"Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you."

– David Gemmell.

Chloe's POV.

"Dan!" I sigh finally finding him through the crowd and push my way through to him, "Chloe! Finally, I thought you were getting laid by the horny Italian ex," I roll my eyes slapping his chest.

"Nope, I told you that I wasn't going to get laid!" my eyes search for Zach but I see him nowhere and sigh. You weren't supposed to watch your best friend, silly. I remind myself before grabbing the beer from Dan's hand taking a swig of it, "Hey! That's mine!"

"Get another one, please?" I give him a sweet smile making him hit my forehead, "You should stop getting things done just by giving me that smile of yours,"

I let out a laugh as he left me alone to grab another drink. My eyes finally land on Zach and my heart clenches at the sight of him kissing a blonde. I quickly look away trying to breathe, why did this affect me so much? I've seen him be in relationships after I realized my feelings for him before but this just hurt.

"Hey, here you go," Dan comes back with a cheery smile and I try smiling through the pain I was feeling, "Thank you,"

Fuck it, Chloe. Just do the stupid thing and get laid tonight.

Taking a deep breath, I put my drink aside and get onto the dance floor of crowded people followed by Dan, "Everything alright?" he asks me.

"Everything's perfect," I smile forcefully trying not to just turn around and look at Zach. He probably is sorry for leaving two years ago but he didn't have any feelings for me.

Unintentionally, I turn my head to find Zach but not in the same way as before. I storm past the crowd and head towards the jerk, how the fuck does he end up messing things up every single time?

His eyes widen as he notices me and I grab the glass of whiskey out of his hand still glaring at him. Placing it down on the counter, I grab his hand and pull him out of the place, "Chloe-"

"Just fucking shut up!" I shout at him over the blasting music as we made our way out of the house to the porch. I finally stop once we were near my car and turn around to face him in his all drunken glory, "Sugar,"

His words are slurry as he stepped closer to me, taking my face in his hands and I do the unthinkable. I slap him with my heart pounding out of my chest while he stumbles back, "Y-you idiot,"

I grab him by his collar while his hand traces the cheek I just slapped him on, "What was that for?" he asked with confusion in his eyes.

"For, getting drunk. For making the possibility of you relapsing even higher and for breaking my fucking trust all over again. I thought you grew out of being irresponsible,"

He lifts a hand to my face wiping away the tear I didn't realize escaped my eyes, "I'm sorry," his eyes are fixed on mine showing the sadness in his eyes. He pulls me into a hug, "I need you, Chloe,"

~•~•~•

My eyes snap open as the alarm on my phone goes off and I reach out the nightstand only to realize that two strong arms are holding me down. Turning off the alarm, my gaze falls on Zach who's fast asleep making me sigh before slowly lifting his arm off my waist.

I let my fingers trace his cheek where I slapped him last night, "Why did you have to be so stupid?"

My voice is a whisper as I lean forward to place a kiss on his forehead. He held onto me when I finally dragged him home with Dan's help and pleaded me to just stay. I ended up falling asleep next to him the same way we did every time we spent nights at each other's home.

The most non-surprising part is that I slept like a baby, something that didn't happen in quite some time. I get off the bed and look down at the dress from last night, I fell asleep in a party dress and, now it's looking like trash. Sighing, I turn around and cover Zach with the duvet.

I walk out of the room, to find Dan asleep on the couch or do I say, half on the couch. Shaking my head, I walk up to the couch and push him back onto the couch by his shoulders rolling my eyes.

Snowy not tailing me around made me feel as if I was missing something. I walk into my room and close the door behind me before taking off the uncomfortable clothes. Stepping into the shower, I turn it on and close my eyes taking a deep breath. What the hell happened last night?

One second I was mad at Zach and the next second I was in his arms with him crying. Tears roll down my face along with the water as I think back to how vulnerable he was last night. I need you, Chloe.

His words echoed in my head making my heart hurt, "What do you do to me, Zach?" I whisper before a sob escapes my lips.

Calming myself down, I scrub my body of all the dirt but only extra hard while my thoughts were busy getting out of hand. Once fully clean, I turn off the shower and run my hand through my wet hair before stepping out of the cubicle. I grab a towel from the cabin in the dry area and wrap it around my dripping hair before putting on the bathrobe.

I could feel my head pounding and curse before walking up to my nightstand to grab an Advil before washing down my throat with some water. Walking into my closet, I quickly grab some shorts along with a loose t-shirt and essentials.

The doorbell goes off and I rush putting on my clothes before dashing out of my room before whoever it is that rang the bell again. Reaching the door, I open it to Eli and Snowy who pounces on to me making me laugh, "Hey,"

I greet Eli, "Hey,"

He follows me in and sighs looking at Dan sleeping on the couch before heading towards him, "Coffee?"

"Yes, please," he responds making me smile before walking away into the kitchen with Snowy hot on my heels. I steal a glance at the closed door of the room Zach was in and sigh, I have no idea how today's going to go.

I set up the espresso machine that I rarely use and turn it on while I move on to the dishes. Placing them in the dishwasher, I grab a box of Froot loops knowing that, those are Zach's favorite and also sure that he'll be waking up hungry. The sound of the espresso machine goes off and I grab two coffee mugs before placing them for filling up. Snowy tugs at my leg and I shake my head with a smile before leaning down to pet him.

"Coffee!" Dan whines as Eli laughs at him pushing towards the island counter. These guys were perfect for each other, "Here you go,"

I say grabbing the two coffee mugs and placing them the counter before ruffling Dan's messy hair. His face rests on his hands with his elbows resting on the counter, "Wake up silly,"

Eli says shaking Dan's shoulders making me laugh as I grab another mug for myself, "Advil please,"

I smile at Dan who's looking at me with a whiny look and I walk towards my bedroom but stop looking at the guest bedroom door. Opening it ever so slightly, I notice Zach snoring and smile before closing the door. Walking into my room, I quickly grab the bottle of Advil and return to the kitchen.

"Here you go," I place the bottle in front of him before grabbing a bottle of water, "Thank you,"

"So...Zach?" sighing I grab my mug of coffee and take a seat on the barstool opposite to a concerned Dan and Eli, "He's still asleep,"

"Chloe-" I cut him off before he could say something that made me rethink everything. I didn't need that today.

"I'm fine really, don't worry about me. I just need to talk with him is all," I sip on my hot coffee trying not to meet Dan's curious gaze. My phone buzzes on the counter and I quickly grab it expecting Blake's message but it's Lance instead,

Sorry, for the way things went yesterday.

I sighed shaking my head and message back letting him know it's not his fault. Also promising to call him a little later. He's been an amazing friend to me if anything and that's not really how exes are.

"Just kick his ass for me," Dan says making me smile, "Will keep that in mind,"

Was everything going to be okay between Zach and me? I don't know but I sure would just like to listen to him at this point, I'm just mad at what he did last night and if me forgiving him is what it took, I'll risk it rather than lose him. 

~•~•~•