My Theater Boy || A Zaniel Au

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(If it's underlined it's a memory)

The theater was lit by small bulbs lining the walls, I wave at the employees and walk into the room showing screen 4. The room was maybe half way full, I walk down the hallway and down the stairs towards Daniel and lea. The façade was gone, she was on her phone and he was trying to watch the movie, the family behind them were clearly annoyed at the girls actions, as was Daniel and I. I walk down the aisle above theirs and towards her seat,
"Ma'am, I'm gonna need you to get off of your phone" she doesn't listen,
"Please you're distracting others, get off of your device" she then grabs her drink and dumps it on me.
"LEA" Daniel grabs her hand lightly and brings her out of the theater, I apologize to the rest of the people and walk out as well. I see them standing near the bathrooms away from everyone, and then she slaps him, the sound of her palm coming in contact with his cheek echoed loudly. There's a red print visible in the dim light. I rush over and move her away before she can hit him again, it was at this moment that I realized how much shorter I was than him. His chin could easily go on top of my head and there might have even been space between that. I looked up at him,
"Are you okay"
"Yea I'm fine".
Daniel walks over to the girl and says something as she yells and walks out of the theater, when daniel turns around tears brim his eyes. He shuts them letting them fall freely before running out of the theater. I feel something in my chest, it hurt. It was like my dads death all over again, I felt like I was the cause some how.

"Dad can you come pick me up" I say through the schools phone.
"Yea of course be there in a minute" he says as we exchange love you's and I hang up.
"Zach we could have taken you home" Ronny says looking at me through the office doors' window.
"No it's cool he'll be here in a minute" I say shooting them a quick smile.

"What happened Z" Sue says cutting the silence.
"She hit him" I say not looking at her.
"And I tried to stop it and he left in tears" I say sighing and lay my head against the wall.
"I caused him pain" I say tears forming In My eyes,
"No zach, you tried to help him" Sue says trying to comfort me, she turns me to face her and her face is flushed, she pulls me by my shoulders into a hug, and I start sobbing Into her shoulder. Her being a little taller than me made her great hugging material.
"I was the cause of my fathers death and I ruined a relationship, my moms-" my voice starts cracking and she runs my back.
"You didn't cause your dad to die, he was in a car accident and it wasn't your fault" she says looking me in the eyes.

"Zach you might wanna see this" Ronny says pointing to the tv in the hallway. It's twenty minutes passed the time my dad was supposed to be here. I glance over and see a news channel on.
"There has been a fatal accident between a Semi and a Honda Civic, the passenger in the Honda was sadly killed on impact. The semi driver has survived with major injuries. More details soon to come." The new anchor says as a helicopter shot zooms in on a Semi that drove over the Honda. I collapse in tears as my mother rushes into the school building holding, my baby sister Reese in her arms.

"Z calm down, control your breathing"
"Is he okay" a boys voice cuts through as I look over there's a Daniel with red, puffy eyes, and tear stained cheeks.
"I thought you went home"
"No lea was my ride and my Uber canceled on me so I'm kinda stuck here." He says looking at the starry sky. It was around ten and getting later,
"You can come in" Sue says unlocking the door.
"Thank you" Daniel says looking at me instead. 

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