The Ghostly Love Story

This isn't Real

I woke up feeling rested finally. I must have crashed pretty hard from the many red bull's. I stretch and walk over to the bathroom. I find my toothbrush and other bathroom products and start to brush my teeth. I come back out of the bathroom and go to check my old phone. Thats when I realized it was 10:30am. I woke up later than expected and quickly got dressed. I threw on a. lack tshirt and some skinny jeans and my converse. I run a brush through my hair and open up the bedroom door. It hits me when i remember Im staying in his house. I quietly walk out the door not seeing him anywhere and walk over to the kitchen. I begin to make myself a cup of coffee and find my new phone. I must've been pretty tired to not even grab it. I open it up and finish my last few setting details and thats when i see a message notification pop up from last night.

I had a really nice time with you. If you wake up before me get anything you want to eat or drink. Watch TV or swim or anything at all. Hope you rested well. ~ZB

I look around to see if his keys were still there but I hadn't noticed where he left them last night so I decided just to check out the window. His car was still here so he must've been sleeping. I quickly walk to his back door and see that he has a nice pool outside. I open the door already feeling the heat outside I decide I ought to swim or tan, just relax really. Mentally I was feeling kind of drained after all of the driving. I went back to my room and changed into a bathing suit and quietly walked outside. The sun hit my skin warming me up quickly. It felt rather peaceful. I laid down on a lounge chair and soaked up the sun for a little bit.

All of a sudden I heard a door open up. I quickly look over to see Zak standing there in his boxers and a tshirt smiling at me. I get up and walk over to him as I grab my cover up and slide it on, he just sends a smirk my way awaiting me to walk inside. I walk inside and remember my coffee and phone and sit at the kitchen island awaiting for him to talk to me. He puts on another cup of coffee and looks at me for a moment. I sit there twiddling my thumbs and say "Good morning".

"Good morning" he says still half asleep. He smiles at me and grabs his coffee putting in a small amount of sugar and a splash of milk. He quickly turns around while taking a sip and looks at me. "How are you liking your new phone?" he asks.

"Its really nice thank you. You really didn't have to do that for me." i say shyly feeling rather guilty he spent any money on me. We both just kinda looked at each other for a moment before I broke eye contact. I quickly finish my coffee and wash my cup.

"Its not trouble at all Dahlia. I don't mind to help someone out if needed. I see you were sitting outside. we can go back out there if you'd like to. I shook my head yes and headed out that way. He opened the door for me and I thanked him as we sat down. "So, did you sleep well? Im not sure if the bed and pillows were very comfortable or not for you. No ones ever used that room before." He says smiling. I nod my head yes to him. I pull my cover up off and decide to tan some more. I lay flat on my back and Zak slides his sunglasses down.

"Do you need anything from Walmart? Im low on food so I figured we could go get some stuff if thats okay with you?" He asks looking away from me.

"Uhm yeah that seems fine to me. Let me go get dressed really quick." I say and get up and head toward the door. "I want one more cup off coffee first" I laugh shyly.

I turn around to face him and he pulls off his glasses. I can still feel his eyes linger over my body. I am only 5'4 but Im not super skinny. I have a flat stomach but I have more weight to me and im not toned. I have nice curves that compliment me very well. As I grab my coffee and turn around to face him we both exchange a quick glance at each other and I get nervous. Im a very shy person so Im not used to someone being so attentive toward me and doing things for me. I quickly begin chugging my coffee

I head to the room and decide to put my clothes back on. It completely slipped my mind to close the door completely behind me and as I went to throw on my bra I noticed it cracked. I quickly moved behind the door in hopes he didn't ended up seeing me. I finish getting dressed and open the door and he looks genuinely impressed with my clothes.

"A slipknot shirt. Black jeans,shirt and shoes. Wow our style is similar. I like it." He glances over my outfit smiling and walking towards the door. "We better go now if we want to beat the traffic!" He holds open the door and I quickly walk to grab my new phone and head toward him when I hear my old phone Ping again. I quickly walk back to grab it thinking maybe it was a friend or something and to my regret it was once again my Ex. I drop the phone and clear my throat and walk back out the front door past Zak. I could feel the burning tears in my eyes close to spilling over onto my cheek. I get into his car quickly not giving him the chance to open my door for me. He gets in the car and buckles up and starts it. He sends a quick glance toward me but I just look out the window to avoid any eye contact. I didn't want him to see me cry. He begins to back out of the driveway and head to Walmart. He keeps sending glances my way but I avoid looking at him. We pull into Walmart and he comes to open my door for me. I look down the whole time getting out of the car. Finally he seemed to have enough and grabbed my arm pulling me to look at him.

