He looked up. His eyes meeting mine.
"Then get to know me."
And with that he grabbed my hand and led me to his car.
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The car ride was silent. It was awkard for me at first but Zach had grabbed my hand. It was comforting and assuring even though he was practically a stranger.
His hand felt so right in mine.
Honestly, I felt a little guilty for what happened at the party.
Okay, alot guilty.
Things change so fast.
I feel so stupid. This was a chance for me. A chance to start over and still get revenge. A chance to show everyone who I really am.
A chance to fall in love.
Which explains why I'm here. Zach deserves a chance, hell, everyone deserves a chance. I just have to stop feeling so guilty.
What's done is done.
I sighed. Zach pulled into a vacant parking lot on the edge of the woods.
"What are we doing here?"
"You'll see."
He got out of the car and walked over to my side, opening the door for me.
"Very mysterious Zach."
"That's just the type of guy I am, mysterious and sexy." Holding my hand he helped me out of the car and without letting my hand go, we began to walk down a dimly lit trail.
"Yeah right."
"Babe, why don't you just trust me a little."
"So far all we've been doing is sitting in a car not talking, I thought I was supposed to get to know you Zach." I yanked my hand out of his. "That usually involves people moving their lips, and having sound come out."
"Like this?" He leaned over, trying to kiss me. I took a step backwards, and shoved him forward. We continued to walk.
"You know what, this is ridiculous, I'm trying to be a bit serious here. It's obvious you have feelings for me, and I'm here ready to..."
He was smiling. Grinning, really.
In front of us was a lake. The sun had began to come up and it had taken my breath away. I couldn't even seem to tear my eyes off of it.
The lake had reflected an orange glow, thanks to the sun rise. Zach had already taken a seat, and patted the ground next to him, gesturing for me to sit.
I sat down next to him, he was looking at onto the water. He then began to skip rocks he had found by his leg.
"I came here when I was really messed up and needed to figure out what to do."
It didn't feel right to talk, so I kept my mouth shut, and my eyes on him.
He sighed "You probably already know this, but I used to be into drugs. I was always high off of whatever I could find. It came to a point where I over dosed and ended up in the hospital for a week.
For months I was lost, I hated my life. I hated myself for I what I put everyone, what I put myself, through. I went to a really dark place, Lexi. I couldn't pull myself out. All my strength, my will, was used out, and gone."
"And then I saw you one day. Just sitting there, in the hallway reading.
Not giving a fuck what anyone thought. In school, surrounded by so many people, and yet you were all by yourself in your own world.
You would just smile at your book, or laugh because there was something written that was funny. I had thought that maybe you got your strength to be yourself from books."
"So that night I went to a book store." He smiled to himself.
"You were there picking out some fantasy." He laughed.
"And I remember thinking, wow, she doesn't even glance at the paranormal romance, she just went straight for the sci-fi and fantasy.
You were sitting and leaning back on the shelves, reading again...
After a while, I was seeing you everywhere. In the halls, at the book store, running around the neighborhood...
That's when I realised that you didn't get your strength from books. But that you had pulled it from yourself. You didn't rely on anybody, or anything. No one but yourself."
"I decided, I wanted to know you. But I wasn't in the state to. I would need to change myself to become worth your time.
You didn't need someone like who I was. I would have ruined you. I worked on myself. On resisting everything. Drugs, alcohol, everything. I was done with it."
"I was going to introduce myself at school, but then that whole thing with the window happened, it was a chance to start early.
I could barely recognize you. You were so gorgeous before, but I guess I wasn't the only one who worked on myself, not that I think you even needed any work.
I don't even know how I invited you, I could barely breathe after seeing you.
Lexi, you showed me that I had to rely on my self. You changed me."
I looked at him with tears in my eyes. I had inspired him. He thought so highly of me. He changed just because he thought he wasn't worthy, as if.
"You're so stupid." A tear fell down my cheek. "And strong, I didn't change you, Zach, I just reminded you of who you really are."
He leaned in and put his forhead against mine.
"Please let me kiss you."
A chance for heartbreak.
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