Backseat Lovin'
AUTHOR'S MAJOR NOTE: Okay, I know that I'm skipping around a lot and it took me a really long time to put this on the site but I'm hoping you'll all enjoy it. This takes place three years after the first year of Saved by the Bell (their 4th year of college). And I'm using a different writing style than my other one. Nothing much has really happened in the time gap, just some bad jokes (as of Saved by the Bell nature!) a few not so insulting insults, and Slater and Leslie have been together for a year
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"Oh my gosh!" Leslie yelped.
"What do say?" Slater questioned.
"Yes." She said before Slater kissed her passionately.
"I can't believe it." Leslie said happily.
"I know. But don't tell anyone yet, okay? I think it'll be more fun if we tell them all together tomorrow."
"Okay." She said kissing him. "I love you."
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!" Went the alarm clock in Zack and Kelly's bedroom. Kelly slammed it down lazily as she raised her head up and put it back down. She closed her eyes and felt Zack's hands up against her waist and his face nestling her cheeks as she usually found him in the morning. Kelly turned around and unlike most mornings, Zack was already awake. "Hi." She said in a whisper.
"Hi." Zack replied, followed by a kiss. Kelly smiled.
"What have you been doing?"
"Watching you sleep." He said with a smirk. Their relationship was amazing. They've been married for three years and they still acted like they were still on their honeymoon. Most married couples their age were already divorced or had lost the passion. Not the Morrises.
"C'mon, we gotta get up." Kelly said trying to get up until Zack pulled her down back into the bed. "Zack!" She said in her cute tone of voice smiling as Zack was kissing her neck. "We have class in a half hour."
"Fine." He said standing up. "You know before we got married, I thought we'd be different or something by now. But when I think about it nothing has really changed."
"I know. Its kind of weird but in a really, really good way."
"It sure is." Said Zack; then kissing her romantically on the lips. Kelly walked over to her dresser with a goofy smile on her face. "I wonder how Slater's date went with Leslie the other night."
"That's right, I forgot all about it. I haven't seen any of them in a couple of days. They're getting pretty serious lately aren't they?"
"Yeah, I haven't seen Slater this happy since he was going out with Jessie. They've been going out for a year now and he thinks she may be the one."
"Aw! They'd make a great couple." Kelly exclaimed walking into the bathroom.
Zack was getting changed when the phone rang. He quickly tried to finish getting his shirt on as he walked into the living room to get the phone. Of course he bumped into things since he had no idea where he was going. He finally got the tiny neck-whole shirt over his head and picked up the phone. "Hello?" He said rubbing his foot.
"Preppy? You okay?" Asked a familiar voice.
"Yeah, I'm fine Slater. And what do we owe this lovely early-morning phone call to?" He asked to his best friend.
"Sorry about that. I just wanted to tell you to come over to the dorm at around five thirty tonight."
"Okay, but can I ask why?"
"You'll find out soon enough. Bring Kelly too."
"Okay. See ya later." He said putting the phone back on the stand.
"Who was that?" Kelly shouted from the bathroom.
"Slater." Zack replied.
"Huh?" Kelly shouted again
"Slater was on the phone." He said louder.
"What?"
"SLATER WAS ON THE PHONE!" He yelled standing next to the bathroom door now. Kelly cracked the door open and popped her head out.
"Okay, okay. There's no reason to yell!" She snapped. Zack walked away mumbling under his breath.
"Women!" He said frustrated.
"Zack can you come here and help me zip up?" She asked from the bathroom again.
"Women!" He said in a happier tone walking into the bathroom.
The rest of the day was just like an ordinary Monday at CALU. It rained most of the day at CALU. The day would've been a definite drag if not for the surprise over at the dorm tonight. Kelly was sitting in the Student Union at around five studying. Zack was working over at a coffee shop so she actually had sometime to herself to concentrate and study. The rain hitting the windows mad it a very pleasant and peaceful environment to just sit there and memorize facts. About fifteen minutes passed and Kelly was starting to get annoyed at the rain always hitting, and hitting, and hitting against the window. Just as Kelly was about to fall asleep Alex Tabor walked into the Falcon's nest. "Alex! You don't know how happy I am to see you!"
"Kelly, what are you doing here?" Said Alex taking the extra seat beside her friend. "I thought you'd be with Zack over at the dorm."
"He's at the dorm? I thought he was at work?"
"No, he's waiting for Slater and Leslie to tell everyone the big surprise. Aren't you coming?"
"Yeah of course I am. I completely lost track of time. What time is it?"
"5:15."
"Ooh, we better go!"
The two friends headed off to the dorm. In the dorm, Zack and Screech were already there sitting around just talking and waiting.
