The Truth of a Secret

Chapter 8

--------Zoey's POV--------

I followed Hayes up the stairs unsure what to expect. He lead me to a brown door. "This is your room." Hayes said as he opened the door. The door revealed a light turquoise room. It had a full sized bed with a Vera Bradley bedding. I stepped into the room and fell. Hayes helped me up. "You ok?" He asked trying not to laugh. "Yeah I think so." "You have to watch out for the drop off." He said not even trying to hold back his laughter anymore. I turned my head to see that the hallway floor was higher then my bedroom floor. "That is not funny." I told him as I playfully punched him in the shoulder. "Yes it is." He laughed out. "Whatever." I said flopping down on my bed. "I know it's not complete, so I was thinking this weekend we could decorate it." Hayes said down next to me. "We?" I questioned. "You know. You, me, and Nash." He completed. "Cool." I said closing my eyes. I was almost asleep when someone flung the door open. "What happened in here?!" I heard a new voice say. "Since when did you get here?" Hayes questioned the voice. I kept my eyes closed but curiosity was starting to take control of me. "About 30 seconds ago." The voice said as it sat down on the bed. I opened my eyes and sat up. "How many people can fit on one bed?!" I angrily yelled. I was tired from the plane ride and just wanted some sleep. "It speaks?!" The voice from before gasped sarcastically. I turned to see a cute boy with dirty blonde hair and dark brown eyes, like mine,. "And you are?" I said with a hint of irritation in my voice. "He would be Matthew." A familiar voice said. I turned my head towards my bedroom door and saw Nash standing there. "Noooooo." Matthew whined. "It's not Matthew. It's Matt." He said laying down on my bed. "Well, Matt, would you mind leaving me alone so I could get some sleep?" I said sarcastically. "Shhhh. I'm trying to sleep." Matt said. "Matt." Nash said dead serious. "I'm getting up." Matt said as he stood up. He walked out of the room acting like he was throwing a tantrum. "Hayes, would you mind if I got some sleep?" I asked him. "Not at all." He said. He still laid on my bed. "Alone." I said pushing him slightly. "Alright, alright, I can take a hint." He said standing up. "We'll probably eat around six." He said then left, shutting my door. Finally. Some time alone. I thought as I stared at my ceiling. My eyes started to get heavy as I planned what I was going to do to finish decorate my room. My eyes slowly fluttered closed.

