"Come on! Move it!" l yelled frustrated at the stopped traffic ahead of me. We were all meeting up for dinner since the guys have been so busy lately with the release of their new album and upcoming tour. We were trying to cram time together because the guys leave in the morning for the three month tour. My phone beeped signaling I had a new message. It was from Zack asking what was taking so long. I replied telling him I was stuck in traffic. Finally cars began to move and I made it to the small Italian restaurant in a matter of minutes.

"It's about time!" Jimmy exclaimed as I approached the table that was in the back secluded from everyone else. "Sorry, stupid rush hour traffic." I sighed as I took my seat across from Zack and Maddie.

Yuck

"I'm starving! What are you going to get babe?" Zack asked Maddie who unfortunately was joining us tonight. I guess Zack was right when he said he thought there was something different about her because she was still around and he was happier than ever.

"Just a salad." She replied closing her menu.

"Really? You've got to eat something besides that." He said surprised. "Zack you know I don't like Italian food." She grumbled rolling her eyes.

"Sorry babe but this is the only place everyone else could agree on." He explained.

"No, it's because she likes it. You've only reminded me of that a hundred times." Maddie scoffed obviously annoyed.

"Hey Barbie, just shut up and order your damn salad." I spat at her. It's no secret we don't get along. Ever since that first barbeque when she met everyone, she made it pretty clear she doesn't like me. She doesn't even try to hide it from Zack. Honestly I don't care. She's the laziest person I've ever met and thinks since Zack has money that means she has a right to indulge herself in it quite frequently.

"Zackary! Are you going to let her talk to me like that!?" She whined causing all of us to let out an audible groan. Zack sighed frustrated.

"Addison please..." He said giving me a pleading look. I glared at him angrily, hating when he took her side, which was all the time now it seemed. No matter what, it was always me who caused problems, the one who always started arguments. I won't say I've been totally innocent, but I only do so when provoked.

"Come on guys no fighting. Let's just eat dinner." Matt said trying to keep the peace. A few moments later the waiter came and took all of our orders, and a comfortable conversation fell upon us except for Maddie who made sure she had all of Zack's attention.

"So are you guys ready for this tour?" I asked as I sipped on my wine.

"Hell yeah! I can't wait to get back out there!" Jimmy exclaimed earning loud approvals from the other guys.

"Well I'm not ready to be away from you guys for the next three months." I said pouting a little.

"Don't you mean you're not ready to be away from Zack?" Maddie spat hatefully at me. Anger shot through me but I took a deep breath and calmed myself.

"Of course I'm not ready to be away from Zack or the others for that matter." I said trying to be as civil as possible. She shot me a fake smile and rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, we don't want to go on the road again without you either so we have a proposition for you." Johnny piped in giving Zack a sly look. I looked at Zack slightly confused as to what he meant. Zack smiled widely and turned to face me.

"We want to hire you as our official makeup artist/photographer." He said beaming at me.

"Seriously!" I exclaimed excitedly.

"Of course! It’ll be just like the old days! Except this time we have a bus and not a crappy van and an old pickup truck." Brian laughed. God those days did suck even though they’re some of my best memories. None of us ever had any money, the van had no air or heat plus the truck we used to transport equipment ate so much gas we went broke just trying to get around to shows.

"Yeah and you won't be selling merch either, although you still have to make sure we eat and wake up on time just like you used to." Matt said smiling. Making sure they ate was easy peasy but making sure they woke up on time not so much. I’ve literally thrown numerous objects at their sleeping bodies and even physically attacked them to get them all to wake up, get ready, and get to the stage in time.

"Ha, well waking you guys up sucks. I’d get so damn frustrated I almost didn't care if you made it to the stage or not." I grimaced remembering all the fighting it took to get them to even crack an eye open at me.

"Dude remember when she started throwing water on us, or when she got that fucking air horn! I hated that thing!" Jimmy laughed.

"Yeah we finally hid it so she couldn't use it anymore!" Zack chuckled.

"That's what happened to it!? You assholes! You have no idea how hard it is to wake you guys up!" I exclaimed. The guys just laughed at me even more. I made a mental note to pick up another air horn before we left.

“Well we have an extra bunk on our tour bus so you can ride with us the whole trip. Plus, there is plenty of space in the back bedroom,” Zack added as he finished off his pasta. I thought Maddie’s neck was going to snap at how quickly she turned her head to gawk at him.

“Zack are you insane? I cannot be stuck on a bus with her for three months!” She exclaimed angrily.

“Stay home then,” Jimmy chimed in obviously unamused by her outburst. Maddie rolled her eyes in annoyance at him.

“Zack if you want me to come then you’re going to have to put her somewhere else,” she finished. Zack cut his eyes at her with a frustrated expression.

“Hello Barbie, I’m sitting right here! I’m not a dog, I don’t have to be put anywhere,” I spat at her hatefully.

“Sweetheart I promise you if you step one foot on that bus you will be put out on your ass,” she snapped back with a sick sneer.

Oh this bitch…

“Who the fuck do you think you are!” I shouted angrily as I stood up from my chair.

“I think that I am Zack’s girlfriend,-“ she began but as soon as that word left her mouth I cut her off.

“No you’re just Zack’s whore of the month!” I fired back at her seething and struggling so hard to not reach across the table and slap the sticky pink lip gloss off of her mouth. She gasped loudly before standing up and throwing her napkin down on the table.

“You need to learn how to control your dog Zackary,” she spat before turning around and storming out of the restaurant. Thank God we were far enough away from other customers right now or this would be a huge scene.

