Not Afraid Anymore (Henry bowers)

chapter 19

The sound of shouting made me fly out of bed, the commotion was coming from the kitchen and it sounded like Vic and Henry. Which was surprising. 

"YOU TRIED HOOKING UP WITH MY GIRL, WHAT THE FUCK!" trying my best to sneak past the entry I almost ran right into Bill, 

"Bill, what's going on in there?" I asked, acting like I knew nothing about the situation, 

"uh... Richie o...opened his mouth and s..sa..said you slept with Victor, Is that true Zav?" he asked concerned, I couldn't keep eye contact with him knowing that it was true, 

"Bill between you and me Richie will do anything to wreak mine and Henry relationship and you should know that and I've done so well to keep his coming out a secret and I could just easily out him and more people will take my word for it because of Henry'' his jaw almost hit the ground in disbelief, even though Richie was my first friend at Derry I can easily turn that around. 

"YOU FUCKING SICK BASTARD, I NEVER WANTED TO SLEEP WITH HER, AND YES I MAY HAVE TEASED HER BUT THAT WAS ALL BELCH'S IDEA NOT MINE. HE WANTED TO SEE IF THAT CHICK WAS LOYAL ENOUGH FOR YOU, WE WERE LOOKING OUT FOR YOU MAN" then the sound of something heavy hit the ground with a loud thud, 

"GUYS, what the fuck is going on?" I asked storming into the kitchen with Bill close behind, 

"I need to know the truth, did you or did you not sleep with Vic? Please Zav I need to know '' Henry asked, pinning Vic against the wall, 

"first of all let Vic go, and then we'll go somewhere a bit more private" I sighed, resting my hand on his arm. I could feel his muscles tensing but slowly released soon after I let go, 

"fine I'll deal with you later" he spat at Vic.

"So where are you taking me?" he asked, still fuming from this morning. I spent most of the time trying not to tell him I kissed Vic, but I soon came up with an idea. 

"Henry nothing happened with me and Vic, Richies just a lying little shit and you know that he tried getting with your cousin for fuck sake, and don't you remember he hates the thought of us being together, he's trying to wreak what we have, I would never sleep with Vic or Belch or Patrick, I'm with you and..." he stopped right in front of me turning sharply, his hand made their way slowly from my hand to my neck wrapping around tightly, 

"good," he said quietly inches away from my face "Zav, I can't stand the thought of losing you, I want you to be mine and for it to stay that way forever, promise me that will happen Zav," he asked gripping tighter, he was now resting his forehead on mine, 

"I promise" I whispered struggling to get the words out.

There was something new about how protective he was over me and how jealous he got so quickly, that made me believe he could be true to his feelings for me. my thoughts quickly moved away from that when I felt pressure on my lower arm, it wasn't Henry but Richie. What was Richie doing near me didn't he hate me two hours ago? 

"ZAV!? Come on Zav snap out of it" he said snapping his fingers in my face, I hadn't realized how long I'd been standing outside to make Richie come and save me so it must have been a while. Richie continued dragging me until we were inside the sewer pipe, that's when the smell of all of Derry's waste filled my nose waking me up, 

"wait, what happened, what's goin' on?" Richie rolled his eyes ignoring my question, his grip was firm and all I could do was follow, twisting and pulling was doing nothing for me.

"Richie, come on, please tell me what the fuck is going on, you're freaking me out" once again I was ignored. All of a sudden he stopped, 

"would just once shut the fuck up, your voice is so annoying sometimes, it's a surprise Henry keeps you around" he turned and spat, from then on I remained silent.