Groupie to Girlfriend: Indulgence | Zach Abels

Starburst & Sadness

One month after graduation, and two months before my first day of college, the band came back to Chicago for awhile.

Zach took me to a recording studio. I sat and watched while they tried out beats for their next album and smoked weed.

"I'm gonna go get us a snack, babe." Zach said. "Okay, don't use quarters." I joked. He laughed and asked, "What do you want?" "Starburst, please and thank you." I replied and smiled at him. "You're welcome, babe." He said and kissed me to show Jesse I was his.

When he left, Jesse walked across the room to me and said, "I'm surprised you forgave him for what he did!" I furrowed my eyebrows and questioned, "What did he do?" "He slept with that girl while we were on tour, after y'all broke up... Did he not tell you?" He replied.

"Rosie, he was drunk, and didn't know what he was doing. He loves you a lot! Please, don't be mad at him!" Mikey begged. "It's whatever... We were broken up anyways." I responded, knowing it wasn't "whatever", and I actually did care. I knew I was about to cry, so I grabbed my phone and left the studio room.

As I was walking down the hallway, Zach saw me, and handed me a pack of Starburst. He tried to kiss me, but I pulled away, threw the pack of Starburst at him, and stormed out of the building.

He followed me out and asked, "Rosie, what's wrong? Why are you mad at me? Why are you leaving?" "Why didn't you tell me?" I questioned. "Tell you what?" He asked confusedly. When he finally figured out what I was talking about, he yelled, "Fuck them!" He was mad about them telling me about the girl. "No, fuck you!" I exclaimed. I put my hands on my head and started crying.

"Babe, so sorry! It was a mistake! I was drunk and we were broken up!" He pleaded. "But you broke your promise." I cried and handed him the promise ring he gave me. He started crying and begged, "Please, Rosie! Don't do this! I love you so much and I can't stand being without you!" "You obviously don't need me as much as you think you do. I don't care about whatever excuses you have. It seems like you wanted to break my heart." I stated. "What about you? You broke my heart when you broke up with me." He argued. "You knew we would eventually get back together! I thought breaking up with you was a dumb thing to do, but now that I know what you've done, it wasn't! We're done! I don't think I can stress that enough!" I yelled.

I got into my car and drove away. There was no telling what I was gonna do or what was going to happen.