After the strange reunion with his ex-girlfriend, Niki, and after bringing her into the hospital due to her taking too many pills, Zack found himself sitting on his chair in the kitchen at his house. He was about to go to his bedroom to get some sleep since it was pretty much late, but he just couldn't stop thinking at what happened earlier.

"Man...I never imagined that one day I would meet Niki again after all these years...and good lord, she's no longer herself..." He whispered to himself.

He then went to his bedroom to prepare himself to sleep before grabbing his phone and checking if he received some message but there was nothing. He had to chuckle a little.

"Oh silly me…do you really think Mila would wake up during the middle of the night?" He said before finally lay on his huge bed and sleep.

The next morning, The spanish MMA fighter, Mila, woke up happily before stretching herself since that sure was a good rest for her after all the work at the diner.

"Wow, that was a good sleep." She said before giving a sigh.

She stood up from her bed and went to put on her regular clothes. She sure was longing to go the gym and start training again as for her, would be very refreshing. And if she even had a sparring partner it would be even better as it would make her feel alive especially if it's either Tina or Zack. She never really liked to train alone. Once she finished putting her clothes on she went to put her MMA training gear on her backpack. Then she went to look for her phone and once she took it…she noticed a message. Her eyes widened after realizing that it was a message coming from Zack.

Z: "Mila, it's me. Remember when you said that you would have helped me if I'd have a problem? Well, guess what? I have a problem now...it's about someone I used to know. And I'm...really feeling upset about what just happened after I brought you back home. Don't worry though, I'm not injured or something like that. At the gym, tomorrow, once I'm done with the work, we'll discuss it."

She quickly turned her phone back and once she read through the message, she became deeply concerned. She remembered how punctual Zack normally was, despite not being all the time, and so she quickly ran to the bathroom to wash herself and then taking the backup, putting it over her shoulder and left her house to head quickly to the gym. Once she arrived she got greeted by her coach who chuckled after he saw her panting in exhaustion.

"Mila! It's good to see you again. It's been a little while and I can totally understand it since you told me that you had to-"

The coach got cut off after Mila looked at him with concern and interrupted what he was trying to say.

"Coach, where is Zack? Is he here?" She asked.

He got surprised at her sudden question before chuckling again in a happy demeanor.

"Him? He still comes here? Haha, not surprising after I saw the way you two were having fun, hm? "

However his look changed to a serious one after noticing that Mila wasn't really in the mood for teasing.

"Well I haven't seen him coming here. I guess…I guess he hasn't showed up yet." He said.

Mila nodded without saying anything before quickly heading to the changing room for the females to leave her backpack in her own locker and then leaning to the door outside as she waited for Zack to arrive. It took a little while for him arrive as Mila was really starting to get concerned even more. She saw, from a distance, Zack exiting the car and walking towards and waving her at the same time. She felt relieved a little before going to hug him.

"Finally you're here." She said before noticing him having a weak smile. She got concerned again.

"Zack, tell me. What's wrong? What happened, yesterday night?"

He raised his hands in defense after she asked that.

"Wow wow, slow down. Let us first prepare ourselves in there and then we'll talk about it."

"No, Zack. I need to know now! I don't want to be very worried while we train."

At this point, the black DJ gave in as he sighed in defeat.

"Alright then...you remember when I told you about my ex-girlfriend, Niki?" He asked.

Mila started to wide her eyes as she got suspicious after he asked about his ex-girlfriend. She fully hoped that he didn't cheat on her because that would definitely disappoint and sadden her especially since the way he had treated her so far.

"Don't tell me that…"

Zack knew what she was trying to say and so he immediately reassured her by stroking her shoulder.

"What? No no, I would never try to do something like that to you, Mila." He said and that made Mila feel relieved, although Zack started to become sad and a bit shocked.

"But she...oh my god… she has got insane! After I met her yesterday she began having a sick obsession on me! I even noticed that she took a lot of pills and she was dying. I had to bring her to the nearest hospital I could find since she was also preventing me to call help. While driving she lost conscious and I was starting to feel the worst…fortunately I arrived at the hospital time. Now the doctors are taking care of her, but still you have no idea what she has just become! And I doubt that she will leave me alone if she leaves the hospital fully recovered. Hell, she knows that I have you as my girlfriend...well I told her, because I had to let her know the truth. How could I know how she would react? I thought she would have simply forgot me." He explained.

After learning this, Mila gasped as she covered her mouth in shock.

"Are you serious now?! All because of you, she became this sick in her mind?!" She said afterwards.

"That's what I was thinking..." He said before looking somewhere.

"…all because of my attitude! Being a brainless goofball, and look what I just did! I turned someone from a normal person into a real CRAZY one!" He continued before looking depressed.

