-Talia's POV-

A sigh slipped passed my lips as I plumped onto the soft comforter, that covered most of the mattress. "Had fun?" Zach's raspy voice called from the bathroom.

I lifted my head and stared at him as he strolled out of the bathroom, flicking the room lights along the way. "A little too much" I say with a tired smile on my face.

He chuckled before a yawn slipped passed his lips, "I guess we both overworked ourselves if you know what I mean" he muttered before laying down beside me, a smirk dancing on his lips.

My eyes widened at the dirty statement that spewed out of his mouth, "Zach!" I shrieked in horror as he howled in laughter. "I hate you" I whine, burying my head into the crook of his neck while playfully slapping his bare chest.

"We both know that's a lie" he murmured, running his fingers through my hair that was sprawled on my back. "This afternoon proved that" He teasingly whispered into my ear.

I groaned and pulled away from his embrace, "I hate how you're amused by all this" I muttered turning away from him.

"Sure you do" he murmured, placing a chaste kiss on my shoulder blade. "We should probably sleep seeing as we have a long day ahead of us".

I hummed and turned around in his arms before looking up at him, his eyes closed as a few strands of his dark brown locks stuck to his forehead. "Do you have to wake up early" I questioned.

His eyes fluttered open before gazing into my brown doe-like eyes, a sigh falling from his lips. "I do. I have an interview in the morning before the show" he whispered tiredly.I grinned and he raised an eyebrow, "What are you thinking about?" he mumbled.

"Well...." I squeak out while trailing off as my lips curled into a teasing smirk. "Would you be up for another round tomorrow?" I flirtatiously ask as I trailed my pointer finger down his neck to his chest.

I glanced at him through my eyelashes to see his dark brown eyes wide as saucers before he recomposed himself. He cleared his throat before a smirk danced across his lips, " Mhmm, we'll see" He says.

I stare at him, bewildered by his response "Did you jus—" I ask flabbergasted. I squinted my eyes in his direction as his smirk just widened.

"You'll find out tomorrow morning" he muttered as a yawn slipped passed his pink plump lips. I watched intently as his hands rubbed against his face sluggishly.

"You tired?" I whispered, running my fingers through his dark brown locks as he hummed in response.

"Exhausted" he murmured before rolling over to turn the lamp off. I sighed and wrapped my arms around his torso before burying my face into his back, "Are you comfortable?".

"Mhmm yeah" I mumbled before my eyes fluttered closed but they instantly shot open by the name that fell off of his lips.

"Mhmm okay, night Kay" he drowsily murmured and my breath hitched, feeling my heart pound against my chest. I shakily unraveled my arms from around his torso before clambering off of the bed.

A shaky breath slipped passed my lips as I gazed out of the window, gazing at the moon that gleamed in the night sky with millions of stars scattered all over. I aimlessly ran my fingers through my hair as my breathing became more ragged. "Where did it go wrong?" I weakly muttered to myself as I wiped away a stray tear before laying on the white couch.

'Was it all a lie'

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I jolted awake to the sound of someone yelling and my gaze darted around the room, confused as to how I was on the bed. "Wha—" I started but cut myself off once I noticed Zach yelling into his phone with an angry expression.

"How many times do I have to say this to get it into your thick skull! We're not puppets on strings and you're not our puppeteers! I'm sorry you're incapable of understanding that since you don't have a brain to do so.....I don't care! I am sick and tired of listening to you....Be my guest, shred the contract that Talia and I signed because I want to date someone that I LIKE and not someone for publicity!" Zach angrily yelled before hanging up.

I flinched as the phone slammed against the wall but my lips curled into a frown as I watched Zach flop onto the white couch, burying his head into the palm of his hands. "Zach?" I softly called out and his snapped in my direction, "What happened?" I asked my distressed boyfriend.

"Management" He bitterly muttered out while aimlessly running his fingers through his hair. "Did I wake you up?" He questioned softly and I bit my bottom lip as I watched him bend over to pick up his phone that he threw.

I sighed and nodded, "You did but it's alright" I breathed out while peeling the duvet off of my body, shivering as the cool air hit my slightly exposed skin. He sighed, "What was that call about?" I ask plopping beside him on the couch.

"Apparently we're not showing that we're dating and it's affecting our band's reputation, worsening the situation than before" he huffed out leaning back into the couch.

I rolled my eyes, "Wasn't it their idea in the first place?" I ask as he glanced over in my direction, an eyebrow raised. "The fake relationship" I say.

He let out an exasperated sigh and pulled my body closer to his, "It was but I was partially to blame for all this" he murmured while rubbing my arms with the pad of his thumb.

"You were just heartbroken" I whispered, rubbing small circles on his clothed shirt. I sat up in his arms and looked into his dark brown orbs, "How did I get on the bed?" I ask him with my eyebrows furrowed.

He averted his gaze from the cream walls to my chocolate brown eyes. "I carried you when I woke up to my phone ringing. Why were you there in the first place?" He questioned with an eyebrow raised.

I bit my lip and diverted my gaze, away from his captivating brown eyes. "You don't remember do you?" I murmur, lifting his arm off of my shoulder.

