A/N * I just love Chad Singleton. I love to rip into him. and I love Zed.

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Zed was bored out of his fucking mind. Addison was at her parents house preparing for some stupid dinner and he couldn't wait for Sunday night when he could see her again. He sat in Eliza's kitchen, leaned back in his chair with his feet propped up, tossing a football in the air over his head.

"You're so lame. Do you know that?" Eliza asked him.

"How am I lame?" He never stopped tossing his ball.

"You're like a love sick puppy. Sitting at my house all sad and pathetic because you don't know what to do with yourself while your girlfriend is away. It's gross." She sat at the other end of the table typing away on her laptop.

"How is it gross?"

"Seriously. Maybe you should go rub one out."

"Yeah, I did that this morning. Oh, I know! Your jealous." He teased.

"Actually, I'm far from it. I'm way too invested in my school work to put up with some sappy boyfriend."

Zed chuckled, "You think I'm sappy? You would be so lucky to have a boyfriend like me."

"Yeah." Eliza snorted, "Been there, done that!"

Zed stopped tossing his ball in the air and sat up to look at her. "Hey, we said we wouldn't talk about that."

She stopped her typing to glare back at him. "Excuse me. Yes, I'm so sad with my life and I need to find someone to give me the D. Like now." She said sarcastically.

"Yeah, that's what I thought." Zed resumed his ball tossing. Comfortable silence passed between the best friends, each lost in thought. Eliza was the first to break it. "So, I uh...I saw Zarah the other day." Zed stopped mid throw and dropped his football onto his face when she said that.

"What?" He said stupidly. Eliza stopped her typing and closed the laptop, ready to get serious. "Yeah, I was waiting for the right time to tell you that. I saw her at the outlet mall." Zed was quiet for a moment. A pensive look on his face. "What uh...what did she say?" he asked quietly.

"Not much. She trashed on me and Bree and then asked where you were. I told her to shove it and walked away." She was trying to keep a neutral look on her face for his benefit because she knew it was tearing him up on the inside. Zed didn't say anything. He just pursed his lips and nodded his head, then resumed his ball throwing, a little more aggressively.

"Hey, you can talk to me you know. You don't have to keep all these feelings bottled up inside."

"Well, there really isn't much to say. So she's back in town. Good for her." he snarked. Eliza sighed. She knew she shouldn't have told him, but they had a pact of sorts in which they would never keep secrets. "Was what's his face with her?"

Eliza sighed. "No. Not that I saw anyway. But it's over Zed. It's been two years and you have Addison now." She said trying to perk him up. "I just thought you would want to know. Just in case she's back in town for good. I didn't want any surprises." Zed didn't answer her. He had stopped throwing the ball, but he still sat leaning back with his legs propped up, lost in thought. His phone pinged, breaking the silence. If Eliza's heart worked any at all, it would be beating out of her chest. She hoped to god that wasn't the devil herself trying make a reappearance when it wasn't wanted.

Zed pulled his phone out of his pocket with shaking hands and looked at his message. He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "It's Addy." He turned the phone to Eliza to show Addison's smiling face. She was wearing a cute little pink dress and giving him a thumbs up. Wish me luck. She wrote. He replied to her and pocketed his phone again.

Abruptly Eliza stood, shaking the whole table. Zed looked up questioningly at her. "We need to get out of here." Zed was still looking at her confused. "I know for a fact there's a rave at the factory we can go to."

Zed shook his head. "I don't know E. I haven't done that in so long." She rounded the table and grabbed his hand, pulling him towards the front door. "Oh come on, we used to do this all the time. Just like the good old days." He sighed and begrudgingly agreed. "Fine."

They walked towards the abandoned factory. The one that started it all, he thought. He shot off another text to Addison.

How's it going in stepford land?

Typical Seabrook. Was her reply. He wasn't sure what that really meant. But he was sure it wasn't any fun. They reached the bottom level of the factory and listened to the music pumping from the upper levels. "Aw sweet. The elevators are working today." Eliza commented draggin Zed over.

Zed's heart just wasn't as into this rave as he would have been a year ago. He was still shaken from the news of Zarah's return and half expected to run into her while they were there. Not only that. He was starting to miss Addison more and more with each little text she managed to sneak to him.

My mom thinks Chad and I should go get ice cream together.

Um…. no. Fuck that guy.

There's no getting out of it. She's made up her mind. We're headed to Seabrook Creamery.

Now Zed was pissed off. Not only was he not able to see his girlfriend, but she was set up on a date with someone else. She sent him a picture from inside the car of the guy she was with.

What a fucking loser. He looks so lame. How have you not died of boredom yet?

I'm almost there. I really wish you could save me from this nightmare date my mom is trying to turn this into.

He wished he could too. But then an idea hit him. "Hey Eliza!" He hollered to grab her attention away from the music equipment.

"What's up. You already ditching." She hollered, making we way over to him.

"No. Even better. You're ditching too!"

"We just got here." She whined, crossing her arms to pout.

"Oh no, I've got an idea on how we can have fun and hopefully terrorize the Seabrook community in the process."

She narrowed her eyes. "I'm listening."

"Are you still friends with that art major? The one who was into special effects makeup."

"Yeah why?"

"Just trust me."

Faster than he thought possible they were fitted with prosthetics and fake black oozing blood. He managed to scrounge up a few more friends and they were currently making their way into the city of Seabrook.

There it was. Seabrook Creamery. He could see Addison and the cheese dick sitting at a table right against the window. Perfect. They wouldn't even have to go inside. Growing nearer he pointed to Eliza who slipped to the side of the building to snip some wiring. The patrons of the creamery turned their heads, looking up and around with confusion at the flickering lights. "This is too easy." He roared.

