My alarm clock shrilled to life and I groaned internally, wincing at the sunlight streaming through the windows. my hand slammed down on the snooze button and rubbed at my eyes.

It was then when I smelt booze on me, on the bed covers, the entire room just had this disgusting stench. I rolled over in my bed and cozied up in the blanket, trying to drift off into a another sleep but then my alarm clock ring just as I closed my eyes and I rolled over quickly enough to nearly get whiplash and slammed my hand down once again on the thing. A headache came along and my stomach felt like it was eating me from the inside so I curled up into a ball.

It helped ever so slightly but then the pain worsened and I felt like I was going to vomit. Lazily, I rolled myself to the edge of the bed, sneezed then sat up and rushed to the bathroom as soon as I felt something defying gravity and trying to exit out my mouth.

Then I sat on the floor, In front of the toilet and threw up whatever I had last night. The vomit didn't stop for a long time so when my mum came in the bathroom and rubbed circles on my back, the vomiting came to a halt eventually and I wiped my mouth with my hand and clutched my tummy.

"Do you remember how much you drank yesterday?" She asked while she grabbed some medicine from the medicine cabinet and filled a glass up with water.

I shook my head at her and sat limply against the bath.

"There was an entire bottle of vodka in your hand! You could've got alcohol poisoning."

Memories flashed in my head, all of last night and with shaky legs, I stood up from the floor. "There was only a quarter of the bottle left when the guy gave it to me."

"Guy? What guy?" She didn't look too happy as she handed me the medicine and the water.

"This.. Guy who found me on the ground drowning in my sorrows." I sighed, "he gave me what was left."

"You know you shouldn't take candy from strangers... This is the same thing!" She fumed. "And you're not even legal to drink yet!"

"Yeah yeah.." I swallowed down the pill, "you're making my head hurt more with the loud voice."

"What else do you remember?"

"I... I don't know, something about evil satanic spawns." My head hurt trying to think of what happened after Jace rejected me and I sneezed about three times in a row. Curse this flu.

"Ok..." She gave me a funny look before flushing the toilet for me and walking out the bathroom. "And by the way, you're much to ill to go to school today, so go back to bed."

I finished the rest of the water and brushed my teeth, trying to get the vile taste of sick and alcohol out of my mouth. I didn't know how long I had been brushing my teeth for with Jace on my mind when all the toothpaste started dribbling out of my mouth I realised that it had been far too long than usual.

"That's gross." Liam said as he walked into the bathroom all dressed for another boring day of school. He grabbed for the tub of hair gel that we shared.

I didn't answer and he carried on talking, "so, the big L word, huh?"

"Oh my god, please shut up..." I flicked some cold water on my face.

"I remember saying that to Naomi, now two years later... It wasn't even worth it."

"What?" What did he mean by 'it wasn't even worth it'?

"She's been cheating on me." Liam confessed and I heard that he was choking on his words. "For the past few months. Right under my nose!"

"Whaa-"

"You tell your fucking pansy best friend that he better watch out." Liam had this look in his eye, something like fury. And if looks could kill, I'd be six feet under right now.

"Flynn? Really?"

He didn't answer and instead left the bathroom, leaving me to process the new information.

"Guess we're both heartbroken then..." I muttered under my breath.

I walked out of the bathroom that stunk badly of vomit after grabbing an entire roll of toilet paper and went back to my room, crawling into my bed and ripping a few pieces of tissue off to wipe my runny nose.

I reached for the remote to the DVD player on my bedside and clicked a buttons before GBF started playing. God, I loved this film. Dad gave it to me after I had come out to him and I've just been watching it on repeat.

Mum walked in sometime after with a tray of food and I paused the programme. There was buttered toast and tea as well as another pill to ease the pain. I could get used to this, I thought.

"Watching TV isn't going to help your headache."

"Meh." I said and sat up, accepting the tray of food. "Thank you."

"So what went down yesterday?" She asked and sat next to me on the bed.

"Mum... Don't sit so close... I'm only in my boxers...." I dragged out, feeling my face get hot.

"Zach, I have wiped your butt and fed you from my breast and you're shy of me seeing you in your boxers?" She glowered down at me.

"Mum...." I whined out.

"Zach, darling, just shut up and eat. You're all skin and bones."

Well, I can't say no to food.

I took a bite of my toast and felt a bit weird eating when my mum was watching me eat.

"Jesus woman, must you watch me while I eat?"

"Zachary Michael, you better not talk like that to me again!"

"Sorr-"

"Don't even.." She rolled her eyes, "so what did go down yesterday? Who dared to upset my little boy?"

It was then Molly decided to step into my room, "yeah, Zach, who upset the mummy's boy?"

"ok... firstly, I am not a little boy. Two, I am not a mummy's boy and three, I think you both know who it was."

"Do tell." Mum came close to me and gave me her undivided attention. Molly joined me on the other side of the bed.

"God sakes, can't a gay boy get some privacy around here?" I cocked a brow, "to be honest, I don't want to think about it."

I remembered when we were sat in the circus and Jace's hands were intwined with mine the whole time. He was smiling, physically unable to even frown in the slightest.

