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Palisades, CA

Lisa's eyes began to flutter as she felt the warmth of the sunlight cascade upon her face. She moved slightly and felt strong arms hold her tight in an embrace. She felt the sensation of cool bare skin across her uncovered stomach and slight tickles from hairs on strong legs that did not belong to her. Lips moved close to her neck and kissed her softly as she was sucked in closer.

This was what it felt like to wake up in bed with Zack Morris.

The young woman now fully opened her eyes to see the rays from the sun come through the shades of the window in her boyfriend's bedroom. She turned her head to face him as his eyes were still closed.

"Zack," she whispered out.

He didn't answer.

"I know you're awake," she went on.

With that accusation one of Zack's eyes peeped open and looked at Lisa.

"I know you know," he let out as his voice was ragged from sleep, "but," he went on as he pulled her closer and wrapped his bare legs around the bottom half her body as they lay, "if I pretend to sleep, maybe we can stay like this a little longer," he finished.

Lisa let out a laugh.

She took one hand and brought it up to touch the side of Zack's face. She let her fingers go through is golden locks. He had recently gone back to his regular hair color and Lisa found herself playing with it like a new toy.

"Sounds like a nice plan," she answered.

Zack took this as an invitation as he brought his lips to hers and kissed her softly. He let his had rest on her stomach for a moment before he began to tip toe his fingers lower. As he reached his destination he parted his lips with Lisa's to allow his tongue to slip into her mouth and explore like he had done so many times before.

Lisa let out a soft moan as the rhythm of his tongue and fingers seemed to be in sync to some heavenly song.

The young woman finally broke for air as she gently pushed away.

"I have to go," she breathed out.

"I'm not stopping you," was Zack's answer with a mischievous grin.

Lisa swiped at his arm as she pushed further away from him. He pulled her closer.

"Zack," she whined.

"Okay, maybe I'm stopping you a little," was her boyfriend's reply.

This had become a regular routine for the couple since Lisa had begun school. She would come to Zack's place, convincing herself she would only stay for a few hours. She told herself that she'd drive back to her own place, get a good night's rest, and wake up in the morning ready to study.

It was a futile plan. Zack was very convincing when wanting of something.

He clearly always wanted Lisa.

An hour or two would turn into five and she'd find herself in his arms with his lips on top of hers... She'd tell herself after that she'd close her eyes for a few minutes and then leave out to drive back home.

Then again there was something about the scent of Zack's cologne that gave her comfort. The rising and falling of his chest as she listened to his heart beat was like a soothing lullaby that tempted her to rest.

Then the morning would come as it had done again today.

"Zack, I told you, I have errands to run," Lisa said as she somehow managed to get out of Zack's grasp. She hopped out from under the covers as she scrambled to find her clothes that had been discarded to the floor hours earlier.

She kept her back to the handsome man reclining on the bed behind her, but she could still feel his eyes on her body. She finally turned around after pulling her shirt over her head to see Zack grinning widely at her as he propped himself up on one hand.

"Wipe that grin off of your face," Lisa remarked.

"How can I," Zack replied looking her up and down, "you're beautiful in the morning."

Lisa couldn't stop the smile from spreading across her face as she walked over to the dresser to put her earrings on.

"Just the morning," she teased.

"Well, you were just as beautiful last night, but afterglow looks exceptionally hotter on you," Zack remarked.

Lisa kept her back to him as she fumbled with her jewelry. She could hear his body slide from under the covers and his bare feet touch the floor as he made his way over to her.

In an instant she felt his arms encircle her waist and pull her closer to his body. Lisa tried to stifle the soft gasp that wanted to escape her lips as she felt every part of him pressed against her back side.

"Stay a little while longer," he whispered into her hair.

Lisa whimpered for a moment hating the torn feeling she felt inside.

"Zack, I told you I have to go. I have to do studying today. You know, for that little institution I attend called medical school," she explained.

"Okay, what about after you study," Zack asked.

