A/N: Chapter 7. This is pretty much full of Zanessa fluff. Yay!

The next day Vanessa woke up with an excited feeling in her stomach. For a moment she couldn't remember why she was so excited and then it all came back to her. Zac was coming today. And he was taking her out for the day. She leapt out of bed and ran downstairs for breakfast. Her mother greeted her in the kitchen with a plate of waffles and a tall glass of orange juice.

Not too long later Vanessa was waiting by the front door. She knew Zac would be there soon and she couldn't wait. His present was sitting in her bag next to her and she was so nervous about it that she kept checking it was definitely there. When she finally saw him pull up outside the house she gave a squeal of excitement, called goodbye to her family and ran out the front door towards him. She dropped her bag and threw her arms around him as he wrapped his around her waist, lifting her into the air.

'Miss me?' he asked when he set her back down.

'More than you know.' she said as she kissed him passionately.

'So I see.' Zac joked. Vanessa grinned at him.

'Have I told you recently how much I love you?'

'Yes, I'm sure you have, but you can tell me again if you want.'

'Well, I love you more than life itself, Zac Efron.'

'Is that right? Well I feel the same.' Zac said as he pulled her into another kiss.

'So are you ready for this big day I have planned for you?'

'Yes I am. I can't wait. So what are we doing first?'

'Ahh, well you'll just have to wait and see, Miss Hudgens. But I assure you, you're going to love it.' he said, opening the car door for her. She giggled at the gesture.

'You're so goofy.'

'But that's why you love me.' Zac replied, leaning down to kiss her. He got into the drivers seat and started the car. He pulled onto the highway a little while later and headed towards his destination.

'Zac, where are we going?'

'Nessa baby, if you ask me that one more time I will gag you.' He joked. She giggled.

'Ok. Are we there yet?' she teased. He laughed with her. All he could think about was how much he'd missed her. He was so excited about spending the day with her. And he couldn't wait to give her the Christmas present he'd spent so long working on. Apparently while he was lost in his thoughts, Vanessa got bored, so she turned the radio on.

'Why bother listening to the radio?' Zac said as he pressed play on the CD player. A song filled the car and a smile appeared on Vanessa's face.

'Wow, I haven't heard this in forever!' she said as she listened. When it got to the chorus she started to sing along. Zac smiled as she sang. He loved her singing voice.

I've hit the highway

And I'm not coming home

I'm gonna drive

I'll do it my way

I'll call you on the phone when I arrive

It's all I've got

And I'm not gonna stop for no one

In my way as long as I'm alive

I'm gonna drive

She started to laugh as the second verse began.

'I can't believe you've got this in your car. Is the album?'

'Yep!' Zac said proudly. Vanessa grinned.

'Why are you playing my album in your car?'

'Because when I'm away from my gorgeous girlfriend, I like to listen to her beautiful voice while I'm driving. Makes me not miss her as much.'

'Is that right? And who is this gorgeous girlfriend of yours? Do I know her?' Vanessa joked. Zac poked her in the ribs, causing her to squeal and wiggle away from him.

'Ha ha, Ness. You know that secretly you love the fact that I play your album in my car.'

'You're damn right I do. I think it's the sweetest thing in the world.' She said, placing her hand on his leg. After about half an hour of driving Zac stopped the car. They were at a beach. Vanessa looked horrified.

'Zac! I didn't bring a swimsuit!' she cried. Zac grinned.

'We're not swimming. We're eating.' He said as he led her down the road a little. The reached a small café. They walked into the tiny room and saw not a single other person there. A table was set next to the window. Placed on the table were 2 plates of burger and fries and 2 tall glasses of coke. Vanessa looked at Zac curiously. He grinned.

'Why go to a fancy restaurant when we can have a burger and fries in a tiny café by the beach?' He asked. Vanessa smiled. To her, this was perfect. They sat down at the table and ate their meal while staring out the window at the waves crashing onto the sand. When they'd finished, Zac stood and offered his hand to Vanessa. 'Don't we need to pay?' she asked innocently. Zac smiled.

