salad days - zach abels

marilyn and me.

bestfriend - mellow fellow

so the story begins at age 15.

salvia demarco, younger sister of mac demarco.
zach abels, only child.

they both meet in the 9th grade, unusually.

it wasn't like the stereotypical movie love stories or anything of that bullshît.

they were both assigned as teacher assistant during 5th-6th hour. library helpers 1st-3rd hour.

it was unexpected for the two, they thought they were going to be enemies at first. but if it wasn't for zach, who played surf curse and the pixies.

they started hanging out more, at lunch and outside of school. once in awhile, zach would buy concert tickets for the both. it either would be some band or one of salvia's favorite band.

zach would call salvia at 11 at night and salvia would be drawing or writing in her journal. when it's almost 11, she would be waiting in excitement just for zach to call.

on the weekends, they ran off together in the woods to their hangout, which was a cliff. salvia either brought the weed or zach did. at times, they had beer and pizza.

at school, everyone thinks they're a couple and salvia would laugh every time if someone questions her about it. they were just best friends. but for zach, he felt different for salvia. he felt more open and comfort towards her.

after all.

when it was at the end of their junior year, they started growing apart. zach changed his schedule to music and weight training. salvia felt herself break a little, then she knew things can change in high school.

zach stopped hanging out at lunch, after school, and the weekends.

he had a girlfriend, her name was courtney. everyone at school know about them and they all support them as a 'power couple'.

salvia was okay with it, as in crying her eyes out and drinking herself to sleep. she definitely was okay.

so this story is about salvia and zach's life in senior year with intense drama, depression, and a lot of drug abuse. oh! and tears.

enjoy!

- sierra. 🍒