"No can do, after studying I have to meet up with Jessie and Kelly to go over the Alumni organizing. Then, when I finish, I'm going to study some more," Lisa replied.

Zack undid his arms from around his girlfriend as he went to go sit on the bed.

"I thought Jessie was the one on the council for Alumni organizing. Why are you and Kelly meeting up with her about it," he inquired.

"Well, you know Jessie. She's crazy swamped and needs help making the calls. She does have a full time job; along with organizing this Alumni luncheon AND the Alumni ball. So unless you want her taking caffeine pills again to stay afloat I suggest you don't complain about me helping her," Lisa answered brushing her hair.

Zack seemed to think this through for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Besides, don't you have work today? How are you going to stay one of the top salesmen if you're playing in bed all day," Lisa asked.

"Lisa, what I do at that job comes naturally. Besides, the party doesn't start until I get there," the golden haired young man answered.

"Zack," Lisa said cautioning.

"Lisa, my dad owns the company. What is he going to do? Doc my pay? Besides, I am one of the top sellers. I'm allowed a few perks."

"Like never showing up on time," Lisa offered.

"Like rewarding myself on a job well done by spending some much needed TLC with my beautiful hot future doctor girlfriend," Zack said standing up.

Lisa finally turned around to face him. She was ready to tell him he shouldn't be so spoiled when her eyes landed on his frame.

"Zack, I am trying to leave. Would you please stop being such a tease and put on some underwear," she said trying her hardest to be annoyed but finding herself becoming more and more tempted to stay.

Zack seemed to sense this. He made his way towards her in all his glory and stopped when they were only centimeters apart.

"Why should I cover up? It's not like you haven't seen it, "he inched closer and whispered in her ear as his body faintly touched her own, "it's not like it isn't all yours," he finished.

The air from his lips played across Lisa's ear and made her shudder in a pleasant way.

She felt her reserve falter to the brink of nonexistence as she instinctively found herself touching her fingertips to his chest. The young woman couldn't help but let her fingers trail down to his firm stomach.

She dared to go lower still.

"All mine you say," Lisa whispered.

Zack's eyes fluttered slightly as he took in the sensations Lisa's fingertips were giving him.

"Yes," he spoke out through gritted teeth, "all yours."

Lisa smiled at this thought as Zack's lips found her own.

He was all hers. This past summer she would never have believed the notion of Zack being completely committed to someone. Yet, in these last six months he had shown that many things were possible.

Lisa's final reserve was broken as she allowed Zack to lead her back to his bed. The preparations made to leave just moments ago were all thrown to oblivion as her clothes were once again thrown to the floor.

As Zack laid her down upon the bed a loud knocking suddenly came from the door. It jolted the lovers out of their moment.

"Go away," Zack yelled behind him.

"I can't Zack," came Screech's voice through the door.

"Try harder," Zack yelled back as he began kissing Lisa's neck.

"Its Susie and Thomas. They've escaped," Screech went on.

"Who?"

"My pet tarantulas silly. They've escaped from their tanks again. I know how they love to go into your room. Something about your cologne really gets them going," Screech finished from behind the door.

That was all Lisa needed to hear as she pushed Zack off of her. She quickly put on her clothes in what could have been a world record as Zack looked on helplessly.

"Now I know I have got to go. I do not deal with spiders," she said as she put on her earrings.

"They're harmless. Really," Zack tried to reason.

Lisa let out a humorless laugh.

"No thank you. Besides this is probably a sign that I need to go and study," she replied.

"You can study here. We'll play doctor and you can brush up on what you know about anatomy," Zack said quickly gripping his girlfriend's waist.

This time the laugh Lisa let out was genuine before hitting Zack on the arm.

"I think my books can teach me just fine," she countered.

"Nothing like some real hands on experience though," Zack replied.

Lisa rolled her eyes and made her way to the door.

"Have fun finding Susie and Thomas," she said turning back to him as she opened the door to reveal Screech standing behind it.

"Is that any way to leave the man that loves you," Zack pleaded dramatically.

