Only Time Will Tell • Why Don't We

Chapter 7- Confused

Mekayla's POV

When we got to the door of the boys' house it was about five minutes before they actually opened the door. We were greeted by Corbyn with open arms and a big smile. Daniel, Jack and Jonah were the only ones downstairs, so I figured he wasn't here which didn't really make me happy nor sad.

Peyton got up to walk in the kitchen with Daniel and they probably were going to suck each others faces off. I zoned out for a bit, but came back to reality when Jack flicked my arm. "Mekayla," Jack said. "...Huh, oh sorry I zoned out for a bit," I responded. "Your good, we just wanted to know how all of your music stuff was going," Jack asked."Oh, it's going great, I've just had writers block for awhile, so I haven't written any new songs yet," I answered. The three of them looked at each other and then started snickering. I gave them a confused look and wondered why it was so funny to them. "That's funny because we have the same problem with Zach at the moment," Corbyn answered. I was about to respond to Corbyn when Peyton and Daniel came from the kitchen all lovey dovey. We all stared at them and Jack pretended to gag. Me and Peyton were about to leave when he came down the stairs and looked me right in the eyes.

Zach's Pov

When Daniel told us that Peyton was bringing Mekayla over, I couldn't get my thought process together in time. When Corbyn went to get the door I sprinted up the stairs back to my room. "What am I gonna say to her? She probably doesn't want to see me. I bet she hates me. She doesn't hate me...does she...could she?? You're overreacting she doesn't care for or miss you." All of this stuff was running through my head when I finally had the guts to go downstairs after like 20 minutes because I heard the girls leaving. Little did I know that I came down a few seconds too early. When I got to the bottom of the stairs I immediately met eyes with Mekayla. She had a depressed/scared look on her face. It's the same face she would make at school before her dad got locked up when he was abusing her. I gave her a worried look and we did this for what felt like forever, but was only a few seconds. She got up and walked out the door taking Peyton with her.

Mekayla's POV

When me and Zach's eyes met I felt like I wanted to tell him everything that was going on in my life. I want to talk to someone about it, but I kind of have a problem with that, and Zach is the only person that could ever make me tell them something on the spot. I looked away and looked at Peyton who let go of Daniel's hand. I grabbed her hand and ran out the door and ran straight to the car and started balling my eyes out.

Peyton's POV

When Zach and Mekayla's eyes met they stared at each other for a few seconds, until she looked at me and grabbed my hand. She ran out the door and got in the car and started crying and put her knees in her chest. "M, What's wrong?" I asked repeatedly. All she did was put her head down and sniffled. I knew something was wrong with her, but I chose to ignore it. We left the boys' house and went to my L.A. apartment. Even though I went to school in San Francisco, I had an apartment in L.A. to be closer to the boys...mostly Daniel (smirk). She ran upstairs and closed the door. When I went upstairs, I heard her talking to someone on the phone.

Corbyn's POV

When Zach and Mekayla had their "moment" the girls left and I told the guys I had to talk to them about something very very important. "Ok, so Zach I know you probably don't wanna hear this, but when Mekayla walked in I saw a bunch of bruises on her neck that she tried to cover up.  "I said. ".............d-did she say anything about them to you," Zach asked with a worried face. "No, and I didn't wanna ask in front of everyone, but I was confused of where they came from, " I responded. Zach looked like he wanted to murder us all for not asking, but he pulled out his phone and called someone.

Zach's POV

When Corbyn told me about the bruises he saw, all this fear and worrying that I haven't felt in a while just all came flowing back. I grabbed my phone from my back pocket and immediately called Mekayla. I didn't expect her to answer, but when she did I was relieved. "......Hey," I said with a soft voice. I got up and took the call in my room. "H-hey Zach," she stuttered. "M, we need to talk," I told her. "About w-what?" She asked. "I'll be over in 5," I said as I hung up the phone and rushed downstairs and out the door not answering any questions from the guys.

A/n

Hey guys, so I don't know if this counts as a cliffhanger🤔, but😂 it might be a few days before the next chapter☹️. Hope you enjoy💗😊.