2 hours later

"You cheated!" "Nuh uh!" "Liar!" I opened my eyes and sat up on my bed. I looked around my room. I had almost forgotten where I was. The yelling had woken me up. I picked up my phone and turned it on. It was 5:42. I stood up and walked into the "man cave". Hayes, Nash, Matt, and 2 other boys sat there playing xbox and their phones. "Morning sunshine." Matt said looking up at me. He sat on the floor next to Hayes. They were both playing xbox. "It's 5:45 at night, idiot." I said. "Well, someone isn't in a good mood." A new voice said. I looked up to see one of the new boys looking at me. "And who exactly are you?" I said very sassy. "I could ask you the same question." He said. I was becoming frustrated with this boy. I clenched my fists, holding myself back so I wouldn't punch him. "Look, I live here. You don't." I said. "Zoey, calm down. He's just our friend." Hayes said pausing the Xbox. I unclenched my fists and tried to calm myself down. "Name is Taylor." He said smirking. "And I care?" I said sitting down on the edge of the couch next to Nash. Taylor was on the other end of the couch and the other boy was in between them. "Who's that?" I whispered in Nash's ear. He looked up at me and I pointed at the boy. "Oh him,that's just Cameron." He said going back on his phone. Cameron looked up and smiled at me. I smiled back. Cameron has a really nice smile. I thought to myself. Cameron waved at me, which made me realize I was starring. I blushed. "Pizza!" Chad yelled from downstairs. Immediately everyone dropped everything and took off running. Well everyone except me. I walked downstairs to find 2 empty boxes of pizza on the counter. Really. They already ate 2 boxes?! I opened a third box to find pepperoni, my favorite,. I grabbed to slices and a piece of garlic bread. I met the boys in the living room. They were all busy stuffing their faces with pizza and screaming at each other. The TV was blasting and I could barley hear myself think. Nash was in a recliner, Taylor was in the love seat, Matt and Cameron were on the couch, and Hayes was sitting on the coffee table. I walked over to the couch and sat beside Matt. He scooted over some so that I would have more room. I sat there silently while everyone else screamed and shouted at the top of their lungs. After the boys finished off about 3 more pizzas, they started to calm down a bit. Not a lot, but at least they were quieter. "Hey! Let's play truth or dare!" Hayes yelled. "Oh yeah!" Taylor said jumping on top of coffee table. "I'll play if everyone else does." Nash said picking up another slice of pizza. "Really Nash? Another piece?" I said sarcastically as I raised an eyebrow. "Don't judge." He said eating half of it in one bite. "Pig." I said as I rolled my eyes. "Hater." Nash fired back stuffing the rest of his pizza in his mouth. "Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate!" Cameron yelled as he started jumping up and down on the couch. "So I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, I shake it off, shake it off!" Nash and Cameron sang in unison as Nash started jumping up and down on the recliner. Next thing I knew, Taylor, Cameron, Nash, and Matt were singing Shake it off as loud as they possibly could. I looked around and realized Hayes wasn't there. I stood up and walked into the kitchen. Sure enough, there was Hayes getting another piece of pizza. "What are you doing?" I asked jumping up and sitting on the counter. "Getting more pizza." He said jumping up on the opposite counter across from me. He took a bite out of his pizza. "They are really loud." I laughed. "You'll get use to it." Hayes laughed back. He jumped off the counter and I realized he had finished his pizza. I hopped down and followed Hayes back into the living room. The guys had finished singing and were back to watching TV. I sat back down beside Matt, but this time he didn't move. He stayed close to me. I kinda liked it. We were watching some movie when Taylor interrupted,"Let's watch something else. This is boring." He whined. "Shut up." Nash said throwing a pillow at him. "Oh, you crossed the line bro." Taylor laughed as he picked up the pillow and threw it at Nash. "Oh it's on!" Nash yelled as he jumped up on top of the recliner. He grabbed a pillow and chucked it at Taylor's head but he ducked and it hit Cameron right in the face. "Oooh!" Everyone hollered. "I'm gonna get you Nashy!!!" Cameron yelled grabbing at least 5 pillows and started to chase Nash around the house. I was laughing so hard. Matt and Hayes joined in on the fun and built a fort to hide in. They had a secret stash of pillows inside it and we're ready to attack. Taylor was hiding upstairs and so was Nash. Cameron was still trying to find "Nashy" so he could slap him with a pillow. I was currently in a closet hiding because of I was out in the open I would be bombarded with pillows. I heard footsteps approach the closet door. The door swung open. "Found you Nashy!" Cameron yelled throwing pillows nonstop. "Cameron!" I yelled. "Oh, sorry Zoey." He apologized as he helped me stand up. "I didn't think I looked that much like my brother." I laughed. "You two do look similar." Cameron said grabbing pillows. "You do realize I'm talking about Nash, right?" I questioned. "I know." He chuckled. We kept walking till we reached the living room. Cameron put a finger over his lips, telling me to stay quite. He then motioned for me to get behind him. We quietly walked past Matt and Hayes's fort carful to not make and noise. We had almost passed when I stepped on a piece of pizza. It made a squishy noise. "Attack!" Hayes yelled. Immediately Matt and him jumped out of the fort throwing pillows at us. I screamed. Cameron picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. He ran up the stairs. Matt and Hayes followed. Cameron ran into my room and locked the door. We heard beating on it but a few minutes later it stopped. "Come on." Cameron whispered as he opened my door. I grabbed a couple pillows off my bed and followed him. He went to Nash's room while I went to Hayes's. I walked in and it was strangely quite. I jumped onto Hayes's bed and someone screamed. I sat up and threw all of the pillows off. Matt sat up. "I was sure that no one would find me." Matt pouted. He looked so cute when he pouted. "Awe, poor baby." I said as I ran my hand down the side of his face. "Awww!" Hayes yelled as he jumped out of his closet holding a pillow, ready to throw. "Calm down Hayes. It's just me." I said. "Where are the others?" Hayes asked. "Cameron is trying to find Nash." I said. "Taylor is up here somewhere." Matt added. "Well, let's go find them." Hayes said dragging me off his bed. Matt followed. We all stopped at the closed door that lead to the "Mancave". Matt moved his way to the front and turned to knob slowly. "Go." He whispered. I went first, Hayes right behind. Matt pointed to behind the TV. That was where we was going to check. Hayes walked over to the couch. That left me checking the closet in the back. I walked back slowly with a pillow above my head ready to hit. I opened the closet and Taylor ran out throwing maple syrup of me. "Taylor!!!!" I yelled. Nash jumped up form behind the table next to me and dumped feathers. "Nash!!!" I screamed. I was so mad and irritated. Cameron ran into the room only to get a face full of feathers. "Nash!!" He yelled casing Nash down the stairs. I felt someone's arm wrap around me. "Are you ok?" I looked up to see Matt. "Yeah, I'm just mad." I said. "Why don't you go take a shower than we can watch a movie." Matt suggested. "I'd like that." I said smiling up at him. "Me too." He said smiling. I walked to my room and into my bathroom. After I had gotten off all of the syrup and feathers, I put on a pair of black leggings and an oversized "Grease is the world" shirt. I walked into the "Mancave" where Taylor, Nash, and Hayes were. "Hey, Zoey?" Nash said . I rolled my eyes and looked at Hayes sitting on the floor. "Hayes?" "Yeah?" "Where's Matt and Cameron?" I asked about Cameron too because I didn't want them to embarrass Matt or myself. "Um, I think they are downstairs." He said not even taking his eyes off the screen. He was playing xbox. "Ok, thanks!" I said and left the "Mancave". "Zoey!" I felt a hand on my shoulder I turned around to see Nash standing there. "What?!" I practically yelled at him. "I'm really sorry about the whole feathers thing. And Taylor is too. We feel awful." He apologized. "Then why did you do it?" I asked with sarcasm in my voice. "I don't know. But Matt and dad already chewed us out so you don't need too. Oh and tomorrow, when the rest of the guys come, we'll be much more behaved." Nash said smiling. I rolled my eyes and walked down stairs. I entered the living room to see Matt and Cameron watching a movie. "What are we watching?" I asked sitting in between them on the couch. "Whatever you want." Matt said. "By your shirt I'm going to go with Grease." Cameron chuckled. "Sounds good with me." Matt said going to Netflix. He selected Grease and hit play. About 5 minutes into the movie, Nash and Taylor joined us. And about 10 minutes later, Hayes did the same. There was probably about 5 more scenes left, when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" Chad yelled as he jogged to the door. He opened it letting in 2 new boys. Chad talked to them for a little bit then they took their stuff upstairs. Soon after they joined us. The movie ended and I realized I hadn't met the boys. "Hey, Zoey. You haven't met these two have you?" Chad asked. "No sir." I said. "This is Jack Gilinsky." He said motioning to the taller, darker haired boy. "And this is Jack Johnson." He said motioning to the shorter, blonder boy. "Nice to meet you two." I said smiling. So this is what Nash meant when he said that the other guys wouldn't be so horrible. There were more coming.