A Little Piece Of Heaven\\Zacky V\\A7X-Chapter One

2 Weeks Later

"Whoa, don't break the fucking door off." Zacky said as I slammed his car door behind me. I just glared at him.
"Amber, are you STILL angry at me?!" Zacky asked, pulling away from the house.
My car had broken down and needed to be serviced so for the next week or so Zacky was driving me around. Something I REALLY didn't want to do.
"Well, in a period of a week and a half I have seen my boyfriend make out with his ex-girlfriend and heard from his best friends about our sexual 'escapades.' So yeah, Zacky, I'm still pissed."
He sighed, frustrated.
"How many times do I need to apologize?!"
"A few million times more. Then we'll be too friggin' old to remember any of this." I replied.
He sighed. We drove around in silence.

Eventually when we both had calmed down, Zacky broke the silence.
"So, are you coming to Brian's Halloween party?"
"Is it at his house?"
"Yep."
"When does it start?"
"Around 9, I think."
"Okay."
"What are you going to go as?" He asked.
"I was thinking about going as myself. It'll be really original and you won't see anybody else with the same costume."
"Come on, I'm being serious."
"So am I."
"That's really lame."
"What do you want me to go as? The sluttier version of…..Dorothy from 'The Wizard of Oz'?"
"That's what Leana's going as. I always get their costumes mixed up, I do it every year, but Val and Michelle, one of them is going as a Cowgirl, I think, and the other is going as…Well, I don't really know, but something that is 'dead.' Lacey is going as…well, I couldn't really figure out what from her costume, pretty sure Johnny just closed his eyes and gave her what he found. Oh and Gena's going to be there. All the girls are going to be there."
"Oh, GREAT. And what is GENA going as? And have you not noticed that none of them really like me??"
"A sailor, I think, and stop over exaggerating."
"And let me guess it's all the sluttier versions? And I'm not over exaggerating."
"Um…"
"I'll take that as a yes."
"Well, what do you expect? Halloween is the one day in the year where a girl can dress up like a complete slut and none of the other girls can say anything about her." He gave me a quick glance.
"I'll just ignore the fact that you just quoted a line from 'Mean Girls.'"
"So what if it's from 'Mean Girls?' It's fucking true!" He said as he turned into the hospital grounds.
"Well, Zacky, if you expected me to dress up like a slut when you first asked me out, you are SORELY mistaken. I'm not going to." He pulled up in front of the hospital doors and turned to look at me, "And if you want a girl who will do that, then I suggest you start looking for a new girlfriend, because I'm NOT going to be her." I climbed out of the car and slammed the door shut.

That Night

"Oh, come on, Amber," Riley moaned at me, pulling me by my arm to try and get me up from the couch, "Please come."
"No, I'm not going."
"But, it'll be no fun with out you." She said with puppy dog eyes.
"Well, all your 'friends' will be there, so don't worry about me." I said bitterly.
"Yeah, but you’re my BEST friend and we've spent Halloween together for years, why break the tradition now?"
"Riley, I'm sorry. I really don't want to go."
She sighed," Alright, I won't push it, but here." She handed me a box.
"What's this?" I asked her, taking it.
"It's your costume. I thought I'd surprise you. So if you change your mind…" She hinted to wear the costume.
"Thank you, but my mind will defiantly not be changing."
"Well, I better be going. The party'll be staring soon…" She gave me a hug.
"Have fun." I told her. She smiled and walked out.
I walked up stairs to the bedroom. I placed the box in the back of the closet.
"Maybe next year…" I mumbled.

I sat on the bed, crossed legged, looking at the grey box in front of me.
"No, I'm NOT going." I said to myself.
I had been thinking and maybe Zacky was right. Maybe I was exaggerating. A little. I felt guilty for shouting at him like that. It wasn't his fault that Gena kissed him, she was drunk. Yeah, but he made no attempt to stop her. And it's not his fault he told the guys about us having sex…wait, okay that is his fault, but who wouldn't want to boast about it? It was amazing. Shut up, Amber! Oops.
I looked at the box, contemplating whether or not the go to the party. It was pretty boring at home and Zacky had taken Ichabod with him.
"I can't believe I'm going to do this…" I sighed. I picked up the box and went into the bathroom to change.
I walked out and opened the cupboard to expose a full length mirror.
"Oh God…"
Riley had really out done herself this time. She knew that I had loved the 'Cat Women' movie (even though it was nominated for the Worst Picture.) She had gone out and bought me a leather Cat Women suit and she had even gone out and bought me a pair of matching heels. I had never owned a pair of heels in my life, let alone WALK in a pair. I was never going to survive a night. I reread the note that Riley had left in the box,

Knock 'em dead, you sexy bitch! ; P

I looked at myself in the mirror again.
"There better be some Vodka there, because I do NOT want to remember this night."

At Brian's House

Zacky had left his car at the house; he had caught a ride with Jimmy and Leana. He was such a cheapo, thinking that he couldn't afford to drive around his own car. If he wasn't going to use it, I would. I was grateful that he had gotten his windows tinted almost a limousine black. I didn't want anyone seeing me the way I was dressed, kind of contradicting though because a couple dozen people were about to see me.
I pulled up in front of Brian's house. They sure do go all out for Halloween, I thought to myself, cutting the engine. Syn had got a dozen or so gravestones stuck into his front garden and from the looks of them…they looked REAL. Spider-webs, gravestones, fog or smoke fuming down the front steps…Pretty impressive if you ask me.
I watched people through the windows for a while. They looked pretty stoned which was a good thing; they hopefully wouldn't even remember this.
I opened the car door and hesitated before I got out, but I forced myself to walk up to the front door, almost breaking my neck, and rang the door bell (which turned out to be the scream from 'Scream.')
The door opened some drunk dude I didn't even know. He just stared at me, mouth agape.
Before I had left the house, I had done my hair so that it was tied up short, gelled my fringe to the side and put on blood red lipstick.
I slowly walked past the guy and into Brian's house. Everyone looked at me as I walked past, some wolf-whistled as I walked past, others tried to slap my ass or pull my arm to get me to stay with them. I tried to restrain myself as it happened.
I walked into the living room. The guys were usually there when it was a party. I saw them all standing together, laughing. They were standing in a circle, Zacky and Matt with their backs to me.
I walked up to them.
"Holy fucking shit…" Jimmy dropped his beer.
"What?" Zacky laughed turning in the direction that Jimmy was staring.
"It-…Wha-…But-…huh?" Jimmy was really confused.
"Amber?" Brian asked.
I just smiled uncomfortably, "Hi."
They all stared at me.
"Ah! Amber! You came!" Riley had spotted me and ran over to me.
"Yay! You wore it!" She examined me after we hugged, "I knew you would look good in it!" She grinned.
"Good?!" Zacky scoffed, "She looks fucking hot!"
They all looked at me.
"Okay, can we stop staring now? It's getting weird." I asked, trying to hide my bare midriff.
"Weird? What's weird is seeing you dressed like that." Matt laughed.
"Well, it's Halloween." I shrugged.
"So does this mean I'm forgiven?" Zacky asked, placing an arm around my shoulder.
"What? This outfit has NOTHING to do with you. I did not dress like this for your personal pleasure. Riley gave it to me, so I thought I'd show my appreciation and wear it."
"Ha ha, what ever you say..." He kissed me on the cheek.
"Zacky?"
"Yes?" He grinned at me.
"Get your hand off my ass." I smiled back.