Then we went to the cliff and I really thought that this was it. This was when I was going to confess. This was when he'd confess back and then we'd live happily ever after.

Of course, that was only a petty fairytale but my mind was so corrupted with love that I really thought it would become true.

And then finally, the look of absolute perturbation on his face when I said it out loud and clear.

"Honey... You're tearing up." Mum cooed and pulled me into a snuggly hug. Molly joined in the hug and I felt safe. I felt like I could cry all I want and I'd feel comfortable doing it with the people around me.

That was exactly I did.

"I know that.. I know I'm quite young but I'm madly in love with him." I cried, choking a little on my words. "And.. And he ran away when I told him!"

I blew my nose into a tissue, my nose was beginning to get insanely runny. "I don't think he ever wants to talk to me again. What if he doesn't even want to be friends with me? Wait, what if he only wants to be friends? I can't do that!"

"Not this again..." Molly rolled her eyes.

"Oh shut up.." I wiped at my eyes and flicked her forehead when I calmed down a little.

"I was meaning to ask a favour." I told her. "You're good at giving someone a living nightmare, right?"

"Gee, thanks."

"His little sister is getting bullied at school and she's so nice and doesn't deserve that shit."

Mum coughed and glared at me, warning me about my profanity.

"You want me to deal with the demon, right?" I could see an evil smile forming on her mouth and her eyes crinkling at the corners.

"That's exactly what I want."

"It has to be sometime today, I'm leaving this evening."

"Nothing of such is happening." Mum said and Molly and I let out a series of whining.

"But come on! This girl is a total bitch!" I sighed, "she stomped on Jace's foot in the school corridors!"

"You're just adding fuel to the fire.." Mum said. "You need to step up and be the bigger person."

"I hate that saying so much! Honestly, I'm sick of it. I want to fight back. Haven't you ever been bullied?"

For a moment, her complexion changed. It was like she was stuck in a daze from remembering or imagining something.

In this instance, it was obvious she was remembering something.

"You have haven't you?"

"It's in the past. It was nothing bad, nothing physical." Mum waved off but I could tell she was deeply affected.

"You can tell us." Molly smiled.

"What is this now? The pity group?" I snickered. It was turning out like one, we were all sharing our problems here.

"It was in university, I was getting cyber bullied." She started and took a deep breath, "it was really nothing.. It was just some person who was jealous of mine and your father's love for each other."

"That's it?" I asked.

"She kept trying to seduce your father but he was too smitten with me. There was one time when she got him drunk and got away with it and did the dirt-"

"Oh god, I do not need to know... Do not even continue that." I took a long sip of my tea. It was green tea, always something great for bad mornings- well, for me anyway.

"Why don't you find that girl and give her a right slap in the face?" Molly smirked.

"Molly..." My mum warned.

"I mean... A slap in the face as in.. As in.. Show her you're married to the love of your life and.. And-"

"You and I both know you didn't mean it theoretically." I told her and she sighed and stole a slice of toast and dipped it in her English breakfast tea that I just realised she had.

"As much as I love your eagerness for violence, Mol, it's not the right way." Mum said.

"So we've shared our problems. What are yours Molly?" I asked her with a grin as big as the Cheshire Cat's on my lips.

"I don't have any." She shrugged.

"Lies."

"Fine. Jesus Christ... It's not a big problem but it turns out that Cassie doesn't want us to be together a lot because we'd get attached and then I'd be back where I live meaning I can't see her as often as I'd like." She sighed.

"Why don't you ask her move in, you have like twenty spare guest rooms at yours, right?" I snickered, "I don't think she'd be staying in a guest room though." I wiggled my eyebrows suggestively.

She glared at me. How are women so good at making me fear for my dear life just by their eyes?

"She has her own life here, idiot." She rolled her eyes.

I took another slice of toast and munched on it while I thought.

"You could work something out.. You're old enough to live out, right?"

"Woah.. That's a little far fetched."

"Just a tad..." Mum added.

"Who cares?" I shrugged. Was it the fact I think very far fetched things that Jace rejected me? Come on, I blew our first ever official date.

"My little gay boy, you have so much to learn..." Molly poked my nose.

"Dude..."

"What should we have for lunch then?" Mum clapped abruptly, scaring me shitless.

"Oooh how about Mexican?" I said eagerly.

"No, I'm feeling sushi." Molly said. Mum agreed.

"Where the hell are we meant to get sushi from?" I asked. "And how do you even make it?"

"Let's go out for lunch, yeah?" Mum said, "just us three and your dad."

"Dad's home?" I asked incredulously. Dad was usually working, he's like a workaholic. He will not leave work until he's accomplished something important and he will always find a reason to work even more. He was weird.

"I can ask him to take the afternoon off, I'm his wife after all... Not that bitch, Serena."

"Mum!" I yelled.

"What?" She put her hands up in surrender and got off the bed. "Feel better soon." She said and left the room.

I pressed the play button on the TV and continued watching my programme. Molly sipped her tea and I sipped mine, but of course, sneezed.

