In the Zone
Comfort and New Alliances
(A/N I don't actually know where or what Simone lives in, so just bare with me)
Zach glanced over at Simone after pulling into her apartment building's garage. When investigating the people of Pine Valley, he had already assessed that Simone was a beautiful women who had the tendency to land herself in jail. As she was not related to Michael's death, he stopped researching after a brief look. As he watched her breathing steadily next to him, he began to question whether it was a mistake to disregard this amazing woman, as so many in this town seemed to do. However, right now he didn't have time to question his brass choice of overlooking her. He was too busy being worried about her. Though he did not know Simone very well, he knew that her silence during the ride was not normal for her.
"Simone. We're here, are you okay?" Zach asked with gentle concern.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine….Okay, not totally fine, I guess on a scale from 1 to 10, I'm rating a lower…"
"Let me come in with you." Zach cut her off before she could start rambling. Though she is rather cute when she rambles. No, what am I talking about, I just want to be friends with her. G-d knows I can use all the friends I can get.
"Yeah, yeah that would be good" Simone responded with a smile. Zach went around and opened the car door for her and offered his arm. Simone gave him a quizzical look, a gentle smile gracing her face.
"You might be an amazingly strong women, Simone, but you deserve help, especially after the night you had." Simone just nodded and accepted his arm.
Zach led Simone into her dark apartment and quickly turned on the lights. After sitting her down on her sofa, he started getting tea ready. He then went to fetch her some comfortable clothes, as he assumed her tight clothing that were now ripped were not very comfortable.
He had just handed her her clothes when the tea whistled.
"You get changed, I'll go get the tea." "Thanks Zach." Zach nodded and left for the kitchen. Simone stared at her clothes for a while before heading into the bathroom to change.
She looked in the mirror and saw that her face was a mess. Her face was blotchy from her tears and some gravel was still imbedded in various parts of her hands and face. It's been one hell of a night. At least Zach is here. I don't know what would have happened if he hadn't shown up when he did. Simone shuddered at the thought. I don't know why people hate Zach so much; he's a great guy.
