AUTHOR'S NOTE: Riverdale Season 1 & 2 spoilers ahead...I don't feel too bad doing it because we're half way through Season 3.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZED: SATURDAY

part 1

"Zed….wake up…," Bucky whispered as he stood above the sleeping zombie trying to wake him up. "Zed...Addie's here."

Zed smiled sleepily as his eyes began to blink open.

"Not really, dude. I just wanted to let you know that you've got about an hour before you need to meet my Aunt and Uncle for breakfast."

Zed yawned loudly. "What are you talking about? Aren't we leaving at 8? What time is it?"

"It's just after 7. And we're leaving at 8," he said motioning over to Tracey. "You're staying."

Zed sat up and rubbed at his eyes before running his hands through his hair and then stretching. "Look, I'm probably still a little buzzed from last night and I'm not totally awake yet, so...let's break this down again."

Bucky laughed and sat down on the bed next to Zed. "Tracey and I are leaving to head back to Seabrook at 8. You and Addie have plans today, starting with breakfast over at Ohana at 8:15."

"When did all this change?"

"Yesterday!" Tracey exclaimed as he jumped onto the bed and hugged him tightly, planting a kiss on his cheek. "Happy Birthday!"

"Thanks, man," Zed laughed, wiping off his cheek. "But if I'm not going home with you two, how am I getting back?"

"I'm pretty sure Aunt Missy took care of all the details. You'll just have to go with the flow until she tells you everything."

"Now go shower, you smell like you were up all night drinking, dancing, and doing God knows what else!" Tracey giggled.

Bucky pretended to gag before he took Zed's pillow and threw it at Tracey. "Could you not! That's my baby cousin he was doing God knows with last night!"

Zed chuckled to himself. "B, I'm sorry your cousin is the love of my life. But I'm not apologizing for anything we do."

"It's fine," he sighed dramatically. "I just never thought I'd long for the days when you two were sickeningly sweet PG DCOM."

"Um...Bucky...They're still sickeningly sweet PG DCOM," Tracey said throwing the pillow back at him.

Bucky swatted it away. "Yeah, except for when they're being Showtime After Dark."

"And on that note..." Zed laughed as he stretched his arms out to the sides, knocking them both off the bed. "I'm going to go take a shower before you two come up with any more ways to compare my relationship to television."

Tracey pulled himself up off the floor. "Hmm...shower you say...Now you've got ME thinking Showtime After Dark," he laughed.

Bucky sat up and laughed. "At least my cousin isn't here. Do you remember me complaining to you about how late the two of them made us back at Christmas?"

Tracey threw his head back and laughed. "I do! It was right after we watched that scene in Riverdale where Veronica joins Archiekins in the shower after Fred gets shot! Oh Zed, Addie-Caddie is one lucky girl. If I didn't love her so much I'd be jealous!"

"Wait...Fred gets shot?"

"Oops, sorry for the spoiler, Zediekins!"

"Tracey...I think you're the only person that could ever get away with calling me that."

"Alright," Bucky said laughing as he stood up. "Go shower before I start spilling more spoilers."

Zed narrowed his eyes at him. "You wouldn't dare..."

"The question is, are you willing to take that chance?"

"Alright, alright, I'll go take a shower," he pretended to sulk as he walked towards the bathroom. As he started to walk in he stopped. "But I was really hoping to keep last night on me a little longer."

Tracey broke out into a fit of laughter at the same time that Bucky threw one of the pillows towards the bathroom, narrowly missing Zed's head. "Clifford Blossom killed Jason!" he called out as Zed closed the door and started the shower.

Tracey threw himself onto one of the beds. "So," he said as he propped himself up on his elbows. "What's really up? I know you're not upset about Zeddiekins and Addie-Caddie."

"I'm just tired and I miss E. And you're right. I'm not upset. Jealous, maybe. But not upset." He sat down on the bed next to Tracey and ran a hand through his hair. "I'm happy that they're so happy. I just wish that Eliza and I could be together all the time like they are."

"Look, school lets out for the summer in like two months. Then you'll be back in Seabrook with her. And don't even get me started on the fact that you're abandoning me and moving into the apartments with her next school year."

"You were planning on moving into the apartments anyway!"

"True...but you didn't know that when you told me!" Tracey laughed just as they both heard a knock on the door.

"That's probably Addison," Bucky said as he went to get up.

"I've got it!" Tracey rushed out as he jumped off the bed and ran across the room. "Addie-Caddie!" he exclaimed as he opened the door for her, instantly giving her air kisses before she could even say hello.

"You are awfully chipper this morning," Addison giggled as she walked in and handed him one of the four coffees she had picked up on her way over. "What time did you get in? Z and I looked all over for you last night?"

