Unexpected love

The fight Part 41

Julie's P.O.V:

It's 12:00am now and I'm waving bye as Steph and Kyle leave. Jay is drunk so he's going to stay over for the night. I walk back in.

Jay laughs and point at me.

"Your boyfriend went up the swirly stairs." I giggle and sit on the couch. I rub my head. I'm not drunk, but I feel a bit fuzzy. I close my eyes and feel someone sit down next to me. I open my eyes and look at Jay. He's sitting next to me,

"Hi." He says sheepishly.

I laugh. "Hi." I reply.

He stares at me.

"What?" I ask "do I have something on my face?" I rub my cheek and he chuckles.

"No, just your amazing eye balls." He smiles at me and leans on his hand. He looks at me with a troubled look. Wait, did he just say my amazing eyes? Or eye balls to be exact?

"Thanks?" I say, giving him a small smile.

"I like you." He blurts out. My eyes widen and he covers his mouth.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to come out like that." He says. His cheeks grow red. "I'm gonna go sleep upstairs...." He says quietly and gets up. He immediately groans and holds his head.
"Never mind." He mutters.

"Jay? What did you mean?" I ask timidly.

He looks at me and gives me a sad smile.
"Exactly way I said." He says. "I'm not that drunk." He adds.

I shake my head slightly.

"No, you are drunk, go to sleep." I look at my lap. My boyfriends friend said he likes me. No, he's just drunk. He knows that I'm with Zach. He lifts up my chin to make me look at him.

"Jay, I'm with Zach." I say softly. "I'm madly in love with Zach." I tell him. He looks down at my hands.

"Yeah I know, but I need to tell you how I feel." He looks back up at me.
"I love how confident you are, how you took care of Zach when he was drunk, how your so fun and childish but yet so mature. You made Zach happy, he hasn't loved anyone since Nichole and....you, you loved him and he's so happy now. God I really wish you guys weren't together, and I know that's horrible but I'm going to wait. If you guys stay together then I'll be happy for you, but if you don't I'll be here. This does make me a super terrible friend, but I can't deny my feelings for you. I don't think of you as a one night stand, I've liked you since the first time I saw you. Even if it was yesterday. You interest me. I will wait for you. I like you, don't say anything ok, I just needed to tell you." He smiles and stands up. I stare at him in disbelief.

What the heck am I supposed to do?! He leans down and I back up. He smirks.

"Just gonna give you a kiss on the cheek, can I?" He asks. I can't answer I jut freeze as his lips touch my cheek. No. I back away. 

"Jay." I warn.

He nods and turns around. A bottle crashes to the ground. I stand up and see Zach. He's standing at the doorway and the bottle of wine he was bringing is shattered on the floor. He clenches his fists.

"I thought you were my friend, but what I heard? That's not a loyal friend, now is it Jay?" Zach scowls at Jay and walks to him. He punches him. Shit!

"Zach! It's ok, I told him I'm with you, Zach. Stop, Zach!" I shout as Zach is holding Jay's shirt and punching him. Jay must be sober, because he dodges the next hit and tackles Zach. He punches him in the stomach and then in the face. Zach grunts and pushes Jay. He tackles him and they crash into the table. I yell out in pain as a piece of glass from the table flys to me and cuts my face. I back up and put my hand to my cheek. Blood. Jay and Zach have stopped fighting and Jay gets to me first.

"Shit, Julie! I'm sorry, are you ok?" He says. He touches my shoulder and looks at me. I stand there, speechless. I haven't seen blood since the day Jack died. Since the day the nurse tried to close the curtain to my side but I still saw them open up Jack's chest and try to start up his heart. I stare at the blood on my hand and Zach pushes Jay away.

"Does it look like she's fucking ok?" He growls and takes my hand.

"I'm so sorry Julie." He says. "Come on." He leads me to the kitchen sink, washes my hand and runs a cloth softly over my cheek. I stand paralyzed. Jack. Blood. My fault. Tears stream down my face and Zach notices. He pulls me into a hug.

"B-blood." I say. He stokes my hair.

"I'm sorry, Julie." He whispers. I nod and hug him.

"It's just that.....I saw them start to operate on Jack. There was so much blood." I say quietly as I clutch Zach's shirt. Jay steps into the kitchen.

"I'm really sorry, Julie. I should have stopped the fight as soon as it started. Please forgive me." He says softly. I smile at him.

"Shut up, you're the one that caused it by getting close to my girl!" Zach snaps. I push lightly at his chest. I wipe tears from my eye.

"Jay, thanks. I think you should go home. Can you just be my friend please? I would really appreciate it." I say quietly. He nods and I walk over to him I hug him and kiss his cheek.

"Goodnight." He says sweetly. I smile and wave him off. I walk back to Zach.

"Trust me. I only love you. He can't change that." I kiss Zach and he hugs me. He buries his head into my neck.

"I do trust you. I just don't trust him, anymore." He says mumbles softly. I smile.

"Let's go to sleep." I say softly and guide him up to his room. When we get upstairs he immediately passes out, sprawled across his bed. I roll my eyes, smile and walk to my room. My phone dings as I sit down on my bed and I take it out.

Hey.

It's Jay. I got he got my number from Zach when he texted asking what I wanted from the store when he was coming over. I didn't want anything though. I text back:

Me: Hi.

Jay: I'm sorry if you hate me

Me: no, I don't hate you. I just don't need drama in my life. Can we be friends?

Jay: of course, but I'm still going to wait for you.

Me: good night Jay.

Jay: night princess.

I sigh and put my phone to charge. I drift off to sleep.