(A/N): First and foremost, this story was CO-AUTHORED by me ((KelsiLovesLucas)) and MissZacEfron. The chapters are written by both of us. We each wrote half of every chapter so enjoy!
Dedications: We would both like to dedicate this story to Mrs. Radcliffe-Efron
Disclaimer: We own nothing. Boo-hoo!
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Chapter Six: FriendsOh My Gosh, did I just say that? Please tell me I didn't. Vanessa thought to herself.
"I'm sorry Zac." Vanessa says blushing under all her tears.
"No Nessa, don't be sorry" Zac says "I… I… I love you too," Zac blurts out.
Zac leaned in a little bit, very slowly just to make sure Vanessa wanted to kiss. Vanessa leaned in the rest of the way. After a few seconds Vanessa pulled away and still had her eyes closed. "Nessa are you…" but Vanessa cut him off.
"Thank you" Vanessa said opening her eyes
"Vanessa, I think we need to talk" Zac said. Oh no, this can't be good. Vanessa thought to herself.
"Okay." she said
"I think we need to tell the gang what is wrong." Zac said
"But I can't. I really can't" Vanessa says with tears in her eyes.
"Hey, we can do anything." he says taking Vanessa's hands into his.
"I guess you're right Zac." Vanessa says with a few tears slipping.
"That's my girl" Zac says digging his cell out of his pocket.
"What are you doing?" Vanessa asks
"Calling everyone to tell them to come over so we can tell them." Zac says
"Okay." she responds with a worried voice.
Zac started by calling Corbin.
"Hello?"
"Ummm...is Corbin there?" Zac asks.
"Oh hey Zac, this is Lucas, what's up?" Lucas asks.
"Who all is there with you?" Zac asks.
"Ummm...Corbin, Monique, Ashley, Oleysa, Chris, and me...why?" Lucas says.
"I need all of you to come over to my suite right now" he says.
"Ohhhkay, we will be there," he says.
"Okay bye" Zac says.
While Zac was talking on the phone, Vanessa was thinking to herself. I can't do this. How am I supposed to do this? What if he comes back and hurts me, and worse, the gang, or my mom. Oh no my mom. I need to make sure she is all right. What if it is too late? It's all my fault. He is not getting away with this. All of these thoughts and more were going through her mind. What Vanessa didn't know was that the whole time that she was thinking these thoughts, she started crying and shaking.
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"Nessa, what's wrong?" Corbin and Zac were trying to find out what was wrong.
"My Mom, is she dead? I need to talk to her." Vanessa got out pretty clearly.
"No Nessa, your mom is alive, she just called last night, remember?" Zac said. All Vanessa can do is shake her head in response. "Can I go ahead and tell them?" Zac asks Vanessa. Once again all Vanessa can do is nod her head. "Okay, listen because I'm only saying this once." Zac told them sternly. "Vanessa has been...been abused since she was ten years old. By her Dad." Zac said with tears welling in his eyes.
Zac looked around at all the cast. Monique, Ashley, and Olesya were all huddled together crying. Corbin was trying to calm Vanessa down, and Chris and Lucas were just sitting there with shock written all over their faces. A few minutes after Ashley finally spoke up. "Nessa, I'm so sorry. Why didn't you tell us?" Ashley questioned.
"I.I.I. I couldn't tell anyone, he said if I did then he was going to kill me.
"Were the hell is he?" Lucas stands up and yells.
"Lucas, dude calm down. All we need right now is you killing someone and getting put in jail." Corbin said standing up.
"I don't know where he is." Vanessa said quietly.
"Oh My God" Monique muttered under her breath.
"I think we need to come up with a plan." Chris says
"What do you mean?" Zac asks
"Like a plan so Vanessa is safe." Chris says
"Like...?" Vanessa asks in confusion
"One of us guys and one of the girls with you at all times. Like twenty-four-seven." Corbin says catching on.
"Okay" Vanessa said shocked that all her friends would do that for her. Vanessa got up and walked over to Zac and gave him a kiss, in front of all their friends.
"We have something else to say, we are together." Zac said holding Vanessa around the waist.
Everyone smiled when they heard what Zac said. He and Vanessa smiled. "Well, at least something good came from this!" Ashley sighed. "I'll take the first shift with Nessey!" Ashley volunteered. "Who's with me?"
"I'll stay with her too." Lucas replied quickly. Ashley clapped her hands together happily. Lucas and Ashley each grabbed Vanessa by one arm and walked back to her room with her.
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"Guys, I don't think that all this is really necessary." Vanessa whined as Lucas and Ashley pushed the couch in her room in front of the door.
