This love (Teacher/Student)

Chapter 45

EDITED

I couldn't help myself from being a little childish. As soon as Zach parked the car a little down my road I opened the door and slammed it shut behind me. I jumped when I heard his own door shut. "Don't fucking slam my door." He seethed as he marched round the front of the car towards me. "What are you so angry at me for?"

"Oh I don't know. Maybe it's the constant treading on eggshells around you?" I suggested with a laugh. "One minute you're my friend and the next you're back to the same arsehole that you've always been."

He scoffed but the anger remained in his stormy eyes. "Hayls I've never changed. I am the same person you met in Cannes. It is not my fault that you can't grasp that."

I shook my head. I couldn't believe he actually thought he hadn't changed. "Oh please, two months ago you probably would have let me drink that drink."

A slice of pain slashed across his features for a second. "You really think that?"

"I know that." I spat back. "The only reason you've being this nice to me now is because you made a promise to your precious Alpha."

He laughed a dark laugh that echoed through me. "Wow! Okay well that is just fucking brilliant. You know what Haylie." I cringed when he used my full name. "If that's what you think then I'm done here. You can take care of yourself. Just don't come crying to me when you need something."

He turned round back to his side of the car. "Oh, I wouldn't even dream of it!" I yelled back, infuriated that he climbed into his car thinking he got the last word. "You think I need you, I don't need anybody you're right I can take care of myself." I seethed as I came round to his drivers side and he started the car. "Run-away Zach it's what you do best."

"Move away from the car." He said even though the windows were all shut. He didn't even bother to meet my eyes so I did as he said and he left.

I wanted to scream at the car. I wanted to scream at him. He had changed and I don't know why he insisted that he hadn't. It was so fucking difficult for him just to admit I was his friend.

I rushed into my house, not bothering to care if my parents were still awake as I ran up to my room and lifted a pillow to my face to scream into.

I hated this. I felt like I was so angry all the time. I was angry about Daniel and Luke and now Zach. I hated being so fucking angry. Once I calmed down slightly I picked up my phone and scrolled to Zach's name, ready to scream down the phone at him again until I remembered I said I wouldn't call him. I didn't need him. I didn't need to waste my anger on him.

I took a few deep breaths, trying to contain all my impulses but there was one I couldn't control. I pressed dial on Daniels name. It didn't even ring before it asked for a message.

I opened my mouth ready to leave another message before I hung up. Just as I did, my phone began to vibrate.

Zach

I didn't even hesitate as I answered the phone, but I didn't say anything. "You're the biggest pain the arse I've ever met." He yelled. "Literally I have never met anyone that gets under my skin the way you do. And you never listen. Even when people are trying to help you, you always think there is an attack on you. You trust the bad guys too easily, just look at Travis and Danny and when there is a good guy who is doing genuinely good guy things for you, you attack that too. That's all I was doing. I was doing something good. And then you turn on me and its not fucking fair."

I still stayed silent as he took a deep breath. "Danny asked me to take care of you. But I spend time with you because I enjoy your company. You are funny even when you're not trying to be. And you're smart, you come out with things sometimes that make no sense to me but I know you learnt it somewhere and kept hold of it. And you're kind. You care so much about everyone, even me when I was an arsehole. You're right I was a total arsehole to you but it was only because of Danny. I needed to protect him. I needed to protect all of us."