They Make Up

After we had grabbed something to eat, we were given the night off. I would have been excited to spend time with Zach in New York City, but he was annoying the hell out of me.

"All right, meet me back here by 10:30." Solomon said, and disappeared. Macey immediately pranced off towards 5th Avenue. Glancing at my other lovesick friends, I sighed and followed Macey(I know, I can't believe it either). But Zach pulled me back before I could make my getaway.

"Where do you think your going?"

"Away from you."

"Gallagher Girl, stay with me. Please," he told me, and in his emerald eyes, there was a serious look that made me say OK. Zach smiled and said,

"Don't you think, as long as we're here, we should go up to the top of the Empire State Building?"

Of course, I couldn't say no, it was my first time in New York.

And it didn't hurt that I was with Zach.

***

We stepped onto the observation deck. The air was chilly. I shivered a bit, and Zach took off his jacket and put it on my shoulders. I was engulfed in warmness, as I breathed in the musky scent, trying not to blush. But of course it was impossible not to. I mean, he had just done the single-sexiest thing a guy can do!

"Thanks…"I murmured, touched.

"Anytime," he said back, and he was smiling softly at me. I felt myself get lost in those warm green eyes. Then his expression altered.

"Sorry about being so annoying," he said, turning away.

"That's…part of what I like about you…maybe," I told him, and he laughed.

"I don't want to be like that. Not…with you. But you…scare me," he said.

"What? I scare you?" I asked, bewildered.

"No, not like that. I'm scared you'll…break down my walls. And you won't like what you see," Zach said, not looking me in the eyes.

I let that sink in, I thought about the many masks of Zachary Goode.

Cocky Zach. Annoying, but cute.

Strong Zach. So hot.

Sweet Zach. Irresistible.

Vulnerable Zach? Even more loveable.

I put a hand on his arm.

"I like you, Zach. And what you're scared of. Don't be."

Zach turned to face me, a slightly desperate look on his face. The next second, I was in his strong arms. Zach kissed the top of my head, and I closed my eyes.

After a few moments, Zach pulled away and said,

"Wait, I almost forgot." He reached into the jacket on my shoulders and pulled out the navy headband from before. He smiled, genuinely, and put it on my head, gently. Then he stepped back and examined me.

"You look perfect."

I blushed and tried to change the subject,

"When did you get this?"

"When you unceremoniously abandoned me. I thought you liked it, so I thought I'd get it for you."

I blushed again and pulled him back into my arms.

"Thanks…"

There were times when Zach was so sweet. Like now.

Zach and I moved closer to the edge of the observation deck, and saw the brilliant lights of Manhattan.

"The view is so beautiful," I said, mostly to myself.

"So are you."

I looked up to see Zach gazing down intently at me. I blushed and said,

"Are you going all cliché on me?"

Zach seemed to ponder about something. He took a strand of my hair in his fingers, and examined it.

"Well, while I'm at it…"

He dropped the strand of hair and moved his lips to my ear.

"You're a great kisser."

Then Zach's perfect mouth was on mine, He gripped my waist, holding me tight, I pressed myself into him, and he started moving his lips on mine, I molded myself to him, and for a while, it was so easy to imagine that Zach and I were the only two people on this planet.

Much less this observation deck.

***

Zach and I stared up at the stars. We couldn't see them well, because of the air pollution, but there were two twinkling stars, glowing brightly side by side. We gazed up at them, with Zach's arm wound around my waist. Those stars would always shine next to each other for millenniums. As I thought about how they would always be together, I couldn't help but think that it wouldn't be bad at all if Zach and I could be like that.

Glowing brightly, forever.

Together.

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