Chapter 7

Happily Ever After

Today was the day I was going to be Mrs. Vanessa Efron. Oh hello. You're probably thinking, what? How did this happen? It has been a few years since the last time I talked to you. I guess I should catch you up on what I've been up to for the few years.

Well first, Zac and I kept our relationship for a year. It was getting tough to keep it going for the rest of my high school career. People were getting more suspicious as time went on. I always went as Zac's date to all of award ceremonies. Ryan Seacrest happened to be the first one to spill or secret. Well he didn't actually find out. We sort of. You know what, why don't I just flashback to that day. Shall we?

I was looking around at all of the cameras as Zac was holding my hand talking to Ryan. I knew people expected that we were going out. We just kept on keeping the secret going on. Everyone was suspicious about it so I did something that was out of ordinary.

"Zac?" I looked at Zac and then Ryan, "I'm sorry but may I borrow him for just a second, Ryan"

Ryan looked at me confused but gave me a small smile, "Sure."

I kept a hold of Zac's hand as I pulled him a couple feet away before looking up at him. Zac looked down at me confused but also with concern in his eyes. He knows me and he knows whenever I interrupt something, it must be serious.

"What's wrong?" Zac looked at me then looked at everyone who was looking at us but then looked at me again, "Is this too much for you?"

"What?" No Zac." I shook my head, "I've been doing this for the past year with you. I think I'm able to handle off the lights and cameras, Zachary David Alexander Efron."

"Alright, alright," Zac chuckled, "So what's up?"

I took a deep breath before saying what I had to say, "I think we should tell them."

"Tell them? Tell them what?" I gave him a look that he knows what it meant, "Are you sure?"

I nodded slowly and he smiled at me before placing a kiss on my forehead. He pulled away as I gave him a small smile. There were cameras that went off on us as Zac gave me that kiss but at this moment I didn't care. I was ready for the whole world to know that I, Vanessa Crawford was dating Zac Efron. I didn't care how my classmates were going to treat me, as well as I had him, I was going to be happy.

Zac grabbed my hand before we walked back over to Ryan, "Ryan we would like to say something to the cameras and as well to you too."

Ryan smiled softly wondering what this announcement was about. I knew, he had a feeling what it was going to be. He was also happy that he would be able to tell the world this announcement. Ryan just nodded as he grabbed his microphone and looked in the cameras himself first.

"Ladies and gentleman, I have here with me Zac Efron and the beautiful Vanessa Crawford. We all know that they have been spending a lot of time together lately," Ryan kept speaking, "we all know she is the sister of Mr. Efron's best friend but there have been rumors around that these two have been dating for the past year. I was just speaking to Zac Efron before Vanessa pulled him away for a word. I now have them back with me and wants tell everyone something. Let's see what this announcement will be about."

Ryan gave a smile to the cameras before turning around to give us a smile before reaching the microphone out for Zac to speak in but Zac turned to look at me. I saw the look he was giving me and I took a deep breath knowing that he wanted me to make the announcement. I took another deep breath before Ryan moved the microphone over to me.

I gave a small smile as Zac squeezed my hand slightly for assurance, "Zac and I would like to announce that we are indeed a couple. Yes you heard right, Zac Efron and Vanessa Crawford are dating and have been dating since the Oscars of last year. We just wanted privacy for the past year but now that I see that people were getting suspicious and there were already rumors going around about us, I decided, we decided that it was time to let everyone know that were are dating. Thank you."

I handed the microphone back to Ryan before receiving a kiss on my cheek by my boyfriend. I looked at him with a smile and he gave me one back and also giving me a look that he was proud of me. I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself too for speaking for the two of us.

So that is how everyone found out about Zac and me. You're probably wondering how everyone at school started treating me. Actually you'll be shocked. They treated me differently, not a bad differently but a good differently. I guess when I mentioned that we wanted privacy, they finally realized of how they were treating me which wasn't very private like. Chace never found out about how my classmates were treating me but Zac told me that it was his and mine secret. But back to my classmates, I got less and less questions about my brother and Zac. Truth is, I was expecting of getting more questions but it seemed like they finally got the clue.

