Messing with the Mackenzie brothers.

#Chapter 9

Okay so firstly, I feel as though I should totally apologise for leaving it so many months before uploading it was totally unfair. In my defence I had a lot going on, really seriously family problems i'm not about to bore you with! I wasn't going to bother uploading as it has been so long and I still feel a bit cheeky for thinking about it now. But at the same time I feel like I owe all those who commenting and voted on my story to carry it on! So here it is the long awaited chapter 9, and I know it's pretty naff, I found it really difficult trying to get back into it. So hopefully the next chapter will be miles better and will be out in a reasonable amount of time aha! Love ya all! <3

‘What are you doing?’ I yelped. ‘You can’t just do that, ok?’

I turned on my heel and marched out the room.

I stopped in the hallway and bent over trying to compose myself. What the hell was that! How was I supposed to bring destruction on the Mackenzie brothers when they were slowing killing me!

I was meant to be starting something with Aaron, but I had feelings for Alfie? Did I have feelings for Alfie?

I needed to have a serious rethink, get my priorities in order. I needed to put my feelings aside. How had I been so easy to forget how these boys had treated so many girls in the past, can people change? I didn’t even know anymore.  

I gained my composure, as far as I knew everyone was in their rooms, which made it a perfect opportunity to make an escape bolt out the front door. 

‘Urgh’ I rolled over and absently grabbed my phone from the night stand.

You have 23 missed calls.

I couldn’t say I didn’t expect it after slyly sneaking out the back door of the Mackenzie’s and walking the 4 miles home in the blusterous weather, I had sort of anticipated a few calls of worry.

 Stuff it, today was my day. In fact it was a snow day. This in my opinion gave me a perfect opportunity to switch off my mobile and reflect about life, whilst sleighing down a hill of snow.  When I got to the wreck I released most of the school had had a similar idea to mine, I’d never seen the place so jammed with teenagers. Kids were cramped together on snow boards screaming their heads off as they flew down the ice covered grassy embankment.

‘Oh, so she lives, call off the rescue team’

‘I’m sorry’ I turned around to face a slightly pissed off Aiden

‘We were worried about you, why did you take off like that?’

Think Zoe think, maybe I had a family emergency or maybe my friend was stuck in the snow…

‘Erm, I realised that…’

‘Yeah?’

‘I realised that, I’d left the shower on at home?’

‘you walked home at eleven at night, in the -7 degree weather, four miles, to turn a shower off… which had probably been left on for at least six hours anyway?’

‘Er, yes?’

I looked at Aiden who raised his eyebrow at me.

‘You are so odd’ he burst out laughing and rumpled my hair.

‘So, so odd’ he continued chuckling to himself.

I let out a breath of relief before smiling back at him.

‘That’s me’ I sighed ‘Odd’.

A week passed and things returned to normal. Well when I say normal, as normal as things can be when you’re planning an all-round destruction of the five fittest guys that have probably ever existed, so yeah, normal.  

I was sat in my room with the usual crew, Roxie, Mason and Katy and we were attempting to get some work done.

‘URGHHH’ I moaned throwing my chemistry homework on the floor. ‘I may as well just go walk off a cliff’

Katy laughed throwing her arm around my shoulder sympathetically ‘If you want to kill yourself, remember that I love you’

‘Also’ Roxie added ‘Call me before your dead, we can make plans instead for this weekend’s football game’  

‘Double URGHH’ I moaned putting my head in my hands dramatically

‘Oh, come on Zo, you can’t say you’re not even a little excited for the party of the century?’ Mason asked patting my leg.

‘ER, have you guys miraculously forgotten what happened last time I attended a party with the Mackenzie’s?’

‘NOT likely’ Katy laughed ‘ I still get giggles when I think about it’

‘At least you guys will be there this time, to keep me in check’

As comforting my friends were, they would never truly understand the real reason I was dreading attending the ‘football celebrations’ at the Mackenzie’s, I’d decided not to mention anything that had happened with Alfie. In fact I’d put it deep in a vault at the back of my mind and it seemed like Alfie had down the same, he hadn’t said a word about it since I had run away like a lunatic.  

‘Miss Newton’ Mr Bedford raised his voice, slamming his pile of books down on my desk, waking me up from my trance.

‘Yeah, sorry?’

‘Your homework, do you have it’

‘Oh’ I paused, quick think of an excuse. I scanned the room urgently, desperately thinking of something that would be an adequate reason for not doing it.

I couldn’t think of anything.

‘I didn’t really feel like it Sir?’

‘You didn’t feel like doing your homework?’

‘No’ I yelped, realising how I had sounded ‘I mean, I felt like it, its just, its just’ I sighed ‘It’s just I couldn’t do it Sir, I found it really difficult’

‘Ok, Zoe. Well I’m sure Alfie wouldn’t mind staying behind with you after class to help you, Alfie?’

Alfie head snapped up from his work, even though it had been obvious he was listening to the entire conversation.

‘Yeah, sure’ he shrugged, looking back down at his textbook.  

‘There you go Miss Newton, problem solved’ he added, moving on to the next desk.