The bus sat a little more than fifty-five people, so they only had one bus for all of the cheerleaders. Bucky was at the front with his fellow captains, going through the last of the paperwork. When they got to the hotel, Bucky and the Aceys got down and gathered their room keys. They went back on the bus and handed out the room keys, giving a few final instructions before sending them off into their rooms.

The first day proved to be a challenge. Zach and Bucky got to hang out, sure, but they couldn't be affectionate with each other with so many people around.

Zach did make sly passes at Bucky throughout the day. He mouth things and throw winks from the spaces between them at the gym. After they finished for the day they went back to their rooms.

"I'm gonna go shower," Tracey announced. He looked at Bucky as he said, "Unless someone else would rather go first?"

It was a bit of a trap, considering that Bucky always went first in everything. He shook his head though and said, "I have to go see Addison, she claims it's urgent but knowing her it's something stupid."

"Okay," Tracey said suspiciously. He watched Bucky stand up and exit the room before giving Zach a once over then going into the bathroom.

A few minutes after the shower water came on, Bucky came back in the room and basically pounced onto Zach. Zach couldn't help but laugh before Bucky connected their lips.

After a few seconds, Bucky pulled back and rested his forehead on Zach's. "Fuck you," he said without any feeling. "Being all hot and sweaty and—just fuck you."

"Oh is that what you want?" Zach asked with a smug smile. He let his hands linger from Bucky's waist to his butt. "Your friend is in the shower, you know? He could pop out at anytime."

"Don't play games with me," Bucky said. "Grab my ass or don't. Just pick something."

"Tracey could come out any minute."

"Says the guy who was flirting with me in front of the whole cheer team. Now lay down so I can work my magic."

Zach laughed and laid back on their bed. Bucky kissed him in a starved kind of way, like he had been waiting forever to do it (to be fair they hadn't been affectionate with each other since they left that morning).

They kissed passionately, touching each other everywhere they could (yes, including some affectionate ass grabbing). When the shower water cut off Bucky rolled off of Zach and onto the other side of the bed. They fixed themselves quickly and Zach managed to grab a book from his backpack before Tracey came out of the bathroom.

He knew that everyone saw him as the flirty guy. Here was Tracey, shuffling through bag in just a towel. If Zach didn't say anything people would be suspicious of him and what he was doing. "Oh, someone's looking fairly delicious," Zach said with a flirty smile.

Tracey looked up at laughed. "Shut up! Mr. Strict is right next to you!"

Bucky scowled at the two of them. "Are you done in the bathroom?"

"No sir."

"Then stop being gay with the Zombie and finish. We need to get to sleep ASAP if we're gonna be ready to perform tomorrow morning."

Tracey laughed a little and grabbed his pajamas and more toiletries, then went back into the bathroom. Once the door was closed, Bucky put his phone down and grabbed Zach by his jaw.

"Don't flirt with other people," he warned. "I will lose my fucking mind if you ever do that again."

"I figured if I didn't then—"

"I don't care," Bucky interrupted. "You are mine. You are only mine. You get to flirt with me, and only me. Understand?"

"You are so hot when you get jealous." Zach breathed out.

Bucky pulled him down for rough kiss. "Don't you ever flirt with my best friend again. I don't care how hot he is. I want your attention on me."

"I love seeing you get jealous." Zach said with a smile. He gave him another peck and grabbed his book. "I have math homework. Can you help me, Senior? Or are you still upset that I flirted with Tracey?"

"Shut up," Bucky grumbled. "Why would you even flirt with him? He's not that hot."

"You know how I am," Zach shrugged. "I've flirted with every person in existence. If that just stopped, people would be suspicious."

Bucky frowned and didn't say anything about it. Instead he asked, "Aren't you a sophomore?" Zach nodded. "I thought juniors took algebra two?"

Zach shrugged. "It's just math. Numbers, concepts. I'm not stupid, ya know."

"I know," Bucky said defensively. He sighed, then moved Zach's book over to the side and straddled him. "I'm sorry if I sound insane. I'm just a little…"

"Jealous?"

