A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to update. Review.
Oh yeah… I'm good, Maddie thought back to the day before when she left Zack with a pain in his pants. It was Tuesday morning and she was out in the barn feeding the animals and milking the cows. She surely had turn into a country girl, which was okay with her. She didn't really like the city much anyway. There she sat with her hair braided in pigtails, a pink spaghetti strap tank top, fitted jeans and pink polka dotted rain boots.
"Hey," she turned and saw Zack in the doorway of the barn with an amused look on her face. "I see you beat me to it." He walked in and turned on the radio, he then began forking the hay into a big pile.
She smiled and just shook her head as if she were saying, "You're something else."
In that moment an old song came on by Stevie Wonder, My Cherie Amour and Zack did something that Maddie was not expecting at all. He began singing and he was actually good.
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
At this part Zack grabbed Maddie by her hand, forcing her to stand up and dance with him.
"Zack, what are you doing?" Maddie said in complete surprise.
He ignored her and kept singing with her in his arms.
My Cherie Amour, lovely as a summer's day
My Cherie Amour, distant as the Milky Way
My Cherie Amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
Wow, did he take dance lessons? Maddie thought as he spun her and pulled her close again continuing to sing.
In a cafe or sometimes on a crowded street
I've been near you, but you never notice me
My Cherie Amour, won't you tell me how could you ignore
That behind that little smile I wore
How I wish that you were mine
Zack dipped her, spun her once more and sat her back down on her stool. She laughed in amusement as he went on.
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
He did a few smooth moves and spun around.
Maybe someday you'll see my face among the crowd
Maybe someday I'll share your little distant cloud
Oh, Cherie Amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for (At this part Zack placed his hand on his chest and pointed at Maddie.)
How I wish that you were mine
Maddie smiled, noticing that he was so into the song.
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
The song ended and Maddie applauded his performance.
He bowed. "Thank you, Thank you, Please, no pictures."
She stood up and commented, "I didn't know you sang and danced so well."
He went back to forking the hay. "I'm a very well rounded person, what can I say?"
Maddie glanced at her watch and gathered the buckets of milk. "I should get going," she said walking away.
"You have a date or something?" Zack inquired half jokingly.
"Actually I do."
"What? With who?" he stopped what he was doing and followed her.
"Whom," she corrected him. "And Jared the lifeguard I work with asked me out to dinner," she responded.
Zack frowned as if he disapproved, "You can't go out with Jared."
She stopped and faced him with a grave expression on her features. "And why not?"
He sputtered, "Well… You know… Because… All the chlorine he's exposed to," he crossed his arms trying to look convincing because he sure wasn't sounding convincing.
She smiled. "Wait a minute, are you jealous?"
He laughed. "No, I'm just concerned about you. I've heard things about him." He said that last part in a whisper.
She narrowed her eyes and asked, "Like what?"
"He's a player," Zack said bluntly.
"I appreciate your concern, but I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself," she then picked up the buckets and continued into the house.
It was around five o' clock and Maddie was getting ready for her date in the bathroom. She styled a layered look, a white spaghetti strap tank and a purple tube top with a mini jean skirt and flip flops. She also wore a white scarf made of light material. Her hair was up in a low bun also.
"What time will you be home?" Zack walked in abruptly.
She looked at him obviously appalled by his question. "Excuse me," she put her hands to her hips. "I'll be home when I'm good and ready to come home, okay?"
"I was just wondering," he put his hands up, "No need to get all defensive, jeez, Maddie." He then walked out of the bathroom seemingly upset.
Oh he'll get over it, he can be such a baby some times, she thought as she finished up her make-up and soon the doorbell rang. As she rushed down she saw Zack in the living room watching TV, she told him, "I'll be home later."
He replied, "Whatever."
She walked out and saw Jared, he looked handsome she had to admit. He was wearing a nice blue short sleeve button up shirt, jeans, docs and his hair was nicely gelled.
"Wow, you look beautiful," Jared said not taking his eyes off her.
"Thank you," she said trying not to blush.
"Shall we?" he put his arm out for her to hold, she took it and he escorted her to his car.
The night progressed nicely. They went out to dinner at the diner in town and shared an ice cream sundae. After dinner and dessert they decided to take a walk around town.
