Soo, here's the final chapter! I'm so grateful for all the reviews and support from you guys! Agh, I just love you all!
So, since this is the final chapter, I just want to say thanks for reading this all the way through.
Looooooove,
Melody.
 Chapter 10 – We're Going To Be Okay

No One But You

From the bathroom, Zac heard Vanessa giggle and his 'love-confession' being played repeatedly. He walked into his bedroom where Vanessa was lying with his laptop on the bed.

"You're so cute when you blush!" she exclaimed.
"I didn't blush!" he defended himself.
"Yes, you did! See yourself!" she said and turned the laptop-screen towards him for him to see.
Uhh, you know, I think in that environment, and what we were doing at that time of our lives, it probably.... I think it most definitely was.

"See!" Vanessa giggled. "And you make your voice softer too. How adorable!"
Zac pouted. "You're laughing at me."
"No, I'm laughing with you…" she told him. "Only you're not laughing."
"You're making fun of me, Nessa."
"Okay, fine, maybe just a little bit. But I do think it's cute!"
"I don't want to be cute. I want to be cool, and tough, and handsome!" Zac told her.
"Like Daniel Craig?"
"Nessa…"
"No, Zac. I'm kidding. You're much hotter than him. Trust me."
Zac grinned, pleased. "And you're hot too. But you don't need me to tell you that, obviously," he said, referring to her Choice Female Hottie – award in 2008.
"Oh ha-ha," Vanessa laughed sarcastically. "You know that I only care about what you think."
"Well, I think you're beautiful," he said, smiling adorably.
She returned the smile. "Thanks."

"Wait, what's this?" Zac asked, and their attention was drawn to the screen again.
"What?" Vanessa asked.
"This." Zac pointed at one of the featuring videos. 'Vanessa wrote Zac's name on her hand!!'
"I did?" Vanessa frowned.
Zac clicked on the video and played it.
'This picture was taken in January. Isn't it just the cutest? The girl loves him! Zanessa forever!' The one who made the video had written, before the picture finally came.
It was Vanessa leaving a studio in January. Both of them stared at the laptop screen, confused. Then another picture came up and it was zoomed in on Vanessa's hand.
3 Z.E it was written.
"Oh my God!" Vanessa exclaimed. "I so totally forgot about that! I can't believe they even discovered that!"
"Well," Zac smiled. "This time you were being cute."
"Oh, ha-ha, Zaccy. We both know I wasn't the one writing that!"
"But you did draw the heart. And besides, you've always wantedto write my initials on your hand."
"Yeah, sure."

Flashback:
Zac woke up on one of his days off. He smiled, remembering that Vanessa had spent the night, but surprisingly, she wasn't lying on his chest, in his arms or in the bed at all.
He got up, wearing nothing but his boxers, and checked the living room and the kitchen for his girlfriend, but she was not there.
So he walked back into his bedroom and into the bathroom where he found her doing her make-up in front of the mirror.
"Well well. Look who's up!" she said playfully, turning around.
"Good morning to you too, beautiful," he said, stepping closer to her.
She smiled. "Well, it's technically not morning anymore."
He laughed. "Come here," he said and pulled her into a tight hug.
"So if you don't mind me asking, why have you written your initials on all your mascaras?" he asked.
"Because otherwise, Ashley claims they're hers!"
Zac laughed. "Your handwriting looks kind of like mine."
"No, it doesn't."
"Yes, it does."
"Nuh-uh. You can't write like me!" she told him.
"Of course I can!"
"Prove it!"
He grabbed her eyeliner and took her hand. Vanessa looked at what he was writing. Z.E.
"You're right. That does kind of look like my handwriting!" she said.
"I know!" he grinned.
Vanessa grabbed the eyeliner from him and drew a small heart over his name.
She looked up at him, smiling, and saw that he grinned back at her.
"I love you, Baby V."
End of flashback.

Vanessa crawled in next to Zac under the covers. "Wow, I've really missed sleeping in your bed!"
Zac laughed. "Trust me, it's been really empty without you."
"Shirt off, please," Vanessa said, grinning as she laid on his pillow.
"Oh, right!" Zac sat up and took of his t-shirt.
"Yippee, Vanessa like!" she said, clapping her hands and grinning like a five year old.
Zac chuckled as he leaned down to her, keeping himself up with his arms. Vanessa let her hands glide down his chest, feeling the bumps of his abs.
As he hovered over her, Vanessa felt a cold piece of something hard on her chest, but right after, Zac's lips were on hers, and she'd forgotten everything else.
Her hands travelled to the back of his head where they dug into his perfect sandy hair.