"I don't want you looking at other guys," Bucky stated. "You're mine."

"I am yours," Zach stated. "But if we wanna keep this on the down low, you gotta understand that I'll flirt with people. It doesn't mean anything, 'cause I'm yours."

"Okay." Bucky kissed him, softer than before. "Sorry that I'm being so needy. And…possessive."

"I don't care, honestly," Zach shrugged. "Now I need help with my homework. Can you help me out?"

Bucky have him another kiss, then moved out of his lap. "Yeah, but I'm not very good at math. Just a warning."

Zach smiled and nodded. "I just like chilling with you is all."

It was close to eleven at night. Bucky and the Aceys has gone around at nine thirty to tell everyone to go to bed and now, Bucky was fast asleep in a bed with Zach. Tracey made sure of it before sneaking out of the room to meet with Lacey and Stacey in the hall.

"I hat is so important that couldn't wait until the morning?" Stacey asked, clearly frustrated with Tracey.

"Bucky and the Zombie in our room are dating," Tracey stated, getting both of their attention. "I came out of the shower and they were making out on the bed. And then when I went back to get dressed, they were talking about how Buck we getting jealous. Zach—the Zombie—was talking about how he'd only interested in Bucky."

"What? That's insane," Lacey said. "Bucky would never date a Zombie."

"I have pictures!"

"What?"

Tracey nodded and showed them the set of pictures he'd taken after catching Bucky and Zach. "This is…this is so bad," Lacey said, and the other two Aceys nodded.

"Well…we have to do something," Stacey said. "Bucky's clearly lost his mind. Dating a Zombie, of all people."

"I thought he'd date you, honestly," Lacey shrugged.

"That's not the big issue," Tracey said. "Bucky can't date a Zombie. He just—he can't. We have to break them up."

"Do they know that you know?" Lacey asked.

Tracey shook his head. "Okay. So we have to break them up without them knowing that we know." Stacey summed up.

"Great." Tracey sighed. "I'm tired so…circle back to this tomorrow?"

They all nodded and made their way back to their rooms.

After placing first in the cheer competition and chilling for the rest of Saturday, Bucky treated the team to a morning of fun activities. They went to a trampoline park and went go-kart racing, then did laser tag before heading back to the hotel and packing their stuff to go home.

Once they got to Seabrook, everyone went home while Bucky and Addison stayed behind to finish up onpaperwork and put the supplies away. Zach helped too, considering Bucky was his ride.

When they left the gym, Zed was waiting outside for them in the now empty parking lot. Him and Addison ran toward each other and threw their arms around each other. Zed lifted her off the ground and spun her around happily.

"Oh my god! I missed you so much!"

"I missed you too," Addison said. She pulled him down and gave him a sweet kiss.

"I am so proud, congrats," Zed said. "First place!"

Addison smiled and turned her head to watch her cousin and his boyfriend walk toward her. "That's all 'cause of the amazing guidance of my cousin," she said.

Zed kept one arm around Addison and gave Bucky and Zach a side hug each. "Congrats guys," Zed said. "What's next? Nationals?"

"Nah," Bucky said. "There's some shit going on with the officials do they aren't hosting a National Competition this year. I dunno."

"What's the plan for the rest of the night?" Zed asked. "I know of a little place that's throwing a party of sorts."

Addison smiled widely. "A Zombie Mash?"

Zed nodded. "You in Zach?"

Zach shook his head. "It's, uh, been a long day. Long weekend. I kinda just wanna chill."

"Alright," Zed said. "I'll let them know, of course."

"Who?"

"Your band. I doubt you guys would've performed since you probably haven't rehearsed in ages."

Zach nodded. Bucky glanced at him, then turned back to Addison. "So you're going with Zed? You don't need a ride?"

"Nope."

"Cool," Bucky said. "See you guys tomorrow then."

Zed looked between them. "Okay? Are you driving Zach home or something?"

"Zed," Addison said warningly.

Zed raised an eyebrow at his girlfriend, then at his friends. "It's just some questions, Babe."

"Don't worry about us," Bucky stated. "Bye!"