Zack is optimistic

“Zack, wake up,” a gentle voice said as a hand shook his sleeping body.

The boy in question slowly opened his eyes to find Chloe sitting on the edge of the bed beside him. He supposed she had just got off the shower, what with her red hair being slightly wet. Judging by the lack of light coming from the window and the desk lamp being turned on, the young man assumed it was evening already. “Hey, what’s up?” he asked, stretching his limbs.

“Dinner’s almost ready, so I thought I could wake you up,” she explained, a half smile on her face. “How are you feeling? With the whole Victoria thing, I mean.”

Zack stifled a grimace. “Not so good, after you went to take your nap, I found her and Kurt in an awfully compromising position, like they had just kissed,” he told her, moving to a sitting position.

Chloe did grimace. “Yikes.” She had her own bad memory of Kurt to be disgusted of, even after she slept, she wasn’t able to fully shake off the feeling of holding the older guy’s dick in her hand. But the focus now was helping Zack, she pushed her own worries to back of her mind for the time being. “I can’t imagine how it must’ve felt to you.”

“Well, at first I thought that my life was over,” Zack looked up to face his best friend, their blue eyes locking on one another. “But then, before I slept, I realized something. I don’t exactly know what happened between them,” he told her. “I could very well have a chance yet.”

Chloe smiled, glad that her best friend could be so optimistic. But, in the other hand, she became worried about him, wondering if he wasn't fighting a meaningless battle. A silence in which both friends became lost in their own thoughts crept between them, each with their own demons wreaking havoc inside their heads. The silence lasted until someone stuck their head in the room. “Hey guys,” Gavin said, bringing both his friends out of their thoughts. “Heather said she’s almost serving dinner, so I guess you should hurry up.”

Chloe turned to Zack. “Have you showered yet?”

Zack nodded. “Did it before I slept.”

“Good,” she smiled. “Let’s go eat then.”