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Untitled – Chapter 6 – Romeo and Juliet
Chapter Authors: Keiko&&Mitchie Fluff Rating: AWWWW

A/N: We're not entirely sure but Keiko read somewhere that Kenny Ortega actually got Zac and Vanessa to watch Romeo and Juliet to prepare for their roles as Troy and Gabriella. So enjoy her version of what may have happened!

They walked into the tiny viewing room that was already set up for them. The projector was already in place and there was a bowl of popcorn, another bowl with chips and a fridge filled with a whole bunch of drinks and its freezer filled with tubs of ice cream.

"Zac, here's the remote." Kenny said, handing the remote over to Zac. "The drinks are in the fridge, there's ice cream in the freezer and the food is right in front of you so just help yourselves, alright? Enjoy kids."

Zac and Vanessa both took a seat on the tiny blue couch. It was Kenny's viewing room so usually the only person who gets to use this room was Kenny himself, which was why the couch wasn't all that big. Both of them were completely aware of how close they were to each other. When their shoulders brushed up against each other, they both felt the sparks of electricity flowing through them that both of their faces turned into a nice shade of red.

Zac took the bowl of popcorn and put it on his lap as he pushed the play button and they both tried very hard to concentrate on the story of Romeo and Juliet. But neither of them could really focus on the movie when they were both too flustered in the presence of the other.

They watched as Romeo went to the Capulet Ball to find Rosaline but fell in love with Juliet instead. Zac didn't even realize what he was doing when he put both of his arms up in the air and put his left arm around Vanessa and let his hand rest on her waist. 'Oh God, what did I just do?' he asked himself, but could not find the strength to pull his arm away. It just felt too good.

Vanessa blushed and giggled to herself when she felt Zac's hand on her waist. She didn't even bother to ask him to move it away. It's not like she wanted him to pull his arm away anyways.

They got to the infamous balcony scene and watched as Juliet declared her love for Romeo despite their families' conflicts. Vanessa tried to grab some popcorn from the bowl on Zac's lap but managed to knock it over. Popcorn was spilled all over the place: on Zac, on the couch and on the floor.

"Oh my Go—," Vanessa said, unable to finish what she was saying when her eyes met the impenetrable gaze of Zac's piercing blue eyes. She was completely aware that her hand was touching his and that his other hand was now on her back. She was so flustered and was trying to remember what she was doing before she got lost in his eyes when she let out a gasp.

"Oh," she breathed in as she struggled for air.

Zac paused the movie to make sure that she was okay, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah I, uhm," Vanessa said a little flustered, and was completely out of words to use, "I just... uhm."

"Forgot to breathe again?" Zac asked teasingly, giving her a gentle smile.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. It's just that sometimes I get lost in your eyes and I forget to breathe," Vanessa confessed and bit her lower lip, just noticing that his teeth were now gapless. 'Oh my God, he looks even hotter than he did two weeks ago.'

Zac's cheeks flushed when she said this. Remembering that they were supposed to be watching the movie, he looked away from the gaze of her chocolate brown eyes and pressed the play button on the remote. Zac kept his arm around Vanessa and felt her leaning slightly towards him as the movie went on. Zac couldn't help but

"I need to go to the restroom. Excuse me," Vanessa said putting her hand on Zac's thigh to help her get up off of the couch, after a few minutes.

Zac watched as she walked out of the room. 'She was just so graceful and so... so sexy' Zac couldn't help but blush when the thought crossed his mind. He put his hands on his thigh and felt embarrassed at how much he enjoyed her touch. 'I have to do something.'

He got up off of the couch and to the fridge from which he pulled out a tub of chocolate ice cream, some whipped cream and some chocolate syrup. 'Perfect,' he thought to himself, feeling that he was getting really giddy and ashamed that he was going through all this trouble for a girl.He tried finding a couple of bowls for the ice cream but only managed to find one in the cupboard. 'Ha ha, even better,' he thought to himself as he pulled out a couple of spoons from a drawer.

He quickly fixed up the perfect bowl of ice cream, nicely arranged with the whipped cream and the chocolate syrup on top. He placed the bowl on the coffee table in front of the couch and admired his work of art from a distance.

He didn't even notice that he was standing in the doorway. Neither did he notice that the door had open and Vanessa had been walking quickly back to the couch.

Vanessa wasn't paying very much attention to what was in her way either. She was kind of busy trying to get back to the couch as quickly as possible so that she could have Zac's arm wrapped around her again.

Which was when, it happened. Vanessa was walking so fast that she accidentally bumped into Zac really hard, causing her to stumble and almost fall. Good thing, Zac caught her in time.

