Forever and a Day

CHAPTER 7

Jake’s POV

            I miss her. In the few hours that we were away, my heart already longed for her. Why did I fight with her in the first place?! Stupid me!

“Sup?” Patrick Williams called.

I scoffed. “Whoa. What’s with the attitude?” He asked.

“Zoe and I had a fight…” I said glumly.

“Whoa. That’s a first. What happened?” He patted my back comfortingly.

“My fault,” I said as we started to walk to the football field.

“Harsh... What did you do?” He commented.

“Let’s just say jealousy got the better of me,” I felt guilt washing over as I remembered pinning Zoe against the lockers.

“What? Who could possibly get you jealous? I mean Zoe’s like the most loyal girl I have ever seen.” He commented with disbelief. 

I fixed the straps of my backpack and when I looked up… well, bad news. “There they are right now,” I pointed in the direction of Zoe and Lawrence.

“What’s the deal with that new kid? You wanna teach him a lesson?” He said tauntingly with a hint of fear.

His bad boy look really gave away that message “fear me” and that Lawrence kid is kind of a big dude… somewhat as big as I am… or maybe bigger. But there’s no way I am going to fear him. I control this school.

“Nah. Not when Zoe would know and I have a good feeling that he’s a tattletale.” I said in an insulting manner.

“If you say so. But tell me if he even try get Zoe from you… the whole football team’s got you,” He said supportively.

“I got this,” I said confidently.

The days dragged on like it was pulling me down a spiral hole of despair. I needed my Zoe in my life. Every day I always try and apologize to Zoe but we never see each other in school and when I go to her house, she was never home. Yes, she was avoiding me… this is getting too much for me to handle. I know I have messed up a lot but I think maybe this is… well, too much. But even so, I love her too much to just let her go. I am still going to try and see her… even if I had to skip class for it. Every day, I ate lunch with Alice desperately looking for Zoe in the cafeteria but she was never there. It bothered me… where does she eat? Or does she even eat at all? I know she went to school because I’ve asked her friends and classmates and they have seen her. But they don’t want to spill anything about what Zoe says about me… about us. I was losing my mind and I desperately need her right now.

The dismissal bell rang and I was with Patrick by Zoe’s locker, waiting for her in case she’s going to grab a couple of books.

“Hey,” a female voice said.

Zoe? Could it be? I thought to myself, expectantly but only finding myself disappointed because it was someone else.

I turned and saw a huge, but beautiful girl, Alice. I met her earlier today when I accidentally lost control. Since Zoe was the only person keeping me sane, having a fight with her didn’t do me any good… it sort of got me weirdly sick… like I was in some sort of trans. We met when my vision was a blur and everything was woozy. I kind of lost my balance and control when I was walking out the school. Without any warning I tripped and almost fell down an open manhole but luckily, she caught me and positioned me to stand up. But my legs still felt wobbly so I fell to me knees like the drunk man I am not. Feeling pity for me, she lifted me up to my feel to the nurse’s office. It was a good thing no one was in the corridors ‘cause it would’ve been more embarrassing that it already was. She was the strongest girl I know. I looked at her and she had a buff body and obviously a lot of upper arm strength. Her face was sculpted by the greatest artist in the world… she’s absolutely beautiful. The wind was blowing her brown, curly hair and the light shone perfectly on her face which made her even dreamier. She would have been one of a man’s dream girls, but I have already found the one for me… Zoe.