43|Stay hungry

"ZACH!"

I and Camille yelled as we squealed and hugged him. He let out a loud oof.

"I missed you too!" He said as he laughed...

"If it isn't Zachary Harper!" Annalise said as she laughed and hugged him.

"I've missed you Anna" He said as she strikes a supposedly cool pose.

"Never changed"

"But you did!" She said as we all looked at him.

"Yo!" Jordan and Izzy yelled as mom smacked them, we all laughed as they hugged him.

"You've changed a lot" Camille said "You are having facial hair, More muscular, And taller"

"Yup!"

"How was Scotland?"  I asked as we all moved to the living room as I swatted Finn's hand from my waist.

"It's nice and homely" He started. "But the girls! Eish... They wear heels and short skirts even in winter"

We all laughed, That was Zachary for you... He's a friendly guy who loves girls and loves his siblings. Especially Chloe.

Mom had left us alone after asking Zach thousands of questions.

Finn pulled me into his lap and I scowled at him.

"What?" I asked in a bored tone.

"I'm meant to ask you, you've been chasing me away" He said as i rolled my eyes.

"Cause, I don't want you to distract me from listening to the wonders of Scotland" I said as we laughed. He pointed to Zach.

"And the girl---" I tuned out.

"So you want to ear of his adventures with Scotland girls?" He asked as I shook my head.

"Nope!"

He put his hand on my shoulder."I missed you" He said as he pecked my cheek.

"Just hours not even a whole day" I said knowing I also missed him cause I literally stayed in this house throughout today.

"You missed me too" He said as he chuckled and shook his head.

"I did" I said as I sighed and played with his hands.

"I'm hungry... Mom literally pushed us out the house to come see your Mom" He said as we laughed and I pulled him to the kitchen.

"We'll be back!" I yelled as we went to the kitchen.

"I'll be  cooking" I said with a grin as he raised his eyebrows and let out a short laugh.

I scrunched my eyebrows "What did that mean?"

"You don't cook and I don't think you can cook" He said as I walked away from the cooker closer to him.

He's tall so I had to tip toe. "Okay, I can't cook" I started as I looked him straight in the eye with a smile on his lips. "Stay hungry",

I walked away as he chuckled and pulled me back "What?"

"Let both of us do the cooking" He said as I  scowled at him and pulled myself away from him.

"Fine" I muttered as I turned and smiled.

He knows how to cook, so it will cover my mistakes.

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"Stop it bozo... You're distracting me" I said as I giggled.

He wasn't even helping with the cooking! He wrapped his hands around my waist and placed trails of kisses on my neck and the side of my face.

I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath! I dropped the whisker.

I turned and put my hands on his neck as he chuckled.

"I know what you want, Bozo" I said with a smile playing on my lip.

"Yeah? What?"

I kissed him.

"Now, I beg you please sit your ass down... We've been mixing pancake batter for what feel likes an hour" I said as he chuckled and sat on the island table.

"I have something to tell you" I said.

He hummed and I turned to look at him looking at me.

"I started having the same nightmares I have... But I don't see Allison's face anymore, just my face and her voice" I said as I sighed and closed my eyes.

I opened my eyes "You're still thinking you're all what she said you are, Am I right?"

"I guess... Like, Its like a thing in me that fights me from doing stuff" I said truthfully.

"You really have to stop thinking about those words or the day it happened. I know its not easy or shit but, Your biggest enemy and competition is yourself."

I groaned "Its not easy!"

"Yeah.... You know, I once heard from someone that you can control what you see in your sleep" He said with his words laced with hurt?.

"Was it pa Carlsson?" I asked as he smiled. Pa carlsson is their grandpa that changed finn in a way.

He adored that man, He was a very smart man... Has like thousands of businesses. Very productive, He literally left his properties in Finn's hands. Michelle was his least favorite grandchild... He always called her rebellious but he loved her.

"He told me that when I was very little" He said as he faced the ceiling.

I hummed a song to myself. "Here."

I handed him his pancakes, I stood in front of him as he ate it.

"Where's yours?"

"I'm eating from there" I said as we both let out short laughs and I dug in.

"I know why you chose pancakes" He said as I smiled.

"Why?"

"Cause its simple and I'll have a hard time finding any bad stuffs" He said as shrugged.

"Maybe. Maybe not"

He scoffed and I stuck out my tongue at him. "I'm a good cook, Period!"

"Sure".

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" Bye!" We all said as Zachary and Finn prepared to leave.

Finn pecked my cheek as I hugged him.

"We'll be seeing you tomorrow, there's a party, um, downtown.... This one! The host is my friend" Zach said as we laughed.

"I'm not sure we'll be able to make it but we'll try" Annalise said as Zach shrugged and nodded.

"Bye guys"

"Bye Bozo" I said as he mimicked, making me laugh.

Anna closed the door "I want to go to that party, so you better arrange your house as fast as you can. Okay?"

"Bully" Jordan mumbled as we laughed and she pinches him.

"You should continue packing"  Camille said as she tapped Jordan's shoulder.

He dashed upstairs as we all sat In the living room.

"What should we do?" I asked as they all sighed.

"Buy Christmas decorations online! For our rooms though... Cause Like, mom likes going way out for the house" Camille said as we thought about it.

"I'm in" I and Anna said.

"I'm out" Izzy said as we laughed "I'm going to talk to those kids that do not want to leave school"

We laughed again. He was talking about Amelia, Tristan, Zeke and Jasmine. They told us they were having the best end of school semester fun.

"We're using ivy's card, Camille's laptop" Anna said and I let out a dry laugh.

"Um... No. Camille has incomes too! Use my laptop... Use Camille's money... Deal or I'm out" I said as they stared at each other. Then back at me.

"Fine" They said as I smiled and rushed to get my laptop.

I plopped down on the floor "Let's do some Christmas shopping".

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We'll be seeing more of Zachary now! Happy reading.

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