October came and was almost gone which meant the air in Seabrook was turning crisp. The residents of the city traded lawn mowers and sprinklers for rakes and bags of leaves. Zed had been telling Addison about his little sister since they first started texting and with it being Halloween, she was excited to be meeting Zoey. She mentioned to Zed how even though everything seemed to scare the people of Seabrook, they still dressed up and trick or treated. Something a zombie child had never been allowed to do before now.

Addison was with Zed at his father's house. They were getting ready with their costumes to take little Zoey out for Halloween. Zoey wanted to be a cheerleader, which was something Addison was happy to help with. She had even brought one of her old cheer uniforms from her childhood for Zoey to have. She was putting the finishing touches on Zoey's hair when Zed walked into the room.

"Oh my goodness Z. You look so...so…" she couldn't think of the right word.

"Lame." Finished Zoey. "You look lame."

Addison giggled. "So that's why you wanted to borrow my makeup. And is that… hair dye?" Zed looked just as Zoey had said. Lame. His costume of choice… khaki pants, a polo and a sweater tied around his shoulders, AKA, the Chad Singleton look. He had used Addison's makeup to turn his skin a lively flesh color and sprayed this hair brown. He had on an outfit similar to the one Chad was wearing that night he saved Addison from the ice cream place.

"I think I pull it off pretty well." He tugged at the sweater around his shoulders, rearranging it to fit more comfortably. "And look at you two. Zombie cheerleaders! Very cute zombie cheerleaders."

Addison had in fact done her own makeup to make herself look like a zombie. She didn't die her hair however, choosing to wear a green wig instead. Zeds father took that moment to pop his head into the room. "Hey, Zed. Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure pop." He said walking into the hallway. Addison turned back to Zoey help her fluff the pom poms she had brought for her. Zed had closed the door a little but Addison could still hear bits and pieces.

"... worried son"

"There's nothing ….. about."

"...trouble…."

She finished what she was doing and tried to nonchalantly walk closer to the cracked door to subtly eavesdrop.

"Pop I promise Addy is cool. She's not like other humans."

"She seems nice Zed, but it's not her I'm worried about. It's the rest of Seabrook. Humans can be mean. They're the real monsters."

"I can take care of myself."

"Zoey can't."

Addison walked away from the door and knelt next to Zoey who was playing with something on the floor. Zed came in a moment later and she could see a flicker of a different emotion on his face before he cracked into a wide smile. "Are y'all ready to go?"

"Yes yes yes!" Zoey screamed, throwing her Pom Poms into the air.

Trick or treating had never been something Addison was into but Zed certainly made things more interesting. He did such a good job with his makeup that practically every house they went up to asked him why he didn't dress up with the others. Of course he would say things like, "That's a little much for me." or "I just couldn't possibly." Little did they know, he was laughing his ass off after every encounter. Zoey was wracking up on the treats while Zed wracked up on the tricks.

The night was coming to an end and it was time to be heading back to Zombietown with Zoey. Making their way down the last street of the night, they ran into the last people Addison wanted to see that day. Her parents. She had intentionally skipped her street in order to miss them but it looked as though they decided to be out and about. Her father was wearing his zombie patrol badge and her mother looked as if she was caring pamphlets of some sort.

"Addison, dear, whatever are you doing out? And who is this handsome young man?" she said referring to Zed. Addison stuttered for a second, unsure how to tell her that this was her boyfriend.

"Hi, I'm...Zack." Zed said slowly rolling the name off of his tongue. Obviously thinking it up on the spot. "Zack Miller. Nice to meet you." He politely shook both her parents hands and put his best Seabrook smile.

"How do you know our daughter Zack?" Asked Dale.

"Well Sir, we go to the same school. We met in the library actually and you know it was the darndest thing, we both reached for the same book. Right from the start she caught my eye, and it was like something inside me came to life." He turned to look into Addison's blue eyes and she could tell in that moment he was being sincere.

Missy put her hand over her chest and gave Zed a swoony look. "My well that's just… something. You seem like such a nice young man and I must say, impeccably dressed." She said giving him a once over. Zed had managed to hide his Z band behind his back and they were none the wiser.

"We will have to have you over for dinner sometime son." Dale clapped him on the back before he turned to Addison. "I'm a little disappointed in you however Addison. Your costume of choice… a zombie cheerleader. I would think a regular cheerleader would have been more appropriate."

"Well Ze.. I mean Zack's little sister Zoey here really wanted to be a cheerleader..a zombie cheerleader. And I was just thinking it would be fun to match her. You know, make it seem like we were a team." Neither Missy nor Dale said anything else on the matter, just shook their heads in disappointment.

"Well if you see any real zombies out tonight, make sure to take cover. There's only so much area I can cover with my patrols. We all heard about what they did at the ice cream shop." stated Dale.

"Oh," spoke Missy turning to Zed "That reminds me, have you heard of the new Zombie Insurance we are selling to the residents of Seabrook. It ensures should a zombie attack and bite, that all your medical bills will be covered and the zombie will be transported away for good."

"What happens to the zombies that are taken away?" Asked Zoey, peeking out from behind Zed's legs.

Missy crouched down to her level. "Well, that we're not sure of. But I can promise those disgusting creatures will all be gone one day. And you will never have to worry ever again."

"Yes that's right." Dale said crouching down too, "Pretty soon, those vile zombies will all go bye bye and we can all get back to a time when zombies didn't walk the earth." He spewed the word zombie from his tongue like he was vomiting old shrimp.

Zoey moved to hide back behind Zed's legs once more. "Ok, Mom, Dad.." Addison said looking between the two of them. "It's getting pretty late and we have to get Zoey home for school tomorrow."

