ZACK’S POV
Nothing else other than my dad’s past was playing in my mind. Only God knows how much I wished for him to be with me in the moment to tell him how much I badly wanted him. I was feeling depressed. A sudden urge to call Dash and Will and talk to them to gets some relief swept in me. But when I looked at the time, I realized it was their training time hence I didn’t call them let alone disturb.
Instead of calling them, I texted them to call me back when they were free. I was feeling overwhelmed with emotions, so I told mom and went out for a walk. On the way, I decides to where I wa
ZOE’S POV The day was just as causal as it always was for me. Waking up without any hope was never a new routine in my life and the same thought of when would I get to make my life back to normal rang in my head and I let out a huge sigh before waking up from the bed. I tidied my hair and got ready for the day and went down to have the breakfast and an found an unusual excitement in Mike face. Wow, he was really proactive today and I had never seen him like that in a very long time.
ZOE’S POV "Zoe, it’s our first meet and there are lots of things to be known about each other as friends. so don’t let these people affect you or us" his words kept ringing in my head like a mantra…. Hope…...hope was something I always believed in the case of my fate but it was something I never kept in any relationships, at the top, friendships. But now, I felt that the whole world around me was rejuvenating. Was I again beginning to believe in new relations??? Were things changing with his arrival??
ZACK’S POV Waking up in the morning, I found myself naked in bed and Caroline missing. Where did she disappear?? I got out of the bed and got ready for the high school a lot early so that I didn’t had to hurry. I had nothing to do in the early morning itself so I came down and saw that mom was already awake. “Morning Zack. You up so early??” she was surprised to see me awake an
ZACK’S POV “Coach, I have to leave for now" I told David in a hurry and took off to meet Mike and Zoe. I had to get to know the whole story of them if I had to get back my lost peace. Why didn’t they tell me anything?? Why on earth had Caroline kept such a big secret from me?? I couldn’t believe that she never showed me any kind of trust that she couldn’t share it with me. I had always given her the space and comfort in our relationship and she never even thought it to be necessary to tell me the big fact that she was once an athlete too?? Why??
ZACK’S POV “there’s more to it?” appallingly I asked them. this talk was getting really far and I had no brains left to digest the rest. “The after effect" Mike told me what it was and yes, I needed to know it too. “With a lot of efforts, we won the nationals and by God’s grace, I and Jake got the scholarship angering Caroline more. She blamed for snatching Jake from her and finally Jake reacted to her saying he never liked her the way she saw
ZACK’S POV Caroline was shocked from my reaction and she noticed me smiling at Zoe and Mike who were standing behind her. “What was that Zack " she looked at me confused and the displeasure she felt on having Mike and Zoe’s presence with us was pretty evident in her face. “Oh, are you offended??” I folded my hands in front of her and looked straight into her eyes with coldness.
ZACK’S POV We got to the high school after the hefty drama of Caroline and when we reached, strangely, everyone’s eyes were staring on the 3 of us and gosh, that was really creepy to see!!! “Why the heck is everyone looking at us" Mike also found it strange and asked us and we have no idea what was going on. “Making the history repeat itself Zoe?” Sarah came up to us and taunted Zoe who was confused on why she was asking such bullshits!!!
ZOE’S POV The next day, I was a bit hesitant to go to the high school has I had no idea what was going to happen. My peaceful life was definitely going go get chaotic with Caroline’s arrival back to the town after these long 2 years. With that I really wondered whether the peace I had been drowned in was just the peace felt before the storm of after the storm??? Whatever it was the one thing that I really felt bad for was the fact that Zack was her boyfriend. She couldn’t be blamed for that choice as it was a perfect one but the whole blame of losing such a golden egg was completely
ZACK’S POV The stadium was filled with athletes, their family and friends and the huge crowd of audience who were deadly excited to see their beloved athletes perform their best. They all were hell bound on cheering for their favorite athletes at the top of their voices. Various announcements were being made about the sports venues and finally, after a long wait, the championship trophies were brought up to the stage for display. The Championship trophy was a huge golden colored one which was similar to the Zonal championship’s symbol. It was the symbol of unity, spo
I held her hands and looked into her sparkling tiny eyes. It was moist with tears of contentment and were ready to flow out easily. I couldn’t see that and so, I raced my hands to her puffy cheeks and wiped off those tears before they rolled down. “It’s okay. Everything fine now and from now own, I’ll take care of you. I'll make sure that you’ll get back to the tracks and that you’ll get the second chance you always deserved” I gave her the assurance and she giggled at me. “What??” I felt a mysteriousness in her giggle and asked her.
ZACK’S POV A week later, Zoe was allowed to do activities other than her bed rest. And for that, I had personally taken the initiative to help her with her physiotherapy. I started off with mild ones along with the help of a professional instructor who watched over us. It was done to help her not to give extra stress on her legs so that gradually it could gain its balance. Once the instructor felt me being the perfect help for Zoe, he had asked me to continue her exercises and physiotherapy sessions alone after giving me the required instructions. Above the therapy s
ZOE’S POV Both of us turned towards the door to see who it was and seeing her made us get chills. What was she doing here??? “Do you mind if I come in??” Caroline asked us in a petrified tone. “What the heck are you doing her Caroline? I thought mom had asked you to go back home and got you a cab. How and why did you return??” Zack immediately blasted at her furiously and she hung her head down.
ZACK’S POV Hours later, the surgery was finally over and we hastily waited for the doctor to come out and inform us about her state. But what we didn’t expect from her was the way she behaved after she came out of the OT. She had a bland expression on her face and was dead silent not even taking the initiative to tell us what was happening and her eerie silence worried everyone. Suddenly, her bland expression turned into a wide smile and it hit like a huge wave of relief in all our hearts!!!! “Zoe is perfectly fine and her legs are in perfect condition. The clot had been removed successfully
ZACK’S POV “I know we had a terrible encounter. I am sorry for whatever I did to you. You did wrong but I had no right to beat you. Let’s forget everything and stay friends. At least, after what all happened, this is the mature decision we both can take it in a sense of sportsman spirit” Without any hesitation, I apologized and explained it to him. Noah still was transfixed by my actions. A storm of mixed expressions flashed on his face as he tried to take in my words and still when he failed to believe me, he questioned my intentions.
ZACK’S POV Their words and support proved to be a catalyst for me. In no time, I was filled with energy. Their words had the greatest impact on my fucked-up situation and now, all I had to do was to get over myself like a strong man. For that, the best reason I had was my Zoe!!! “Where were you guys during all these mess that happened in my life. If you had comeback long back I wouldn’t have had to go through such a crisis” I chuckled in disbelief thinking how I had forgotten my real buddies when worst time hit my fate like an apocalypse.
ZACK’S POV The ground was filled with students, parents, faculties and heck a lot of fans of various athletes whom they had been seeing as their idol. Only after seeing this vibe, I was able to understand why GYT was such a celebration. Rather than going behind well-known athletes, these students supported each other to the utmost level. Now wonder why my dad had become a champion!!!! It simply felt as if it was a celebration. GYT was indeed a celebration for the town. It decided the best of athletes who were badly wanting to get the best opportunity of their life. There w
ZACK’S POV I couldn’t utter a single word in answer to him. The truth was that I wanted to tell him many things but everything just came to me and got stuck on the tip of my tongue itself. Honesty speaking, I wanted to yell and tell him that I too loved her as much as she loved me and I will do anything and everything I could, just to give her back the love and happiness she deserved from me and the world. “Mike, please trust me as you had always done” after a lot of struggles it was all I could utter and promised