Notice me

CHAPTER II : RUNAWAY LOVER

Zoe parked at her driveway her head pressing firmly on the steering wheel as a new set of tears joined the others on her already wet jean overalls.

Was she that undesirable that he left for so long trying to Fisk away his emotions by starring danger in the face.

Her sobs became so loud it had her coughing up air trying to integrate the well needed air with open arms and a bruised heart. The man she pined over but kept herself vacant to had felt romantic feelings for her but never once acted on it.

He knew for a fact that she wouldn't have gone to him and said it herself, sure she had her moments of bravery but he knew damn well when it came to Rory Tate she was a blank slate.

She jolted at the sound of someone knocking firmly on her driver's window. Tilting her head to the opposite direction she wiped away the stray tears running down her cheeks and eye crease.

She took a fresh breath of air and turned to whomever had knocked with a small smile. Dacia, her friend since forever and shield since her sixteenth birthday.

Dacia's head tilted, her heart shaped face set in a grimace as she noticed how her best friend had swollen eyes and a slightly red nose. "What happened"
The sight of Zoe this disheveled had her almost tearing up herself but soon anger replaced her emotions as she thought about what could've cause this.

She hadn't seen Zoe like this since Rory left and she had desperately hoped she would never have to see her friend this torn ever again.

Zoe opened her door and grabbed her satchel before getting out and slamming the creaky door closed. Placing her hand in Dacia's own she threaded up the pathway opening the door letting her friend in before going for the kitchen dropping her satchel on the kitchen island.

"Rory left because of me. Yeah put his life in danger and everything! Am I so unattractive that he'd go on a suicide mission Das" Dacia was speechless. It was clear to any and everyone how much Rory cared for Zoe and if he left because of her it better be a damn good reason.

"Slow down, what do you mean Rory left because of you- I'm not picking up" Zoe took a deep breath her hands set behind her leaning heavily on the marble counter facing Dacia before she explained the whole ordeal.

By now they had both been comfortably settled into the three seat sofa facing each other with a warm cup of cocoa in their hands. " I am so sorry Zoe I was so sure that you'd be swept off your feet in his arms any minute now, I didn't mean for any of this to happen" Dacia honestly felt so bad this was all her fault for pushing her friend onto Rory Tate now look where it got them both.

"Mmm it's ok. At least now I don't have to be lead on, I can finally move on" even though she said those words out loud she still didn't believe them. Could she truly get over him.

He had her heart in his palm and she undoubtedly crushed it.

"Go take a bath I'm staying over I just gotta get my stuff " she reluctantly nodded going off to put the cups into the sink and sniffling all her way up upstairs with hiccups guarding her every breath as Dacia went next door for her overnight clothes.

She closed her room door tossing off her favorite pair of converse and walked to the bathroom closing the door behind herself and stripping down to nothing before entering the shower.

She squeezed out her body wash on the loofa lathering up herself her mind wandering to how familiar the scent was. It smells as welcoming and enchanting as Rory's eyes were.

Having enough of her self torture she horridly rinsed off the lathered before getting out and drying herself, brushing her teeth and hair before putting in up in simple box braid and clothing into a simple Scooby doo night dress.

Exciting the bathroom she found Dacia on her bed a big bucket of fried chicken and tricks yogurt with Netflix on the tv.

She smiled in gratitude, there's no one else she rather pig out with than her best friend. Beside her Dacia had pulled Zoe's battery from her phone. "You dismantled my phone!" She shrieked in horror.

It must've took quite some time seeing that Zoe's phone was an Apple brand and that phone had to be delicately taken down. " don't worry Jethro taught me" Jethro was Dacia's boyfriend of two years they were both techno geeks which made sense seeing how perfectly they operate together.

" you'd better have god touch that phone" she mumbled in uncertainty.

She could've only guessed that it was Rory seeing as her phone wouldn't stop ringing the entire drive home.

"What's on the movie agenda?" She asked her mouth full of the tasty goodness know as fried chicken dipped in barbecue sauce.

"Well first I'm thinking of watching pretty woman, then Freddy vs Jason, and lastly maybe some horrible teenage parody movie" Dacia suggested her mouth covered in blueberry yogurt.

"Sounds like a plan" they switched on Freddy vs Jason first and right as the ending credits came Dacia found herself tightly clutching onto Zoe's arm the chicken leg left stranded in her mouth as she stayed frozen.

"We can watch pretty woman now" Zoe's was genuinely trying to keep her laugh at bay but how could she when her best friend who was always big and bad couldn't bear a little horror movie?

"Never again" Dacia moved quickly picking pretty woman cherishing each moment a scene would let her forget about what horror she released on her poor mind.

They both fell asleep watching not another teenage movie but couldn't stop laughing when they woke up to the wedding party where the priest was praying at the reception.

When morning came it was safe to say that Zoe had found herself a job interview at the town art gallery. It was safe to call it a good deal seeing as she held previous skills from working as an intern of visualization in college.

she found the bed clean of crumbs and stains even her hands were clean they even smelled of apple sanitizer. She took a shower and brushed her teeth and hair before taking out a long sleeved white cotton shirt with her grey fitted shirt and gold pocket watch.

The looked herself over in the mirror and was pleased with her whole attire. Taking her black handbag she use the longer handle on her shoulders before going downstairs to the kitchen having a seat at the island and gladly accepting a cup of tea from Dacia.

"God This tastes good" she felt good, today was going to be a brighter day for her.

"Morning to you too" Dacia mused before walking her cup and putting it in the dishwasher Zoe shortly doing the same afterward.

"Use my car and good luck" she took the Chevy Malibu keys from her before running out yelling thanks and closing the house door.

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