A/n: Hey guys! Angel is no longer writing this story. She does occasionally but ya know lmao. Anyways, my name's Nina.

I stared at the fire in front of me. It was small, but it had memories I never wanted to remember. A little over a year ago Zach and I broke up because of distance, and I got with someone named Lucas, and Zach got with some girl which I don't know the name of.

Lucas basically broke me, again. First it was my mom, and now it's Lucas. I walked back up to the door of my house. My phone started ringing as soon as I walked in the door. "Yeah." I said as I closed the door behind me.

"Angel! Hey, it's me Jonah. We just got back from tour and I wanted to see if you wanted to hang out at a restaurant?" He asked. "Oh, um. Is Zach going to be there?" I questioned. "Yeah, I hope that's okay." He responds. I think about it for a moment. "I need some time out. So yeah I'll go." I said. "Awesome! Alright, I'll send you the restaurant." He said. "Ok, bye." I said before hanging up.

•••

I walked into the restaurant Jonah had sent me and looked around for them. Jonah waved me over from the other side of the restaurant. As I neared, I saw Zach with his arm around the girl. I weakly smiled at them as I sat down. "Angel! Oh my god I missed you!" Jack exclaimed as I sat down. "Missed you too, Ramen." I laugh. Zach was sitting across Of me. He kept sneaking glances, but I didn't return them. "So, how are you and Lucas?" Taaliya asked. "He cheated so here I am, single." I joke. "See this is why I liked Z-." Taaliya starts but I kick her. Everyone else knew what she was going to say though. "Wait, you two were once together?" Zach's girlfriend asks. "Uh, Yeah." He says looking at me. She glares at me and looks away. "Okay look, I don't need you glaring at me all night. So, if you don't like me, just fucking say it." I snap. Everyone looks at me with wide eyes. "Are you going to let her talk to me like that Zachy?" She begs. Ouch. That was my name for him.

"Technically, you're the one treating her like shit. So yes, I am." Zach replies. "I messed everything up, maybe I should just leave." I say grabbing my bag. "No! You're staying. She's not." Daniel snaps. She huffs and storms away. "And Forget we were together!" Zach yells behind her. I look at the table. "Uh, did I just ruin your relationship?" I ask him. "No, she's been treating the others like crap too." He responds. I slowly nod and look away. The whole table stays quiet. "I ruined everything didn't I?" I ask once again. "No you did not!" The whole table exclaimed. I tilt my head towards the ground. "Hey, it's not your fault." Isabella says. I nod weakly and look up. Zach's intense stare is making me squirm, so I shuffle in my seat a lot. "Angel? Are you okay?" Corbyn asks after all of us order. "What do you mean?" I question. "You're squirming, you only did that when your nervous?" He answers. I glance at Zach, but he was already looking at me. "A lot of stuff on my mind." I reply. Zach's lips curl into a wide smile and rubs his foot against mine. I glance and turn my head away from him. "Anyways, congrats you two." I say to Jonah and Taaliya. She smiles widely and looks at the ring on her finger. "Thanks!" She exclaims as Jonah rests his head on her shoulder. Ouch, Zach and I did that a lot.

I look up at Zach as our song comes on. No one knew it was our song, just us. He was looking at me with wide eyes. "So, you guys want to go somewhere else after this, like our house?" Jonah asks. Him and Taaliya moved in together a couple months before he proposed. "Nah, your place is boring and small. How about the grove?" Jack asks. "Hey! It was meant for only me and Taaliya."

We all agree. Zach and I quietly hum along to our song.

Zach smiled at me as the song ended. His foot resumed rubbing against my leg. Our food arrived soon after and we dig in. With occasional glances, i ate in peace.

•••

"Hey, I'm going to show Angel this new shop." Zach tells the group as he steers me away from them. "Okay, have fun." Daniel says. We nod as we make our way to some store. "Follow me." He mumbled as he leads me towards an area with no one around. A alley with no one in it and it was dark. Looking around, he leans down and kisses me slowly. I stood there in shock. What the hell is happening.

His soft sweet lips mold with mine as I kiss back. "I missed you." He mutters against my lips. "God I missed you too." I say as I pull away, my arms still around his neck. "But, can we keep this from the friend group?" I ask. His eyebrows furrow as he looks around. "Shit, get behind me." He says as he sees the group stopped at an area where they can see straight into the alley. I get behind him and he grabs his phone, trying to act normal. "Okay, were good. Why do you want to hide this from them?" He asks. "Remember they wouldn't leave us alone when we were in a room together, alone?" I question. "Yeah?" He trails off. "If we're together again, they'll do that." I answer. He realizes and nods. Zach pulls me in his arms and kisses me again, leaning me against the wall. "We should get back, they'll get suspicious." I mumbled against his lips. His warm breath fans my face as he pulls way, but keeps his head close to mine. He kisses me one more time before backing away completely. "Now come on, let's go." I say as I lead them back to the street.

•••

"Plan is, I'll sneak out of the band house tonight and come over to your place to watch movies." He smiles. I giddily nod and place a kiss on his cheek before backing away. Once I entered my house, I screamed to my self. "Holy shit! Me and Zach are back together." I shout as I dance my way to the kitchen. "You're what?" My dad asks. He recently moved to LA after the divorce was official. "Oh, I forgot to tell you when I originally ran away I met a guy in a band. And we started dating, but broke up because he went on tour and we didn't want to hurt each other." I explain. "Ah." He smiles. "He's coming over tonight too." I exclaim as I grab some food out of the cabinet. He nods and walks back to the living room.