Lisa looked back at the handsome young man that she called her boyfriend. He was standing there with his hands on his hips in all his glory. He put on a small pout that Lisa couldn't help but find sexy as she allowed her eyes to wash over his body.

"It's the perfect way," she replied with a genuine smile as she walked passed Screech.

"Hi Screech. Bye Screech," she said going towards the front door.

"Hi Lisa, by Lisa," Screech said cheerfully looking in the direction in which his friend had left. He then turned back to his other friend's room as he began to speak, "Zack I'm pretty sure Susie and Thomas came in here-" he began before stopping midway beholding the site of his naked friend in front of him.

"Bad timing," Screech asked looking around.

Zack Morris could only shake his head and look for something to throw at his friend to do him bodily harm as a reply.

"You think," he screamed throwing a pillow in Screech's direction.


Café Piedmont

Lisa walked into the café and searched the room for her friend. She spotted Jessie Spano sitting towards the back frantically typing away at her keyboard. Lisa shook her head with a laugh as she walked towards the table. The familiarity of the sight of seeing Jessie in work mode reminded her of the many times they would meet at the local café back when they both attended college in New York City . Some things never changed. Lisa would usually measure her own stress levels by seeing what state Jessie was in. If ever she noticed she was wrapped tighter than Jessie she would immediately schedule a spa appointment because she had clearly crossed a line.

Even though Lisa was now in medical school, being on the stress level of her activist friend was not an option. Out of the two roommates one of them had to stay sane.

"I see you're busy Jessie- as usual," Lisa said sitting across from her friend.

Jessie finally looked up from her screen and smiled.

"I have to be Lisa. As the former student body president of our graduating class I'm in charge of organizing all the Alumni activities. From the Alumni luncheon to the Alumni cruise," Jessie rushed out taking a sip of her coffee.

"So it's going to be a cruise? I thought we were just going to have a party at the Cherrie Blossom Manor," Lisa questioned.

"Well, that was the original plan, but the organizing council decided that a cruise would be much more fun. It's a lot LESS fun to organize if you ask me," the curly haired young woman huffed out.

"Yeah, I bet. There's going to be a lot more RSVPs to collect, food supply to access, not to mention boarding arrangements," Lisa listed off as she watched her friend take an enormous sip of her coffee.

"Girl, slow down. You drink anymore of that coffee you won't need to board a ship to get anywhere, you'd have enough energy to swim," Lisa laughed out shaking her head at her friend.

Jessie smiled despite the stress she felt.

"I can't help it Lisa. With this and work I'm pretty swamped," she began, "that's why I'm so very glad I have two great buddies like you and Kelly to help lighten my load with this organizing. Did I tell you how much I love that outfit you're wearing today," she finished.

Lisa let out a laugh.

"Honey, I am not a piece of toast so please don't attempt to butter me up. Besides, of course I'll help you as much as I can. I'll take a few names and do some calling. But you know I've started classes and they're already kicking my butt," Lisa explained.

"Oh right. Those classes must be killer. How are you holding up," Jessie asked.

"Well, there's plenty of work and I'm pretty much on top of it, but Zack doesn't make it any easier to concentrate. I think he got spoiled with me taking the fall semester off," Lisa said.

"I bet," Jessie replied with a grin, "I practically didn't have a roommate last semester with the amount of nights you stayed over Zack's place."

"And that was fine last semester, but now that I'm taking classes I'm paranoid I might fall behind if I don't stay on top of my studying," Lisa answered.

"True. Although I'm sure Zack is trying to convince you that technically you are studying if you play doctor with him," Jessie said as she shook her head with a grin.

Lisa looked at her friend in amazement.

"You know him too well Jessie," she remarked.

"Lisa, Zack may have turned over a new leaf in the lover department because he's head over heels for you, but at the end of the day he's still Zack 'I have an answer for everything' Morris," Jessie finished.

Lisa let out a laugh in agreement.

"You've got that right, but he's been on good behavior for the last couple of months," she said.

"After the drama filled summer I think all of us want to keep things running smoothly," her friend replied.

