Chapter9.......... Brother Zack
A/N- Oh well, heres the next chapter. It's short I know, and I'm sorry. But I've been busy, busy watching a certain scene from HG over and over again) and tired. Oh yeah, and a short disclaimer; The song that was used in chapter 7 was 'Lines of my earth' by sixpence none the richer. Remember, review review.
Ben? Could it be? Zack wanted to believe that his younger brother was with Max, in this room. And the three of them could stay the rest of the night in his tiny home talking, catching up. But Ben was dead, Max had seen his death. But Zack had died also, and they brought him back. He walked in the room and looked around. "Ben?" he said.
Max stood up suddenly shocked, "Zack, I didn't see you there" she said.
"What? Where, I-I thought, You were talking, and I heard you say Ben" Zack said. Ben wasn't there. Zack felt the little amount of joy he had let come up sink back down to the bottom of his stomach. "He's not here, is he?" Zack said.
Max Looked down, "But Zack" she said, quietly, "He is" she finished in a whisper. If Zack hadn't been a transgenic, he probably wouldn't of even heard it.
"Max, no" Zack said, "He's dead, you saw him die, remember?" Zack said. Max shook her head, her dark curls drifting across her face. In doing so, She exposed her neck for the first time to Zack. Zack saw the gold glimmer on her neck and knew instantly what it was.
He remembered the last time he had seen Ben. Ben had been 17. FLASHBACK;
Zack walked up to the small white house. It had a pale green trim. The house looked perfect. The lawn was green and there was a trail of tulips around a white picket fence. You didn't see many places like this since the pulse. This house was definitely maintained by a perfectionist. He reached out his fist and knocked on the pale green door.
A tall male answered the door. His handsome face had boyish features that made him look younger then he was. He had changed since Zack had last seen him. He was taller and his hair was darker. His face, though boyish, had matured. His eyes had a glint in them. Something Zack hadn't recognized at the time. The young male stepped out and closed the door behind him. "Zack" he said.
"Ben" Zack said back to him. Bens flawless face formed a smile. They always had had this ritual of greeting. Zack smiled right back. He hadn't seen his brother for a year, and it was nice to be in his presence again. "So, what's new, besides your foster home, honestly Ben. It gets harder and harder to find you every time you switch houses" Zack scolded him.
"Oh come on now, in a couple of months I'll be eighteen and I'll live on my own" he said.
"That's what I'm afraid of" Zack said.
Ben played with the pendant on the chain around his neck. He looked up in the sky, his expression completely blank. After a moment he snapped out of it, and looked back at Zack, "Have you found Max yet?" he asked him, a hint of sadness in his voice. Zack shook his head. "That's okay" Ben said, "You will. And if you don't, then I will" he said. He smiled, "She's bound to show up sooner or latter."
PRESENT;
Zack reached out without thinking, and grabbed the chain around her neck, pulling the pendant out from under her shirt. "Zack" she protested.
"What is this, was it Bens? where did you get it?" He held the pendant in his hand and stared, remembering his brother. The necklace was painful to see. "Give it to me" he demanded. He didn't feel right about someone wearing it.
Max jumped back and held the necklace close to her, clutching it to her chest. "No, it's mine, you can't have it" she said.
"Max give it to me" Zack demanded once again.
Max shook her head, "No Zack, please. You don't understand. You saw Ben" she started to cry, "You saw him before, before he lost it. I didn't. The only time I got to see him since the escape, he was Crazy Zack. But you, you saw him when he was a teenager, when he was young beautiful, and he still was Ben. I didn't. But now I have him and I'm not letting him go, and I'm not letting you have my necklace!" she sobbed, "NEVER!" she yelled.
She continued to move back until she hit his bed then fell back onto it. She scrambled back onto the bed, into the corner and brought her legs to her chest. She wrapped her arms around her legs and buried her face in her lap. "You can't have the necklace, and you can't have Ben" she cried. Her shoulders were shaking with her sobs.
Zack walked over to Max and put a hand out on her shoulder. "Max, you can keep the necklace" he said to her. Max looked up at him. He wiped away some of her tears. She let him, which made Zack realize how much she had changed. His Max, the one he remembered, would not of done this. Something was wrong. "Max, Ben is dead. The Ben you see, he's not real" Zack said.
Max looked at her brother. Zack looked down at her with concern in his eyes. Ben stood behind him. "He doesn't understand Max" Ben said to her.
Max looked back at Zack, "No" she said. He's here, he really is. I can see him, I can feel him. I can smell him Zack, remember how he used to smell, of happiness, of of-"
"NO MAX" He said loudly. "He's not here" he said slightly more quietly, "He's dead".
She shook her head, "Zack, he can't be. I need him to be alive" she said. She couldn't let Zack take this from her. "Zack, you were supposed to help. You were supposed to make everything better. But you don't understand. I need Ben. I need him. If he's dead, if he's dead then it means that I, that I ki- NO!" she pushed him away and ran out of his house. She ran out to her bike and jumped on and drove away.
