. They're going through this loss just as hard as you are. So if you still aren't ready enough please don't be afraid to tell us," David says. The boys all nod in agreement. I take a deep breath, ready to give the speech I had been preparing. One that would be convincing enough to let them think I was okay.
"Look, Molly's death affected everyone. Yeah, it hurt me more than anyone, but life goes on. She'll always be right around my neck when I need her. And I'm not the only one grieving. All of the boys are and so are the fans. I think I've gotten to the point of my grief where I don't want to be alone. I don't want to struggle alone. I need to get out of my room. I need to get out of the house. My mother told me that Molly wouldn't want me to just sit around and waste my life sulking. She would want me to get out there. See the world. She wouldn't want me to forget her but she also wouldn't want her death to consume me. So to honor her, I think we should schedule a tour. And I think it should be called the 'All My Love Tour' based off of not only our song but the fact that all our love is being poured into everyone grieving from Molly's passing. And we should sell merch specific to Molly. Like maybe a shirt with 'All my love' and a photo of her and her date of birth to the date she died on it. And not only just merch for her, of course we could sell our own merch too. And we could have a little ceremony in the middle for her at each show." Everyone sits in silence after my speech. It had been the most I'd spoken since she died. I was a little taken aback by it too.
"I think that's a great idea!" David says.
"We could tour in all her favorite places. Didn't she have a list of all the places she wanted to go?" Jack chimes in. I nod, thinking about the list that was sitting on my desk.
"This is a perfect idea, Zach. We could even get her favorite artist to be our opening act. Do you know who that might be?" David asks me. I take a minute think about my answer. She had a few of them but there was one person that stood out.
"I can think of three," I tell them. They wait for me to continue. "Shawn Mendes. Ruel. And Alec Benjamin." They would all be hard to get.
"I'm close friends with Alec," Jonah perks up. "He's actually been one of the few people I've talked to outside of you guys about Molly's death. I'm sure he would love to preform with us."
20 minutes later, we have Alec's agreement to preform with us and we agree to meet up in 2 days to talk about tour dates and merch designs. Then, the meeting is called to an end.
"Take care, Zach," David says as he pats me on the back. I nod and tell him the same.
The car ride home is silent and when I get home I go straight to my room.
"I'm doing this for you, baby. I'm getting back on the road. There's a whole tour dedicated to you. And merch just for you. I'm going to take you to your favorite places and the places you've always wanted to visit. I'm going to get better for you, I promise. I love you so so much," I mumble to myself, grabbing her list of places she wanted to go. I look at her writing, a smile on my face as I run my finger over the words. I repeat the last sentence once more as I take the purple diamond from my neck and place a kiss to it.
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Sorry this took so long to update. With school and the corona virus life has been hectic. But I hope you liked this update.
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Stole My Love
FanficIt's been a year since his girlfriend, Molly Paul, passed away. Zach has dedicated his life to figuring out who killed the love of his life. But as every day goes by his hope in finding who did it slips a little more. Would he ever figure it out? Or...
