On The Edge Chapter 29: Lust For Life, a zombies fanfic

Chapter 29

LUST FOR LIFE

December 30

Zed couldn't take his eyes off of her. There was just something so peaceful in the way she sat there across the table from him- one long leg propped up on the chair, her snow-white hair piled high on top of her head, wearing nothing but his red flannel shirt as she sipped her coffee and read from a much-loved copy of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. She was simply breathtaking.

"I can feel you staring..." she whispered as she peered over the top of her book. "What are you doing over there?"

He quickly closed his notebook and pushed it to the side. "Nothing."

"Bullshit."

He bit back a laugh. "Fine. Writing a song. But it's not finished yet."

"Can I hear it?"

"Nope. Not this one… Not yet anyway."

"Why not? I've heard all the other ones you've written while we've been here."

"Not all of them."

She smiled and set her book down, letting out a heavy breath as she looked around. "I wish we could stay..."

"Me too, Baby… Unfortunately, we're supposed to report back to the tour bus on the second… And I fear for my safety if Bree doesn't get to spend more time with you before we leave," he laughed, ducking under the table and popping up in front of her. "But we do still have a couple of hours before we need to leave..." he smiled, his hands gliding up the sides of her legs.

"Whatever shall we do?"

"Hmm…" He pulled her up to her feet and held her close, slowly beginning to sway. "You can dance with me."

She smiled and bit her lip. "Seems like we're already doing that, even if it is without music."

Zed rolled his eyes as he spun her around under his arm. "If you want me to serenade you, all you have to do is ask."

She stuck her lower lip out in a pout. "Please?"

"God is that pout lethal..." He leaned down and kissed her softly, running his tongue along her pouty lip. "You love me like nobody
You like me more than all of my friends..."

"I thought you said I couldn't hear your new song yet," she teased.

"This one I wrote last night after you fell asleep..." he nipped her nose and started to sing again as they slowly danced barefoot across the cold wooden floors of the cabin.
"And I promise I won't call anybody
Everything else breaks and bends

But you, said you, you save me each night
And each morning
I want nobody but you

You give me my thrills
You give me the chills
It kills

I thank god for this feeling every day
I wonder if he thinks it's okay
If I worship what is evil as my deity
And if I'm honest, I don't really care
And if I'm honest, as long as you'll stay here
I'll worship you
I need you
I adore you, you…" He dipped her low and kissed her.

"I love you like nobody
I like you more than all my fucking friends
You're pure as snow but black as the darkness

"Is that so?" she giggled as he picked her up, wrapping her legs around his waist. Zed nodded, walking them towards the wall.

"'Cause...You love me like nobody..." Her back hit the wall as he stared into her eyes.

"I adore you, Z."

"I love you, Adds...forever."

"And after."

December 31st

"Confidence is a must
Cockiness is a plus
Edginess is a rush
Edges I like 'em rough..."

Addison stole a glance at Zed, throwing him a wink.

"Could you keep your eyes on the road!" Bonzo cringed from the backseat, grabbing onto the door handle as she accelerated through yet another yellow light. "I'd rather not die while listening to Britney Spears!"

"Relax Bonz, she's an excellent driver," Zed laughed, taking her hand and kissing her palm.

"Thank you, Baby," she smiled over to him before continuing to sing along to the radio.
"Interesting sense of style
Ten million dollar smile
Think I can handle that
Animal in the sack
His eyes see right to my soul
I surrender self-control..."

Bonzo's hands went through his hair in frustration. "Addison, I can not for the life of me understand what in the hell a badass rocker chick would be doing singing along with Britney Spears? Seriously! What the fuck is with the Britney obsession."

Zed shook his head, knowing exactly what was going to happen. "Now you've done it..."

Addison slammed on the breaks in the middle of the street. Ignoring the blaring horns coming from behind her, she turned around to face him. "James whatever the hell your middle name is Bonzo… how could you NOT like Britney? Sure she had her cheesy bubblegum pop period at the beginning of her career, but even then she was excellently produced. She broke the mold on bringing female empowerment and sexuality into mainstream music. And I mean, HELLO… do you not remember her epic breakdown? She's a hot fucking mess and damn proud of it. Not to mention the fact that there is a perfect Britney song for every occasion."

"I think you may read too much into her music."

She shrugged and smiled. "That may be, but still… Britney is god and I will not tolerate anyone saying otherwise in my car. So unless you want to walk the rest of the way to the salon, I suggest you zip it buster."

Bonzo cracked a smile as he pretended to zip his lips shut.

"That's more like it," Addison smiled victoriously. She turned back around and started to drive once more.

Bonzo leaned forward between the two front seats. "Is she always this bossy?" he mock-whispered in Zed's direction.

"You have no idea."

"You know you love it when I'm bossy," Addison added as she merged onto the freeway.

