Chapter 4

Stepping out of the car, Cloud got out and stretched out all of his muscles from the long ride to their mysterious eating place. Walking to the back passenger door, Cloud gently shook Denzel out of his long deserved rest.

"Den, it's time to get out. It's time to eat silly boy." Cloud said as he gently whispered into Denzel's ear. Slowly getting up and rubbing the sleepiness out of his eyes, Denzel looked at his brother and gave him his afternoon smile and got out of the car to only bear hug Cloud. Zack after stretching himself couldn't help but to over look at Cloud and Denzel, seeing them both really made him happy.

"Well, we made it! Ready to chow down, and eat as much as you can?" said Zack excitingly and giving his cheesy smile to Cloud and Denzel.

"Sure, but could you tell us where we are first?" said Cloud looking around and almost tripping over due to Denzel trying to get a piggy back ride without first warning Cloud.

"Well, we are eating at a place called MidGuard Diner, best place in town. Great service too!" said Zack smiling and motioning for Cloud and Denzel to follow him into the said restaurant. Zack being as nice as he is, opened the door for both Cloud and Denzel, the said restaurant was pretty huge from what Cloud saw.

And the weird thing was it smelt exactly like a diner, a few tables scattered around, booths lined up against one another and a bar counter where you can watch the cooks prepare the food. There were many posters and pictures throughout the place, a jukebox in the far left side of the diner, everything about the place just seemed to make it more realistic. Few fans were going off to gently lift the aroma of food cooking all over the place, which made all the boy's stomachs growl all at once.

"So, where ya want to sit Spikey? Anywhere is fine with me!" replied Zack hoping Cloud would choose a booth, he didn't really like sitting at tables, chairs went comfy enough for him, and he didn't want to sit at the counter, mostly smokers sat there and he didn't want to choke from the smell.

"Well, how about we sit at a booth?" said Cloud heading towards the booth nearest him. Sitting down closest to the window, Cloud gazed through looking at the tall buildings and the people walking by.

Seeing that he was contented with what was going on outside, Cloud turned his attention to Denzel, whose head was bobbing up and down trying his very best to stay awake. Click, smack, click, smack…the irritating noise was making Cloud cringe and when he looked up to see what was making that noise, he vowed hopefully that he will never have to see that person ever again in his life.

The said person, was like that of Big Bertha, hair mattered and sprawled in every direction, what looked like a uni brow but from far away it looked like a huge caterpillar, her face made her looked manly especially the little hair growing above her upper lip and the mole about the size of a pea with 3 hairs poking out of it. Cloud couldn't help but just to cringe at the sight; he didn't want to judge people, but this was just outrageous.

"How may I help you little sweet things?" said the waitress smiling at the cute guys sitting at the said table, especially Zack. Who she adored when he first walked into the restaurant; upon seeing him sitting right in front of her, she just couldn't keep her eyes off of him.

Zack noticing that something was up, looked at the waitress and saw her give him what was a smile but more of a creepy smile and a wink. Zack feeling scared at the moment, wished it was him who was sitting by Cloud. Feeling defenseless, Zack tried his best to give a smile but was hoping he would get out of this place alive.

Oh my gawd…CLOUD you better save me! Please don't rush out of this place because of Bertha! Cloud, I promise the next place we are going to next won't have anything this hideous…just please stay for the sake of me! Zack was on the verge of tears at this point, not wanting Cloud or the woman…especially her to see him. Cloud seeing how scared Zack looked like, was the first to speak up.

"Uhm…yes, you can help us." He tried his hardest not to laugh at the sight of Zack who look liked a scared puppy with his tail between his legs and shaking uncontrollably.

After Zack, Cloud and Denzel told the waitress what they wanted to order, the said waitress couldn't help but pass a look at Zack one more time before she had to give the chief their order.

After receiving their food, Zack did his best to eat food quickly but not fast enough to make him choke. He just wanted to get out there alive by any means necessary. Coming to his senses, Cloud decided to tease Zack, he noticed how the waitress was googling all over Zack and he just couldn't resist the urge to pick on him. As the waitress made her way over to their table one last time, Cloud couldn't help but grin to himself at how much he was going to have fun with this.

