Derailed

Chapter 14

This morning I am beyond content after what happened last night. For once, Zane is still in bed with his arms around me when I wake up. Our naked bodies pressed together. I turn over and caress his cheek, admiring him while he sleeps. He is so peaceful that I don't want to wake him but I really need a shower, so I gently move his arm off of me and climb out of bed. I turn the water on as hot as it goes and relax in the shower for a few minutes. I can't remember the last time I was this happy with my life but I feel so at peace yet excited at the same time.

During my shower I hear someone knock on the door of the apartment and Zane open it soon after. I can't make out the voice but I can tell they're having a conversation and Zane invited them in because it continues after I hear the door shut. I cut my shower short because I don't know what's going on and once the water is off I can tell it's a man's voice. As usual, I didn't bring any clothes into the bathroom so I'll evaluate the situation before I go running out in a towel searching for clothes. My curiosity is getting the best of me anyway so I peak my head out the door and I cannot believe who I see. Tyler is standing in the doorway across from a shirtless Zane in nothing but grey sweatpants. He spots me immediately and I lose any chance I had of hiding until he left.

"Olivia? Oh my god." He walks towards the bathroom with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Tyler what are you doing here?" I panic.

"What am I doing here, what are you doing here?" He starts to raise his voice and pulls me out of the bathroom aggressively by my arm. I can see the fury in his eyes when he sees I'm in a towel.

"Chill man, don't grab her like that." Zane jumps in.

"Stay out of this." He snaps back.

"How did you know I was here?"

"Well I've gotten a total of 10 texts from you since you moved to school a month ago, you've been ignoring me, you went to a party, obviously I got suspicious. You popped up on snap maps a few days ago so this was the only other place I knew to check for you. I can't believe this."

"I'm so sorry Ty."

"SORRY?" He yells at me, "what even is this I need you to tell me the truth. I thought this might be Savannah's place but now I don't even know if Savannah is a real person. You've been lying to me since the second I left you here." He gets increasingly more angry.

"You're right, you deserve the truth. Savannah was a cover up because Zane was the person who helped me out of the party. I didn't want to hurt you." I get quiet when I'm nervous.

"I should've trusted my gut," he paces around in front of me with his hand on his forehead. "You've been cheating on me this whole time?" He assumes.

"Ty I was scared to tell you because I knew you would freak out. I didn't ask for any of this, it just happened."

"So fucking unbelievable." I don't think I've ever heard him cuss out loud until this moment. Tears start to form in his eyes. "I've been waiting around at home waiting to see you or even just hear from you and you've been here with some random older guy the entire time. Have you been screwing him too?" I slightly frown and try to hold back my own tears, I know it's written all over my face.

"I'm so sorry Tyler." The only thing I can manage to say right now.

"I hope you're proud of yourself." He says and storms out of the apartment. I try to run after him unknowing what I could even say to fix this.

"Tyler please!" I yell down the hallway.

"Save it Olivia. Good luck with your new guy." He stops just long enough to say then I watch him run out the front door and drive away from the window in the hallway. A single tear rolls down my cheek but I knew I had this coming. I feel enough guilt to last my a lifetime right now but I have some damage control to do with Zane if I don't want to lose both of them. I wipe the tear from my face and come back into the apartment. Zane is sitting on the couch leaned over the coffee table with his head in his hands. This does not look promising. I anxiously stand opposite of him on the other side of the table.

"What the fuck just happened."

"I can expl-"

"Don't bother Liv," he cuts me off, "you've been cheating on your boyfriend with me. I thought we had something special, I thought you were serious about me."

"I am." This hurts ten times worse than Tyler. "I swear I had good intentions. I liked you a lot, I didn't know what to do." He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes. When he opens them he avoids eye contact.

"Just save it." He throws a T-shirt over his head, slips shoes on and is opening the door before I can process it. "I'm going for a run."

My lies finally caught up to me. I sink into the couch and start crying. Debatably the best night of my life was ruined by the worst morning I could imagine. I knew I didn't want to be with Tyler I just didn't want to break his heart. Turns out I did anyway. And Zane... I will never forgive myself if I messed up our relationship. I never expected any of this to happen when I started college but here I am and I'm definitely not making the most of it right now. I might have just lost everything I've ever loved all at once.