Part Sixteen

I walked over to Ike and threw my arms around him. I started crying like a baby. I thought I was going to punch him in the nose but I was to depressed to be mad. I embraced him and I was crying pretty loud.

Tay came running in to see what was wrong. He stopped before he even got in the room. He smiled and went back in his room.

“I’m so sorry Zac.” I could tell Ike was going to cry too. We didn’t say a word after that he just comforted me as I cried in his arms. I felt like a baby and somewhat of a let down to myself. I gave in so easy. He slept with my now ex-girlfriend, and here I am crying in his arms. I guess it’s forgive and forget. What was I going to do? Hate him forever? No, I would have to talk to him eventually, but I guess it’s better I made the first move. He would have been to scared to. I fell asleep while we were on the couch. He got up and let me sleep. He got a pillow for my head and a blanket to cover me up. I slept for a while and I woke up to Ike and Tay talking in the kitchen.

“So what happened with you two?”

“Well when he walked in I froze. I didn’t know what to do or say. He froze too so we were just standing there, staring at one another. He then started to walk over to me. I thought he was going to punch me in the nose but he hugged me instead. I was relieved then. He cried and cried. I just comforted him. I’m so happy he’s not mad anymore, or at least not mad to the point of wanting me dead.” I could tell Ike was smiling while he said that.

“I’m glad you two aren’t going to hate each other, or Zac’s not going to hate you forever. I came out when I heard him cry and I saw he was in your arms. I just went back to my room and my business. Now all we have to worry about is him and Randi.”

“I know, just imagine what he thinks of her right now.”

“Well what exactly happened that night?” Tay was interested in knowing. I was too because I never even got the story. All I did was walk in on them two.

“Well I don’t remember much. I was dancing with her, well and a bunch of other girls. I ended up doing a bunch of shots and junk. Then I was off. All I remember after that was her dragging me in the other room and pushing me against the door. Then I guess we did it. I’m not even sure. I was too drunk to remember.” I heard Ike get up. I thought to myself, what if they didn’t end up doing it? I think Randi would of told me. As I remember she wasn’t that drunk. I wasn’t going to ask her though. I didn’t even have the urge to know. I didn’t want to see her face for that matter. I knew if I had to talk to her I would end up going insane. I can’t very well punch her in the nose because I don’t hit girls. I know I would lose it though. I still have bitter feelings. I got up off the couch and walked into the kitchen. Both Tay and Ike turned around to look at me.

“Is that the truth?” I looked straight at Ike. I would be able to tell if he was lying when I looked at him.

“It’s the honest to God truth.” He was telling the truth. I could tell by the look on his face and the honesty in his eyes.

“I guess I’ll have to find out the rest from Randi. She wasn’t as drunk as you. I don’t want to talk to her though. I have so much hatred for her right now. She took advantage of you and…and…and well, I’m just so mad. I don’t know if I can ever look at her again. She was my first everything. Well almost everything, but how could she do this to me. She never told what was wrong. She didn’t want to talk about things before and now this happened. I think something’s wrong with her.” I paused for a moment. I had an idea come to mind. Tay was the only one not involved in this.

“What are you thinking?” Tay knew it involved him because I was looking at him funny.

“Well you’re the only one not really involved so I think maybe you should go talk to her. Find out what’s up and come back with details.” I looked at him skeptically. He just sat there for a moment.

“Well I guess I could help you out. It’s only fair that you find out what really happened.” He looked at the table for a moment. “I’ll go see her maybe tomorrow.”

“Thank you so much.” I got up. I felt fine for a moment. I went outside and sat in our yard. The bright sun shone down on me. I could feel the warmth as I sat with my eyes closed. The green grass felt so nice. Even though fall was approaching, it was still a beautiful day. I wasn’t sure of what to do next. I felt like my life was on pause for a moment. I still had a lot of emotions running through me but not to the extent of making me worry about them. I guess everything would start going again once I found out from Tay what happened. That’s if he can get her to talk or get a hold of her. Who knows what she is up to? I decided to go for a swim because I had nothing better to do.

“Where are you going?” Ike looked at me.

“Well let’s see. I have my swim trunks on and a towel in my hand. I’m going grocery shopping.” How stupid are you?

“Is it that time of the month again Zac? There’s some Tylenol in the closet.” I rolled his eyes eve so smoothly at me.

