To Be Set Free

I woke up the next morning with an arm wrapped around my waist and I could feel a bare chest against my back. I smiled thinking it was Johnny at first then the events of last night came rushing back and I realized that this arm around me wasn't Johnny's. I slowly unrolled from under the arm and turned over to see Zack sleeping soundly with a small smile on his lips.
I scooted off the bed and quickly started getting dressed out of my pajamas. I knew that Zack and I had only slept in the same bed, yet I couldn't help but feel guilty. I didn't even know if johnny and i were truly broken up. Not to mention I was carrying his child.
After i was decent, I moved to the bathroom to comb out my hair and brush my teeth. When I walked out of the bathroom, I found Zack sitting on the edge of the bed with a pair of loose fitting jeans but no shirt. His hair was messy and he had a sleepy look in his eyes.
He smiled when he saw me. "Hey there. You look great."
I shrugged. "Thanks. Leana and i are going shopping before the show tonight." Why was this so awkward? I was usually so comfortable around all of the guys.
Zack stood and walked next to me, but when he layed his hand on my shoulder I flinched back. I felt guilty about his pained face. "Eliza? Are you alright? Did I do something wrong?"
I shook my head. "No, Zack. I did. I shouldn't have stayed here last night. I have one bad fight with Johnny and I ran into another man's arms. I'm a terrible, terrible person. Not to mention that I'm--"
I stopped myself before I told him I was pregnant. I didn't want everyone to know yet. Not until Johnny and I were good again. I needed to talk to him very soon.
"Not to mention what?" Zack said tilting his head, but when I didn't answer he sighed. "Look, Lizzy, you didn't 'run into another man's arms'. It's me. Zacky. Johnny's-and yours- best friend. We didn't do anything bad Eliza. I'm sorry if my cuddling was a little uncomfortable, but I'm a cuddler and I'm used to someone in my bed. It was a force of habit and i apologize."
"But I should have just slept on the couch or something," I said, looking down at the floor. "I feel super guilty about this whole thing, Zack. Johnny is going to be very angry with us."
"Why should he be angry?" Zack asked. "Like i said, we only slept. Nothing bad happened at all. But if you want, I won't say a thing to Johnny."
I looked up at him again. "Really?"
"Really. Besides, does he even have to know?"
I shook my head and he pulled me into a hug. "You have nothing to feel guilty about, Lizzy. If anyone should be feeling guilty, its Johnny for making you run out like that."
Before I could say anything, there was a knock on the door. Zack gave me a quick kiss to my forehead before letting go of me and moving to open the door. He opened it, but left the chainlock on. "Yeah?"
"Hey, dude. Can I come in?" It was Johnny.
"I'm half naked, short shit," Zack said. "What do you want?"
"I'm looking for Eliza. We had a bad fight last night and she ran out of the room. She never came back and I was wondering if you'd seen her."
Zack sighed. "Nope, johnny. I haven't seen her. Maybe she went to get her own room. Maybe you should go down to reception and ask. Let me get a shirt on and i'll help."
He closed the door and gave me a small smile as he grabbed a clean shirt, slipped on some sandals and walked out the door without a single word to me.
I relaxed once he was gone. I would just go along with what Zack said and tell everyone I got my own room and checked out early.
Maybe he was right. I shouldn't feel guilty. Johnny was the one who was being unreasonable and Zack was only being a good friend and offering me comfort. I was completely overreacting.
I grabbed my bag, checked my appearance one last time, then headed out into the hall. When I closed the door, i thought I had gotten out unnoticed until I heard somebody clear their throat behind me.
I whirled around to see Leana staring at me with her arms crossed and eyebrows raised. "From what i remember, that was not the room you shared with Johnny. That, my dear Eliza, would be Zack's room."
"I-I uh..." I racked my brain for some kind of explanation.
Leana rolled her eyes and stepped forward, grabbing my arm and leading me down the hallway. "Well, you're just going to have to give me all the juicy details on our way to the mall. Nothing better than gossip and shopping."
After we got a cab and we told the driver to take us to the nearest mall, Leana started pumping me with questions. "So did you tell Johnny? What'd he say? What didn't he say? Was he happy or very upset? Was there a fight? Was there happy 'we're gonna be parents' sex? Speaking of sex, how'd you end up in Zacky's room? What happened in there? Why were you sneaking out? Why-"