"Oh of course, just think about the zombie insurance, it's a good investment. I mean what would happen if one of those dead eyed freaks bit one of your faces off. I can't even imagine." Missy winked at Zed. He gave her smile and a head nod before turning and picking up Zoey to head home.

Addison was fuming the second they turned around. Her parents literally just told two zombies to their faces that they were disgusting, vile and unwanted. Not even suited to walk the earth with the rest of the humans. "I wish I didn't live here anymore." She murmured. Zed was quiet for a beat before speaking.

"Someday, I'm going to take the two of you away from all this. We could go somewhere where we could be ordinary." Addison looked over to see that Zoey had her head tucked into Zed's shoulder and she was weeping silent tears. Her heart was breaking.

"I'd love that Zed." She reached for his hand that wasn't holding onto Zoey and locked her fingers with his. They were quiet for the rest of the walk home. No one said anything to Zed's father about what her parents did. He was already reluctant about letting Zoey out in the first place, there was no reason to worry him further.

The next weekend Addison had to go home for her once a month visit to her parents house. This was the third time and she was trying to figure out how to get out of it. She had become accustomed to staying with Zed on nights she didn't have school and wanted nothing more than to be in his bed at that moment, with his mouth ravishing her most intimate of places.

She had the customary dinner with her parents and they were grilling her about when 'Zack' would be joining them. After telling them for the fiftieth time that he was far too busy she managed to get away from them and made a swift exit to her bedroom. After taking a hasty shower, she grabbed her phone and immediately called Zed.

"Hello Delicious." He answered. She giggled at the name he had started calling her. "How was dinner with the rents?"

"It couldn't have been anymore awkward. They would not stop asking when they could meet Zack."

"Umm.. how about never."

"I keep telling them that."

"I really don't want to talk about your parents. They're a mood killer. What are you doing anyways?"

"If you must know. I just got out the shower."

"Mmmm." Zed purred into the phone. "That sounds sexy."

"I don't know if it's sexy, but it was relaxing."

"If you're naked and touching yourself then trust me, it's sexy."

Addison giggled. "It wasn't even like that. What are you doing?" She asked him.

"I was just about to catch up on some studying, but now all I can think about is you in the shower."

"What is there really to think about?" she asked him. He was quiet for a moment before answering.

"Well…there's the fact that you're naked. You probably ran your hands across your stomach and down your thighs." He grew quiet once more before speaking again, slowly. "Then you slowly dragged them back up again. You probably ran them across your chest and…"he trailed off.

"Oh my, Zed, is this turning you on?"

He drug the word out, "Maaybe. How can it not? I'm a man with needs."

"I can't believe you Zed." She paused and really thought about it. There was that one time they had sexted and there were other times he would talk dirty to her while they were making out.

"Actually yes I can." She said. He chuckled into the phone which caused him to sound a little like he was growling, or maybe he was. Either way, it was a sound that immediately turned her on. She was starting to get a little concerned with herself. Every time that his zombie got the better of him, his eyes would go dark and his voice got deeper and raspier, and something in her would just flip.

"So what else do you think about me being naked?" She was desperate to hear dark Zed and when he didn't answer right away she continued on. "Are you gonna think about how when I had my hands on my thighs, I imagined that they were yours?" she was talking slowly just as he had earlier. "Maybe I ran my hands up between my thighs." She wasn't sure how to have phone sex, but she was pretty sure she was initiating it. She could hear him breathing shallowly into the phone. "I touched myself Zed."

He let out a deep breathy moan, which only led her to continue on. "Should I touch myself now?" This got him to talk.

"God yes!" he growled. She snuggled down into the blankets more, glancing to make sure she did indeed lock her door, and she slid her hand between her thighs to lightly stroke herself over her panties.

"Are you touching yourself?" She asked him.

"Uh huh" was all he could manage with a shaky breath. He did in fact have his hand tightly wrapped around his cock. She had no idea what she was doing to him. He had hoped that in the months since meeting her, his hormones would have chilled out, but it seemed that they just got worse and worse. Every time he had a taste of her or she had her lips wrapped around him, he felt alive. Like his heart was racing and his blood was pumping. Just like a normal humans would. He was addicted to the rush.

"God Addison… You have no idea what you do to me, no idea what I want to do to you." he growled.

"Tell me." her breath hitched.

"First I want to lay you down and taste every inch of your sweet body. I want to suck those perfect pink nipples between my teeth." His hand stroked a little slower, already feeling himself coming to an end. This had to last longer. He would not come before she did. "Ah, Zed." She moaned into the phone.

"Please tell me your fingers are doing what I wish mine were right now." he whined.

"Yes Zed."

"Then I want to take your pussy into my mouth and ravish you until you're just at the point of coming and then…" he had to stop stroking himself all together and take a few deep breaths. She had to catch up to him.

"Please Zed, tell me, I'm so close." Thank god he thought. He took himself back into his hand and pulled a little faster. "Do you really want to know Addison?" He wasn't sure if she was even ready for this yet. He damn sure was, but he never pushed her and she never asked. He didn't wait for her to respond.

"And then I want to completely take you over. I want to feel that warm wet pussy wrapped around my cock. I want to fuck you Addison. So badly." He said sounding a little desperate for a release. He heard her on the other side let out a squeaky little moan and he knew he got her. He could picture her, lying in her bed, the sheets wrapped around her legs and her fingers between her thighs, her head thrown back in ecstasy. That did it for him. He came harder than he did the first time she sucked him off. His breathing was so harsh he barely heard the whispers coming from the other line.

"I want to Zed. I'm ready."