Bi-stressed

CHAPTER 85

[THE LAST CHAPTER]

"YOU SICK MOTHERFUCKER I TOLD YOU TO BE A HELPING HAND TO OUR DAD IN THE MEANWHILE AND THIS WAS WHAT Y'ALL WERE DOING BEHIND MY BACK IN THE MEANWHILE OR GOD KNOWS SINCE HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON!" Zac yells.

Malcolm and Lucas struggle to get Zac off of Hardin. Zac using all his strength, pushes Lucas away with one hand while continuing to punch Hardin with the other hand. Lucas is sent flying against the cupboard with great force.

"ZAC! STOP IT! HE'S YOUR BROTHER!"
Zac's father yells.

"ZAC PLEASE STOP! Please." I plead. Zac finally stops punching him. They pull him up off of him.

"YOU PROMISED ME YOU WOULD KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF HER!" Zac continues to yell at Hardin. Hardin attempts to get up but stumbles back to the floor. Lucas helps him up and makes him sit at the edge of the bed. His nose is bleeding and left side of his face is red and swollen up. Zac's dad gets him some ice.

"It's not how it looked Zac-" Zac puts his hand out signalling me to just stop. I try to explain what happened but I myself don't understand what just happened.

"Don't you say a word! I saw how it looked. How long has this been going on behind my back?"

"Zac, nothing has been going on behind your back! About what you just saw, I myself can't make sense out of it."

I can make perfect sense out of it.

"I think I might know something but-" 
         Now I'm sure.

All along what I had been thinking is true.
All those moments with Hardin weren't because he was being weird, it was because-

He is in love with me.
   
                      I am his Tessa.
Flashback:
["Okay but you can at least tell me why can't you have your Tessa?"

"She's already in a relationship but I don't think, no I'm sure she isn't really happy with it. Sad part is she's in love with him." He speaks the last sentence in a sad breathy voice.

His words makes me think of myself. I am in a relationship, I'm not really happy with it but I am in love with Zac. No I can't be his Tessa, now way he's talking about me as his Tessa.]

He was definitely talking about me as his Tessa.

"Hardin, am I your Tessa?"

He lifts his face up towards me, nodding, his eyes bloodshot and the left side of his face still swollen.

"Why do you think I never liked the idea of y'all together? That's because I knew he didn't want to be JUST FRIENDS with you!" Zac shouts.

Flashback:
["I'm sure my bro will mind if you're hands go touching down there."

"Your bro?" I ask. He's probably referring "bro" to Zac in a sarcastic way.

"I got it." He says, holding up the keys infront of my face.

"Room?"

"First door on the left."

I throw him on the bed and head towards the door to leave.

He grabs a hold of my wrist, "I love you, I always have but you.. my br- a dick, he i.." The words slur on his tongue leaving me to put them together and try making sense of it.

He loves me? He can't! His br? A dick? I try as hard as I can but fail to reach to a conclusion of what he meant.]

His br-? His brother. I finally reach to a conclusion of what he meant.