Unbound (The Wild Ride)

*Zacky’s P.O.V.*

I go out into town. I try a couple bars to attempt to mingle, didn’t really have any luck. With Matthew doing his own things, I’ve going out almost every night while Brian’s been gone. I thought maybe I should socialize, since I have is Brian. I don’t really find anyone until one night, I met Michelle.

*3rd P.O.V.*

“And then my dad fall with into the mud,” Michelle says, finishing her story.
Zacky laughs loudly, “Fuck that’s funny.”
The laughter dies down before Zacky takes a sip of his drink.
“So tell me about your man,” Michelle states.
Zacky coughs, caught off guard by it.
“Well I figured you’re not interested in woman because you haven’t checked me out once, but I do notice you notice other men. I also notice that you try to keep your eyes to yourself. Which tells me that yes there are attractive men around but you’re staying faithful.”

Zacky lets out a nervous chuckle, “Yeah, I am seeing someone. A guy, but I don’t want to jinx it. I finally found a good one and I don’t want to lose it.”
“That’s understandable,” Michelle replies before she sips her wine.
Her phone then beeps.
She checks it, rolls her eyes, and puts it away.
“Dammit,” she mutters, “Leave me alone.”
It is loud enough for Zacky to hear, making him curious yet concerned, “Is everything okay?”
“It’s my own boyfriend,” she replies, “He gets all weird and worried when I go out by myself when he’s at work.”
Zacky held in a chuckle, it made him think of Brian, but he holds it in because he didn’t want Michelle thinking he was laughing at her. Since he wasn’t.

“I understand how you feel,” Zacky replies, “I think they just get worried because they care.”
“Yeah,” she says with a sigh, “I just wish Brian would get out of that habit.”
Zacky sets his drink down, “His name is… Brian?”
“Yeah,” she sips her wine, “Brian Haner.”
“Of Haner Corporation?”
She nods, “Yeah, that’s the one.”
Zacky’s face turns white.
“Zacky?”
He looks up at Michelle.
“Do… do you know him?”
Zacky gets up, “I thought I did… I’m sorry.”

Before Michelle can say anything, Zacky rushes out of the bar. He heads to what he’s been calling home. He comes in the house and makes it straight to the stairs before he pauses. He heads back to the kitchen. He writes down, for Matthew, that he has returned home before grabbing a bottle of whiskey.
He walks up the stairs and to his room. His own room. The room he hasn’t been in since Brian showed it to him. He sits on the floor once he closed the door. He takes a sip straight out of the bottle before breaking into tears.

*Zacky’s P.O.V.*

How? How could he do this to me? I thought he was different from the guys I’ve dated, but no, he’s gotten bored of me too and mislead me about it too.
How could I have fallen in love with him?
I take of this whiskey I found in the liquor cabinet. It’s a good quality bottle. The stings of it helps with the sting I feel inside my chest. After a while, the whiskey helps make me numb. I don’t want to feel but then again I don’t know what to feel… besides pain.
How could he be dating some girl? Of all the girls that I was having fun with, it had to be his little mistress.
I manage to get up and climb onto the bed. I take another sip. I don’t know why but I start to strip myself of my clothing. I lay there, just naked.
It sounds weird but being physically naked is kind of how I feel.
Naked.
Bare.
Exposed.
And even vulnerable.
I look at the clock at see that it’s midnight. Brian comes home in 18 hours. What am I to do? Do I stay? Do I call him out? I guess why bother, he’d most likely deny it.
My mind is too wired to even think about sleep. I can’t stop thinking about what will happen. I kind of just want to get out of here and be over. But, it won’t be over.
Just laying here alone with my thoughts makes me start to cry again. I don’t what else to do.
I take another sip of the whiskey before setting the bottle on the floor. I stare up at the ceiling as my thoughts come bearing down on me again and I break down once again.
I’ve had my heart broken before but this time… this time I’ve fallen too far. Never have I fallen so much for one person. It feels like my heart is bleeding inside of my chest.

I open my eyes to find it’s light outside. I must of finally fallen asleep from the crying. The pain still lingers. But now, it’s everywhere. I lay my head back on the pillow as that same questions rings through my head…

What am I going to do?

Notes

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