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A time less tail
Zoey Stackhouse, after breaking off a four year relationship with her high school sweet heart, who could no longer handle her having these unique gifts. She decides to go on a holiday to go and visit her most beloved cousin's Sookie and Jason Stackhouse, in need of a breakaway form the heart ache and remembrance of the past finds, love, happiness and friendships in the most unexpected circumstances.
I'm sick and tired of this place! I can't take it, every were I look I see him! I see all our memories, when I leave the house, I see him walking down the street in the supermarkets, I can't take it anymore. Zoey thinks to herself tears running down her cheek.
It has been a month now since the breakup and what have I gotten to show myself for being better off? Nothing that is what!
He is having the time of his life and I'm wasting away laying here in my bedroom, doing what? I ask myself. Crying over a guy who does not derive you or your love.
NO I'm done with this Zoey says out loud to herself. Pulling out her Cell phone and phoning the one person who has always been there for her.
(Phone ringing)
"Hello?" Answers a sleepy Sookie.
"Hey Sook it's me Zo I was wondering if I can come stay by you and gran for a while?" Askes Zoey with a voice cracking up from the all night crying.
"Zo, are you okay?" Ask Sookie realizing who has woken her up at this early hour.
"N-not really Sook, I need to get away from here…"
"Then get on a plain and come here Zo you know you always welcome to come over, and I've missed my baby cousin."
"Thanks Sook I'll be in town by tomorrow."
"Love you Zo. See yah soon!" Sookie Climes.
Well now that that is sorted I better start packing. I say out loud pulling myself out of the bed and going over to my closet and throwing all my clothes onto my bed. I go out to the passage way and Pull out the two biggest bags from the closet so that I and get all my things packed in.
Two hours later everything is packed in, now it's just time to inform my parents about my hasty decision in leaving.
It came to be quite a shock for them but they did not even try to stop me. They knew that whatever they wanted to say to me, I would already know it without them having to utter a word to me. I would always have an answer for them, even before they asked there question and they always gave me the best, try to compensate with me being well "odd", that was how it always went. It was also why they never pushed me to have friends and why they always made sure I got to visit my cousins a lot.
Sook and I were always very close and we used to have our own 'private' conversations with each other without anyone ever hearing a word from us. That always use to freak them all out, especially since when I was I kid I did not like to speak out loud. Too afraid to say the wrong thing, especially seeing how everyone always use to act around Sook, when she mentioned something she was not spouse to know about. So I only ever spoke out loud when there was something directly asked at me and I could not reply with a nod or a shake of the head. But over the years Sook helped me overcome that fear though.
My plane landed the next day around 6pm. Mom and Dad phoned ahead to a car dealership and got me a beautiful Yellow Mustang, (My Favourite car). I packed my bags into the boot of the car, then hit the road for the hour and a half drive to Sooks with my music blasting out the stereo from my favoured band 30 seconds to mars.
Lost in the city of angels
Down in the comfort of strangers, I
Found myself in the fire burnt hills
In the land of a billion lights
Bought my fate, straight from hell
A second sight is paid off well
For a mother, a brother and me
The silver of the lake at night
The hills of Hollywood on fire
A boulevard of hope and dreams
And streets made of desire…
When I got to gran's house I was surprised to find all the lights on. I parked my car under a nearby tree and began to lug my bags towards the house when Sookie came running out of the house towards me, I dropped my bags and started to run towards her getting her half way. We had our arms around each other in inhuman speed that if you had blinked you would have missed it.
"How did you know I was outside?" I asked her still holding on to her.
"Are you kidding me?" Sookie asked laughing. "I could hear your music from down the street! So when it stopped I knew you were outside." Sookie says still laughing.
"Hey I can't help it, that is my Jam right there!" I replied in a laugh.
"Come on gran is waiting inside. You must be starving." Sook was still saying when she noticed my two very large bags.
"Are you moving in or something?" Sook asked eyeing the bags on our way to retrieve them.
"I thought you only visiting for a while Zo, not moving in!"
"Hey a girl never knows what she might need!" I said giving her a butt bump as we walk inside.
