Fake • Zach Herron

T H I R T Y - S I X

Jessica's POV

As I was fixing my hair in the mirror I heard the doorbell ring, ah must be Zach. I quickly tucked the front of my jumper into my jeans and grabbed my phone and wallet, I took a quick look in the mirror before then walking out. I slowly walked down the hallway to see if Zach and Cooper were talking about anything in particular - and its not technically eavesdropping... ok, ok maybe it is but only a little. I peaked around the corner and waited to see if I could hear my name, and I did.
"just dont take her to that stupid crazy party, alright man?" cooper said
"how do you know about the party?" Zach asked. theres a party? was Zach gonna take me to a fucking party? does that even count! I bit the inside of my lip as I walked further into the kitchen, I cant decide if Zach is the type of guy that would take me to a party as a date or not. I mean if he was the same as before he would definitely take me, but since he has changed now, im not sure...

"hey!" cooper said, I looked up from the ground and smiled at him
"hi" I said, my eyes shifted to Zach, he was staring at me, his hands where in the pockets of his jeans, which were paired with a nice hoodie. he looked real nice to be fair. it also made me happy that the outfit hes wearing, isn't the type he'd wear for a party. I tucked my hair behind my ears and looked back at cooper
"I'll see you later then?" I said he nodded "alright - well dont stay up to late, nana said she'd make you dinner, but I dont know if she can get herself up" I slightly smiled, he nodded again, I looked back at Zach; he hasn't said a word yet... was he having second thoughts? played with a little piece of my hair as I glanced up at him, he held his hand against the door opening it more for me to get past him and out of the house. cooper shut the door behind us. I waited for Zach and he held his hand out for me to grab, as I did he intertwined them.
"you look really pretty" he commented, I looked up at him and shot a smile as we approached the car
"this is like a basic outfit" I said
"still. you look pretty, I mean you always do"
I smiled "thanks zachy" I said, he opened the door for me and I got in, he shut it and jogged around to the other side and got in. then we both buckled up before he pressed the 'start' button on his car
"so, where are we going?" I asked as he drove off
"you'll see" he shrugged
"ugh are we going to that party you and coop were talking about?" I asked
he looked at me with a smile "I see you started to eavesdrop now, is it new?"
I giggled "no, I wanted to see if I could get any hints about where we are going"
"it's a surprise"
"tell me!" I whined
he shook his head "you just have to wait jess" he said. I huffed and looked out the window to see if I noticed anything in particular. but, I had no clue where we are. I've lived here for practically all my life and I still have no idea. After a while we pulled onto a bumpy road leading right to the woods, ive honestly never been here before; I didn't even know that this was here. Finally the car came to a stop, I looked around and we were smack in the in the middle of the forest. Zach unbuckled and turned to look at me
"so what are we doing here? we looking for big foot or something?" I asked
he chuckled "if you want we can. but im pretty sure big foot doesn't like woods like these" he said as he got out, I smiled and shook my head as I followed him out, Zach locked the car and we met in front of it.
"come on" he said and grabbed my hand pulling me down a little trail. Im wondering where the fuck we are going. we came across a huge ass tree that had fallen and Zach climbed over with ease, he turned back around and stuck his hands out for me to grab, I did and he helped me over. we walked a bit further then Zach stopped and stared out ahead of him, I followed his eyes and felt a huge tingly feeling in the bottom of my stomach. in the middle of an empty patch of grass was a blanket with a little table and some cushions on it.