Baby || Zach Dempsey

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I wake up I'm still laying on my moms lap and my mom and Justin are sleeping I get up and quickly get in the shower when I'm done I brush my teeth and hair and quickly get dressed I walk out into the living room and over to Justin "Justin" I whispered shaking him slightly he opens his eyes "come on it's time for school" I say he nods and slowly moves moms head so it's resting on a pillow I wait for Justin to get dressed

Zach pulls up the boys were all wearing there Liberty high jackets me and Justin quickly hoped in I sat in the back with Monty and Bryce and Zach and Justin sat up front we drive down the road and Monty and Bryce pull out a Liberty high flag and start yelling as we drive down the street I laugh as music is blaring

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we pull into the school parking lot us all laughing we walk into the building we all stand by my locker almost the whole basketball team Zach has a basketball hand in his hand and Justin stands next to him with his arms crossed I stand in front of Zach who has his free arm wrapped around my shoulders I stand their with my arms crossed as well all the jocks are talking about the basketball game tonight but Zach and Justin and I are staring as Clay walks by with headphones on

"do you think?" I start to say "yeah I think he's on mine" Zach says I nod and lean my head back into his chest he kissed the top of My head the bell rings and Me and Zach walk to out first period class together we both sit down onto another boring day at Liberty high school "you're coming to the game tonight right?" Zach ask me "wouldn't miss it" I say he smiles at me and looks back to his paper

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Me and Zach walked into the lunch room and Zach does a hand shake with one the guys "yo" zach says walking in "yo big Z" I hear people shout "yo dude there he is" Zach held my hand as we walked through the cafeteria

me and Zach take a seat at the lunch table him talking About the game some more and eating his food he rolled his basket ball to Taylor who sat a little ways down from us "are you not gonna eat?" He turned to me I shake my head "I don't know" I say "come on I know you're hungry" Zach says as he holds up a goldfish and waves it in my face I laugh as he throws it at my mouth I look over and see Clay staring us down my smile fades as Clay looks away

I turn to Zach again and take a handle full of his gold fish and shove them in my mouth "hey those were mine" he says as he pouted I laugh "awe is Zachy mad" I say in a baby voice cupping his cheek "shut up and kiss me" Zach says as I lean in and kiss him "I love you" he says "I love you too Zach" I smile looking into his eyes "oh get a room" Justin yells throwing crackers at us we both laughed

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After school the entire Basketball team met up at Zach's I came along because I had nothing better to do they all played basket ball together in the street as I sat on top of Zach's car and watched in amusement

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after an hour of playing and me watching Zach walks up to me all sweaty he leaned down and kissed me "you ready to go watch me dominate everyone on the court?" He ask I laugh "always" I say smiling we get into his car along with Justin

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we arrived at the school and all the basket ball players get to the gym I take a seat and a couple minutes later Tyler sits next to me I see Clay walk in the gym and Zach stares him down as Clay does the same Clay stops and started talking to Courtney and Marcus "you worried?" I hear I turn my head to Tyler

"about?" I ask "Clay hearing your tape" he says I nod "yeah" I say "but Justin and Zach are sure he's not gonna do anything to me" I say Tyler nods "of course" he says scoffing as he walks down to where Clay is

I look at Zach and see him looking back at me he smiles and goes back to focusing on the game Clay walks away from Courtney and starts walking forward he stops to stare at Zach and Zach looks over at him as he's bent over in starting position

Clay walks onto the court and Zach and all the other guys stand fully up hey you get off the court" the ref yells blowing his whistle but he just stands there "get off the court go" the ref yells and points to the bleachers "hey skinny kid get the hell off the court" the coach yells at Clay again he walks off the court and Sherri stops him I look back to the court as the game is about to start the buzzard goes off Clay walks up the bleachers and sits next to me everyone is cheering as the cheerleaders come out

"hey Clay" I hear Tyler say as he sits next to him "go away Tyler" Clay says "you know I get that a lot especially lately but today I'm on official yearbook business" Tyler says holding up his school ID he starts taking pictures of the team "why are you even talking to me?" Clay ask

"because I want to see what you're gonna do next you really messed Courtney up Not as much as you did to me still the cemetery that's cold" Tyler says "does everybody know about that?" Clay ask "what is it? What did I do?" Clay starts saying I share a look with Tyler "what?" He asked Clay "Clay?" Tyler says as Clay rubs his face

"heads up" Tyler shouts as he stands up Clay caught the ball he stands up "Jensen come on throw the damn ball" Zach says "Clay" Tyler says he just stands there "come on what are you waiting for?" I hear Justin yell "throw the ball dipshit" he says "Clay" I say "Clay?" Tyler says "come on man we got a game to play" I hear one of the players shout "omg Clay" I say as I yank the ball out of his arms and throw it to Zach

we all sit down "you're welcome" I say sitting down along with Tyler I see Jessica walk in and it looks as if she's fighting with the cheer coach I see Bryce walk up to her "I got to go" I say walking off the bleachers and walking over to Jess "you're not leaving are you? Bryce ask her "I'm benched for the game or didn't the entire gym just hear that?" She says throwing he arms to her side "Well if you're benched take a seat" Bryce says walking over to our friends "make some room you guys" Bryce says "I don't know"Jess says

"come on you don't want to miss your boyfriends big game" Bryce says "and we're having fun up there" Bryce says showing us his flask Jessica smiles "fine only if Kens comes tho" Jess says "okay" I say better then Jensen I think we walk over to the bleacher and get up there

Jessica takes Bryces flask and goes to hand it to me "oh no" I say pushing it away she shrugs and takes another sip I watch as Zach makes shot after shot I smile as I cheer for him Jessica is drunk along with everyone else I'm sitting with

everyone is screaming as Zach keeps making shots "Zach!Zach! Zach!" I shout along with everyone else "oh ho ho ho yeah!" Zach yells "stop stop it stop playing stop the game stop stop it stop stop!" I turn my head to Clay running down the bleachers everyone stops moving and cheering Clay stands there and looks around

"what the fuck is up with him?" Bryce ask "who knows" I say laughing I watch Clay run out of the gym I hop off the bleachers and follow him he bangs open the door that leads outside I watch him through the space where the poster isn't covering I watch him walk back and forth and then look straight out he walks down the steps and into the parking lot

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