Hold Me Close

Chapter 24

[stephs p.o.v]

No, it can't be... Zac... Zac wouldn't cheat, he's not that mind of guy. "Is everything alright"- Jessie. "By any chance do you know Beth's address and number?" , I sent it, trying to avoid how odd it sounded. Jessie finally sent me the address and I decided to text Beth. "I think you took my maths copy, can I come over and get it?"- I texted. "Yeah sure, can you wait ten minutes, I'm a little busy:)"- she replied. Screw it!, I'm going! I took my keys and made my way to her house. It took about five minutes to walk to her house. As I walked into her estate and up her path I could see the front door opening, I hid behind the wall, peeking over it. Zac walked out of the door and turned around to Beth before kissing her. "I'll see you tomorrow", he smiled. My heart shattered in two. It was true... I stood up and Zac turned around, his facial expression drastically changed to horrified. I felt as if I was frozen in place. "Steph...", Zac began. "Don't you 'steph' me, what I say can't be denied", I chocked. "Let me explain Steph..". "Explain what!?, why you were kissing Beth!?", tears started rolling down my face.

I looked at Beth and she was smiling evilly. "Please Steph", Zac started walking closer to me. I turned around and ran home crying. "Steph wait!", Zac said as he started running after me. "No I won't!", I replied. I forgot Zac was faster then me as he caught up with me and grabbed me. He turned me around to face him. "I'm sorry Steph, please listen to me", he started. "No Zac let me go!", I got out of his grasp and pushed him back before running home, not caring if he was still following. I got home and closed the door behind me before crying again and sliding down the door. Seconds later there was loud banging an the door. "Steph open up babe", he said. "No I won't", I cried. "Listen please Steph I'm sorry", he said banging on the door even louder. "What Zac? You're sorry for lying to me to my face and then cheating in me with your ex girlfriend!?", I exclaimed. No response. "Yeah that's what I though", I cried.

[zacs p.o.v]

I'm such a fucking dick. Why did I have to cheat on Steph. Fuck sake! Steph made a good point, how am I going to explain this to her. "I'm sorry Steph", I sighed before sliding my back down her door and putting my head in my hands. "Zac?", Steph asked quietly. "Yes Steph", I replied. "Maybe we should take a break and start seeing other people, just to see how much we really love each other", she sighed, breaking my heart. "What? Why?", I gasped. "Because Zac, I think it's best..", she finished. "Oh okay", I said as if the air had been taken out of my lungs. I stood up and placed my hand on her door. "Goodbye Steph..", I said, my head against the door. "Goodbye Zac", she sniffed.

Well that's fucking great...

[stephs p.o.v]

Moments later I heard footsteps leaving my driveway. I can't believe he cheated on me. What kind of person cheats?, oh yeah.. Dickheads, just like my ex...

I eventually got off the floor and decided to take a shower to clear my mind. That didn't work at all. I decided to call my friend and ask her to come up. After she heard what happened she hung up and made it to my house within 30 minutes. When she got to my house I explained everything to her and she said I could stay at hers until I got over everything. I called my mom and she was upset for me but she let me go. I packed my bags and Naoimh and I got on the bus to her house.

When we got there she brought me to her room and I unpacked my stuff. We sat in the sitting room and watched some TV before ordering some pizza. Suddenly Naoimh's phone rang and she answered it. "Hello?.. Yeah well Steph is here.. I'm sure she wouldn't mind.. Okay see you then", Naoimh said before hanging up. I sat there confused and asked who was on the phone. "Oh it's Dave, you know Dave don't you?", she asked. I didn't know him personally I just knew he was one of her best friends. "I've heard of him, why?", I asked. "Well he asked if he could come over, do you mind? I'll tell him not to come if you're not in the mood, honestly", she assured. "No it's fine, it'd be nice to finally meet him", I smiled before the pizza arrived.