Maneater

Chapter 7

"I'm tired." Zana spoke as she walked around her kitchen.

All of the teens were asleep in a blanket fort they made.

Wilbur was sitting on a stool and Jack was next to him.

She was boiling water for tea because her head was hurting and that normally helps her.

"Zana are you alright?" Jack asked, feeling the sense of sadness bounce off of her.

Wilbur looked over at him with a small soft smile present on his face and lightly nodded his head.

Jack flipped him off and held in a laugh.

"Yeah, I'm just tired. And annoyed but we don't need to get into that." She mumbled the last part, not wanting to worry them.

"I'll be right back, I'm gonna plug in my phone and use the toilet." Wilbur spoke while he stood up.

Jack looked over at him quickly and his eyes widened.

"Will!" He quickly whispered so only Wilbur would hear him.

Wilbur nodded his head as he made his leave out of the room.

Jack turned back around and watched the girl get out three mugs.

She let out a sigh as she stopped moving.

She just stared off into space.

"Zana?" Jack called out to her causing her to snap out of the trance she was in.

"Hm?"

"You can talk to me, you know? If you ever need anything I'm here for you. Even though we haven't known each other for a long time, I want you to know I'm here." Jack stated as he fidgeted with his hands.

He wasn't normally a serious guy, but some people made him feel okay to be serious.

Zana was one of those people.

And in the small amount of time they've been talking he can tell she's gonna be one of those, and maybe more.

Sure they had their small interactions on twitter before love or host but nothing felt as real as this.

Jack and Zana have both had their fair share of relationships.

Jacks ended smoothly and we all know how Zana's ended.

"I just... I don't know what to say or how to feel." Zana spoke, trying not to show that her voice was breaking.

She didn't want to show emotion in front of him, she didn't know why.

Because if it was anyone else she would've been broken down crying already.

"Can you explain?" Jack spoke slowly.

"I mean! You don't have to if you don't want to, it's just, i just-" He quickly said afterwards.

He didn't want to force the girl to do something she didn't want too, and talking about her feelings was one of the things Jack could understand if she didn't want to do.

"I get what you're trying to say." She calmly stated so he stopped freaking out.

He smiled as she turned around and faced him.

"It's just... How can you say that you were in love with someone if you don't miss them? Or you start feeling stronger emotions for someone else? Like it doesn't make sense! I thought I was in love with him? But was it really? I'm so confused." She spoke quickly as Jack listened to every word she spoke.