Let's Play a Game

Let's Play a Game (22)

The whole thought of being in love with Zach made me sick to my stomach. But at the same time, I was happy because he was never going to see Andie ever again because she thought that he truly cared about me. Though I didn’t know how true that exactly was, it still made me feel kind of good.

I was glad that my birthday had been on a Saturday, because I would always stay up let on the night of my birthday. I didn’t want to, but it was like my body just wouldn’t let me go to sleep early. But this time, I still went to bed late but still got up early in the morning.

I never liked waking up early in the morning; especially when it was a Sunday like it was right then. I had woken up at five in the morning, and there was no way I was going to be able to fall asleep. Now that it was eight in the morning, and I knew my dad, Brianna, and Steve were awake, I decided to take a shower.

Since I knew that everyone who was awake would be downstairs, I grabbed a towel from the hall closet and then undressed in my room, wrapping the towel around me afterwards. After I was fully covered, I made my way out of my room and toward the bathroom.

I swung the bathroom door open and I couldn’t help but gasp at what I saw. Zach was standing there in the steamy bathroom, only a towel around his waist. Everything else, including his chest, was completely bare.

“Jeez!” I couldn’t help but cry out, making sure to hug my towel closer to me so he wouldn’t see anything. I was glad that Zach already knew about my scars, because I would have run for the hills if he hadn’t. “Do you ever lock the door?”

Zach laughed, obviously not caring that the only thing covering his lower body being a loose towel. Though the view was nice, it didn’t make it any less awkward for me. I mean, we were both pretty much naked.

“What about you?” Zach asked now. “Don’t you ever knock?”

“Well… I wasn’t…” I gulped, unable to look anywhere near him. “I wasn’t expecting this.”

“Neither was I,” Zach smirked, his head cocking to the side now. “But it’s a very pleasant surprise.”

I couldn’t admit out loud that I agreed with him, though this would have been the last thing he would expect from me.

I swallowed again. “Why are you even up this early? You’re never up this early unless it’s to wake me up.”

Zach shrugged. “Johnny’s coming over in a little bit.”

This made my stomach twist and turn. Things hadn’t been right between Johnny and me for a while, and now that I had just found out why, it made me feel even more awkward around him. It wasn’t like I could tell him that I loved Zach and not him. That was just out of the question.

“But,” Zach continued now, making his way closer to me before grabbing onto my hips and placing me on the counter, “he’s not going to be here for a little while.”

I wasn’t able to say anything back to this, because his lips were then on mine. And unlike every other time, I didn’t fight against him. I actually kissed him back, because I wanted to kiss him probably more than he wanted to kiss me.

I felt my towel loosened around me, but not enough to uncover anything. I paid no attention to his towel, though I could tell that he was still covered as well.

I honestly didn’t know how long we were kissing for, but the time wasn’t what was important to me. What was important was that I came to a decision that was going to change a lot of things, and it made me feel like a horrible person.

I was going to break up with Johnny. It was something I had to do. Being in a relationship with him when I was in love with someone else wasn’t fair to him, and I probably never should have said yes when he asked me out at all. It would have caused us both less pain. I just couldn’t keep leading him on for even longer than I already had.