I manage to get downstairs. I nearly trip over my own feet a few times but I don't fall.

I get to the living room and all the boys stare at me. I notice everyone is there, except Zed.

"What's wrong?" Cole ask's

"This" I say, holding up the note

"Who's that from?" Max ask's as he stands up

"Just read it" I hand it over to Max

Max reads it and he looks angrier than ever

"I'm going to murder him! How did he even find out about you?" Max's voice booms loud and clear

I look over at Payton and Liam

"H- he... he came to see me in school" I stutter

"HE WHAT?!?" Max shouts

"Lower your voice!" I tell him before snatching the note out of his hands and shoving it into my pocket

"What are we going to do about him?" Payton asks nervously

"We are going to pay him a visit" Max responds

"Don't do anything stupid!" I cut in

As we are yelling at each other, Zed walks down the stairs. Max's attention shoots to Zed

"Zed, look after Maddie while we are gone" Max demands before they all get up and leave

Zed looks at me and groans. He steps closer to me

"Where are they going?" He questions

"To teach someone a lesson" I answer

"Who?"

"Chase"

"CHASE?" He repeats my words

"Yeah.."

His eyes narrow on me

Oh god

"So I'm stuck babysitting" he scoffs

"You don't have to" I say as I grab my jacket

Just before I get out the door, I'm thrown over Zed's shoulder and carried back to the sofa. He sits me down and I glare at him

"I'm not letting you out of this house" he claims

"Oh really" I smirk "is that a challenge?"

"No, it's not—"

I don't let him finish his sentence before I run to the door and start running down the street. He chases after me

"MADDIE GET BACK HERE!" He shouts behind me

"NO! GO HOME" I yell back

"GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE"

"YOUR SO SLOW" I laugh

He catches up to me. He stops me and we both stare into each other's eyes. His eyes flicker from my eyes to my lips, my eyes do the same.

But just as we were going to lean in to kiss, we hear a sound coming from what seems like our house.

"What was that?" He asks with his head turning back towards the house

"I think it came from our place" I answer

"Shit" he swears under his breath

He throws me over his shoulder again! I bang my fists on his back but it seems to have no effect on him, he ignores it and starts running back to our house.

"Your only going to run away if I let you go" he explains but I ignore him

"Put me down" I demand

"No" he snaps

By the time we get home, the front door is wide open. He puts me down and runs inside, I run in after him

"What the hell happened!" I ask as we stand in a destroyed living room.

The T.V is smashed, spray paint all over the walls, the sofa is scratched and torn apart, the door is hanging off its hinges, the lights are broke and all the chairs are destroyed.

"Who did this?" I ask

He ignores me, he walks around the room. Exams everything in sight. We both look at each other with a worried look before looking back at the room.

"I left the door open" is the only words he says

Moment later the others arrive home looking beaten

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY HOUSE!" Max yells as he steps into the living room

"Well umm... someone broke into the house" Zed confesses

Everyone else enters the living room

"I thought you were babysitting Maddie!" Max questions

Zed looks at me and sighs

"We were both upstairs and I wasn't paying attention" Zed lies. Why would Zed cover for me?

"I can't believe you, your going to pay for this!" Max shouts at Zed

Before Max could touch Zed, I stand in front of Zed to defend him

"Maddie move out of the way" Max demands

"It was my faint! Not Zed's, don't blame him" I plea

"What?" Max looks confused but unconvinced

"I ran out and Zed ran after me, I left the door open and someone came in. It's my fault so punish me! Not him! He didn't do anything" I stand up for Zed

"Maddie you don't have to stand up for me" Zed quietly says to me

"I don't want you taking the blame for me" I say back

Zed lowers his head to my ear, "Thank you" he whispers into my ear sending a tingly feeling through my body.

"Well since you two were the only ones here, you two can be the ones to clean it" Max says

Me and Zed look at each other and exhale

"What are we supposed to do?" Payton questions

"Take a bath!" I giggle

"What happened to you guys?" Zed ask's

"We had a nice conversation with chase's gang" Zack answers

"More like fist to fist action" Cole chuckles

"We won that fight, they couldn't touch us" Liam says proudly

"Invite me next time!" I cut in

"And don't leave me babysitting" Zed huffs

I laugh at his snarky comment

"I'm not that bad" I laugh

"Yeah Right" Zed scoffs

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Everyone cleans up their messed up faces from the fight, I would of loved to of seen it. But next time I want to be there.

I lay on top of the covers of my bed, staring at the ceiling. The images of me and Zed replay in my head, over and over again. We could of kissed, what if we did?

I hear my door click and then open, Zed is standing in the door way, leaning against the door hinge

"Hey" he says

"Hi Zed" I nervously respond back

He walks into my room and closes the door. He sits on the bed and I sit up next to him

"Earlier, when we— we nearly kissed?" He stutters

"Yeah"

"We don't tell anyone! That never happened" he says with a frown on his face

I look down at the floor

"It was a mistake" he says

I nod, not trusting myself to talk

"Good" he says as he gets up off my bed.

He leaves my room without another word. I feel the tears build up inside my eyes and a few escape. They run down my cheeks but I wipe them away.

Our moment was a...

Mistake

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