AUTHOR'S NOTE: This chapter is rated M.

SPRING BREAK

UNEXPECTED

When Zed woke up the next morning, it was still dark outside. Rolling onto his side to face Addison, he saw that she was still asleep with a small smile on her lips. He stroked back a section of her that had fallen across her cheek. As he laid the hair neatly in place, she stirred but still slept. Her expression was content and peaceful. She was absolutely breathtaking. He watched her as the sun rose, brightening his world.

When her eyes finally peeked open, she smiled up to him.

"Good morning, Gorgeous," he whispered, hoping not to break the serenity of the early hour.

"Good morning, Handsome."

"You've been smiling for at least the last thirty minutes. You want to share what you were dreaming about?" he asked, closing the small gap between them and brushing a soft kiss on her lips.

"My dreams already came true," she replied sleepily, her tone letting him know that she wasn't moving from the bed anytime soon. "Last night was..." she smiled wider and shook her head, before pulling him down to kiss him. Her hand weaved into his hair, holding him to her. Her body moved against him seductively. "Would you make love to me again?"

"That's not exactly torture you know..."

"What can I say? I'm a simple girl with simple needs."

His hands slid against her stomach and upward across her breasts without stopping, skinning back down between her legs. Her eyes grew heavy as he watched her breathing change, deepening.

He moved on top of her, spreading her legs with his knee, parting her. He adjusted his weight on his legs and forearms, kissing across her stomach while rubbing his thumbs across her hipbones. Addison's stomach rumbled loudly, causing them both to stop and look at each other, before breaking out in a quiet laugh.

"I think we need to feed you first."

Addison scrunched up her nose. "I don't really have a taste for anything right now." She let out a wide yawn and then giggled. "Maybe after coffee."

Zed smiled and kissed up her body before nipping her nose playfully. "Coffee it is."

"Want to drink it out on the hammock?"

"Sounds perfect. I'll meet you out back," he whispered against her lips as he kissed her. He rolled out the large platform bed and walked across the room to the dresser to grab a pair of boxer briefs. As he pulled them up he heard Addison let out a disappointed sigh. He turned around and threw her a wink before walking to the door.

As he walked out towards the kitchen, he stretched his arms up above his head and yawned loudly, just as Bucky walked in from the front door with someone Zed didn't recognize.

The young man let out a frightened scream and jumped into Bucky's arms.

"Dude?!" Bucky laughed, dropping him quickly.

"Bu...Bu...But…there's a Zombie in the house!" he said trying to regain his composure.

Zed looked at Bucky and arched his brow in question as he walked past them and into the kitchen.

"Yeah," Bucky said trying to hold in his laugh. "There's two of them."

"But why? And why doesn't he have a Z-band?"

Bucky rolled his eyes, unable to fathom that he used to have the same reaction. "That was Zed, he's my cousin's boyfriend. And then there's my girlfriend, Eliza..."

"You're dating a zombie?"

"Yeah, I thought you knew that?"

"NO!"

Zed came back out with two cups of coffee and nodded his head in their direction. "Thanks for making the coffee, B."

"No problem, man." Bucky looked over to his friend, asking him a silent question.

"I'm fine...I'm fine..."

"Zed, this is Graham. We grew up together. He moved before I started at Seabrook High. His family owns the complex next door. He got in late last night."

Zed re-positioned the mugs to free up one of his hands and held it out, "Nice to meet you."

Graham took a breath and slowly shook his hand. "Good to meet you too. So...you and Addison, huh?"

Zed smiled, "Yeah."

"How long?"

"Dude?" Bucky said looking over at him.

"What? I'm just making conversation."

"It's fine. We've been together since Freshman year."

"Wow," Graham said in shock.

Bucky leaned in closer to him, "And he doesn't have a Z-band because he and Addison are each other's other half," he said emphasizing a few keywords hoping that his best friend would get the idea.

"What does that mean?"

"It means that we're end game, Graham," Addison practically growled from the doorway. "I'd say it's good to see you, but I try not to lie."

"Addison..." Bucky warned at the same time that Graham's face broke into a large smile. "Sorry, man...she's been a bit moody the last few days. Jet lag."

"Same old Addie-Caddie. God, I've missed you...What did you do to your hair though?"

Zed looked between the three of them, clearly missing something.

Addison pushed off the doorway and glared at him. "Do. Not. Call me that. There's only one person that could ever get away with that, and the last time I checked, you weren't Tracey. And as far as my hair goes..."

"Okay," Zed said, bending down to pick up his girlfriend fireman style while carefully holding their mugs in his other hand. "We're going to go enjoy our coffee in the hammock out back."

Once they were behind the closed door of their room, he set her back down on her feet. "Start talking, Gorgeous."

Addison let out a deep centering breath and smiled up at him. "I need coffee first."

He held her mug high up in the air out of her reach. "And I need to know why my normally sweet, mild tempered girlfriend just looked like she was about to throw down."

She let out a low growl and glared at him.

"If I weren't kind of scared of you right now, that would be a total turn on."