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A/N- Oh well, heres the next chapter. It's short I know, and I'm sorry. But I've been busy, busy watching a certain scene from HG over and over again) and tired. Oh yeah, and a short disclaimer; The song that was used in chapter 7 was 'Lines of my earth' by sixpence none the richer. Remember, review review.
Ben? Could it be? Zack wanted to believe that his younger brother was with Max, in this room. And the three of them could stay the rest of the night in his tiny home talking, catching up. But Ben was dead, Max had seen his death. But Zack had died also, and they brought him back. He walked in the room and looked around. "Ben?" he said.
Max stood up suddenly shocked, "Zack, I didn't see you there" she said.
"What? Where, I-I thought, You were talking, and I heard you say Ben" Zack said. Ben wasn't there. Zack felt the little amount of joy he had let come up sink back down to the bottom of his stomach. "He's not here, is he?" Zack said.
Max Looked down, "But Zack" she said, quietly, "He is" she finished in a whisper. If Zack hadn't been a transgenic, he probably wouldn't of even heard it.
"Max, no" Zack said, "He's dead, you saw him die, remember?" Zack said. Max shook her head, her dark curls drifting across her face. In doing so, She exposed her neck for the first time to Zack. Zack saw the gold glimmer on her neck and knew instantly what it was.
He remembered the last time he had seen Ben. Ben had been 17. FLASHBACK;
Zack walked up to the small white house. It had a pale green trim. The house looked perfect. The lawn was green and there was a trail of tulips around a white picket fence. You didn't see many places like this since the pulse. This house was definitely maintained by a perfectionist. He reached out his fist and knocked on the pale green door.
A tall male answered the door. His handsome face had boyish features that made him look younger then he was. He had changed since Zack had last seen him. He was taller and his hair was darker. His face, though boyish, had matured. His eyes had a glint in them. Something Zack hadn't recognized at the time. The young male stepped out and closed the door behind him. "Zack" he said.
"Ben" Zack said back to him. Bens flawless face formed a smile. They always had had this ritual of greeting. Zack smiled right back. He hadn't seen his brother for a year, and it was nice to be in his presence again. "So, what's new, besides your foster home, honestly Ben. It gets harder and harder to find you every time you switch houses" Zack scolded him.
"Oh come on now, in a couple of months I'll be eighteen and I'll live on my own" he said.
"That's what I'm afraid of" Zack said.
Ben played with the pendant on the chain around his neck. He looked up in the sky, his expression completely blank. After a moment he snapped out of it, and looked back at Zack, "Have you found Max yet?" he asked him, a hint of sadness in his voice. Zack shook his head. "That's okay" Ben said, "You will. And if you don't, then I will" he said. He smiled, "She's bound to show up sooner or latter."
PRESENT;
Zack reached out without thinking, and grabbed the chain around her neck, pulling the pendant out from under her shirt. "Zack" she protested.
"What is this, was it Bens? where did you get it?" He held the pendant in his hand and stared, remembering his brother. The necklace was painful to see. "Give it to me" he demanded. He didn't feel right about someone wearing it.
Max jumped back and held the necklace close to her, clutching it to her chest. "No, it's mine, you can't have it" she said.
"Max give it to me" Zack demanded once again.
Max shook her head, "No Zack, please. You don't understand. You saw Ben" she started to cry, "You saw him before, before he lost it. I didn't. The only time I got to see him since the escape, he was Crazy Zack. But you, you saw him when he was a teenager, when he was young beautiful, and he still was Ben. I didn't. But now I have him and I'm not letting him go, and I'm not letting you have my necklace!" she sobbed, "NEVER!" she yelled.
She continued to move back until she hit his bed then fell back onto it. She scrambled back onto the bed, into the corner and brought her legs to her chest. She wrapped her arms around her legs and buried her face in her lap. "You can't have the necklace, and you can't have Ben" she cried. Her shoulders were shaking with her sobs.
Zack walked over to Max and put a hand out on her shoulder. "Max, you can keep the necklace" he said to her. Max looked up at him. He wiped away some of her tears. She let him, which made Zack realize how much she had changed. His Max, the one he remembered, would not of done this. Something was wrong. "Max, Ben is dead. The Ben you see, he's not real" Zack said.
Max looked at her brother. Zack looked down at her with concern in his eyes. Ben stood behind him. "He doesn't understand Max" Ben said to her.
Max looked back at Zack, "No" she said. He's here, he really is. I can see him, I can feel him. I can smell him Zack, remember how he used to smell, of happiness, of of-"
"NO MAX" He said loudly. "He's not here" he said slightly more quietly, "He's dead".
She shook her head, "Zack, he can't be. I need him to be alive" she said. She couldn't let Zack take this from her. "Zack, you were supposed to help. You were supposed to make everything better. But you don't understand. I need Ben. I need him. If he's dead, if he's dead then it means that I, that I ki- NO!" she pushed him away and ran out of his house. She ran out to her bike and jumped on and drove away.
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