Cold Comfort »Z.M.« ✔️

32. "After I apparently raped you and tried to drug you?"

   I wake up with such hype for today. I am happy. I get all my things and run downstairs. Get myself an apple and go to school straight away. It doesn't matter that I have super messy hair today or that my breath- Holy shit! No! I enter the school. A girl comes up to me.

"Hi. Got any LSD left?" she asks while chewing a gum. I take a look. Of what I have with me.

"Yup. But... I'll give you two if you give me two gums..." I say taking two pieces of LSD. She grimaces at me and takes out a pack of chewing gums. Gives me two. I give her the drugs and smile.

"That's it? No money?" she asks raising her brows. I shake my head and place one of the gums in my mouth. Go to the class. Well... Didn't succeed. I get taken back by someone. And that someone is Liam. He punches me. Holy shit.

"And don't even try to mess her up today. I swear I'll make you beg for your life if anything happens." he threatens. Ouch.

"Man, you have to believe me! I swear, I could never hurt her!" I say as I look at him. He raises one eyebrow.

"Last time I saw you two, you had her face in your hand and a bottle of drugs what clearly showed that you were forcing them on her." he answers and he goes past me. I follow him since I don't know what else to do.

"Listen! I swear I won't hurt her. For example, you come today as well, watch as she plays me. I bet she's about to do something unnecessary. Like, she asked me if I could teach her how to swim. She knows for sure that I don't know how to swim." I say. He turns to me.

"She knows how to swim, you idiot." he whispers. My eyes widen.

"Wait what?" I quietly ask since last time she was here she didn't know how to.

"She learned in Turkey since there's hot and they went swimming like every day!" he explains. I get out my phone and open our messages. I show him the message from her asking me to teach her.

"Why would she ask me to teach her then?" I ask. He looks in my eyes.

"I'll be there. I'll hide." he says and smiles at me. I smile back.

"I got a gum in case my breath smells." I chuckle. He facepalms.

"Firstly, I thought you said that you took a gun and, secondly, you wouldn't kiss her anyway." he cringes at me. I scoff.

"When you left yesterday, she came back and kissed me. We almost got to the couch and I pulled away. She said she wouldn't lie to you if I let her cuddle with me. I let her though." I say. He raises his eyebrows.

"Actually I heard from her that you two talked and she went back home." he whispers and laughs as he goes in the class. Now it's my time to facepalm. The little sneaky... Bitch. But my bitch. Only mine. Wait... What is she doing here?

"Oh, hey Zaynie. Never thought you'd be so early at school." she smiles at me. I chuckle.

"Why? It's not like you're my momma. More like my baby." I answer. She rolls her eyes and smiles at Liam who sits at the table she is sitting on. I sit next to Liam. Like I always do.

"You know how to swim, right?" Liam asks her. She shakes her head.

"I went swimming every day, but I couldn't go further than having water above my hips. The idiot Chris took me deeper and let go. Well, Zack me got out, but I still was terrified to go swimming after that." she answers. Hmm. Can't actually tell, but I think she knows how to swim really well.

"What if you lie?" I ask. She raises one eyebrow. What is happening when everyone is eyebrowing me today?

"Firstly, I can't prove you that I can't swim and, secondly, I've got a video of the moment when they took me deep in the water." she answers and takes her phone out. She's searching for something and then places her phone in front of me. I play the video. It's filmed from far away, but I still see a guy hold her over his shoulder and he's already deep till his shoulders. He just throws her in the water and swims away. That makes my heart beat faster.

"Is he your boyfriend?" I ask. She looks in my eyes.

"Ex boyfriend." she answers. I nod and keep watching. Other guy is already getting her out of the water, "We had an argument after this and I told him that I'll break up with him if he does anything stupid like that again. He was angry at me for that." she tells. I frown.

"That's a stupid reason to be angry at you for." I quietly say. She takes her phone and closes the video.

"Yeah, that's what I thought too. But I guess it's okay for them since they all agreed on his side." she shrugs, "So I just ignored and moved on from that." she sighs. I place a hand on her thigh. She's wearing shorts so her thighs are bare.

"I wouldn't do that to you." I say and then take off my hand. She tilts her head.

"I know." she smiles. Is she planning to... No way, she's planning to make a trap for me.

"And you know that I won't be able to save you if you go deep, because I don't know how to swim." I smirk. Her eyes widen.

"What? I thought you... Oh... Right... Well okay, we'll just have some time together then." she smiles. Hmm. She thought I knew how to swim. So that means I just ruined her plans. I smirk about that.

"Did I just make you rethink your plan? Sorry though." I pout. She giggles. Liam looks so confused.

"Kind of. I was planning to ask you to take me deeper since I trust you that you wouldn't let me go." she answers.

"After I apparently raped you and tried to drug you?" I ask looking at her shocked, "You really do have strong trust for someone who hurts you on daily basis." I squint my eyes.

"I thought we talked it through." she quietly says frowning and sitting closer to Liam, "Plus you said you wouldn't do that to me." she adds. Well... True.

"Let it be." I mumble. At least I see her now, eh?

"And, by the way, I got the permission, Li." she smiles at him. He smiles back. I frown. What permission?

"She's going to learn with us for these last days. In our class." Liam answers to my unasked question. My eyes widen. Holy shit.