'Its all taken care of.' He said as he led her back out to the car. Vanessa grinned. Zac had never done anything like this for her before, so she was excited to see where they were going next. After driving for quite some time, Zac stopped the car. As far as Vanessa could tell, they were just in an average car park. She had no idea why they were there but after a few minutes of walking down the street she squealed excitedly and hugged Zac. There in front of them was a street carnival.

'Have I mentioned how much I love you?' Vanessa said as they walked leisurely towards the carnival. Zac laughed.

'I'm sure you have. But you can never tell me too many times.' He replied as he took her hand and they started to explore the carnival.

The next few hours were spent at the carnival. Both Zac and Vanessa had the time of their lives and were sad to leave.

'Cant we stay a little longer?' Vanessa pleaded as Zac led her away.

'No we can't. I still have a few surprises up my sleeve and if we don't leave now then my entire schedule will be ruined!' Zac stated. Minutes later they were back in the car and were driving. They ended up at Vanessa's house.

'Zac? Why are we back at my house?' Vanessa asked, slightly disappointed. Zac laughed.

'Don't worry; this is not the end of the day. We are spending the night at a surprise location and you need to get some overnight stuff.' Zac said cryptically. Vanessa's face lifted and she ran into the house and quickly grabbed some things for the night. She wasn't sure where they were staying, so she grabbed some practical pajamas as well as a negligee that was only for Zac's benefit. When she was ready she raced back downstairs and into the car where Zac was waiting.

'About time!' Zac exclaimed as Vanessa climbed into the car, throwing her bag into the backseat. She glared at him and he laughed.

'I'm kidding, Ness. Now lets get on our way, shall we?'

'Heck yes! Lets go!' Vanessa said excitedly.

Not too long later they arrived at a small house right near the beach. Zac opened the door and ushered Vanessa inside. The house was furnished beautifully and had the most amazing view. It wasn't a huge house, but it was absolutely gorgeous and Vanessa stared around herself in amazement, completely in love with this beautiful house she was standing in.

'Zac this house is amazing! Whose is it?'

'Ahh, well that's for me to know and you to find out.' Zac said mysteriously. Vanessa slapped him playfully as she ran off to explore the house. Zac closed the door behind him before taking Vanessa's bag to the bedroom they would be using.

Later that night a pizza was delivered without either Zac or Vanessa having made a call, and Vanessa was shocked to find that it had been paid for. She was also shocked to discover that the fridge and cupboards in the house were fully stocked. It was as though this house had been borrowed from someone just for the night. Vanessa was completely confused about whose house this was and why they were there. Little did she know, Zac had the biggest surprise of the day ready to be presented.

As Zac and Vanessa sat on the couch watching TV, a thought occurred to Vanessa.

'Zac, I haven't given you your Christmas present!' she exclaimed as she rushed for her bag and pulled out a small box. Zac grinned at her as she came back to the couch and handed him the box.

'Merry Christmas, Zachary.' She said as she leaned in and kissed him. It didn't take long for the present to be forgotten as they made out on the couch for a while. It wasn't until Vanessa rolled onto the box that she remembered it was there.

'Zac! You have to open your present!' she said as she handed it to him again. He pulled the ribbon off and took the top off the box. There, nestled inside the box on a bed of tissue paper were several documents. Zac pulled them out of the box and read them all.

'A plane ticket to Australia!' he exclaimed as he looked at the first one. Vanessa laughed.

'I have one as well. It's a trip for 2. Just to re-visit some old memories.' She said, looking slightly nervous about the gift. Zac kissed her quickly.

'This is amazing. We get to go back to Australia!' he exclaimed as he pulled out the next document.

'A cruise?' he asked incredulously.

'Yeah. Leaving from Australia and dropping us off in England from where we will then travel to London.' Vanessa replied, yet again, feeling as though maybe this gift wasn't as good as she thought. Zac looked into her eyes and grinned at her and all of a sudden she didn't feel so bad anymore.

