"'Like a time bomb set into motion, we knew that we were destined to explode. And if I had to pull you out of the wreckage, you know I'm never gonna let you go…'

"Alright audience, this is one of the latest works by All Time Low!" The DJ spoke over the radio that Stella was listening to attentively at her desk. "Their latest album 'Dirty Work' will be out this week, so do be sure to grab yourself a copy!"

Although there was a leak on the web a while back, Stella had heard this song about a year ago when few people had heard it. Alex had invited her to one of All Time Low's jamming sessions and told her that he would like her comments about a new song.

"Baby, we're like a time bomb~ But I need it…" Alex sang into the microphone as he slowed down his pace, "wouldn't… have… it…." and sang the last 3 words "any… other… way…" in a rock-like way with hoarse voice and prolonged the word "way".

The room turned to a total silence immediately after he had finished singing. He calmed himself down a little, caught his breath and saw Stella. "Hey GUYS!" He yelled into the microphone, "Don't you guys think that the bass guitar sounded fucking awesome tonight?" while making a wink and directed his glance to Stella and Zack.

"COULDN'T AGREE MORE, BABY!" Jack shouted into the microphone in front of him. He then did a little jump, a turn-about while strumming guitar before continuing, "I WANNA HAVE HIM TONIGHT!"

"STICK TO ALEX, MAN! He's not into you!" Rian yelled from where he was sitting at. "Unless your name begins with an 'S'." Rian continued, hinting the person to be Stella.

"YEAH BABY. My name ends with an S unfortunately- Jackass." Jack mentioned.

Everyone couldn't help but laughed at what Jack had just said. How adorable is Jack!

While laughing, Zack took the guitar off his shoulder and walked down the raised platform. "Shut up people! The bassist of All Time Low is ALWAYS good!" He said as he walked towards Stella.

"WOOHOO! YEAHHHHH!" The rest of the members couldn't help but teased him by cheering and hooraying away. Rian heightened the whole atmosphere by hitting on the drums.

"Good at sex?" Jack whispered so loud that everyone in the room could hear.

Zack was blushed to the core at that time, his face and ears were as red as an apple. He stole a quick look at Stella, who was looking down and shying away, and then turned and said to his band members, "Oh man, stop it".

"I can't imagine a man with huge muscles blushing away like a little tomato!" Alex teased Zack by saying that out loud into the microphone. His teasing was further supported by Jack and Rian.

Zack took his towel from his bag and used it to wipe his face. "That's not blushing, you fuckers. Get that straight. It's because I've just finished playing the guitar". He tried to throw his towel at Alex but Alex was quick enough to shoo it.

"GIVE IT TO ME! I'LL LOVE HIS SWEAT!" Jack shouted and reached for the towel.

At this time, everyone could see Zack and Stella blushing away right off their faces.

With his heart pumping really fast, Zack pressed his lips and then said to Stella softly, "Hey, let's go. Ignore them". With that, he picked up his bag with his right hand and held on to Stella's hand with his left.

His gesture was followed by another round of cheering and teasing by the rest of the All Time Low members.

At last, Zack's ears were free from the teasing of his band mates. A sudden shyness rushed up to him when he realized that he was holding on to Stella's hand. Upon that realization, he let go of her hand immediately and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry". He took a deep breath.

There was awkward silence between them.

"Oh, so… Where shall we have dinner tonight?" Zack asked, trying to break the awkward silence between them. He then quickened his step a little and only stopped when Stella called him.

"Zack!" Stella said.

He stopped and turned to face her, but he quickly turned his glance away when their eyes met because he couldn't believe that he actually held her hand.

"Eh… Nothing. Let's go and have dinner." Stella said hesitantly, forcing a smile to Zack.

Zack could sense that something was wrong, but he knew he would never get anything out of Stella's mouth if he were to ask her right away then. Nevertheless, he caught up with Stella and asked.

"Hey, aren't we best friends? What's holding you back?" Zack nudged Stella.

Stella put her hand around Zack's muscular arm and said, "Nothing much. You will find out sooner, I promise."

He knew he could get nothing out of her mouth despite his urging. He stopped even though the suspense was killing him in every second that Stella chose to remain silence. Deep inside, he was really worried about her. Right not, even though they had known one another for so long, the situation just reminded him of how they met for the first time and of the time when they first started to get to know each other better: he felt unsure of what had happened or was happening. Again, like the past, he felt helpless.

The silence between them was magnified by the traffic of New York City.