"Damn right I do."

"Is it too late for me to choose the walking option?"

Addison shook her head and laughed, turning up the volume.
"If I said I said I want your body now
Would you hold it against me"

Thirty long minutes later Addison pulled into the crowded parking lot of Riche Salon.

"Damn… Bree said she was going to be busy, but holy shit this place is packed," Bonzo muttered as they drove through the lot.

"New Year's Eve, one of the salon's busiest days," Addison shrugged. "Luckily for us, I have my own reserved spot!"

"I guess being the owner's best friend has its perks," Zed said as he hopped out the car.

Addison shrugged again. "It's more of a co-owner perk."

Zed and Bonzo both stopped walking and looked at her.

"What?"

"I mean, it's a silent partnership... Like I know anything about doing hair or running a salon," she laughed. "But still..."

Zed scratched the back of his head. "So you're a silent partner in Bree's salon, and you hooked Mason up with a job at Bamm! And gave him the downtown studio?"

Addison nodded. "It was the least I could do. They were both there for me when I needed it the most."

"You never cease to amaze me, Baby," Zed whispered pulling her in for a heated kiss, slowly walking her back towards the car.

Bonzo rolled his eyes and laughed. "Yeah… on that note, I'm going to go find my girlfriend."

Twenty minutes later a very disheveled Addison and Zed walked into the salon.

"Good afternoon Ms. Jacobs."

Addison elbowed Zed as his chest shook with silent laughter. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes at the bubbly receptionist, "Hi Anna, is Bree available?"

"Let me call up and check." Anna picked up the phone and dialed Bree's extension, briefly frowning when her voicemail picked up. "I'm sorry, she must be busy."

"I'm sure she is," Zed laughed under his breath.

"I can go ahead and sign you in Ms. Jacobs, and..." Anna looked over to Zed smiling a little more than necessary.

"Mr. Jacobs," Addison replied overly friendly.

"Your brother?"

She ran her hand over his chest, possessively. "No."

"Oh..." Anna flushed, looking back down to her computer. "Please feel free to have a seat, I'm sure Bree will be available soon."

"I think I'll just go wait in her office," Addison said plastering an obviously fake smile on her face as she grabbed Zed's hand and started to pull him away from the receptionist's desk and towards the stairs. "I fucking hate that girl..." she mumbled under her breath as she started up the steps.

"Why? She was perfectly nice..."

Addison stopped short and glanced over her shoulder glaring at him.

"You are so fucking hot when you're jealous," he chuckled.

"I am NOT jealous… And I'm always hot."

"Riiiiight…." he smiled, grabbing her ass and following her up the stairs. "I think you're forgetting just how well I know you."

Addison rolled her eyes as she started to open the door to the office."Bree, we really need to talk about that fucking perky… Ahhh! My eyes!"

Zed laughed from behind her as he took in the scene. "Yeah… sorry to interrupt."

"For as many times as I've walked in on the two of you," Bree giggled as she straightened her skirt back out and helped Bonzo to his feet. "You deserved some payback."

Addison shrugged, "Fair point." She walked into the office, sitting down on one of the chairs and spinning around. "So, what's the game plan? I know you're busy as hell… despite the um… break you just took."

Bree laughed, shaking her head. "Stress relief… It was much needed, okay." She rolled her eyes and walked around to the other side of her desk to pull up her schedule. She typed in a few things and looked back up. "You two," she said eyeing up Bonzo and Zed, "downstairs with Stephanie for color and then I'll come down and do your cuts while Addie is processing up here."

"Aww," Bonzo pouted. "Why does she get to stay up here with you."

"Because she has people issues," Bree mumbled.

"I heard that."

"Good."

Addison rolled her eyes and looked over to Bonzo. "I've pretty much been avoiding people I may know for the last few years. Bree usually does my hair at my apartment or, if she's super busy, she'll do it up here."

"And I'm worried she's going to knock out my receptionist one of these days," Bree laughed.

"Like I've

said, nobody is that perky. It's just not natural."

"Alright, enough chit-chat. I'm already running almost thirty minutes behind schedule and I'd like to actually have enough time to get myself ready for the party tonight." Bree scolded, ushering the boys out the door. As soon as she closed her office door she turned around and focused on Addison. "So… she said walking over towards the supply closet to gather the materials she'd need. "How was the trip?"

Addison laughed, catching the smock Bree threw over to her. "Amazing. Just like I told you yesterday."

Bree rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but this is the first time I've gotten to talk to you alone! So… how'd it go?"

She sighed dreamily as she took her shirt off and slipped the smock on. "Bree, there aren't words. I haven't felt like this in so long."

"I'm happy for you Adds. It's about time you two got your happy ending."

She rolled her eyes as Bree started to brush out her hair. "Just because we've sorted out our past and had a completely blissful getaway does not mean we've reached happy ending status. In case you've forgotten, we still need to go back on tour and not act like..."