“Dammit Addison can’t you just watch your fucking mouth for once!” Zack shot at me. My mouth dropped open in surprise as well as everyone else’s.

“Are you serious right now? She started it!” I yelled angrily.

“All you have to do is ignore her, it’s not that hard,” he answered as he took a sip of his beer. I was getting angrier by the second. Everyone else kept quiet as Zack and I continued our spat. I knew they all felt the same about Maddie as I did and if she was lashing out at one of them they’d be dishing it right back to her like I do.

“That’s hard to do when she’s talking to me like I’m some scum of the earth!” I exclaimed, still standing up.

“Maybe she wouldn’t talk to you like that if you didn’t provoke her!” he replied annoyed with me.

“I didn’t do anything to provoke her!” I shouted, my temper making its way out rapidly.

“You just being here provokes her Addison,” he said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Did I mention my temper?

I snatched my beer bottle from the table in an attempt to chuck it at his head but Jimmy, who was sitting beside me, quickly intervened and grabbed the bottle from me.

“Whoa now, let’s not get violent sweetheart,” he said as he moved to stand in front of me.

“Fuck you Zack!” I shouted around Jimmy before storming off outside and to my car. I heard the others fussing at him as I walked away for the way he handled this whole situation.
Before I could even get out of the parking lot my phone was already ringing. I didn’t have to look at the caller ID to know it was Zack.

“Leave me alone asshole!” I yelled into my phone before hanging up on him. He kept calling back but I ignored it and continued my drive home fuming with anger. I pulled up into my driveway and went inside. I began walking to my bedroom but stopped when I heard a door shut and saw Zack walk into my house.

I guess he really wants to work my nerves today.

“Addy please talk to me, I’m sorry I pissed you off I didn’t mean to,” he groaned as he walked up to me. I rolled my eyes and turned back around, continuing on to my room. I took off my shoes and rummaged through my dresser for something more comfortable to wear for the night. He followed me the whole time, still muttering out apologies while I kept silent. I went into the bathroom to change but not before pushing Zack out since he followed me in there as well. I figured while I was in there I might as well take a shower. I wasn’t going to hurry up just because Zack was being a little bitch. As I stepped in and began my shower I heard Zack complaining from the other side of the door. I smirked to myself, happy that he was locked out.

Or so I thought…

“Addison really! I’m trying to fucking apologize here!” Zack exclaimed as I heard my bathroom door open and his boots thud across my bathroom floor.

What the hell dude? Privacy much?

“Zack get out!” I yelled annoyed that he managed to get in here.
I peeked my head out from behind the curtain and saw him standing right in front of me.

“Please talk to me!” he whined.

Have I mentioned that he hates when I’m mad at him?

“I’m fucking naked right now, do you mind?” I asked knowing that no he really didn’t mind.

“I don’t care, I’ll fucking jump in there with you, hold you down and make you talk to me if I have to!” he exclaimed, a small smirk beginning to break across his lips. I sighed in frustration and pulled the curtain back ignoring his empty threat. “Okay fine, you asked for it,” he warned before suddenly the curtain opened and he jumped in behind me fully clothed and laughing like a mad man. I shrieked in surprise as he grabbed me and held me against him underneath the shower head that now had him soaked.

“What the fuck!” I shouted, failing to hide a bit of laughter. The fact that I was completely naked made me too aware of my insecurities. I mean over the years there have been incidents where one of us walked in on the other, it happens when you practically live together but he’s never seen me full on naked before.

“I’m sorry please forgive me woman!” he shouted “Don’t make me drown you!” he laughed loudly.

“Never!” I laughed as I struggled against him. Thank God my shower is huge otherwise one of us would surely end up falling and hurting ourselves. We wrestled a bit before he managed to get me on the cold floor and climbed on top of me. “Oh my God Zack it’s fucking cold!” I howled as I struggled to cover myself with my arms and somehow keep my back from touching the cold tiles. He laughed as he stared down at me, water dropping off of his hair and his face.

“I warned you,” he smirked. I scoffed and rolled my eyes at him. Suddenly I was all too aware of our situation. I looked up at him and saw that he was beginning to let his eyes wonder. He finally met my nervous gaze, a thoughtful expression on his face. “You’re absolutely beautiful,” he whispered as he stared down at me. I didn’t know what to say back to him. My heart was racing so fast, my mind was racing even faster. What was he doing?

“T-thanks,” I answered as I watched him bring his face closer to mine. “What are we doing?” I braved as his lips ghosted against mine.

“I don’t know,” he whispered before finally planting a soft kiss to my mouth. It took me a moment to register what was going on before I responded to his action. After a few moments of this he finally pulled away and a look of uncertainty replaced the lustful gaze he held just seconds ago. “Fuck, I’m sorry,” he sighed as he got up off of me and out of the shower. I laid there feeling confused and pretty upset that he just left me here like this.

Suddenly I felt so stupid and a bit vulnerable. I stood up and turned off the water. I grabbed my towel and crept out into my bedroom, unsure if Zack was still here or not. I quickly got dressed and walked out into the rest of my house to see if he was here. My heart sank when I realized he left. My phone caught my eye that was lying on the couch, it was blinking signaling that I had a message. I opened it up and saw one from Zack.

“I’ll see you in the morning, we leave around 10. Love you,”

I sighed angrily and threw my phone back onto the couch. I wasn’t sure if I should be mad at him or mad at myself. I wasn’t even sure what just happened honestly. What would possess him to do what he just done?
How am I supposed to face him tomorrow?

Notes

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