"I fuckin' love this place!" Jimmy shouted as we walked into Denny's. He was like a kid in a candy store. He then added,
"I think my life's dream is to get blown while eating a plate of Denny's strawberry pancakes. Yup, that's definitely the dream." We all laughed and found a big booth that fit all seven of us. We made small talk while we waited for our food. Matty started a conversation by asking,
"Soo.." he said, eyeing Brian and Mia, "What went down between you two last night?" Mia blushed, Johnny said,
"I believe it is Mia that went down, not both of them." We all died laughing, even Mia chuckled a bit. Her beat red face not fading. Brian put his arm around her protectively. We all knew what had happened.
"God, why is everyone doing it in my house but me?" Matty asked in a sarcastic angry tone. He threw his hands in the air in fake anger.
"Hey, me and Zacky pretty much live in that room now. Don't defile it with your activities." I said, eyeing Mia and Brian.
"Uh, unless you wanna pay rent it's still mine." Matty argued. Zacky looked at me and shrugged.
"Sure, we'll pay. How much do you want?" Zacky asked Matty. Before Matty could answer, Jimmy interjected with,
"Wait a minute. You guys have known each other for eight days and you're gonna live together?"
"Well damn, at this rate you'll be married by the end of the month." Johnny added. Me and Zacky smiled at each other. The thought of marrying Zacky was an amazing one. I could picture it so clearly. Mia as my maid of honor, and Brian as his best man. I began to day dream, but was snapped out of it by Zacky himself.
"Matty says five hundred a month is good, we just have to get out by the time we have our second kid." Zacky said, rolling his eyes. My eyes widened.
"Five hundred?!" I exclaimed. There was no way I could afford that. I could barley afford splitting rent with Mia, which she usually ended up paying any way since she was the only one out of the two of us with a job, I'd been living off ramen noddles and checks from my family for a long time.
Zacky stroked my cheek and said with a smile,
"Baby, don't worry about it. Not to sound cocky, but I am a rock star. We could live there thirty years and it wouldn't put a dent in my bank account. I've got this, don't you worry about a thing." I was relieved that we'd be able to live there, but I still felt bad that Zacky would have to cover it all.
"Oh! Guys! Don't forget, we have an interview and photo shoot tomorrow. No doubt they'll wanna do a story on Synacky's girlfriends." Johnny said smiling. Mia and I eyed each other.
"Photo shoot!? A story about us!?" We booth asked excitedly. Even though it meant we'd probably get lots of hate mail from fans that'd love to be us, it'd be totally worth it.
"Would you girls be okay with that?" Brian asked, already knowing our answer. We both nodded excitedly. Brian kissed Mia's cheek and Zacky took my hand.
Our food arrived shortly and Jimmy was right, California Denny's doesn't even compare to Ohio! Every thing is better here! Jimmy got the strawberry pancakes, so he got to live out half his life's dream. Johnny got peach, Zacky and I got banana chocolate chip, Matty got blueberry, Brian got apricot, and Mia got plain.
"You're so fucking boring." I said playfully to her. Brian nudged her shoulder and said back,
"She certainly is not!"
"Oh, gross man! I'm trying to eat. I don't wanna think about you two doin' it in our bed." Zacky said. I loved the way that sounded. Our bed.
We got through breakfast and went back to Matty's. When we got back, all of the guys (including Brian and Zacky) went into the basement to play Call of Duty. This left Mia and I to have "girl talk" as Matty put it.
"Talk about tampons or sex or something." Johnny suggested. Jimmy added,
"Or just make out, film it, and we can all watch it together later. Either one works." Mia and I rolled our eyes.
Mia and I sat across from each other on separate couches, the coffee table separating us.
"So you and Brian are like, official now, right?" I asked happily. She nodded with a huge smile on her face.
"You guys totally did it last night didn't you?" I asked with a sly smile. She also nodded happily at this and answered,
"Oh, fuck yes. Synyster Gates opened my gates right up!" We both died laughing.
"What about you and Zacky?" She asked.
"We to did the deed." I responded. "Oh my god, get this. He had deathbat boxers!"
"NO WAY." Mia said, "So does Brian!" And we both laughed again. I was glad she was back in my life. I apologized for having shut her out and she accepted. She said,
"Don't sweat it. If I was in your position I would've done the exact same thing."