Live While We're Young
Remembering Sunday
Zack's POV
I don’t think Finlee knows that I saw her walking out of the bus while everyone was partying but I did. I am not as drunk as everyone else so I definitely watched her do it. I wonder where she is going and why the heck she is taking her bags with her.
That’s when I realized that we have been treating her like a slave for the last two weeks, shit…I am searching for my phone to get her number when I come across this on my pillow. Hey there,
You are obviously reading this because I needed to get away. I am so sorry about leaving but I need everyone to realize I am a person not a slave. Char should know where I went just because every time I run I run here so ask her if you want to come beg me to come back. So I have written a little something for each of you (see attached note page):
Zachary Merrick :P – Thank you for being there for me when I was laying in that stupid hospital bed and when I feel down. You have made me realize that I need to find myself and I need to be less giving to my friends/more giving to myself. This is the only way I can admit this so I hope I don’t see you in this life time but I have fallen HARD for you Zack which means I need to get away so I no longer have these feelings.
Jack-Jack, Charlotte, Alex, and Rian – I love you guys but I needed to get my head cleared. I will try to answer y’ll as soon as my head is cleared. AND CHAR PLEASE DON’T BE MAD, it was either this or go crazy.
I love you all so much,
Finlee-Rayne-Finster-*insert more names* I figure once everyone wakes up in the morning I will fake be surprised and show them this novel. I have got to find a way to get to this girl, I don’t want her to walk out of my life already she just got in it. And wow, I would have never guessed she liked me, if only she was less oblivious when it comes to me. I think I am thinking too much into this thing, I better get my drunken self to bed before I go crazy.
10 hours later
I hear everyone chatting up front so I guess it is time for me to get this done and over with. I think about the letter as I begin my trek to the front with it in my hand. Once I get there I manage to get out, “Guys, I just found this letter from Finlee. Have you seen her this morning?” With that everyone crowded around me to read the letter. Five minutes later everyone had their phones out trying to contact her and Charlotte just sat in the corner staring at the note with tears streaming down your face.
“Finlee. It’s Alex. Where the hell are you? I need to know you are okay…” Alex said into the phone.
As he hung up Charlotte suddenly spoke, “she doesn’t want to talk to you Alex! If she did she wouldn’t have run off to California. She is trying to teach us a lesson.”
“Wait, where did she go in CA?” I asked.
“When she wants to clear her head she takes a train to Newport Beach and rents a room in a hotel on the beach. She stays there until she feels better. I have never gone after her so I don’t know which hotel, so don’t ask,” she replied.
Oh god, this girl could be doing anything there. This could be bad. I have got to find a way to this beach and cross my fingers that it won’t be too hard to find her. The beach can’t be that hard, right?
I decide to look up flights from wherever the fuck we are at to the area she is in. The flights are not as bad money wise as I thought they would be. I booked the cheapest flight and packed my bags. I guess I am going to CA. To: Finlee
From: Zack
Hey miss. How dare you leave without saying goodbye to me. I am on my way to win you back for both myself and the others and don’t worry I didn’t tell them I am coming. I will see you tomorrow!
Finlee's POV
As I step onto the beach here in CA I feel all of my stresses begin to leave my body. The next few days are going to help my sanity so much. I haven’t really looked at my phone since last night; to be honest I am a little scared to do so. I guess it’s now or never with that stress, and it looks like I have 10 missed calls, 3 voice mails, and 10 text messages (4 from Char, 1 from Rain and Alex, 2 from Jack, and 2 from Zack). Obviously they didn’t quite understand the whole ‘I may not reply for a while’ part of the note I left. I decided to look at the texts anyway. From: Jack-Jack
Finlee, just let me know you are okay.
Please Finster. We all miss you so much. I want my sunshine smiled sidekick back like now.
From: CHAR IS THE BEST
Hey Rayne. I just wanted to say I understand, I’m not mad at you (maybe myself and the boys a bit), and I love you.
Please love just give me some sign you make it to the sun okay.
I MISS MY BEST FRIEND! THESE BOYS STINK WITHOUT YOU : (
I hope you forgive everyone soon cuz I have no one to gossip with and to play dress up with.
From: A.W.G.
Hey, I am sorry I am such a douche. Forgive me and come make everyone un-mopy ASAP. Love ya Finlee!
From: The cutest drummer around
You are the most patient and coolest cat around. Please come be the mother hen again so that I can have a mature person around here with me. Zack and Jack are not taking the news well, so if you contact anyone other than you bff it should be them. Love ya smiley, Ri. Finally... From: Zack :D Hey I miss you… please let me know where to find you so I can fix it.
