Life's Long Journey

Chapter 6

  I went out of the guest room to find Zack and his mom sitting at the kitchen table. I went up behind Zack and wrapped my arms around his neck. He looked up to look me in the eyes then got up and wrapped me in a huge bear hug. He gave me a quick kiss on my head.

  "I'm so sorry." He said backing away from me. I looked at him confused.

  "What do you mean?" He was holding my hands down in between us. He got a sad shimmer in his eyes then just hugged me again, only this time, tighter. I glanced over his shoulder at his mom who was just staring at us with a sad look on her face.

  "Can you tell me what happened?" I said pressing on his chest getting him away from me. He looked down at me then down at his shoes.

  "I don't think I have authority to tell you May. All I can say is be prepared for when I take you home. In the mean time, why don't you get your adorable booty dressed and ready for school." He said tapping me on the back shoving me away from him. I looked at him with a grin then complied and got ready. I had packed a simple white t-shirt and some jeans with some vans. I just combed my hair and did some natural make up. When I grabbed my bag and headed out, Zack was waiting by the door.

  "Took you long enough." He said taking my hand in his leading me out the door.

  "WAIT! I need food!" He smiled and pulled out a granola bar.

  "Girl, I got you." He said yanking me out, barely giving me a chance to say thanks to his mom. While we drove to school, I fiddled with my phone hoping my mom would text me spilling the beans.

  "Zack. Just tell me or I will and I mean it,  I will dump you." He glanced over at me with a smirk.

  "You love me too much. And any way, I want to tell you, but it would be best if your parents told you," he looked back at the road. I slumped back. When we arrived at school, we got out and then he grabbed me. He wrapped his hands around my waist and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and went with his lips. It wasn't long before Carlie came up and pulled us apart. I glared at her and she just smiled.

  "Y'all really need to get a room." She chuckled then yanked my bag, pulling me away from Zack. I looked back at him and made a slight whimper sound. He laughed then raced to catch up with me. When he did, he took my hand and thread his fingers through mine pulling me close to him and away from Carlie. When he did this, Carlie jolted backwards almost falling back on her butt.

  "Hey! You two lovebirds almost made me fall!" She said glaring at me then at Zack. Zack and I both just looked at each other and giggled. He walked to my first period with his arm around my waist. When we reached the door, I got on my tip-toes and kissed him on the cheek. We did one of those movie scenes where you walk away from each other while still holding hands until your hands don't touch anymore then I went in and sat at my desk. A girl named Samantha that I call Sam, that had been my partner for a major project in the past that had now become my new friend came up to me and sat next to me.

"Hey! What's going on?" I looked a her. She had a smirk on her face.

"What do you mean?" She scooted closer to whisper in my ear.

"With Zack. You know. How's it going?" I looked at her confused.

"You know you can say it out loud right? We've been together for a year." She nodded and continued.

"Whatever. Just tell me."

"Sam. He loves me and I love him. Nothing more." I said looking down at my phone.

She sighed then left. Logan was texting me all morning asking if we could "get back together." I didn't know what he was talking about but I did know he was going insane. I finally texted back, "Logan, you broke my heart. It's over forever. And we are are never ever ever getting back together." I giggled at my reference to Taylor Swift as I put my phone down when the bell rang indicating time for class. After a LONG talk on the importance of apostrophes, I was really excited to go to math. More than usual actually. I'm always excited because I get to see Zack, but today I got to leave that boring discussion. When I got out of class, Zack was waiting.

  "Hey beautiful. How was class?" He said after kissing my head.

  "Well... how would you describe the importance of apostrophes?" He glanced at me at smirked. I took his hand and slowly wove our fingers together. When we got to class, there was a line up. We got in line waiting to see. We reached the teacher and immediately broke apart from each other because of the No PDA rule.

  "Maya Carter, seat 12 in row 3." I groaned then walked in. I took my seat and started to unpack. When I felt someone put their arm around me, I almost broke their arm, that was until I saw Zack putting his arm around me. He grinned then sat in his seat right behind me.

  "I'll be messing with you all the time." He said with a smirk.

  "Well, I'm perfectly fine with that, just not to close. We might get in trouble." We both giggled, right as our teacher came up next to us. She stared us down.

  "You two are in for some trouble. Come with me." She scowled. Zack and I exchanged a look of terror as we followed her fighting the urge to get up next to each other. She took us out to the hall.

  "Listen. The whole school knows about you two. How y'all make out in the parking lot, hold hands on hallways and kiss in hallways. Everyone thinks y'all are the cutest couple so they haven't ended it. But I'm here to end it now. Zack tell your princess goodbye and Maya, tell your prince goodbye." She scolded at us. Then Zack leaned in and hugged me. My eyes filled with tears as he kissed me in the cheek for what I thought was the last time.

  "Zack." I stuttered in a weak voice. "Don't leave. I love you." I began to cry. Zack looked down at me with his tear filled eyes and wiped the tears away. He went in one more time.

  "May, it'll be okay. Trust me. I'll fix this. Just be strong." He whispered as he pulled away from me. He turned and looked at our teacher then walked back into class. She scowled at me motioning for me to re-enter the classroom. I slumped over, head down, and shuffled in. I felt my face burning like fire. I sat down and burrowed my face in my hands. I felt a firm touch on my back. I knew it was Zack and I felt comfort come over me. I stopped crying. After class, Zack took my hand and kissed me.

  "Let's take this outside." He said grabbing my hand and quickly pulling me out. In our school, we had break time between second, fourth and sixth periods. He led me out then quickly pressed his lips to mine. I followed along happy to be reunited. He lifted me up then sat on a bench. I was on his lap still kissing him. He pulled away and leaned back. I just looked at him.

  "You weren't enjoying that?" I said. He smirked then pressed his lips firmly to mine. After break, he scooped me off his lap and gave me one final kiss before rushing to his next class. I ran to my next class, which just happened to be with Carlie. Boy oh boy was I excited to tell her what just happened.