Hold Me In The Rain

A Talk With Zach

You spin around quickly and see Zach standing behind you.
"Gees. Zach you scared me." You laugh holding your chest.
"Sorry." He laughs.
"What's up?" You ask him smiling.
"Just checking in on you. Are you enjoying yourself here?" He asks me you.
"Yes. A lot. Thank you so much for letting me come and stay."
"Oh it's no problem." He says and takes a pause. "But I do want to talk to you." He says.
"Oh, alright." You feel your face relax.
"Follow me." He says taking off towards the kitchen.

"So, I just want to talk to you about Bryan." He says.
"Oh, what about him?" You laugh.
"How are you guys? You were here one day and he seemed really down. Is everything alright? Plus there was that fight with Tristan." Zach says raising his eye brow.
"No, everything is fine. I- I'd rather not say why he was so down-" you pause and look up through your lashes at Zach.
"O-oh!" He exclaims. "Got it." He laughs.
"So everything is good with you guys then?" He asks.
"Yes. Everything is good. At least as far as I know." You say looking into the other room at Bryan.
You and Zach sit in silence for a moment as he watches you watch Bryan.
"He means a lot to everybody you know." He says softly.
"I know he does." You turn your attention back to Zach.
"But you mean a lot to him." He finishes.
"How do you know?" You ask.
"The way he looks at you. He has almost the same look in his eyes when he looks at you, that he has when he looks at the boys- Soft, caring, but with you there's more sparkle, love." He says smiling at you.
You feel your eyes go wide. "I just- I don't want to be a burden." You tell Zach.
"Why would you feel like a burden?" He asks you taking a sip of the water he got himself.
"Because, I'm not big on the social media scene like he is- like yeah, I do TikTok and I have a couple thousand followers, but this is his life, this is what he loves to do-" you trail off looking at him again. "-and I don't want to take that away from him, or his fans." You look back at Zach.
"Hunny, I don't think you'd take it away from him. He told me you thought he would be going live both nights. That says something, you don't need him to be all about you." Zach smiles. "Not many girls are like that. But when you do get your time with him, you cherish it. You bring out the kid in him. I saw it." He laughs.
"What do you mean you saw it?" You ask letting a giggle slip through your lips.
"In the rain, twirling like little kids do, chasing each other around the house. You guys tease each other, you tease the boys. You and Bryan have chemistry, that's hard to find." He says to you.
The words Zach just say burn into your mind "you guys have chemistry".
"Yeah, I guess you're right." You say smiling up at him.
"Don't let it go." He says as he starts to walk out of the kitchen.
You twiddle your thumbs and smile to yourself.
"-and (your name)," he says turning back around.
"Yeah?" You say looking up.
"We're all glad you're here." He says smiling and turning away again.
"Me too." You whisper to yourself as Zach walks out of sight.

The lives come to an end and Bryan walks into the kitchen. Wrapping his arms around your shoulders you move yours up and cup his wrists with your hands.
"Hey babygirl." He says kissing your cheek lightly.
"Hey handsome." You say smiling.
"You okay?" He asks you spinning you in the chair to face him.
"Of course." You smile. "Why wouldn't I be?" You ask laughing.
"I don't know, Zach doesn't just bring people in for a talk." He says furrowing his brow.
"Oh," you laugh, "it was nothing." You say hugging him.
"O-okay." He stammers.
"What do you want to do?" You ask him hooping of the chair.
He looks you up and down and bites his lip.
"Bryan Williams!" You exclaim. "You're dirty!" You laugh.
"You like it." He winks.
"I do, that is a fact." You says rubbing up his torso.
He grabs your hand and drags you to his room. Closing the door behind you guys he tears his hoodie over his head, grabs your waist, and lays you on the bed.