We just entered the house and sat my bags down at the foot of the stairs when I felt gran's arms going around me, and just like that I was sucked into her emotions; of worry over me, then love and relief soon surpassed that along with her thoughts. Oh no something must have happened she is so thin! Looks like she has not been eating, luckily I went all out a big dinner!
"No! Gran you shouldn't have done that!"
"I mean I was just looking forward to be here with you, Sookie and Jackson." I say giving gran a kiss on the cheek
"Fuck! Zo you can't slip up like that! I mean even if it is with family, it does not mean I can be myself. No wonder Jake left me! Its cause you always talk about what he is thinking, reading him like a book without him ever having to say anything…" I scold myself tears starting to form in my eyes.
I look up and see Sookie staring at me fear all over her face, but as soon as she catches me staring she gives me a soft warm smile with and encouraging look, and then she sends me a privet message,
"Hey are you okay?"
"You want to talk later when gran is asleep?"
"Thanks Sook but I don't really want to talk about it." I say sarcastically
And with that Sook starts up the conversation.
"Hey stop moaning Zo, you know gran she loves going overbroad whenever you guys come." Sook says coming closer to give gran a hug, and with that we headed to the dining room to have dinner.
After dinner Sook helped carry my bags up to my room, and left me to my unpacking. When I was done I headed to the bathroom to have a nice long shower, there after I dressed in my short shorts and spaghetti strapped shirt and headed to bed. As I lay my head down on the pillow I fall asleep.
I was awaken by the sound of my cell phone ringing.
I answer the phone not checking the caller ID
"Hello" I say half asleep.
"Hi Zo, it's me Jake…" the caller said and I sat up start staring at my phone's caller ID, and sure enough it was indeed my ex who I have not hear from since the breakup.
Taking a deep breath calming myself I put the phone back to my ear.
"What do you want Jake." I say cutting the crap he was busy with.
"I went over to your house today to see you and well… your mom told me that you had left two days ago, why did you not tell me that you were leaving?" Jake askes me with a cracking voice
"Why should I tell you what I do with my life, you are the one that left me after all. And what the hell were you at my house for? I say with a bitchy attitude.
"I… well… I was hoping to talk to you about us…" He stammers.
"Jake what the hell are you talking about there is no us, and after the way you broke my heart there will never ever be us again." I say screaming into the phone then hanging up before I can answer.
After the bazar phone call with Jake I head down stairs to see what everyone is up to.
"Oh good you up, I was wondering if I should be phoning a doctor to come see you." Gran stammers when she sees me walking into the kitchen.
"What are you talking about gran you saw me last night."
"Sweetheart is 4 in the afternoon." Gran says with concern in her voice.
"Oh well that's not too bad, that just means is have slept for 12 hours. Must be from the jet lag." I say trying to put gran at ease.
Gran hands me a cup of coffee, and as I take my first sip as she says.
"Sweetie it's Saturday, you have been asleep for two days now." Gran replies to me worry all over her face and I spray my coffee all over the kitchen floor and drop the cup that was in my hands making the coffee spill all over the floor.
"Fuck sorry gran, I'll go get the mop and clean up."
"No, its fine" she replies. "But sweaty are you sure you are okay?"
"Yeah… sorry about that gran it just came to such a big shock to me that's all." I say rubbing my forehead as if all the answers lay buried there.
"Hey gran were is Sookie?" I ask her looking around trying to find her.
"Oh she got phoned in early this morning, one of her co-workers passed away during the night. Shame poor child."
"Wow that's terrible. Do you have any idea when she will be off though?" I ask curiously.
"Tonight around 1 am I think." Gran says scratching her head.
"Oh…. That's too bad I wanted to ask her something…" I say looking nervously around
"Well why don't you go over there sweetie. I'm sure she will be over the moon to see you." Gran replies giving me a big smile.
"Sure let me just go have a shower and change." I say giving gran a kiss on the cheek before heading up the stairs and with that I take a peek at grans head and get directions to Merlots.
Braking my own record speed I shower and change in under 15 minutes I run down the stairs grabbing my car keys off the counter will yelling my goodbye to gran.
As I put the keys into the ignition my Mustang starts to purr, I put on the aircon to full blast just as one of my other favourite bands starts playing, I put the sound to full blast so that everyone can hear it and I start to sing along.
