All For You

Chapter XIII ~ Hospital bed

They had been sitting in the waiting area silently for a few hours. None of them really wanted to speak before they knew Zack would be okay. But Genevieve couldn’t keep her questions back any longer. She was so confused and just wanted to know the truth. She cleared her throat to get all of their attention. “What happened?,” she then asked, looking worried around at them all. None of them seem to be volunteering to answer her question. “Please, I need to know. You owe me that much,” she then pleaded with them. Noah sighed and stood up before walking to sit right across from her. He looked her dead in the eye. “Fine I’ll tell you. But only if you tell us about you and Zack,” he said with a cold expression. Genevieve didn’t let herself get fazed by his cold attitude and just sighed. “Fine. You really want to know,” she said and before she could speak, the rest of the boys moved closer gathering around her. “The truth is I don’t know. I can’t seem to figure out what he is thinking most of the time. One second he is all sweet and gentle,” she said but was cut off. “Zack, sweet and gentle? That can’t be true. This is Zack we are talking about,” Isaac said with a confused expression looking around at the others. “It’s true. I have seen it. Just a tiny bit, but it’s true,” Tayden then backed Genevieve up. He smiled at her and she nodded thanking him. “Well the next second he is as cold as ice. We are not dating if that’s what you think... Or we did go on one date,” she then said, feeling confused. The others looked around at each other even more confused. “What did you guys do on your date?,” Skyler then asked curiously. “Oh well it started out as the worst date I’ve ever been on,” she joked and looked at Tayden who knew what she meant. He spoke. “The i***t decided to go full on Agent 007 on her. He showed up to pick her up at her school in his Aston Martin DB10 in a suit and everything,” he added, and the others laughed a bit, thinking Zack was an i***t as well. “Well, I was a bit overwhelmed. The other girls at my school loved it though. Very handsome,” she joked again, thinking back on it. “He took me out to see an art collection. I think we all know Zack doesn’t care much for art,” she was cut off again. “Well... he does if he can use it for target practice,” Matthew added, and they all laughed. “I didn’t want to upset him so I just ran along with it. He then took me to that restaurant at 67 street in central. The one with the owner you worked for last year at some point. Mr. Queens was his name, I think,” she said. Ethan was taken aback at how much she knew. “Let’s just say it was awkward and he was acting really weird. Almost rudely. It was pretty clear that none of us were having a good time,” she was cut off yet again. This time by Ethan. “Wait a second. Did he ask you out or did you tell him you wanted to go on a date or something?,” he asked, confused. She laughed. “No, I didn’t ask or even mention it. He sort of asked me out of nowhere. It was kinda cute,” she said and smiled to herself remembering it. The others looked confused around at each other for the hundred time it felt like. “Before we could order, I decided to take over. Let’s just say I gently told him he had misunderstood what a date was. So we ended up leaving the restaurant and going to a little Italian place near my apartment. We had a great time. We even went out and played arcade games after dinner. It seemed like he was having a good time. Being his normal annoying flirty self,” she finished and the others were surprised at the fact that the youngest had pulled off being on an actual date. They all knew he had never been on a date. “So what are you guys?,” Noah then asked. “Physically exclusive is what he calls it,” she said and became sad. She wanted to be more. Ethan noticed her sad expression and decided to fill her in on a secret about Zack. “Zack has never been exclusive with anyone. I don't even think he has been with the same woman more than twice. Besides, he has definitely never been on a date before,” he said, trying to cheer her up. She smiled and then remembered her questions.

