Faking It - COMPLETED

Part 23: "I just need TIME"

Later that Day

Savannah's POV

"I've been smokin', drinkin', lyin', cheatin' I've overpromised, but under-achievin' I usually ain't afraid of nothin' But saying this out loud terrifies me I've been breakin' hearts, stealin' cars
Takin' shit to walk on Mars To never say sorry, don't mean I'm not sorry Baby, I'm sorry, oh baby, I'm sorry I'm sorry for the pain I've caused For all the moments I've gone and lost Don't you know I've tried to be good "She's a little rebel," that's what they say Yeah, I'll be chasing trouble for the rest of my days No, I'm never growing up no matter what they say..."

I stopped singing noticing Jonah and Corbyn standing in the doorway, both of them were giving me weird looks.

"What?" I asked them. "I'm rehearsing for tonight." I told them walking over to get water.

"Can we talk to you?" Corbyn asked me as him and Jonah walked over and sat down on either side of me.

"About what?" I asked them.

"Zach." Jonah said.

"Really?" I said, giving them both a look.

"We heard you guys this morning." Corbyn told me.

"And we heard that Zach said he-"

"-DON'T say it again." I told Jonah, putting my hand over his mouth.

"Loves you." He mumbled through my hand.

"I'm not doing this right now." I told them, getting up and grabbing my things.

Corbyn ran in front of me.

"Nope. We're not letting you walk away on this one." He said, blocking the doorway.

"Why do you keep running from him?" Jonah asked me.

"I don't know..." I said quietly, looking at the ground. It was the goddamn truth. I didn't know why I kept running from someone who was so good for me. Was it me being scared? Was it me being incapable of loving anyone? I didn't know.

"Look, we're not saying Zach SHOULD'VE told you he loved you like that because WOW that's a lot." Jonah said and I rolled my eyes. "But he said it. And now that's something you both have to deal with."

"Why?! Why do I have to deal with it? I didn't ask for him to say he loved me!" I yelled at both of them and Corbyn retreated slightly. "Besides, it's not even YOU PEOPLE'S issue!" I said, still yelling.

"I told you." Jonah whispered to Corbyn.

Corbyn rolled his eyes at him and turned to me, "Look, Savannah, all we're saying is whether you asked for it or not, he said it. And it's out there. And you gotta decide if you wanna run from that or face it head on. And here's the deal, we all see it in the way you look at him, the way you let him hug you, the way you talk to him, everything. You can sit here and shake your head all you want but deep down you know you feel the exact same way that boy does. So what's it gonna be? Are you gonna run from that feeling or are you gonna embrace it?"

I looked back and forth between both boys not knowing how to respond.

"I...I need time." I said, shaking my head and pushing past Corbyn and out of the building feeling tears stinging my eyes.

"YOU CAN'T KEEP RUNNING AWAY!" Jonah called as I walked away from them.

"I just need TIME." I yelled back.

All I needed was time...

At the Same Time

Zach's POV

I sat on my bed and put my hands in my head. I really fucked things up this time. I knew she wasn't ready to hear that and I didn't know what had come over me.

I heard a knock at my door and got up to open it. Jack and Daniel were standing in the doorway.

"We need to talk to you." Jack said as him and Daniel invited themselves into my room.

"I actually need to talk to you guys too. I uh, I kinda fucked things up with Sav because we were arguing and I-"

"-said you loved her. We know." Daniel said.

"How did you-"

"-we were listening through the door." Jack said as they both pointed to the door.

"Really?"

"Sorry."

"Whatever. Point is I fucked things up." I told them, running my hands through my hair.

"That might not necessarily be the case." Jack told me.

"What do you mean? She left as soon as I said that and she didn't wanna hear it."

"C'mon Zach. You know how that girl is. Any time she has to address something she doesn't wanna talk about she flees. It's just how she is it has nothing to do with what you said." Daniel said.

"How do you know?"

"Because it's PAINFULLY obvious she's in love with you too. Ok. Like, for example, EVERY time we rehearse our joint numbers she's ONLY ever looking at you. Or when we watch her rehearse the only person she makes eye contact with is you. She doesn't CARE what we think about her performance. She cares what YOU think. Not saying she doesn't love us but the love she has for you is so different and it's SO fucking obvious man."

"Jack?"

"I have nothing else to add. He's 110% correct."

"Zach, this is gonna work itself out. She just doesn't know how to react right now. Give her time. She'll come around."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. Of course. All she needs is time."