Who Knew Vengeance Would Be My Savior

I continued to stare at the ground underneath my pale feel, staring at the black nail polish on them. I felt out of place here, I wanted to go inside, lay down, and fall asleep and never wake up again. Every time I looked up I felt sick to my stomach, seeing Gena all over Zacky. I couldn’t believe they were getting together again, especially after he just kissed me like that. I sniffled and reached up to wipe away the moisture on my cheeks.

“Hey Amy.” JB sat down next to me, “how come your over here alone?”

I shrugged my shoulders, feeling myself slipping back into the old habit of not talking or looking at someone.

Even though I wasn’t looking at him I knew he was frowning, “Johnny says you’re a surfer, Mattie and I were about to paddle out, wanna come with?” He offered, a hint of hope in his voice.

I shook my head slowly, just in time to hear Gena let out a high pitched squeal. I didn’t know why I looked up, but I felt my heart rip apart even more when my eyes landed on Zacky’ attacking her neck. I swallowed against the lump in my throat as I stood up, turning away from everyone and hurrying into the house.

Johnny’s POV:

I sighed and walked into the house, listening quietly for any sign of Amy. I had just seen her come in here and I knew she wouldn’t go straight to her room. I heard a small sniffle from the room that joined the garage, I frowned and walked over. Finding her leaning over her surf board, tears streaking down her cheeks.

“Amy.” I sighed and walked over to her side, shocked when her arms wrapped around my middle.

“H-He g-gets me so mad!” She hiccuped.

I sighed and rested my head on hers’, “I know he does, he got us mad to.” I ran my fingers through her hair a few times, “what’re you doing in here?”

“I was going to go surf.”

“With JB and Mattie?”

“No.” She answered lifting her head up a bit.

“How come? Since we told them you surfed they’ve been dying to paddle out with you.” I smiled brushing the tears off her cheeks.

She stared at me for a few seconds, sniffling quickly. “Really?”

I nodded grinning, “yeah, will you go out with them?”

She sighed and nodded her head, “just let me get changed.”

Zacky’s POV:

“So Gena…” Val trailed off uncomfortably, “what have you been up to?” She asked slowly.

Gena giggled lightly from her spot on my lap, “oh you know, busy with the salon.” She answered smiling at me for some reason.

I couldn’t help but notice how weird it felt to have her on my lap, it didn’t feel the same anymore. It felt uncomfortable, like she didn’t fit right.

“JB! MATTIE!”

“What?!” They both groaned at the same time.

“Amy says she’ll go surfing with you, just let her change.” Johnny answered walking over to where we were all seated.

I couldn’t help but feel a pang of sadness when he mentioned her name. She hadn’t even looked at me since Jimmy had told her that Gena was coming over. The look on her face had been horrible, smiling one second and then it just dropped from her face. Her eyes looking at me before down at the floor, she had just stood up and went upstairs. Not saying anything to any of us. Of course everyone was giving me hell for this.

“Is she sponsored?” Mattie asked.

“I think, Michelle had asked her if she was and she didn’t answer.” Johnny replied shrugging.

“Does it matter if I’m sponsored or not?” A new voice asked, a hint of laughter in their voice.

I looked over and felt my jaw slack slightly, blood rushing through my body, more in particular to my lower regions. I stared at Amy’s board shorts for a few seconds, wondering how they were even staying up on her hips. It took all my will power for me not to look up at her chest, I knew if I did I wouldn’t be able to not pop a boner.

“Well it’s cool if you are,” JB answered shaking me out of my thoughts, “are you?”

Amy shook her head, “no, I don’t want to be actually.”

“How come? Don’t they pay you?” Mattie asked standing up.

She nodded, “yeah, but I just don’t want to. I like being a free agent as my manager Duke says.”

“Manager?” Both of the Berry’s looked at each other confused.

“He sorts through competitions I should be in,” Amy answered smiling at him, “he also sets up practices. And then there's my coach Don.”

“Oh… well are we going to paddle out or not?” Mattie asked smiling.

She smirked, “I thought you’d never ask.”

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“You wanna know something Zacky?” Gena asked, her finger trailing across my collarbone.

“Hmm?” I asked, tearing my eyes away from the sight of Amy and JB surfing. I couldn’t help but feel jealous of them right now, she was smiling and talking to them, but she hadn’t even looked or talked to me at all.

“I’ve missed you so much,” she purred, “I’m so sorry.”

I sighed and tilted my head back, “I’ve missed you too Gena… but I wont trust you right away alright?”

She was quiet for a few seconds, no doubt not liking that I wasn’t going to trust her fully again. How could I?

“I guess that’s okay…” She trailed off, resting her head on my shoulder, “has Ichabod been missing his Mommy?”

I couldn’t help but chuckle, “I think he replaced you.”

I could feel her frown against my skin, “what?”

“He’s been in love with Amy, he doesn’t even want me to pet him anymore.” I said looking over to find my little black dog perched in the sand. Mr. Doodles plopped down next to him like a friend. “He just waits for her and then runs off with her.”

Gena scoffed and sat up. A displeased look on her face as usual, I sure as hell didn’t miss that. “He’ll get over it and come back to me,” she smiled sweetly, “I need a drink, I’ll be right back.” She pressed her lips against mine before walking away.

I grimaced and wiped off my lips quickly, not liking the excess amount of lip gloss that had been smacked onto them.

“You look like you want to hurt her.” Michelle mused sitting down in the chair next to me.

I sighed, “I thought I wanted her back, but I don’t know.” I ran my fingers through my hair. “The spark just isn’t there anymore… it’s just weird.”

She nodded her head slowly, “well, after tonight just tell her it’s not there anymore and that you made a mistake. She’ll have to understand.”

“And if she doesn’t?”

“Than she needs to stop being mature and suck it up,” Michelle smiled at me, “plus it’ll make Amy happy that she’ll be gone.”

I frowned, “what?”

Michelle smirked, “ooh nothing,” She stood up and stretched a bit, “have fun with her Zacky.” She winked before walking over to join Leana in the pool.

Before I could ask her what she meant Gena was back on my lap, a beer in her hand as usual.

Normal POV:

“Holy hell you’re a good surfer.” JB smiled as we wadded out of the water.

I smiled at him, “thanks, I really needed to let go and relax.”

“Why? Something been bothering you?” Mattie asked slinging an arm over my shoulder.

I laughed lightly as I set my board down in the sand, smiling at Ichabod who came prancing over with of course Mr. Doodles in his mouth. “Sort of, I don’t really feel like talking about it though.” I sat down on top of my board.

They nodded, just as the sound of sand crunching grew louder. I looked over my shoulder to see Zacky walking towards us, his eyes trained on the ground while he frowned.

“Hey guys, can I talk to Amy alone?”

JB and Mattie looked at each other quickly, finally they turned back to him, nodded, and left us both alone.