Tour time, again. Zack sighed happily as he climbed into the fifteen passenger van that the band shared. It was the night before Warped tour & the guys wanted to go get groceries to fill up the bus with. Zack was in his own little world, though. About two summers ago, the band Boys Like Girls had gone on Warped, but they hadn't been on since. They had just released a new EP called "Crazy World", & they were joining Warped once again. It would be an understatement to say that Zack was pretty damn excited. Rian snapped Zack out of his daydream.
"Zack, bro, you alright?" he asked, waving a hand in front of his face.
"Wh-what?" He asked, snapping back to reality. He rubbed his chocolate brown eyes & sighed happily. "Oh, yeah, I'm okay."
Rian chuckled, looking at his friend, "you seemed to be in a daze there, what are you thinking about?"
Zack blushed, looking down at his hands, "nooooothing…" he giggled slightly, his cheeks growing a darker red.
Rian smirked, "well, alright then, I'll leave you to thinking about nooooothing, then."
Zack chuckled slightly & looked over at Rian, "alright, then." he smiled & whispered softly.
Once the passenger van pulled up outside Walmart; Jack & Alex were the first ones out. They skipped inside together; probably going down the candy aisle, or the alcohol aisle. Zack just chuckled; watching his other two best friends skip off together. Jack & Alex were probably the two gayest straight men that you'll probably ever meet.
As Zack walked across the dark, empty parking lot with Grieco, Rian & Matt; he noticed another fifteen passenger van off in the distance. He kind of hoped that it would be Boys Like Girls' van. But deep down in his heart; he knew that it wouldn't be; because they were probably in Boston, getting ready for tour themselves. He shoved his hands deep into his jean pockets, having a conversation about something stupid with Matt. He was more like a best friend than a tour manager.
"I don't know, though! I like skateboarding more than basketball." Zack whined as they walked into Walmart.
Matt chuckled, "But basketball is more fun, though. You can hurt your balls if you like, skate on a pipe & fall."
Zack chuckled, "Yeah, I guess that's true." He went off with Rian; Grieco went with Matt; & god knows where Jack & Alex went.
He & Rian went down the granola bar aisle; that's where you could find the protein bars. As they idly talked about something,
Zack bumped into a man a few inches taller than him. "Oh, I'm sorry." he said, looking up at him with deep chocolate brown eyes. "Let me he- Martin?" he asked.
Martin looked down at him with a small smile, "Zack?" he grinned. He didn't expect to find him here, but he was pretty damn excited.
Being the cock block that he was, Rian chuckled "Rian!" he chimed in, smirking.
Zack looked at his best friend & pouted "Rian!" he whined, looking up at Martin. "it's been awhile, man. What've you been up to?" he grinned.
Martin smiled down at him, a small blush forming in his cheeks. "I know it has." he sighed happily, "Just finished a new EP; going on Warped for the first time in two years. Pretty damn excited. What about you?"
Zack grinned like a little girl, looking back up at Martin. It had been at least a year since he had seen him. He stuttered a bit, "We-well, uh, we've been working on a new album. We have a single released from it; it's called The Reckless & The Brave." he grinned proudly.
Martin smiled down at him. "That's cool. Hey, listen, I gotta go. We'll catch up on tour tomorrow, alright?"
Zack nodded, "arlight, man. See ya." he waved as he walked off with Rian.
Rian was smirking, looking at his best friend. "Yooou like him! Yooou like him!" he sang in a little 5 year old girl sing-song voice.
Zack looked over at his best friend & giggled slightly, "Shut up, Rian!" he whined, a wave a pink crashing over his cheeks.
Rian poked him, "You like Martin! That's so cute!" he chuckled, grinning. He'd always known that his best friend was bisexual, but he didn't know that Zack had a crush on one of their touring friends.
Zack chuckled & blushed, looking at him. "Yeah, but how do I know if he likes me back? I don't wanna tell him & then he not feel the same way." He sighed; pretty soon, he & Rian had filled up the shopping cart.
Jack & Alex, & Matt & Grieco had returned a few minutes later, they had all filled up their carts.
"Is everyone ready to go?" Matt asked after everybody had paid for their things.
"Yeah." Zack squeaked. He began loading things into the van. He suddenly couldn't wait for tomorrow…he had to find out if Martin liked him too. He sighed. Come on, tomorrow, come already. He thought; climbing into the van & sitting in his spot. He looked down at his phone when it buzzed.
1 New Message: Marty.
Hey, Zack, it's me, Martin. I got a new phone & I didn't know if my number changed or not. But I was wondering…after the tour meeting tomorrow, do you wanna go get something to eat?"
Zack felt the blush in his cheeks again, he smiled to himself & replied:
Yeah, sure. J
Come on, tomorrow. He thought again, watching the night sky go by as the van drove away from Walmart.