Get Down On Your Knees And Tell Me You Love Me (Merrikat)

Chapter Nine

Jack

I felt Zack's lips on my cheek and let a smirk cross my face once I thought he'd left already. I pulled my phone out and replied to a few fans before I felt myself fall asleep.

I woke up to the familiar knock on my bunk. "Come in." I said groggily. "Uh.. Breakfast is ready." I nodded and grabbed my phone as I slid out of my bunk. I followed Zack into the kitchen area, taking this as an opportunity to take in Zack's back muscles and fantastic ass. Alex scoffed when he saw me taking it in. I grabbed my plate of food and went back into my bunk. None of the guys wanted me around anyway.

It was a few hours before the curtain slid open and a thin figure was next to me. Not Zack. "I heard through the grape bush that you're being hated by your whole band and I'm in the same boat." A familiar voice said. Tony from Pierce The Veil. "Oh hey man, what's going on?" I asked, setting my phone down. "It's just the fact that I had some gross drinking habits that I promised to never do again and I did them. Even Mike hates me.." I locked eye contact with those chocolate brown eyes before pulling him in for a hug. "I'm sorry." I said into his shoulder. "Why does everyone hate you?" He asked me. "I.. Well. I have feelings for Zack. And I mean I thought he had feelings for me. But he made me so sexually frustrated because I couldn't let it out since we weren't together.. So at the last party about a week ago, he went off and I couldn't find him. But I found a girl who had the same eyes as Zack and we hooked up. We have a strict no-sex-on-the-bus rule.. And I broke it.." Tony's mouth made an 'o' shape.

We talked it out for a few hours before we both decided that it would be best for us to talk it out with the guys. We exchanged numbers and he left. I showered and got ready for the signing. The guys were all there before me, as even Matt doesn't tell me what time the signings are anymore. I get it off of Twitter. I chatted with all the fans, making jokes and memories with them.

After the signing we all walked to the stage together. A quick sound check and we were ready. Rian ran on first and the cheers were so loud. Zack ran on next, the cheers got even louder. I ran on after him, and the roaring that came from the crowd was louder than ever before. Alex ran out last and the screaming and jumping roared even more. "Houston! How are you all doing tonight!" Everyone screamed, "Well that's good! We're gonna play you a song." Lex said enthusiastically into his mic. We opened the show with Bad Enough For You.

We closed the show with Dear Maria, as always. We all came off stage coated in sweat. I pulled Lex off to the side, "Lex, can I at least explain myself? Please?" I asked, a certain begging in my voice and pleading in my eyes. "Let me take a shower and then we'll go get ice cream. But you need one too." I nodded, "Text me when you're done, I'll be on Tony's bus." He nodded. I ended up having to go to our bus to get a change of clothes but then I went to Pierce's bus to shower. "Hey I don't wanna intrude but can I use your shower?" I asked Tony, seeing that he and Mike had made up. "Yeah man!" He said, quickly going back to the game they were playing.

My phone buzzed next to me on the couch. It was Lex. "Hello?" I asked as I answered the phone. Tony paused the game and both of them looked at me. I said my goodbyes and off I was.

I met up with Lex at the nearest Starbucks. "I'm sorry." I said as soon as I saw him. "Dude, it's okay. I've fuckin' missed you." He said, pulling me into a hug. We talked about everything this past week. He and Lisa became Facebook official and the fans were taking it well. Zack cried each night with Rian and Alex could hear him.

We decided that I need to apologize to Zack. We walked back knowing the busses left at 1 in the morning strictly. We joked and it was nice to have my Lexi back. We made our way to the bus and it took a lot of inspiration from Alex for me to apologize to Zack.

"Hey.." I said, climbing into Zack's bunk. His bunk was high enough for me to sit up. He had to duck down a little, but he sat up. "I-it's okay." Zack answered. "No. It's not. Listen, her eyes were the same shade as yours and you make me so sexually frustrated and if you wanna know why she was pissed when she left its because when I finished I moaned, "Zachary Fucking Merrick!" I faked my moaning voice. His jaw dropped. Instead of saying it's okay, this time, he leaned in and kissed me. I was shocked but kissed back. He pulled away and laid back down, "Go to bed, Barakat. Tomorrows a long day for both you and I."

Holy shit.