Wanted (A Restless Road Fanfiction)

Heartbroken

CHAPTER 37

Heartbroken

"You didn't just cheat on me; you cheated on us. You didn't just break my heart; you broke our future." ~Dr. Steve Maraboli

~Note: I know I posted this yesterday, but I decided to add a little bit more to the end of the chapter. Enjoy!~

"So, would you care to explain why you came home so early? I thought you were supposed to stay at Andrew's for a week," my mom said as she drove me home from the airport.

"Well, Zach and I... he, um... cheated." She frowned.

"He doesn't seem like the type to do that."

"Well, he did," I said, not wanting to talk about it anymore. I turned away from her and looked out the window, watching the scenery as it passed by. I took out my headphones and turned on some upbeat music, hoping that it would take my mind off of Zach.

We arrived back at home and I went up to my room to unpack my bags. I put most of my clothes back in my closet; I hadn't needed to use them while I was there. I put the clothes that I did wear into the laundry hamper and then sat down on my bed, finally ready to acknowledge the situation.

Should I forgive Zach? I mean, so far, he's been an amazing boyfriend. He's done nothing but make me happy, we hardly ever fought... it all seemed perfect until yesterday. Maybe I just caught him at a bad time. Maybe she kissed him. Maybe he was about to push her off, maybe he was just surprised.

No. Remembering it now... I was watching them long enough, and if he wanted to stop, he would've.

I really needed to talk to Zach about this. I figured he'd probably call by now... but I guess not. I mean, I figured Andrew would at least try to get him to call. I mean, honestly, it seems like Andrew has been there for me more than Zach has the past few weeks. Maybe it just wasn't meant to be.

I shook my head and sighed. I wasn't really ready to think about our future yet. I pulled out my phone and checked Twitter. I pulled up Zach's account and saw that he had tweeted 3 times in the past hour, and all of them seemed indirected towards me. Well, two can play at that game.

I sent out a tweet, "I should've been there in the back of your mind, I shouldn't be asking myself why."

And, honestly, I didn't care at this point. I was too angry and upset to care what anybody else thought. I closed off Twitter and went downstairs.

"Hey, there's some stuff in the kitchen for you," my mom called.

"Like what?"

"I didn't open them."

"Okay, thanks..." I said, and headed towards the kitchen. As soon as I walked in, I saw three roses and what looked like a letter. I looked at the card that came with the roses. "Sorry again, hope this makes you feel a little better. ~Andrew". I smiled. He must have sent them an order as soon as I got on the plane. I made myself a mental note to thank him later.

I opened up the letter and saw that it was from Colton. I skimmed through it and he just wanted to know how I was doing and such. I put the letter aside, knowing that I'd write back later.

Something from Andrew, something from Colton, but nothing from Zach. Of course I was beyond grateful that Andrew and Colton cared about me, but the fact that Zach didn't even bother trying hurt a lot. To be honest, I didn't know if I'd forgive him. I didn't know if I would take him back. As much as I wanted to, and as much as I loved him, he still hurt me. And that says more than any apology ever would.

I went up to my room and decided to have a movie night, to try to get my mind off of things. I fell asleep about halfway through my third one, drifting off to thoughts of Zach...

I woke up the next morning at about noon. Surprising, since I went to bed so early. I got out of bed and threw on some sweatpants. No one was coming over today, thankfully, so I didn't bother trying to look nice. I headed downstairs and saw my mom putting on her jacket.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Well, I'm going to go shopping for a while, I haven't done that in a long time, and then I'll be meeting your father for dinner. I hope you don't mind. I thought you'd want to spend some time with your girlfriends anyway."

"Oh. Yeah, it's okay. See you soon," I said as she walked out the door. Great. Alone again. I went to the pantry and got some food, then headed back up to my room.

A little while later, the doorbell rang. I debated whether or not to go downstairs, but eventually decided to just go and see who it was. I got out of bed and headed to the door. I opened it and came face to face with the person I was dreading to see, yet so grateful to see.

"Zach."