“Goodbye.” I had to take advantage of this nice weather. It was a short walk to the pool. I could see some residents swimming in it already, but I didn’t mind. I walked through the gate and set my towel down on a chair. I jumped into the water. Let’s just say the water was a little bit colder than I expected. I shivered for a second but then started to move around. I saw a girl with blond hair swimming around. She looked strangely familiar to me. I couldn’t place her face though. I just kept swimming. I tried to get her attention but she was off in her own little world. I tried to think back really hard. I knew her. It was one of those things that would bug you if you couldn’t figure it out. I tried to swim it off.

“Audrey lets go!” I turned around really fast. That’s who it was, Audrey. Randi’s friend or cousin or something like that. I looked at the person who was calling her name. It was Randi. I felt like drowning myself.

“I’m coming, settle yourself.” She got out and wrapped her towel around her. I didn’t want Randi to see me. I tried to keep my back turned towards her. “What are you looking at?” Audrey saw her staring in the direction of my house. I felt my stomach drop.

“I don’t know what to do. He knows everything and he’s going to hate me for the rest of my life.”

“Why don’t you try talking to him? I know how much you two loved each other. That’s all you talked about and the way he looked at you. He might forgive you.”

“That’s a long shot. I fucked his brother for crying out loud.”

“Way to put it bluntly.” Audrey put some shorts on over her bathing suit. I wanted to say something so bad, but I couldn’t think of the right thing to say. I peeked at them again and this time Audrey was looking at me. She automatically knew it was me and she was almost shocked. I shook my head no because I knew she would tell Randi I was here. “Let’s go home.” Audrey took her away. She looked back at me and I mouthed thank you to her. I decided to get out. I couldn’t very well relax there, that is the place where I first met her and all. I got my towel and started walking off. I saw Audrey walking back towards me.

“Forget something?” I smiled, well kind of smiled.

“Yeah, my shirt.” She grabbed it. “How are you holding up?” She put her hand on my shoulder.

“Not too well to be honest. I’m still in shock.” I sighed.

“I am so sorry about this. I know you heard us in the pool and now you knows it’s true. I really don’t know what to say. She’s never done anything like this before. She’s usually a really good girlfriend.” Audrey just laid it all out there for me.

“I don’t know what went wrong. Something happened because she wouldn’t even barley talk to me before this happened.”

“Oh, that. She’s always like that when she see Michelle and Rachel.” She put her shirt on and started walking with me.

“What do you mean?” I looked at her.

“Well you know all three of them used to be the best of friends right?”

“Yeah, she told me that they drifted apart after she moved.”

“That’s not it.” I looked at her funny. “Come sit over here.” We sat down on a bench. “Before she moved they all promised they would be friends forever and all the usual girl bullshit. It was like a week before she was going to leave and they all threw her a big party. Everyone from school was there and all her really good friends. The party was at Michelle’s house because it is really big and huge and whatever. A lot of people had stayed the night. Randi was in love with this guy Mike. He was going to ask her out but then the whole moving thing came about. One of the promises is not to go for your friend’s guy. The one she likes at least.”

“Let me guess, one of them did Mike and she was all mad…”

“No, I’m not done. That’s what you would think would happen. It didn’t, but she thought it did. She thought Rachel and him hooked up instead. They denied it of course and Randi didn’t believe them. So she left there all mad. Michelle and Rachel thought it was crap that she couldn’t trust her best friend so they just let her go with out saying goodbye. She had called Mike a few days after she moved in and he told her it wasn’t true and said some things that upset her dearly. I can’t tell you what because I’m the only one that knows and she wants it that way.”

“Well I don’t get it, why would she have them fly out her or her go fly over there?”

“Well a few years ago Rachel’s mom died. Randi had to go to the funeral and everything because she was like her second mom. After that Michelle’s family adopted Rachel because she didn’t have any family left to go to. They all decided to be friends again after that. It wasn’t the same though. Michelle and Rachel had been together all that time and Randi was all by herself. She wasn’t there for all the inside jokes. She didn’t have anyone that special back home. She really doesn’t have many friends here because her heart and her soul are back where they were. She was jealous of them though. She always has. Then when she had you, all of those feelings were gone. She had something that was the center of her life. She loved you with all her heart. She was scared when they came because people get along with them so well. She thought you would like one of them better. I know it sounds stupid, but she gets paranoid like that. That’s why she wouldn’t talk to you.” I couldn’t take all this in. it was an overload. I still wanted to know more though.

“So why did she sleep with Ike?” That was the main question I wanted to know the answer to.

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