"Maybe now that I think about it... I should have probably never existed... I realized that I caused nothing but ruckus to anyone... no wonder why everyone hated me... it's because my presence is like poison to the soul."

Mila really hated to hear that from him. She grabbed by his t-shirt as well as looking at him in a serious way.

"Look at me. And take off your sunglasses. I want you to REALLY look into my eyes." She demanded.

He did so, thus revealing his sad eyes but Mila didn't care as she kept going.

"First of all, you haven't caused 'ruckus' to me to beginning with. And second, don't you dare even say that something like that! Tina, well, teased you in the past, sure, but I'm pretty sure not in a hateful way. As for Bass, you know about his overprotective attitude. But that was in the past, right? Now, you even get along with them, and that's a good sign don't you think? I'll bet that you keep this up you might get along with everyone. As for your ex-girlfriend...don't blame yourself about her current behavior. She must have had some personal problems that probably concerned her a lot that turned her into whatever she is now."

Her eyes narrowed and she pinned him against the wall.

"And before I forget, you were the one, who saved me from my hated brother more than two times and you can't deny, that it made you feel less bad about things than ever! And the reason why I love you…like I told you, is because YOU have a confidence and fighting spirit that nobody has matched so far! There may be people that see you as a nobody or even a joke, but to me... you are something! Don't you even dare to say that you shouldn't have existed in any way EVER again!" She said.

Zack could only feel speechless and widened his eyes. He never received this kind of praise from someone, aside from Niki. He truly didn't know what to say.

"Mila...I-I-"

"Be quiet and prove to me, that you finally got it!"

She proceed to wrap her arms around Zack's neck and kissed him and sucked on his lower lip, and he did the same in return, before then part from each other for a bit to go to a more private place to kiss... the changing room for males inside a cabin... both resumed kissing there, already wearing their respective training clothes, before then Zack speaks for a bit.

"Thank you, Mila... really... I never thought in my whole life, that someone would ever see me as a good person..." He said.

"For me...you always were a good person. Sure anyone can have 'strange' behaviors, acting all goofy, but I know that deep down they can still be good hearted people. And I knew since the first time I saw you, that you were a good man." She responded with a smile.

The two then stood up as she began to stroke his back as well as showing a very cute smile that made Zack blush and almost smile in his typical way.

"Let us now train in the ring and forget about all the bad things we both had, ok?"

He nodded and left the room with her, but before they did so, Zack wrapped his arms around her slender belly and kissed her on the neck.

"Let's do it... and once we are finished, I will invite you to a round of Seafood paella. The ones you liked the most. I know a good restaurant that serves that kind of food." He told her.

Mila felt flattered at this as she closed her eyes and felt a bit turned on before resting her head on his right shoulder and whispering.

"Yes...! I can't wait...!"

Then both went out of the locker room and get in the ring and stretched themselves, ready to have a sparring match. Mila bumped her fists together before smiling and doing her fighting stance.

"You ready, Zack?" She asked.

Zack looked to the ground a bit as he hoped that everything will be okay and that he will overcome the problem with Niki. He smiled, looked back at Mila and went into his fighting stance as well.

"Come at me, baby!" He responded.

The two charged at each other and begin to have a big hard sparring session. Hours, then, passed and both were extremely tired as they are sitting on the mat completely sweaty from the hard sparring they just had after they decided to call it a day. Zack stood up even if he had it hard as the punches and kicks he received from Mila were no joke.

"Argh...wow! That was good, eh?" He asked.

Mila nodded and stood up hardly as she too received very hard kicks from Zack. They then approached each other and Zack started to tap her shoulder.

"You really know how to cheer me up and make me feel like myself again. Thank you, Mily." He complimented her.

"I could say the same to you when it's the opposite." She responded.

The two felt like they needed a moment for a good embrace and they did. Both stayed like that for a while ,and the coach was chuckling in amusement before resuming training someone that was beside him, before Zack broke the silence that was taking over and nuzzled his cheek against hers.

"Alrighty, what shall we do now?" He said.

All he could hear, after that, was a chuckling coming from Mila. And that made him confused.

"For a moment I thought I was the forgetful one."

"What do you mean?"

"Didn't you want to invite me to a round of Seafood paella?" She said while smirking in a lovely way after mentioning her favorite food.

Zack laughed at this point, admitting that he totally forgot about it.

"Hahaha! It appears that those punches you threw to my head during the sparring match probably made me forget it for a moment!" He joked.

She also laughed a little a the joke before giving him a kiss on his cheek and gave him a peaceful smile.

"Anyway, it was only a tease. Let us just go." She said with a wink.

He smirked before stroking her hair and then helping her removing her black gloves. Both then get off the ring and went to the hall that conduced to the locker-rooms. While both being there, Zack also invited Mila to take a shower with him in the men's room. Mila blushed and hesitated at first but eventually agreed since probably nobody were there it that moment because they were most likely off to have lunch. After they finished taking the shower together, Mila quickly took a towel and wrapped it over her body. She could hear Zack humming as well as taking his own towel and doing an awkward Michael-Jackson like pose and sound.

