°•°Chapter 19°•°

"More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate."
—Roy T. Bennett.

Chloe's POV.

"Please don't cry," Zach begs me wiping away my tears, "Y-you turned to drugs because of me?"

I look at him through my tears with my heart beating harder than ever before, "No no, it's not because of you Chloe. Don't you dare think that." he looks at me seriously in the eyes but gulps finding himself tearing up too.

"It was me. I couldn't fucking find the courage to tell you how I felt. I just couldn't stand the thought of you walking away if you didn't feel the same for me," I cup his face forcing him to look at me while I wipe his tears away, "You're such an idiot, you know that?"

He lets out a laugh through his tears making me chuckle, "I love you dammit, I've been in love with you ever since you kissed me in grad school or that was probably when I realized that I fell for you,"

I bite my lip trying to control my tears while he held my gaze, "Which part of me not being in a relationship until you started being a man-whore, didn't seem like I was waiting for a sign that you felt something for me?"

"I was stupid, I know,"

"You're still stupid," I say with a sigh but not before I realized, something else from the letter, "So we've both been stupid enough to not notice each other's feelings even though we knew every single thing about each other?"

"Well, I guess we were both stupid," Zach says with a smile making my lips curve into a smile too before hugging him close, "I love you sugar and I'm sorry for the long-ass badly written letter,"

"And I'm sorry for not reading it," I whisper against his chest. Why did I have to be so stupid to not open the letter? Oh, wait I was busy being scared.

Snowy nudges his head between the both of us snapping me out of my thoughts before I giggled pulling back a little from Zach while Snowy placed his head on my bare thighs which were on Zach's lap. Confusing to explain.

Zach laughs never taking his arm off my waist before using his free hand to ruffle Snowy's fur, "This lazy guy loves the attention he gets when he joins us while hugging," I say with a giggle.

"Chloe, smile," he says pulling out his phone from his pocket and pulling me close while Snowy turns around laying on his back. He snaps a picture accidentally when we both broke into laughter with Snowy's behavior. For the next, he pulls me into a kiss smiling against my lips.

"This might be my new favorite picture," he says holding out his phone for me to look. It's just the three of us, happy. Pictures, those darn things hold those meaningful memories, which will make you smile even in the worst moments.

My stomach growls making a blush creep up my face making Zach laugh, "It's noon already and you didn't eat anything since last night so, get up. I've made some chicken pot pie,"

"That sounds amazing! But first, shower," I say nudging Snowy who finally gets off us while I have a constant smile dancing on my face, "Do I get to join you?"

Zach asks with a childish grin, "Well..." I trail off placing a kiss around the corner of his lips before dry humping against him ever so slightly. My smile turns into a smirk as I leave him hanging and get off him, "Hey!"

He stands up as I run to the bedroom laughing but he soon catches up in a few long strides, closing the door behind him and grabs me by my waist. His hands fiddle with the t-shirt I'm wearing before pulling it over my head, "I'm never going to get enough of you sugar,"

Whispering in my ear, he turns me around to face him, "Zach. Shower. Now,"

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"So are you going to join me?"

"Well Emmett hates me and your dad doesn't approve of me either so are you sure, you want me to come along?" I ask him sipping on my coffee while his arm is embracing me. I smile, watching Snowy play with the garden sprinkler before grabbing my camera that's next to me to click a picture. The sunset is perfect and so is the scene.

"Do you think I care? I dragged you along when they just knew you as my best friend and you're the only one who can keep me sane with them around," he kisses my shoulder gently before grabbing my cup, leaning behind me.

Putting my camera down again, I turn my head to observe his face, "I kneed Emmett in his man parts last time just because he wouldn't let me see you,"

Zach almost chokes on the coffee before both of us burst out laughing, "Did you actually do that?!" I nod trying to control my laughter leaning back on the stair behind me. Emmett is his brother, who I had to fight just to meet him but oh that never happened.

"I'm so proud of you sugar. He deserved that, he's been an ass for far too long already." he pulls me close with both of us having smiles dancing on our faces before planting a kiss on my lips.

He pulls back briefly, "So are you coming along? Mom would love to meet you too," he tries giving me his best grin and I roll my eyes, "Stop giving me that look and yes,"

With a grin, he pulls me back into the kiss and I lift my hands to cup his face, "Want to go out?" he asks me finishing off the now cold coffee and puts the cup down, "Definitely wouldn't mind that,"

"Oh and sugar, I never looked for houses after moving in. Do you still want me to move out?" he asks me with a smirk teasingly and I smack his head, "Oww!"

"That's for even mentioning it," I say biting down on my smile while he continues rubbing his head. Snowy makes his way to us as it got darker and I hug him kissing his ear, "I shouldn't have ever taught you how to box,"

"Oh, are you regretting it?" I asked him raising an eyebrow before my lips curl up to in a smile watching him, "Actually, I don't. You're my strong little best friend,"

"Hey! I'm not little!" he laughs a little pulling me back into his embrace while Snowy nudges Zach's hand of me making me laugh, "Oh he finds me as competition now,"

"He sure does!" I squeal feeling Snowy lick my cheek before pushing Zach a bit and pulling my loving dog into my embrace, "But he wins,"

Zach raises his eyebrow before leaning forward, "You sure about that, sugar?" he uses one hand to playfully push Snowy's face away and kisses me on my lips making me smile.

I pull back in laughter the second Snowy puts his paw on Zach's face making him groan, "Why does he hate me so much?!"

I hold onto my stomach laughing even harder as Snowy pounces onto him and licks his face, "I-I guess he doesn't hate you,"

There's no doubt that Snowy loves crashing the party if it's only me and Zach together, "What is wrong with you?! You're acting like a jealous boyfriend! I get to do that, not you!" Zach whines once he finally got hold of Snowy.

"Oh wait, so you were jealous of Ethan, weren't you?" I ask him smiling at the sight of Snowy and Zach. Well, Zach sure made me clear up the air and make it clear that I wasn't interested in Ethan yesterday. I mean its good that Ethan doesn't get his hopes up now but again it was more interesting to see Zach get mad every time we even had a friendly conversation.

"I never tried to hide it, Sugar," he says with a grin still holding Snowy who licks Zach's face once again, "Come on here boy," I finally say calling Snowy towards me with a giggle.

He sits in-between my legs with his head resting on my left thigh facing a scoffing Zach, "If I didn't know any better, he's trying to make sure I don't touch you,"

"He sure is but you both need to call it even already," I say watching the staring contest between Zach and Snowy continue. I could swear my dog understood humans too well, "Well truce with Snowy? I'd do anything to not have him interrupt us in bed,"

The laugh that I was controlling, makes its way out once again making me feel my cheeks hurt, "Ice-cream! Get him ice-cream," I whisper shout between giggles making Zach's face lighten up.

"Let's get going then," he says nudging me but rolling his eyes when Snowy barks as soon as he notices Zach touching me.

Ice-cream is it.

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