"So how do you think the night is going so far?" Jared asked her as they walked the sidewalk of the small town.
This is too good to be true, she thought staring at him for a few moments. "This is nice," she replied simply. Just as she finished her sentence her cell phone rang. "Sorry," she looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Zack. Oh my god, what does he want? He know's I'm on a date.
"Are you gonna answer that?" Jared asked.
"Nah, I'm sure it can wait until I get home," she replied and they continued their date.
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Maddie arrived home at about eleven o' clock at night to an empty house. She searched the whole house for Zack, but he was nowhere to be found. He's probably with Valerie, she thought until she walked into the kitchen and saw a piece of paper on the table. Oh no, she picked up the paper in dread. He found it… She then became concerned for his well being. She was afraid that he was out doing something stupid. Should I go look for him? I should've answered when he called…
Suddenly the house phone rang and she answered it eagerly. "Hello?"
"Is this Madeline Fitzpatrick?" the male voice asked her.
"Yes, this is her," she replied.
"This is Deputy Carlson, we have Zack Martin here at the Sheriff's office in town, we found him in an alley way passed out," the voice said.
"Is he okay?" she asked him in concern.
"He's fine. Drunk, but nothing some sleep can't cure," he answered her.
"Alright, I'll be over to pick him up." She hung up the phone, rushed out to the pick-up truck and sped off down the road.
She arrived at the station and walked in seeing a drunk and apparently angry Zack sitting on the bench in the waiting area of the station. The Deputy walked up to her, he was a skinny light skinned man in his mid thirties wearing a black uniform. He had handsome features and a go tee.
"Madeline?" he said.
"Yes, thank you so much for taking care of him Deputy Carlson," she said shaking his hand.
"No problem," he replied. He then walked up to Zack and said, "Next time, you'll be spending the night in the cell, okay Zack?"
The eighteen year old nodded, then Maddie and Zack walked out to the truck, got in and left.
The truck was silent for a few minutes before Maddie said upsettedly, "What were you thinking? You're so lucky he didn't arrest you for public drunken-ness."
"Don't talk to me right now okay?" Zack said just as upset as her.
"This is about that letter isn't it?" she said bluntly.
"I can't believe you and my mom would hide something like that from me," he exclaimed. "I had the right to know."
"This is exactly why we didn't tell you," she went on. "We knew you'd react irrationally to it." She parked the truck in front of the house and he just got out quickly and began to walk into the house. "Hey, don't you dare walk away from me!" she followed him inside and up the stairs.
He just ignored her until she managed to get in front of him.
"We are gonna talk about this godammit," she shoved him back.
He grabbed her arms and pushed her back, pinning her against the wall. She could feel his breathe hot on her face, she could smell the alcohol.
"I am not a little boy anymore," he said his voice was deep and full of anger.
"Zack, stop," she could feel his grip on her arms tighten. She felt so vulnerable and didn't like it at all.
"Everything was fine until you came back, my life was perfect," he pinned her arms over her head and pressed his body against hers so that she had no way of escape.
"Zack, please, you're drunk, you,"
He cut her off by pressing his lips against hers as if he were craving the taste of her. He let go of her hands and wrapped his strong arms around her waist, picking her up, not losing contact with her lips. He carried her into his room and threw her on his bed. Their eyes locked for a moment. Maddie's eyes read that she was scared and aroused all at the same time. His eyes… He had a wild look in his eyes, like a wolf hunting prey. He smirked at her as he crawled on top of her and captured her lips, massaging her bottom lip with his tongue simultaneously pulling his shirt off. She just laid there trying to will herself to stop, she couldn't… He entwined his hands with hers and pinned them against the bed, rubbing himself against her, feeling her warmth and arousing his manhood. She could feel herself becoming ever so wet as he kept grinding against her. He began to caress her neck with his lips, gently nibbling on her sweet skin.
"Uhhh…" she breathed in ecstasy.
He let go of one of her hands, placed his hand on her tail bone, pushing her core even more into his manhood, spreading her legs even further apart from each other. "I want you, Maddie," he whispered into her ear before slowly kissing her jaw line.
Suddenly they heard the front door slam shut and a familiar voice, "Hello, anyone home?"