A/N: Can I just say I had so much fun writing this chapter. thank you to my sister for helping with this concept. And as alway if you liked this please leave a comment.
Unfortunately, the next day was Sunday and Addison had an emergency cheer practice that Bucky had called the day before. So that meant she had to leave Zed. When she walked into her dorm room it was empty. Bree was either already on the practice field or she was still on her way home from her parents' house. That suited Addison just fine. She really didn't feel like sharing what she and Zed had done the night before with anyone.
She wanted it to be a secret between the two of them for as long as she could. As far as she knew, only Bonzo had known, because he lived in the other bedroom. But it wasn't like he could tell anyone she knew, since he mostly only spoke Zombie. Eliza and Bree both knew that they were an official couple but she also knew that they weren't ones to make gossip, so she wasn't worried about them telling anyone.
Addison's phone had died the night before and she plugged it in while she got ready to meet her cheer team. Bucky wanted them to be in full uniform, makeup and hair every time they met so they would always be represented as a fully put together team. Even if no one else would see them.
She walked around her space gathering her things and as her phone came alive she listened to its pings of missed calls and text messages. Not good. She stopped to check them and realized they were mostly from her parents.
They had called several times and texted many messages asking what was she doing and why wouldn't she answer. Quickly she dialed her mother's number as she dashed from her room and headed to practice.
"Addison, where have you been? I've been so worried?" This wasn't her mother's worried voice. She knew better. This was her, I'm pissed at you but I don't want you to know it yet voice.
"I'm so sorry. I left my phone in my room and I was in the library studying with a group of people from my biology class. It died and I was too tired to charge it when I got back in." There weren't many times she had lied in her life, so luckily her mother always seemed to believe her.
"Well Addison I'm a little disappointed because I thought you were coming home for the weekend. I thought we discussed that once a month you would come home and stay." Crap that's right. She did remember discussing that. One of the many stipulations of getting to stay on campus her parents had given her.
"I'm sorry mom. I really am. I'm just still getting used to school and I think I bit off more than I could chew with my classes."
"It's ok." She sighed a breath of relief. "But I expect you home next weekend. Next Friday after the game you'll come home for a visit." Addison agreed, thankful that her mother didn't pry more into what she had going on. "And make sure to have something nice to wear Saturday night. We have a dinner date with Chet Singleton and his son, Chad."
Addison cringed at the thought of a Chad being in her home, but knew that Mr. Singleton was her dad's best friend and there would be no getting out of this one. Maybe she could come down with the flu before then.
Bucky rode them hard at his emergency practice. He said that after fridays firework debacle they would need to come back with some fresh new moves so that people would have a reason to show up again. He also said he talked with several University heads about banning zombies from the area surrounding the field. So there went Addison's chances of having Zed coming to see her at games again.
After four hours of practice, she was tired and sore and just wanted to go back to sleep, preferably curled up with Zed again like the night before, but knew she couldn't. She had a paper due the next day and didn't have a single word written.
"Wow Bucky is really hot on all our cases isn't he?" Bree mentioned as they walked back to their room together.
"How do you mean?" Addison asked.
"He wants us out here every single night until Friday. Didn't you hear him?"
No, Addison hadn't heard him. Her mind was on other things. This was worse news than having to go home this weekend. This meant she most likely wouldn't see Zed at all for the next week. He was two years older and thus two years ahead of her. Which meant he was past his basics, having completed them at the zombie community college, and he had career classes on the other side of campus. At least they could text and call and possibly FaceTime when Bree wasn't around.
She spent the rest of the afternoon and well into the evening sitting in bed with her laptop on her knees, studiously typing away at her paper. When it was completed, it wasn't the best work she knew she could do, but it was what the professor was going to get. Now it was time to give Zed the bad news.
I've got cheer practice everyday until dark this week. Buckys got us learning two new routines before Friday.
Yeah, I had a feeling that would happen after last Friday.
That means I won't get to see you.?
Sure you can.
How?
Zed answered by sending her a pic of him. He was lying in his bed, shirtless she noticed, and giving her little smirk. Addison peaked across the little divider wall between her and Bree's side of the room. When she saw Bree asleep, she sank herself down to snuggle with her covers.
Well hello. She replied as a throwback to when they had first met in the library. She snapped a pic if herself and sent it as well.
I see your still wearing my shirt.
I think I might have to sleep in it every night. If that's ok. Unless you need it back.