They stood there, fixed upon each other's gaze. Vanessa managed to remind herself to breathe every few seconds, to prevent herself from passing out. Zac felt her shallow breathing and smiled at the weird flip floppy feeling he was experiencing in his stomach.

'She smells so good, I think I'm getting the butterflies,' Zac smiled to himself.

Both of them were perfectly aware of how close they were to each other. Zac's arm was around her waist, keeping their torsos connected. Her left hand was resting on his chest and the other on his shoulder. She couldn't help but noticed that his body was pretty toned for someone his age. Zac rested his free hand on her right shoulder and looked at the gorgeous and delicate features of her face.

He didn't even realize what he was doing, when he leaned in very carefully and gently moved his hand from her shoulder to her neck to pull her in for a kiss. Both of them could feel the electricity flowing through them as their faces got closer and closer.

"Oh yes, Romeo," Juliet moaned, which caused Vanessa to pull back and look over Zac's shoulder and at the screen. They laughed as they listened to the moaning and grunting of Romeo and Juliet consummating their marriage. She shook her head, as she giggled and rested her head on Zac's shoulder. He held her there for a minute or two until Vanessa finally said, "We should probably get back to watching the movie."

Zac and Vanessa took their seats back on the couch. Zac felt so awkward and embarrassed he couldn't bring himself to put his arm around Vanessa. Zac watched the rest of the movie in complete irritation towards the movie. 'I was literally like a couple of centimetres away. Couldn't you have waited Juliet?'

As they got to the end of the movie, to the part where all the deaths of Paris, Romeo and Juliet were on the screen, Vanessa grabbed Zac's left arm and hugged it and held it close. If there was anything Vanessa hated watching, it was movies with really tragic and heartbreaking deaths. Zac tried to keep breathing while his stomach responded to Vanessa's touch by doing the flip floppy thing again.

Right at the end of the movie, they heard someone knock at the door. "Hey guys. Oh, I see you're almost done," Kenny said as he entered the room. Vanessa quickly released Zac's arm and blushed.'It's not like it was wrong that I was cuddling with his arm, just a tad embarrassing, that's all,' Vanessa thought to herself.

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"Uhh... why is your sister looking at me like that?" Zac asked as he walked Vanessa out to her car noticing Stella's devious grin.

Vanessa turned and found her sister eyeing Zac suspiciously. "That's nothing, don't mind her. She just thinks you're really cute," she said teasingly. "Anyways, it was really good to see you."

"Yeah, you too," Zac replied as he took her in his arms and hugged her tight. It felt so good to be there that neither of them pulled back until, "Ahem," Stella deviously said.

I smiled to myself as I watched from afar. Zac waving goodbye to her as her car drove away. He followed her car with his eyes as they drove away and barely noticed that I was walking towards him.

"Yo," I greeted him, trying to ignore the fact that I wanted to laugh my head off because his face looked so pathetic.

"Hey Jeeves! What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Uhm," I said. 'Oh God, how could I forget I wasn't supposed to be here?'It took me a couple of seconds to think of a good enough lie, "I was just in town to run a couple of errands for my mom."

"Oh, you should've told me so that we could've just gotten a ride together."

"Well, actually I'm done now so can I hitch a ride?"

"Yeah of course," he said as he watched his mother pull up to the curb.

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"So did you manage to complete the mission?" I asked teasingly, as I set down on the bean bag chair in front of Zac's XBOX. Zac had invited me to stay for dinner so that we could play HALO.

"Crap! I completely forgot!" Zac said. 'How could that have slipped my mind?'

I laughed as I handed him a piece of paper and tried to look as innocent as I can when he gave me a suspicious look. "What?" I asked.

"Jeevers... How'd you get this?" Zac asked and eyed me suspiciously when he saw that I had just given him Vanessa's email address.

"I have my sources," I replied deviously. "Anyways, how could you have forgotten about this? You know there would be hell to pay," I prodded and noticed when his cheeks suddenly turned completely red. "Oh my lanta. Something happened between you two. Tell me all about it!!"

I could barely contain the laughter as Zac told me exactly what happened when they were watching Romeo and Juliet. But also, I couldn't help but be completely amazed at how happy she made him feel every time she was around him. I think we, the best friends, knew that we were dealing with something much more significant than just a normal everyday kind of crush, probably even before they did. Anyways, I can't wait to meet Vanessa! This was going to be fun.

~.Story and Fluff by Keiko. Edited by Mitchie.~
Sorry that took forever because Keiko didn't feel it was fluffy enough.
So please, she would like to know: WAS IT FLUFFY ENOUGH FOR YOU?
(Because we think it was short and eventfully fluffy, but she won't believe us.)