From ‚hate you' to ,love you'

Chapter 25

Zach's POV:

We were sitting all in the cafeteria, none of us talked. Jess and Hannah sat beside Blair, hugging her and comforting her. I felt so bad for her, knowing that there's nothing I could do.
Alex suddenly joined us:,,yo what's wrong here? Did someone get shot?'' he asked laughing.
,,Shut the hell up Alex'' - I said angry and now standing instead of sitting.
,,It's okay Zach he didn't know'' - Blair said touching my hand making me sit back down.
,,Wait what's wrong?'' Alex asked looking around.
Bryce told him what happened and then he turned to Blair:,, I'm really sorry Blair.''
,,Thanks, that means a lot to me'' - she said.
The ball rang and I could tell she wasn't really in the mood to go into class now, so I asked the teacher if we could drive home.
,,But why would you go home mr. Dempsey?'' Our coach said.
,,Coach Patrick, she's not really able to drive right now'' - I said.
He liked me so it wasn't a problem to go.
Me and Blair sat in the car, fully in silence.
I took her hand and put it into mine, she looked down to our hands.
,,We'll go through this together, you know that B?'' - I asked her.
She nodded and leaned her head on my shoulder.

Blair's POV:

We arrived home and I went immediately inside. I ran towards the living room, were mom and dad were sitting. I pulled them into a hug and started crying:,,Dad how are you? Is everything fine? What happened? I was so wo— my dad cut me off:,,Honey no need to worry I'm fine, we're fine.''
I hugged them again and sat right in between them. Mum looked to the door:,,Zach come inside.'' - she said and he nodded.
,,I'm really sorry to hear what happened Mr. And Mrs. D.'' he said.
,,Thanks Zach'' mom said
,,And thank you for taking care of Blair''-dad added.
,,Nothing to thank about, I'll always take care of her'' Zach said.
...Hours after what happened I laid in my bed, sleepless and not feeling safe in my own house. It was 2am, I scrolled through Instagram not really being able to sleep. I decided to text Hannah and Jess but both didn't reply, so I thought about Zach. I didn't wanna bother him anymore, but I needed to talk to someone, so I texted him.

IMessage:

Zach? Are you sleeping?

Zach:
No, why aren't you tho?
Is everything fine?

Well actually no, I don't feel really safe that's why I can't sleep

End of IMessage:

Zach just left me on read and didn't reply anymore. My phone rang, it was Zach.
,,hello''? I said
,,Open your balcony door.'' -Zach said from the other end of the speaker.
I stood up and saw Zach standing in front of me in shorts and a Tshirt, probably freezing his ass off.
I let him in and he pulled me into a hug:,,do you feel safe now?'' he asked me.
I nooded yes and closed the balcony door. Zach laid down in my bed and I locked my door, so my parents can't enter. I laid down beside him with my head resting on his chest and he rubbed my back. He kissed my forehead and we fell asleep just like that.....