"So you don't have any idea what the big news is?" Zack questioned the brainy and nerdy Screech.
"For the last time no, I don't have any idea why they wanted us here!" Said Screech. Just then, Kelly and Alex entered through the front door.
"Hi everyone! The future award-winning actress is here. " Alex said throwing her hands up in the air as she walked into the room looking like she was on the red carpet. Zack walked right pass her and over to Kelly as if Alex wasn't even there. "Oh well thanks a lot." Alex mumbled.
"Hi Kel." Zack said.
"Hey." She replied before kissing him.
"Good day?"
"Not really but seeing you makes everything better." Said Kelly smiling and flirting. Screech and Alex groaned.
"You know, you would think by now they'd be miserable and bored with each other." Screech stated solemnly. Finally, Slater and Leslie came into the room from Leslie and Alex's bedroom.
"Good, you're all here." Leslie said with a big smile on her face.
"Hey, what's the big news we've been waiting on all day?" Zack asked.
"Yeah I've been dying to find out." Kelly said excited.
"Okay, so- -" Slater began.
"Ooh, can I tell them please?" Slater nodded. "Okay so last night after Slater and I went out and we were saying goodnight to each other, he proposed."
"What!?" Everyone shouted at the same time.
"Slater and I are getting married."
"Oh, but that's not all."
"I'm pregnant too!" Leslie said smiling happily without a care in the world.
"So what do you all think?" Slater questioned to his friends who all had the same shocked and confused look on their face.
"I'm so happy for you two!" Alex exclaimed rushing to her feet to hug the engaged couple. Zack and Screech also stood up and confronted Leslie and Slater. But strangely the perkiest of them all, Kelly, remained on the couch.
"Hey congratulations man. Believe me, you're going to love married life. Right Kelly?"
"Uh? Oh yeah, of course. Congrats to the both of you." She said scrambling to her feet faking enthusiasm.
"Thanks you guys. Your blessing really means a lot to us." Slater said holding Leslie close to him.
"Ah its nothing for my best friend and the woman he loves." Zack said holding Kelly similar to the way Slater was with Leslie. But the feeling was different. Kelly usually snuggled up to Zack right away but she seemed kind of stiff and in shock that night. Zack thought nothing of it, until later that night.
"Hey since Zack and Kelly are already married and now Leslie and Slater are engaged, do you think we may be next in line to walk down the isle?" Screech asked Alex.
"Oh god no!" Alex screamed.
About ten minutes later after they told Mike, the seven of them went out to dinner, Mike's treat. But even when everyone was laughing having a wonderful time, someone was not. Kelly kept thinking how could the two people in the world who were the worst with kids be expecting one? It didn't make sense to her and she didn't like it. There was something about it, that just bothered her to the core. Zack again noticed Kelly's change of behavior. Probably still surprised by the great news, Zack kept telling himself, yet he knew it wasn't true. She had barley said more than five sentences the whole night. Something was bothering her and he had to confront her later that night.
It was about ten o'clock when Kelly and Zack Morris arrived home to their little apartment in the rural part of town. They both stepped into the living room and threw their coats on the couch as usual. Instead of the two being lovable to one another, you could smell the tension in the air.
They were just about to lie down and go to sleep when Zack thought it was no or never. "Hey Kelly, are you okay?"
"I'm okay, just because two of my best friends are making the worst decision of their lives doesn't make me not okay." She snapped back quickly and suddenly.
"Kel, by any chance are you upset with Slater and Leslie?"
"No duh!" She huffed. "They are the two last people on earth who should have kids, let alone get married. You've seen them taking care of kids. Remember when Slater lost my baby brother Billy? Or when Leslie practically dropped our niece on the ground when she asked to hold her?"
"Yeah, I remember."
"Well imagine them taking care of a child for the rest of their lives. There is no way they can be responsible parents and have a successful marriage. I mean look at us. We got married when we were 19 but we didn't have any kids because we knew we weren't ready for it. I bet you anything they haven't thought one bit about that child's future and how it'd affect them."
"You're forgetting one big detail." Zack began. "Leslie is a millionaire. They'll have no financial problems for the rest of their lives."
"That's also another problem. Leslie will probably have to go away on business a lot and Slater will be in school teaching so who's going to take care of the baby? A nanny or a daycare center possibly? The kid would grow up confused about who its real parents are. I just couldn't see that happen to them. They're both great people with great hearts. I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to either one of them or their baby." Kelly finished as she plopped herself down on the bed. Zack sat down next to her and held her close to his chest.
"Do you know what I think?" Zack began.
"No what?"
"I think we should have a baby."
