Chapter 40! We've reached so far guys!!!

"So you guys want to hang out after school?" David asks balancing a pencil on his nose.

"Always." Emily answers immediately knocking the pencil off his nose, earning herself a frown from David.

"We can't, I'm taking Andy out on a date." Nate says making my eyes shoot up from the book I was reading.

"Since when?"

"Since now." He says with a smirk as his arm finds its way around my chair.

"Sorry, but I can't. I agreed to go out with Zane and Matt today." I say making him visibly tense.

"Who's Zane?" He asks making me frown.

"You know Zane....that works in the shop around that corner." He just raises one eyebrow in response. "Sorry, owns."

"Zane owns that shop!" Emily says in disbelief, I nod viciously still in disbelief. Emily had met Zane on several occasions since our first meeting, she called him The Ice Cream Dealer since she believed that he enhanced my addiction with ice cream.

"And that asshole made me pay for something I knocked over because he said his boss would be angry." David says frowning making me snicker.

"How does everyone know this guy but me?" Nate says in frustration making me refocus my attention to him, when we all shrug in response he scowls. "Well I'm going with you."

"Once you don't do anything stupid it's cool." I say returning my attention to my awaiting book zoning out any further conversation the others continued having.

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"Who is this now?" Zane asks smugly as we approached Matt and him at the arcade entrance. "You know for a self-claimed nobody you sure no a lot of people."

"Zane this is Nate, Nate, Zane." I say ignoring his comment.

"The infamous Nathanial!" Zane says with raised eyebrows, accompanied by a mischievous smile while stretching out his hand for Nate. "The shit she has a said about you." He snickers.

"I can only imagine." He says cautiously before glancing my way as he gave Zane's hand a quick shake.

"Can we just get the damn coins?" Matt says dryly with an annoyed expression. He'd been extremely hostile the last few days but he had every right to be, so nobody said anything about it.

"Can you just change your damn attitude?"

That is everyone except Zane.

The guy had no sympathy to Matt, and if he did, he didn't show it in the slightest. He acted the exact same way he did with the rest of us, but with an extra hint of sarcasm. And for some reason unknown to me, Matt accepted it.

"Let's have some fun!" He says dragging Matt inside with him.

"He's a little......" Nate starts.

"Different?" I offer with a smile that he happily returns.

"Yeah, a little different."

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"For fuck sake! Drive the damn car!"

"Zane! There are children here!" I hiss as I glance away from the racing game we were all playing.

"So!" He shouts right before Nate knocks him off the tracks. "SON OF A BI-"

"Bicycle! Son of a bicycle." I fill in quickly, we continue racing with the occasional curse words from Zane. It was really a race between him and Nate with me running in as sixth behind the computer players, but even I was better than Matt who was going at about 10mph.
I kept sneaking glances his way to find the same neutral expression as he stared at the screen void of any emotion.

"How about we go get some snack Matt?" I offer putting down my controller, he doesn't answer but does the same.

"So how's living wit Zane?" I ask trying to make conversation.

"It's fine." He answers simply.

"That's good. Really good." I say enthusiastically, "how about a job? Found anywhere to put that psychology degree to use?"

"Can't find anywhere if your not looking." He mutters before stepping forward to buy something at the cashier making me sigh.
After we get our food, we head back to the guys to find them sitting in a corner booth of the lounge area.

"I love you so much." Nate says contently when I hand him a burger and fries, I smile in response before sitting down next to him with my hotdog.

"Here." Matt says shoving nachos Zane's way.

"You shouldn't have." Zane says taking the nachos.

"It's not a pro-"

"No seriously, you shouldn't have." He says shoving the nachos away, "I don't like nachos."

"Well that's what you got." He says before diving into his own burger. Zane doesn't comment but the anger was evident in his eyes as he glared at Matt.

"So Zane, how old are you?" Nate asks bringing his attention away from Matt.

"Twenty one."

"And you own your own store?" I ask still in disbelief.

"I have more than one." He says picking at the nachos with a frown. When we all stare at him in disbelief he sighs. "I'm just good with business stuff."

"You don't look it." Matt mutters.

"And you don't look like a temperamental little bitch but you are!" He retorts making Matt string in his seat.

"Zane, can I talk to you real quick?" I say dragging him away before he could respond. I stare at him with my eyes wide making him frown.

"What?"

"You can't talk to him like that!" I whisper shout.

"Why not?"

"Because he is hurting!" I say in a duh tone. "He's allowed to be an ass for a while."

"No he doesn't. People go through a lot of worst things daily and they still walk around with a smile." He says strongly, clearly getting riled up from our conversation. "You know what! This kind of babying is why he thinks he can act like that. He can't!" He says stomping back to the table.

"Zane no!"

"Listen up mattress." He starts making Nate snicker.

"What the fuck is your problem?" Matt replies quickly.

"My problem?" He says laughing. "My problem is you. I get that your life really sucks balls right now, pun intended. But if you keep acting like a girl on her period who got left on the alter I will kick you out of my apartment! Do you understand?"

"Everyone kicks me out eventually." He says with a shrug.

"Stop! Stop this pity party! You have an education, food and a very comfortable bed so stop complaining. So your parents kicked you out? You lived without them before, you can do it again." Zane says firmly making Matt stiffen a bit at the mention of his parents.

"I'm just..."

"I know." Zane offers sitting next to him and just like that the conversation ended.

"I like this guy." Nate declares with a smile.

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