Author's note; this chapter happens shortly after the block party at the end of the movie.
Is he over me? Is he seeing someone else? Was their relationship over?
Hundreds of questions, horrible and depressing was whirling around inside Addison's mind, one question smacking the other out the way. Each new one worse than the last.
During the last two weeks or so, Zed had continuously turned her down when she'd ask if he wanted to come round hers and hang out. Something they did most days together, the two rarely apart. "We'll do it another day, today isn't really a good day. Sorry Addy." At first Addison didn't think too much of Zed turning down her offers to hang out after school. It was the close to the end of the school year and they all had tons of homework to do. Practice was also getting rough on the zombie, he was the star of the team and the coach expected him to train twice as hard, twice as many as any of the others. She missed him but knew he had a lot on his plate so she didn't push him, hoping he'd make up for it once everything had calmed down a bit.
She had started to wonder at this rate if her boyfriend even remembered her birthday was coming up. It was her first birthday where she was together with Zed. Months ago he had started to ask about what she wished for, saying that he wanted to give her a present, despite her saying that being with him was all she could ever want. She had thought it cute that he wanted to go great lengths for a great present, but she had never really been one for presents. They had been together official for about three months now, five unofficially. It had been the best time of her life, Zed was perfect and she had never wanted it to stop or be apart from him.
So it was hard for her to all of the sudden feel like Zed was more or less now ignoring her, and not even knowing why.
It was until one day where Zed had yet again turned her down, Tuesday and Zed didn't have practice on Tuesdays. She had spotted him disappear around the corner at school, heading home to zombie town. He appeared as if he was alone. Without much thought into it, she found herself following the zombie. She felt a little like one of those crazy girls she'd seen on reality shows in the television, that would stalk their boyfriends, so she made sure to keep enough distance between them. Just in case she told herself. It wasn't until she rounded the corner herself had a larger view of the zombie that she realised he wasn't alone.
He was with a girl, a zombie girl at that. It wasn't Eliza. She could faintly hear their laughter, no doubt laughing about a joke Zed had told, walking closely together. So close that their shoulders was touching. She stopped short at the sight, her heart skipping a beat or two, mouth running dry. She forced herself to stay quiet, not ready to make the two aware of her presence.
The two of them stopped outside Zed's house, the girl now hysterically laughing, Zed grinning wide. It hurt her to watch them, but she had to know for sure if Zed really was over her. The girl was defiantly taller than Addison, the girl only had to strain her neck up and she'd be able to reach his lips. Addison herself had to stand on her tiptoes, and Zed would have to bend down for her whenever they would kiss. Was that why he didn't want her anymore? It was with a sour taste in her mouth that she thought he could have at least let her know. She was fighting tears at this point.
She froze when the girl all of the sudden placed her hand on Zed's upper arm, rubbing it up and down while she smiled up at him. She was saying something but Addison was too far away to hear it, all she could see was Zed give her that that goofy smile he would always give to HER. And her heart stopped beating when the girl strained her neck slightly, her eyes trained on Zed, and Addison's heart breaking when said girl's lips made contact with Zed's skin. He was over her, and he had moved on without even bothering to even have the decency to inform her of so.
She couldn't hold back the tears any longer, and she couldn't stop the sob that escaped her throat. It was louder than she expected it to be. Zed's head whipped in her direction, his eyes scanning the area before landing on her. His eyes were wide with shock, his mouth literally falling open. He stepped away from the girl, one step in the direction of Addison, his arm reached out towards her. It was enough to break her out of her trance and she turned on her heel, not looking back she started to run. She ran as fast as her legs could muster, nowhere particular in her mind of where she was going. Anywhere away from here, away from them, away from them she thought to herself, the tears falling freely. She was hurt, and she didn't care to hide it. Zed was quick to react and was hot on her heels, she could hear him running, his long legs having no trouble keeping up with her. He was calling his name over and over from behind her and pleas for her to stop, that he could explain. She wanted him to stop, stop calling her, stop chasing her and go home. She didn't want an explanation nor did she need one, she had seen enough. She wasn't an stupid, she had seen them with her own two eyes and there was no other explanation other than they were clearly in love. We used to be in love. I'm in still in love with you.
She didn't know when she had decided she was running home, she only realised where she was as she blinked through the tears, blurring her vision, when she ran past their mailbox. She only stopped when she reached the door, her hand shaking as she tried her best to unlock the door in a hurry, unfortunately that was enough time for Zed to catch up. Once he reached her, he grabbed her arms and spun her around, trapping her between the door and his chest. She was fighting to catch her breath, her body trembling. She didn't have much more power left in her, but the bit she did have she used to her best at pushing against his chest. She had to get away.
"Please Addy, just let me-"
"Explain? I saw you, you don't need to explain. I'm not stupid Zed." She glared at him through her tears. "Get away from me." She was hammering her fists against his chest in anger, the zombie refusing to budge even an inch. "I hate you!" she cried, "I thought it was you and I, always, guess it was only me thinking that, to you I was nothing more than a fling until someone better came along I see now." She spat at him, venom in her words. Hurt flashed in Zed's eyes and she hated herself for feeling bad for causing it.
"Addy, it's not what you think, please listen-" he tried, rubbing her arms up and down gently in a soothing action, attempting to calm the furious girl down.
"No, you listen! I really thought you were more of man than this, moving on without telling me, yet alone at least breaking up with me in a decent matter than me having to find out on my own. I thought we were happy, Zed. I thought we were in love, I know I am, and right now to me that's the worst feeling in the world. Being in love with you and you no longer loving me. If you aren't going to be man enough, then I will have to be. I never imagined having to say this, I was hoping the day would never come... we're over." She whispered the last part, whatever was left of her heart inside her chest was shattering. She had never felt a worse pain than what she was going through now. She wished she was only having a nightmare and she'd wake up anytime soon and everything would be back to normal. Back to when we were happy.
Her speech must have caught him off guard, his arms dropping hers and falling to his sides, inhaling a sharp breath of air. She used the moment to push him hard enough to make him step backwards in his state of shock, finishing unlocking the door and sliding through the little opening she made, slamming the door in Zed's face. If she had looked back, she would have seen the horror on Zed's face as the reality of what just happened sunk in. She would have caught sight of the lone tear, first of many, slide down his cheek.
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