Hey everyone :) Here's my next little fic, and this one like the 'Zed jealous?' one, I've split into either two or three, most likely three though. I hope you will like it.
Enjoy.
Today wasn't just any ordinary day, today was special.
Today he was going to ask Addison to marry him.
Who would have thought they were now rounding their 5 year anniversary? Not Zed. He still had days where he was sure he had dreamt it all if if wasn't for the girl snuggled against his side, her arm draped over his chest when he awoke. Defiantly not a dream.
So much had happened since the day he met her, not only had they stuck together despite having the world against them, they had also managed to change it for the better. Humans had opened up to the zombies and invited them to cross over to Seabrook, without guards. Zombies was accepted at last.
They could roam around freely just as well as humans, they no longer had a long list of restrictions against them. Shops and restaurants that earlier had signs up in the front of their windows declaring no service to zombies had torn them up and thrown them out, meaning it was much easier for him to Addison out.
Really the only thing that was left that separated the two was the Z-Bands that continued to stay on each zombies wrist that they all had to go get updated once every third month, to avoid any viruses corrupting the system again. Science had really managed to do a great deal, it was incredible really, thanks to them every zombie was in one way or another slowly coming to life. Besides the fact that they were undead, they could achieve just as much as the humans. Age normally, love, have jobs and have children. Since meeting Addison Zed had never felt more alive than he did now, it was like Zed had never actually lived until they two crossed ways, since he laid eyes on her he had felt the change inside him.
Zed had a chance for a future with the girl he wanted to share it with, he had a chance of growing old side by side with Addison, he could continue to love her everyday of doing so, and one day he could maybe even start a family with her.
Since Addison and Zed was the first two to show that love had no limits, more had slowly opened up to the idea of relationships that involved one of each kind, so much that a new law had recently come into order, that if they wished to do so, they were now allowed to marry without question.
So of course the day that the law was agreed, Zed knew what he had to do.
Zed woke up one Saturday bright and early, Addison was snuggled up against him, fast asleep, just like any other morning he would wake up.
Careful not to wake her up, he gave her forehead a light kiss and removed himself from the girl's grip. Crawling out of the duvet he tiptoed to their joined dresser and opened up his side of drawers, one that had underwear and socks, another for shirts and lastly one for trousers.
They had lived in their apartment for the last three years after having searched for a few months for somewhere they could call their own and since zombies was accepted in the community, the majority of landlords allowed them to rent in the area.
Once dressed and throwing one last glance to make sure Addison remained asleep, Zed snuck into the kitchen, where he scribbled down a message for her to find once she was up to let her know that Bonzo had called early and needed him for the day. He didn't want to worry the girl when she would wake up and he wasn't there, she worried easy. He grabbed his shoes, swung his jacket over his shoulder and headed out.
Earlier on yesterday when Addison was distracted Zed had sent a message to Eliza and Bonzo to meet him outside his and Addison's at 7:30AM the next morning.
The two of them was sat on the stairs leading up to the apartment, yawning and stretching tiredly in turns. Once they heard the sound of door opening they turned their heads in his direction, Eliza didn't look too impressed he noted as she glared at him. "Better have a good excuse for making me get up stupid early on a Saturday Zed Necrodopolous." he would have winced from her alone using his full name that usually meant he was in trouble, however he was too excited to try and hide that, "I'm going to ask her to marry me." He declared, a large grin on his face as he approached them, Bonzo was the first to react and faster than lightning striking had thrown himself at Zed, grinning. Bonzo was the first to support the two and accept Addison into their little group so that Zed was now going to ask the little human to marry him was massive. "Wow, I mean, that's amazing Zed! But still… Why do you need us at 8am on a Saturday morning?" Eliza moaned, though she couldn't wipe away the large smile she was now wearing, Zed was getting married!
"I want you to help me find a ring, I can't do this alone, I need my two mates with me, you've always helped me out in any situation I would get myself into, and I defiantly need your help now," he said, draping an arm over each of their shoulders, the trio turning in the direction of the town.
It was really a nice day, the sun was shining above their heads, no clouds to be seen and you could hear the waves of the ocean if you strained your ears for it. Zed had wanted to get up early especially so that there was a much calmer atmosphere and not a lot of other humans or zombies around to distract him or make it take longer than it might had to take.
Just as they reached the shop Zed had in mind, the clock hit 8:30 and the owner was already unlocking the door, smiling at the trio he greeted them good morning and let them enter his shop. Polity he asked if he could give a hand with anything to which Zed asked where he had his engagement section. The owner, an elder gentleman let out a gasp of excitement and eagerly let Zed over to one of three counters that was lined up in the small shop, "Oh I do get so excited when this happens, I do feel so honoured to have my shop as the one you've come to on this special occasion!" he said, smiling happily to Zed as he fished out a tray covered in dark red velvet fabric, a small, yet wide collection of engagement rings which each sat neatly in a little square compartment fitted to hold the ring up for one to admire. Zed gazed at each ring carefully, he could feel Bonzo and Eliza next to him also admiring the rings, they were all very nice and delicate, no one of them was even close in design to one another, each holding it's own unique trademark.
He wanted one that could represent them, he didn't just want any ordinary ring that anyone would go for, thus why he had chosen to go into this shop to start with and not the larger newer jewerly shop just around the corner, he wanted extraordinary, just like them. He knew he didn't need to explain to Bonzo or Eliza what he was after, they already knew their friend well enough to know what he was searching for. The elderly gentleman hadn't moved away, his own eyes looking at the collection he had to offer, "They are all limited, only one or two was made of each, so whoever the lucky girl, or guy! Is going to have a ring that they won't see anywhere else, like it was made just for them!" he exclaimed, "Pure gold and silver, I only sell the finest! Have for 47 years now, I myself select what I sell in my shop and I only accept the finest and most unique that are to find, what I have in my shop, you won't find anywhere else in this town!" he continued happily, his shop was one of the eldest ones that was to be found in the town without having had closed down and reopened as something new, or go under new ownership.
Zed's eyes gazed over each delicate ring carefully, searching for that one ring that would give him the 'that's one' feeling he was after, he knew that Addison was silver kind of girl, so he didn't cast much glance to the gold ones lined up at the top. He had now reached the last line of compartments on the tray when the ring in the far left corner made him stop. The ring itself had a silver and gold elegant twist design swirling around each other until they connected at the centre where they together held a dazzling oval shaped emerald with a delicate lining of diamonds on either side as a finishing touch. The colour of the stone nearly identical to Zed's hair. The ring was absolutely gorgeous and Zed knew immediately it was the one, he didn't even care to look at the remaining few left, he had found the ring he was going to give to Addison when he would ask her to marry him. "This is the one." he said, tracing his finger over it's delicate design as he said it, the gentleman clapped his hands and ushered Zed away as he went on to wrap it up. Bonzo and Eliza nodded their head in agreement, they too had noticed it when Zed hadn't moved his eyes away from it after a while.
He had the ring.
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