My Bully(Zion Kuwonu/PRETTYMUCH)

16.

"So...where is he?" July asked after talking with August for almost an hour.
"He's not here." August answered.
"Where did he go?" July asked getting increasingly worried.
"Don't worry I told him to get his friend to FaceTime me when he gets there, and that he had to be back before a certain time or I'll call the police." August sighed clearly trying to calm herself down. July picked up the glass of lemonade from the table in front of her.
"Are you planning on going to the hospital?" July questioned raising her eyebrow at August's now wrapped up hand.
"Si Abuela, tomorrow morning."
"Rude!" July answered.
"Oh so now you know español?" August chuckled.
"Who's the friend that he went to visit?" July asked as she took a sip of her lemonade.
"Brandon?" August answered as July practically spat her lemonade out.
"How, he just left the diner literally before I rang you!"
"Calm down! Zion should be getting there now."
"You don't understand, I annoyed him. If that secret Zions hiding can be used to bribe him, or used to expose him then his life is going to be over. We need to make him come back as soon as he rings you."

"Calm down, just wait a while." August answered.
................

Another hour went by and it had already started to get dark. August's phone finally rang, July grabbed it and answered the call as August just looked at her with wide eyes.
"Sorry I-"
"Come home, please come back here...it's....my mum, please Zion." July pleaded using the first thing that came to mind. She felt bad for using her mum as a ploy, but she was hoping it would work.
"Ok I'm coming, I'm coming." Zion answered as the phone went down.

........
It was 20 minutes later and July sat there shaking her leg with August, who had now fallen asleep. As soon as soon as the bell went August began to stir and July ran to answer it.

She let Zion in and before he could say anything she gave him the tightest hug she could.
"Is your mum ok?"
"Yeah I'm sorry I lied, I had to get you away from Brandon. He was in the diner and I rejected him, and he told me he was going to use whatever you tell him against you, he wants to ruin every single one of us."
"Shit, I...I thought I could talk to him. I didn't know." He stuttered.
"It's ok, it doesn't matter." July answered

"Are you going to let go of me?" Zion asked as July pulled away from him.
"Sorry." She answered.
"Don't be sorry." Zion gave her a small smile, but she could help tear up when she saw the light behind his smile wasn't there, his eyes seemed sad even though he was smiling.
"What's wrong?" Zion mumbled as he pulled July in for a hug.
"Me, I'm wrong, I'm disgusted with myself."
"Don't say that." Zion tutted at her, and kissed her forehead to reassure her.
"I saw it, I saw what happened, I made you feel that way, and I'm so sorry." July sobbed quietly , as she didn't want to wake August.

"Don't even try put that blame on yourself, that was all me, I had support, somewhere to live, and a job and it still wasn't enough, you help me but I'm still broken and I can't be fixed. A female is not going to fix these problems ok, I have to work on myself and I have to get closure." Zion held July's hands in his own.

"Closure for what, just tell me!" July pleaded.

"I just want things to feel the same, I don't want you to baby me after today, I don't need a carer, I just need a friend" Zion answered shrugging his shoulders.

"Ok" July sighed.

"Sooo...if we're walking home in that dark we might actually need to hold each other's hand." Zion chuckled.
Both of them went over to August and helped her get to bed, before leaving.
They made their way home hand in hand and they knew that they'd have explaining to do when they got in...