SHOUT OUTS/ANSWERS

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DISCLAIMER

Belongs to NBC. I only own the plot. I'm not sure if some of the information I have here is accurate, so if it's not, I apologize. I use part of my fic "What Slater Heard" as a flashback and there's a reference to "Beauty and the Screech".

The next morning, Zack woke up to sunlight streaming in his face. Wait a minute sunlight? It shouldn't be in his face. With a moan, he put a hand in front of his face. What time is it? he wondered, stretching to get the kinks out of his body from sleeping on the couch. He glanced at the clock on the coffee table: eight-thirty.

"Oh, shoot! I'm late!" he exclaimed, sitting straight up. He jumped up and frantically began running around the room, grabbing his backpack. As he did so, a small piece of paper fell to the ground. Curious, he picked it up.

"Zack, since you went through so much last night with talking to the police and explaining to me what's been going on, I cleared it with Mr. Belding so that you'd have today off. Get lots of rest, love you, Mom," he read. He let out a soft smile. So…he didn't have to go to school today. That was kind of cool, though he wished it was under better circumstances. Meanwhile, at Bayside High, the others were talking in the halls.

"Hey, uh, where's Zack?" Slater wondered.

"Oh, he's not feeling very well, today. Some kind of bug," Jessie lied.

"Gee, I hope it's nothing serious," Screech commented.

"Oh, I doubt it. Knowing Zack, it'll only last twenty-four hours. After all, we do have a history test today," Kelly commented. She and Jessie forced out a laugh, and Screech and Slater laughed heartily. Just then, Lisa came up.

"Hey, Lisa," Slater greeted. She didn't answer. "What's wrong?' he asked.

"I was helping out at the hospital last night, and one of the doctors got called out to do a rape kit," Lisa told them.

"Oh, how awful," Slater said.

"Yeah, that's terrible," Jessie added. I wonder if that was for Zack, she thought.

"Hey, you think that has anything to do with Morris bein' absent today? You think the rape kit was for him?" Slater wondered.

"That's…quite a leap," Kelly stated nervously.

"No, no, no. Stay with me," Slater requested. "Just think about it: he never wants Belding to meet with his father, whenever he talks about his father, there's a hostility, and---" Slater stopped, as something inside his mind clicked.

"Come on, Zacky. Can't you stay a while?" he heard a man plead.

"No, I can't. I told you: I'm going to a concert," Zack responded.

"It's one concert. I'd really like you to stay home," Mr. Morris stated.

"Dad, don't start this tonight. Please," Zack emphasized firmly. Morris? Slater thought to himself. What was going on?

"Don't you take that tone with me, boy," Mr. Morris warned.

"Back off!" Zack shouted. Then, the door opened to reveal the blond-haired boy.

"I don't believe it," Slater said.

"What?" Screech and the girls asked together.

"I, uh, I think I may have heard Mr. Morris making a move on Zack," Slater responded.

"What are you talking about?" Kelly wondered.

"It was when he and I went to the George Michael concert because you were feeling down about Screech. I walked up, and I heard them arguing. Mr. Morris really wanted Zack to stay home, and Zack told him not to start anything. Then, I heard him yell "Back off!" and he came out," Slater told them.

"And you never told anyone?" Kelly questioned.

"Well, at the time, we weren't really friends, and I had forgotten all about it until now," Slater answered.

"That doesn't really prove anything," Kelly stated unconvincingly stated.

"I don't know. What Slater says makes sense. I mean, Zack and his dad have had this on and off again strained relationship. It makes perfect sense," Lisa agreed.

"Wow. Poor Zack," Screech said. Everyone voiced their agreement.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I realize that a doctor or nurse going out to perform a rape kit is a sensitive topic, and would be kept a secret due to privacy issues, but I just couldn't see Lisa keeping it a secret.