"Oh, yeah it is." Lucas said as he shoved the couch in front of the door.
"There." Ashley said as she clapped her hands together. Lucas rolled his eyes.
"Some help you were! I pushed that whole thing by myself!" He told her, mocking anger.
"I helped! You pushed and I supervised!" Ashley giggled as she plopped herself down on Vanessa's bed. Lucas rolled his eyes again and she looked at him slyly. "Besides, you were so macho pushing that couch. Kind of hot." Ashley teased. Lucas groaned and lay down on the bed next to her. "I'm kidding, Luc! Gosh, take a joke!" Ashley kidded. She and Vanessa looked at the blonde actor and saw that he was sleeping.
"Maybe he's not as tough as he seems?" Vanessa asked. She and Ashley burst out laughing and caused Lucas to jump up and fall face first on the floor. This made the girls laugh even more.
"Yeah, real funny!" Lucas muttered as he slowly stood. "Not as funny as this!" He shouted while grabbing a pillow and chucking it at Vanessa's head. She ducked and grabbed another one. The three soon had an all out pillow fight going and then they collapsed on the bed.
"Nice, Lucas. Real nice." Ashley panted, tired from all the blows to her head.
"Yeah, well I'm going to sleep." Lucas yawned. He stood and walked over to the couch by the doorway. "G'night." He said before collapsing onto the couch and falling asleep.
"He sure doesn't take long to get to sleep!" Ashley whispered, not wanting to wake him again for fear that he might hit her with a pillow again. "Well, let's go to bed." Ashley told Vanessa and they both climbed into the bed and soon were fast asleep. Vanessa didn't get much sleep though. Her whole night was filled with dreams of her and her friends getting hurt by her father. If only she knew where he was... then she might not be that worried.
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Vanessa was awakened by the sound of knocking on her door. She opened her eyes and saw Lucas sitting on the floor, watching Disney Channel and Ashley had rushed over to the door. They had moved the couch back to its original place by the wall. "Hi!" Ashley whispered to the person at the door. She must think that I'm still asleep, Vanessa thought. Ashley opened the door wider to reveal Zac and Corbin in the hall. They both smiled when they saw her looking at them.
"Hi, Ness!" Zac said. Lucas spun around from his spot on the floor and saw that Vanessa had woken up. He turned the TV off and stood. "How are you?" Zac cooed.
"Fine, thanks to Ash and Luc." Vanessa said.
"No prob, we'd do anything for you!" Lucas said.
"Yeah, well you guys can leave. I can take care of her." Zac told the other three. Ashley walked over and hugged Vanessa. Corbin blew her a kiss and Lucas walked over to her and kissed her on the forehead.
"Be careful. Remember, if he comes back you just call me and I'll knock his lights out!" Lucas whispered in her ear. She smiled and hugged him. "Don't forget!" Lucas said once more from the door and then he closed the door. Zac sat down by Nessa on the bed.
"Wanna watch a movie?" Zac asked.
"Sure."
"I've got High School Musical!" Zac said in a singsong voice.
"You know my weakness!" Vanessa laughed as Zac popped the DVD into the player. The two sat on Vanessa's bed and watched the movie for the next hour.
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KelsiLovesLucas: Well, that was sweet! Aren't her friends so nice? Hottie Lucas Grabeel is so tough! Whoo! Anyway… hope you guys liked this chapter and just so you know, it is probably going to get really suspenseful in the next couple of chapters. Be looking forward to that! The chapters are getting longer, has anyone else noticed that? I love you all for your reviews! Thanks so much to everyone! Special thanks to: Christine Glen Haven. You have reviewed for every single chappie and that is so awesome! Review time! I love that button! Make us happy and review! Cute little button… aww! All right, review time! Much love to all of our readers and reviewers, KelsiLovesLucas
MissZacEfron-Okay! What did you think about Chapter Six? Was it good? Great? Awesome? It took Kelsi and I a while to think of that! Okay so the Chapters keep on getting longer and longer and fluffier! I think a shocker is coming up! I'll see what I have up my sleeve! Okay so you know what to do! Keep reviewing and I promise those Chapters will just keep on getting longer! Lets see if we can get to 60 reviews for Chapter Six! Come on, that's only 17 reviews! Okay! So thanks to everyone for reviewing and thanks to Christine Glen Haven for reviewing for every chapter! I love you Christine! Okay I'm rambling now! Sorry! Okay thanks for R&Ring! Much Love To all of Our Reviewers, MissZacEfron!