"So, did everyone enjoy their meals?" said the waitress, looking from Cloud and Denzel over to delectable Zack to her right.

"Yes, we enjoyed our meals, especially one person in particular. And this one person just couldn't stop talking about you either! Seeing how your outfit just matches you completely…" said Cloud trying his very best to completely stay calm throughout this ordeal of his. Becoming completely flushed, the waitress couldn't keep under cool.

"Well, you don't have to worry about paying for your meal; it's on the house!" exclaimed the waitress and winking over at Zack one last time. Taking out her notepad, she scribbled something down, ripped it, folded it and handed it to Zack and walked off to her little place near the door, turning around at the right moment, she blew a kiss toward her little crush.

Zack immediately grabbed Cloud and Denzel and mad dash out of the restaurant, while reaching for the door, Zack could've sworn he heard the waitress made a noise while getting to see his back side. Upon reaching the car, Cloud couldn't take it any longer, letting his mass hysteria of laughter Zack looked at him like he was crazy, finally putting the pieces together.

"Cloud you didn't…That is just downright mean and cruel!" exclaimed Zack who felt a little sad that Cloud tried to set him up with the waitress, and pouting like a 5yr old, who stuck out his lower lip, crossed his arms over his chest and turned his head sideways, pretty much that is how Zack pouted when he got teased especially the way Cloud teased him back at the diner.

"Zack…I'm sorry…but I couldn't help it…Aww c'mon you know I was just playing with you. You were such a puppy when she smiled and winked at you, I just couldn't let end right there. Zack…c'mon I'm really sorry, but you know it was funny," said Cloud wiping away his tear from his laughter and grabbing his stomach and trying his best to apologize to Zack while trying to keep it together.

Zack, who looked back at Cloud one last time, saw that he was truly sorry for what he did, but it made Zack happy that he fun, even though Zack was the center of the teasing.

"Come're Spikey, that was really cruel, but I'm glad you had fun but you and Denzel will have a lot more fun at our last stop for the day," said Zack giving Cloud a noogie showing him who gets the last laugh…for now. After finally getting into the car, Zack drove down a ways for abit, finally got to their last destination for the day.

Pulling into a parking space near the side of the road, they came up to the fair, Zack's favorite place in the world. Putting Denzel on his shoulders, Zack walked over and grabbed Cloud's hand and literally pulled him full throttle to the fair. Grabbing cotton candy for all 3 of them, Zack started off to the games, hoping to find that one booth that had stuffed animals…low and behold he found the booth he was looking for.

"Come one come all, shoot down 10 plates and win a prize shoot down 20 plates and win 2 prizes! Any one…how about you sir, care to take aim for $2?" said the man behind the shooting booth. Grinning ear to ear, Zack was going to win something for Cloud and Denzel, looking up Zack saw the perfect prize for Cloud, a medium size chocobo and puppy prize for Denzel.

Paying the man $2, Zack knew he had this in the bag, knocking down the first 10 was easy, but the next 10 were split into groups of fives and were spinning in circles not too fast though, but still at a speed that made you feel dizzy. Knocking down the first group of 5, Zack hoped he would get those 2 prizes for Cloud and Denzel. Seizing the 4 plates from the last group, only 1 was left and Zack felt under pressure, waiting for the right moment, Zack found his perfect spot and waited for the plate to come down. At the right moment Zack pulled the trigger, and in slow motion, the plate was hit and was spinning on its stand, Zack felt disappointed but he looked back and saw the plate falling towards the ground. Zack grabbed the chocobo and the puppy, and handing each prize to their rightful owners.

"Thanks Zack!" chimed both Cloud and Denzel liking each of their prizes, they wouldn't forget this night at all. Walking through more games, Cloud felt like he owed Zack something, so he took off for the water gun games, looking for the right one, he sat down with Zack on his right and Denzel on his left. This game required fast fingers as soon as you heard the bell, and u had to make your character reach the top first to win a prize.

