For artqueen001 im sorry for taking a while but thank you for understanding 💓
Zach walked into the school holding your hand. His palms were soft but he held you too tight, it did cause discomfort but you didn't say anything because you were afraid to annoy him.
As soon as he saw his friends he let go of you and went over to them.
Not even a good bye.
He didn't even bother to look back or give you a small smile or wave.
You sighed to yourself. He was quite disrespectful sometimes but that didn't bother you much.
What annoyed you were the kind of people he hung out with. They were frat boys and bullies. You have yet to see Zach bully anyone with your own eyes but you worried about it everyday.
"What's up?" Jeff walked up to you , you must've been zoned out. You looked at him and smiled. The truth was , last year you had a crush on Jeff and the two of you got close. However , Zach got in the way after he suddenly asked you out and you said yes.
" Nothing much , I'm just tired." You smiled and he frowned.
" That's what we all say..." He knew something was up. You opened your mouth but you were cut off by a loud group of boys laughing.
Zach and his friends were all over by their lockers shouting and laughing. It wasn't clear what they were laughing at until Hannah Baker walked past in tears. All of them pointed and laughed at her , calling her names. As Zach pointed you both made eye contact, you were horrified.
Why did you say yes?
You said yes because you were afraid of rejection from Jeff. So you stupidly got into a relationship with someone who asked you. But what were you to him? Just a girl?
Zach moved over to you and tried to speak but you didn't let him.
" You know what? Don't talk. Just don't speak to me ever again. We are done , Zach."
He looked at you, sighed and rolled his eyes.
" Fine. I only liked you for your bo-" before he could finish you slapped him round the face and ran out the school.
You sat outside in a field, your face was stained with tears.
You made this stupid mistake of ever saying yes to him.
Jeff appeared and sat next to you.
" I was looking for you." He said.
" I'm sorry for running off , it's just i made a stupid mistake of ever getting with him anyway."
" Why did you get with him?" Jeff asked.
"I...don't know." you answered. The more you thought , the more you realised you still liked him," i was..afraid."
"Afraid?"
" I liked you ,Jeff.. Not Zach. Zach was a mistake. I said yes to him because i was unsure about you liking me so i -"
He grabbed your face, not violently. He then leaned in and kissed your forehead.
"Indeed it was a mistake you made."
He held your hand. It was soft but unlike Zach , he didn't hold you too hard - he was gentle. Everything about him was gentle.
You looked at him in the eyes and smiles, he smiled at you too and hugged you tight.
" I would never say no."
