A Night [In Just One Night So Much Can Change]

Chapter 16

"Well considering I just got out of a coma, not to bad." I say

He doesn't respond he just sits there nods. I size up his face again looking at his eyes mainly. The deep brown chocolatey colour of his eyes always seems to amaze me. I look around the area of his eyes and see that he has dark circles underneath them.

"Have you slept at all?" I ask

"I took a few hour naps every now and then but I stayed up all through the night." He says

"Why?" I ask

"I was worried about you. I couldn't sleep with out knowing if you were okay." He says

"You shouldn't have to worry about me Zach." I say

"But. Clary I worry about you because I-." He says but stops halfway through his sentence

"You what Zach tell me." I say

"It doesn't really matter. I'll tell you another time." He says

"If you say so." I say

Zach's POV

Clary and I were talking and everything in the conversation was going fine until I almost spill something that would have ruined our friendship. You might be wondering what it is but it's kind of obvious. Everything that's pointing towards it why can't she figure it out. Me telling the nurse I was her boyfriend so I could find out some information, not sleeping and worrying about her constantly. I'min love with Clarissa Hope Besson. And I can't deny it any more. She may not feel the same way towards me and I cannot ruin our friendship so I'm going to have to hide it. I don't know how I'll be able to do it but it's for the best, for our friendship. I was distracted for my thoughts by Clary speaking.

"If you say so." She says

"Promise me something." I say

"What?" She asks

"That no matter what happens we will always be best friends and support each other on every decision. And help the other one get out of bad situations." I say

She held out her pinky and I did the same. We interlocked them and a promise was made.

"I promise. No matter what." She says with a big smile on her face

Clary's POV

When Zach said those words. Those dreadful words. Best friends. I mean I'm glad we're best friends but the label didn't feel right. I wasn't comfortable with that label, best friends. The words were repeating in my head. I heard Zach's voice saying those words. It's killing me. Slowly but surely. Best friends. Maybe I didn't want to be just that. Maybe I wanted more. Not best best friends. But something different. I wanted us to be together as one. As a couple. Not a couple of best friends. But as boyfriend and girlfriend. I love him to much, to just be standing around waiting and wishing I could kiss his face every time I saw him. And hug him whenever without a reason. But that would never happen. It would ruin our friendship. Or whatever we have anymore. One day we're strangers that end up sleeping together and now we just pretend it didn't happen, we're just best friends.

"Clary. Earth to Clary." I hear

I snap out of my thoughts and stare at whatever is ahead of me. Which happens to be Zach's left hand waving in front of my face.

"Hello Mr. Herron." I say

"Welcome back to earth Ms. Besson." He says

"Ew. I'm still not used to knowing my last name. Besson....." I say

"Well you've only know for a few hours. He says

"I guess." I say

"So what were you thinking about?" He asks

"Nothing much. Just how much my life has changed since we met." I say

I mean I'm not completely lying. It was part of it my thoughts. It just wasn't what I was mainly focusing on this time.

"It really has changed hasn't it." He says

"Dramatically." I say

"So I never did get the chance to ask you. But what were you doing at the club that night?" He asks

"Celebrating my birthday..." I say

"It was your birthday?" He asks

"Yep. November 8th. The day of my sixteenth birthday." I say

"And today is what?" He asks

"I don't know. I've been in a coma, remember." I say

"Oh right." He says

He takes his phone out of his pocket and looks at his lock screen to see the date of today.

"November 13th. Only fives day after your birthday and since we met." He says

"Boy has my life changed a lot." I say

"Dramatically." He says

"So what we're you doing at the club?" I ask
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So this is the sixteenth chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out what Zach was doing at the club in the first place. Byeeee!
-SJ
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[November 23rd 2017]