The Ghostly Love Story

The Past Comes To Light

ZAKS POV

I sit there staring at the TV anticipating when she will wake up. She fell asleep on my chest so I cant really move to start the fire without waking her up. As I sit there waiting i hear her groan. I feel her slowly falling toward my lap and i grab a pillow letting her head gently land there. I quickly maneuver out from under her and slip away. I walk over to the stove and put the food in containers and try to quietly wash the dishes and fail. Luckily it didn't wake her up at all. I then open the back door and set everything up for the fire. I come back in and think if she maybe liked any alcohol. I figured I could at least go get her something fruity. I grab my keys and head down to the car. I quickly start it and head toward the gas station. I walk in and grab myself a beer and Grab her a a fruity looking bottle. I quickly pay and head back to the house. Once inside I set the drinks in the fridge and start building the fire. I hear the back door open at the same time I set a log onto the fire. I see her walking over to me smiling.

"Uhm before we start this I should tell you something. I can get rather emotional or I can be completely emotionless about the things I will tell you. I don't want you to be alarmed. I just go with the flow of it all and it's kind of a long story so I hope you have the time." she says looking down at her hands. I chuckle at her.

"Its no problem at all. I know we were gonna start work tonight but in all honestly it was just gonna be teaching you how to work the cameras and mics and other electrical devices that we use. We are kind of still in the off season." I tell her.

"Okay. Well uhh.. If you're ready to hear all of this then I am too." I walk over to him taking a seat next to him. He gets up and runs into the house quickly coming back handing me a couple drinks. He cracks one open for me and sits there patiently waiting for me to begin. I take in a depo breath and take a drink. I look over at him and he touches my arm gently rubbing it. I take a few more deep breathes as I think on where to begin.

"I guess it would all make more sense if I just start from the beginning. I don't use names. I haven't in years to avoid seeing them all in my mind. Uhm. I was born a few weeks early suffering from a hole in the heart. I underwent surgery and lived with my parents. Mother was almost 17 and dad was 18. Uhh my mom and dad didn't live together. My mom chose to live with her parents and practically screwed over my dad making him get an apartment for no reason. Uhh... she was messed up to put it nicely. Didn't really know what she was doing. My dads family knows a bunch of stuff that happened to me that I can't even remember. apparently she overdosed me on cough syrup and fed me ranch and ketchup. They split when i was 3 I think? They had shared custody so you know.. a few days at dads a couple at my moms. I spent more time with my dad and his new girlfriend. Me and her got really close. still are although shes been busy lately. Uhh around the age of 4 everything changed. I came home to my dads and his girlfriend was there giving me a bath and I was red down there. I was taken to the hospital and they took their tests and it came back that I had been touched. Broke my cherry to say.. Everything changed after that. Therapy that never helped me. Living with my dad. Couldn't see my mom. It was her brother. I don't remember much. I get flashbacks and night terrors from it though. Fair warning! My dad couldn't get a babysitter for me to live with him after him and the girlfriend who was at that time his wife but they weren't staying together anymore so he couldn't get custody of me. So thats how I ended up at my grandparents at 6 years old. It was almost Christmas. I don't remember much honestly. I went through court documents. I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and ADHD all around the same time. Me and my grandparents fought a lot. There were good times but i became really depressed by the time I was in middle school. My 14th birthday my grandpa had a stroke after dropping me off at school. I went and stayed with my aunt a few weeks while he underwent surgery. I loved it. Then I came back and me and my grandmother got into it. I left with my dad. He took over raising me from then. That was even worse. I hated it. He had this girlfriend that tried to play mom and bestie. It doesn't work. I became 'sewersidal' and took action. My dad sexually assaulted me at 16. And tried again when I was 17. I left. I stayed with his ex wife which also wasn't easy. I was in school full time, working a job, and taking care of my siblings and 2 dogs. I left and thats how I met Justin. I ended up falling for him. Fast and Hard. We moved in together. He actually bought the apartment complex. I spent 6 years with him. I underwent constant physical, mental, and emotional abuse. He finally left me. And I finally grew a pair and left 3 months later. I ended up here of course. There's a lot more smaller details that you might learn over time but that's the basics of it. Pretty f****d up" I laugh looking down at my hands. In the process of me opening up I had drank 2 drinks and Zak brought me more. I didn't realize how nervous I had gotten. I was already feeling a buzz maybe even more.

"Actually there's a little bit more. I don't talk to most of my family anymore. I don't talk to my parents. But I talk to their parents. That's all of it I think?" I look up thinking if thats really it. I laugh and shake it off and look over at him. He's just sitting there looking down at his feet. He looks like he's trying to come up with a response which in return makes me laugh a little.