“So what happened?,” she said seriously and looked at Noah. He sighed and cleared his throat before speaking. “Just remember you asked for it. Things got pretty complicated as we tried to find Ethan and Isaac. They were missing if you didn’t already know that,” he said, and she nodded, confirming she did know. “Kidnapped is more like it. But don’t worry Z had a plan. It was that German guy...,” he said, but Genevieve cut him off. “Demitri Von Stein.” She added. Noah looked confused at her. “Do you have photographic memory or something? Well it doesn’t matter. Z knew Von Stein was using Eth and Isaac to catch us all. Z assumed he had grown pretty tired of us getting in his way, so he couldn’t get to your dad. Von Stein was hired to kill your dad by Mr. Jackson’s wife, your dad's rival's wife. Von Stein needed to get us out of the way so he could get to your dad,” he explained. This was all a lot to take in for Genevieve but she tried her best to follow what Noah was saying. “We knew it was a trap when we finally found out where the boys were. They were being held in an abandoned sugar factory outside of the city. Z had a plan and it worked fine until I got over confident and went ahead of it. I saw Ethan tied up in a chair with no one around so instead of waiting for Zack's signal I went to untie him. I was nearly shot but thankfully Z got to Von Stein first and pushed his arm right as he pulled the trigger, making the bullet miss my head by an inch. We needed to get out of there quickly and in the rush we lost Z. Skyler saw him driving off after Von Stein. We don’t know why Zack was so reckless. He knows better than to chase after a target on his own. But he has been acting really weird about this Von Stein guy. It’s like there is something he is not telling us,” Noah finished feeling frustrated. Genevieve looked around at them all worried. “Are you guys okay?,” she asked with fear in her eyes. They all nodded and she calmed down. They all went silent again. “Well I think we should try and eat something. Genevieve what do you want?,” Tayden asked gently as he stood up. “I’m not really hungry, Tay,” she simply answered not feeling like eating.

Tayden and Matthew ended up getting burgers and fries for all of them. Genevieve only ate a couple of fries as the boys looked at her worried. The others didn’t have much of an appetite either but they managed to eat the burger anyways. The hours went by slowly in silence. The doctor finally approached them late that evening. “What’s the news doc?,” Ethan asked, standing up waiting to hear what he had to say. Genevieve and the others followed and stood up from their seats. “Zack is stable for now. We had to operate on him. The bullet had hit his hip cap and small fragments of bone continued to make small cuts inside. I had to get them out and repair the shape edge of his hip bone. The only thing we can do now is wait. He has lost a lot of blood. He is in a respirator because his breathing is too weak,” the doctor paused as he looked at Genevieve. “Thanks to what this brave young lady did, taking out the bullet and stopping the blood, he has a good chance of making it,” the doctor finished. “Can we see him?,” Genevieve asked, hopefully. The doctor nodded and they all followed him. They walked down a long hallway before they were shown Zack's room. They walked in and saw Zack’s normally strong body laying so weakly not even able to breathe properly on its own without the respirator. The boys all walked closer and stood around him. “You are an i***t Zack,” Noah said as a tear ran down his cheek. He tried to hide it but the others saw. “You know positive encouragement might be better,” Matthew then said and fixed Zack's hair a bit. Ethan looked around at the others standing around the bed and noticed Genevieve was missing. He searched around the room with his eyes and found her by the door standing frozen. He found a chair and placed it next to Zack on the opposite side of his wound. “Genevieve, come here and sit down,” Ethan said gently and patted the chair. She shook her head. She didn’t want to get in their way. The boys were Zack's family. She wasn’t. “Please Genevieve. I think it would help him if you hold his hand,” Skyler then said and wiped away a tear. Genevieve slowly walked closer and sat down. She looked hesitantly up at Zack’s face. He had the exact same expression as when he sleeps. He looked so peaceful. She slowly reached her shaky hand up to his face as her eyes started to fill with water. She ran a couple of fingers down his puffy cheek. He was feeling cold. She was so used to him being so warm. She got worried and a tear ran down her face. She figured he was cold because of his weak state. His body didn’t have enough energy to warm up his body to normal temperature. She took his hand in hers and stood up. For a second she completely forgot about the others in the room. There was only Zack. She leaned down her face to his and placed her forehead to his. “You have to wake up. You said you wanted to see me smile. You can’t do that if you don’t wake up. And... and I won’t smile if you don’t wake up,” She said in a weak voice as the tears ran down her face, fell onto his cheeks and continued their journey down his face as if he was crying with her. She then moved her lips to his forehead and gave it a soft kiss before sitting down again. She wiped her own tears away from his face. She looked at his hand in hers. It was so cold. She placed it between both of her smaller ones and started blowing hot air onto it to warm it up. It seemed to help and she decided she wanted to feel his touch the way he always does it. She moved his hand to her cheek and held it close to it. She closed her eyes and focused on only his touch.The others watched with saddened expressions. They all thought the scene between her and Zack at that moment was heartbreaking. They started to find chairs around the room and placed them in a cycle around the bed. Only time could tell what would happen next.

