Hey guys! I am back! Sorry for the long hiatus. I wasnt waiting for a number of reviews, with school I just had too much to do to afford time to write. But dont worry, I hope this will make up for it. I will try to update soon but it might not be for a week or two. REVIEW PLEASE! I would love to know what you think about where this is going.
The whole ship is quiet. It started raining and the only sounds that echoed through the halls were the sounds of the rain hitting the boat. The only movement on the ship was the gentle sway of the boat as it rocked against the dock with the waves tilting it side to side.
Zack was probably the only one walking around at that time of night. According to his cell phone the time was 11:05 pm. Everyone else was asleep or doing something in their rooms. The curfew was at 10 pm but Kirby and Mr. Mosby felt so bad for him that they chose to not enforce it with him. It's been a week since Bailey left. Normally, he would do everything he could to misuse this opportunity but when his heart is shattered and it feels like nothing can make it better, doing pranks doesn't help. Savannah, Cody and Woody tried to cheer him up but nothing helped. He kept thinking of ways that Bailey cheered him up when Maya broke him.
Zack had his head down while he was walking around the halls. He would simply follow the carpet designs throughout the ship and hope Bailey was at the end of it. He knows he is a shit load of trouble when all he can think about is Bailey being by his side to help him get over her.
Out of the corner of his eye, Zack sees someone walking briskly towards him. He slowly pulls his heavy head up to see who the person is.
"Savannah?"
"Zack! I have been looking for you." By this time, Savannah has reached him and has stopped Zack from following the pattern. He grows frustrated with this halt.
"Well you found me. Whoo fricken hoo." He says with heavy laces of sarcasm that Savannah ignores.
"Why don't you go to bed so you don't do something stupid?" She puts her hands on her hips as she says this. Zack shuffles his feet then decides to do something stupid.
"You mean like this?"
The moment he realized he did it, he knew he had screwed the hell up. Zack found himself mouth to mouth with the girl in front of him. They both had their eyes open, shocked at the move Zack made. Immediately Savannah shoves Zack away very forcefully. She does it so hard that he slams against the wall and falls on his butt.
Savannah gasps and feels bad at doing that to him. She drops to the floor and sits next to Zack. Zack still has the wide eyed look of alarm.
"I am so sorry! Savannah, I didn't mean to. I did it before I could think!" Zack rushes out. He could not have made a more stupid mistake than that.
Savannah smiles briefly at him before answering. "It's okay. I know that you do stupid thinks while you're all emotional. Don't worry about. I think we are even now."
Zack nods his head and remembers to the kiss Savannah planted on him when she met him.
"Thanks." Zack says. Sighing loudly, he takes a big risk considering what he just did and rests his head on Savannah's shoulder. He can tell she does a double take but accepts it.
"What is it about me that screams 'hurt me!'?" Zack honestly asks as he gets more comfortable on Savannah's shoulder. The thing about his and Savannah's relationship is they can recover much more quickly from each other than most of Zack's friends. He likes that about her.
"Don't say that. Not everyone has hurt you right?" She looks down at Zack and then turns back to look at her hand which is rested on his knee. She expects him to immediately say no but he hesitates in his answer.
". . . No. But I know that I have hurt other people to prevent myself from being like this." He pounds his fist at his heart. Savannah can hear the hollow sound it makes. He takes his head off her shoulder and looks away. He hates himself for being a weak baby and even having water in his eyes.
"It's okay to be scared about being hurt. But you can't go through life breaking hearts just because someone broke yours." Savannah looks at the back of Zack's head as she says this. She hopes Zack can get the message. Suddenly he turns back to face her, his blue eyes teary.
"I am so sick⦠of feeling shitty after every girl who I care about just runs off before I can even say I'm sorry. My heart hurts, my head hurts and I don't know what to do with all the pain. Why do I always pick the girls who walk away and leave me?" Zack turns his head again, refusing to let Savannah see all the pain in his eyes.
"You can't pick who you fall for, Zack."
When he hears that, Zack buries his head in his hands. He looks up to let out a frustrated cry.
"See that's the thing! I can't control it and that's what scares the shit out of me because I ALWAYS fall so hard and it's so far beyond my control. I can't take feeling like this again. I just can't." Zack runs his hands roughly through his hair.
"Don't do anything stupid." Savannah repeats. She feels horrible for Zack. He has put his heart on the line so many times just to have it crushed time and time again. She honestly doesn't know how he keeps giving his heart away.
Zack looks at her one more time and nods. He stands up and walks out onto the sky deck. Savannah wonders what the heck just happened. Shaking off the nagging feeling, telling her to follow him, she slowly makes her way back to her room.
Zack has misty eyes as he walks onto the stage on the sky deck in the rain. He feels his clothes getting soaked but ignores it. He's not numb to the pain and that scares him too. He usually can handle it after a while but it's been a week and Bailey is still on his mind and his heart.
He walks over to the covered up music player underneath the stairs and clicks play. Singing has always been his friend and helped him heal so maybe it will work this time.
(I BEG YOU TO UTUBE STAYBY HURTS! IT CANT BE AWESOME WITHOUT LISTENING AND I AM NOT BSING.)
He listens to the ocean rocking against the boat and the rain pouring on him and the deck as he starts to sing.
My whole life waiting for the right time
To tell you how I feel.
Know I try to tell you that I need you.
Here I am without you.
I feel so lost but what can I do?
'Cause I know this love seems real
But I don't know how to feel.
Zack closes his eyes and feels the emotion come out of him as he lets the music overwhelm him.
We say goodbye in the pouring rain
And I break down as you walk away.
Stay, stay.
'Cause all my life I felt this way
But I could never find the words to say
Stay, stay.
Alright, everything is alright
Since you came along
And before you
I had nowhere to run to
Nothing to hold on to
I came so close to giving it up.
And I wonder if you know
How it feels to let you go?
Zack opens his eyes and runs over to the railing. He dramatically reaches out like he did when Bailey left. He lets the hurt and the pain that he felt come out.
You say goodbye in the pouring rain
And I break down as you walk away.
Stay, stay.
'Cause all my life I felt this way
But I could never find the words to say
Stay, stay.
He walks back to the stage where he belts the last part. He wishes so badly that Bailey was here to listen and maybe stay with him. He wants her to stop the pain he is feeling.
So you change your mind
And say you're mine.
Don't leave tonight
Stay.
Say goodbye in the pouring rain
And I break down as you walk away.
Stay, stay.
'Cause all my life I felt this way
But I could never find the words to say
Stay, stay.
Stay with me, stay with me,
Stay with me, stay with me,
Stay, stay, stay, stay with me.
Zack finishes the song and experiences a wave of relief and almost closure come over him. But that is short lived as the cold rain pelts him even harder and the harsh heart break of Bailey's absence returns in an even harder pang. Zack looks around one last time and rushes back inside.
Thoughts? Opinions on the song? On the emotions? I love your reviews and look forward to reading them. :] Thank you.
