Say no, say no, say no! This is your freaking house - say no!
"Come in."
I head whipped towards Zach's voice and I prevented myself from causing my jaw to drop to the floor? The hell, he knows what Courtney has done to me and he did this?! But he eyes were hard, his grip on the doorknob was right, causing his knuckles to go white; and his jaw was clenched.
He moved away from the door and wrapped his arm around my waist, helping me back into the living room. He bent down and whispered, "I know what I'm doing - trust me." My eyebrows furrowed in confusion but I nodded anyways. "I'm going to get pizza, I'll be back."
I heard the front door close and Courtney sat across from me on the white couch, her face looking smug. Dorothy came up to me, looking worried, her glare on Courtney was hateful and full of disgust. She scrunched her face before turning to me and giving me a small smile. "Hey, you okay?" I smiled and nodded.
Kira appeared behind her along with Emma. "Where can we put our stuff down?" I bit my lip.
"You can sleep in my room, but there's two guest rooms."
Emma nodded, "Where's your room?"
"Oh," I stood up, adding more pressure to my left foot than necessary. That cause me to just fall back down on the couch and I sighed.
"You can just tell us the directions, we'll figure it out." Lucas was leaning again the doorway of the kitchen, giving me a gentle smile.
I returned the smile and gave the girls the directions to my room, since they decided to sleep there; and the directions to one of the guestrooms for Lucas and Zach. Once they went upstairs, I realized Courtney had not moved from where I last saw and the same sung look on her face.
She leaned on her knee, tapping her manicured nails in the glass coffee table in between us. "Lookey here." She looked up at me and smirked. "Zachary wanted me here, he still wants me not you. So don't flatter yourself with what he did for you, it was just out of pity." She placed both of her hands down onto the table. "I warned you before and I'm warning you again: Do not try and steal my boyfriend away from me.
"I didn't like this little stuntyou were trying to pull this weekend. Spending time with my boyfriend, you little slut. Is that you want to be known as - a homewrecker?" She raised an eyebrow and folded her arms. "Continue with this and I'll make sure the entire school knows how much of a homewrecker you really are." She moved forward and grabbed my wrist, her nails cutting into my skin. She purposely stepped on my injured foot and pressed down. "Gotit?"
My answer was never said due the front door slamming shut with great force. "What are you doing, Courtney?!" We both turned to see Zach's red face, the pizzas on the floor, his hands clenched, his body shaking.
I blinked and titled my head. How does he always appear in a situation like this? This is a bit strange.
I watched as Courtney stuttered to the fuming Zach. I looked down to see that her foot had not lifted from mine and some blood was appearing on the once white gauze. I frowned and bit my lip. "Ow."
Zach saw this and he looked even more livid. "Get off her foot!" Courtney did as told, not before giving me a cold glare. "Don't look at her like that!" We both jumped at the loudness and promixity he was at when he shouted. He took a deep breath. He turned towards me, his eyes softer than before. He came forward and picked me up bridal style, walking towards the stairs. He stopped off a second.
"Get out Courtney, I'll talk to you outside."
He carried into my room and dropped me on the bed, carefully, ignoring the other girls gawking at him in the room. He stepped out and quietly closed the door behind him.
After he closed the door, I seem to realize how much my foot really hurts and I let out a low hiss.
Emma looked down at my foot and cringed. "Let's remove that gauze and wrap a new one." She went to my dresser and grabbed the first aid kit Zach had there before.
Kira furrowed er eyebrows. "Do you think maybe you might have broken a bone?"
I frowned, but shrugged. "I don't believe so - I hope not. The skin just feels as it teared maybe a pundtured a bone, but I'll ask my dad tomorrow." She pursed her lips and nodded.
I slowly undid Zach's work just as Lucas entered the room. He narrowed his eyes at the dark purple bruise. "Heard the yelling outside between Zach and Courtney. Is everthing okay?"
I sighed, shrugging. I grabbed a pack of moist towelette and cleaning the the little blood that dried, tossing it in the waste bin when I was done. Zach came in after and he wrapped the gauze for me again in silence. I studied him silently, noticing that he looked more relax.
Fixing it one last time, he glanced up. "I bought more pizza since I dropped the last ones. They're on the table downstairs."
The girls and Lucas took that as their cue to leave.
Zach dropped my foot back on the bad, signalling he done. I silently thanked him and he nodded in response. He stood up and ran his fingers through his hair, letting out a sigh. "I'm sorry about Courtney."
I shook my head. "It's not your fault."
He shrugged then smile at me. "I promised to protect you, didn't you?" He came closer and my heart fluttered at what he said. "You won't have to worry about Courtney anymore."
I tilted my head to the side. "Why not?"
"I broke up with her."
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