'This is…amazing! Again. You must have put so much thought into this!' Zac said as he pulled out the next document. 'Tickets from London to Toronto?'

'Yeah. Ummm I was trying to get us to places that we have good memories from.'

The next document was a plane ticket from Toronto to Salt Lake City. Their 'world tour' then took them to New York before it finished up back in LA, where they would spend a couple of nights in a hotel before returning to everyday life. Every night of accommodation was booked in a 5 star hotel and every good memory they had from each place they'd been to was re-created exactly as it was. Zac was amazed that Vanessa had put so much thought and planning into this gift.

'Nessa, this is the most thoughtful, amazing gift I have ever received. Thank you. So much. God, I love you.' Zac stammered before his desires got the best of him and he threw himself onto Vanessa, kissing her passionately, his hands on her waist, while hers tangled in his hair. One thing led to another, and as expected, they ended up in bed. Later as they lay entwined in one another's arms, both were thinking the same thing. Each was enjoying the feeling of being the other's arms and was marveling at how being apart for those few days only made them want each other more.

'I love you.' Vanessa whispered as she nuzzled Zac's neck. He grinned and pulled her closer to him.

'I love you too. And I love the amazing Christmas gift you just gave me.'

'Well I was a little worried, especially as it doesn't look like much. It's only loads of paper.' Vanessa said slowly, biting her lip. Zac laughed.

'Yes, that gift was amazing, but I meant the one you just gave me.' he said, as he winked suggestively. Vanessa giggled.

'I believe it should be me thanking you.' She said softly as she placed feather light kisses on Zac's jaw line. He captured her lips with his and as their tongues battled, their hands roamed and yet again one thing led to another.

Later again, they lay together, yet slightly more exhausted than last time.

'Ness, I didn't give you your gift yet, and after the amazing gift you gave me, and I mean the actual gift, the trip and everything, I feel like I didn't put enough thought into it.' Zac said, not sure that Vanessa was going to think his gift was good enough. He knew she'd like it, but he was worried she was going to think that he hadn't thought enough about it.

'Zac, you haven't even given me the gift yet and I know I'm going to love it. Everything you buy me means the world to me. Even if it's something tiny. So please don't ever think that anything you buy me isn't good enough.' Vanessa said as she snuggled closer to Zac. He was amazed that such a simple gesture could relax him. All of a sudden he was no longer worried about his gift.

'Nessa, your gift is this house.' He said softly. She looked at him in astonishment.

'Can you repeat that please?'

'Your gift is this house. I bought it for you. It's not too far from your parent's house, and not too far from my house. Its got 3 bedrooms so you can have several people staying over at one time and it's near the beach because I know how much you love the beach.' Zac said, hoping that the look on her face meant that she was shocked in a good way. Vanessa stared at Zac for a few full minutes before saying anything.

'So you're telling me that this house is mine. As in, I own it and can live in it.' she said, her voice sounding sort of hollow and far away. Zac nodded. Vanessa's eyes filled with tears.

'Zac, this is amazing! I can't believe you bought me a house! And you knew exactly what type of house and how to furnish it. I can't believe how well you know me. This is, without a doubt the greatest gift I have ever received.' Vanessa said as the tears started to fall. Zac smiled gently at her, wiping the tears away as quickly as they fell.

'I'm glad you like it. I was so scared that you wouldn't want it.'

'How could I not want it? You bought it for me, which makes it even more special than if I'd bought it myself. It's perfect Zac. And this day was perfect. And so are you. The perfect boyfriend.' Vanessa said. Zac laughed.

'Well thank you.' He said, kissing her softly. They lay in silence for a while and Vanessa could feel herself drifting off to sleep. The last thing she heard before she fell asleep was Zac saying

'I love you, Vanessa.'

Ok, so thats another really long chapter. I am very proud of myself. Let me know what you thought, I'm finally focusing a little more on the Zanessa side of this fic, which is what I intended to do the whole time. The last couple of chapters were just to introduce Em to the story. So there we go. Review and I will buy you a house! Haha. xoxo