"Zeddison?"

Addison laughed and nodded. "Exactly. I don't know how I'm going to do it. Especially with my ever-vigilant step-brother."

"You'll find away."

"I hope so."

"How'd Z take it?"

"Take what?"

"Um...Penny?"

Addison was silent.

Bree walked around and sat on top of her desk. "You didn't tell him… Did you."

"No."

"Adds..."

"Don't. Please. I just got him back. I'm fucking happy for the first time in YEARS. Let me have a little bit of happiness before I have to ruin it all!"

"You're not going to ruin it! Don't you think he'd want to know?!"

"Bree! Back off!"

"Aren't you worried about starting back into this relationship lying?"

"I'm not lying!" she snapped. "Just… omitting for a little while."

Bree arched her brow.

Addison sighed heavily. "I told him Christmas Eve night that there were some things I wasn't ready to talk about yet. I'll tell him when the time is right."

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"Are you sure you don't want to go?" Zed asked for the five-hundredth time. "I told you, I'm willing to risk getting another tooth knocked out if you do."

Addison giggled and snuggled into his side. "I'm positive, I do not want to go. I'd much rather ring in the new year right here with you… Besides, I don't think Mason's annual New Year's Eve party is the right time to throw myself on his mercy and apologize for sleeping with him and being the world's most terrible friend."

He rolled his eyes and leaned down, kissing the top of her head. "You have not been the world's most terrible friend."

"You're not changing my mind on this one, Z."

"Whatever you say, Baby."

"That's more like it," she said looking up to kiss him.

"Well if you're definitely not going, mind if I borrow your car to go pick up Bree?" Bonzo asked as he sat down on the sofa next to them. "She's still at work."

"Fine by me. Keys are in the basket by the front door."

Zed looked back down at her. "Aren't you going to threaten him like you always do to me when I drive your car?"

She shook her head and smiled. "No."

"So not fair," he teased. "Why do I get threatened?"

"Because you like it," she giggled.

Zed shrugged. "… It is pretty hot."

"Yeah… getting back on tour is definitely going to be interesting," Bonzo laughed as he stood back up. "I'll catch you two in the morning."

"Have fun!" Addison called out after him.

"So… what do you want to do tonight?" Zed asked, running a hand through her snow-white hair.

"Hmm… Horror and chill?"

"That, my dear, sounds perfect. What do you want to do for dinner?"

"I think there may be some leftovers in the fridge..." She looked up to him and smiled, "or we could go grab In and Out."

"Aww, man," Zed moaned. "I could murder an In and Out caveman style burger."

"I think we have a winner," she giggled pulling him down for a kiss.

"Only one problem with that, Gorgeous. Bonz has the car."

She sat up and grabbed his hand. "Well, it's a good thing we have other transportation options then… I just hope it works."

"Hope what works?" he asked as she dragged him towards the garage.

"Oh nothing really," she teased. "Just…." she flipped on the lights and hit the button to open the exterior door. "This!"

There, sitting in the garage next to Dale's Mercedes was his matte black Indian motorcycle.

Zed froze. "Is that…" he whispered, clearly in shock.

Addison's face broke into a large smile. "Yeah, it is."

"How? I thought Mom sold it?" he asked, his voice still not rising above a whisper.

"She did… to me. That way you'd have it when you came back home to me."

He tore his eyes away from the bike to look at her. "She did?"

"Yeah..." she nodded, biting her lip to keep from crying.

"And you kept it? Even after..."

She nodded again, losing the battle with her tears.

He pulled her into him, kissing her until they both needed air. He rested his forehead against hers. "I love you."

"I..."

"I know."

She smiled and kissed him softly. "It should still work. I'm pretty sure it was scheduled to be tuned up last month."

"Seriously?!"

"Yeah… Daddy's car too."

He smiled from ear to ear and kissed her again before he turned and rushed over to his bike. He ran a hand adoringly across the handlebars."I've missed my baby so much!"

"Hey!"

Zed laughed as he kissed the bike. "Adds, you're the love of my life, but this… this beauty was my first love."

"You're lucky I don't get jealous."

He looked over towards her, arching a brow and smirking.

"What? I so do not get jealous."

"Yes, you do. And it's hot as hell every damn time."

She flipped him off while blowing a kiss.

"Deny it all you want, it's still true," he laughed as he straddled the bike and turned the key. He jumped and kicked it started, moaning as the engine roared to life. He looked over to Addison to find her running her tongue along the inside of her lip. "See something you like?"

"Maybe..."

"Maybe?"

She walked up to him, running her finger up his thigh. "I almost forgot how good you look on that bike."

"Well, I haven't forgotten how incredibly sexy you look on it." He reached out and grabbed her roughly, pulling her in for another kiss. "Let's go for a ride, Baby."