Zack slowly started to gain consciousness and felt something uncomfortable in his throat. He tried to move both of his hands up to remove it. One of his hands was stuck on something but the other reached up and took a hold on the thing annoying him. His breathing felt a bit unstable as he tried to pull the damn thing out of his throat. He finally managed to pull it out and took a deep breath feeling like he hadn't been able to breathe for a long time. He tossed the thing to the side as he opened his eyes. “Zack,” he heard someone say. The male voice was familiar but he couldn’t pinpoint who it was. His vision was bleary and he couldn’t figure out where he was. “Zack!,” said the voice again as Zack's eyes finally landed on the figure who was talking. He blinked a couple of times as his vision got better. He was now able to see who it was. It was Ethan. “Eth,” Zack managed to let out in a weak husky voice. “Don’t speak Zack. Your throat is probably sore after being on the respirator,” Ethan said and Zack got the answer to what that thing in his throat had been. Zack looked around the room and saw the other boys sitting in chairs around him in a circle. His eyes stopped as they fell on a small figure resting its head on his bed sleeping. She was wearing one of his hoodies as she was holding on to his hand. Genevieve. He couldn’t take his eyes off her. He looked at her puffy face and couldn’t help but smile a bit. She looked so beautiful. “She has been sitting there every day for over a week. I think she cares for you a lot,” Noah said as he stood up from his chair and walked closer. Zack held her hand tighter. “I think you care for her,” Ethan then said and Zack looked surprised at him. “It’s complicated.” Zack managed to let out. “Why? Because you don’t know if you do or you do know, but don’t know what to do about it? The girl is head over heels for you. She fished out a f*****g bullet with her bare hands from your wound, saving your life,” Noah said, starting to feel a bit frustrated. “It’s not the right time,” Ethan then said. Tayden and Isaac woke up by the sound of Noah’s outburst and noticed Zack was awake. They woke up Matthew and Skyler and they all stood up and walked closer. They greeted Zack, thankful that he was okay. Zack didn’t pay much attention to any of them. He was just looking at Genevieve’s sleeping figure as he let go of her hand. He lifted his hand to her cheek and ran his thumb caringly over her cheek. He really wanted her to wake up. “Genevieve?,” he said gently. The others shut up as they just watched the scene in front of them. Zack did what he did best. Ignoring his friends. “Genevieve,” he said it again a bit higher. Genevieve slowly started to tiredly open her eyes. She looked up and saw Zack's beautiful brown eyes and she lifted her head surprised. “Omg you are awake!,” she almost yelled happily. A big smile formed on her lips. He sighed in relief seeing her beautiful smile. He couldn’t help but smile too. She stood up and moved closer. He reached his hand out to hold her cheek again wanting to touch her. She leaned down and without thinking just kissed his lips. He was a bit surprised but responded almost immediately. She was so happy that he was okay. He couldn’t help but think it was cute how happy she was. The kiss was deep and passionate. None of them wanted it to stop.

