Stop Running (Zak Bagans Fanfic)

Chapter 20

We laid there, entangled in each other's arms, for a while. I didn't want him to be criticixed by his friends. I didn't want him to think that he was the bad guy. I just wanted him to know that I loved him that there was nothing that would change that.

"You should probably get back to Nick's room before he freaks out." Zak told me. I smiled at him and he was serious.

"I guess I should, but I don't want to." I told him. He laughed a little and kissed me gently.

"You should." He told me. I nodded my head and I pulled on my clothes. I knew that he was watching me as I did it. I looked at him as I put my underwear on. 

"Are you okay with these scars?" I asked him. I wanted to make sure that he was able to see them as I stooded there.

"I am if you are. I don't think that they show who you are. None of them are right about you." He told me honestly.

"But I know that they are a part of your past. I am just hoping that they will fade as you stay with me." He told me. I smiled at him then I put my pants on.

"I think that I am going to get tattoos to put over them." I told him. They were old enough to put a tattoo over them. Well all excpet the name.

"That is your choice. Just do what you think you need to do." He told me. I pulled my shirt on and I went to the door.

"I'll see you in a bit." I told him. He smiled at me as I left him in the room. I then walked to Nick's room. I knew that he would probably chew my ass out. I mentally prepared myself before I opened the door. I saw that Billy was in the room with him. they were sitting at the table and I obviously disrupted a conversation.

"I am glad that you are done making up." He told me. I then begoan to blush.

"Did you really see?" I asked him. I grabbed my face at that thought.

"No, I heard most of it." Billy told me. I then started to really blush.

"Stop. You are making her embarrassed. Zak already warmed her up enough." Nick added. I looked at him with wide eyes. He simply smiled at me. I shoook my head and looked around the room.

"Could you shut up? Please? I don't want to talk about my sex life with you two." I told them. They laughed at that and looked around the room.

 "So I can assume that the two of you are okay?" Nick asked me. I smiled at him and nodded my head.

"Yeah, we are." i told him. 

"Well we still want to keep you away from him for a while, before we know that he really is back to normal." Nick said. I knew that he wanted to show that he was the older brother figure. I simply looked at him. 

Once Aaron and Zak were functioning, we got our stuff in the van that we had. I was able to get shot gun, but Zak had to sit in the back. Everyone seemed to be tryingto ignore Zak. That was probably best, at the time. 

We were heading to Austin to check out a house there. I was looking forward to it, since I went up there once in a while, when I could.

"Hey, I think that I am going to get a tattoo when we are in Austin." I told them as we drove in the city. I was just trying to make some sort of conversation.

"What are you going to get?" I heard Zak say. I figured that he would be the one to ask first.

"I am going to get the protection symbols. Do you guys think that I should get them over my scars?" I asked.

"I don't think that would be a good idea. Those are scar tissues and it would hurt a lot more. Plus it would make it harder on the tattoo artist." Nick commented. I nodded my head as we got futher into the city.