~Author's Note~

Like I said, I've been writing, but it's been mostly over on tumblr because I suck. I'm thinking I'm going to bring some of those stories over here so that everyone's caught up on both sides? I don't know, I have a lot of ideas, some prompts on here and in my ask box over there, so honestly, who knows what will end up happening. I'm so unpredictable...

If you're interested in something a little more...mature...there was a secret Santa exchange over on tumblr for zombies that just finished up Christmas week, so I do have a separate zeddison one-shot posted if anyone's interested in that (title: suddenly the sky erupts) so feel free to check that out if you'd like!

Thank you guys for the reviews, hopefully everyone enjoys this one, and JustThatGirl, so glad you're still around! When I saw your review I literally couldn't stop smiling because I totally thought I'd never see you again since it's been so long since the last update! :)

Prompt:
Addison's New Necklace
Notes:
None.

Genre: Romance
Rating: G

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16
At Peace

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She finds herself staring in the mirror, running her finger over the purple rock hanging from around her neck.

Its not heavy, in fact it weighs less than a stack of homework from her math teacher, and it hasn't glowed again.

It had only glowed once, when Wyatt had plucked it from their cave, handing it over to her with a sly smile that was almost caring, but mostly devious. She hadn't noticed, too enthralled by the light emitting from the stone, Willa and Wynter watching a few steps away, their arms crossed, shoulders touching.

Their expressions were unreadable as Wyatt had taken a step towards Addison, offering her a silver chain; she had no idea where the chain came from.

She had nodded anyway and turned, allowing him to fasten the rock to the chain before bringing it around her neck. As soon as the rock had touched her skin, her heart had thumped faster, and her skin had grown warmer.

Wyatt was smiling when she had turned back around with one hand touching the rock, and it was like he knew something she didn't. "Welcome to the pack, Addy," he had whispered, and something inside of her finally clicked into place.

"Ads? You in here?"

She jumps and whips around, her hand quickly falling to her side.

Zed smiles wide when he sees her. His eyes immediately go to the new rock around her neck as he approaches and his brows furrow as he lifts a hand up and runs a thumb down the middle of the smooth stone.

"Where did this come from?" He asks, his hand sliding down to intertwine their fingers.

"Um, my-my mom found it, up in the attic."

She doesn't think he'll buy it, because he knows her too well, can stop her from lying before the lie's even tumbling from her lips. But he must be distracted or have something else on his mind because he just shrugs and lifts his other hand up to brush away a strand of white hair from her forehead.

Smiles.

It's that smile he only uses with her, the one that makes her feel all giddy and like there's a billion butterflies swarming in her stomach, fluttering all at once.

It's the one that usually makes her heart stutter and skip a beat, but right now all it's doing is making her heart ache. She just lied right to his face and even after, oblivious to the lie or not, the love he has for her is staggering.

It's always staggering.

"Good find," he says, bringing her closer, "I think it's very pretty," he pauses, seems to debate what his next words will be. He looks nervous and confident all at once and then blurts the words out.

"Just like you."

She giggles—of course she does, gosh, she sounds like a lovestruck teenager—and his smile grows larger.

The rock seems to hum over her chest and as a warm feeling spreads throughout her skin, like it had earlier, Zed breaks the moment between them by clearing his throat. If he wasn't a zombie, she's sure his cheeks would be on fire.

"Uh, Bucky sent me in here to find you. Practice is starting," he chuckles, more to himself than her. "Guess you're gonna be a little later than usual."

Addison smiles, "I don't mind."

Zed swears he's never going to stop smiling as he finally tugs at her hand and they both exit the locker room, and if the stone around Addison's neck glows just once as they head back to the gymnasium, a flash that she's barely able to catch out of the corner of her eye, it only reminds her of the feeling she had back in the werewolves' cave, and how she feels like everything clicks into place when Zed's beside her, holding her hand, and that's a feeling stronger than any other.