Zoey and Loren; Together Again

Chapter 2

"Erik"

Again we had been caught by my now ex-boyfriend. He was shocked; I could tell. How much of the conversation had he heard? I couldn't tell. Though, by the look on his face he knew that Loren had betrayed me. And he knew I had chosen to forgive him.

"What are you doing here? I thought you had left"

I was confused; as always.

"Zoey are you deaf? He's just admitted to using you. He admitted to betraying you. And you still choose him"

I saw the anger in his eyes. I saw something that hadn't been there before. Hate.

"I don't get it Zoey. You still let him fuck you after everything he's done."

Erik's judgement hurt me. But he didn't understand the love I had for Loren. Someday he will. I hope

"We're imprinted"

Loren and I replied at the same time.

"She knows how much I hate myself for hurting her; because she can feel it. Unlike you Erik Night! I know what she is thinking when she thinks it. I don't have to ask her constant questions to know that she needs comforting. I love her and she knows how much."

I felt the anger Loren was controlling under his skin. As I knew he felt mine. Erik knew nothing about us.

"Please leave Erik. This is hurting both of us; I didn't want to hurt you. Honestly I didn't. But me and Loren isn't like me and you or even me and Heath. I'm sorry. But this is they way it is now"

My voice was breaking in places; but I knew that if I stopped I would never get to tell Erik this.

"I will always love you in a way. As I will Heath. But it isn't enough compared to what I have with Loren. I'm sorry"

I began to sob again. Tonight had been a long night but there was so much I still had to do. From the corner of my eye I saw Erik challenging Loren. But I knew Loren wouldn't respond. He was too busy comforting me to notice. He then looked up at my ex and said.

"Leave! Before you hurt Zoey. You don't know anything about us. And I understand that you are upset. But – as you've heard – I love Zoey and she loves me.

He began to turn but stopped and looked Loren dead in the eye.

"You ever hurt her like that again and I'll kill you myself. You act like you are so special; but really you're a jerk. You don't deserve her Blake."

And then he walked out for of the House of Night for good.

Next I had to phone Heath. Sigh. I need to check he is alright. I've hurt him as well. I didn't know where my phone was. So I was surprised to see one in my hand. I looked up questioningly and I saw Loren smile slightly.

"I knew you would want to check on him. It's only fair that I let you. We need to talk later. So erm... meet me in my room in an hour."

He kissed my head lightly and left me alone to phone Heath. But first I had to figure out what I was going to say. He's going to hate me. I knew that. Even if we weren't actually together; he believed that we were. And I had cheated on him. With a vampyre.

I picked up the phone and dialled his number deciding to let him talk first. This way she would know how he felt before she made an ass of herself. Sigh.

This will be complicated. As the sound of the phone ringing began she wondered if he would pick up or if he even knew that the imprint had broken. He had to didn't he. It would have been painful; how could he ignore that.

But it was Heath she was thinking about. And he could have been sleeping.

And then the tone stopped and heath picked up the phone.

"Hello Zoey"