***Lost(Zacky Vengance)***[01]

Chapter 3

Zacky and Shiana got in the elevator to go up to the 6th floor. “Ok, my sisters kinda a…”

“Bitch?” Zacky asked.

She smiled. “You said it, not me.” she said. He laughed and they got out of the elevator. “But yeah, so just be on guard. Plus she kinda has this thing where she comes on to guys a lot. She’s been married 3 times because of it.”

He laughed and she opened the door. “Codi?”

Codi came running to the door. “Ah! Shiana! Where have you been it’s after 8?! I thought when you called me you were gonna come back right away!”

“Sorry.” she said. “I went and hung out with Zacky and his friends for a while.”

Codi looked at Zacky and raised her eyebrows. “Oh.” she said eyeing him. “This your ex hubie?” She moved closer to him and held her hand out. “I’m Codi.” she said smiling seductively.

“Zacky.” he said. “But actually, we’re still married.” He grinned and Shiana couldn’t help but smile at the look on Codi’s face.

“I thought you were getting a divorce.” she said, turning back to Shiana.

“We were, but --”

“The lawyer was an ass.” Zacky finished.

“Uh huh.” Codi looked back and forth between him and Shiana. She seemed to just have noticed they were still holding hands. “You 2 going to try and work through this, aren‘t you?” she asked incredulously.

Shiana looked at Zacky, then back at her sister. “Yeah.” she sighed. “I’m gonna move with him to California.”

“What about Dylan?” Codi asked. “I thought you too were just taking a break. I didn’t know you really broke up.”

“We’re done Codi.” she said. “Why doesn’t anyone take me seriously? I bet Daddy and Momma are planning our wedding right now.” She rolled her eyes and sighed. “Well, anyways, he’s coming home with me to help me get my stuff.”

Codi scoffed a laugh and leaned against the wall, pulling some cigarettes out of her pocket. “Oh yeah,” she said. “Daddy would LOVE to meet him.” She lit the cigarette and held the pack out to Zacky. “Want a smoke?” she asked.

“Thanks.” he said, pulling one out. She handed him the lighter and he lit up. “So, when are you 2 going back?”

“Indefinantly.” Codi answered, blowing some smoke. “But I guess we could leave tomorrow if you guys want. I don’t care. I’ve lost enough money here already.”

“Well, I’m ready when you are.” he said. Shiana smiled. “Well, tell you what. Here’s my phone,” he handed his phone to Shiana. “Give Matt a call when you figure out when we’re leaving, I'll be with him.”

She nodded eagerly. “Ok.” she said. “Shadows, right?”

“Yeah.” he said smiling. “I’ll see you around.” He bent down and kissed her cheek. “Nice meeting you Codi.”

“You too.” she said. He left and Shiana turned back to Codi. “What was that?”

“What?”

Codi scoffed, flicking her ashes in an ashtray. “Her kissed you on the cheek.” she said ridiculously. “WHat lie did you tell him to make him like you?”

“Nothing.” Shiana said, feeling tears surface. “I don’t have to lie to get people to like me Codi.” Codi rolled her eyes and grabbed the tray and walked away. “What about you, mom and dad? And Dylan? Dylan wanted to marry me.”

“Dylan only wanted to marry you because no one else would want to marry him.” Codi said. “He may look good, but he has no job, no goals, and let’s face it, his personality sucks.”

Shiana sighed. ‘And I let him get away with hitting me.’ she thought. “Well, I didn’t lie to Zacky, or his friends. They really like me for who I am.”

“And who are you?” Codi asked. “You’re no one Shiana. I mean, I love you but you need to face the facts. You may be pretty and all, but you’re nowhere near smart and all you want to do in life is play with children. You aren’t gonna go anywhere.”

“Ok, can you just stop please?” Shiana asked. “Not everyone has to sleep with guys for a living you know?” Codi stared at Shiana in astonishment. Shiana’s jaw dropped. ‘Did I just say that?!’ she thought. “Codi, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to --”

“No.” Codi said. “You know what? Fuck you baby sis. What did I ever do to you?”

Shiana came up with a list of things Codi had done and said to her in her head, but kept silent. “I’m just gonna go to bed.” she said. “I’m sorry.” She climbed into the bed deamed hers.

“Yeah, you should be.” Codi said. “I mean, I’m not the one getting married after getting completely wasted. Are you trying out for the sequel to the Ashton Kutcher movie or something? Trust me sis, you’re no Cameron Diaz.”

“Please just give it a rest Codi.” Shiana groaned into her pillow. She hated when her sister got like this. She thought that when Codi offered to take her to Vegas with her things were going to be different.

Codi scoffed and bent down next to her face. “Why don’t you just go sleep with your new hubie!” she asked. “It’s not like you haven’t already. Just go. I’ll fill Daddy in about how his little girl has grown into a slut and is living with one night stands.”

