Hang You Up
Title: Hang You Up
Author: Jay/ acloseprecision
Pairing: Alex Gaskarth/Zack Merrick
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Just a little bit of cursing.
Summary: I got the prompt from this site. The prompt was to write a pure dialogue story, I did it in the form of a phone conversation.
Disclaimer: Title credit to Yellowcard, I don't own the people mentioned here.
Notes: Tumblr
“H-hello?”
“Oh. It’s you.”
“Yeah. It’s me. I know.”
“I was actually hoping you wouldn’t call, you know. I was hoping you’d get the hint when I told you that I never want to see you again.”
“I know but I have to-“
“Dammit Zack, what part of that do you not understand? I don’t want to see you.”
“But-“
“No! Stop calling my friends, my family and more importantly, stop calling me!”
“Look, you can’t give up on us that easily. Just hear me out?”
“You lost that privilege two weeks ago.”
“Alex, baby please. Just…just please. Please listen.”
“Fine. You have one minute. Nothing more, nothing less. Don’t be surprised if I hang up on you.”
“Thank you, thank you so much. I-“
“Just get on with it. I’ve got more important things to do than talk to you.”
“OK. Deep breaths Zachary. I just want to start off by saying I’m sorry, I’m so sorry baby. I’m not like you. I don’t know how to put my feelings into words like you can. I’m just this mess of a man who thinks he can say th-things and get away with it but then you left me and I feel like crap. I honestly do. You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me and I’m so goddamn stupid for letting you-“
“Zack are you crying?”
“N-no. No. I haven’t been feeling good, that’s all. I think I’ve got a chest infection.”
“Bullshit. You’re crying.”
“You caught me.”
“I never thought I’d see the day when Zack Merrick would cry over the phone.”
“I never thought I’d see the day when I’d fall in love with a guy, but that happened as well.”
“Touché.”
“I really don’t know what else to say apart from I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have said any of that. I never should have said that you don’t love me. Cause now that you’ve gone, I’ve realised. I don’t deserve you. There’s no way I deserve you. You’re this beautiful, fantastic guy and I’m me. I’m a shell. I’m damaged goods.”
“Zack shut up.”
“No. Every time I close my eyes, all I see is you crying because of me and it feels horrible, Alex. Knowing that it was because of me that you were hurting?”
“Zack, shush-“
“I miss you Alex. I miss you so much. I haven’t even left our house. I’m pathetic.”
“Zack, listen to me-“
“I think even the dogs know how pathetic I am. Baz keeps giving me the evil eye. Peyton’s never liked me anyway. Hah. Look at me now. Ranting on about dogs. Anyway, you said you were busy. My minute’s up.”
“Alex who are you talking to?”
“Is that Jack?”
“Yeah. Zack, he’s been a really good friend to me, you don’t understand-“
“No. I never do.”
“Baby don’t be like that. Come on. He’s just giving me a place to stay while we’re like this.”
“Oh.”
“Look Zack, you’re my only one. You’re my everything. Jack’s just a friend.”
“Does Jack know this?”
“Zack, this is exactly why I left! You just assume shit without even asking me. You just keep all these thoughts bottled up inside your head and you don’t even bother asking me how I feel. Don’t you dare go quiet on me, pretending like I’m the one that’s done wrong! Zack?”
“I’m here. Well I should say at home. You’re ‘here’.”
“Stop it. Just stop it. When you started talking I thought we could work this out.”
“We are working this out.”
“No we are not! You’re there sulking like a kid, I’m the only one making an effort. You even just admitted that you don’t know how to put your feelings into words.”
“Does that make me love you any less? Just because Jack might able to say ‘I love you’ and I can barely show it?”
“Jack has nothing to do with this! This is about you and me, not him, not anyone else. You’re the one who fucked up, not me.”
“Yeah, every time. When you ‘forgot’ to pay our bills, that was my fault. When you got so drunk that you couldn’t even remember your name but felt the need to kiss Jack, that was my fault.”
“Can you stop bringing that up? That was nearly 2 years ago!”
“Yeah and it fucking hurt, Alex! This is how I’m feeling right now. I haven’t felt this crappy since then. Look this minute ended a long time ago. You said nothing more, well here’s nothing more.”
“Oh come on Zack, be reasonable!”
“I am. I’m going to take a few hours to pack up my things and go to my mom’s house. I’ll feed the dogs before I go. You can move right back in- don’t interrupt me! You can have the house and the car. Actually, have whatever you want. I wish you the best for the future Alex. I hope someone makes out there makes you happy.”
“What? Zack no!”
“Love you.”
“Zack?”
