The Ones We Love
Maddie's face was tear-stained as she held the phone to her ear,
"Zack?"
"Maddie? What's going on? It's 2:30 in the morning. Are you okay? Did he hit you again?"
"No. Zack, I just need help, can you come over?"
"I'll be right there!" Zack said as he hung up the phone. This was a normal occurrence. Ever since Maddie married this horrible man Charles, he has beaten her, and afterwards, she calls Zack to comfort her.
Zack arrived at Maddie and Charles's apartment at around 2:45 am. He opened the door to find the house trashed and Maddie hunched over in the corner of the kitchen sobbing.
Zack went over to her and lifter her up, she had fresh bruises and a huge gash across her cheek which was bleeding profusely.
"Did he do this to you?" Zack asked trying to keep a straight face.
"Well, he was drunk, it wasn't his fault, I didn't stay out of his way..." Maddie's voice trailed off, "Zack, I'm alright." she said frowning at him.
"No! you're not! Maddie if you stay here you will die! Sure it's just a slap across the face, or a stomp on your stomach, But soon he will get more and more violent, he'll strangle you. You have to leave with me right now!" said Zack as he took Maddie's hand, "please Maddie! I love you too much to see you be murdered by him!" Zack pleaded.
Maddie sobbed "I can't leave, this is my home, and plus... I'm pregnant."
Zack stood frozen for a moment, "Maddie, that's even more reason to come with me, you have to think about your baby now, and plus, how do you know that he won't hit the baby when it's born?"
"He's not like that Zack, He's sweet and kind when he's-"
"Not drunk! And that's almost never!" Zack cut her off, "Maddie if you don't come with me tonight, I will make sure that you are never hurt again one way or another. If you don't come and stay with me, I'm calling the police!"
"You can't! he'll just get upset" Maddie pleaded,
"then come with me!" said Zack holding out his hand, with a frown, Maddie took it and Zack led her out the door.
As they were leaving, Maddie's husband emerged from the back bedroom,
"Where the hell are you going?" he snapped as he pointed to Maddie.
"She's staying with me, and don't talk to her that way!" Zack said in his deep voice.
Zack had grown up since his tween years at the Tipton Hotel, He was now 6 feet tall and very muscular. He looked tough, except for his soft eyes, they made him look kind, except when threatened, then they pierced into you like daggers through skin.
Maddie's husband grabbed a baseball bat from the wreckage, Maddie winced, she had been hit with that before. "oh no she's not!" said Charles stepping towards Zack.
Zack rolled his eyes and turned towards the door, as he grabbed the handle, he felt the crushing blow of the baseball bat on his head, Zack fell to the floor and he heard Maddie shriek. Charles kept hitting him and hitting him and Maddie kept screaming "STOP IT! STOP IT! YOU'RE HURTING HIM!"
Then Zack heard Maddie fall to the ground, Charles was hitting her now. Zack stood up, his body ached but he didn't care, he grabbed Charles by his shoulders and flung him backwards, Charles flung back into the kitchen table.
Charles ran at Zack again, but Zack punched in in the nose and again in the chest and he kept hitting him until Charles was on the ground in tremendous pain.
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" Zack sneered as he lifted Maddie up and went out the door.
When they finally reached Zack's apartment Zack laid Maddie on his bed and went to the kitchen to get the first-aid kit and some ice. Zack took the supplies back to his room and patched Maddie up, "Thank you" said Maddie tenderly with a smile, "It was just a few band-aids" "No, I mean for everything. You have been such a great friend," then Maddie softly touched Zack's face, "Your eye!" Maddie said with concern "Are you alright?" Zack touched her hand, "I'm fine." he smiled. "You should get some rest, you look like you need some." he added.
He stood up and was about to walk out of the bedroom when Maddie said "Good Night Zack" Zack looked at her and smiled as he clicked off the light, "Good Night, Sweet Thang" even though it was dark and she couldn't see it, he still winked at her.
He walked into his bathroom and examined the damage, he had a black eye and a gash across his cheek similar to Maddie's, He also has a nasty bump on his head where he held what was left of Maddie's ice bag.
But he didn't care, he would do anything to protect Maddie, he loved her. Something that hasn't changed since his days at the Tipton Hotel
(Thanks for reading, please write a review if you can... I was planning on making this a one shot, but if you want more of this Zaddie story I'll write more!)