“Cause he really wants another you.” Shiana said, getting up. “I think I WILL go see Zacky. He’s been nicer to me in one day than you’ve been my entire life.” She left, grabbing Zacky’s phone on her way out.

When she got down to his floor, she already had tears running down her cheek. She had said one mean thing to Codi and all of a sudden she was a horrible person. Not really, because according to Codi, she’d always been a horrible person. She knocked on the door and wiped away a tear streaking down her cheek. Zacky answered the door and she flung her arms around him. “Shiana?” He wrapped his arms around her confused. “What are you doing here? What’s wrong?”

“I’m sorry for bothering you.” she cried. “It’s just Codi’s being that thing again and it was really starting to hurt and I didn’t know where else to go to get away from her and I thought of you and --”

“Hey, shh…” he cooed. “It’s ok. Come on in.” He walked her in with his arm around her shoulders and sat her on a bed. “Now, slowly, tell me what happened.”

She re-accounted everything that was said and his jaw clenched. “I mean, I’m sorta used to most of it, but she’s never called me a slut before.” she said, sniffling the last of her tears away.

“Why does everyone seem to hate you so much?” he asked. She shrugged and another tear fell out of her eye when he said that. ‘Everyone does seem to hate me, don’t they?’

He wiped it away with his thumb and tilted her chin up. She looked in his eyes for a second before realizing that his face was slowly getting closer and their eyes were slowly closing. She felt his breath on her lips and just as they were about to meet the door burst open and the guys walked in. They pulled away quickly and she fluffed her hair between them and her face.

“Hey Shiana.” Syn said. “What are you doing here?” They all looked from Zacky to Shiana, who were awkwardly avoiding each other’s eyes.

“Did we interrupt something?” Johnny asked, though they all pretty much knew the answer.

Zacky ignored his question and stood up. “Shiana’s going to stay the night here.” he told them. Shiana looked up at him and he smiled back at her. She smiled and he went on. “Her and her sister had a fight so tomorrow we’re gonna go to her home and get her stuff without her.”

They all nodded and said variations of ok. Around 11, they decided to turn in for the night. “Shiana?” She looked at Zacky. “Where do you want to sleep?” he asked laying out her options. “There’s the pull out bed, the couch, the floor or my bed with or without me in it.”

She shrugged. “I don’t mind.” she said. “Where ever you want me.”

“I want you where you want to be.” he told her. “Where do YOU want to sleep?”

She was kinda surprised. People mostly told her what to do. “Um, I guess the bed…” He waited for her to finish choosing. She shyly continued, “…with you in it?”

He smiled. “Ok.” he said. He got her a pair of clean boxers and a t-shirt to wear to bed that night and got into his pajamas, which consisted of a pair of boxers.

She laid on her back and him on his side looking down at her as they quietly talked all night. “How many tattoos do you have?” she asked him.

He laughed softly. “I don’t know.” he said. He explained a few of them to her and she watched him interestedly. “So, do you have any tattoos?” he asked.

“No.” she said. “My dad would have a fit if I did. I was only allowed to get my ears pierced once.”

“If you could get one thing on your body pierced, what would it be?” he asked grinning. “Anything at all.”

She thought for a second. “Um, I guess it would be my lip.”

“Why?”

She blushed. “It’s gonna sound stupid.” she said.

“Try me.” he challenged.

She hesitated then sighed defeated. “Ok, I always thought it would be fun for a guy to play with it while we were kissing.” she said.

He chuckled. “Why do you think I got snake bites?” he asked and she laughed. “Too bad those idiots had to interrupt us earlier.”

“Yeah.” she said looking down.

He watched her briefly as she fiddled with the hem of her shirt. He leaned down and gently placed his lips on hers and kissed her. She kissed back and Zacky put his hand on the side of her neck and pulled himself closer. Shiana lightly put her hands on his chest before pushing back a few seconds later.

“So,” she whispered. “We weren’t interrupted this time.”

He smiled. “Nope.” he whispered. He wanted more. Not necessarily all the way, but he still didn’t want to stop just then. But he respected her wishes. She obviously had had enough for one night. They’d BOTH had enough for an entire DAY! He didn’t even know how far they had went last night. Maybe they didn’t go too far, although the state they were in when they woke up begged to differ.

She yawned and rolled her shoulders a bit. “I’m tired.” she said, blinking a little longer than she had before.

“Ok.” he said. “Get some sleep. Today was a big day but tomorrow is gonna be even bigger.”

She nodded and rolled on her side away from him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled back up against him. “And just where do you think you’re going?” he joked. She giggled slightly in his arms and nestled her body into his. “If you’re going to sleep with me you’ve got to suffer the consequences of having me cling to you all night.”

“I think I can deal with that.” she said. He couldn’t see her face, but he could tell she was smiling.

Zacky kissed her jaw line once and laid his head back on the pillow. He glanced at the clock real quick and chuckled. “Happy one day anniversary.” he whispered in her ear. She shivered and laughed a bit, but then went completely still besides her breathing.