-Okay, thanks to everyone that has reviewed my story, there's not many of you, but I've never gotten lots of reviews anyways, so I don't really care. This chapters song will be Sea and Sand.-

Zack was at band practice the next day when he heard things being whispered about a weekend at the beach. It seemed everyone was invited except for him. But he wanted to go, so he would. He decided to sneak out on Friday and take his mother's car. Hopefully she'd be drunk and wouldn't care.

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Zack got home from school on Friday to find that both his parents were drunk. It wasn't even happy hour yet! He tried to take all the rest of the beers out of the fridge, but his mother caught him and started screaming at him. "You get out of this house! Don't you ever come back again!" she screamed in a British accent. Then his father started ranting and raving about morality. His mother continued to scream, and Zack ran up to his room.

He grabbed a duffel bag and packed it with all the clothes he could fit, along with most of his CD's and his Walkman. He grabbed his toothbrush, toothpaste, and other necessary things like that. Then he picked up his lying V lovingly and hoisted its strap over his shoulder. He had his wallet, but there was only twenty dollars in it, so he went into his parents room and took two one hundred dollar bills that his father was going to use to buy a new rug. Too bad for him.

While in his parents room, Zack also grabbed the keys to his mom's car. Then he ran out the door. His mother kept screaming "Good riddance!" over and over. He floored the gas and then slowed down once he was on the main roads. Thank God he was out of there. But really, he should have left a long time ago. He didn't need to put up with their shit.

An hour later, he had reached the coast and checked into the hotel that he had heard the other kids whispering about. It was really nice, but he got the cheapest room he could find. When he was up in his room, he changed from Converse sneakers to a pair of sandals and walked down to the beach. There was a boardwalk right outside the hotel, so the walk took him almost no time at all.

Once he was on the beach, he saw the rest of School of Rock partying like crazy. There was a huge cooler filled with cans of beer. He went and grabbed one and started drinking. He started walking away to sit a little farther away an watch when he heard Freddy's voice.

"Hey! You! Stop! That's our beer!"

Zack turned around and when Freddy saw him his mouth went into an O. Then he smiled wickedly. "What are you doing here, Mooneyham?" he asked with a sneer. Zack said, "It's a free beach." and walked off to sit in the sand. He looked around to see if Katie was there, and saw her walking towards the cooler. She grabbed two beers and he watched her drain both of them. By this time, he was out of beer too and went to get another.

She too went to get another. She didn't see him, however, so he went back to sit in the sand again. Zack watched the sea roll with small waves and sipped his beer quietly.

Here by the sea and sand

Nothing ever goes as planned,

I just couldn't face going home

It was just a drag on my own.

They finally threw me out

My mother got drunk on stout,

My dad couldn't stand on two feet,

As he lectured about morality.

Now I guess the families complete,

With me hanging round on the street

Or here on the beach.

Zack drank a few more beers and watched the party raging. Some people danced, and some people passed out. Once he decided that everyone was drunk enough to not care that he was there, he went to where Katie and Summer were hanging out. They were smoking some cigarettes and offered him one. He took it but only sucked in once before putting it out. He'd never really liked smoking.

Instead, he watched Katie. he'd been doing that a lot lately. She was dressed to perfection. She was wearing jeans despite the fact that they were on the beach, and she made it look cool. She also had on a plain white t-shirt and a pair of black flip-flops on. She always looked so perfect, it didn't matter what she had on. Zack knew that he had to make himself desirable to her. the question was simply how. Maybe he could dress a little bit like her, not exactly, but sort of.

The girl I love

Is a perfect dresser,

Wears every fashion

Gets it to the tee.

Heavens above,

I got to match her

She knows just how S

She wants her man to be

Leave it to me.

Zack thought back to the TV show he had watched a few days before. If he were a mod, it's be cool and in style to wear zoot suits and ride scooters around. Unfortunately, it was not the mod era. And he had no clue what to wear, but he guessed that he couldn't go wrong with something solid black or white and expensive. Right now he was wearing the thing he had just described, a black t-shirt, really expensive, the same one he had worn to the party a week ago.

My jacket's gonna be cut slim and checked

Maybe a touch of seersucker with an open neck

I ride a G. S. scooter with my hair cut neat

I wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet

Most of the other guys at the party were wearing similar shirts, but they looked a little cheaper. And still they managed to look better. Zack didn't dwell on this too long. He saw Katie dancing, saw her beautiful smile. He went up and started dancing with her, and she didn't push him away. Instead, she drew closer to him. She was actually acting like she liked him!

Zack felt a feeling, but he didn't really know what it was. Probably a mix of exhilaration and love.

I see her dancing

Across the ballroom

UV light making starshine

Of her smile.

I am the face,

She has to know me,

I'm dressed up better than anyone

Within a mile.

Then a couple of other guys came up, wanting to dance with Katie. They didn't wear nice clothes, but they looked nicer than Zack. Surprisingly, she pushed them away. Zack realized that every girl that he'd ever met was stupid besides Katie. He didn't know why he thought of that just now, but he thought of it just the same.

He'd had crushes on lots of girls. But when he met them, they would turn out to have no brains and no wit. Most girls were extremely boring, but Katie was a rare exception. She was perfect, she was funny, she was everything that was good. So different from the other foolish girls.

So how come the other tickets look much better?

Without a penny to spend they dress to the letter.

How come the girls come on oh so cool

Yet when you meet 'em, every one's a fool?

Soon, Zack and Katie moved away from the crowd, and they saw that many other couples had done the same. They went to a place high up on the beach, high enough that when high tide came in, they wouldn't get wet. They started kissing passionately and Zack knew that this was everything he wanted. He also knew that he probably wouldn't remember it. But it didn't matter to him. All that mattered was now. They had sex together and then fell asleep on the beach.

Or at least, Katie fell asleep. Zack stayed awake and kept his arm around Katie's slim waist. It felt so good to be laying beside her. If he died at this moment, he really wouldn't care, because she was beside him. It got colder, and the waves drew closer and closer.

They hit him and Katie eventually, so he carefully moved her even higher up the beach. He held onto her body and fell asleep in bliss.

Come sleep on the beach

Keep within my reach

I just want to die with you near I

I'm feeling so high with you here.

I'm wet and I'm cold

The next morning came and Zack woke up with a very minor hangover. It was probably lessened because he had stayed up so late. Katie was still beside him, sleeping. Zack knew that everything in his life was going perfectly. he was young, thank God for that. And he didn't have to go back home. Really, he should have left a long time ago. His thoughts were a little bit mixed and for a moment he forgot what city he was in, but then he remembered. Most of the images of the night before were gone, except for the part where he and Katie had moved away from the crowd.

Yes, right now, laying in the sand, life was perfect.

But thank God I ain't old

I should have split home at fifteen

Why didn't I ever say what I mean?

There's a story that the grass is so green,

What did I see?

Where have I been?

Katie woke up soon after. She felt someone's arms around her and groaned a little. She didn't remember anything that had happened last night. She looked to see who was holding her so tenderly and saw Zack. "What the hell are you doing, Mooneyham?" she screamed. She jumped up and threw on her clothes as quickly as possible.

Zack had a sad look in his eyes and felt the same in his heart. She didn't remember anything about last night. He loved her so much, and this fact broke his heart. He would never have planned the morning to start like this. But then...

Nothing is planned, by the sea and the sand

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