Addison couldn't help her self from breaking into a giggle. "I love you, you goofball."

Zed let out a relieved laugh. "I love you too. Come on." He took her hand and walked out the sliding glass doors in their room and onto the grass facing the ocean. They both carefully sat down in the hammock together. He wrapped an arm around her and handed her the coffee mug he had been holding hostage.

She slowly took a sip, enjoying the feel of the caffeine hitting her lips. "Real Kona coffee...Remind me to buy some of this to bring back home."

He kissed the top of her head. "Want to talk about it yet?"

Addison let out a loud sigh. "Not really, but you do deserve an explanation, and we said no more secrets." She took another sip of coffee. "You have to promise me something though."

"You know I'd do anything for you."

"I know, that's why I need you to promise me that you are going to stay calm and not flip us off this hammock in an attempt to get back into the house."

Zed chuckled to himself. "I promise I won't flip us off the hammock."

"And stay calm..."

"And stay calm."

Addison closed her eyes, taking a moment to enjoy the warm tropical breeze and the sound of the ocean. "Graham was Bucky's best friend growing up. His dad is a producer and has more money than sense. They even own the house next door."

"Bucky mentioned that."

"Well, Graham moved to New York right before they started high school. And while he was there he picked up a few bad habits. The next summer we all came down here like we usually did and he introduced one of those habits to my cousin."

"And that would be…."

"Cocaine."

"WHAT?!"

"Calm...remember..."

Zed took a deep breath, "Sorry… That was just a bit of an unexpected bombshell, Gorgeous."

"Yeah, I didn't know for sure until after we were back in school and he was acting like more of a colossal jerk than normal."

"When did he stop?"

Addison let out a small laugh. "When he almost got eaten by a certain football playing Zombie."

Zed couldn't help the laugh that escaped from his mouth. "That's kind of perfect."

"Right?" she giggled leaning her head back to kiss him, before letting out a sigh.

"There's more, isn't there."

"Yeah...but this is when I need you to stay calm."

"I'm calm."

"But I need you to stay calm."

"Addison…."

"Fine," she said taking a deep breath. "The last night we were here that same trip, Graham cornered me and tried to kiss me."

Zed was silent, but Addison could feel his "heartbeat" beginning to pick up. "Addison...I'm trying really hard to stay calm...but you need to tell me exactly what happened. Because what I have running through my head right now is not helping."

"He waited until Bucky had gone inside for something. It was just the two of us standing out by his pool..." she took another deep breath. "Before I knew it he just kind of grabbed me and pushed me against the wall and shoved his tongue in my mouth."

A low growl sounded from deep in his chest. "Addison..."

"Calm...you promised."

He took a deep breath and held her a little tighter. "Then what happened."

"I pushed him off and low kicked him."

Zed let out a small sigh of relief. "That's my girl," he whispered kissing the top of her head.

"Yeah, when Bucky came out Graham was on the floor calling me every name in the book."

"Please tell me Bucky punched him in the face."

"Nope," she said popping the p. "He helped him up and then turned it around like it was my fault."

"...I'm starting to dislike him again..."

"Don't. He wasn't himself. I forgave him a long time ago for those four months...Graham on the other hand."

"Don't say his name. I'm really, really trying to not to go tear him limb from limb at the moment."

Addison sighed and placed a kiss on his chest.

"Does Eliza know any of this?"

"No clue. You're the only person I've ever told. Aunt Kitty and Uncle Trevor don't even know."

"How is that even possible?"

"He quit cold turkey after the football game. He was detoxing during regionals. He just blamed the epic collapse of the squad for his behavior."

"Everything from that time suddenly makes so much more sense."

"Z..."

"Yeah?"

"You aren't upset that I didn't tell you sooner...are you?"

Zed softly placed a kiss on the top of her head. "Not at all, Gorgeous."

"Alright," Addison said carefully sitting up and looking at him. "Enough with the bad memories. I'm in Hawaii with my sexy boyfriend. Wanna grab the paddle boards and hit the waves?"

"That sounds perfect, my dear," he laughed pulling her back down for a kiss.

"I hate to break up the morning make-out session," Bucky said walking out into the yard. "But, we're going to go grab breakfast. Want to come?"

Zed looked around Addison and narrowed his eyes. "Bucky, you're on my list right now."

"What did I do?"

Addison sat back up and looked over to him slightly apologetically. "I may have filled Zed in on exactly why I was so angry with your little-unexpected visitor this morning."

"Oh..."

"Yeah, oh," Zed snapped back. "You and me, we're going to be having a talk later."

"And we'll be passing on breakfast," Addison added. "Judging from the thumping in Zed's chest at the moment, I think he needs a few to calm down."

Bucky swallowed loudly. "We'll just catch you two later," he said quietly hanging his head and walking back into the house.

Addison waited until the door slid closed. "Are you really that angry with him? It was a long time ago, Z."

"I'm angry that he would still have anything to do with Graham after what he did to both of you."

She let out a sigh and snuggled into his chest. "Bucky said that Graham apologized for everything when he got out of rehab."