"Remember what?" He questioned, confusion laced in his tone. I gulped and pulled myself from the white leather couch, "What happened last night Talia?" He sternly asked.

I let out a shaky breath before turning around, gazing at his tense form. "Do you still think about her?" I ask him quietly, standing in front of him.

"Think about who baby?" He quietly asked, grabbing me by the hips and placing me on his lap.

I closed my eyes at the feeling of his finger running through my tangled dark brown locks. "K-Kay" I stammered out.

"Did she contact you?" He sternly asked and I snapped my head in his direction to see his jaw clenched and his grip around my waist tightened. "Did she say something for you to ask som—" He started but I cut him off.

"No" I blurted out causing him to loosen his grip around my waist and I saw his body relax from it's once tense form. "But you did" I say before prying his arms from around my waist to only be pulled back.

I squealed as I straddled him, grasping onto the collar of his white and black cheetah print shirt. "What do you mean by that? I never contacted her" he quietly said.

My eyes bored into his dark brown confused orbs, "Then why the hell did you say goodnight Kay instead" I hissed as I pulled away from his hold.

His breathing wavered, shaking his head "Talia you need to know that I didn't mean it" He choked out as I stared at him. His figure fuzzy due to the tears pricking the corner of my eyes.

"Do you?" I shakily ask while wiping away the tear that streamed down my cheek, gazing into his eyes that had began to glisten. "How am I supposed to know that you didn't mean to say her name".

He clenched his shut momentarily before fluttering them open, "Because I'm trying to get us out of this contract Talia. I'm trying to set us free from the mess that I got you and I into" He whispered and I frowned.

"That doesn't answer why you said your ex's name before dozing off" I breathed out before walking over to the door, hauling my luggage.

"Where you going?" He timidly asked from inside the room and I turned around to see a teary eyed Zach.

"I'm just going to crash in one of the girl's room" I answered, gulping down a sob that itched to escape my pink plump lips.

"Will you at least be at the concert?" He questioned, his voice cracking at the end and I closed my eyes while pressing my palm against the door handle.

"I don't know" I murmured and I heard a choked cry come from behind as I glared at the door, a blurry image. of a black door was in view.

I heard him let out a shaky breath, "Baby, I know my tongue slipped but please I need you there. I need to see your captivating brown eyes and that gorgeous smile on your face. I want to see you in the crowd tonight" he choked out and I turned around to see tears streaming down his face.

"You don't need me" I shakily choked out and he shook his head while stepping closer to where I stood. I took a couple of steps back but gasped as my back pressed against the door, "You don't need me, you think you do but you don't".

"You're the first girl to make me feel this way" he whispered while holding my left cheek with his right palm while his right hand grasped my left hand pressed it against his chest and a gasp slipped passed my lips at how fast his heart was beating.

"S-Stop it" I stuttered out.

"This is how you make me feel Talia!" He whispered right into my face as I watched a tear run down his face slowly. "You're the first girl to make me feel weak in the knees! The first girl to make butterflies swarm around my stomach! You're also the first girl to make my kiss feel like..." He ranted before pressing his lips against my own. I instantly wrapped my arms around his neck due to my leg loosing all it's feeling, "...like a firework display" He murmured against my lips.

I shook my head and frowned as a tear rolled down my face, "You can't keep doing this Zach! My heart can't take this pain any longer" I weakly said while gazing into his misty eyes.

"A-Are you b-breaking up w-with m-me" He spluttered out while wiping away his tears away in an aggressive manner.

I bit my lip and shook my head, "N-No, I just need to time to think" I quietly say before pressing my palm against his cheek, wiping away the stray tear that rolled down his cheek. "I'll be there at the concert" I whispered out while gazing into his eyes.

His lip quivered and my heart shattered, "Y-You don't h-have to if y-you don't want to" He stammered out and I smiled weakly before pressing a chaste peck against his lips.

"You're still my boyfriend, I'll support you even when we have our little arguments" I say before turning around but halted.

"I love you"

-Zach's POV-

"I love you" I blurted out as I watched Talia halt in her place, expecting her turn around to say those eight letters back while gazing into her dazzling brown orbs but all I got was a quiet murmur.

"I love you too" She murmured before swinging the door and strolling out, slamming the door behind her.

I stared at the door, furiously blinking my eyes, fighting against the tears that threatened to roll down my rosy cheeks. I pressed my fist against my pink plump lips, stifling the sob that was itching to break out. "I'm such an idiot" I cried out, collapsing onto the carpeted ground.

My head snapped towards my phone that persistently buzzed, I crawled towards the device and picked it from the ground. I cringed as I stared at the screen, a large crack across the screen, scrolling through the numerous messages that displayed on the lock screen.

I blinked as I tried to concentrate and not the lock screen that displayed Talia and I's first official date. A weak smile spread across my face as I recalled that day in Paris. The day she screamed into my ear as I jokingly pressed her against the edge of the Eiffel Tower, "What Jonah" I croaked into the phone, pressing the speaker phone icon.

