I regret nothing! (unedited) Avenged sevenfold (Zacky V)

part 4

Claire's Pov

Four months had passed since Jamie escaped from prison. I knew he would find it very hard to find me but the fear still burnt deep into the back of my mind. I never contacted Zacky during those four months because I didn't want him to think I would bring trouble to him. I really did like him still but I just needed time and he probably had found someone else by now. Jamie was my ex. He was a cereal relationship abuser and had beaten on many women before me including myself. He was one of those guys who would be so charming and kind then he would slowly eat away at you till you became an empty shell believing you couldn't live without him. I was trying to put that behind me but the physical scars from his torture would never fade. 

"Claire? Could you clear the tables outside for me please rather than sitting in the back staring at your phone?" I turned to see my manager looking at me over her glasses taping her red heel at me. So much for hiding away from it all! I smiled to keep the piece and headed outside and immediately spotted a table just covered in shot glasses and beer tankers. "Brilliant" I sighed to myself as I headed towards them. I could hear people at one of the tables laughing away at first but the second I was in view they stopped. I knew it was a bunch of guys who were now staring at me and tried to not look across and make eye contact. "Claire?" A familiar voice came from the table behind me and I turned reluctantly to see it was Zack with the same friends from the beach that time. He got up from his seated and headed towards me smiling like he was happy to see me. "Hey...how ya doing?" He chirped while giving me a warm hug. "Ok I guess" I wish he didn't have to see me in my uniform stinking of beer and feeling gross but I was happy to know he wasn't mad at me. "I had been meaning to call but I have been busy with work" I was never one for excuse's till now. "As long as your ok that's all that matters. You work here?" He smiled. "Yeah...I do" I shuffled my feet in the gravel once I noticed everyone was staring at me. "I never noticed you here before" He started to look me up and down as if examining me to check I was ok. "I really need to carry this lot back in...excuse me" I muttered while picking up as many glasses as I could. Zacks eyes never came away from me and neither did his friends. I was relieved when I got inside. I would of spoken to him more but when you have an audience it is pretty uncomfortable. 

I tried to stay in the back as much as possible till the end of my shift and looked busy when I noticed Zack go to the bar to fetch a round in. I noticed every time him looking at me watching my every move. By the end of my shift I was relieved to be done and hadn't seen Zack or his friends go to the bar in a while so presumed they had gone without me noticing. "Here..." My manager handed me a pint of lager and a glass of JD and coke. "You look stressed...go and sit outside and have these on the house" she smiled as I headed out back where Zack had been earlier. It was dark outside and I could not make out who was sat out back also because it was so dark except for the lights above the table I chose to sit at. I sparked up a cigarette and felt myself start to relax. I started looking through the local news headlines on my phone as I now always did and never even heard someone walking towards me. "May I?" I looked up to see Zack stood there with a half drunk pint in his hand and smiled to signal it was ok. "I think we should talk" He was longer smiling but looked a little upset. "Have I done something wrong?" His eyes looked beautiful even under the dim lights as he kept eye contact clearly hurt by the way I had been with him. "No...not at all" I whispered, I peered behind Zack to notice his friends laughing and talking among-st themselves. Zack stank of lager and spirits and I started to realize he was a bit drunk. "Then why are you ignoring me?" He spat at me. "I wasn't trying to.."Zack held his finger up to my mouth to shush me. "To be honest with you I feel a bit used. I wanted to date you because I thought you was different" He slurred now clearly showing how drunk he was. "Do you actually like me? ....Is there any good reason at all why you ignored me and then when you saw me tonight decided to be a bitch towards me?" he was now starting to get arrogant towards me. "Zack I have a lot of problems in my life right now and I didn't want to bring trouble or drama to you. I thought I was doing the right thing".