A couple weeks later, Zac unlocked the door and walked into the kitchen. He had been filming his new movie. Zac walked into the kitchen and saw Vanessa washing a dish in the sink. He went and snaked his arms around her waist and kissed her head. Vanessa turned around and kissed his mouth.
"Hi" Zac said.
"Hi" Vanessa said.
"Where's Steph?" Zac asked.
"She's in her room, doing homework" Vanessa said.
"Is she going to go out with us tonight?" Zac asked.
"I asked her and she said that she wants to stay in tonight" Vanessa said.
"Oh okay. Well, I'm going to go say hello to her and I will be back" Zac said.
Zac walked to Stephanie's bedroom and knocked on the door. He heard Stephanie say come in so he walked in. Stephanie looked at her father and smiled.
"Hey, how's it going?" Zac asked.
"Fine. Just doing homework and stuff. What's up?" Stephanie asked.
"I heard you didn't want to go out tonight. Come on, Steph, tell me what's going on" Zac urged.
"Nothing is going on. I don't feel like going out tonight okay?" Stephanie said.
"Why? I want a reason" Zac told this daughter.
"I am followed by paparazzi. I'm on the front page of magazines when I don't want to be. I can't live a normal life" Stephanie said.
"Steph, I know it's hard sweetie. When it first happened, your mom and I didn't have alone time at all. We were followed and on the front page of tabloids also, but you can't let it get you down" Zac said.
"You weren't fourteen when it happened. You were out of high school. You didn't have people asking about your famous parents and life" Stephanie said.
"Honey, we have to just let all this stuff do what it needs to do. It comes with the territory" Zac said.
"Whatever" Stephanie said.
"Are you sure you don't want to come with us?" Zac asked.
"Yes, dad. I'm sure" Stephanie said.
Zac kissed her head and left the room. He went downstairs and was met by Vanessa. He kissed her lips passionately. They pulled back and Vanessa smiled.
"Is she sticking with her plan?" Vanessa asked.
"Yeah, but that means we can have more fun" Zac said smiling mischievous.
"Okay, but let's wait until we get home baby" Vanessa said
Vanessa and Zac left the house. They got back and saw that Stephanie was asleep. Both of them kissed her head and quietly went into their bedroom and shut the door. Zac kissed Vanessa passionately. Vanessa wrapped her legs around his waist and started to take Zac's shirt off without breaking the kiss. Zac, then took Vanessa's shirt off and gasped.
"Your beautiful, baby" Zac said breathlessly.
They continued to take each others clothes off and fell onto the bed.
"I love you" Vanessa said.
"I love you too, baby" Zac said.
They made love until the early morning. The sun shone through the curtains and woke Zac up the next morning. He looked at Vanessa and kissed her cheek. Vanessa opened her eyes slowly and smiled.
"I love you" Vanessa said.
"I love you too, babe. More than anything" Zac said kissing her lips.
"So we are having our family dinner tonight. We probably should get ready" Vanessa said.
"Yeah, I guess we should" Zac said getting out of bed.
"I'm going to take a shower" Vanessa said.
"Okay, babe" Zac said kissing her lips.
Vanessa shut the bathroom door and took a shower. She got out and did her hair and makeup lightly. Vanessa walked out of the bathroom to see her husband looking at her.
"What?" Vanessa asked smiling.
"Your cute" Zac said.
"Your cuter" Vanessa said wrapping her arms around his neck.
Zac kissed Vanessa's lips and pulled back. Vanessa moved the hair out of Zac's eyes and kissed his cheek.
"I'm going to go read my script" Zac said taking his script and walking toward the living room.
A couple hours later, Vanessa and Zac left Stephanie with Ashley for the night. They were driving to the Efron's where they were going to have dinner with both their families. Zac parked the car and the couple rang the doorbell. Starla opened the door and smiled.
"Hi, come on in" Starla said smiling as she kissed both of them on the cheek.
"How are you, mom?" Zac asked.
"I'm doing okay. I've had things to keep me busy but other than that I'm okay. Did you see your brother?" Starla asked her eldest son.
"Where is Dylan?" Vanessa asked.
"Right here" Dylan said as he kissed Vanessa's cheek and gave his brother a hug.
"How are you, Dylan?" Vanessa asked.
"Great, I have a surprise for you but it can wait until dinner. I want to break it to the whole family" Dylan said.
"What trouble did you get into now?" Zac asked.
"No trouble at all. Just an announcement that I want to share with my family that's all" Dylan said.
Dylan walked away and Zac and Vanessa went farther into the house where they both spotted Vanessa's family talking with Zac's father.
"Nessa!" Stella said.
"Hey, Stella. How are you?" Vanessa asked her eighteen year old sister.
"Everything is good, high school is finally over" Stella said.
"Wait, what? Oh my god, I forgot about your graduation. Stella, I wanted to be there believe me. I had a lot of work. I'll make it up to you" Vanessa said feeling guilty.
"Van, you don't have to do anything. You were working and that's cool. I would want to film a movie than go to a high school graduation" Stella said.
"I love you, Stella" Vanessa said hugging her sister.
"I love you too, hey handsome" Stella said.
"Hey, Stella. How are you?" Zac asked.
"Pretty good, glad that my whole family is together today" Stella said.
"Yeah" Zac said.
The family gathered around the dining room table and were waiting for Dylan to make his announcement.
"Dylan, what was the big announcement?" Zac asked.
"Oh, I'm engaged" Dylan said nonchalantly.
"Really? You finally asked her? Good for you man" Zac said giving his brother a handshake.
"Yeah, I was really happy that Christine said yes. I love her so much, but I could never be like you and Vanessa" Dylan said joking.
"We love each other, Dylan. When you are married your emotions will change" Zac said.
The rest of the night the Hudgens-Efron family enjoyed each other's company.