Chapter Seven: Struggling And Cutting
"Do you feel better?" Cody asked Zack as he emerged from the bedroom the next morning.
"No." Zack simply muttered under his breath.
"You will buddy, just give it some time. Maddie will remember you, I just know it, plus she gets to come home today, and the baby is fine, so..." Cody trailed off taking a bite of pop-tart.
"The last month and a half seems so unreal Cody. Mom's death. Maddie's rape, her getting shot, drugs, our cutting." A tear fell from Zack's eye.
"No one's perfect." Cody said quietly.
"Hey guys." Maddie said entering the suite.
"I'm back, but I still don't remember you, Zack." Maddie added regretfully.
"I'm so glad to be back." Maddie added again.
"I'm going out for a little while." Zack said dryly. He left so quickly that Cody couldn't even asked where he was going.
"I'm sure he will be fine." Maddie said giving Cody a smile.
"Then, apparently you don't know him very well." Cody said as a tear formed in his eye.
"I don't know him." Maddie said matter of factly.
Mason opened the door as Zack walked in.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, the smell of beer was written all over his breath.
"I needed to get away, hang out." Zack said walking in and taking a beer.
"You know your welcome here anytime, Zacko." Mason said shutting the door.
"So, what's up?" Zack asked.
"Nothing. We were just getting ready for the weed." A boy that Zack didn't know answered.
"I gotta go." Zack said realizing what had happened last time.
"Your not going anywhere." A dirty, drunk looking man emerged from the kitchen.
"This is my damn house, and you will do the damn drugs." The man replied.
"I can't stay, I have to go." Zack said heading for the door.
The man caught him and threw him across the room.
"Let him go, dad, he's going through alot right now." Mason pleaded sternly.
"This time!" The man yelled as Zack ran out of the door.
"I hate my self! I hate my life! I hate the world!" He yelled as he walked through an alley. A rusty knife caught his eye. He picked it up and started cutting his upper arm. Scabs and scars showed his previous damage.
Zack threw the knife down and ran to the graveyard. He found his mother's tombstone.
"How could you leave me?" He cried. "I loved you so much, and you left! What kind of mother leaves her kids? Why did you leave? Why? I need you mom, I need you! Cody needs you. Please come back." Zack cried and banged his hand on the tombstone.
"She's not coming back." A shaky voice said behind him.
Zack turned to see Cody's tear stained face.
A/N- Thanks guys! Here's Chapter Seven. The big surprise comes in the next Chapter, so be ready! Thanks again!