"What?" Kelly said shockingly turning to Zack. "What did you say?"
"I think it's about time we considered starting a family."
"Really?" Kelly asked kindly as her heart was melting.
"Well yeah, why not? We both love kids, we're both great with kids, we love each other, and I think its something that would make the both of us very happy." They both smiled at each other. "So, what do you think?"
"I think we should have a baby." Said Kelly grinning uncontrollably. A single tear streamed down her face. "So when should we start?"
"Hum, lets see. If it was up to me I'd say...right about...now!" He said attacking her as Kelly giggled.
"Zack! I have to go to sleep soon."
"Well you're going to have to wait a couple of hours." Zack said. Kelly giggled.
The next afternoon the dorm was a very fun place to be. People stopped by to congratulate the future Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Slater. Alex, Mike, Screech, Slater, and Leslie were all in the common room talking about wedding plans and baby stuff. Zack and Kelly walked into the common room holding hands and smiling. Everyone looked at them as if they were aliens from a different planet and had green skin. "Oh hi everyone!" Kelly said happily with a giant grin on her face.
"What?" Zack asked to his friends.
"Something seems different." Leslie said looking at them strangely. "I don't know what it is, but something is different."
"You want to know what it is?"
"As long as it's not disgusting and could scar us for life, I'm down!" Screech proclaimed.
"Okay, after learning that Slater and Leslie are having a baby, Kelly and I talked it over and we decided that we're going to try and have a baby."
"Really? That's great!" Leslie said hugging Kelly. "Now our kids are going to have some playmates when they get older!"
"Oh how wonderful." Alex said sarcastically.
"Alex, what's wrong?" Kelly questioned.
"In a couple of months you'll all be married and playing with your cute little infants and where will I be? Sitting alone at a singles bar hoping that the fat guy in the corner will buy me a drink!" Alex claimed.
"Yeah, and I'll probably be that fat guy in the corner too!" Screech stated.
"Alex by then you'll be on a movie set asking your handsome Italian assistant to get you some Evian water."
"As degrading as that statement really is, do you think that will really happen?" She asked full of excitement with her eyes glowing. Everyone nodded. "Wait what about Screech?"
"Screech? He'll be...um..." Slater trailed off.
"Aw!! Thank you so much Slater! That was so kind of you to say! You're speechless." Screech said hugging the crap out of Slater.
"Um Kelly, can I talk to you in the other room?" Leslie asked pointing to the direction of her bedroom.
"Sure." Said Kelly looking a little confused walking into the bedroom she once shared with Leslie and Alex.
Usually Leslie was just as happy and perky as Kelly was but now, she seemed cold and insecure. Her eyes arms were crossed in front of her chest looking as if she was going to give Kelly a "heart-to heart" talk. "Listen, about this whole baby thing. As much as I love you, I can't let you do this."
"What?" Kelly exclaimed looking Leslie right in the eye trying to make her uncomfortable.
"I know why you're doing this. You just can't bear the thought that Slater and I are having this baby so last night you obviously talked Zack into going along with you."
"What the- -!?" Kelly trailed off. She had no idea what to say to her supposest "friend."
"Look, just because I'm having a baby doesn't mean you have to have because you're married. I just think that you haven't really thought it over yet and you aren't in the most stable financial situation right now, either. I don't think you're ready for this." Said Leslie thinking that she had said and done the right thing.
"Me not be ready for this!? Look whose talking! You got pregnant before you even knew you were getting married. Zack and I have been ready for this for years! And at least we've talked about it before not just got in bed together and found out that we have to."
"Kelly, this isn't like you."
"Of course it's not like me! Not everyday does my best friend critize me for wanting to have a child when she is already having one. And when we have a baby, at least we'll be the ones taking care of it not some fancy Nanny."
"What's wrong with having a Nanny?"
"Everything's wrong with having a Nanny!!"
"How do you know? You've never had one!"
Slater, Zack, Alex, and Screech were sitting by the kitchen listening to the yelling from the next room. The insults and criticism were flying back and forth and back and forth, over and over again. Slater and Zack looked at each other. They knew what this argument was going to cost them at the end of the day: a whole lot of mood swings. "You think we should go in there and stop everything?" Slater asked Zack.
"Ah Slater, young and naive. You'll see when you get married you never, ever, try and stop your wife from anything. They'll just wind up mad at you or...well, basically just mad at you." Slater nodded in agreement. On the other side of the room, Alex had her ear pressed up against the door listening just in case she misses something important. Screech walked over nodding his head in disapproval.
"Alex? When will you learn that listening in on two of your friend's conversation up against the door is not the right thing to do?"
