Disclaimers in chapter 1. Enjoy! The song is "Have a Little Faith in Me" by John Hiatt/Mandy Moore/anyone else who's ever covered the song.

They fell into a comfortable silence as they rode the elevator and walked toward the suite. She caught him checking her out several times, but she was just as guilty. He really did look fantastic in that tuxedo.

They got to the door of his suite. As he was about to open the door, he looked her up and down one more time.

"You really do look gorgeous tonight. I'm not sure if I said so, but I wanted to make sure I did."

She couldn't say anything in response, not when he looked at her in that way, with a wisp of smile on his face and with a different kind of light in his eyes. All she could do was smile, but he seemed fine with that.

He opened the door for her. She stopped short and he ran into the back of her. Zach barely recognized the room and checked the door number on the outside of the door just to make sure he was in the right room.

There was chocolate covered strawberries and sparkling cider on a room service cart in the living room. Candles were on every available surface. Someone had taken the time to light them all and to pull back the curtains so they could admire the view.

She glanced up over her shoulder and stared at him.

"You… did… you did this? For me?"

He saw the look on her face and immediately cursed himself for not doing his himself. He placed his hands on her shoulders and smiled as she leaned back into him.

"I wish I could take credit for this, but I am just as surprised as you are" he whispered into her ear.

She turned to face him and found her lips millimeters away from his.

"So, what you are saying is that your fairy godmother did all this?" she whispered back.

"It would seem so."

"Think this anonymous godmother left a clue?"

He smiled as she walked over to the table and picked up the note from the middle. He just watched her move across the room, like she was gliding on air. How she managed to take his breath away doing the most mundane things, he would never understand.

Kendall read the note and smiled as she turned back toward him.

"Seems we both have a fairy godmother" she said, holding up the small piece of paper.

Zach walked up next to her and took the note from her hand.

'Enjoy your evening. – Bianca'

"I didn't realize your sister could be so devious and manipulative."

Kendall just smiled. "Me neither. I was wondering what Kane gene she had gotten. Seems we just discovered it."

Kendall looked back down at the table and noticed a note with Zach's name on it.

"Seems you have a personal note of your own."

Zach took the paper and read the short note inside.

'Boss, when you feel like it, hit play on the CD player. – Edie'

Zach smiled and put the note in his pocket. He laughed out loud when he looked at Kendall, who was filling one of the small plates up with the strawberries.

"You going to leave any for me?"

She looked at him and smiled. "Oh, did you want some?"

"Maybe one or two, if you don't mind. Want a drink?"

"Sure."

He poured the cider into the flutes and handed on to Kendall. She took the glass from him and walked over to the windows. He couldn't help but follow. He had done it for months, so it was a second nature to him now.

They stood there for several minutes, silently enjoying the view and being with each other without any interruptions. Very rarely were they together without someone rudely interrupting them and Kendall was about tired of it.

She set her glass on the window sill and turned toward him.

"Do you need to get back to your party?"

"Not really. It's not so much my party as it is a party that Bianca and Edie talked me into allowing them to plan."

"So… well… umm…"

Zach just smiled. He had learned this about her – that she stuttered and bit her lip when she wanted to say something but was scared to.

"What, Kendall?"

She looked up at him and he saw apprehension in her eyes.

"You don't need to get back?"

"No."

She smiled brightly at him and it warmed his heart.

Kendall looked around the room. "You know, this is quite a romantic setting my sister came up with."

"I would agree with that."

She looked back at him and took a step closer. "So, now what?"

His breath caught in his throat. The way she was looking at him – it made it hard for him to breathe. A million things raced through his head when he suddenly remembered Edie's note.

"How about a dance?"

She smiled and nodded. Zach walked over to the CD player and, since his assistant who was about to get a huge raise was thoughtful enough to turn the power on, he hit play, just as he had been instructed.

The opening strands to "Have a Little Faith in Me" started to play as he reached out his hand to her. She put her hand into his and melted into him as he pulled her into his embrace.

When the road is dark

And you can no longer see

Just let my love throw a spark

And have a little faith in me

And when the tears you cry

Are all you can believe

Just give these loving arms a try

And have a little faith in me

She couldn't remember a time when she felt so at peace. They were barely moving anymore, just swaying to the music and holding on to each other as tightly as they could.

'Cause I've been loving you for such a long, long time

Expecting nothing in return

Just for you to have a little faith in me

You see time, time is our friend

'Cause for us there is no end

And all you gotta do is have a little faith in me

She pulled back slightly so she could look at him. The look on his face was a look she had never seen before and in that instant she knew there was no more pretending, no more misdirection. It was now or never for her, for them.

She ran her fingers through his hair and smiled when he shuddered slightly.

"Zach?"

He could do nothing but stare at her.

"Zach… say it again. Tell me again."

He was confused and unsure of what she wanted. "I'm not sure…"

She tightened her arms a little more around his neck and felt her knees about buckle when he did the same.

"Third time's the charm, Zach. Just say it one more time. Give me a chance to… just… say it one more time. Please."

He knew what she wanted and he felt his heart flip flop.

He pulled her as close as he could till there was no space between the two of them. He rested her forehead against hers for a moment before pulling back to look into her eyes. He saw that look, what she had been hiding from him all this time and he knew this time, it would be different.

"I love you Kendall."

"I love you Zach."

And, before he knew what was happening, she closed the distance between their lips.

Tbc….