Part 4
Zoe shakily stood up from her position on the floor. How could she face Dan again after what she said? She wipes the running eyeliner from her eyes; she didn't want to go to work the next day and have to pretend like she never said what she said, she was sick of doing that. She loves Dan and that's all she needs to know she just couldn't figure out quite how to tell him yet, or even if she wants to tell him. Why does her life always have to be so complicated? She and Dan were meant to be period, the end, cue happy ending music. That was all she needed to know. Just then the phone rang.
"Hello?" Zoe answered
"Hey Zoe" she heard his voice and she froze
"Dan ... what, what's up" she struggled to get the words out, why was he calling her now?
"Look I think we need to talk."
"No Dan we really don't there's nothing to talk about." She replied
"But in the car, you said ..."
"Dan I know what I said!" She said as she cut him off.
"And? Don't you want to make some excuse up, don't you want to pretend like it never happened this is just like you Zoe you can never face anything head on. Why are you always waiting for the bottom to fall out of everything?"
"Because it always does! You don't understand no matter what, every time im happy something always happens every time I find love it never works out im not going to risk it any more ok? Good bye Dan." She said as she hung up the phone as the tears began to pour down her face again.
Why did she have to do that? She couldn't make a decision if her life depended on it, when was she going to learn to stop second guessing herself?
"Aunt Zoe can you help me with something?" Taylor called as she walked into her Aunts room. "Aunt Zoe have you been crying?"
"Yes Taylor I have."
"Wait wait let me guess … Dan right?"
"Fine your right can we just drop it please, now do you need help with?
"Nothing until you tell me what's going on, im really worried about you."
"Ok its just complicated."
"Do you love him?"
"What I … it's not that simple." Zoe answered, the teenager was caught off guard 'I deserve a Grammy if I can pull this one off.' Zoe thought to herself.
"And do you see how you can't for the life of you answer a direct question? Now im going to ask you one more time. Do you love him?"
"Yes" Zoe replied barely audible
"Ok it's that simple then."
"Look Taylor if you don't fall in love then you can't get hurt, and I really don't want to get hurt anymore so it's not that simple."
"Ok well first of all you're a little late your already in love with him and second of all doesn't it get lonely all by yourself?"
"Your right Taylor hmm you're wise beyond your years"
"What can I say it's a gift. So you love him right?" Taylor asked one more time wanting to make sure.
"Yes we've been through this-"
"So go to him, ill watch Hannah and Cliff besides I already talked to them about this and there happy for you."
"You know what Taylor your right I don't know where I would be without you?" Zoe asked
"Lost" Taylor replied as she went downstairs.
Zoe looked at herself in the mirror she looked like hell but she didn't care, she raced downstairs and opened the door. "Kids ill be back in a little bit!" Zoe yelled.
"Ok!" shouted all three of her sister's kids.
Zoe saw that it was raining out. 'Great' Zoe said to herself as she raced out of the house and into her car, she didn't have time to stop and find her umbrella. As she drove to Dan's apartment she was halfway there when her car broke down. "No come on not now not now of all days!" She shouted as she banged the steering wheel. She got out of her car and looked around, her hair was now soaked and flat, and she couldn't find a dry spot on her clothes. 'It's not that long to Dan's apartment I guess im going to have to walk.' She thought.
She shut her car door and ran all the way to Dan's apartment it was about two miles from where her car broke down. 'Two miles.' She thought 'Running two miles in the rain all for some guy.' But he wasn't just some guy he was the guy. The only one that really understood her. He was sensitive, but he stood up for her when the time called for it. He was handsome, kind, loveable, sweet, he loved the kids as if they were his own she knew that. He was always there for them and her when they needed him. They worked well together of course, and to top it all off she had fallen in love with him since the day she met him. She just couldn't admit it until now, probably not at all if it wasn't for Taylor.
As she ran the rest of the way in the rain she rehearsed what she was planning on saying to Dan when she arrived at his apartment.
Sorry I haven't been updating in a while .. really busy with school and cheerleading. In response to a comment I wasn't trying to annoy or bribefor reviews this is my first story and I just wanted to make sure people were reading it so I wasn't wasting my time. But thanks for that point of view I prob. Would have been annoyed too.