Perfect. Yeah, good definition. How he looked at her, how he kissed her, how he touched her, all of it was just perfect. And God, she had missed it the last couple of months! He could make her do anything. She'd walk around the world for him, swim the Atlantic, or climb Mount Everest!

Zac smiled inwardly. It was going to be alright. They were going to be okay.

As Vanessa rested her head comfortably on his chest, she noticed the little hard, cold thing that had touched her chest. It was Zac's necklace.
Weird, Vanessa thought as she picked it up to look at it better. She didn't know he wore a necklace.
She studied it for a few seconds before she actually realized what it was. In black letters it was written in the silver: Kuuipo.
Vanessa felt like a stone was being lifted of her chest. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she couldn't fight them back. Even though he wasn't wearing it on his finger, he was still wearing it.

"Baby, are you crying?" he asked. He had obviously noticed that she was crying on him.
"No."
"You've always been such a bad liar! What's wrong, V? Why are you crying?" he asked, softly.
"I just…" her voice trailed off. "You know, everything I said, about Leslie Mann and other women and stuff? I really made a big deal out of it because we agreed to take them off when we didn't love each other anymore," Vanessa said, while tears rolled down her cheeks. "And then you suddenly stopped wearing it, but you kept telling me you loved me. And I got so confused, and really paranoid. And I told you that I didn't trust you, but I did trust you. I was just so afraid of losing you, Zac. And I did, and I don't want to go through that again." Vanessa rambled.

Zac sat up and pulled her into his embrace.
"I didn't tell you about the ring?" he asked, and she shook her head.
"I'm so sorry, Vanessa. I totally forgot about it. It just started to get loose, and I was scared that it would fall off. And I had this crazy theory that if I lost it, I would lose you. So I decided to put the ring in a necklace. I can't believe I forgot to tell you. Vanessa, I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay," she smiled through her tears. "It's tears of relief."
"I will never do anything to make you doubt my love for you again, Nessa, ok? You mean too much to me and I won't lose you again. I can't."
She smiled, even more relieved. They were back on track now.

Zac hugged her tightly, pulled her back to his chest and kissed the top of her head. "I love you, Vanessa."
Vanessa nodded. It was the first time she'd heard those words in more than two months.
"I love you too, Zac. So much."
He smiled. "Now try to get some sleep. It's been a long day."
Vanessa buried her head in the crook of his neck and placed one arm across his chest. Zac had both his arms wrapped around his girl. One comment came from her before they fell asleep, causing Zac a grin.
"You still smell like waffles."

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When Zac woke up the next day, he immediately thought that it had all been a dream, because she wasn't there, but when he turned around he felt the remaining warmth of her on the sheets and he could still smell her shampoo on his pillow.

He quickly got out of bed to find her, he opened the bathroom door and as he expected, she was in there, showering.
"So," Zac said as he got in front of the mirror to get ready for a new day. "How do you manage to escape every morning without me noticing it?"
"That's easy," it came from the shower. "First of all because of my skills, and second because you're such a deep sleeper."
"Tss," Zac said. "I don't sleep that deep!"
"Zac, I could turn your house into a zoo while you were sleeping, and you probably wouldn't have noticed when you got up in the morning either, not until you found an elephant in your fridge."
"That's not true!"
Vanessa pushed the shower curtains to the side and looked at him. "We both know it is, Zac."
Zac stared at her shocked, and Vanessa realized that it had been a while since he last saw her naked. She giggled. "Zachary Efron!"

He knew she had noticed that he was staring at her, but he couldn't take his eyes away. It'd been two whole months!
Hello!? He couldn't help himself.
She was so beautiful.
Vanessa let the shower curtains fall back in place and continued her shower.
"You should've seen your face!" she said, laughing a little.

Zac removed his boxers, which was the only thing he was wearing and jumped in the shower.
"ZAAAAC!" Vanessa squealed.
He grinned as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him.
"We do have some catching up to do."
Vanessa laughed as the water surrounded them both.
"I love you, Zachary."

And as Zac put his lips upon hers, they both knew that despite all the pain and hurt they'd been through the last couple of months, it had made them stronger than ever.
On top of it all, they'd got to experience the feeling of falling in love with each other all over again.
And that feeling...was worth every single tear.