Getting closer he brought himself right up to the glass where Addison sat and loudly slammed his entire body against it. The others followed suit and what happened after that would go down as one of the funniest events for the zombies in years.

Addison turned with a fright but relaxed the second she saw it was him. He started licking and practically humping the glass right in front of where she sat. She smiled and he gave her a wink. Then resumed his licking with a suggestive eyebrow wiggle. Chad jumped out of his chair and screamed. He made a mad dash to the back of the building, but not before knocking Addison out of her chair. She fell and he swore he could hear her head crack against the tile.

He rushed into the shop and gently lifted her head, checking for signs of trauma. "Take it easy now." he said gently. She winced as he picked her up to a standing position. "Are you ready to get the fuck out of here?" He asked her.

"God yes!" Was her reply.

People were everywhere, flooding the streets and screaming in panic. Zed helped Addison outside and over to hide in the alley behind the building. "Are you ok?" he asked, checking her head again for signs of a lump forming. Feeling a small one on the back he let out a sigh of relief. Great, she didn't have a concussion at least.

"I'll be ok, especially now that you're here." She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him closely to herself. He squeezed her back, thinking he would never let her go after this. He was already forming plans to sneak into her room the next time she had to go back to her parents' house.

"I'm gonna kick that jerks ass." Referring to the loser Chad, who had cowardly pushed his way to the back of the building. Addison giggled into his chest. "I'm serious." he said, "I'm gonna bash his head in."

"I can promise you he's not worth it. He's probably still crying in a bathroom stall somewhere. Let's just get out of here. I am not going back home." Zed gave her one last squeeze before taking her hand and leading her in the direction of Zombietown. Most of the people had cleared out of the streets by now and it was fairly quiet. The plan was for the five of the zombies that came with him to scatter after the prank was pulled so they would be harder to catch. He assumed that they had already made their way back to the rave.

They reached the border to Zombietown when Addison's phone started to ring. "It's my parents what do I say?" she panicked. She had completely forgotten about them when she left the creamery.

"Just tell them that you couldn't find that dweeb and you ran into a friend who offered to take you back to the school." She agreed that it was a good idea and answered the call. She made quick work of convincing them it was safer at the school for her right at that moment and promised she would call more often. Right at the end of the call Zed noticed her face was contorted into something he couldn't quite place. Was she in pain… maybe it was constipation. He heard ice cream could do that you. She ended the call and busted out laughing. He couldn't help the smile that was quickly forming on his face from just the sight of her smiling face. "What?" he chuckled along with her.

"Chad actually had to call them to come and pick him up because he was too shaken to drive himself back." Zed laughed louder when he heard that.

"Come on, the rave is almost over and the best part is about to begin." He grasped her hand once more to lead her towards the factory. After every rave, the zombies gather on the open rooftop, under the stars, and they play an old stereotypical zombie movie on a big projection screen. He led Addison to the top of the roof and found them a secluded spot in the back. Most people were sitting closer up towards the front near the food and drink booths they had set up.

"This is really nice Zed." She was referring to the flannel blanket he spread out for the two of them and the "garden of lights" he called light bulbs he had dully lit around them.

They lay on the blanket together. Not bothering with the movie and just watched the stars. He had one arm under his head his other was wrapped Addison, who had her head laying on his chest. "This reminds me of last weekend. Curled up in your bed with you." He squeezed her a little tighter to himself when she said that.

"Yeah but this time I don't get to have a taste of your…" she cut him off mid sentence with a kiss. "What? I was gonna say sweet sweet pu…." another kiss cut him off. "Fine. I won't say it."

She smiled, sat up and kissed him again. "Good. Because I'd rather not let everyone know." She lay back down and snuggled herself back into him. He waited till she got good and settled before striking. "Sweet sweet pussy!" He rushed out. She laughed and sat up and hit him in the chest. "Ah Addison!" He hollered and put his hands up to defend against her onslaught of tiny slaps. "Ok ok. Truce." She stopped slapping but not laughing. He lay out of breath for a second before announcing he was going for a snack. He promised to bring her something other than fake brain.

Addison sat on the blanket looking out at all of the zombies. They really were amazing. Life had handed them the short straw and somehow they managed they make the most of it. It was only because of these old stereotypes that they were getting such a bad wrap. The projection screen was currently playing a black and white night of the living dead style movie. Zombies were crawling out of graves and dragging themselves slowly to try and eat some brains. She hugged her knees to herself wishing that someday zombies would be accepted. That she could just flip a switch and make everything normal. A person approached from out of the shadows on the side and startled her from her thoughts.

"You look lost little human." Addison looked over the zombie that had approached her. She was tall, thin and had long green dreadlocks.

"Oh no, I'm here with someone actually." Addison responded. The other girl cocked her head to the side and looked Addison over.

"Hm, and who is it that gets the privilege of being here with you?"

"That would be Zed." Addison answered. The other girl didn't respond, just cocked an eyebrow, "Zed Necrodopolous. He's actually my boyfriend." She clarified.

"That's the most interesting thing I've heard in years. Zed having a girlfriend. A human one at that." Addison was very confused. Did she know Zed? Did they used to be friends.

"I'm Addison. Nice to meet you." Her years of forced politeness causing her to greet the other girl with a hand shake.

"Sure you are." The girl left so quickly that it looked as if she had disappeared. One second she was kneeling by Addison and the next she was gone. Zed walked up taking the place of the strange girl.

"Did you see someone here a second ago?" She said looking around for where the mysterious person might have gone. Zed looked around and shook his head. "As far as I can tell, it's just you, me and this giant basket of cheese covered brains." Addison gave him a small smile as he took his seat next to her and dug into his food. But she couldn't shake the feeling she got from her encounter with the mysterious girl.