Badboy and the emo reunite (BXB)

Chapter 4: Superhero Zane!

"Jay-Lay!"

"Hi M-Bean," Jay picks up my little cousin.

"Oh, and I get no hello?" I cross my arms, she sticks her tongue out at me. I gasp and hold my 'heart'. She laughs and reaches for me. "Hi Maddy," I hold her.

"Where are we going?"

"We have a big surprise for you waiting at the mall."

"Oh?" My aunt says behind me. "You didn't tell me there would be a surprise..."

"Umm," I set Maddy down. "I need to tell you the surprise. It was a surprise to me too..." I grab my aunt's shoulder and drag her inside. Once out of earshot, we watch Jay and Maddy playing through the window, and I tell her. "Zane came back yesterday..."

Her breath hitched, and she looked shocked and worried.

"Are you okay?" She grabs my hands.

"I wasn't at first, but I am now. Jay, him, and I talked about it. He wanted to see Maddy, I know she misses him too. So, we set a time for today to meet at the mall and they can see each other again."

"Oh wow... that's...great! How is he doing? Is he okay? What happened? He wouldn't keep me updated when you guys were in high school!"

"He's doing just fine, let's just keep it short and sweet; they won't be bothering anyone for a long while."

"That's really good. I'm so happy he's doing okay. And I'm glad you two are trying to get that "friendship" back... I am right, right?"

"Yeah, we're trying to be friends. I'll catch you up on everything later, but we gotta start heading to the mall."

"I understand, have fun and make sure Maddy doesn't hurt herself."

"I'll protect her."

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"Do you know what it is?" Maddy asks Jay as I drive.

"Maddy... Okay, fine. Your surprise is a person. A person you haven't seen in a while, and when you see them again... well... you'll be surprised. But, no more questions. We are almost there."

She hums, and I know she's thinking about who it could be. I just hope she won't curse him out. She's learned a little bit from me after our breakup.

Sooner than later we reach the mall. I park, but dont make a sign to move until Jay grabs my hand. We get out and walk up. I'm in the middle, holding May's hand who is at my left near the parked cars, and Jay holds my right hand as he is closest to the road. We reach the entrance, and I immediately spot him. Leather jacket, white t-shirt, ripped black skinny jeans, but he has a cigarette. A lit cigarette placed between his lips, and his phone in his hands. He looks up and spots us. He shoves his phone in his pocket, then quickly grabs his cigarette, drops it then stomps on it.

"It's Zane..." I hear Maddy whisper beside me.

"Yeah, you can go s-" She rips herself from my hand and runs to him.

"Superhero Zane!"

He takes a few large steps forward, then falls to his knees and pulls her into his arms. I slowly approach, still holding Jay's hand. I hear Maddy crying, and I swear I see Zane with tears in his eyes. My assumption was confirmed when he wiped his eyes.

"You were gone so long! You douche bag!"

I said so...

He laughs sadly but starts apologizing.

"I thought I told you not to say that?" He breaks the hug but keeps one hand on her head, the other on his thigh.

"I dont care, you're just too mean for leaving Shane and I! We missed you!"

"You've gotten so much better with your grammar..." He comments, then looks up at me. "Even she's changed a little."

"Yeah, things are... new."

He looks back at her and just grins. He has tears that start streaming down, and he tries to wipe them but Maddy hugs him.

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay, superheroes cry too."

He closes his eyes and nods. After a minute his grin doesn't go away, but the tears do. He stands up, pulling her up with him. He twirls her around, she laughs. He sets her down and then looks at me. He mouthed "Thank you", I nodded and smiled.

Jay squeezes my hand, I look over. The look he's giving me is "Are you okay", so I kiss his cheek and tell him "I'm okay".

I look back over and see that Zane has Maddy on his back, and the direction she points to is the direction he goes. He makes fun of her saying "You're too big to be on my shoulders, you're so much taller and heavier!" She'd laugh and lightly tap his head.

"They were close, huh?"

I look over at a smiling Jay, but there's something off that I just can't read. I ignore it and decide to ask later.

"Oh yeah," We walk into the mall after they head in. "She still has the picture of them, together in their matching capes, on her desk. He was- he is amazing with her, I'd say the bond they have together is much like you and her together. But, I guess the reason he left me is what made her so attached to him. I told her the half-truth, saying "There are people that want to get me and hurt me, to hurt him", but we said that was because he was a superhero. So, "It was safer for her and I to no longer be around him till the bad guys were gone", and now they're gone."

"That whole relationship was fucked from the beginning, wasn't it?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Shane, look!" I hear Maddy so my head turns to see Zane with a black mask on, and Maddy with a white mask, both have the same design.

I smile and walk over, pulling Jay with me. I looked at what mask it was, then found a grey one and put it on. I grab another and put one on Jay, he smiles and then tilts mine to one side just to mess with me. I grin, then give him a quick peck on the lips. I take off mine, then find a red one with a black outline. I put it on, then look at zane. Now I notice what's weird with his; he is black with a red outline, and Maddy is white with a black outline. Jay has one that is Grey with the same color outline. 

"Red is still your color..."

"Black is still yours..." I smile and take the mask off of him. I put it on the rack, doing the same with Maddy and I. I turn to Jay, he watches me with admiration, something I love about him is that he always gives me that look. I take his off, adding a little more gentleness to him, and put it back.

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