Chapter 20: Storm.
Courtney's POV.
I have to be at Hannah's house in twenty minutes.
I just have to talk to Zachary first.
I park my car in his driveway and I get down. Osvaldo lets me in and I find Zachary in his bedroom.
Shirtless as usual.
"Ahem." I say, clearing my throat.
"Courtney!" He exclaims, jumping off his bed.
"Chill, would ya." I tell him.
He's acting like he's just seen a ghost.
"You haven't talked to me in three weeks. What changed?" He asks me.
"I just felt like talking to you." I tell him.
"Oh really. You know that I have a baby on the way right." He tells me and I nod.
"After what happened with ours, you deserved better." I tell him.
Images of my bloody sheets flood my memory.
When I found out I had lost our baby I almost killed myself. I'm always bitchy, but I have a reason. The world took someone from me. Why should I be nice to anyone?
"You don't need to remind me about that, Court." Zachary tells me.
"You always dodge the subject. You couldn't even look me in the eyes when I told you that I had lost the baby." I tell him, tears willing to spill at any moment.
"Because that baby was just one of my fuck ups. I don't want to be reminded of it." He says and all I see is red.
I slap him across the cheek and I storm out of his room.
I can't believe him.
This is why I don't talk to this asshole.
"Courtney?" I hear a voice call.
I turn around and I see Maddison.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" She asks me.
"I just came to check up on Zachary." I tell her.
"Since when did you care about Zachary?" She asks me, surprised.
"Come on, we're friends." I chuckle.
"Where are you going?" She asks me.
What a nosy bitch.
"Home." I tell her before I walk out of the house.
***
"No way." Hannah squeals beside me.
"I slapped him." I tell her.
"He deserved it." Hannah retorts. "That Henderson kid..." She says trailing off.
"I'm happy that Stephanie is taking all of Zachary's attention, Valarie will soon be a thing of the past." I tell her.
"Yeah, I'm happy for my cousin. She deserves this happy ending, you know." Hannah says, flipping her hair to the side.
"I'm just glad that my chapter with Zachary is officially closed. Did I tell you that Blake asked me out?" I ask her.
"No way." Hannah says for the second time. "What did you say?" She asks me, crossing her arms.
"Yes. After all, you only live once." I tell her.
"Chad texted me." Hannah informs me.
"Ouu, what's that about? Are you two getting back together?" I ask her.
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His Name Is Trouble
Teen Fiction|𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗜 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦| Valarie Stone has had her own fair share of heartbreak when she dated Zachary Henderson in the ninth grade which led to a series of scary events that made her leave town for two years. She's back...
