Introverted Love!

Chapter 2

I willed every ounce of strength as I prepared to run back to my car but I never got the chance because a lower voice smooth as silk spoke next
'She's mine' it spoke with no malice but it sent shivers down my spine and I spun around to see a tall dark figure leaning against the railing of the childrens park. I couldn't make out a face but the first stranger could because whatever look he saw on it was enough to make him turn around and speed off. I didn't know whether i was in a better or worse off situation here then before.

Still frozen I watched like an idiot as this stranger got closer until the lampost from the playground lit one side of his face. I gasped and the tension released from my body so fast I almost lost my footing. He caught me easily with one hand and pulled me up until my face was inches from his
'Maya, are you okay? Whats wrong are you hurt?' He spoke softly but rapidly eager for answers. I was still in a daze and just stared up at him blankly. 'Come on, we need to get you home I think you're in shock'.  The part about home reminded me of dad and that reminded me of the marriage and that made me laugh uncontrollably. I threw my head back and laughed hysterically into the night. 'Zack of all people hahaha' i still hadn't stopped when we reached my car. He reached around me to my purse which was behind me and pulled out the car keys. Thats when i realised I was on the passenger side.
'Erm what are you doing, I can drive home by myself'. I exclaimed, he ignored me and opened the door pushing me lighlty in and closing the door behind me. He got into the drivers side and started the car. Everything from the past few months that had been boiling inside me, all the arguments rose to the surface and here sat the enemy calmly about to drive me home.
'Where is your car, why are you driving mine I told you I am fine and what on earth are you doing here anyway? What is with your family why are you always in my face' I screeched. To my surprise he stared right at me and leaned close. My heart started to thump loud, he actually was very good looking I had always thought so and so had all the female population of our high school. His dark hair was loose from its normal slicked back look it hung low almost falling in his eyes. His eyebrows were thick and framed his face with its chiseled jaw he looked like a catalog model. He moved forward and just as I was about to lose it he clicked the seatbelt into it's holder. He moved back fast and stayed like a statue the entire ride home not saying a word. He was right I must have been in shock because a sudden fatigue hit me so I lay my head back and closed my eyes.

(Zacks POV)
I watched her sleep, her brows furrowed like she was having a bad dream but i daren't wake her. She was really shook up and naturally annoyed with me due to dad's decision about the marriage. She just needed some time to process only there was no time dad had already decided on the date August 18th we would be married and that was only 6 weeks from now. A single tear escaped her right eye and my finger moved to catch it before i knew how to stop it. She moved closer to the edge of the seat and her head almost fell off the head rest, i moved closer until my shoulder touched hers and her head naturally lay on my shoulder. My heart nearly lept out of my chest for the second time that night. She must never know I'm the reason she has to marry so soon. I have to convince her, I can no longer watch from the side, it's better if she accepts this as soon as possible.