Fear •Zack Merrick•

Setting Sun ^04^

"Uh.. Matt. But you can't tell anybody! It's only supposed to stay between Rian and Alex, and Rian let it slip to me!"

I lean forward a bit. "To Kiley? But he's only known her for like, 4 months, and has been dating her for 2."

I'm not judging him, I mean. If he's happy, then that's good. It's still a bit early.

She looked guilty, and started shuffling through her papers.

"Wait, why didn't I get to know? Or Zack?" Jack spoke up.

"Because you two are the worst at keeping secrets, I assume." I laugh as he glares at me, and grab a paper, glancing over it. Dresses.

I lean back in my chair.

When I think about marriage one day, it's something I think I'd like to happen. Maybe to Zack.

I want to feel that happiness as I walk down the aisle in a flowy white dress, the person I want to spend the rest of my life with straight ahead of me.

Before my dad died, my mom would tell me all about how happy she was. How happy that moment was, and how she'd never ever want to take it back, and it made me want it even more.

Marriage was something kid me dreamed of, that one day I would find a guy, or girl that would love me for me.

But when my dad died, my dream seemed to die with him. I wouldn't have my father there, to walk me down the aisle, to sit in the front row and smile at me. In fact, none of my family would be there.

Ever since he died, I've never felt that dream again, but it's not completey gone anymore.

I sigh, and set the paper down.

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After about an hour, Cass leaves, and I go off to shower and get things ready.

I look over myself in the mirror.

I'm wearing a black dress that sticks to me, which is making me a bit self concious, but I know Zack will love it.

My naturally curly hair is for once, actually working in my favor, which I'm so thankful for. I've got black heeled ankle boots on, which are actually pretty comfortable,

The dress is long sleeve, but I still grab my coat and throw it on.

My outfit isn't super fancy, but it doesn't need to be for where we're going.

I leave a note on our bed, which I know he'll see since he'll be back from the gym sometime in the next hour, and I run off to go finish what I need to get done.
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I finally finish, and now all I have to do is wait.
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Zack's POV;

I pull up into the driveway, and my heart stops when I see that Elliott's car isn't here. She should have been back by now.

I try to calm myself down. Maybe someone had to borrow her car?

I might as well go in and change, and if she isn't there, I'll call her.

That's what the sane part of me thought.

But what I did was whip out my phone and call Anna.

"Hello?"

"Where's Elliott?" Is the first thing that came out of my mouth.

She sighs. "Go in, and check your bedroom, genius." And then she hangs up.

I look at my phone for a second, before climbing out, and jogging to the front door.

My heart is still beating fast while I sprint through the house, to our bedroom.

Empty.

I'm about to get my phone back out when I notice a note on the bed.

'Surprise! Meet me at Farland's. Dress nice. -Elli<3'

I take a deep breath, before I feel a smile gracing my lips.

I run and take a quick shower, and pick out a dress shirt, and a nice pair of jeans.

I put everything on, before drying my hair, letting it just go a bit curly.

I don't know how long it's been, so I rush out to my car, and drive to Farland's, which luckily wasn't too far.

Ah. Farland's. The place where we had our very first date back from tour. It brings back some memories.

I notice her car in the slightly empty parking lot, which kind of surprises me. It's usually pretty packed. But then again, it hasn't really gotten to dinner time yet.

I park next to her, and walk inside, spotting her red curly hair straight away. It's kind of hard to miss.

She hopped up from her bench, and I wrap my arms around her, fully noticing what she was wearing.

It brought a light blush to my cheeks, just by glancing down.

She's just so.. beautiful.

Beautiful doesn't even come close to describing it. I'm just so glad she's mine, I have no clue how I was ever lucky enough to meet her.

She says something to the host, but I just can't take my eyes off of her.

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Elliott's POV;

He grabs my hand, pulling me away from the resturaunt, and the big line of people waiting to get in.

The sun is getting ready to set, when Zack pushes me against my car, pressing his lips against mine for the first time today.

His kiss starts to get rougher, when I push him away slightly. "Get in, this isn't done yet."

He looks over to his car. "But what about-"

"Don't worry about it, just get in, hurry." I reply, climbing into the drivers seat.

He hesitates for a moment before climbing into the passenger side, buckling up.

Luckily, I make it where I need to be right on time, and see Anna pulling out, who gives me a wink in return, before Zack notices her.

I park, and get out, motioning for him.

He looks stunned. "B-but how?"

I smile, and pull him onto the completely empty beach. Bare of anything except a pickup truck in the middle of the sand.

I slip off my heels, and pick them up before running along the sand to the truck, and climb into the back, which Anna had set up with tons of blankets and pillows for me.

He slips off his shoes before getting in after me, a smile still bright on his face.

"Did you do all of this?.."

I nodded, pushing a stray curl behind my ear.

He leaned closer, letting his hand rest on the back of my head before pressing our lips together.

I smiled, and pulled back, climbing under one of the blankets.

I held it up for him to join me, and he did without hesitation, snuggling up against me.

I looked out over the ocean before us, the red, orange and pink in the sky shining down on the waves.

It was cold, but his warmth was enough to keep me comfortable.

The sun was going down, and the sound of the waves and his humming, along with the slow up and down movements of his chest was enough to put me into a deep, peaceful sleep.

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A bit of a longer chapter than usual to make up for the lack of updating!

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