Life's Painful Road

Chapter 7

  I heard my doorbell ring, but my mom got it, so I stayed in my warm comforting bed. Not five minutes later, I felt my bed sink on the other side, the I felt another body right next to me. My self defense kicked in, and I attacked. I kicked my legs, and threw my comforter around, eventually getting the human off my bed.

  "OWW!!" The person yelled. I opened my eyes and leaned over the edge of my bed. When I did, I saw big brown eyes rubbing their head. I made a weird screech and jumped onto them. "Uhh!" They said as I landed. I hugged my arms around them as they regained their breath.

  "Hey Mayflower." He said. Zack had finally arrived after two long weeks of me waiting. I jumped up and helped him to his feet. "Nice outfit." He said staring down my body. I had forgotten that I only had on underwear and a bra. I hit his chest as I ran to my closet to get something... more. I grabbed an oversized shirt and threw it on.

  "Hungry?" I asked leaving my room. He nodded, following. "Good. I'm going to make pancakes." I said getting out the griddle.

  "Because I'm here." He said smirking. I nodded. He walked up behind me and wrapped his long arms around my waist. He rested his head on mine as I mixed the batter. "I'll make yours special." He said taking the batter to the griddle. I smiled.

  "What do you mean?" I asked. He smirked as he took some strawberries out of the fridge. They were my favorite fruit, and he knew that all too well. He poured the batter in a heart shape and place strawberries all over it. I licked my lips, anticipating it hitting my tongue. I grabbed the whipped cream when he handed me my pancake. I squirted some on my pancake, some in my mouth, then some on Zack nose. He glared at me as he wiped it off and threw it at me. My mom then walked in.

  "You two crazy kids were meant to be. Anyway, off to work May. Don't get in trouble with him." She said nodding on Zack's direction before leaving.

  "Wow. Your mom hates me." He said sitting down next to me.

  "Well, you did break my heart." I shrugged.

  "No! You broke my heart!!" He yelled.

  "You cheated on me!!!" I yelled back.

  "Well, I love you May!!! My heart was shattered!!" He screamed before getting up and walking away. I stood up and grabbed his shirt. He turned around.

  "I love you too." I said getting on my tip toes to get close to his mouth. He put his hands on my waist and pressed his lips firmly to mine, allowing me to fall back from my tip toes. I pressed against his chest. He went back smirking at me. "Not going out with you, though" I said walking back to my food. Once we were done, I went to my room to choose an outfit. Zack followed.

"I'll pick it out. Remember how good I am at it?" He said looking at my closet. I smiled remembering when he picked out my outfits. We always had so much fun with each other. He finally chose a shirt that was pink tie-dye with the words, the struggle is real, written on it along with a pair of skinny jeans that hugged my body in all the right places with some black heeled booties to tie it all together. I went to my bathroom to get changed when I felt him yank at my shirt sleeve. I jolted back. I turned and glared at him. "Change here." He stated sitting on my bed staring at my body. I rolled my eyes, but did as told. I slowly stripped off my shirt revealing my lace bra and lace underwear. His eyes were bugging out. I giggled as I slipped my jeans on, doing the skinny jean hop. Once that was done, I threw on my shirt, tying it at the corner and slipping on my heels. He got up and got so close, I felt his minty breath on my face. I could reach him much better, being 5'1 in the heels, but he still was 5'9. He stared me in the eyes and grinned.

"You have beautiful blue eyes Mayflower." He said backing up. I giggled.

"All thanks to my mom." I said walking out. My mom had blonde hair and blue eyes and my dad had my dad had blonde hair with brown eyes. I got my dark brown hair from my grandmother that passed away a few years ago. My hair was the only thing I had left of her, so I treasured my hair. I had never cut it too much and had never dyed or bleached it. "How about we go to a park?" I asked. He nodded.

"That sounds wonderful." He said walking out the door. I caught up to him.

"We can walk. It's not far." I said walking away from the car. He shrugged and followed. When he caught up to me, he put his arm over my shoulder. He looked up at him. He smiled and I grinned not taking his arm off. After about 3 minutes, my feet started to hurt.

"Zack... will you please carry me?" I asked looking at him with big eyes. He sighed as he kneeled down to let me get on his back. I smiled as I swing my legs around him and wrapped my arms around his neck. He stood up and started walking.

"What did I choose heels?" He groaned as he walked. I giggled.

"I don't know!! It was your choice!!" I chimed. He chuckled.

"Way to state the obvious." He chuckled. We walked for about 5 more minutes as Zack groaned on and on about how much I weigh and how tired he was.

"By the way, I only weigh 145." I said. He chuckled as his hands wondered up from the crooks of my knees to my butt then up to my waist as he let me slip off his back. I turned and glanced down my body.

"Well, I see why." He said. I looked like a stick. The only places with curves were my chest and my butt, and they weren't big. We took my hand and yanked me in the direction of the park.

"Hey!!! I'm wearing heels." I screeched. He chuckled still pulling me. I tripped on a curb and fell face first. Zack jolted back turning to scold at me. Then he saw me on the ground. He went to my aid immediately. I tried to get up, but winced in pain. I fell back down and Zack put his arms out to catch me. I looked in his eyes.

"My ankle!!! It hurts!!" I cried. I reached to rub my ankle, but Zack hit my hand. I glared at him.

"Don't touch it. I'll get the car. You stay here." He said taking my hand to get me on the side walk. "I'll take off your shoe so it hurts less." He said going to my swelling ankle. He unzipped the booty, I winced and he stopped. I took a deep breath.

"Keep going." I said closing my eyes tight. He nodded. I felt my cheek get wet as he pulled my shoe off. He came up to me and wiped my cheek.

"I'll be back." He whispered in my ear. I nodded. He kissed my cheek and ran off.

He came back about ten minutes later. He got out and ran to me. He cradled me and set me down in the back seat with my foot propped up. He grabbed my shoe and handed it to me.

"Call your mom. Tell her to meet us at the hospital." He said handing me my phone. I complied.

"Mom, we need you to meet us at the hospital." I said closing my eyes scared of what she would say.

"I'm on my way!!!" She said hanging up te phone.

When we got to the hospital, I was admitted. I sat in my bed and Zack sat next to me keeping me company. My mom burst in running to my side.

"What happened??" She asked glaring at Zack. I cupped her cheek and stared her in the eyes.

"I was running in heels and tripped." I explained. She sighed.

"I love you baby. Be more careful next time, okay?" I nodded.

"But Zack saved me." I said pointing to him. He looked at me shocked and so did my mom.

"How?" She asked.

"He helped me up and he ran to get the car to bring me here. I couldn't have done it without him." I said reaching for his hand. Zack smiled as he intertwined our fingers. My mom scowled at him and he quickly let go. Just then, the doctor came in with my results.

"Well Maya, I have some bad news." He said looking at the clipboard. I pulled up to sit straighter waiting for him to continue. "It's broken. You'll need a cast and have crutches for six weeks." He said walking to me. I nodded knowingly as he looked at my ankle. "We can cast it up now then you can be on your way." He said.

"Thats great." I said. The doctor nodded and left to get the supplies.

"Wonderful. We can get this over with then I can take you home." My mom said rubbing my leg.

"Mom. You go back to work. Zack can take care of me." I said grabbing Zack's hand. My mom looked shocked, but got up and left. I smiled up at Zack. "Get your lips on mine right now!!!" I said pulling at his shirt. I smiled and did as told. His lips were comforting. I moved my leg slightly to mold to him, but my ankle wanted to kill me. I winced and Zack pulled away from me looking concerned. I smiled. "Maybe later." I said.