You know i make you wanna scream..

I pulled up outside Zacky's house, and took a deep breath before stepping out of the car and walking towards the front door. I knocked on the door, and in a matter of seconds Zacky opened it. I looked him up and down quickly; Damn, he looked hot again. NO, SHUT UP ELEANOR. HE DOES NOT LOOK HOT. I mentally scolded myself.
'Hey, El.' he smiled. 'Come on in.' he stood back to let me in, and I walked into the hallway. He led me into his kitchen. As I walked in, I got a sudden flashback of the day I was cooking dinner, and he came up behind me and kissed me gently, and all the love I felt for him at the time hit me like a brick wall. I felt my eyes tearing up. I sat down at the kitchen island, which he had bent me over. This was going to be tough.

He sat down beside me. 'Are you okay?' he said, staring into my eyes.
I sniffled. 'Yeah, I'm fine, it's just this little monster here messing with my emotions.' I patted my bump.
'Pregnancy suits you, if I may say so.' he mumbled, looking down at his hands. What the fuck?
'Um, thanks.. So are you going to tell me why you wanted to talk to me, alone?'

He sighed and looked up at me with his green eyes. 'I know it's long overdue, but now that Isabelle and I aren't together any more I don't have her hanging out of me constantly, and I suppose I've come to my senses, too. I just want to say that, Eleanor, I truly am sorry for what I did that night of the homecoming party. I know it was a long, long time ago, but I only realise now what I did now, and how wrong it was, and I fucked up big time losing a girl like you cos of Isabelle. I know we've been getting along and stuff, but I'd like to be friends. Like, good friends, as in go over to each other's houses and go to the beach together, ya know? Do what we should have done when we first met, rather than rush into a relationship. What do you think?'

I nodded slowly, taking in what he had just said. 'Okay.. Well, I don't think there's much point apologizing now, Zacky, cos honestly, I'm over it a long, long time, and it's a bit late to be apologizing. But the friends part, sure, I'd like that.' I smiled at him and he looked seriously relieved.
'I know, I should have said that a long time ago, but I'm really glad you'd like to do that. Cos what we had was something, and I'd hate to let go of that bond.' He reached out to my hand, and put his over mine. I looked up at him and we stared into eachother's eyes for what felt like forever, before my phone ringing interrupted us. We both jumped, and moved our hands back. I reached into my bag to see Matt's name on my phone.
'It's Matt.' I said, before answering. 'Hey babe. You okay?'
'I'm fine, are you?' Matt sounded pissed and suspicious.
'I'm fine, I'm just here with Zacky talking.'
'He hasn't tried anything?' Matt sounded like he was almost threatening Zacky.
'No, baby. Everything's fine. I'll be home soon, okay?'
'Okay, babe. I love you.'
'I love you.' I smiled, before hanging up.

I looked back up at Zacky, who was chuckling. 'What's so funny?' I frowned.
'I'm stepping on Matt's toes a bit, eh?' he said, raising an eyebrow.
'No,' I lied defensively. 'He's just worried about me a lot, me being pregnant and all.'
'Oh.' Zacky sounded disappointed.
'Anyways, why did you want me to come alone?' I said.
'As much as I love Matt and as much as he's one of my best friends, I know what he's like with his girl, and how defensive he can get when an ex gets in contact, so I knew if I said he could come too, he wouldn't have even given us the chance to be speak, let alone discuss things.'
I nodded. As much as I hated to admit it, Zacky was right.

'Well, I better go. Matt will probably arrive if I don't.' I joked, and got up. As I got up, my knees gave way and I began to collapse onto the floor. But suddenly, I felt arms around me.
I looked up to see Zacky right in front of me, holding me just above the floor.
We stared at each other again, but this time, nothing interrupted us. I did sometimes miss those green eyes. Then I realised; I was Zacky's arms. This was wrong.
'Thanks.' I cleared my throat. 'I don't know what happened there.'
'Are you sure you're okay to drive?' he said, as I began to get up. 'I can take you home, if you want.'
'No thanks, I'm fine, honestly. I'm just tired.' I knew Matt would have a total conniption if Zacky pulled up in the driveway with me in the passenger's seat.
'Once you're sure.' he said, before pulling me into an unexpected hug. 'I miss you sometimes.' he whispered.
'Me too.' I whispered back. I pulled away from the hug, and smiled at him, before walking out the door, and into my car.

He didn't wave me off thankfully. I drove around the block, before stopping at a garage, and bursting into tears. What was Zacky doing? Why did he want to be friends? What was he playing at? And why did I get butterflies every time he looked at me?
I was glad Matt had got me the Range Rover now, as the tinted windows were coming in handy.
I sat crying for another 10 minutes, before fixing myself up, and driving back to Matt's.

'What did he want? Did he try anything? Did he upset you?' I had barely set foot in the door before Matt began questioning me.
I sighed deeply, and explained what he had said, leaving out the part where we stared at eachother, where I stumbled, and where I cried.
'Are you sure that's it?' Matt said when I finished explaining.
'I'm sure.' I half lied. I wasn't going to tell him the other bits, he would kill Zacky with his bare hands.
Matt dropped it, and we cooked dinner together. I went to bed at about 9pm; I was so tired, emotionally and mentally.

When I woke up, it was bright. I checked the time, and it was 1pm. Shit, had I really slept until after lunch? I got up, put on a dressing gown, and walked downstairs to the kitchen, to no Matt. He was probably gone to get food or something.
I put on the kettle for a cup of coffee and put some toast on for myself. I was sitting at the island reading a newspaper when I heard the door slam shut. I looked up, to see Matt storming into the kitchen.

'Babe, what's wrong?' I said, alarmed.
'What's wrong?' Matt said, voice raised. 'What's wrong is that you failed to tell me about your little collapsing incident yesterday in Zacky's house!'
Fuck.
'I didn't want to scare you by telling you, and I knew you'd freak out because it happened in Zacky's..' I said quietly, blushing.
'Scare me? It's my child too, you know! And yes, obviously I'm going to fucking freak out, he had his arms around you! I wonder what else went on that you're not telling me about!' I had never seen Matt this angry; sure, we'd argued loads of times, but never this aggressively.

'It's not as if I was rendered unconcious, Matt! I'm fine, look at me, I'm still here! And nothing else went on, for fucks sake! I knew you'd have an issue with me going over there, I shouldn't have bothered. Who even told you?' I was crying, tears spilling down my cheeks.
Matt's face softened when he saw I was crying. 'Oh, El, I'm sorry.' he walked towards me, and put his arms around me. I buried my head in his chest and sobbed. 'I didn't mean to upset you, it's just that you know what I'm like with Zacky and you.'
I nodded in reply, still crying. He picked me up and brought me towards the sitting room. 'Let's have a movie night.' he said, as he kissed my forehead.

Notes

ZACKY Y U DO DIS
hmm wonder what's going to happen..
thank you so much for reading lovelies, love you all <3
thoughts/ideas?xo