Paying for their deal for this game, all of them got ready for this water race, the bell rang and Cloud jumped at the gun, and was hoping to win a prize for Zack. At the sound of the bell, Denzel made it halfway to the top, Zack made it a quarter near the top, and Cloud's littler character was making a noise indicating he had won. Picking a huge dog prize Cloud brought it over to Zack, who couldn't take his eyes off of it.

"So what do we do now, I'm like so tired and its getting dark," said Cloud exhaustingly and looking up at the sky, he never had this much before in one day. And it was totally worth it, and he hoped soon that he could do this all over again.

"Well there is one thing that we have yet to do, and we better head there now so we can get you and your brother home early," said Zack taking Cloud's hand in his once again and carrying Denzel on his back, they made their way to ferris wheel, Zack thought this was the perfect way to end their awesome day together.

Getting into the cart, Zack gently laid down Denzel and made his prize a pillow for Denzel's head to lie down on. As everyone was settled in their carts, the conductor started up the ride, and the perfect way to end the night was just getting started. On coming to the top, Cloud looked out through the window, and couldn't believe what he was seeing, the magnificent view of downtown Atlanta(1).

"You like the view? Beautiful isn't?" asked Zack who couldn't help but to smile at seeing Cloud looking happy. At the right moment, Cloud turned around and smiled directly at Zack.

"Thanks for everything today, it was the most fun I had!" Cloud exclaimed and smiled once again at Zack, tonight Cloud realized that he wanted to become friends with Zack if it meant that he was going to have this much fun from now on. Zack at that moment saw something he wish he could see all the time, Cloud smiling and the moonlight brought the bold colors in Cloud's eyes.

Neither of the two could keep their eyes of each other, neither of them never wanting this night to end, as the ride came to an end, Zack and Cloud with Denzel on Cloud's back made their way back to the car and their way to Cloud's house. Arriving at Cloud's house, Zack helped Cloud carry his and Denzel's schoolbags along with the prizes they received from the fair.

"Thanks again for tonight, I don't recall me or Denzel having this much fun in one day. And see ya tomorrow at school." Cloud made his way to his door, but before opening the door, Cloud thought it over and he didn't want to waste it.

So, he gently put Denzel on the porch bench and ran back to Zack, Zack turned around and felt warm arms wrapping around his body and felt Cloud place a kiss on his cheek. Before Zack could say a word, Cloud and Denzel were inside the house. Zack couldn't believe what had happened and wished for it to take place again.

Cloud, you don't know how much you are driving me crazy right now. Zack made his way home and plopped on his bed and just couldn't Cloud out of his mind, if only he could tell him how he truly felt but one thing was holding him back, how was Zack going to tell Aerith and how was she going to react to all this. Zack didn't want to think about it all night, so he decided to let it happen and just go to sleep. And so he did while hugging that huge dog that he got from Cloud at the fair.

Finally, this chapter is done! Yeah, I realized how long I made the first day and I just couldn't make it any much longer. And yes, if you're wondering… I started my summer classes, and my first teacher is a total scatter brain and very redundant who doesn't get his point across until he has repeated everything at least once or twice. So yeah, the whole time I was wanting to bulge my eyes out with my pen because I couldn't fathom what was coming out of his mouth. But I have to grit and bear it so please keep me in yalls minds over the summer, hoping that this fanfic will get finish. So, what yall think about this chappie? Hmm, tell me your thoughts, if there is something off about the characters just tell me nicely, I love nice comments and thoughts! =] So please R&R… hopefully, this was worth the long wait…=O until next time, SAYONARA! =D 3 ~cookies for everyone~

*(1) If you are wondering why I said downtown Atlanta, it's because that's where I'm from. So, I decided why not use in this fan fiction? To explain this, well, I'm using MidGuard as this big city with other small cities inside of it. You get it? Well, MidGuard is the main city and Atlanta is like the sub-city inside of MidGuard. You get it now? O_O Sorry that I didn't make it clear the first time.