"About two hours ago! And don't think I didn't see you two sneak off!"

"You were the one that gave me the idea!"

"Could you two not?" Bucky said as he walked up and took one of the coffees from Addison and took a sip. "Oh good lord, that one has to be Zed's."

"Yeah...He likes them extra sweet. Speaking of my oh so hot boyfriend...Where is he?"

As if he were answering her question, Zed started singing in the shower. "J & J my go-to shampoo. 2 in 1 you already know what I do. It's the only thing I flex except these pants from J Crew..."

"Is he singing about his shampoo?" Bucky asked in disbelief as he took a sip of the correct coffee this time. "So much better."

Addison laughed. "At least he's not singing about the farmers market again!"

"... Johnson Johnson giving me some club vibes...I'm like a baby's booty, Johnson makes me so smooth...The only product I will ever use..."

Tracey laughed and walked into the bathroom. "Really? That smooth? I wanna see!"

Zed laughed and popped his head out of the shower curtain. "Sorry man, Addie's eyes only."

"Speaking of..." Tracey smiled as he opened the door wider.

"There's my favorite Zombie!"

"My favorite Cheerleader...Wanna come in?" he said wagging his eyes brows.

Tracey fanned himself as Bucky poked his head in and pretended to puke.

"I apologize for nothing Bartholomew!"

Bucky glared at him for a second. "...Betty's dad is the black hood!"

"You did not just do that!?"

"You two crazy kids have fun!" Tracey giggled as he pushed Bucky out of the doorway. "We'll see you tomorrow night...Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"

"That's not very limiting, Tracey!" Zed laughed.

"I know!" he winked. "Happy Birthday!" he said as he closed the door leaving just Zed and Addison in the bathroom.

"So, Gorgeous...what do you say?"

"I say we need to meet my parents in 30 minutes."

"I can work with that..."

Addison smiled and unzipped her red National Championships jacket. "You've got fifteen, and don't you dare get my hair wet!"

"Stop fidgeting, you're making me nervous and there is absolutely nothing to be nervous about!" Addison whispered as they stepped off the elevator on the second floor of the Polynesian forty-five minutes later.

"Easy for you to say, Gorgeous," he whispered back. "You know how I feel about surprises."

Addison smiled to herself and shook her head. "That you say you hate them, but deep down you secretly love them?"

"Not even close. But I love you and I know you and your family love surprises...so I tolerate them."

"Well thank you. And please, I promise you'll like this," she said as they walked up to the waiting area where Missy and Dale were already seated. "Hi Mom, Dad!"

"There you two are!" Missy said standing up to hug them. "What took you so long?"

"Sorry, my fault," Zed answered as he hugged her. "I had to shower and pack."

"Happy Birthday, Sweetie!"

"Thank you, Mayor Missy."

"And you both dropped your bags off at the front desk?" Dale asked as he stood up to hug his daughter and shake Zed's hand.

"Yes, sir."

"Great. Now, what do you say we go celebrate your birthday and a National title?"

"Eek! I can't wait!" Addison cheered happily.

Zed looked over to her and chuckled to himself.

"What?"

"Nothing. You're just so excited."

"That's because I know what's going on!" she smiled as they followed Missy and Dale up to the hostess stand.

As they walked through the restaurant towards their table Zed froze. "Addison..." he whispered grabbing her arm and keeping her from walking forward. "Was that Mickey?"

Addison smiled and threw her arms around him, kissing his cheek loudly. "Yes! Happy birthday, Handsome!"

Zed stood there in shock for a moment before a wide smile spread across his face. "This is so cool!"

"It gets better!" Addison smiled up at him as she grabbed his hand and led him to the table where her parents were already being seated. "Sorry," she apologized as they took their seats. "Zed got a little star struck when Mickey walked past him."

"Just wait," Missy said as she reached out for his hand. "He'll be coming around to take pictures."

"I get to take a picture with Mickey?" he asked in disbelief.

All three of them shook their heads yes.

"This is seriously like the best breakfast ever!"

Addison laughed and held up her hand pretending to whisper to her parents. "Just wait until he finds out it's unlimited food."

"Addie, don't joke," Zed laughed.

"I'm not. Seriously. Breakfast is served family style and they just keep bringing food out until you're full."

Zed just stared at her for a second. "This morning just keeps getting better and better! This is the most amazing thing ever! Unlimited breakfast AND I got to take a picture with Mickey? Could this birthday get any better?"

Missy smiled and looked over to Dale.

"Actually, Zed, Missy and I have something

else for you," he said as he placed an envelope on the table.

"You guys have already done so much. You didn't need to get me anything!"

