Torn Up Love

Chapter Six

My eyes burned into the door where Zac had just stormed out. My chest rose up and down, I wanted to feel angrier but at the same time I just couldn't. Not to mention I was also kind of in shock.

I shut my eyes and took in a deep breath before slowly turning around to face Max. His face was pale and he honestly looked as if he just saw a ghost. It was kind of concerning.

"Why?" I asked.

When he didn't answer I continued, "What's wrong with you, Max? Honestly, why would you bring his parents into it? That's such a low blow"

His eyebrows raised and it was if he got sucked back into reality. He stared at me, as if I was holding a baby unicorn, "Excuse me?" He obviously wasn't expecting that response.

"You heard me, Max"

He blinked as if confirming I wasn't a hallucination in front of him, "What the hell do you mean what's wrong with me?! We're addressing the elephant in the room before we do anything else!"

"Ignore what he said"

"Ignore him? I'm supposed to casually ignore him saying he had sex with you even after I just walked in on you two, alone? Please, Hollie, please tell where the sense in that?"

I stopped talking when I saw it from his point of view. If I had walked in on him alone with a girl and then she said what Zac had said, I would have jumped to the same conclusion.

"So?" He spoke up when I calmed down and understood from his way, "Did you cheat on me?" His nostrils were flaring and it looked as if he was about to either have a tantrum or cry.

I shook my head, "I didn't cheat on you, Max, I promise. I love you"

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure"

"Then why would he say that? Why is he here?"

What could I say right now to explain about all this? That's just Zac, how he actually wanted to rile him up for the fun of it. I could use that excuse but at the start of our relationship Max and I had agreed to no lies, and although a few small ones had slipped through, I couldn't simply fake this one.

If I did lie about it, I was sure that sometime in the future it would come back to bite me in the butt.

"Hollie...?" Max' nerves were showing now, "You just said you didn't cheat on me but now you're hesitating. What is it?"

My jaw tightened and I dropped my eyes. I couldn't even meet his own.

"Hol-"

"I didn't cheat" I stopped him, "I didn't cheat, I promise. Zac didn't like though, he was kind of telling the truth"

When I looked back up, his jaw had fallen open at my words and there were so many expressions showing.

"HOW IS THAT NOT CHEATING, HOL?" I jumped at his loud tone even though I had honestly expected it. I understood where this anger was coming from, in fact I would have been ten times worse at this stage.

"I wasn't with you at the time. We hadn't even met, let alone were in a relationship" When I said this he seemed to calm down a tiny bit. I could still see how tense he was though.

"Was he your first?"

I grimaced at the question, "No, he wasn't. It didn't mean anything"

"How am I supposed to know if it didn't mean anything?"

I knelt down on the couch next to him and rested my hand on his chest, "Babe, it meant nothing. If it did, I'd be with him not you. But it's you I'm in love with, it's you that makes me feel special"