Lisa shook her head in agreement again. Jessie was definitely right about that. Lisa and Zack almost didn't make it that summer. She had pretty much written off ever being Zack's girlfriend. Now, six months later, here she was on a pretty solid relationship with the former play boy. Wonders never cease.

Lisa then noted to herself that not all the drama had subsided. It was just no longer laid bare for the entire world to see. This was in particular to Jessie, Kelly, and Slater. Although Kelly and Slater were still dating casually, and Jessie was with Chad, Lisa was pretty sure everything was not as it seemed.

This reminded her of something she needed to ask Jessie.

"Hey, I was at the apartment the other night and I noticed a jacket on the couch," Lisa began.

Jessie seemed to become really occupied with her computer screen as her friend spoke.

"It looked an awful lot like the jacket Slater wears," Lisa finished trailing off.

A silence fell between the friends as Lisa looked at Jessie for an answer.

"Don't make me unplug your laptop Jessie," Lisa threatened with a grin.

The curly haired blond finally looked up to her friend's pointed gaze.

"Yeah…he may have left it there. He gave it to me one night when we were out, it was a little chilly," she answered casually.

"And when were you out with Slater that he would need to give you his jacket," Lisa pressed on.

"What is this Lisa," Jessie said throwing her hands up, "the inquisition?"

"The inquisition used torture tactics Jessie. I haven't gotten there…yet," Lisa replied.

"Slater and I are friends. We're allowed to hang out without the whole gang being around. There's nothing going on," Jessie explained.

"Except the fact that you're hanging out with your ex boyfriend, friend or not, and I'm pretty sure neither Kelly nor Chad are aware of it," Lisa said.

"Because there's nothing to be aware of Lisa. I assure you. It's all platonic," Jessie replied.

Lisa thought for a moment before answering.

"Well be careful Jessie. Platonic, especially between exes that have always been on and off, doesn't always stay platonic."

"I'm happy with Chad," Jessie stated.

So why do you need to hang out with your ex, Lisa thought to herself but decided not to press on.

"Okay, sure," was all she replied.

"Good…so don't mention this to Kelly," Jessie replied.

Lisa looked at her friend for a moment.

"Fine Jessie. My plate is too full to deal with that impending drama any way," Lisa answered.

"Yes, all of our plates are full. We have to get cracking on these RSVPs for the Alumni day luncheon," Jessie said clearly wanting to change the subject.

"Have a good amount of people gotten back to you yet," Lisa asked.

"Thankfully yes, but there are still some others. The latest were Brad Cole, Tiffany Perkins, and Stacey Carrington sent me hers last night," Jessie finished.

"Did I hear you mention Stacey Carrington," Kelly Kapowski said as she walked up to the table.

"Hey Kelly. You're just in time, we're going over how Jessie is making us do her job with this Alumni organizing," Lisa quipped.

"That's what friends are for," Jessie shot back.

"Didn't you just mention Stacey Carrington though," Kelly said taking a seat.

"Yeah, she sent me an e-mail last night on attending the luncheon," Jessie answered.

"So you guys didn't hear the news then," Kelly went on.

"Kelly would you stop talking like a mystery novel and spill. What's the deal with Stacey," Lisa pressed.

"She's dead," Kelly answered.

At those words Jessie spat out her coffee just as she was taking another sip.

"Kelly, you must have heard wrong. I just got an e-mail from her last night about the luncheon," Jessie stated.

"Well, it must have been the last e-mail before she died," Kelly answered.

"Creepy," Lisa whispered feeling a shiver go down her back.

"Yeah, I heard from Trisha Roberts, remember she was on the squad with us. It was on her Face book status. It's also on that blog Palisades Down and Dirty," Kelly remarked looking through her smart phone.

"That socialite site posing as a news blog," Jessie scoffed, "can't stand them."

"You're just mad because the editor, Abigail Collins, posted that really unflattering picture of you at your last protest and entitled the article 'if Jessie Spano is saving the whales, who's saving her fashion sense'," Lisa pointed out.

