“Yea…I planned to do a lot this weekend…with Shawn.” she replied sadly.
“Well…what are you doing right now?”
“Um nothing…why?”
“Well I got a pepperoni pizza and some beers…I’d love the company.”
“Are you sure? I mean after everything that’s happened I…”
“Don’t worry about it…I think you deserve some fun after the night you’ve had. We were supposed to be celebrating tonight remember?”
“Well…okay.”
Chapter Two
An hour later, Diana arrived at his door. She still looked upset but Zach wanted to change all of that. He thought of approaching the door with no shirt on, just to show off a little. He went to the gym regularly and it was beginning to show. He wasn’t ripped but his body was chiseled enough to get a few stares from women. He’d ignored all of the attention because he was loyal to Ashley, but now she was gone and he wasn’t going to look back. His strategy was to slowly seduce Diana…and he had no idea if it would really work. After all, she probably wasn’t into white guys and only dated jocks like Shawn. Still, based on what she said, she was tired of childish men and he was definitely not that.
He answered the door as planned with only sweatpants on and gave her his best smile. She came over dressed in a loose white sweater and a pair of dark tight leggings; probably the same that he’d admired a few days ago. Lucky for him, he’d chosen some loose pants because it was hiding his hard on.
“Hey, glad you came.” he smiled.
“Hi.” she said, almost looking like she’d been holding in her tears.
She looked stressed out and tired. Zach felt like shit. He should have known better. She’d just caught her boyfriend in the act and he was thinking of nothing but putting the moves on her.
“I hope I didn’t make you feel pressured into coming here.” he said remorsefully.
“Oh…no. I needed to get out of the apartment. I kind of moved in and we’d been living there together for a little while. I couldn’t stand to be there any longer. It’s too depressing.”
“Damn…I’m sorry. Is there anything I can do to make you feel better?”
“I don’t know. Well…you did give me an excuse to leave, so that is something.”
“Does he know you’re here?”
“No…I just walked out. He wanted to know where I was going but I just ignored him. I can’t wait to get my stuff out of there.”
Zach walked her to his couch and they sat down, not too close to each other.
“It just occurred to me that I should’ve picked you up. It’s freezing out there.”
“I’m okay Zach. I needed to clear my head…so it was good to walk.”
“Shit…I’m sorry Di…next time I’ll come get you.”
“Next time?” and she smiled at him for the first time since she’d been there. “Sure…okay. I’d like that.”
Zach spoke without realizing what he was saying…yet that little slip up got him an answer he hadn’t expected. There would be a ‘next time.’
“How long had y’all been together?” he asked.
“About three months. I didn’t think it would end up like this though. How about you? How long were you with your girlfriend?”
“Three years. We went to high school together and came here. We had everything planned out but she started to change on me. I don’t know…maybe it’s my fault.”
“Your fault? Did you do something wrong? You don’t look like an asshole or the cheating type.”
“No I never cheated on her or anything like that. Maybe I wasn’t what she wanted.”
“Look Zach…I’ll say this and then we gotta end this little pity party okay? You’re smart, you’re really nice and a good looking guy. She obviously didn’t know what she had. She’ll come back to