"Hey, are you okay? Did I upset you? We don't have to go and do all of this today. Im sure you're still tired. You can wait in the car and send me a list if you'd like!" he smiles at me trying to comfort me in his best way.

"No, its okay. Its not you at all. Although I do feel awful having you buy things for me. It has nothing to do with you. Just a text I got earlier." I sheepishly laugh and sigh. I hope I didn't upset him at all. He stood there a moment glancing at me. He opened the car door again

"Get in. Send me a text of what you want okay? Relax a minute. Here's my keys. If you want to come in just lock up and shoot me a text. Im sorry if I pushed into your personal life like that. I wasn't trying to. I will be back here shortly okay?" He looked at me seeming as if he cared so much for me. I nodded my head, took his keys and slid into the car. I shot him a quick glance and smile as he closed the car door. I turned the car on and sat there waiting for him.

After what seemed like forever i heard the trunk open up. I shot out of the car and went to help him with the groceries. I placed a couple bags in and went to grab another bag. Thats when our hands touched and I swear its like it sent shock waves through my body. We both looked at each other seeming stunned. He grabbed the last bag and placed it into his car. He put the shopping cart away and hopped in with me. He threw the car in reverse and we headed back to the house. I know deep down he felt it just as much as I did. We were both quiet on the drove back. he kept glancing over at me but I just looked straight ahead. I was to shocked to look at him.

ZAK'S POV

I sat in the car not believing the energy I felt between us. It was like it wasn't real. I kept looking at her and she would look down and fiddle with her thumbs rubbing them in circles around each other. I thought I had felt something when I grabbed her arm but I quickly let go of her. I didn't like seeing her cry at all. It made me feel sorrow toward her. She mentioned an ex so I decided I was going to approach her about it. I just didn't know how. I pulled into the driveway and got out of the car. I opened her door and led her to the front door. I unlocked and opened the door and waited for her to step inside. Just as I had closed the door I heard a phone ring. She looked over to her room. She hesitated and finally got the courage to go look at it. I peeked around her door to see her just stare as it rang. I heard her sniffling and I watched as tears streamed down her face. I walked away for a moment and decided to see if she would want to eat maybe. I gently knocked at her door. I saw her quickly wipe away her tears and saw how red her eyes were. I looked her in her eyes for just a moment.

"Would you want something to eat? I can cook us something." I asked. She politely nodded her head yes and looked down at the phone. I looked at her a moment and decided to move in and ask If she was okay. She just sat there as if she was trying to come up with an excuse as to why she was upset but at that point she had even more tears running down her face. I quickly went to her and wiped them away. I felt that buzz of energy the moment we touched and it almost seemed to make her jump. She looked at me lightly laughing and apologizing saying she didn't mean to cry about it. Thats when her phone dinged again.

Dee have you made it safe? Dont make me come and look for you. Call me back

I didn't know who it could have been but I didn't care. I quickly grabbed the phone and set it down behind us. i reached my hand out to her and motioned for her to come with me. I sat her down at the kitchen island and asked if there was anything she was in the mood for.

"It doesn't matter. As long as I have food in my stomach" She politely said with a small grin. Her eyes were still a little glassy and her nose was running. I quickly grabbed a paper towel from the rack and handed it to her. I looked at the counter and realized I didn't bring the groceries in. I rushed to the car and grabbed a load and set them down. I rushed back out and grabbed the rest and began putting everything away. I saw steak, asparagus, and some chocolate ice cream and I figured that would be plenty for us to eat. I finish the groceries and grab a pan from my cabinets. i begin cooking and i notice she was starting to smile a little more.

"I don't know your story and I don't mean to pry and if I am you don't have to answer.. But are you okay? Is that person bothering you?" I said looking at her with a more serious tone. She sighed and kind of chuckled at my question and went to her room. I looked back at the food and then I heard her beautiful voice.