"Like I said, it's a gossip socialite rag online," Jessie said cleaning up the spots where her coffee had splattered on the table.

"I saw it on the local news this morning too. It was a freak accident. A neighbor saw the lights in the house flicker on and off and went to go check what happened. When Stacey didn't come to the door the neighbor called the police. When they got inside they found her floating in the bathtub," Kelly explained.

"Floating in the bathtub," Lisa echoed.

"Yeah, it looks like she was blow drying her hair after getting out of the bath and she slipped and fell in electrocuting herself," Kelly said.

"So it was some freak accident. What a way to go," Lisa remarked.

"Yeah, Palisades Down and Dirty entitled the article 'beauty to die for'," Kelly said.

Jessie looked disgusted.

"See, I told you that blog was trash," she spat out.

With that a silence fell over the table.

"This definitely puts a damper on Alumni day," Kelly noted.

"Yeah, now I'm going to have to organize some sort of small mural for remembrance. Another chore to the list," Jessie wondered out loud.

"Jessie," Kelly spoke up in disbelief.

"You're going to hell," Lisa chimed in shaking her head.

"What? Guys, it completely sucks what happened to Stacey for sure, but let's face facts. She wasn't the nicest person. I'm not saying she deserved the karma, but I'm not going to sit here and act like I lost a best friend or something. It's a total mood killer for sure though," Jessie explained.

Lisa hated to admit it, but Jessie was pretty much right. Stacey wasn't going to win humanitarian of the year any time soon. They were all on the cheerleading squad together but Stacey was your typical spoiled rich girl. She only paid attention to you if you were popular and she was all about putting herself around anyone she deemed important.

Still though, she was pretty young. They all were. Perhaps what was making her and Kelly so uncomfortable was how close to home it hit. When death appears so close it reminds one of their own mortality.

That was a definite mood killer indeed.

"How is everything Lisa," Kelly finally asked breaking the silence.

"It was fine until you brought that cloud of bad news Debbie downer," Lisa remarked with a pout.

Kelly and Jessie laughed despite the situation.

"Don't kill the messenger," Kelly replied holding her hands up in defense.

After a few moments the girls were able to go back to discussing the Alumni event plans and designating phone numbers to call and follow up on.

"Well girls, it's been fun but I have studying to do," Lisa said gathering her things.

"Yeah, try to get in some studying before Zack comes a calling," Jessie teased.

"Is Zack distracting you Lisa," Kelly asked with a sly grin.

"Nothing I can't handle," Lisa replied standing up.

"Right," Kelly replied unconvinced, "Slater tells me that you're practically the forth roommate. Which I find weird because it means you're practically living with Screech too," Kelly said.

"First: don't even joke about the possibility of me living with Screech, "Lisa started with a mock shiver, "And second, I'm reclaiming my time. You're looking at a serious business student here ladies" she said.

"All serious business until she gets some serious kisses," Jessie jumped in.

Lisa rolled her eyes.

"Bye hussies," she said as she waved and turned around exiting the café.

As Lisa found her way to her car she saw that something was sitting on top of the hood. She picked up what appeared to a small card. She looked around to see if anyone was close by. Seeing no one, she opened the card.

"To flee from memory
Had we the Wings
Many would fly
Inured to slower things
Birds with surprise
Would scan the cowering Van
Of men escaping
From the mind of man"

Lisa looked up from the card and around the area again.

"Creepy poetry is creepy," she muttered to herself.

It was probably some artist group or whatever putting out cards on people's cars trying to spread some message that only they were privy too. Los Angeles artist types were like that some time.

Lisa got in her Mercedes and threw the card to the passenger seat pushing the words out of her mind.

She had more important matters, like school, to attend to.


A/N: Why do people always ignore the creepiest stuff? LOL. Oh, well, hope you like it so far. Reviews are love :)

Words at the end (in the note Lisa got) are not my own. That belongs to the haunting poet Emily Dickinson. Poem title: "To flee from memory"