"Goodbye."
Author: Jay/ acloseprecision
Pairing: Alex Gaskarth/Zack Merrick
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Just a little bit of cursing.
Summary: I got the prompt from this site. The prompt was to write a pure dialogue story, I did it in the form of a phone conversation.
Disclaimer: Title credit to Yellowcard, I don't own the people mentioned here.
Notes: Tumblr
“H-hello?”
“Oh. It’s you.”
“Yeah. It’s me. I know.”
“I was actually hoping you wouldn’t call, you know. I was hoping you’d get the hint when I told you that I never want to see you again.”
“I know but I have to-“
“Dammit Zack, what part of that do you not understand? I don’t want to see you.”
“But-“
“No! Stop calling my friends, my family and more importantly, stop calling me!”
“Look, you can’t give up on us that easily. Just hear me out?”
“You lost that privilege two weeks ago.”
“Alex, baby please. Just…just please. Please listen.”
“Fine. You have one minute. Nothing more, nothing less. Don’t be surprised if I hang up on you.”
“Thank you, thank you so much. I-“
“Just get on with it. I’ve got more important things to do than talk to you.”
“OK. Deep breaths Zachary. I just want to start off by saying I’m sorry, I’m so sorry baby. I’m not like you. I don’t know how to put my feelings into words like you can. I’m just this mess of a man who thinks he can say th-things and get away with it but then you left me and I feel like crap. I honestly do. You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me and I’m so goddamn stupid for letting you-“
“Zack are you crying?”
“N-no. No. I haven’t been feeling good, that’s all. I think I’ve got a chest infection.”
“Bullshit. You’re crying.”
“You caught me.”
“I never thought I’d see the day when Zack Merrick would cry over the phone.”
“I never thought I’d see the day when I’d fall in love with a guy, but that happened as well.”
“Touché.”
“I really don’t know what else to say apart from I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have said any of that. I never should have said that you don’t love me. Cause now that you’ve gone, I’ve realised. I don’t deserve you. There’s no way I deserve you. You’re this beautiful, fantastic guy and I’m me. I’m a shell. I’m damaged goods.”
“Zack shut up.”
“No. Every time I close my eyes, all I see is you crying because of me and it feels horrible, Alex. Knowing that it was because of me that you were hurting?”
“Zack, shush-“
“I miss you Alex. I miss you so much. I haven’t even left our house. I’m pathetic.”
“Zack, listen to me-“
“I think even the dogs know how pathetic I am. Baz keeps giving me the evil eye. Peyton’s never liked me anyway. Hah. Look at me now. Ranting on about dogs. Anyway, you said you were busy. My minute’s up.”
“Alex who are you talking to?”
“Is that Jack?”
“Yeah. Zack, he’s been a really good friend to me, you don’t understand-“
“No. I never do.”
“Baby don’t be like that. Come on. He’s just giving me a place to stay while we’re like this.”
“Oh.”
“Look Zack, you’re my only one. You’re my everything. Jack’s just a friend.”
“Does Jack know this?”
“Zack, this is exactly why I left! You just assume shit without even asking me. You just keep all these thoughts bottled up inside your head and you don’t even bother asking me how I feel. Don’t you dare go quiet on me, pretending like I’m the one that’s done wrong! Zack?”
“I’m here. Well I should say at home. You’re ‘here’.”
“Stop it. Just stop it. When you started talking I thought we could work this out.”
“We are working this out.”
“No we are not! You’re there sulking like a kid, I’m the only one making an effort. You even just admitted that you don’t know how to put your feelings into words.”
“Does that make me love you any less? Just because Jack might able to say ‘I love you’ and I can barely show it?”
“Jack has nothing to do with this! This is about you and me, not him, not anyone else. You’re the one who fucked up, not me.”
“Yeah, every time. When you ‘forgot’ to pay our bills, that was my fault. When you got so drunk that you couldn’t even remember your name but felt the need to kiss Jack, that was my fault.”
“Can you stop bringing that up? That was nearly 2 years ago!”
“Yeah and it fucking hurt, Alex! This is how I’m feeling right now. I haven’t felt this crappy since then. Look this minute ended a long time ago. You said nothing more, well here’s nothing more.”
“Oh come on Zack, be reasonable!”
“I am. I’m going to take a few hours to pack up my things and go to my mom’s house. I’ll feed the dogs before I go. You can move right back in- don’t interrupt me! You can have the house and the car. Actually, have whatever you want. I wish you the best for the future Alex. I hope someone makes out there makes you happy.”
“What? Zack no!”
“Love you.”
“Zack?”
"Goodbye."