"You were so messed up yesterday when we found you looking like a hobo." She deadpanned. "It was weird seeing you like that, you usually try to look as good as possible whenever. I mean, if you weren't soaking wet from the rain then you could've totally pulled off the sweatpants and hoodie look.

"Aw, I think that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me!"

"Yeah well, don't get used to it." She smirked and sipped more tea. "I now have plenty to blackmail you with."

"Wait, what?"

"You're a chatty drinker, you know." She started snickering, "you kept calling Jace's name and you wouldn't stop talking about evil demonic spawns."

"Oh god..." I buried my head in my hands but made a little peeking hole so I could see the GBF.

"You left your bracelet too. I picked it up but it was broken."

"I swear, that thing is cursed. When I try getting rid of it, it just keeps coming back." I sighed, "I don't want it back. Throw it in the bin for all I care..."

"You what?" She asked, "you ought to remember that you'd be in deep shizzle if you threw it away."

"It's a stupid concept."

"Oh come on." She drawled out, "maybe Jace was overwhelmed..."

"I don't want to talk about it."

"You have to at some point."

She had a point there. There will be a point where I have to face my fears and march right up to Jace and ask him why he did what he did. There must be a valid reason, I'm sure I knew of it already but I needed to make sure.

"Can we just drop it for now? You're making me miss my movie!"

"Fine... For now we'll leave it but before I leave, I want you to talk to Jace."

"No promises."

She rolled her eyes at me. "We need to discuss what we're going to do with that bully too."

"She's a thirteen year old girl, there's not much you can do except take away her Barbie dolls."

"Don't be like that..." Molly said, "Barbie dolls are for all ages!"

I sent her a funny look but didn't say anything, she covered her bare legs with the duvet cover and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Why don't you just give the girl a devilish warning, she'll thirteen for Christ sakes, she'd be scared for her life.. Especially by you." I smirked and she slapped my arm, nearly making me spill my cup of tea.

"Hey hey hey, watch the tea!"

"I was hoping it would spill on you and scald you."

Living nightmare, see?

I finished off the movie and my breakfast and finally got out of bed and wiped the crumbs off of me. The clock on the bedside table read that it was ten o'clock.

As happy as I felt being at home Instead of at school, I felt lonely and bored. I met mum in the kitchen after I put on some sweatpants and sat down at the breakfast bar where Molly was listening in to mum's conversation on the phone.

"Will you be able to come home for lunch?" Mum said, "I'm your wife, you will do as I say. Forget your work and spend some time with your sick son!"

I started snickering and Molly joined in.

"This is one of the few times I feel glad being gay." I muttered quietly.

"Actually, I'm pretty sure Jace will be telling you what to do all the time." Molly said then I glared at her and she remembered, "oh.. Right, sorry..."

"We're going out for sushi, ok? And you're going to be there no matter what unless you want me to drag you by your ear- ok, it's settled then, see you in a few hours. Bye! Love you." Mum made a kissing sound in to the phone and hung up.

My eyes widened, "Jesus woman.."

Mum sent me a warning glare and started washing up some dishes. Molly cocked an eyebrow and nodded her head as if she was saying 'well played' or 'I approve'.

"Mum, I was meaning to tell you that Molly and I are going to pick Liam up from school."

"He didn't take his car?" She asked.

"He did but uh... He just texted me he needs to take it for MOT after school..." Molly quickly made up.

"Very well," mum said, "don't go hunting down that little girl, ok?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever.." I said nonchalantly.

"Zacha-"

"Mum!" I groaned and buried my head in my hand, knowing fully well she was going to use the full name card again.

"Micheal, stop being rude to your mother." Molly snickered and I glared. Nobody calls me Michael because the actual Michael, AKA, my father, would think somebody's calling him. Plus, Michael is such a boring name, Zach is a million times better. I should consider getting my middle name changed.

"God, I wish my family were more like yours." Molly said, "they're all so boring and they never have time for me and Trish."

"Aw, too bad you're going back tonight!" I grinned and ran out the kitchen and plopped myself on the living room sofa.

"Molly, you're welcome here anytime." I heard mum say from the kitchen.

"It's like a... two hour drive." Molly said, "It's so boring... I nearly crashed into another car about fifteen times too."

"It wouldn't make a difference to you though because you could just get the BMW of yours fixed in no time..." I shouted from the living room an snickered to myself. I'm sure that getting the damage of their car done wouldn't even make a difference to them. They're rich after all.

I took my phone out from my pocket and saw that I had a bunch of texts from Flynn, Liam and some other people. From the preview, a lot of them were asking about my whereabouts and if i'm okay and then Liam's said something like this:

Liam: I take you haven't told your so called backstabbing best...

I didn't want to unlock the phone to read the rest of the message because then it would tell the rest of the contacts of the messages I got sent that i've read them but it didn't take a genuis to figure out that Liam was pissed. He never really texts me unless he: A) has been asked my mum or dad B) is upset or C) is angry.

Liam wasn't the most calmest of people and It didn't really take him a long time to get infuriated and judging by the spamming from Flynn, something happened between those two and it must've been something very bad.

I did kind of dread thinking about the possibilies because they were all pretty horrid.