Third Person
the group of friends soon arrived at the hotel they would be staying at for the next week. jonah being the responsible one for the week went to the front desk with jack to check them all in while the others waited and talked.
"so you promise you will go zip lining with us?" evelyn asked brinnley.
"yes ev i will go with you guys, my fear of heights will just have to step aside for a minute" brinnley smiled. she looked over her shoulder to see zach and clara talking and laughing at something they had said.
"can i tell you something?" brinnley asked evelyn looking back over to her as evelyn nodded. "well i kissed zach"
evelyn's jaw dropped, "what? when? why didn't you tell me?"
"i just did tell you" brinnley furrowed her eyebrows. "and i kissed him at the airport before we got into the car over here, so it just happened"
"wow" evelyn said in shock. "wait why did you kiss him exactly? i thought y'all were taking it slow"
"we are, or we were, i don't know" brinnley ran her hands through her hair. "but he asked me to kiss him so i just did. he just looked so cute and adorable so"
"simp" evelyn laughed earning a glare from brinnley. "sorry not the time. but you really are falling for him, and i don't know but it's nice to see you happy"
"and zach definitely makes you happy, so i say go for it brinnie. i know you're scared to try again but i really think zach is worth it" evelyn advised.
"but i already turned him down once he probably doesn't want that, i broke his heart without us ever officially dating. who does that?" brinnley stated.
"a girl that was hurting for over two years" evelyn voiced. "you went through so much in that time and it's not going to be easy. zach gets that brinn, he told you he would wait for you, he obviously wants to be with you"
brinnley looked back at zach who was already looking at her. they made eye contact until brinnley quickly looked away since she got nervous.
"that boy's in love with you and you know it" evelyn pointed out. "you also love him but you aren't ready to admit that yet"
"love is a strong word ev"
"it's the word that needs to be used" evelyn replied.
brinnley sighed, but before she could reply jack ran up to her and handed her the room key along with handing evelyn hers. as jack was about to step away he stopped when he noticed brinnley's face.
"did you kiss zach?" the boy questioned. "and when did you kiss zach?"
"i- boy the fuck" brinnley furrowed her eyebrows. "how did you even know that? i didn't tell you"
"you're making that face you make when you're confused about something and lately the only thing you're confused about is zach" jack explained. "ew literally i need to stop hanging out with you it's getting weird now"
"oh it's been weird, you can apparently read my mind and i'm turning into you" brinnley told him.
"do i even want to know what you mean by you're turning into him?" evelyn asked.
"i'm just gaining his stupid personality" brinnley shrugged as jack gasped.
"bro i do not have a stupid personality" jack defended.
"yes you do stupid" brinnley fought. "now will you excuse me i have to get my outfit ready for dinner tonight"
"but that's in like four hours!" jack said as he watched the girl walk off.
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"i'm aware of that avery!" brinnley yelled back continuing her trip to her room.
"she's really slow when getting ready so just leave it" evelyn told him patting his shoulder. "now how about we all head up to our rooms and get situated before meeting up later?"
everyone agreed with evelyn and went their separate ways. zach walked with clara and jess since their room was right next to his room with brinnley.
"okay so i'm going to tell you guys something but you have to promise not to say anything" zach demanded.
"you and brinnley kissed. more specifically brinn kissed you" jess said as zach looked at her confused.
"oh evelyn texted clara and i when she found out" jess explained when she noticed the look on his face receiving a slow nod.
"wait- that means that brinn told her about the kiss" zach realized as he stopped walking. "she only tells evelyn important things"
"no she tells evelyn everything" clara said. "but yes brinn told her because brinn is like obsessed with you but she's also scared so"
"is she scared of me? or putting herself back out there because of what evan did?" zach questioned. "the only reason i'm asking is because i want to make sure i haven't done anything to scare her"
"why do you think you've done something?" clara asked him. "and she's scared because of evan, zach"
zach shrugged, "when i asked her out and she dipped i pulled her back and she jumped. she looked so scared i thought i hurt her. what's worse is i now know that she's had a past with abuse and i probably caused so much-"
"zach you didn't do anything. she just received a text from evan so she got anxious" jess reassured him. "don't sweat it"
"y'all just need to start fresh and i think this trip is a way to do that" clara suggested. "y'all are sharing a room for the week, take that time to really talk"
zach nodded as the three got to their rooms. "if y'all need anything just let me or brinn know okay?"
"yeah zach we know" clara replied. "don't worry about jess and i thought we'll be fine, worry about actually getting a girlfriend"
with that the two girls walked into their room while zach rolled his eyes and walked into his room. when he got inside he saw brinnley at the bed looking in her suitcase for an outfit to wear with her back facing the door.
he set his suitcase down and went over to her. he wrapped his arms around her waist setting his chin down on her shoulder.
"so there's only one bed?" he to notice of as she nodded. "you're okay with that? i can crash in someone else's room-"
brinnley turned around looking at him confused. "you practically live at my house, and we share my bed all the time. i think it's okay if we share for a week zach"
"well i just want to make sure you're cool with it" zach shrugged.
"no you're just nervous because i kissed you an hour ago so you don't know how to act" brinnley laughed.
zach's eyes widened, "no- i- thats- okay fine i'm a bit confused on how to act or what that really meant. i don't know if you're ready or if-"
"zach you're rambling" brinnley cut him off. "and all i'm trying say is if you were to ask me out again i wouldn't necessarily say no....again"
"wait really?" zach asked. "please don't just say this just to say it. i want you to be one hundred percent sure you are ready, don't do this for me"
"no z i'm serious, i realized the only thing stopping me from going out with you was a no good piece of shit who didn't deserve me" brinnley explained. "evan didn't make me nearly as happy"
"but i do?" zach asked as brinnley nodded. "okay you just heightened my ego. but i'm glad we can try again, i'm not asking you out now though"
brinnley furrowed her eyebrows, "what? why not?"
"the last time i asked you out we were at a restaurant i planned two weeks in advance for" zach started as he let go of the girl and grabbed his suitcase. "so if i am to ask you out again, i'm not going to do it in a hotel room"
"but zach i don't need anything fancy" brinnley groaned as zach shook his head. "fine then i'll ask you out. zach will you be my boyfriend?"
"no" zach laughed causing brinnley's jaw to drop. "not that i don't want to be your boyfriend obviously, but i want it to be special so i'm not saying yes"
"i hate you, you're sleeping on the floor for the rest of the week herron" the blonde huffed walking into the bathroom while zach just chuckled.
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