Tattoo (A Neighbourhood Fanfic)

Chapter 19: The Breakup

(IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER)

Songs for this chapter:

•Catch Me~Demi Lovato, Stephen Lu

Zoe's POV:

"Hey, babe," someone whispered in my ears. My eyes flutter open and my breath is knocked out of my breath. "Jesse?" I choked out and he laughed at my reaction. "What happen to your hair?" I ask and he shakes it tickling my face. Half of his hair bleached blonde and the other black, like a checker. "Change of look," he mumbles tucking his face in my neck. I already forget what was happening.

I notice he was carrying me in a wedding position, and I was already out of the car. "This was a nice surprise," he said and I laugh at him. "Not much of it. I gave it away far to quickly," I said ashamed at this. He grabs my chin, tingles shooting down my spine, pulling my face close to his.

"The fact, that you came across the country to see me it's the best present I could get," Jesse whispers, and my cheeks feel like they are on fire. He grazes his lips with mines, teasing me, and I playfully groan. I grab his face with both of my hands and pull him to me. I kiss his lips passentionly, and all of a sudden I feel someone clear their throat. I look up and see Bryan uncomfortably standing there. I pull away and jump off Jesse. This was awkward.

Bryan's POV:

I look at Zoe as she stared up at Jesse. Her eyes glowing, cheeks pink. Laughing at whatever he was saying. She wrapped her arm around his, her small hand squeezing his hand and I have to pull away from the view.

Why couldn't Jesse treat her right. Like a queen. She let herself in Jesse, showing him her battles scars, and all he does and go off with some girl. A girl he just met, to be precise.

I sit down in the couch, next to Zach as he was on his phone. I stare after Zoe and Jesse as they disappeared down the hall.

"Dude, you need to show her, what he is doing to her," Zach spoke up scaring me. "What do you mean?" I ask scratching my neck nervously. I couldn't tell, Zach, he and Jesse were best friends. "Bryan, I notice how you look at her. It's quite obvious," he said with a duh voice. And with that he turned around back to his phone. I sigh.

I stare up at the ceiling. What if I do? Zoe would see what Jesse is doing behind her back. She would see what she has beside her. She could always have me. Selfish I know, but it was the I my thing on my mind. Her, in my as, wrapped around me. No one hurting her. No one causing her for those scars.

Yed, I saw the new ones she was hiding. They were freshly done, all it took was for Jesse easily to pull her hand up, the sleeve of her sweater sliding off. Can't he see, what is under his nose? Fuck it.

I push myself off the couch, shoving my hands in my pants. I walked towards the closers doors, feeling my throat close up. I raise my hand to knock but I'm beaten by Zoe.

She opens the door, tears freshly in her eyes. She looks at her, and swiftly cleans them, now only looking puffy. "Hey, Bry," she croaks, and I swear all I want to do is go inside and rip Jesse's head off. "What happen, Zoe?" I ask, gently pulling her away from the open room. Jesse is just sitting on the bed, starring at his iPhone.

"Um-" she stops knowing she was going to cry. She tries to control herself. "I uh-," again she stops, her eyes brimming with tears and I pull her into me. "Zoe, let go," I said referring to her crying. "Cry all you need, that's all you need right now," I said pushing strands of her hair from her face.

She slowly shakes under me, and than finally breaks down. Her tears streaming down her face, and through my shirt. "Please, I just want to get out of here," she whispers urgently getting off the couch. She has panic in her eyes, as if in any time this whole apartment would just swallow her up.

"Ok, let's go," I said grabbing the car keys from where i put them. I take one last glance in Jesse's room, but it's close. I hear mumbling from the other side, and all I could catch was: "Yes, I broke up with her. No she didn't find out Scarlet was pregnet."

Zoe's POV:

I stare out the window of the car. Feeling pretty numb. Just a bit of a burn, but numb. I stare at my wrist. The scars I've just received a few days ago, itching. The new bracelets I added hiding it. Maybe it was because of this.

My scars. My past. Me.

Maybe that was why he broke up with me.

*FLASHBACK*

I sit down on the bed looking around. The room looked bare, bags here and there, dirty cloths everywhere, but aside from that it look comfy. "Nice room," I say, and he looks up from his phone up to me. "Mmhm," he says and looks down at his phone.

"What are you looking at?" I ask crossing my legs. "Some information for tomorrow Brazil," he said walking to me. I nod and look up at him as he stares down to me.

"We need to talk," he said after a while. I stare at him confused. No. I heard those words before. Those words before the guy breaks up with girl. "Um, I," I tried finding words but couldn't find them.

"Zoe, listen," he starts but I get up. "Please don't," I beg. No, he can't do this. "Zoe, this is way harder for me" he says, his voice strain. "Jesse, please," I try again. Tears are running down my cheeks, and I feel like my stomach is being clawed, screaming for air.

I go up to him, and wrap my arms around him. I feel him tense up and then feel tears going down my head. "We can't do this, any more," he says. "Why?" I ask, pulling away and looking up at his eyes. He looks away from me, his eyes meeting anything but mines.

"It's for the best," he murmurs. "Really? After all this?" I ask in false amazement. He has pulled away now sitting down on his bed. All his attention on his phone. I walk up to him, snatch his phone and throw it at the wall, hearing a clear Snap!

*END OF FLASHBACK*

"Zoe?" Bryan says bringing back from the memory. I look up, turning to him. "Huh?" He looks at me then shakes his head. "Nonething," he murmurs. I would have pressured him to tell me what was on his mind, but I don't think my mind would've keep up.

Instead I rolled my sleeves done covering my fingers and crossing my arms on top of my chest. The pressure I've been feeling, easing a bit as I closed my eyes. The window was open so the wind was blowing in. And I fell asleep to that.

Wind in my ears, and Jesse in my mind.

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{Authors Note:

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