"On you or the bike?" she asked breathlessly.

"The bike now, me later."

She straddled the bike and wrapped her arms tightly around his waist. "Oh really?"

"Definitely."

ZzZzZzZzZz

As they finished up their burgers Zed glanced down at his watch. "I have an idea," he said with a smile, looking up and catching her eyes.

"And what would that be?"

"If we leave now, we can make it up to the Hollywood sign in time to catch the fireworks at midnight."

She gasped in excitement, throwing her arms around his neck. "That sounds perfect! Let's do it!"

He smiled and leaned in for a kiss. "Let's go."

They gathered their trash and threw it away before walking hand in hand back over to his bike.

Addison looked down at their joined hands and sighed.

"What's wrong, Baby?"

She held their hands up. "I'm going to miss being able to do this."

He stopped walking, pulling her back into him. "Hey," he whispered, pushing her hair behind her ears. "I told you… we're going to make this work. Is it going to be hard not to kiss you whenever I want? Or hold your hand? Or tell you I love you every five seconds? Hell yeah, it's going to be hard."

Addison laughed and leaned into his touch.

"But we'll find a way."

"Hell yeah we will," she smiled kissing him.

He picked her up, making her laugh, as he walked them over to his bike. "Fuck it. We're not going back on tour! We can just run away together. Just you and me forever."

"If only! That sounds like heaven," she smiled up to him as he sat her down on the seat.

He straddled the bike, kick-starting the engine to life. "Heaven is wherever you are, Baby."

They drove through the cool night, winding their way up the familiar hills towards their spot, finally coming to a stop at the nearest shoulder.

Zed killed the engine and looked around. So much had changed in the week since they were last up here. He turned back towards Addison. "You ready to do this?"

She wrapped her leg around his waist, turning gracefully so that she was now facing him, straddling his lap. "Always… I'll follow you anywhere..." She bit her lower lip, running her tongue along his name. "I adore you."

He smiled and leaned in for a kiss, nipping her lower lip. "I love you so fucking much..." He grabbed onto her ass and stood up. "We could get into so much trouble..." he teased, echoing her words from the first time they had made the climb.

"Carpe Noctum..."

They climbed over the fence and carefully made their way down the rugged terrain towards the base of the letters, before climbing up the ladder on the side of the "H". When they reached the top they both turned to each other, the nostalgia hitting them both. He reached out, taking her hand in his, and pulling her into him.

She rested her head against his chest as they slowly started to sway. "Climb up the H of the Hollywood sign, yeah
In these stolen moments
The world is mine
There's nobody here, just us together
Keepin' me hot like July forever..."

He twirled her under his arm, pulling her even closer. " 'Cause we're the masters of our own fate
We're the captains of our own souls
There's no way for us to come away..."

" 'Cause boy we're gold, boy we're gold
And I was like…" she slowly started to push his leather jacket off his shoulders.
"Take off, take off
Take off all your clothes…."

"I mean, if you insist," he teased, shrugging the rest of the way out of it before unzipping her moto jacket. "They say only the good die young
That just ain't right
'Cause we're having too much fun
Too much fun tonight, yeah..."

She slipped her sweater off over her head as he unbuttoned

his flannel. She pulled him back into her running her hands over his well-defined abs. "And a lust for life."

"And a lust for life."

"Keeps us alive."

"Keeps us alive." He leaned down, capturing her lips in a fiery kiss.

She pulled back breathlessly, desire darkening her eyes. "Then we dance on the H of the Hollywood sign
'Til we run out of breath..."

"Gotta dance til we die." He twirled her around again, making quick work of the latch on the back of her bra.

"My boyfriend's back
and he's cooler than ever
There's no more night, blue skies forever..."

"Cause we're the masters of our own fate
We're the captains of our own souls
So there's no need to hesitate
We're all alone, let's take control...

"Take off, take off
Take off all your clothes."

"Take off, take off
Take off all of your clothes..."

"They say only the good die young
That just ain't right
'Cause we're having too much fun
Too much fun tonight, yeah..."

"And a lust for life"

"Keeps us alive"

Her hands went to his belt, slowly unbuckling it as she stared deep into his eyes. "My boyfriend's back
And he's cooler than ever
There's no stopping now, green lights forever..."

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm sorry it's taken me so long to update! But things have been crazy busy and then I went to Disney (my Disney World obsession has been well documented). But, now I'm back! Next up, back to the tour!

So, if you don't follow me on Instagram, you missed an announcement… I'm starting to work on a new story! It's called Call To The Wild, and I'm hoping to have the first chapter posted by the end of the month.

SONGS USED IN THIS CHAPTER

Pearl, Austin P McKenzie

Radar, Britney Spears

Hold it Against Me, Britney Spears

Lust For Life, Lana Del Ray ft The Weeknd