"I feel like there's a but coming to that statement."

Addison sighed. "But...I don't know if I trust him. I never really did feel comfortable around him."

Zed took the mug from her hand and placed it on the ground with his before he wrapped his arms around her tightly. "Well, I'm here this trip. I swear I won't let him anywhere near you."

"Thank you."

He kissed the top of her protectively. "I love you."

"I love you, too." She placed a kiss on his tattoo and looked up into his eyes, smiling. "Come on, Handsome...the ocean is calling my name!"

A couple hours later, Zed was back in the hammock resting after paddle boarding and swimming. Addison was still in the water, enjoying all the freedoms that came from finally being in the ocean without her wig. He watched, captivated, as she paddled to shore.

The water reflected the late morning sun, making her skin glisten. Zed licked his lips and watched as she took her hair and wrung the water from the ends. She didn't notice him until she lifted her gaze from the sand and looked toward the house.

Zed stayed, lying in the hammock, silently willing her to come to him. Addison glanced down, and even from where he was, he could see a slight hint of pink coloring her cheeks. When she looked back up, she started walking toward him, making him smile.

Lying there, he waited for her. He crossed his arms behind his head and enjoyed the warm day under the large palm trees of the yard. But the sounds of the ocean in the backyard had nothing on her captivating voice. "There's my favorite Zombie," she said, casting his face under her shadow, blocking the sun from his eyes.

"My favorite Cheerleader."

She looked like an angel with the sunshine bursting from behind her, giving her a halo effect. Crawling very slowly on top of him in the hammock, she was careful not to send them flipping to the ground. Her wet bathing suit, though small, sent a chill where it pressed against him. Zed wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly to him. He lay still as she moved to rest her head on his chest and her knee between his legs.

Knowing they were running out of time alone, Addison whispered, "Let's go inside for a few minutes."

After rinsing their feet off under the outdoor faucet, she pulled him into the house and led him straight into the bedroom. Without hesitations, she untied her bikini and let both pieces fall to the ground. Addison scooted on her knees across the covers until she was centered on the king-sized bed. "Zed?"

"Yes?"

She motioned her head, beckoning him to her. Without taking his eyes from her body, he let his trunks drop to the floor. He stepped out of them and joined her on the bed. Sliding his hands under her chin, he held her face, letting his fingers rest gently against her skin. Slowly he kissed her.

He let his hands fall, gliding lightly over her soft skin, over her shoulders and then on her breasts. Addison moaned into his mouth. He slid his hands further down her body, rubbing along the slope where her waist and hip met, he kissed her again, wanting to give her everything.

He kissed down her neck...lower...lower...and lower until he reached the top of her thighs, then continued. When her head dropped back, he moved over her, spreading her legs with his knee.

Kissing between her breasts, he swirled his tongue in her belly button where a trapped ocean droplet allowed him to taste the salt as it mixed with her natural sweetness. He looked up, his eyes meeting hers.

"I need you, Zed."

He smiled against her thigh as she tugged him by his hair, pulling him higher. "How could I ever tell you no?" He aligned himself and pushed in not wanting her to ever want for anything, including himself. They both moaned when his hips met firmly against hers.

"Yes," she whimpered, lost in sensations. He started thrusting until Addison's hands came up and pressed on his chest. "Roll over."

Zed instantly grabbed a hold of her hips and rolled onto his back, bringing her on top of him without breaking their connection.

She stopped, "You're so deep," she panted. He could tell she was acclimating to the new angle. Her face tilted toward the ceiling, the back of her long white hair brushing against the top of his thighs. She looked down, straight into his eyes, and said, "You feel so good."

Addison created her own rhythm as she rode him harder. Her head dropped forward and her hair hid her from his view.

Zed held her in place and sat up, attaching his lips to her necks while he pushed her hair behind her shoulders. She wrapped her legs around his back and with his eyes now closed, he started to lose himself in the feeling of her.

She held him so their bare chests were pressed together as they both continued moving. As her nails scraped across his shoulders, he felt her tighten, her body squeezing him over and over again as she called out his name.

His thrusting became erratic, no predictable rhythm left to be found. Zed found his release, punctuating each thrust up with a harsh breath until his strength and energy was gone. Rolling her onto her back, he collapsed on top, resting his head on her chest.

A knock on the door drew their attention.

"We should probably let them in," she said, rubbing her fingers through his thick green hair with comforting strokes.

"Yeah...but I don't wanna get up."

"They'll come in anyway."

"Let'em."

Addison giggled, causing his head to bounce on her chest. Zed started to sit up but she pulled him back down so he was lying next to her. They shared a pillow looking into each others' eyes. They could hear the sound of their friends talking in the other room before there was another knock on the door.

"Come on you two! We have somewhere to go and only a few hours before it disappears!"

Addison gasped in excitement. "Pack the cooler! We'll be right out!"

AUTHOR'S NOTE: We FINALLY got to meet Graham! I'll be posting my OC pic of him on the Instagram page tomorrow. I hope everyone enjoyed today's chapter. More sun and sand coming up next!