Hey miss. How dare you leave without saying goodbye to me. I am on my way to win you back for both myself and the others and don’t worry I didn’t tell them I am coming. I will see you tomorrow! As much as I wanted to contact them all I just couldn’t bring myself to replying to them all. I did, however, send a mass text to Rian, Alex, Jack, and Char saying I was alright. Zack on the other hand may take a while to convince I didn’t need him… To: Zack :D
I’m sorry mister! But I promise I will be okay I don’t need a knight in shining armor to save me : ). No need to spend your $ to come to a beach (that is HUGE btw) to search for just another chick in your life. To my surprise he replied to my text really quickly. To: Finlee the hot girl
From: Zack :D
Too late I will be there to search for you princess in T-15 minutes. AND YOU ARE NOT JUST ANOTHER CHICK FINLEE don’t ever think that. Ugh this was going to be a long weekend…
Zack's POV
As I am walking on the beach I realize Finlee wasn’t lying when she said the beach was huge. But I am determined to find her. Right about the time my determination begins to fade I see the gorgeous blonde hair on a petite girl walking along the water below.
I yell out, “Finlee!?!?!” Which made the figure turn around with that smile following. As I make my way to her I begin to get those damn butterflies again.
“Hey Zack. I told you not to come…”
“Do I ever listen to you :P?” Before I could even finish that question she begins to shake her head no. This action made me giggle a bit inside. “Anyway, tell me what snapped in that pretty head of yours to leave us crazies.”
“I just got sick of running errands all day, working the gig, cleaning up after drunk boys, and then only getting 3 hours max of sleep a night. I needed to get a way and make people realize even though I am willing to do anything for my friends, I’m not a slave you know… I guess I just want to feel appreciated,” as she tells me why he big blue eyes begin to water. Those eyes make me melt every time. “You are the only one who ever told me thank you the past few weeks. Not even my best friend has said anything. I have nothing there anyway Zack, Char has Jack now and I guess I am just sick of being the outcast in the whole group.” Wow I did not know she felt this way. The way she looks right now is breaking my heart, I just want to kiss her to make her feel better but I am stopping myself.
“Well Ms. Rayne, just to let you know you are greatly appreciated by us all. The rest of them are moping around the bus on our day off right now. Your best friend has been in tears all day because she feels like she should have seen it coming. And I do not EVER want you to feel like an outcast. You are WAY too important to me Finlee to feel that way. If you ever feel like you need to get away again let me know and we will go hide somewhere nice for a couple days. You will not ever clear you head alone again because you know what I will not allow it. We all love you by the way.” As I continue my speech I notice her eyes welling up more with moisture. I guess all I can do is bring her to my chest and let her sob it out. We sat her on the beach until sunset. Normally this would be romantic but tonight it’s just a friend helping a friend. We will discuss the whole liking each other thing tomorrow.
I don’t think Finlee knows that I saw her walking out of the bus while everyone was partying but I did. I am not as drunk as everyone else so I definitely watched her do it. I wonder where she is going and why the heck she is taking her bags with her.
That’s when I realized that we have been treating her like a slave for the last two weeks, shit…I am searching for my phone to get her number when I come across this on my pillow. Hey there,
You are obviously reading this because I needed to get away. I am so sorry about leaving but I need everyone to realize I am a person not a slave. Char should know where I went just because every time I run I run here so ask her if you want to come beg me to come back. So I have written a little something for each of you (see attached note page):
Zachary Merrick :P – Thank you for being there for me when I was laying in that stupid hospital bed and when I feel down. You have made me realize that I need to find myself and I need to be less giving to my friends/more giving to myself. This is the only way I can admit this so I hope I don’t see you in this life time but I have fallen HARD for you Zack which means I need to get away so I no longer have these feelings.
Jack-Jack, Charlotte, Alex, and Rian – I love you guys but I needed to get my head cleared. I will try to answer y’ll as soon as my head is cleared. AND CHAR PLEASE DON’T BE MAD, it was either this or go crazy.
I love you all so much,
Finlee-Rayne-Finster-*insert more names* I figure once everyone wakes up in the morning I will fake be surprised and show them this novel. I have got to find a way to get to this girl, I don’t want her to walk out of my life already she just got in it. And wow, I would have never guessed she liked me, if only she was less oblivious when it comes to me. I think I am thinking too much into this thing, I better get my drunken self to bed before I go crazy.
10 hours later
I hear everyone chatting up front so I guess it is time for me to get this done and over with. I think about the letter as I begin my trek to the front with it in my hand. Once I get there I manage to get out, “Guys, I just found this letter from Finlee. Have you seen her this morning?” With that everyone crowded around me to read the letter. Five minutes later everyone had their phones out trying to contact her and Charlotte just sat in the corner staring at the note with tears streaming down your face.
“Finlee. It’s Alex. Where the hell are you? I need to know you are okay…” Alex said into the phone.
As he hung up Charlotte suddenly spoke, “she doesn’t want to talk to you Alex! If she did she wouldn’t have run off to California. She is trying to teach us a lesson.”
“Wait, where did she go in CA?” I asked.
“When she wants to clear her head she takes a train to Newport Beach and rents a room in a hotel on the beach. She stays there until she feels better. I have never gone after her so I don’t know which hotel, so don’t ask,” she replied.