So as I was saying at the beginning, today I will be named Vanessa Anne Crawford Efron. Yes, you heard right, I'm getting married. It was a shocking engagement. I wasn't expecting it at all, but then again I wasn't also expecting to be a Hollywood star and singer either. Yep, you heard right. Zac kept that promise to himself and helped me get a record deal and even a few auditions which made me star in a few movies and even a TV show. I know a lot of things have happened over the years and I'm only 21. I'm only 21 and already living out dreams that I never thought would happened. But I'm guessing you don't really care about that. You want to know how Zac asked me to marry me, right? Of course I'm right. Well it went like this…

"Zac where are you taking me?" I looked as he was dragging me somewhere in a little hurry, "Can you at least slow down?"

Zac just turned his head to see me having a hard time to keep up with him and just chuckled, "Oh we will be there shortly. I'm sure you will enjoy this or at least I hope you do."

I sighed and just kept letting Zac drag me to…yeah I don't know where we are. But if you were wondering, it was Valentine's Day. It was our fourth one as a couple meaning I am now 20 years old. Zac told me that he had a big surprise for me and I wasn't sure what he had planned.

"Ok, ok we're here," Zac stopped and looked at me before looking at the view in front us.

I gasped at the view. We were on the beach and it was sunset. I looked around to find a table set up for two with a candlelight dinner set up. There were also rose pedals surrounding the table with a tent-like cover but you could see the sunset from there. I smiled slightly as tears were in my eyes. This was special. It was even more special knowing Zac did this.

Zac walked me over to the table before pulling my chair back, "Your seat, my lady."

"Thank you, sir," I giggled as I took a seat and Zac pushed me in before he went to sit in his seat, "Zac this is amazing. You know you didn't have to go through so much trouble."

Zac gave me a smile that could still make my heart melt, "Baby nothing is too much trouble for me if it has anything to do with you. Shall we eat?"

I smiled at the food in front of me and nodded before I picked up the fork and placed it in the food and started eating. I moaned as I closed my eyes. There was one thing Zac could definitely do other than acting and that's cooking. If he wasn't an actor, I would have made him sign up for a cooking school because his food is definitely the best. Probably better than my mother. Shh, I never said that.

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Right now Zac and I are slow dancing on the sand. Neither of us as shoes on. My head is on his chest as his arms are wrapped around me and one of his hands is stroking my back. One of my hands are on his chest near my face as my other one is stroking his back. This is one of those moments, I wish could last forever. This relationship was definitely worth waiting ten years for. The past four years have been probably the best four years of my life and I don't think I could picture myself with anyone other than Zac.

Zac slowly pulled away from me which left me to look at him confused, "Is there something wrong, Zaccy?"

"I've been wanting to ask you and tell you this for awhile now," I could sense that he was nervous as he was trying to say something me but I squeezed his hand in reassurance which caused him to smile, "Ok what I'm trying to say is for the past fourteen years that I have known you, I would have never thought that this would've happened between us when I first met you. But over the years as I told you before, I slowly fell in love with you, my best friend's little sister. I could sense your pain, I knew all the time when you were unhappy or happy. I could read you a book and I know sometimes that it was annoying but what could I do? I was in love with you and I didn't want anyone to hurt you because hell first you were just like a little sister to me but now you are my best friend, my lover. I love you Vanessa Crawford and the past four years have been the best four years of my life because they were with you as my girlfriend. There is no one else I would want to spend the rest of my life with other than you. So I guess what I'm trying to say is…Would you do me the honor of calling you my wife?"

I was shocked and had tears in my eyes because of his speech. That was the most beautiful speech that I have ever heard from anyone and of course he's the only one that I ever want to hear it from. He let go of my hand before reaching into his pocket to take out a black velvet and then opened to reveal an engagement ring with a square diamond in the middle with diamonds going down the side of each but not fully around it. (You can look in the description for the picture of the ring. It's the same ring as the one from my 'The Christmas Proposal' one-shot) I smiled as I looked at the ring and then looked at him.

"So what do you say?" Zac looked at me with hopeful eyes and a nervous smile.

I smiled at his nervousness and took the box out of his hand. I took the ring out and placed the ring in my hand and then motioned him to place the ring on my hand meaning that my answer was a yes. He grinned at me before slowly taking my left hand and slowly moving the ring up my ring finger. I smiled as I looked at my hand before I placed my arms around Zac's neck and he placed his arms around my waist to pull me in for a sweet passionate kiss. Nothing can get better this.