Closer by the Chainsmokers
Hey, I was doing just fine before I met you
I drink too much and that's an issue but I'm okay
Hey, you tell your friends it was nice to meet them
But I hope I never see them again
I know it breaks your heart
Moved to the city in a broke down car
And four years, no calls
Now you're looking pretty in a hotel bar
And I can't stop
No, I can't stop
So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover
That I know you can't afford
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Of the mattress that you stole
From your roommate back in Boulder
We ain't ever getting older….
Just as the song comes to an end I stop outside of Merlots and find everyone who was sitting at the windows were now staring right at me, or well trying to seeing as the windows were all tinted up. I pull into an empty parking stop and turn the car off and climb out, shutting the door a bit loudly. "Shit" I mumble out under my breath, walking up to the door of Merlots.
When I open the door I find all eyes falling onto me, bracing myself and pull up my inner walls so none of their emotions will hit me. I walk over to the bar and was greeted by and bitchy ass bartender who was giving me the once over.
"Hi, welcome to Merlots what can I get you." The bartender asks in an irritated tone.
"Yeah, hi is Sookie here?" I ask the girl giving her my I don't give a fuck tone.
"Sookie! There's a young doe eyed chick here looking for yeha." She calls out.
"Who, the fuck are you calling doe eyed bitch?" I say giving the girl the evil eye.
But just before the girl could reply Sookie came out from the back, and threw her arms around me. "Zoey!" she exclaims pulling me even closer.
"Yeah it's me, gees Sook you acting as if I had died or something." I say trying to pull away from the embrace so that I could breath.
"Sorry Zo." Sook says dropping her one arm from around me. "It's just I was so worried about you, seeing as you did not wake up for two days!" she exclaims looking me over with her piercing eyes.
"Sook you know this bitch?" the girl asks looking me up and down with hateful eyes.
"Sure I do Terra. It's Zoey, as in my cousin who always use to come down to visit me when we were kids. She is here to visit gran and me for a bit." Sookie answers her smiling at the girl.
"Are you fucking kidding me or something, Sook is this really Zoey? She looks and acts nothing like the quiet girl I knew growing up." Terra says looking me once over again. "And she certainly does not dress the same." She says.
I look down at myself, I just grabbed the 1st comfortable thing I could find out of the closet and it just happen to be my black croptop (that was currently allowing everyone to have a look at my colourful tattoo that was running along my ribcage) and short denim shorts along with my high heels.
"What are you trying to say Terra?" I ask her with full on attitude.
"Well you dressed full on prude, as a child." She says puffing out her chest trying to intimidate me.
"You know what Terra I don't give a fuck what you think, cause you have stayed exactly the same since I last saw you." I say to her staring her down.
"And what is that spouse to mean miss priss?" she asks.
"You stayed a childish bitch." I say to her rolling my eyes while turning away to head to a nearby booth, but just as I turn Terra grabs a hold of my upper arm bring me back to face her.
I pull my arm away from her grip and walk up to face her. "Touch me again bitch and I'll will hurt you." I say in a very pissed off tone to Terra who instantly took a step back after I spoke. I turn away again now facing Sookie who has been standing behind me all the time has now also taken a step back it appears.
I head over to an open booth and slide in and Sookie hands me a menu. "You okay, Zo?" Sook asks coming to sit before me.
"Yeah fine, just irritated. Sorry Sook did not mean to bring you into this. It's just I was woken up by Jake phoning me asking to get back together with me after a whole month of radio silent from him, and then hearing I have been out for two days it's just very over whelming for me." I say to her putting my head into my palms.
"It's going to be fine I promise you." Sook says grabbing a hold of my hands and placing them into hers. I look up at her and find she is giving me a reassuring smile.
"Thank you Sookie, it means a lot to me to have you by my side."
"Well Zo there is something I have to tell you, but promise me you won't freak out please, it's about Jason… His… well he has been arrested and taken in for questioning. He is a murder suspect."
"What? Jason as in your brother my cousin Jason, the one who can't even kill a fly has been arrested as a murder suspect? Are you kidding me or something Sookie?" I ask looking at her and searching through her head for any singes of a joke being played on me, but no there is none.