Toxic Lips

Zealous

N/A POV

Zane slams the door as he walks out of Liza's house, making the whole house shake. Liza flinches as the sound of the door slamming. She gets up to look out the window, watching Zane get into his car, and speeding out of her driveway. Liza, walking back to the couch, was finding it hard to stand up, she was so tired. Once she made it to the couch, she laid down. Memories raced through mind, memories of her and David. Feeling a lump growing in her throat, she shut her eyes tightly, trying to stop the tears from forming a river on her face. She turned over to her side, still shutting her eyes tightly. Liza, soon enough fell asleep.

//Liza's POV//

I opened my eyes slowly, waking up I realized I fell asleep on the couch. Last night was the worst. I sat up on the couch slowly, groaning. I need a phone, and a car. I need someone to drive me to get a new phone because I can't call an Uber, and I can't call anyone. Wow this sucks. Standing up, I sigh deeply. Sometimes I wish I'd never remembered because what is my life without David? But, I don't want to forget him either, I love him. I walk to my bedroom, opening the closet to pick something out to wear. I move clothes out of the way and to the side until I see a shirt that makes my eyes get teary. It's one of David's shirts. I haven't washed it since he gave it to me, it still smells like him. I reach my hand up, quickly ripping it off of the hanger and putting it on my small body. It's very big on me, I smell it. I feel tears stream down my face as my nose fills with the smell of David. I really need Gabbie right now.

I put on some pants. They are black and loose on me, but I only plan to go to the neighbor's to ask to use their phone. It's a family of 3, a single mother with two girls, 6 and 8 years old. I met them when I first moved into this house, they are very sweet. I open the door, shielding my eyes from the bright sun outside. As I walk through my gate and onto the sidewalk, I look toward my neighbors house and see a car parked in the driveway of the house, good they're home. As I start to walk down the street I see a car start to come down the street. As it gets closer, I recognize the car, or should I say, Jeep. It's Zane. Shit. I walk slower as the Jeep gets closer, and pulls to a stop right next to me.

He leans out the window and says "hey babe, where you going huh?"
"Just over to the neighbors to use their phone, do you need me?" I say back to him.
"Yeah I was just going to your house, we can go get you a phone, hop in!" He says.

I walk over to the passenger side of his Jeep and get in, I don't want him to take me, anyone but him. He's talking to me as we drive to Verizon to get a new phone. He's been looking at my shirt the whole ride- my shirt! I forgot I was wearing David's shirt! Well I guess it's okay, I mean how would I know it's David's? Why does it matter, if Zane's my boyfriend, oh wait he's not. He looks at it occasionally and I'm sure he notices that it's David's.
"So... where'd ya get that shirt?" Zane asks me.
My heart stops for a moment as my mind races for an answer.
"Um I'm not sure, I don't remember, it was just in my closet." I say

I see him nod his head as he pulls into the parking lot of Verizon. Once we're parked, we climb out of the vehicle and walk into the store. I end up getting the same phone I already had, an iPhone 7+. After paying and setting it up, we left the store and headed back to my house. I'm still pretending not to remember anything so I have to act like I love Zane, and he makes it really hard.

We arrive at my house and once we're inside he decides that we should just watch TV. I agree considering that means less talking to him. I sit on the couch and he goes over to my fridge, I turn around to see what he's getting, he's getting some cranberry juice. I didn't even know I had cranberry juice. He pours it into a glass and walks over to the couch. He sits down on the couch, as he sits a lot of cranberry juice splashes out of the cup and onto David's shirt.

"Zane! You just got cranberry juice all over David's shirt! That is all I had left of him! Zane what the fuck!?" I scream at him bursting into tears.

Shit.

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