Life's Painful Road

Chapter 8

  "I'm so sorry I couldn't be there." Carlie said through the phone. I sat back a sighed.

  "Carls, calm down. You didn't need to be here. Zack was here, and that's all i needed. Plus, you needed to be there for Kason." I said. Carlie had a new boy friend named Kason. He was a freshman in college, but was a family friend. They started dating 2 weeks ago.

  "Yeah. That's true. I'm just so proud of him. I mean, the presidential award!!! That's insane!! When will I ever be as amazing as him?" Not to mention, Kason was extremely smart.

  "Well, I start summer school tomorrow. And since I really can't go anywhere with my foot, I'm taking an online course!!" I said. Carlie cheered and I laughed. "And, I have my flight booked for August 16. A week after my cast comes off." I said. Carlie screamed so loud, I pulled the phone away from my ear and I could still hear her like she was right next to me. "Okay. Got to go. I'm meeting Emerson later."

  "Is Zack coming?" She asked.

  "Yeah." I said.

  "K. Bye." She said hanging up. I shrugged, then got up to get dressed. I was still in my pajamas. I grabbed my crutches and started to go to my room. When I got there, Zack was there.

  "Already chose your outfit." He said smiling. I grinned then went to my bed. He handed me a crop top that was an ombré pink to white. I threw it on as he handed me skinny jeans. I motioned down to my cast then he turned around getting some high waisted black shorts. He helped me get them over my cast. Then he handed me one white converse as I put it on. He helped me up as we walked out the door.

"Zack," I said taking his hand. "I don't want you to freak out today. Emerson and I dated, as you know, but, he still like me. Please, don't be mean to him. Please?" I begged. He turned and glanced at me then back at the road.

"Do you still like him?" He asked I tightened my grip on his hand.

"No. I love you." I said. He looked me in the eyes. He quickly turned back to the road, but I saw the thankfulness glisten in his eyes. When we arrived at the restaurant, Emerson was leaning on his car waiting. Zack got out and came around to help me. When I was out of the car, Emerson gave me a huge hug.

"Hey May. So good to see that your okay, well, kinda." He shrugged. I giggled.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Just hard to move around. That's all." I said turning to face Zack. "And this is Zack. He was my boyfriend. He's here visiting and helping me since I'm restricted." I said grabbing Zack's forearm to pull him closer to Emerson. They shook hands before we went in. We sat down at our table and we all caught up.

"So, May, how'd this happen." He said motioning to my leg. I sighed.

"Well, Zack and I were walking to a park, when I decided to run in heels. I tripped on a curb and broke my ankle. Really, that's all." I said.

"So this boy is responsible for causing my girl to get hurt." I saw Zack tense up and I could tell he was balling his fists. I rubbed my hand down his arm to his hand intertwining our fingers to calm him down.

"Emerson, it wasn't like that. I was stupid and was running in heels. I promise, Zack would never hurt me on purpose." I said staring at Emerson.

"Well, he sure hurt you when he cheated on you." He remarked. Zack's hand was now resting on my thy.

"No Emerson. If anything, I hurt him more than he hurt me. He broke up with her because I hurt him so much. Trust me. He loves me." I said smiling up at Zack. I felt his hand wander up my thy as it tried to creep up and under. I lifted his hand up and put it on the table. Emerson clearly noticed, because he got up and got in Zack's face. "EMERSON!! STOP!! Don't hurt Zack!!" I yelled. Emerson was snapped out of what ever he was in and looked at me with big eyes.

"I'm sorry May. But I love you, and I can't bear to see you with another guy. I have to go." He said kissing my cheek and leaving Zack stayed silent.

"I'm sorry. I didn't-" I was cut off by Zack putting a finger on my lips.

"Let's finish this at your house." He said. I nodded and waved our waiter over. Zack led me to the car and helped me in. On the drove home, I wondered if I really loved Zack. If I did, why couldn't I just date him again? Why did it feel akward when I thought of us being a couple again. I mean, he treated me like his girlfriend. I think we're scared of having the title, because we don't want to hurt each other again.

A.N. I know it's short. Honestly just a filler. The next few chapters will probably be shorter than normal because I'm having a really bad writers block. I have the scene where Zack and May get back together all planned out, the hard part is, getting there. Oh! And if you didn't know for a fact that they were getting back together, what were you thinking?!?!