I held my hand up. "Oh my God, Leana stop. I can only answer one question at a time. You were talking way too fast for me to even begin to understand what you're saying."
"Ugh!" she said slamming against the backseat. "I want to know what happened last night and i wanna know now. you talk too slow."
"Well," I started, "I did tell Johnny."
Leanna sat straight up again. "And?!"
"And, he got very angry. He said that because we haven't been together long and he's a famous rockstar, that I can't keep it," I said with a small sigh. Thinking about the fight lastnight hurt. I didn't understand how somebody like Johnny could be so hateful. "He said that he would not allow me to keep it."
"What?!" Leana shouted loud enough to startle the cabbie. "He actually said he wouldn't allow you to keep it? It's your body, your decision."
I nodded. "I know and I told him that it was my decision and I was keeping it. After that, I kind of just stormed out. I was headed down to the front desk when Zack saw me. He offered to have me stay in his room."
"Really?" Leana said with raised eyebrows. "I wonder what Gena would say."
I shrugged. "He said that Gena didn't want to talk to him and he was used to sleeping with someone in the bed. So..." I cleared my throat, "we slept in the same bed. Just slept. Nothing happened."
"Yeah but you sure were sneaking out of there all guilty-like," she said. "You're lucky it was me who found you and not any of the other guys. Especially Johnny."
I sat back against the seat and took a deep breath. "Well, Johnny did stop by the room this morning. But Zack didn't tell him I was there. Johnny was looking for me and Zack said he'd help him. After that, I left."
Leana held up a hand. "Wait wait wait. You'd been gone all night and he decided to go look after his pregnant girlfriend in the morning?! What is wrong with him?"
"To be fair," I started, "He was just getting used to the idea of me being pregnant. He was freaked. He needed some time."
She shook her head. "No. I think Zack is the better person here for taking you in. But most gentleman would take the couch. He slept in the same bed as you?"
"Yeah," I said, nodding. "But like I said, nothing happened. I woke up this morning and he was cuddling up behind me. That's not bad. He said it was a force of habit."
"Huh. Gena told me that Zack hasn't really been touching her let alone cuddling her," Leana said. "Maybe Zacky has feelings for you, Little mama."
The cab pulled up in front of the mall and we both scooted out. After Leana paid the cabbie, she grabbed my arm and pulled me to the doors. It wasn't until we were in the first store that i continued our conversation, "No, Leana. I don't think Zack has any feelings for me. He's one of my best friends."
*Zacky's POV*
I was in love with Eliza.
There was no use in denying it now. I had been growing feelings for her for the longest time, but she had started dating Johnny and I had Gena. But I was drifting farther away from Gena and she could feel it. We barely talked even when I was home.
And lastnight, when I had spent the night with Eliza, it was the happiest i had been in a long time. I wanted to punch Johnny for hurting her like he had. I didn't even know what their fight had been about.
Now, Johnny and I were at the front desk asking about Eliza, even though I knew where she had been. I wanted nothing more than to rub it in his face that she had seeked comfort in me, but I had promised Eliza that i wouldn't tell him. It was our little secret.
When the guy behind the desk said that there was no Eliza listed, I patted Johnny on the back. "She said she was going shopping with Leana. Maybe Jimmy knows where they are."
Johnny turned to me. "When did she tell you that?"
Oh crap. "Uh...I heard the two of them talking about it lasnight on the bus," I said quickly.
"Oh, yeah alright," Johnny said, heading for the elevators.
Up in Jimmy's room, he was putting a shirt on when we walked in. "What's up guys? Short shit, you look like...well, shit."
Johnny shrugged. "Yeah. Eliza and I had a huge fight last night. She stormed out and now i can't find her."
Jimmy nodded. "She went shopping with leana. They just left. They should be back in a couple hours."
I turned to Johnny. "You two had a fight? About what? It sounds pretty big if she stormed off like that."
"Yeah it's pretty huge," Johnny said, moving to sit on the edge of the bed. "Eliza is pregnant."
WHAT?!

Notes

Sorry about the wait, babies. But here ya go :)
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