Well I wasn't thinking about the future when I said that nothing could be better than the actual engagement because right now I believe the wedding is better than it. I can't wait until I'm finally Vanessa Efron. I've been waiting too long for this to happen. As I was still stuck in my thoughts, my best friends, Ashley and Monique walked in the room looking at me with a smile knowing that I was telling you guys what have been going on.

Oh and speaking of Ashley. She is now also engaged to be married to…yes…my brother Chace. This means that Ashley and I will soon be sister-in-laws, not that we aren't already like sisters but this just meant that we will never be a part from each other. Well that would also be hard since Ashley is in the show with me. Not to mention, Monique is both mine and Ashley's manager. I could've used Zac and Chace's manager but I wanted someone that I could trust and don't get me wrong, their manager is like my fourth father, but I just wanted a chance where Monique, Ashley, and I could stay close friends without having the whole Hollywood separation get us separated.

"Vanessa!" Ashley screamed in my ear.

I squealed as I looked at her, "What?"

"You need to get ready," Monique already started getting my hair ready, "the wedding is going to start in a half hour and the bride can't be late."

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Ok to say that I wasn't nervous would be a lie because I am so nervous. I wasn't even inside of the actual church; I was still in the back. My Dad was standing there chuckling at me which made me even more nervous because how could he just stand there laughing at me when I'm about to get married.

"Dad, can you stop laughing at me!"

My Dad stopped chuckling, "Sweetheart, there is no need to be nervous. You love Zac and Zac loves you. It will all be good after you say 'I do.'"

I took a deep breath nodded, "I know. I'm ready."

"Good," my Dad gave me a kiss on my cheek before holding his arm out so I took his arm, "you ready?"

I nodded and then the church doors opened and the music started playing as everyone stood up. I took another deep breath before my Dad and I started walking towards the front of the church. I looked forward to find him standing so beautifully except his eyes were facing the floor. I giggled slightly knowing he was just as nervous as I was. Then I saw my brother nudge him which caused Zac to look up and we just stared each other. It felt like we were the only two people in the whole church which the wedding should feel like, right? Well to me it does.

As we reached to the front of the church where Zac was standing, my Dad lifted my veil over my head as he kissed my forehead. I smiled slightly at him before turning to face Zac who reached his hand out which I gladly accepted. He pulled me towards him as we turned to face the priest who smiled at us.

The priest started, "We are gathered here today…."

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It was now the reception after our wedding. I was now Mrs. Vanessa Anne Crawford Efron. Zac and I were in the middle of the dance floor dancing with each other like we did on the beach.

"I love you, Mrs. Efron," Zac looked down at me with a smile on his face.

I smiled up at him, "I love you too, Mr. Efron."

Zac leaned down to capture my lips with his as we share our second kiss as husband and wife. I was enjoying that he was now my husband. After ten years of waiting for him, this felt like heaven. I smiled against his lips as I heard everyone probably applauding at us. They all knew how long each of us wanted each other; it just took some time to realize that we both felt the same way about each other. But now we are together as husband and wife and that's all the matters.

Oh I almost forgot!

I pulled away from Zac before looking in his eyes, "Zac?"

He looked at me with concerned eyes like he always as when I say his name like a question so he whispered, "Are you ok?"

"I just needed to tell you something," I smiled slightly before taking his hand and placing it on my stomach, "we're going to have a baby."

He first looked down at his hand as it rested on my hand and then looked at my face to see if I was serious. I giggled slightly as I nodded my head. Zac then grinned before he moved his hand away from my stomach and wrapped his arms around my waist to lift me off the ground and twirled me in a circle which caused me to giggle.

He then placed me back down on the ground with a big smile on his face as he caressed my cheek, "I love you."

"I love you too," I smiled slightly as he leaned down once again to capture my lips and this time the kiss was filled with all of the lust, love, and passion we had left in our bodies and we were going to kiss like this for the rest of our lives together.

It's time for me to say goodbye and thank you for joining in with my experience of falling in love with my brother's best friend.

Yes this is the finale of this story. I hope you enjoyed this story. I had no other ideas for this story. Please review and tell me what you thought of this story and the finale. Thank you.