"I like sweat-soaked boobies like yours!" He said.

Mila blushed madly before chuckling as she knew that this was typical for him to say that and she got used to it. After being dried out and put their regular clothes back on they left the building.

"Wow...that was the best shower ever...!" He said with enthusiasm.

"I have to agree." She said.

He wrapped one arm around her and kissed her cheek, making her smile.

"It just makes my day, just to see our connection grow stronger and stronger after every passing day!"

Mila felt very happy to hear that and so she kissed his cheek in return. They headed to the car to go the restaurant that Zack talked about before he and Mila had the sparring match. While doing so, he was feeling better to the point that he almost forgot about the problem with Niki. His thoughts about it were immediately interrupted by Mila.

"Let us go, Zack. I'm starving here."

"Right! Let us move!" He said before speeding away from the gym and drove directly to the next traditional spanish restaurant.

After arriving at destination, Mila pointed the direction of the restaurant and smiled widely.

"There it is, Zack!"

"Awesome!"

He parked the car near the restaurant and both quickly exited the car and went inside with Mila feeling more alive than ever.

"Man, it's been awhile since I last ate Paella!"

Both sat down on a table near a window and after they were in their seats, Zack put his hands over Mila's and looked at her in a soft way, making her smile as well.

"When you smile... I smile too."

"I thought I was supposed to say that." She joked and both chuckled at it.

After ordering, the waiter arrived with two plates with the Seafood paella and Mila, after sniffing it, closed her eyes and felt very pleased.

"Oh my, it smells great as usual."

"I'm very happy to hear that!"

She then began to feel curious.

"Have you ever tried it?" She asked.

Zack shook his head.

"Nope. But I'll give it a try…of course, I won't spit it back to the plate if I don't seem to like it, don't worry!" He said before chuckling and she did so as well. Half an hour passed and both have finished eating and Mila felt pleased again. She then noticed how Zack ate the food without any problem and that made her give him a little smug look.

"I take it that you liked it?" She asked.

"Hehe, yes…not bad really." He replied.

Mila then decided to change topic of their conversation while the waiter came back to take the empty plates away.

"So…how do you feel now?"

Zack sighed before looking at her with a little smile as well as shrugging and chuckling at the same time.

"Well, what can I say? As long as the day goes like this…I guess I feel good."

Mila smiled again while Zack stared at her before giving a look to the window. His smile quickly faded away, upon seeing, from the window, a familiar figure walking on the streets. He hoped it wasn't her…but instead it was indeed Niki. Mila got concerned after seeing Zack's shocked look through the window. She also looked at the window and became a bit confused.

"Mila, we have to leave. Now!" He demanded.

"What's wrong? Oh wait…is it her?" She asked.

He nodded and both shocked themselves because Niki was on her way inside the restaurant. She must have probably saw them when the two were busy eating.

"Uhoh... what shall we do?!" Mila said while starting to panic.

"To the bathroom, quick!" Zack suggested.

Both then run to the bathrooms, before Niki entered the restaurant. She started to wander around in search of him.

"Where is he...!?" She said quietly.

Zack peeked to see the situation and upon seeing her wandering around, she sweated nervously, and Mila kept being concerned about him.

"C'mon, Niki…how much is she gonna stay there…!?"

Niki was still wandering around, however she was away from the exit and that gave Zack and Idea as he then whispered to Mila.

"Mila, when I tell you, let's get outta here as quickly as possible without doing some noise. I don't think she'll be able to detect us."

"Ok…!"

Just as Niki was still searching and was distracted, Zack and Mila, after quickly paying, managed to get out of the restaurant. It went fine to them, however, little did they know, once they were in the car ,starting the engine and go...that Niki saw them and widened her eyes in anger. She quickly exited the restaurant and ran to a taxi nearby and she threatened the driver to follow Zack's car without trying to give him the impression that it was chasing it and the latter nervously agreed.

Zack and Mila went far away from the restaurant and stopped to a little park that was near "Brighton Beach".

"Maybe she won't find us here…"

They got out of the car and both laid down in a little clearing on the grass as Zack panted in exhaustion and looked at the blue sky. Mila, concerned, tried to comfort him by embracing him gently.

"So, that was your ex?"

Zack nodded as he kept looking at the sky in an insecure way.

"Yes, that was Niki... my ex-girlfriend from the time, before we met each other."

"Don't worry, everything is gonna be fine."

"Mila, how can I not worry myself? What I just feared is true, she really has that sick obsession for me! And won't leave me alone! And who knows what the hell she has in her, now, twisted mind! Hell, I can even imagine, that she might become THIS delusional to the point, where she... could become literally the audacity of a murderer!"

