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-3 years ago-
october 8th 2020, oklahoma city

"please v, it was a mistake" zach says swallowing his tears
"zach, your all that matters to me right now, how could you?" tears are pouring out of ivy's eyes
"v please" zach grabs ivy's hand as she begins to walk away stopping and pulling her back
"don't touch me" she shakes his hand off and starts to walk away as tears melt from her eyes
"i love you!" he shouts to her, she stays facing away from him
"i loved you too zach." she doesn't look at him and walks away, zach just stood there crying and he felt terrible.
the rest was all a blur

-now-
august 12th 2023, oklahoma city
IVY'S POV

"hey ivy you wanna go out with me tonight?" liv sits down on my bed rubbing her hands back and forth on my blanket
"eh i don't know, don't feel like it" i look at liv
"pleaseeeeee" she says leaning close to me and falling on to my bed
"fine, give me a few minutes to change real quick" i sit up, liv walks out of my room and shuts the door behind her
i stand up, throwing the blanket onto my bed and looking at the picture of me and zach attached to my mirror, i turn away and walk to my closet. i end up wearing my light washed bootcut jeans, and a black long sleeve shirt, along with my white cowboy boots and my white and black hat that was actually zach's.
i grab my wallet, and phone and throw them in my pocket
"okay let's go" i say from the top of the stairs, shutting my door and walking out of the house

...

i sit in the car silently not asking where we are going, i fiddle with my necklace and as soon as we drive go the large stadium my heart sinks.
my face says it all, this was the stadium zach played at the night i had found out... well you know
"really liv?!! why would you do this?!" i say angrily trying to hide my face since a lot of people who know zach, know me.
"to get out and have fun, don't be a party pooper" liv says parking and un-buckling her seatbelt.
"plus it would be better if you talked to him." she gets out of the car and shuts the door, i see her through the windshield waiting for me, i decide to be a good friend and i get out of the car and walk angrily inside as soon as we get there we walk to the front of the pit.

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME

"liv im going to kill you." i say angrily staring at her, she rolls her eyes.
"i'm going to get beers, want one?" she says holding up some cash
"i'll take three"
by the time liv gets back it's 5 minutes until show time, im standing there patiently waiting for him to walk out, i just know somehow something will happen, something always happens with zach.

-3 years ago-
august 4th 2020, oklahoma city
IVY'S POV

im baking some cookies for my mom when i feels hands around my shoulders, i looks up and see zach.
"hey z"
"hey girl, whatcha doin'?"
"cookies, for my mom, i was gonna stop by the nursing home on the way to the studio if that's okay with you?"
"of course v"
"thanks z" i look up at him and kiss him on the cheek
"here let me help you." he says as he lets go and puts a few pans into the oven and starts helping clean up the house
we leave for the studio and the nursing home

...

"hey momma" i say as zach and i walk inside her small little room, it was cold and didn't have much life to it.
"who are you?" she ask me looking up to me, i feel my heart sink
"i'm your daughter momma, ivy, it's me ivy! and this is zach, my boyfriend, you remember him right?"
"he is very handsome, young lady, you have a good one"
"i love you momma." i say as a tear rolls down my cheek, zach puts his hand to my back
"you are so sweet, but i dont remember you."
"that's okay momma, but we brought you cookies." my voice becomes stiff, i kiss her on the forehead and walk out hiding my tears from her.

-now-
august 12th 2023, oklahoma city
IVY'S POV

then he suddenly walks out, cheers from all over sound out, i take a long hard sip knowing it's gonna be a long crazy night.
zach starts talking and it feels like the old days again, he plays "country roads" then i hear "oklahoma smoke show" start to subtly play, before he starts singing he says something that hits super close to home.
"this was inspired by someone very special to me, we don't talk today but i miss her everyday, i love you v"
my heart sinks, a tear rolls down my cheek, i look at liv smiling and pull out my phone, i record the whole video and text him with the video
"love you too z."
even though he did something really stupid, i still really miss him and i know he changed, so it's time to forgive him, maybe try things over.

...

after the concert is over the crowd starts to leave, i caught noah's eye before the stage left, i wave over to him, a smile crosses his face so big, he screamed for zach, suddenly i feel zach's eyes down on mine, i couldn't quite hear him but i think he said,"holy shit, v??"
he jumps off of the stage and pulls me over the barricade, i start laughing and i jump into his arms, i hear screams coming from around, i look around until he turns me back towards him.
"oh my v, i haven't seen you in forever how have you been?" he says with a huge smile on his face
"zach, holy shit is this real??" i say so shocked but also not, because deep down i knew something like this would happen
"yeah look at this its crazy!" he says looking around causing me to look around
"dude your a hard core country rockstar now" i hit his shoulder hard and then hug him so hard, he smelt so good.
i could tell he wanted to say something so bad so i just let him have his time to say it.
"i'm so sorry v, like so sorry if i could take it all back in a second i would, i just want things to go back to the way it was."
"me too z, even though what you did was terrible i really miss you, like a lot, just promise to stay with me this time."
"anything." he says staring into my eyes, i hug him once more, i see liv staring and go over to talk to her
"hey i'm gonna go with him for a while, do you wanna stay or do you wanna go?" i say smiling at her
"you too have fun, i'll see you back at the house later!" she hugs me through the barricade and i run over to zach.
i hug him so hard, everyone starts cheering, he grabs my hand, i look at him and then down at our hands and start giggling, eveyone is screaming and the security escorts zach, the band and i out to the trailers, we walk inside his trailer and i look around and then sit on his little couch.
"welcome to my sweet ol' home"
"oh zach, this is sweet!" i look around and he sits down next to me, the door of the trailer is open so fresh air could blow through.
"so how have you been" these words spill out of his mouth and i start smiling
"you know, same old. visiting my mom and dad whenever i can, modeling, running and writing songs, just living life to the fullest, the way they would want me to live, also you know, driving up to my sister and checking in on her when i can, mom and dad always wanted me to protect her especially since they are gone now." i stand up and walk over to the door looking outside, i become tense and i know he can tell.
"what about you?" i ask him
"oh you know, my music career, visiting my family and friends and my mom all the time, im actually working on another album right now!" a smile comes across his whole face, he walks over to the door by me.
after a whole night of talking and singing and all of that, he offers to take me home, i agree but before i had left all of the band wanted to meet me, so i walk out there and see all of them standing out there waiting
"hey everyone, this is ivy." zach says while looking at me
"nice to meet y'all!" i say as i wave and look around at everyone smiling
"okay well we gotta get going, but i'll be back in about an hour!" zach says as i wrap my arm around his and we walk over to the cab he had called earlier

...

i finally get home and zach walks me up to the doorstep, i give him a big hug and a smile
"thanks for this tonight, i really needed it." i say to him
"anything for you, but hey text me and we will plan something tomorrow." he pushed a piece of hair behind my ear and i kiss him on the cheek and then he walks out to the cab and i walk inside i smile so big and shut the door, i saw liv passed out on the couch, i set my stuff down, picked up a blanket and put it around her, i turned off the tv and messed with her hair before walking to my room.
i threw everything on the chair in my room, i fell on my bed and started thinking about zach. all i could remember was the memories with him. i pulled out my phone and started texting him.
"how does 12:00 tomorrow sound, if you come pick me up i'll surprise you!"
"that sounds great v"
"love you z, see you tomorrow."
"love you too pretty girl"
i smile so hard and change quickly, i throw zach's hat around my mirror, put my dirty clothes in the hamper and turn off all the lights
i slowly start to fall asleep, thinking about tonight of course.