They return to the cabin

It was just a few minutes before eleven o’clock when Zack, Gavin and Chloe emerged from the edge of the woods near the lake. Gavin’s ankle started to hurt halfway during the hike, so Zack and Chloe were holding on to each of his arms and helping him walk.

As they made their way around the lake and approached the cabin from the back, Brandon was the first to see them. He was sitting at the deck outside and his eyes widened at the sight of his returning friends. A large smile came over his face as he turned around to Victoria and Ashley, who were in the kitchen.

“They’re here!” He shouted.

Victoria’s green eyes widened and she rushed outside, her blonde hair flying behind her. Brandon could only have been referring himself to three persons, and she was very eager to meet one of them. She barely registered the noise of Ashley shouting for Heather as she ran down the steps along with Brandon.

Zack transferred Gavin’s left arm to Brandon just in time to have his vision blocked by a mass of golden tresses while a pair of arms latched on to his neck. Zack instinct was to hug Victoria back, however, the memory of Gavin’s earlier reveal made him stop his arms in mid-air. This was the lovely, sweet girl on who he had a crush for the past two years, the same girl who gave him a blowjob in a cave just the morning before. But this was also the girl who gave his best friend an issue that affected the entirety of her teenage life in a terrible way. He mentally sighed, problems seemed to be piling up in an alarming rate on his life right now.

In the end, Zack returned the hug, gingerly wrapping his arms around Victoria’s waist. All things considered, he couldn’t deny that he missed her as well, the memory of what she did for him in the cave was still vivid inside his mind, like it had happened just moments ago.

“I missed you.” Victoria said, her voice muffled by her face being pressed against his neck.

Zack smiled faintly and pulled back to look her in the eyes. “Me too, but it’s only been a day,” He said, tucking a strand of her blonde hair behind her ear. “I promised that I’d bring them back and I’m glad that I did.”

“Oh yeah,” Victoria said enthusiastically, breaking the hug. “You have to tell us how everything went, did you find out more about the bear costumes?”

Zack chuckled. “Easy there, first I want to take a shower, lie down for a while and punch Kurt in the face.” He said as they began walking towards the steps.

At that moment, Heather appeared at the top of the steps, holding onto the rails as she looked down at them. Zack had to stop walking to look back at the blue-eyed brunette, her long dark brown flying around her face due to a sudden gush of wind.

”Gods, she’s gorgeous,” He thought. ”Both of them are.”

A flicker of disappointment passed over Heather’s face at seeing Zack and Victoria walking side by side before a smirk formed itself on her lips. “You took too long.” She said in a playful way.

Zack grinned. “My apologies, ma’am,” He said, theatrically. “It wasn’t my intention, blame my friends instead, they refused themselves to be found.”

Heather laughed as Victoria frowned at them. “C’mon, you must be tired as hell.” The brunette motioned for him to walk up the steps and join the others at the cabin.

The blue-eyed young man felt his heart race. Joking and playing with Heather and being next to Victoria filled his chest with a warm, pleasant feeling, an amazing sensation that could only be described by one word, normalcy.