Zak paced the office in contemplation. What does she look like? Does she have a sense of humor? Tons of questions popped into his head. Does she smell nice? Zak paused.

"Does she smell nice? What the hell!" He thought aloud. Aaron was having trouble with some of the cameras so he called a friend of his to fix them. Aaron had told Zak that he had known her since the 8th grade.

"Her?" Zak had questioned. Aaron had said that she had been fixing things since she was five. Zak had been impressed not only by how long she had been doing this but by the way Aaron talked about her. It was almost as if he were her older brother bragging about his little sister. He glanced at his phone, 5:05. She should be here by now. Then he heard it. The opening and closing of the front door. Zak didn't know what to do. Go out there and say hi or stay in here and have her come to him? He heard her light footsteps pass his office door. He would compromise. I'll wait til she gets comfortable then walk out, introduce myself, get to know her. He smiled at his brilliant plan. He heard voices coming from the air vent. Grabbing an office chair he rolled it to the base of the vent. He stood with some difficulty and pressed his ear to the cool grate.

"You've grown up!"

"So have you." Zak could hear the smile in her angelic voice.

"You cut your hair. I like it." If Zak hadn't known any better. He would have thought that Aaron was trying to hit on her.

"Thanks Aaron, the receding hairline look works wonders for your face. It really brings out the bushy-ness of your goatee."

"Hey…" Zak could picture a scowl on Aarons face. He didn't have to wait long before her giggling filled the vent.

"Why do you have to make fun of my goatee?" Her giggling stopped followed swiftly with a scoff. "Because you have more hair on your face than Nick and Zak have on their heads combined." Zak heard his heart beat in his ears. Even though he didn't know who she was, let alone see her face, she knew who he was. His head went light and his knees wobbled. Zak lost his balance and plummeted to the office floor. His body made a giant thud, shaking some of the items on his desk. What is wrong with me!

"What the hell?" He heard from the vent. Footsteps from the next room came barreling into the medium sized office.

"Zak are you ok?" Her voice asked.

"Dude what happened?" Zak had to think fast. They couldn't know that he was eavesdropping on them.

"Um…spider crawled into the vent. I tried to kill it." Her hair was a brilliant raven with the under layer a light gold. It framed her face beautifully. She was small but not extremely small. She wore a close fitting Breakfast Club shirt and black skinny jeans. Lightly placed on her head was a knitted beanie. She sported a smirk as if she knew he was lying. Casually walking up to him she extended her hand. Before taking it, Zak noticed something swing from beneath her shirt, into the open. A necklace with the words "I See Dead People" written on a piece of metal glimmered in the office light. This was either a movie reference or a statement, Zak couldn't tell nowadays. With surprising strength, she pulled him up from his awkward position on the floor. With their hands already connected, he shook her hand.

"I'm Zak." Her smirk grew a substantial amount when she replied.

"I'm Liz." She has an accent! Zak thought. Her British accent was something out of Harry Potter. He looked at her closely, she seemed familiar. He finally relinquished her hand when Aaron coughed. He could feel his face turn a soft shade of pink when he realized just how long he had stared at her. Though she didn't seem disturbed by it.

"So…um Liz. How about we get going." Aaron said indicating the front door. Zak looked at his friend with a questioning look.

"We wanted to be on the road by 5, remember? It's bad enough we're starting this late." Aaron jokingly looked at Liz. They all turned towards the door just as Nick popped his head in.

"Come on you two! Hey Liz!" Did everyone know her but me? She gave him a slight wave before looking between Aaron and I.

"Alrighty then, come on guys!" Where did her accent go? She then walked briskly out the front doors to the awaiting Nick. Zak looked over at Aaron and asked; "She's coming with us?" Aaron nodded and replied; "How else are we going to get there on time and fix the cameras?" Zak chuckled, thinking about her and her necklace. "Stop it." Zak looked at Aaron confused.

"You're thinking about her. Stop it. I don't want her or you getting hurt." Zak smirked.

"Aww you care that much about me?" Aaron scoffed.

"If she broke your heart you would put Nick and I through hell because of it." Zak didn't understand.

"You would be so miserable, you would be bumming through every lockdown hereafter." Zak knew it was true, he couldn't deny it.

"So stop. Don't make any moves; no hitting on her, nothing." Zak nodded knowing full well that he was still going to make his move but, not this soon, and not in front of Aaron.