Time flies by, and eventually Zach's knocking at the front door. I hop off the couch and skip over to the front door. "Hey, baby girl." Zach says as I open the door. "Hey! Come in." I say, opening the door more so he could step in. "Zach, this is my dad. Dad this is my-." I pause. Zach didn't ask me to be his girlfriend, so what are we? "Boyfriend, I'm her boyfriend." He corrects as he winks. "Well, nice to meet you Zach." My dad greets. "You treating my girl right?" Dad asks. "Sure am." He says as he grabs my hand. Zach's phone rings so he fishes it out with his free hand. His mom was calling.

"Excuse me, it's my mom." Zach excuses and answers. "Hey mom." He greets. "Uh nothing much. I'm at Angel's place though." He answers whatever question she asked. My dad bids me goodbye and leaves for his house. Zach's conversation lasts a little bit so I sit down on the couch with him and watch Supernatural.

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Soon enough, the boys went separate ways at the airport for Thanksgiving. Jonah and Taaliya went to visit his family in Minnesota, Corbyn and Christina in Virginia, Jack and Isabella in Pennsylvania, Daniel and his new girlfriend Hailey went to Oregon, and Zach and I are still hiding our relationship. It's been going on for three months now. We were the only ones left at the band house. "We actually can cuddle on the couch again." Zach says as he pulls me down on top of him on the couch.  "So, I was thinking. How about you come to Dallas with me? Meet some of my old friends, more of my family. Hell, they'll love you!" He explains as I nuzzle my head into his neck. "I'd love to." I say against his neck. His warm hands find the exposed skin under my shirt and slowly rubs his hands up and down, slowly putting me to sleep. "Sleep well, I'll pack our bags in the morning." Zach says before I fall into a deep sleep.

The next morning, we pack our bags and leave the house. It takes us a long time to fly to Dallas, so I sleep on Zach most of the flight while he takes snapchats. Our flight lands somewhere around 4 in the afternoon.

"Alright, let's head to baggage claim and surprise my parents!" Zach exclaims. Everyone grabs their things and gets off the plane. We make our way to baggage claim and grab our bags. He grabs onto my free hand and leads me out the door.

•••

Zach knocks on the door and waits for someone to open it. Soon enough, it opens to reveal Zach's dad, Josh. "Oh my god!" He exclaims as he hugs Zach. They hug and everyone crowds around him. I take a few steps back to give them some space. "Angel!" Reese shouts as she hugs me. "Hey girlie!" I exclaim as I lean down to hug her. "I haven't seen you like a year!" She says as she pulls away. "I thought you and Zach broke up?" Myta asks. "We did, but we're kind of back together. Don't tell the band or their girlfriends though." Zach replies. She nods and leads us into the house. "Zach your room is in the same condition as it was when you left. You guys can stay there!" Myta exclaims. I take a look around Zach's childhood house. "Your house is beautiful!" I chirp as I pass Myta. "Thank you!" She smiles. "I've always liked you." She gushes. I smile back as I follow Zach up the steps. "Oh! Zach we're holding the Thanksgiving party here this year, so please don't act up like last year." Myta explains. "Hey! I was going through a breakup." Zach defends. "What happened?" I question Zach as we walk into his room. "Uh, I kind of yelled at my cousin when he said he was glad we broke up and he wanted to get with you." He explains as he sets our stuff onto the bed.

"Do you think I could maybe take a shower before the party?" I ask him. "Yeah! Of course! It's right over there." He points to it. I nod and grab some clothes.

•••

Sliding on my velvet red dress, I smooth it out and look at my self in the mirror. "Hey Babe! Some people are here so I'm gonna head down. Join us whenever!" Zach tells me through the door. "Will do!" I say as I work on my make up.

Once I'm finished, I grab my phone and slip it in the pocket of my dress. Honestly when I saw it had pockets I was shocked, most dresses don't have pockets so thank the lord this one does. Smiling at my self in the mirror, I make my way down stairs. "Excuse me." I say as I walk past some adults. They smile at me, but they don't know who I am. "Excuse me, have you seen Zach?" I asked them. "Oh, you're a friend of Zach's! Last time I saw him he was on the porch talking to grandpa Frank." The lady answers. "Thank you!" I chirp as I walk to the porch. I saw Zach's figure as I approached. Waiting until he was finished talking to him, I made my way to the kitchen where I saw Myta.

"Need any help?" I asked her. "Nope! Thank you for asking though." She smiles. I nod and sit down at the Island to keep her company. "You look good Mrs. Herron." I chirp. She warmly smiles and thanks me. "As do you." She widely smiles. "So, you and Zach are back?" She asks. "Yeah, but we're keeping it from the band." I answer. "And why's that?" She asks. "They would always burst into the room at random times, it's like the didn't trust us." I explain. The lady I talked to in the hallway joined us. She looks a lot like Myta. "Ah! This is my sister Judith! Judith, this is Zach's girlfriend Angel." She introduced. "We've met, did you find Zach?" She asks. "Yep! Right where you said he was." I smile. She nods and smiles back. "So, you and Zach are together?" She smiles. I blush and tell our story.

"It's quite adorable isn't it?" Zach asked as he wrapped his arms around my shoulders. I lean my whole body on his chest as he kisses the top of my head. "You guys are so cute!" Judith exclaims. Zach brushes my hair out of my face as I lean my head back to look at him. "Zach! One of your friends are here!" Josh shouts from the living room. Zach kisses me quickly and runs off. I continued talking to Myta about random things.

"Babe! I want you to meet Matthew!" Zach exclaimed as he walked in the kitchen with a guy following him. "Hey, I'm Angel." I greeted. "So you're the Angel Zach was upset about last time he was home." He joked. Zach scoffed and punched his shoulder. "I guess that was me." I laugh. "Zach? Could you and Matthew help set the food out?"