-Here's the next chapter! Oh, and also, all places that I describe except for private houses are actual places either in New York City/Greenwich Village or, in upcoming chapters, Savannah and Tybee Island. But there are some extremely nice private residences off of Bleecker Street!-

Zack and Freddy walked out of the apartment complex and saw tawny standing there. She started squealing and saying something about fate and all that, but Freddy and Zack weren't listening. They tried to ignore her, but it was difficult because she was following. They had walked the three second walk from Freddy's house to Bleecker Street, the main road in Greenwich Village.

Freddy stopped ad said, "Man, I'm freaking hungry. I could go for some Caliente Cab right now, how bout you Zack?" Before Zack could say a word, Tawny butted in. "Ooh, is that the place with the spicy stuff? I hate spicy stuff," she said. Zack quickly replied, "Yeah, come on let's go."

The Caliente Cab wasn't even a block away from Freddy's house. It was situated at a place where several roads met, and where main Greenwich Village was. It was impossible not to recognize because there was a huge fake cab sticking out of it, and a large fake martini glass too. The food there is all especially spicy, and it was Freddy's favorite restaurant. Zack preferred the Jekyll and Hyde Club. But he liked the Caliente Cab too.

Tawny seemed dumbstruck as she watched the two boys leaving her and going into the restaurant. So she started walking in the opposite direction, out of the Village.

When Zack and Freddy got their food, they started to talk. Zack was concerned about the issue with tawny and told Freddy all about it.

"I ran into her this morning when I was at the mall, and she was acting really weird. And she's all, 'Fate is bringing us together!'. Well let me tell you something: You never see the same person twice in New York, you know that. I mean, unless they hang out in a certain spot all the time or unless they're your friend and you're meeting up with them, it doesn't happen. She's starting to freak me out."

"That is so unfair! You get the first stalker! I wanted it to be me!"

"Freddy, this is serious!"

"Yeah whatever."

"What about when we go to Tybee?"

"She doesn't know we're going to Tybee."

"Well, er..."

"I'll call Frankie."

They ate the rest of their food and walked over to Katie's house, which had been their initial destination. Freddy told Katie everything about Zack's 'stalker'. Katie said, "I bet she was the peeping tom from last night!" And when she said that, Zack knew it was true. Everything clicked just then, the way that she had started to say third, the note, everything. He would definitely be calling Frankie. He asked Katie if he could use her phone.

"Oh, don't call him now," she said, "I'm having a party tonight. That one at your house last night was so much fun, and besides, you guys are going away soon, so everyone needs to see you before you leave. Except tonight we won't have a peeping tom." Zack called his mom and made sure it would be okay for him to be gone all day and then go to the party. He promised that he'd be back by midnight.

Later that night, when Frankie arrived at Katie's house for the party, Zack spilled the details of his stalker. Frankie and Leonard positioned themselves at the door and were prepared to take Tawny down if she came around.

Zack was feeling pretty good about the party. He would probably dance with Eleni or Michelle, and then just chill out. He was about to walk over and ask Eleni to dance when Marta came up to him. She looked angry. She slapped him across the face. "Shit!" he yelled. Everyone looked at him, and then went back to what they were doing. Katie pulled out her CD collection and put Best of Blondie CD in the stereo. Heart of Glass started playing and everyone started dancing.

Once I had al love, and it was a gas, soon found out, he had a heart of glass.

Yeah, talk about it being a gas, Zack thought. And then he saw her approaching. Summer. She appeared to have something behind her back. This time, there was no escape. Eleni and Michelle were already taken. He would have to deal with her. She reached him and took her hand from behind her back. She was holding a bag of ice, and she handed to him and smiled. Then she walked away.

That was weird, Zack thought. Then he put the ice to his face, where a red handprint had already formed. He sat on Katie's couch and watched everyone having a grand old time. He grabbed a Dr Pepper out of a cooler that someone had brought and chugged because he had nothing better to do. But Freddy saw him and said, "Man! You can really chug! Do it again!" Freddy was really loud, and most people heard him and came over to see what was happening.

So Zack took another can of Dr Pepper and chugged the whole thing while everyone cheered him on. When he finished everyone applauded. Then he went for the hat trick and grabbed a third can. He chugged it successfully. Everyone was screaming by now because most of them were on a sugar high, except for Lawrence, who was standing in the corner as usual.

Katie ran and took out the Blondie CD, replacing it with a Queen CD. She skipped tracks until she found the one she wanted. We Are The Champions. She pushed Zack into the center of the room and everyone formed a circle around him. They started singing along, but instead of 'We are the champions', they sang 'Zack is the champion'. When the song was finished, the teenagers all started jumping up and down and screaming. Then Katie got serious and said, "We should play Truth or dare." Everyone agreed and sat down in a circle. Katie started.

"Zack. Truth or dare?"

"Uh, dare."

"Okay, I dare you to...sing Yellow Submarine."

Great, Zack thought. He was definitely not a singer. But he started out the song.

"In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed the sea...."

When he was finished, he chose Freddy. Freddy picked dare, just as Zack knew he would.

"I dare you to go to that Gandhi Indian restaurant or whatever it's called (a/n I forgot what it's called but it's great and very yummy!) in your boxers and get me a half order of tandoori chicken."

Freddy accepted the dare. He would do anything. Zack handed him some money and he stripped down to his boxers, much to the delight of many of the girls, especially Eleni and Michelle. The whole group followed Freddy as he walked out Katie's door and ran three blocks up (a/n from where her 'house' is, I think it should be about three blocks) to the restaurant. He got the chicken to go and was back about fifteen minutes later, carrying a Styrofoam box. Inside was the very yummy red chicken. It got its color from the oven that it was cooked in. Zack dug in and finished the chicken in about ten minutes.

Freddy asked Marta a truth; he asked her who she liked. She was obviously embarrassed and didn't want to say it. But she had to. So she whispered, "Zack." Everyone looked at Zack, laughing. He still had a bit of a mark on his face. Marta asked Summer a truth as well, she to asked who Summer liked. Summer was straightforward with the information, because for her, it was easy to give.

"No one," she said. Everyone stared at her incredulously. No one? Yeah right. But she had a look of confidence on her face and it was apparent that she wasn't hiding anything. In the end, the band believed her. Nothing much more eventful happened that night. Everyone left except for Freddy, Zack, Summer, and Katie. They didn't have to drive home, they could walk since they all lived in the Village (except Katie who was already at her house). Because they all lived in the Village, the rest of the band had given them the nickname of the Village People. Just like the disco band. Most of the time, when one of them walked by a non-Village person in the band, that non-Village person would start singing or humming YMCA.

It used to drive them insane, but they had gotten used to it. Freddy, Zack and Summer said goodbye to Katie and walked home together. Their houses were sort of aligned, one block between Katie and Freddy, two blocks between Freddy and Zack, and one block between Zack and Summer. Freddy got to his house and left Zack and Summer alone to walk together for the next two blocks. Summer stopped Zack and said, "Look, why don't you like me? Did I ever do anything to you?"

"No, I just always thought that you, ya know, liked me."

"No, I never have! Is it possible I just wanted to be your friend?"

"Oh."

"So, can we like, start over or something? As friends?"

"Sure."

They started walking again and reached Zack's house. They said goodbye, but just before Zack walked into his house Summer said, "Ya know we Village People have to stick together!" And then she was gone.

-So did you like it? Another slower chapter, but next chapter they will go to Savannah and Tybee Island! REVIEW!!!-