Summer love // Zach Herron [COMPLETE]

Chapter 18 - Memories

"I have news..."

I stand up and walk towards the lady.

"Please, tell us. Is Oreo okay?"

"Miss Marie..."

"TELL ME SHE IS ALIVE AND OKAY!"

Zach runs up behind me, slips his hand around my waist and pulls me close to him.

"What is it?" Zach asks calmly.

"Mr Herron, I'm so sorry but she didn't make it. She lost too much blood and we couldn't do anything to save her."

As I heard those words, I felt my heart break in two and my legs suddenly felt numb.

I couldn't believe this.

Is she actually gone?

"I need to see her body."

"Okay..."

She signs me to follow her, I grab Zach's hand and follow her into the room they kept Oreo.

I see her furry body laying lifeless on the surgery table. They put tubes all over her, trying to keep her alive.

"My poor baby." I say, while trying to hold my tears.

Zach comes closer to me and hugs me from behind.

I turn around and bury my head in his chest.

He gently lifts me up and starts walking.

I don't even care where he's gonna bring me, I just... don't care anymore.

I hear him thanking the lady and soon we were out of the vet.

Zach carries me back to his car and sets me down.

He holds my waist, gently lifts my chin up and looks at me in the eyes.

"It will be alright. Oreo will always be here..." he says as he is pointing at my head, "...and here." He then points at my heart.

"I miss her already, Zach." I say as my eyes start watering.

He dries my tears with his thumbs and says "Get in the car. I'll bring you to a place you will really like."

I nod my head and get in the car.

While he was driving, he had one hand on the wheel and the other was resting on my thigh.

"Zach..."

"Yes..?"

"Why are you being nice to me all of a sudden?"

"..."

He sighs and removes his hand from my thigh.

"Zach."

"It's just-"

"Talk to me."

"I don't know..."

"You don't... know?"

"I- oh! We're here."

He gets out of the car and runs to my side and opens the door for me.

"Zach! Oh my god! How did you know that this is my favourite diner?"

"I have my ways." He says while smiling at me.

"Let's go, lets get in!" He says as he grabs my hand and leads me to one of the windows, thinking that it was a door, and without stopping, he smashes his head against the window.

*BANG*

I stare at him and start laughing.

"Did you REALLY think that the window was a door?"