Summer Camp (Zac Efron)

Ch 10

Hey everyone! This is sort of a longish chapter that I have been working on and I am putting a bunch of songs that I listened to and got inspiration from so I hope you enjoy! And always feel free to message me here if you have questions, comments, or anything else :) love you! -MG

Songs for this Chapter:

Cancer (cover) by Twenty One Pilots

Heartache is a Cold Place by A Boy and His Kite- A Boy and His Kite

Possibility by Lykke Li- Twilight Saga New Moon Soundtrack

Falling Awake by Gary Jules- Gary Jules

In My Veins by Andrew Belle ft Erin  McCarley- In My Veins Single

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Maddie's POV

After I asked Zac to leave, I sat down in the wooden office chair in my room. The chair was in front of a huge window and was not incredibly comfortable. There was a huge forest just outside the window, it was a beautiful view normally, but my brain was too preoccupied to notice.

I just stared blankly out the window with my arms around my knees, making myself into a ball. My teeth chattered, but I felt nothing. I was hollow inside. The sky changed as the day passed and I thought maybe I heard Alice's voice, but I never moved. I was just the shell of a human being with nothing inside.

I would never love again.

~Four Days Later~

I wake up from the chair and find a blanket around my shoulders. I felt strange. The hollowness inside my body was gone, but something much worse replaced it.

The pain in my chest was unbearable and my lungs suddenly couldn't get enough air. I heard someone screaming, but I didn't know where it was coming from. All I could think about was the pain. It was a flame that was wrapping around my body. Was this death? Was I dying? No, it hurt too much for it to be death.

Suddenly a white flash is coming from where the door should be, but the room is spinning as I gulp for air. This wasn't death, this was life without Zac. I could never be with him and my body was reacting. He was the oxygen I need to fill my lungs.

Everything went black.

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Zac's POV

I hate myself for what I've done. She's a zombie. She doesn't speak, move, eat, or really breathe. I'm surprised someone hasn't called an ambulance. She's been unresponsive. Just sitting there in the chair. At night she screams; the first few nights we ran in, but now there's no use. She just screams a bloodcurdling scream, shakes, and cries.

I tried to go in there to talk, but nothing. I've cried , I've begged, I don't know what to do anymore. I love her, but Sammie. I vowed my life to her. She's my fiancee and I love her, but not the way I love Maddie.

I haven't been able to sleep since that day. Nobody will talk to me here. I don't blame them; I hate me too. I broke her. The happiest girl I have ever seen is now a shell.

I look at the clock and it's almost 4 am; another sleepless night.

As soon as I start to drift off, I hear the screaming, but this time it's different. I hear kicking and thudding, the scream is now one of pain and shock. 

Before I even realize I've gotten up, I'm sprinting to her room. She's on the floor, kicking. Her eyes are wide open in shock as her teeth chatter.

I pick her up off the floor and try to lay her on the bed. She clings to my body and with every touch of her skin to mine, it is like sparks of electricity. I can't leave her alone. I cover her with blankets and lie down next to her. She claws at my body to get closer to my chest. A slow whimper starts building in her throat.

"Shh. It's okay. I'm here, Maddie. I'm here." I say against her hair as I pet her head.

She falls asleep on my shoulder, her small shivering body against mine. I wish this was my life. I want this to be my every night; I  want her in my arms. Sammie snores and moves and kicks. Maddie is still and silent yet somehow cuddles tighter.

I know I shouldn't be doing this, but I can't not be with her. My eyes start to flutter closed as I slip closer to sleep. This is the first night I have slept since I hurt the woman I love.

End of Ch 10