Oh god, this girl could be doing anything there. This could be bad. I have got to find a way to this beach and cross my fingers that it won’t be too hard to find her. The beach can’t be that hard, right?
I decide to look up flights from wherever the fuck we are at to the area she is in. The flights are not as bad money wise as I thought they would be. I booked the cheapest flight and packed my bags. I guess I am going to CA. To: Finlee
From: Zack
Hey miss. How dare you leave without saying goodbye to me. I am on my way to win you back for both myself and the others and don’t worry I didn’t tell them I am coming. I will see you tomorrow!
Finlee's POV
As I step onto the beach here in CA I feel all of my stresses begin to leave my body. The next few days are going to help my sanity so much. I haven’t really looked at my phone since last night; to be honest I am a little scared to do so. I guess it’s now or never with that stress, and it looks like I have 10 missed calls, 3 voice mails, and 10 text messages (4 from Char, 1 from Rain and Alex, 2 from Jack, and 2 from Zack). Obviously they didn’t quite understand the whole ‘I may not reply for a while’ part of the note I left. I decided to look at the texts anyway. From: Jack-Jack
Finlee, just let me know you are okay.
Please Finster. We all miss you so much. I want my sunshine smiled sidekick back like now.
From: CHAR IS THE BEST
Hey Rayne. I just wanted to say I understand, I’m not mad at you (maybe myself and the boys a bit), and I love you.
Please love just give me some sign you make it to the sun okay.
I MISS MY BEST FRIEND! THESE BOYS STINK WITHOUT YOU : (
I hope you forgive everyone soon cuz I have no one to gossip with and to play dress up with.
From: A.W.G.
Hey, I am sorry I am such a douche. Forgive me and come make everyone un-mopy ASAP. Love ya Finlee!
From: The cutest drummer around
You are the most patient and coolest cat around. Please come be the mother hen again so that I can have a mature person around here with me. Zack and Jack are not taking the news well, so if you contact anyone other than you bff it should be them. Love ya smiley, Ri. Finally... From: Zack :D Hey I miss you… please let me know where to find you so I can fix it.
Hey miss. How dare you leave without saying goodbye to me. I am on my way to win you back for both myself and the others and don’t worry I didn’t tell them I am coming. I will see you tomorrow! As much as I wanted to contact them all I just couldn’t bring myself to replying to them all. I did, however, send a mass text to Rian, Alex, Jack, and Char saying I was alright. Zack on the other hand may take a while to convince I didn’t need him… To: Zack :D
I’m sorry mister! But I promise I will be okay I don’t need a knight in shining armor to save me : ). No need to spend your $ to come to a beach (that is HUGE btw) to search for just another chick in your life. To my surprise he replied to my text really quickly. To: Finlee the hot girl
From: Zack :D
Too late I will be there to search for you princess in T-15 minutes. AND YOU ARE NOT JUST ANOTHER CHICK FINLEE don’t ever think that. Ugh this was going to be a long weekend…
Zack's POV
As I am walking on the beach I realize Finlee wasn’t lying when she said the beach was huge. But I am determined to find her. Right about the time my determination begins to fade I see the gorgeous blonde hair on a petite girl walking along the water below.
I yell out, “Finlee!?!?!” Which made the figure turn around with that smile following. As I make my way to her I begin to get those damn butterflies again.
“Hey Zack. I told you not to come…”
“Do I ever listen to you :P?” Before I could even finish that question she begins to shake her head no. This action made me giggle a bit inside. “Anyway, tell me what snapped in that pretty head of yours to leave us crazies.”
“I just got sick of running errands all day, working the gig, cleaning up after drunk boys, and then only getting 3 hours max of sleep a night. I needed to get a way and make people realize even though I am willing to do anything for my friends, I’m not a slave you know… I guess I just want to feel appreciated,” as she tells me why he big blue eyes begin to water. Those eyes make me melt every time. “You are the only one who ever told me thank you the past few weeks. Not even my best friend has said anything. I have nothing there anyway Zack, Char has Jack now and I guess I am just sick of being the outcast in the whole group.” Wow I did not know she felt this way. The way she looks right now is breaking my heart, I just want to kiss her to make her feel better but I am stopping myself.
“Well Ms. Rayne, just to let you know you are greatly appreciated by us all. The rest of them are moping around the bus on our day off right now. Your best friend has been in tears all day because she feels like she should have seen it coming. And I do not EVER want you to feel like an outcast. You are WAY too important to me Finlee to feel that way. If you ever feel like you need to get away again let me know and we will go hide somewhere nice for a couple days. You will not ever clear you head alone again because you know what I will not allow it. We all love you by the way.” As I continue my speech I notice her eyes welling up more with moisture. I guess all I can do is bring her to my chest and let her sob it out. We sat her on the beach until sunset. Normally this would be romantic but tonight it’s just a friend helping a friend. We will discuss the whole liking each other thing tomorrow.
Ok. =) Can't wait.
1/11/13