Mila became confused before tapping his shoulder in attempt to relieve him from this expectation as well as trying to figure out a way to fix this little mess.

"Oh c'mon now, don't exaggerate."

"Mila, it can happen!"

"What if we try to reason with her? Maybe she'll understand that what she's doing is wrong."

Zack started to have a serious look at this.

"You think I haven't tried? I did so when I met her yesterday, but no! She's freaking crazy!"

A sudden and familiar voice interrupted the two and after hearing it, Zack widened his eyes in shock same for Mila.

"Zack!"

The two stood up and just after turning around, they saw Niki standing right in front of the two with a glare. Mila just didn't know what to say now as her heart started to beat fast.

"Oh Jesus! Niki!" Zack exclaimed.

However, Niki started to have a small sad look as she looked somewhere else, giving the impression that she was feeling ashamed.

"I'm sorry, Zack...we can't be together anymore...you can't have me..."

That made him feel relieved as this kinda meant to him that the only reason why she was strange the other day was only because she was just stressed about something else.

"Oh so, you just wanted to apologize? I see. Well, that's ok, Niki. I accept your apology."

Zack's hopes were up after he noticed his ex-girlfriend starting to glare again at him and he started to sweat nervously once more.

"It must be easy for you. Thinking of me as being crazy it must help!" She said.

"No no! Look, I-I'm sorry. It's just...you were just doing some crazy things! Like taking those pills, or 'staking' me like you did a few seconds ago. And to think I actually thought I was the crazy one."

Niki gritted her teeth in anger as she narrowed her eyes.

"You're not crazy, Zack. You're simply selfish! You don't care about anyone except yourself! You just talk and harass people especially women and you ignore them! You think this is all a game to you, right?" She coldly said.

Now Mila starts to get angry as she did not take lightly what Niki has just said to Zack.

"I think you don't know Zack that well, do you?! Because I've been together with him for a while and so far, he never acted like he didn't care about me! He saved me from troubles once and even helped me in realizing one of my main dreams! Oh and if you do not know, he even saved his boss from committing suicide! Who are you to say that he is selfish, huh?!" Mila said angrily.

"Mila, wait I-" Zack said before stopping after Niki interrupted.

"Oh really!?" Niki said before showing a knife in her hand.

This shocked both Zack and Mila and anyone that were close to them started to shout in panic and someone was already starting to call 911.

"What do you intend to do with that!?" Zack asked in a shocked way as he pointed his index finger at the knife.

Niki was slowly walking towards them.

"If you still love me...you would come with me again…!" She said.

Zack sighed in a stressed way at this point.

"I don't love you anymore for fuck's sake! But still, I don't want you to behave like this! If I'm the reason why you became this sick in your mind...then I'M SORRY! Please!" He said while showing a pleading look.

However, Niki had now her eyes focused on Mila who was looking at her confused and still shocked.

"Wha-"

"You are the reason why I'm suffering even more than NOW! Only watching you bleed...WILL MAKE ME FEEL BETTER!" Niki said before dashing towards Mila.

Zack wasted no time in immediately step in and shield Mila while yelling at the same time.

"NIKI! WHAT ARE YOU-ARGH!"

He gets slightly cut in his right hip by the knife and fell to the ground as well as groaning and covering the wound that was starting to bleed. Mila had no time in screaming Zack's name as she got tackled to the ground by Niki. She held Niki's arms to prevent her to stab her. Niki shook violently and fought like a wild animal and her knife got closer to Mila's throat, but then Zack rammed Niki on the ground, hitting her away from Mila and pinned her down on the grass, by grabbing her arms and being close to her face. He looked at her in a pleading way and spoke like if he was about to cry.

"Niki... I beg you... if you really still love me... then stop this and leave Mila alone... I am really sorry for treating you like nothing when we were together... I was just blinded by my pride and ambition to become the richest guy in the world. And in the process... I hurt your feelings... please, stop and give me the knife..." He said.

Niki felt tears in her eyes upon hearing that, but then she closed them and shook her head while growling in anger as well as screaming.

"...ZACK!" She yelled before kicking right in the wounded hip, making him yell in pain and fall down.

"I won't fall for that anymore! I've had enough of you, now!"

Niki was then about to stab him, but the cops soon arrived and interrupted her by grabbing her and knocking her down. Afterwards They took her away in the car. Mila quickly ran to Zack and was shocked to see him bleeding from his hip. She quickly took off her red-shirt, wrapped it tightly around his hip, making the bleeding stop before picking her cellphone to call an ambulance. After that, she held him while waiting for the ambulance to come. She stroked his bald head before kissing it while having a very worried look.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine." Mila said in attempted to reassure him.

Zack was feeling weak while he was panting hard before he closed his eyes and fell unconsciousness.