"Where the fuck are you! We're supposed to be leaving for the interview!" He fumed through the phone. I cleared my throat and pushed myself from the ground.

"I'll be there, give me two minutes" I rambled out, disconnecting the call while bolting towards the bathroom. "Come on Zach! Pull yourself together" I muttered to my reflection in the bathroom, splashing cold water onto my face.

I quickly grabbed my wallet, phone and room key before bolting towards the lift, panting as I crashed inside the lift. I breathed in heavily as I hauled myself from the lift floor and pressed the 'G' button. As soon as the lift door slid open I bolted to the entrance.

"You're late! Do you know how pissed David is going to be if he finds out that we got late for the interv—" Jonah began to rant but I cut him off mid-sentence.

"I don't give a fuck about David and his mood swings" I snap at Jonah, leaving him stunned at my sharp tone.

"You look like shit" Daniel bluntly pointed out and I sighed sadly before glancing out of the window.

I cleared my throat, "Uh, Yeah. Something happened before I left the hotel room" I murmured under my breath.

"What happened?" Jack questioned, concerned laced in his tone as he spoke.

I turned my head and blinked momentarily, "Talia and I got into an argument" I shakily whispered, reminiscing on the words we shared.

"Nothing new there" Jonah playfully said and I glared at the brunette. "What? It's not like she won't run back to you. It must've been a silly arg—".

"Stop taking this so lightly!" I snapped, clenching my jaw at his words.

"Relax Zach" Jack softly said and I closed my eyes, letting out a shaky breath. "What happened?" He asked gently.

I shook my head and threw my head into the palm of my hands. "I'm such a screw up" I bitterly chuckled out, lifting my head.

"What did you do?" Corbyn asked, his eyebrows furrowed with his head tilted to the side.

"It's not what I did, it's what I said" I whispered while shaking my head.

"What did you say Zach" Jonah questioned quietly and I glanced at him, biting my bottom lip.

"I had apparently said Kay's name before falling asleep" I choked out before burying my head into Jack's shoulder.

"Oh shit, you're in trouble" Daniel said which only caused me to sob louder at his words.

"DANIEL!"

~

"Tell me I wasn't the one who thought the interviewer was flirting with us all" Daniel blurted out once we jumped into the vehicle.

I snapped my gaze in his direction and glared at the boy, "It was just you Dani" Jonah said with an uninterested look painted across his face.

His lips curled into a frown at his words, "No, she was twirling her hair with her pointer and middle finger" He said, imitating her movements with heart eyes.

I rolled my eyes as he continued to grumble about the lady's flirtatious behaviour. "Shut up Daniel" Corbyn said rolling his eyes by the his childish behaviour.

"Doesn't that bother you!" Daniel exclaimed, his eyes wide as saucers and I chuckled.

"She was just harmlessly flirting and why bother stressing about it when we all have girlfriends back in the hotel?" I ask him with an eyebrow raised. He incoherently grumbled under his breath, "What was that?" I hum out.

"Nothing" he mumbled as the car parked in front of the venue.

"No tell me what you said" I gritted out through clenched teeth before getting off the car. Daniel glanced over in my direction, a nervous look on his face. "I'm waiting Seavey!".

He gulped before rubbing his neck nervously, "I said you can't talk cause your girlfriend is not talking to you" he murmured under his breath but I was able to hear it.

I breathed out through my nose, clenched and I clenched my fists as my breathing picked up. "That doesn't mean I'm single Daniel" I seethe out, glaring at the faux blond.

My eyes glazed over, red being the only shade of color, observing as Daniel's body began to tremble. "I didn't mean it like that Zach" he said shaking his head side to side while flailing his hands in front of of his face.

"Then how did you mean today it?!" I snarled, taking long strides over to his tall frame which towered over my five foot eight inch frame.

"I just meant that Talia is angry with you and you don't need to stress seeing as the two of you are on brea—" he started but I raised my arm in the air.

"ZACH!" Jonah's deep voice boomed from behind and I stepped away from Daniel's trembling figure. I winced at the excruciating feeling my ear was receiving by Jonah.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" I repeatedly whine four as Jonah dragged me into the venue, almost going dead by the ear-piercing screams. "Oh shit" I murmur under my breath.

"Are you insane to fight in front of hundreds of fans!" I heard Corbyn yell after I was forcibly pushed to the sofa in the green room.

I scoffed and glared at Daniel who sat on the opposite side of the room, head buried into the small device in his hands. "If you're looking at someone to yell at, yel at Seavey over there" I angrily mutter out, pointing at the blonde.

"You're the one who almost punched him!" Jonah exclaimed and I smirked before leaning into the couch.

"I was defending myself and my girlfriend!" I spat out and Corbyn's eyebrows shot up.

"What? What did Daniel say" he asked and I humorlessly chuckled out while rubbing my fingers through my greasy brown locks.

"He was implying that Talia and I were over" I breathed out while playing with the few rings that coated my finger.

Jack opened his mouth to say something but the door swung open to reveal our photographer, Zack Caspary, a broad smile on his face.

"Soundcheck time boys"