anxious | jack avery

7.

"i didn't know you liked art"
i smiled at zach.
"well i started liking it after daniel and i went once"
"like a date?"
i laughed.
"ahaha no zachy"
it slipped out of my mouth as zach blushed.
"well um what's your favourite piece"
i looked back to daniel, corbyn, and jonah. daniel was smiling which made me happy. jonah was taking a photo of them in front of the painting.
"come with me"
i grabbed his hand as i giggled through the crowd of people.
"where are we going?"
i stopped at my favourite place in the museum. it was the aisles of black and white glass scattered everywhere. zach twirled around in the middle as he giggled. he was probably the cutest person ever. he was wearing shorts with my hoodie as he looked back at me. crystals were scattered around the room as white lights made the whole place look like a galaxy. i didn't even notice that he was staring at me.
"what" i said nudging his shoulder.
"nothing" he said looking around.
our backs touched each other as we looked in different directions.
"corbyn would love this place"
i laughed.
"he would start coming here often"
"god corbyn besson is something else"
i gazed up at the ceiling where the glass shined everywhere. zach hands started to touch my hand. his fingers traced my hands as i turned around to him. he looked embarrassed as i looked down to let him hold my hand.
"sorry..." he mumbled.
"don't be sorry"
zach let out a small smile as he moved closer to me. his free hand moved my curls out of my face as he looked up and down me. i rolled my eyes as i moved closer and kissed him intentionally. he didn't part our lips. i didn't want to part each other's lips.
"jack?"
i stopped kissing zach as i saw daniel jonah and corbyn staring at us. zach waved.
"are you guys..."
"yeah" zach said excitingly.
"how come you didn't tell me about this place?"
daniel laughed as he came to hug me.
"you guys are cute" he whispered in my ear.
jonah took a photo of zach as we all gathered in the room. it was only the 5 of us.
"what is this place supposed to be?"
"it's supposed to be glass abstract"
"that's a lot of big words" zach piped in.
daniel sat down on the floor looking at ceiling.
"guys look"
we all sat beside him looking at what he was pointing at. it was the shine of the glass which made the ceiling look so beautiful. i looked over to zach who was siting next to me. he smiled in my direction as he looked back up.
"guys?"
"yeah jonah?"
"can we make a promise?"
i looked over to daniel who was on my right. he glanced down to his wrist.
"y-yeah jonah" he let out.
jonah closed his eyes as daniel held my hand.
"promise me that whenever any of us are sad..."
you could hear the sniffle in his voice as corbyn mumbled something to him.
"...promise me that whenever any of us are sad, we'll look out for each other"
zach squeezed my hand.
"i promise"
"i promise"
"i promise"
daniel looked over at me. i didn't say anything yet.
"jack...everything ok?"
a tear slipped out of my eye as i wiped it away hoping no one had noticed it.
"i...i promise"
daniel smiled at me.
"you know i love you right?"
corbyn's voice echoed around the room as we all opened our eyes.
"i love you a lot corbyn" daniel softly said.
"i love you too" he responded.
"i feel single" jonah sighed.
daniel laughed.
"well i'm actually single jonah" daniel replied.
"sorry daniel"
he all laid there just enjoying each other's company. we talked about music and how our pop up shows were starting tomorrow.
"and then tour!" zach yelped.
zach loved and hated being on the road.
"ugh but suitcases"
we all gagged.
"well atleast i'm travelling with you guys"
"well i love you so it's ok with me" i said.
"aww stop i'm blushing"
"are you guys just going to lay on the floor forever?"
we looked up to a maintenance guy staring at us.
"yes we are" zach replied.
he laughed as he started mopping the floor.