"You're still here. After going through all of that. You're still alive. Still smiling. I can't tell you how proud that makes me feel. How honored I feel to even know you. To speak to you. You may not have even seen it yet but you've been through so much Yet you are still alive. I don't think you've heard this in a long time but I'm proud of you." he says. I just sit there kinda shocked. He was right. I hadn't heard that in years from anyone. No one cared about the kid who grew up in the system. The girl who was poor. The girl who was a freak in their eyes because she couldn't handle basic conversation at times. I look up at him somewhat smiling.

"Thank you. *Ahem*. I really haven't heard that in a long time. It is kinda crazy hearing myself talk about it. What sucks is I will focus on just one moment and it kills me. But looking at all I have gone through compared to just one of those things puts it into some sort of perspective I guess." I cross my legs on the chair and sit there. I watch as the fire crackles sending sparks into the air. I grab my drink and take a few more sips from it. Zak grabs my hand and stands me up.

"You look beautiful, honestly you do." he smiles pulling me into a deep long hug. I didn't realize how badly I needed one. I took in a deep breath and just embraced him tightly. " I do what I can just to stay alive. And right now i'm more alive than i have ever felt." I slowly pull away from the hug stumbling a little from the drinks. I look up at him and place my hands on his chest. I run my hand up to his shoulder, down to his bicep, then to his hand and let go. I begin walking toward the pool. I take off my top and shorts and start walking in. I sense him looking me up and down. I mean I am in my bra and underwear instead of a bikini.

"Care to bring me my drink?" I smirk at him.

"You're in the middle of the pool." He says laughing.

"Then come in and hand it to me." I say laughing at him. He quickly strips down to his boxers and sets the drink by the pool. He slides in and turns around to grab my drink. I quickly swim up behind him and as he turns around I wrap my legs around his waist and put my arm around his neck using the other to grab my drink out of his hand. As I quickly finish the drink i toss it over by the fire still holding onto him. I look him right in his eyes and inch away from his lips. We stand there a moment just looking at each other. I put my hands on his face and jaw and pull him in and kiss him. He puts his hands under my butt supporting me in his arms as we kiss. I pull back and laugh for a moment. I could feel myself blushing.

"Swim with me." I say keeping eye contact as i backstroke away from him. He quickly follows me catching up to me and grabbing my hand. We swim around for awhile. It felt pretty romantic honestly. We goofed off splashing at each other again. It felt like the most perfect moment. I head towards the edge and hop out grabbing my other drink and opening it taking a big chug from it. I hand him his and he takes a good chug as well. I slide back in and go sit by the steps.

"What makes you attracted to me?" I ask as he sits next to me handing me my drink. He sits there a moment taking a sip of his drink.

"You're energy. You give such positive energy. And you also give off heavy energy. Not it a bad way. Like I could tell you had gone through things. Like anyone. You also have the most mesmerizing eyes and smile. You're just perfection honestly." He looks over at me smiling. I take a few more sips of my drink and i'm really starting to feel it. I go to get up and stumble right back down on top of him.

"Oh my gosh i'm so sorry. I guess I had to much or something." i say shyly laughing. He quickly helps me up and out of the pool leading me into the house. He sets me in my bathroom and goes to grab me clothes. "I don't ever drink so yeah" I stupidly say. He comes in with shorts laughing at me.

"I need to grab you a tshirt I cant find anymore of yours. I will be right back." He says.

"No don't leave me please. I will go with you." I look over to him and reach for his hand. He grabs me and picks me up with my shorts in his hand. He carries me up the stairs into his room handing me one of his shirts. "You smell really really good. I can't get enough of you. I need you." i say. I pull him towards me and kiss him. He hands me the clothes and I begin to undress. i take my undergarments off and quickly slide the shirt and shorts on as he helps me not fall on my face. He walks me over to his bed and grabs a trash can from his bathroom just in case I get sick. I sit up realizing I have to use the bathroom and have him help me walk. I slide my shorts down and sit. "Im sorry. Im being so stupid right now. You shouldn't be taking care of me like this. I hope i'm not embarrassing you." i laugh at myself.

"You're just fine. You're having a good time. Thats what I want you to do is have fun. Just don't get arrested." he laughs causing me to laugh. I slide my shorts back up and walk over to him. He takes my hand and leads me back to the bed. He throws the covers over me and slides in next to me. I scoot over and lay my head on his chest.

"Thank you so much for everything. For listening to me and taking care of me. It means everything to me." I say taking in a deep breath and snuggling up to him.

"Its really no problem at all. Now get some rest okay?"

ZAKS POV

As she laid there trying to fall asleep I heard her groaning.

"Do you need another pillow?" I ask.

"No I am fine. Thank you though." She comes back over to me and snuggles her face against my neck putting her hand on my chest and one leg over my leg. "Promise me something?" she asks

"What is it?"

"Promise me you aren't going anywhere ever? I can't imagine a day without you anymore. I'm falling for you. Shit.. I am in love with you." she says.

"I promise. I'm not going anywhere."

She quickly falls asleep next to me and I lay there looking up at the ceiling rubbing her back. Did she really just tell me that?