Zak comes off as normal during the latest season of Ghost Adventures but the crew knows better. He's missing someone and Aaron is gonna fix everything.
The guys had just landed in Las Vegas. Aaron knew that Zak was still mad at him so he decided to give him space. Zak took a taxi back home since he left his car at his house.
Once the cab stopped, he payed the man and got his bag from the trunk. He walked up the driveway and pulled his keys out. He unlocked the door and opened it to see Gracie waiting for him.
"Hi, Gracie girl" he crouched down to pet her. He walked more into the house to put his bag down. He placed it by the stairs and headed to the kitchen to get something to drink. He got a bottle of water and walked out to the living room. He sat down on the couch and closed his eyes.
He couldn't stop thinking about what Aaron and Jay said. Mostly Jay. He was questioning if Nick really missed him. If he did he could of called or texted him. Zak realized what he was thinking. How he would forgive Nick so fast. He didn't want to forgive him. He had said some harsh things to Zak and Zak attacked right back. They both used their strengths against each other. Sometimes Zak wished he never met Nick, but then he realized he wouldn't have this life if it wasn't for him. He wouldn't have been famous for being a paranormal investigator. He would still be stuck deejaying events and sleeping with countless people. He would never feel what love is. He wouldn't have met Aaron or traveled the world. He wouldn't be happy. He could of been dead. He would of been in a horrible place without Nick. At the moment he sorta was in a bad place. Every second of everyday he's expecting his ex lover to come through the door. Yet it was never gonna happen. It doesn't help that the entities that follow him doesn't like him being with anyone. Whenever he would bring a girl or sometimes a guy something would attack them.
Zak couldn't help but smile at the memory of Nick getting attacked. They were making on Zak's bed and Nick had felt something scratch him. He knew about the spirits so he said to them, "You can attack me all you want, but I'm staying." By the end of the night, Nick's back was scratched up. Most of them were from Zak though.
Zak grabbed his phone and went on Twitter. He clicked the button to make a post but stopped. He didn't know what to say.
He went through his pictures and found the picture of Nick's scratched back.
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He posted it on Twitter and captioned it, 'Oh the memories I have of us #backscratchedclub'
He decided to get some sleep since he was jet lagged. He dreamed of Nick like he usually does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the past week Zak was doing his normal thing. He went to the gym, took Gracie for a walk, and did some research on the upcoming lockdown location. They were going to Montana to check out an abandoned orphanage. He had finished packing his bag and said bye to Gracie before heading out the door. He got to the airport and didn't speak to the crew at all. He just sat there listening to his music.
They got on their flight and still didn't say a word to each other. They took two cabs to their hotel and unpacked. The rented car was gonna arrive any moment so Zak and the crew were waiting in the lobby. Zak couldn't help but notice how Aaron kept looking at him with worry. If anything he looked nervous and so did Jay.
"You guys ready?" Billy said as he saw the car pull up.
"Yeah. Let's go" Aaron said quickly. He was filming them while Billy and Jay carried the gear. Zak opened the very back doors of the van for them to set the cases down.
"Need some help" Zak froze as he heard the voice. He let out a shaky breath and turned to see Nick. He still looked as good as Zak remembers. The older man shook his head as he headed toward the hotel to go back inside.
"Zak!" Nick followed him while Aaron kept filming. "Babe!"
Zak stopped walking and turned to point a finger at Nick. "No!" Nick looked at him shocked. "You have no fucking right to call me that!"
"Yeah and you had no right to post that picture! What you thought people wouldn't put it together!" Nick yelled back.
"Fuck you! Go back to your fucking wife that you love so much! You shouldn't even fucking be here right now!"
"Well I'm fucking sorry that our friends are worried about you! They told me to come out here!"
"Well then fucking go home! I don't want you here, Nick!"
"I'm not leaving!"
"Fine. I'll just leave" Zak was gonna opened the door but what Nick said made him stop. He had thought Jay was lying.
"What?" Zak turned around to look at the younger man.
"I'm worried about you, Zak" he said softly. "I've been watching the show since I left and you're not the same. You don't want to be left alone due to fear. You know you're not the same and I'm sorry for that cause I know it's my fault. It's my fault you're like that now"
"No it's not" Zak denied.
"Yes it is. Jay showed me all the film from the last investigation. Aaron told me that you call for me in your sleep" Nick looked at the floor trying not to cry. Once the guys told him how bad Zak was doing he felt guilty. He knew it was all his fault that the Zak he knew wasn't there anymore.
"I'm gonna still for this lockdown and then after you can decide if you want me to stay or not. If you don't want to see me again then I'll leave for good. I won't try to talk to you and I won't talk to the guys. I'll leave you alone forever"
They just stared at each other not saying anything. Nick would hate it if he had to leave Zak forever. He didn't want that at all and neither did Zak.
"Fine" Zak walked past Nick and got into the passenger seat of the car. He knew he was gonna hate this lockdown just as much of the others.