Hell no. It looks way better on you than it ever did on me.
Somehow I doubt that. What are you doing now anyway?
Oh you know what? I was just thinking of this really hot girl I had over last night.
Oh yeah. What were you thinking?
Do you really want to know?
Yes.
Really really want to know?
Omg. Yes Zed.
I was thinking of when the next time I could get my mouth on her delicious pussy was.
Addison about dropped her phone. How should she respond? Surely he can't be serious. But he was a guy after all and she had heard they only ever think of one thing. But still she had to test the waters.
It couldn't have been that good. His response was to send her another pic. This time it was of his hard dick with his hand wrapped around it.
Oh my god, she thought, my first dick pic. How should she respond. She thought for a minute but knew she had to respond before he thought she forgot about him.
Oh my. How can I help!?. Was all she could muster up.
You don't have to do anything Addison. Just say that the next we meet I get to taste you again.
I'll let you taste every last drop.
She fell asleep that night with Zed on her mind and all the naughty things he was promising to do to her. She had completely forgotten to tell him about having to go home over the weekend and was dreading having to send him that text the next morning. He was probably excited thinking that she would be staying over again.
She sent him the text and although he was disappointed, he understood. He made her promise they would facetime every night after her practices were over so he could feel like he was walking her home. They had started out as friends and turned into crushes. Once they met in person again for the first time, it was over and it seemed they couldn't get enough of each other. Addison couldn't believe that in one month of being in college she had already experienced so many new things.
The week passed by in a blur. Classes during the day and cheer practices every night for hours were starting to wear her down. Luckily Bucky let them off a little early on Thursday so they could be well rested for Friday night's game. It too came and passed and true to Bucky's word and Addison's dismay, it was zombie free. But what it wasn't free of, was her parents. They had decided to come to the game and then her father suggested he just drive her home with them.
Her mother stayed on her case the rest of the night and the next day. She never even had a chance to call Zed that night.
The next day she managed a few texts here and there, but nothing more than some, I miss you and WYDs. "Addison." She her heard her mom call up the stairs to her room. "The Singletons are going to be here any moment, please come down to greet them at the door." She replied with an ok but waited before exiting her room. She grabbed her phone and concealed it in a hidden pocket on the side of her pleated pink dress, but not before she snapped a pic of herself all done up for Zed. He replied with a "Delicious...I mean gorgeous." She giggled and made her way down to the front entryway to wait for their guests.
Seabrook's residents were nothing if not formal and always on time. At 6 o'clock on the dot, the doorbell rang, and Dale lunged from his spot to open it. "Hello Chet, come on in." He moved to the side to hold the door open and shook Chet's hand at the same time. Chad followed through after and also shook Dale's hand.
"Nice to see you Dale, Missy, Addison." Chet greeted nodding to each of them. Addison smiled her best Seabrook smile and greeted him back. The adults walked off and into the kitchen and left Addison and Chad standing in the foyer.
"You uh… you look nice." He stammered.
"Thank you. You as well." She replied politely. She gestured for him to follow their parents into the kitchen and the second his back was turned she dropped her façade, happy to have the stupid fake smile gone from her face.
She took the time to look Chad over. He was so much different from Zed. Chad was also tall, but he wasn't as lean. He had the typical football player physique and blonde hair that was perfectly styled to the side. A seafoam green polo shirt, khaki pants and brown loafers made up his attire and was accessorized with a matching brown belt and a pink sweater tied around his shoulders. It wasn't even cold outside. Maybe in another life or maybe if she were still in high school she would have swooned but not now. Not since meeting the zombies.
Her mother was pulling the turkey out of the oven and she helped to set the table before taking her seat across from Chad. Her father announced he would say the blessing and they all looked down and into their laps respectfully. Addison pullemd her phone out of her hidden pocket and checked her messages. Thankfully her father was always long winded when it came to blessings. She perked when she saw a message from her boyfriend.
How's it going in stepford land?
Typical Seabrook. That's all she could manage before she heard the Amen and looked back up at everyone.
The conversation went as she expected. Her father and Mr. Singleton were discussing new equipment for the Zombie Patrols and new protocols that were to follow.
"Have you heard of the Zombie Insurance I'm trying to pass," said Missy. "Just in case one of those dead eyed freaks tries to get a taste of someone's face." Every word from her mother's mouth about a zombie eating a human was just ticking her off. She literally had a zombie eating her the other day and it was fan-fucking-tastic.
