Chapter 9: 𝐇 │08

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THE FANTASTIC EIGHTSOME

[Mia Thomas]

[Luna Blake]

[Alexia Garcia]

[Daniel Seavey]

[Jonah Marais]

[Jack Avery]

[Corbyn Besson]

[Zach Herron]

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Alexia: 15 DAYS

Corbyn: ZACH HAS ALEXIA HAS HIS LOCKSCREEN

Daniel: #exposed

Mia: SHOW ME

Luna: SEND PICS OR IT DIDNT HAPPEN

Zach:

Alexia: zACH

Mia: I TOOK THAT PIC THE OTHER NIGHT

Jack: YOU SENT ZACH THAT PIC

Jonah: zach exposed himself i'm living

Zach: what? you look cute

Alexia: wOW

Luna: zach you might as well have killed her

Mia: yup she's laid on the floor again

Daniel: oof

Corbyn: w o w

Alexia: sTOP EXPOSING ME

Zach: no dont

Jack: zach has the biggest smile on his face

Jonah: we literally cant talk to him

Mia: SHES CLOSE TO CRYING

Alexia: stop it no

Corbyn: its kinda cute how they've only known each other

for like two and a bit weeks and they're practically married

Mia: cORBYN

Daniel: zachs dead

Zach: im not im just...

Alexia: so anyways 15 days

Zach: yeah we can probably get you in backstage

Luna: dont change the subject

Jack: but yeah 15 days

Mia: Alex is counting down

Alexia: suddenly I'm dead

Zach: lex message me

Luna: lEX

Jonah: she barely lets us call her Alex but Zach gets to

call her Lex

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IMESSAGES

[Zach Herron]

[Alexia Garcia]

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Alexia: hey

Zach: so we get to Atlanta on the 4th but the

shows on the 5th

So would you rather meet us on the day of the show

or the day before

Alexia: day before

Zach: that was quick

Alexia: i swear my fingers have never typed so fast in my

life

Zach: aw just for me

Alexia: lowkey blushing

Zach: apparently I'm good at making you

do that

Alexia: yeah you could say that

Zach: did you fart?

Alexia: oh god

Zach: cos you blew me away

I hope you know CPR, cos you

took my breath away

Alexia: smooth dude

Zach: Is your name wifi? Cos i can feel a connection

Alexia: why do I have to blush so much

Zach: if i had four quarters to give to the four prettiest girls

in the world, you would have a dollar

Alexia: I would be rich

Zach: I lost my number... can I have yours?

Alexia: you already do

Zach: crap I messed up

Alexia: yes you did

3 hours later..

Zach: I'm lonely help

Jack's talking to Gabbie

Jonah's talking to Tate

Daniel's texting Mia and Corbyn's factiming

Christina

Alexia: and now you're texting me

Zach: right

Alexia: I could ft you?

Zach: hehe please

Alexia: fine I just gotta get away from Mia

Zach: I'll go to my bunk

~

Alexia locked her bedroom door, and collapsed down on the bed as she patiently waited for the facetime call to connect. The screen changed as it did so, and Alexia saw the grinning face of Zach Herron appear on her screen.

"You look happy." She said, and if anyone was in the room with her, they would have seen a smile grow on her lips, but there was only Zach to experience it.

He stared at her as she smiled, and a couple of seconds later she noticed, and started blushing. "I am." Zach replied, and his grin only grew.

They talked for 20 minutes without interruption, the soft rumbling of the tour bus and the murmur of voices on Zach's end, and the loud sounds of the city on Alexia's.

"I see you soon." Alexia said, fiddling with grey twine bracelet on her wrist. "Technically it's less than 14 days now."

"Where do you wanna meet? Or we could just meet at the venue or the hotel or something?" Zach asked, slightly anxious for the wait to be over and to just see the girl.

"How about... I meet you at the hotel and I take you to some of my favorite places? It would include a lot of travelling around the city so if you're tired it probably isn't the best idea." Alexia said, smiling at Zach.

"That would be great." Zach replied, and laughed as he watched Alexia get all excited. "Hey whats that noise?" He asked, as a pause allowed him to hear scratching and small barks from the direction of Alexia's bedroom door.

"It's probably Livi. I'll go let her in." Alexia said, and got up off her bed, and unlocked her bedroom door, letting the beagle walk into her room and climb up onto her bed. Alexia locked the door again, not wanting to be overheard by Mia and Luna and sat back down.

They talked for a bit longer, Alexia sat on her bed, the beagle on her lap and Zach talking quietly on his bunk on the tour bus.

"Is that what you want to do then?" Zach, asked, nodding at the cork-board placed conveniently above Alexia's head. "Photography?"

Alexia smiled slightly, glancing back at the board filled with pictures of of her friends, locations and other family members. "Yeah. I remember when I turned 7, I was given my first camera, and I took pictures of almost everything. It's either that or some sort of modelling."

"Cool." Zach said, and Alexia watched as he looked over the board, flickering from picture. "Bring your camera."

Alexia smiled, as he had just answered the question she had only just thought to ask. Then, on Zach's end, she saw the dim bunk flood with light, and the face of Jack Avery appeared on screen.

"Alexia?" He asked, and then Alexia saw Zach push him away off the bunk, and the dimness return.

"I should probably go before the others come and force the phone out of my hands." Zach laughed, and Alexia nodded.

"I should probably do some school." She said. "But I'll text you later." Zach smiled at her promise, and they said bye and ended the call.

It was fair to say, Alexia was slightly happier than before the call.

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