Dude...Thats Not a Guy

23. Green Eyes and The Parents

Zeke's POV:

Xavier was an idiot.

An idiot with fucking gorgeous green eyes and the face of an angel.

But if Xavier was an angel, he'd gotten so irresponsibly lost on the way to heaven, that it just wasn't funny. Probably broken one of his wings flying into a power pole, slammed the other in a doorway and lost his halo on the roof.

Which was conveniently where I found him, so maybe all hope wasn't lost and we could somehow find that missing piece. Because something was definitely missing in those once vibrant eyes of his.

"Xavier, what the hell are you doing?" I called over to him, stepping carefully across the slanted roof, in his direction as the rain fell around me.

"Ffuc... of" He replied, voice almost unintelligible as he slurred.

He was laying on his back - don't even get me started on how dangerous that could be - his hair a mess, clothes torn and an array of bottles strewn around him. Jack Daniels, Jager and Absinth some of the brands sticking out like warning signals.

"How the fuck do you even drink like this?" I shook my head with a frown, moving to sit down beside him, the smell of booze polluting the damp air and mixing with the rain dangerously. "Xavier..." I trailed off, when he didn't respond, reaching over to brush a strand of damp hair off his forehead, but he flinched away like he'd been scolded.

"'s'd fuc.. of" He muttered drunkenly, emerald eyes closing against the stars, not that you could see them through the cloud cover anyway.

"You really do have a taste for your poisons." I sighed, picking up a discarded bottle of Smirnoff Vodka and twirling it around in my hands, there was roughly a mouthful left in the bottom and I upturned it carelessly. Watching as the clear liquid mixed with the rainwater seamlessly.

The rain was cold against my face, soaking my clothes effortlessly and I couldn't help but worry about how long Xavier had been up here. Soraya had gotten home roughly about twenty minutes ago and it had taken us some time to get Ashton settled in, so he could have been up here for well over an hour.

"Why are you up here?" I asked carefully, ignoring the spray bouncing off the tin roof from the rain.

"Fuc' you" Xavier hiccupped, throwing his arm out, assumedly in a drunken attempt to push me away, but only succeeding in hitting the slippery roof with a splash. However, the miss did nothing to stop the acidic feeling that settled in the pit of my stomach.

"Xav, tell me what's wrong" I pushed, reaching out to touch his arm, only to receive the same reaction have once again as he flinched away.

"Xav...." I trailed, masking the hurt that threatened to slip into my voice.

Le Flashback: 1 year ago.

"Zeke what are you looking at?" Melissa asked, tightening her grip around my arm, her fingers loosely twisted with mine as we walked down the hallway.

"Just everyone, nothing in particular." I replied easily, casing my gaze down to look at her with a small smile curving up my lips, "Why? Who were you looking at? Something I should be worried about, babe?" I teased, raising an eyebrow and tugging on a curled strand of her dark brown hair.

"No" She giggled, batting my hand away, "Stop being stupid, I've only got eyes for you" she pouted sweetly and I barked out a short laugh, ducking to peck her lips lightly, before straightening.

"And what beautiful eyes they are." I stated, watching in amusement as her tanned cheeks tinted pink. She really did have beautiful eyes, a light hazel that shone gold in the light, and it had only taken me a few minutes of knowing her to realise that all she had to do was look in my direction to mesmerise me.