"Actually.." she began. "I go to school with zombies and they really aren't all that bad..." she trailed off when she realized that the others were staring at her hard.
"Addison, need I remind you. One of them tried to eat your grandfather. May he Rest In Peace!"
"It was only a small bite from the tip of his ear, and also mom, he's not dead. Pop Pop is only only 75."
"But he lives on the Zombietown border and he needs the rest Addison."
Addison sighed and kept her mouth shut on the issue for the rest of the night. Trying to talk her parents into liking zombies was a moot point. They would never come around. She would have better luck trying to convince a broom.
"So you go to school with them?" asked Chad quietly.
"Yes." she answered
"That's cool. Have they tried to you know…" He looked at his parents before answering and lowering his voice even more. "Tried to eat you?"
"No." She deadpanned. "In fact, they have been nothing but nice to me." she whispered back. Thinking of how literally every zombie she met was infinitely cooler and nicer than anyone in Seabrook.
"That's cool. We don't get a lot of news about that over at Seaville U. Go Beavers!" That's right, Addison thought to herself. Chad lived in the next town over and went to a different school and just had to throw out his school motto.
"Addison." Her mother said, getting her attention. "I'll clean up diner, why don't you and Chad go to town and grab some ice cream for dessert?" Addison smiled and nodded her head. Why did her mom have to be such a drag? She was only replying to Chad to be polite and her mother must have thought they were flirting because of the whispering. "Go ahead and grab a sweater dear. That dress is a little low cut."
First of all, it was hot outside! How many times did she have to scream that in her head? And second, her dress was a boat neck. It literally came up and covered everything! "Ok mother." was the correct reply. She wanted nothing more than to crawl into bed and try her hand at sexting Zed again.
She grabbed her sweater but she threw it over her arm to carry it. She would take it but she didn't have to wear it. Chad offered to drive them to the ice cream shop and Addison was grateful. That meant she was free to text Zed as they drove.
Chad was one of those careful drivers that kept his hands at 10 and 2 and never took his eyes off the road and he was completely oblivious when Addison snapped a photo of him to send to Zed.
What a fucking loser. He replied. He looks so lame. How have you not died of boredom yet?
I'm almost there. I really wish you could save me from this nightmare date my mom is trying to turn this into.
If he replied, she didn't get to see it. They had arrived and he was rushing out of his side of the car to open her door. She purposefully opened her door and got herself out. She was not about to give him anything to make him think she actually liked him. She made her way in and took her seat by the window and he followed suit, sitting across from her.
"What are you gonna get Chad?" she pointed to the sign in front of them. "They have vanilla ...vanilla…oh look...double vanilla."
"I'm going to stick with vanilla. I think double vanilla is going just a little too far." Addison was giving herself a headache trying to not roll her eyes at every little thing he talked about.
"A full eight hours of sleep is what the body needs. You have to think about self-care before anything else." God he was lame. She ate her ice cream and only talked when she needed to. He didn't seem to notice how totally uninterested in him she was. She was definitely having a talk with her mother about this when she got back to the house.
Chad was in the middle of telling her how he had saved a kitten from a tree the other day when the lights in the ice cream shop suddenly started to flicker. She turned to scan the room and didn't see anything amiss. It must have been faulty wiring. But a sound from outside and thump on the window made her turn to see what it was.
The shop exploded in screams. Zombies. They were pressed up against the windows of the shop dragging their hands across the glass and all of them making gurgling noises. Well, she was wishing Zed would save her and he did not disappoint. She made a mental note to compliment them on their makeup as they all looked as if their skin was rotting off and oozing in some places. Zed was pressed right up against the glass next to her with his tongue out, licking the glass. He smiled and gave her a wink before he started licking the glass again, giving her a suggestive eyebrow wiggle to finish it off.
She didn't recognize some of the zombies. But she could see Eliza snarling at an elderly lady and Bonzo who was jumping up and down chanting Brains over and over again. It all happened so quickly. The zombies showed up and Chad leapt from his chair. He rushed past her, heading to the back of the store, but not before he knocked Addison out of the way. She fell from her chair and hit her head against the cold tile floor.
But there he was, her knight in rotting dead armor. Zed had rushed into the shop and was helping her sit up. "Take it easy now." he said gently. She winced as he picked her up to a standing position. "Are you ready to get the fuck out of here?"
"God yes!"
