Just Another Summer Fairytale: Zoei's Country Romance

Heartbreak and Tears

I spent the night with Danny. We talked about nothing and everything. We went to the beach and watched the waved lap on the shore. We went to the park and swung in the swings for the last time. Then, we went to his house and watched movies, had a couple of heavy makeout sessions. We even cried. I've never seen Danny cry, except once...at his little brother's funeral. It was about 4 in the morning when he dropped me back off at the house.

As he walked me to the front door, he clung to me tightly. As he kissed me goodbye, there were tears in his eyes again. And as he drove away for the last time, my heart was shattered. I gasped loudly, and felt tears begin to slide down my cheeks. I threw open the front door and ran up the stairs to my bedroom. I threw myself onto the bed and cried waves of tears. After I was done crying, I was just angry. My breath came in short gasps, and my eyes were red from crying.

The numbers on my alarm clock glow 6:05 am. I hate Stephenie. Why can't she just let me stay? I hate Dad. Why does he have to break the life that we just patched up? I hate Danny. Why didn't he stay? I hate myself. Why can't I fight harder? I hate the world. Why does it have to be so unfair?

I glare at the walls of my room. Soon, sunlight begins to shine through the window. I sigh softly, anger still there, but a tiny bit less. I hear Stephenie downstairs. Then, footsteps on the stairs and sounds of knocking on my door. "Why should you knock? You've already ruined my life, so why should my privacy be any different?" I ask Stephenie through the door.

The door opens and in walks the traitor. She doesn't come and sit on my bed like she used to. Good. Let her stay away from me. "Zoei-" she begins, then she sighs. "Zoei, I know that you hate me right now." To this, I nod enthuastically. "And, I'm sorry."

I stare blankly at her. "Yeah right."

Stephenie only blinks once, then continues on as if I hadn't said anything. "But, this is gonna be good for us all. I need you to start packing. We're leaving in a couple hours. Pack all you can into your bags. We'll take what we can with us now. John will pack the rest and send it up with a moving truck."

I don't answer. John is my dad, by the way.

Stephenie continued, "You'll like Drumright. It's smaller than Miami, but it's got a park and everything." Oh joy. "The next town over has a movie theatre and a bowling alley. And Tulsa is only 45 minutes away," she says cheerfully. "They have a Hot Topic there, too! I know that you like shopping there."

I don't know why, but I go off. "Oh! What a GREAT trade-off. I can BIKE 45 minutes to my favorite shopping spot, instead of walking 5 minutes to Hot Topic here! And, oh! I bet there's SOO many hot COWBOYS! I get to be SINGLE again! I get to leave the guy I LOVE!" By the end of this, I am breathing heavily and close to tears.

"Zoei, there will be other-" she starts.

I almost launch myself off of the bed at her, but, luckily for us both, I have retained just enough self-control to hold myself in place. "Don't!" I hiss. "Don't you DARE say that there are other boys! DANNY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE FOR ME!"

"Zoei-"

"Get out!" I screech! "Get out!" I throw a pillow at her.

Stephenie high-tails it from the room, shutting the door behind her.

I throw myself back onto my bed and let the waves of emotions wash over me.