"Sorry Screech. I didn't know it would offend you so much."
"Oh, I'm not saying its wrong. You should really use a cup. It works much better." He said handing her a cup and joined her in the eavesdropping.
"Is that so? Well I'm never talking to you again!" The friends herd from the other room a little muffled.
"Why would I want to talk to someone that I hate!? Goodbye!" Kelly said walking back into the common room. The door opening caused Alex and Screech to shoot up.
"We weren't listening in on your conversation!" Screech said suddenly
"Of course not!" Alex added.
"I am never talking to that &(# again!" Kelly screamed as Leslie walked out of the bedroom in a pissy mood. "C'mon Zack, let's go home and have sex!" She demanded. Zack looked at his buddies.
"Sorry men, duty calls." Zack said standing up and walking out the door with Kelly.
"Oh, you're gonna regret it once you're knocked up, fat, and alone with no one to comfort you except characters from cheesy soap operas!" Leslie screamed as the door closed. She looked over and realized that everyone was staring at her. "What? Never seen a mood swing?"
Over at Kelly and Zack's apartment there looked like there was no chance of the argument dying down. The amount of rage within Kelly was astounding to Zack. That's where it's been all these years, he thought to himself. The nice little girl Zack met when he was in kindergarten was now yelling and having hissy fits. Jeez, she must be pregnant. He thought again.
"...And do you know what she said next? Zack? Are you even listening to me?"
"I know what she said next, I know what you said after that! We all herd the whole conversation...all of it!" He said throwing his hands in the air.
"Oh, sorry." She sad modestly and acting more like herself. She plopped herself on the couch and looked a little embarrassed and sad. "Its just...I don't know! I guess she is a little right."
"Right about what?" He asked curiously sitting down next to her.
"About me being jealous. When I herd, I couldn't believe it. I've wanted to start a family ever since we first got married, and even before then and here was one of my best friends who didn't even want kids was going to have one." Zack chuckled at the thought.
"I should've known since all we really talked about in high school was how you always wanted to play with babies and take care of them." Zack's comment made Kelly laugh.
"I wasn't that bad!" She said playfully hitting him.
"Oh yeah? The only reason Slater broke up with you is because he was afraid he
was going to have to marry you to make you shut you up."
"Oh really?" She asked her husband. "But you didn't do that, right?"
"No, I'd never do that. MarriageSex and babiessex so I was ready!" He said trying to be serious.
"That's horrible!" Kelly said.
"So you still want to have a baby?"
"Yeah, but I just wish Leslie and I can work everything out. But first..." She said leading off into a kiss and going on top of him. Then, the doorbell rang. Kelly looked over to the door.
"Hold that thought!" Zack said as Kelly sat back down on the couch to let him get the door. He reached the doorway and a surprised look fell upon his face. "Oh, hey Leslie."
"Leslie?!" Kelly exclaimed running to the door. "What are you doing here?" She asked with fury.
"I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for what I said to you before. It was selfish and wrong. I don't know what got into me, it just...happened. Look, as dumb as it may sound, it's the truth and I think that's all that really matters...right?" Leslie said insecurely. Kelly chuckled at Leslie inconfidnece.
"Of course. I wasn't going to stay mad at you," Zack grunted at the thought since just before she was going on and on about how she was never going to talk to her again. "you're one of my best friends and our friendship really matters to me."
"Aw!" Leslie said teary eyed. "That is so sweet!" Zack walked away.
"Jeez, I never saw so many mood swings in one day!" He said as he landed himself on the couch and grabbed the remote.
"Friends?" Leslie asked.
"What does this tell you?" Kelly said with arms wide open. The two embraced and giggled.
"Kel, you think maybe we can get back to what we were doing?"
"In a minute Zack! Keep your junk in your pants for just a little while longer!" Leslie laughed. Only Kelly and Zack Morris could talk like that to each other since their type of relationship was foreign to Leslie's kind.
"I'll leave. Its okay. Slater's probably worried or lonely or something." The two girls chuckled.
"Okay, bye! I'll call!"
"Okay!" Leslie shouted already halfway down the hallway. Kelly shut the door and looked over at Zack. Although he was just sitting there staring aimlessly into the television set, for a moment she saw the young boy she fell in love with all those years ago. She reminisced of all of the time they have spent together in their youth. And now, her oldest and best friend of all time and herself were going to start sharing a life with their child. Hopefully, she reminded herself. She walked over to the couch, sat next to her husband, and just simply rested her head on his shoulder. Zack put his hand over her shoulder and started playing with her hair. Oddly, all though it was a simple gesture they often shared, it some how was one of the best feelings in the world for Kelly. Just like that.
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