Skyler dropped his phone on the floor and that made the two lovers stop the kiss and look at him. Genevieve’s face turned red in embarrassment and noticed they were all there. She quickly looked away, hiding her face. Zack noticed. Zack looked annoyed at the boys. He cleared his sore throat to make them all look at him before he spoke. “Can we have a minute?,” he then said, and they all realised they were interfering in his and Genevieve’s sweet little moment. They, one by one, walked out of the room. Tayden stayed and walked closer to them. “They know now. Genevieve told them. Don’t worry you got the green light Bro,” Tayden said and winked at Zack, giving him a fistbomb before walking out. Zack looked confused at Genevieve as he had her sit on the bed looking at him. “What did you tell them?,” He asked, confused. She awkwardly laughed and looked away from him. “I told them about our arrangement. So yer a basically told them we are having s*x. And well I might have mentioned the fact that you asked me out and we went on a date,” she said nervously, fearing he would get angry. “How did they react?,” he simply asked and she looked up at him surprised that he wasn’t mad. “They were very curious. You really are a mystery to them. Well to all of us,” she then said. “Okay,” he simply said unbothered. She looked at him confused, feeling frustrated. How could that be his answer? “Is that all you have to say? After all of this has happened. You ignored me for two weeks. I thought we were good and especially after our date. You showed up dying at my apartment after Tay called me saying you were missing. You almost bleed out in my arms and that is all you have to say,” she almost yelled, standing up in frustration. He looked at her confused as to why she was acting like that. He was okay now so why did it matter? “Do you have any idea how I felt seeing you lifeless bleeding out on my floor while I couldn’t do a thing,” she said as the tears started running down her cheek. He tilted his head and looked at her worried. He moved a bit to the side, on the bed, groaning in pain. He reached out a hand to her with a gentle smile on his lips. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you like that, Love,” he said in a soft tone. She couldn’t believe he had just apologised. This was the rarest. She hesitantly accepted his hand as he pulled her to lay with him on the bed. He held her close and kissed the top of her head. “I’m sorry, Love,” he said as she buried her face in his chest, snuggling up onto him. With her so close to him he had to admit he had missed her. He really had missed her. He hadn’t meant to ignore her for two weeks. He had just been so focused on finding Ethan and Issac. He really didn’t want her to be mad at him. “Genevieve,” He asked and she looked up at him. He smiled at her and she couldn’t help but smile back. “What?,” she asked, confused. “I just wanted to see you smile,” he simply said as he pecked her lips softly. She smiled even wider. “You are being so silly,” she said before kissing his lips. He kissed her back. She could feel he had missed her too. Something about that kiss felt different. Butterflies exploded in her stomach and she never wanted to stop kissing him. He could feel the passion and enjoyed her lips to the fullest. It was like the morning after their second time. This kiss felt like that. He had been so worried that he would never get to experience a kiss like that again. But here they were. He could feel his own heartbeat to the fullest. They broke the kiss to get some air as they stared into each other’s eyes. He let his hand run down her side with a smirk on his face. He had missed being able to touch her, feel her and have her all to himself. Of course he knew he couldn’t do any physical activities like that right now. He had to heal first. But that didn’t stop him from feeling her body. He pulled up her hoodie and felt her bare skin on her waist as he looked deep into her eyes. “Zack?,” she said, confused as to what he was doing. “Shhh. I like how you look in my hoodie, baby,” he said shamelessly and winked at her. She blushed a bit feeling his finger running over her bare skin. She loved how his fingers felt. She really missed his touch. He pulled her leggings down from her hip and exposed her lower stomach and most of her hip. He ran his finger slowly over her lower stomach under her bellybutton. His warm fingers sent shivers down her spine. Her breathing got heavier as she started to get heated up. “Did you miss me baby? You don’t have to answer. Your body is giving it away,” he said in a low seductive tone as he bit his lower lip. She started at his lips and wanted to taste them so badly. “Kiss me,” she said shamelessly. He smirked at her words and slowly leaned his face closer to hers. He gently kissed her lips and let his fingers run over the fabric of her thong up to her hip. He stopped at her hip bone and ran his hand over it a few more times feeling it. He stopped the kiss and looked down at her hip. Something was different from the last time he had touched her. He looked up at her confused. “Did you lose weight?,” he asked worriedly. She blinked a couple of times thinking about his questions. “I don’t know. Why does that matter?,” she asked confused and he started to stare her down in an angry way. “Yes you have. I can feel it. And it matters because you have to take care of yourself,” he said sounding annoyed. “I am. I just haven’t had much of an appetite these past few weeks,” she said sadly thinking about how she had been too worried to eat anything. “I am going to kill Tay. He was supposed to take care of you,” he said angry as he put her clothes back in its original place. She looked at him confused as to what he said. “Did you ask Tay to keep an eye on me?,” she asked, tilting her head. “Yes. Someone has to keep you out of trouble,” he said as his gaze softened a bit seeing her cute tilted face. She giggled and that made him smile widely. “Let’s get something to eat then. I’m starving,” he then said with a smile as he kissed her forehead gently. “You know I don’t need a babysitter,” she giggled cutely as he chuckled at her.

Ethan and Isaac walked into Zack's room and saw the two lovers laying together on the bed sleeping peacefully. “Wow. I never thought the day would come where Zack would fall in love,” Isaac whispered as he couldn’t stop admiring the two cute youngsters sleeping together. “How can you tell he is in love? I know she is. And I know she isn’t just another f**k-buddie to him. But how can you tell if he is actually in love?,” Ethan whispered back wanting to know the answer. Isaac looked at him as if he was stupid. “You have an IQ of 148, so how can you be this clueless? Open your eyes and take a look at them. You know Zack hates sleeping with others and yet he can’t get close enough to her. Look at his face. He has never looked that peaceful before. He is in love. I’m sure of that,” Isaac whisper-yelled back at Ethan. Ethan just looked closely at the two lovers. He could see what Isaac meant. Zack looked like he never wanted to let go of her. Ethan decided that if it was up to him, Zack never had to. Ethan will make it up to Zack again.