"Oh, hush up and open it," Addison teased as she grabbed the envelope off the table and shoved it in his hands.

He slowly, carefully, and methodically started to open the envelope, knowing it would drive his overly excited girlfriend crazy.

Addison glared at him. "I know what you're doing."

Zed laughed and quickly opened the envelope and pulled out a card with several Disney characters across the front. He opened it up and two plastic cards fell to the table. He picked them up and read them.

"Are these... NO WAY!" he exclaimed as he stood up and rushed over to the other side of the table, pulling Missy and Dale into a tight hug.

"Happy Birthday, Zed, sweetie!" Missy said as she kissed his cheek.

"WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!" he exclaimed, jumping up in the air and causing the people at the nearby tables to look in their direction.

"It's his first trip," Dale shrugged in explanation to them.

Zed walked back to his side of the table and hugged Addison. "Best surprise ever."

"I told you you'd like it!"

"Now that we've got that part out of the way, let's talk details," Missy said clapping her hands together. "Dale and I have to get back to Seabrook by this afternoon for a fundraising dinner. We'll take your luggage with us so you don't have to worry about it while you're in the park. You two have a red-eye flight back."

Zed cringed at the thought of flying again, but as Missy continued to rattle off their plans, he quickly got over it.

"You've got fast passes for Mine Train, Splash Mountain, and Space Mountain. If you two want to change them, feel free. Addison, you still have the app on your phone, right?"

"Sure do!"

"Great! You also have dinner reservations at CRT."

"Really?" Addison asked excitedly.

"Yes! I don't know how Gloria managed to get them on such short notice, but she did!"

"EEEEEK!"

"Um...what's CRT?" Zed asked.

"Cinderella's Royal Table! My favorite restaurant in all of Disney World! We're going to have dinner INSIDE the castle!" Addison exclaimed.

"You can do that?"

"YES!"

"Oh," Dale said leaning down to pick up two small boxes. "I know you're only going for one day, and you don't really need these, but we thought you two might like them for a souvenir."

Zed took the box from him and opened it, revealing a red Mickey Mouse bracelet looking thing. "What is this?"

"Magic Bands!" Addison answered pulling her new Dooney & Bourke limited edition band out. "You can use them to enter the parks, you scan them for fast passes, and for pictures, and you can use them for purchases if your credit card is loaded..." she said looking over to her parents hopefully.

Dale laughed and shook his head. "As long as you don't go crazy, I'll put it on there."

"Yay! Thank you, Daddy!"

"You're welcome."

"This is all too much," Zed said looking over to Missy and Dale. "Thank you. I...I don't even know what else to say."

"Just promise me lots of pictures!" Missy smiled. "And speaking of pictures," she said as she motioned behind Zed.

"No way! It's Stitch!"

When breakfast was finally over, and Zed had eaten as much as he possibly could and taken several pictures with Mickey, Pluto, Lilo, and Stitch, Missy and Dale hugged them both as they stood in the lobby of the resort.

"We'll pick you up when your flight gets in at 5:30," Missy said as she hugged her daughter once more. She pulled Zed into their hug. "Have fun!"

"We will Mom."

"Thank you so much, Mayor Missy."

"You're welcome. We'll see you in the morning!" she said as she let them go and took her husband's hand.

Addison smiled up to Zed. "Are you ready?"

"I'm WAY fired up!" he laughed throwing her a wink.

"Well let's go then!" she giggled as she grabbed his hand and led him to the elevators.

"Why are we going back upstairs?"

"Because we're going to take the monorail!"

"Wait, so all we have to do is take that train thing and then we're there?"

"First off, it's a monorail," she teased. "Secondly, YES!"

"Whatevs. This is so cool!"

As they stood in the elevator Zed leaned down and placed a soft kiss against her lips. "I love you so much!"

"I love you too!"

With a mischievous wink, he swept her off her feet and swung her onto his back as the elevator doors opened.

"Let's do this!" he said as he looked up over his shoulders into her eyes.

"Let's," she smiled as she leaned over and kissed him. "Por favor mantengase alejado de las puertas!"

"What?"

"It's a monorail thing!"

AUTHOR'S NOTE: We're going to Disney World! (I wish I was, but alas, I'm at home sick and definitely not on vacation). I know this was crazy short, but I will be posting the second part sometime Thursday.

So the song Zed was singing in the shower... That would be the part Milo sings in the Galaxy Boyz song Johnson & Johnson. If you've ever wanted to see him singing and playing the guitar in a small bathroom while wearing short shorts...well there you go.

Thank you so much Gabrielleb11 for the crazy sweet shout-outs! If you haven't read her story Love Signs, go check it out!

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