-Okay, here's the next chapter, and I'll try to make it longer!-

Zack had the entire band over to his house. His parents weren't very happy about the prospect of having twenty something kids in their house, but Zack had promised that any mess that was made would be cleaned up. Right now, his parents were out to dinner, and they would be home at about eleven o clock. That left the group with five hours of partying. And they were ready.

Katie had brought her CD collection, which was by far the largest collection of anyone in the group. However, she was still nowhere close to Dewey's collection size. She plucked The Who: The Ultimate Collection from its case and slid it into the stereo in Zack's living room. The unforgettable first chords of I Can't Explain started playing loudly, and some people started to dance.

Lawrence stood in the corner as usual, with his hands behind his back. Freddy was dancing with Katie. Everything was going fine, Zack thought. And then it happened. He saw her walking towards him. Summer. She'd had a crush on him for a long time and it wasn't much of a secret anymore. He felt dread and looked for a place to hide, but couldn't find one. Oh God, oh God, he thought, she's getting closer. He glanced around wildly and saw his freedom: Marta. She was standing alone. He practically ran over to her and asked if she wanted to dance. Her face broke out in a big grin and she accepted.

Oh shit, Zack thought, she thinks I like her that way! He had to do something before it went any farther. He couldn't have Marta thinking that he liked her! Truth be told, he didn't really like anyone right now, because there really wasn't much of a playing field. He pulled Marta over and said to her, "Look, Marta, I don't want you to think I like you like that, okay? Because I just don't. I'm sorry." Marta looked a bit strange at first, and then ran off, crying a little. Shit, Zack thought.

He followed her with his eyes and saw that she was spilling everything to Tomika. Double shit. He decided he would go up to Marta and explain, but then realized how it would backfire. It would show that he hated Summer, who just happened to be Marta's best friend. Well didn't everything work out just dandy!

Just then, Katie ran up to him and said, "Hey Zack! Awesome party! Sorry I haven't spoken to you at all tonight, I've been a little busy." She glanced at Freddy. "Anyway," she continued, "I was just wondering if we could all watch a movie in an hour or so. I rented that horror flick Peeping Thomas." Zack nodded his head in agreement and watched Katie walk back over to Freddy. He desperately wished that he had something to do in the hour or two before the band would start watching the movie. And then he saw the roadies and security guards playing poker. He started to walk over to the table when Freddy grabbed him.

"What?" Zack asked.

"Why aren't you dancing or anything?"

"Because Summer came up to dance with me and I ran and asked Marta to dance but she thought I liked her liked her so I told her I didn't and now I'm kinda bored and I wish I had something to do," Zack said quickly. Freddy nodded an pointed over to one corner of the room. Zack looked and saw Eleni and Michelle. They were doing their makeup together.

Zack walked over to the, happy that Freddy had found a solution. The groupies were there to do things like dancing and all that stuff with the band, but they never really actually liked the person like that. Except when it came to Freddy. Which was why Freddy steered clear of them and stayed with Katie. Zack approached Michelle and asked her if she wanted to dance. She accepted, but said, "Warning: I don't like you like that, I never have, and I probably never will. Got it?"

"I don't like you that way either."

"Good."

He danced with her until the first CD of The Who: The Ultimate Collection ended. The final song on that particular CD was Bargain. Although it has nothing to do with this story, and only for the sake of the fact that love this line, Zack pondered the words that were repeated often in the song: I'd gladly lose me to find you. Then everyone settled down to watch Peeping Thomas.

The movie was about a peeping tom named Thomas who liked to go peek in on teen parties. It was a horror film, and by the end, the girls and Billy were all petrified, many of them clutching onto each other or their boyfriends. the boys acted tough but were a little scared too. However, they didn't show it.

Katie got up to put in another CD and the rest of the band sat and talked about how great it was that summer was finally here. Zack and Freddy were especially happy about the fact that they were going to Tybee Island together next week. And then Katie dropped the CD that she had picked and screamed, "JESUS!" Everyone looked towards where Katie was looking and saw a pair of eyes staring at them intently. The girls all started screaming (and Billy too, of course), and the guys started breaking down internally.

The pair of eyes disappeared and Freddy and Zack decided to be courageous. So they sent security out to investigate. The two guys came back five minutes later with a license plate number, a car description, and a note that appeared to have been left by the peeping tom. It read: I love you Zack! Sorry I crashed your party, but why didn't you invite me? It wasn't signed.

Zack had no clue who it was from. He and all his guests were visibly shaken because they had just been the victims of a peeping tom. But Katie, always the optimist, popped her I've Seen All Good People single (that song's by Yes for those who don't know. I went to the Yes 35th Anniversary concert! Yay for me!). Everyone was still tense, but started to loosen up when the music came on. It was only a single and had one song on it, so when the song was over, Freddy went to pick out the next CD. He found one that had no markings as to what it contained and Freddy, ever the curious one, put it into the stereo. Five seconds later Straight Up by Paula Abdul started to play. Everyone looked at Katie with wicked little smiles on their faces. She was mortified and grabbed the CD from the stereo, replacing with her Ramones: Anthology CD 1. Soon, the party was over and it was time for everyone to leave.

When every single person was gone, Zack looked at his watch. 10:30. Then he looked at the floor. It wasn't too trashed, but he hurried and cleaned it up and then went to bed. He had a hard time getting to sleep. Every time he closed his eyes he saw the other brown eyes, the ones looking in at him, and he saw the note that they had left as well. Why the hell did the crazy fans have to get all psycho on him? Why not Freddy? Freddy was the heartthrob, so why couldn't HE have the peeping tom?

Oh well, Zack thought, it was a great party. And I'm sure things will be even better tomorrow.

-I'm proud of myself for writing a longer chapter! Yay! Oh and for those who don't know, just to ease the confusion, Tawny thought Back in Black was a Nelly song because Nelly used it as a backtrack in one his songs and she, not being a classic rock fan, thought that Nelly actually could write amazing guitar chords like Back in Black's. Which shows that she is foolish. Yeah, okay, now we all understand. REVIEW!!!!-