"Ashton, would you go wake up Zack? I'm afraid he might be late for school."

"Sure Mom," He said getting up from the table and walking upstairs. "Hey idiot, wake up. It's time for school." He said knocking on Zack's door. When he didn't hear any noise on the other side, he decided to go in. "Dude, seriously. You need to-" He stopped dead in his tracks when he entered and saw Zack and Freddy cuddled up in bed together, completely naked and only with a blanket covering their lower waists. Ashton look surprised, but still walked over and shook Zack awake. Zack opened his eyes a little and looked at him questioningly. "School time. Wake up your boyfriend and get a move on." He said before leaving the room. Zack nodded and tapped Freddy on the shoulder.

"Freddy, wake up." Freddy looked up and smiled at the sight of Zack above him.

"Hey Babe. Round three I think we're on?" He said with a laugh.

"It's Monday-" Zack started before he was interrupted.

"No."

"Time for school."

"No, I wanna stay in bed with you all day." Freddy whined.

"Me too, but we have to go." He said getting up and grabbing his uniform.

"Zack and Freddy weren't here this morning, do you think they're alright?" Katie asked her boyfriend as the two sat down in their class.

"Freddy told me he was going to spend the night with Zack last night. I'll give you one guess where they are." He explained.

"Right…" She said turning towards the front of the room as their teacher entered.

"Great, we're officially late for class." Zack said as they walked into the building right as the bell rang.

"Worth it though huh? I'll see you later Babe." They shared a quick kiss as they ran in their opposite directions.

Later at lunch, Freddy finally caught up with Frankie. "Ok, without going into detail, because i really don't want to hear about it, what's it like?" Frankie asked his best friend.

"What's what like?" Freddy asked, although he already knew answer.

"You know, assault with a friendly weapon? Attacking the pink fortress? Bam-bam in the ham?"

"You want me to tell you about sex with Zack, just say it." He said unamused.

"Yeah, what's it like to finally get laid? I mean, it probably wasn't easy to get a 'yes' out of him."

"Actually, he had to get a yes out of me." Freddy told him.

"For real?"

"Yeah, I wanted to wait like my parents did. But, staying up alone with him on Christmas Eve just...did something you know?"

"And now you're hooked?"

"Pretty much."

"Back to my point, what's it like?"

"Well, look at Zack," He said pointing to the table that they were heading to, which he was already sitting at. "What do you think of him, just based on his appearance?"

"He looks quiet, nice, kind of shy maybe?"

"Forget all that." Freddy told him. "He's a complete freak in bed. He's like an animal, it's insane."

"Really?" Frankie asked surprised.

"I'm actually on the receiving end most of the time."

"Ok, now that's gotta be a lie."

"I'm serious bro. Ok, I can tell you more later." He added quietly as they arrived at the table.

"Hey, what were you guys talking about?" Zack asked.

"Oh, you know Babe, guy stuff." Freddy told him.

"Freddy, I'm a guy, That doesn't work."

"Damn it,"

"So, how was your vacations?" Zack asked everyone else.

"It was warmer outside." Katie said. "I'll never take feeling all my toes for granted again."

"I couldn't get more than three hours of sleep until my relatives left." Frankie told everyone.

"My mom asked me to spend some time with the family and I did. Just long enough for each one to get an insult in." Gordon said with a groan.

"I had a good time. I barely get to see my oldest brother, so having him home for any amount of time is great." Tomika said with a smile. "How about you Lawrence?" She asked.

"Oh, it was fine." He said without looking up from his food.

"Hey, something wrong man?" Zack asked.

"No, no, it's nothing." Lawrence said, still not looking up.

"Larry, were supposed to be best friends again remember? You can tell me anything."

"Maybe later," He said getting up and leaving the group.

"Freddy, count us off." Chiaki told the drummer at practice.

"One, two, one two three four!" He cried as the band began to play.

"Slit the throat of reason and reality

Cut myself and scream for their insanity

Wake up to this nightmare that will never end

The main attraction of this twisted master plan."

"Ok, stop." He told everyone. "That was good, take five. Except you Lawrence, come here." He said the keyboardist. "Hey, what's up? You were totally off just now. You're usually on top of things."

"Sorry, I'm just kind of...tired I guess."

"Hey, you can talk to me alright? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing ok? Let's just go again, I'll get it this time." The band got going again, but once again Lawrence had trouble keeping.

"Cut!" Chiaki yelled. "Lawrence, what's going on? You're all over the place today."

"Guess, I'm just one giant screw up huh?" Lawrence shot at him before running out of the room.

"Well, I wouldn't go that far." Chiaki muttered.

"I better go talk to him." Zack told everyone running to catch up.

"I'll go too," Tomika said following him. They ran outside and found Lawrence laying down on the grass outside looking up. Tomika and Zack walked over to him and sat down on either side of him and looked up where he was.

"What the Hell are we looking at?" Zack asked a long silence, getting a laugh out of the other two.

"When did you get funny?" Lawrence asked.

"That just happens when you spend the holidays with Freddy."

"Speaking of the holidays, what happened L?" Tomika asked, placing a hand on Lawrence's shoulder.

"It's just that...I saw all my cousins again and all of them are doing so good. They all have great careers, alot of them are getting married. And then I just started to ask myself, 'What am I doing with my life?' 'Am I ever gonna be as well off as them?' Stuff like that you know? It doesn't help that my grades are tanking and I can't even get a girl to notice me." He said with a sigh.

"Lawrence, you're gonna do fine man." Zack reassured him.

"Yeah, you're fifteen. You got plenty of time."

"I guess," He said, not fully convinced.

"Ok, you know what you need? You need a day out with your best friends. Let's go." Tomika said, attempting to lift him to his feet.

"I really don't want to." He said, trying to stay down.

"No, she's right dude, come one." Zack agreed, grabbing his other hand.

"Fine, lets go to the mall I guess." Lawrence begrudgingly agreed.

"I'll text everyone that we're taking off." Zack said.

"Here," Tomika said, handing Lawrence and cone or chocolate ice cream.

"I usually get it in a bowl." He told her

"Take it," She said getting annoyed.

"Guys, Office Max is having a sale on post-it notes." Zack said with an enthusiastic face. Earning a confused look from Tomika.

"You're a weird kid, you know that Zack?" Tomika asked, rhetorically. "Now Lawrence, what about-" She stopped and looked around seeing that Lawrence was no longer standing next to her. "Where'd he go?"

"Tomika look," Zack said pointing to a store with Lawrence inside talking to a girl maybe a year or so older than them. "Do you think…?" Tomika was looking on annoyed.

"You really think so?" Lawrence asked, with a nervous laugh.

"I mean, I don't usually date freshman, but I don't think I'd mind if it was you." She replied.

"O-ok. So, do you wanna go out this weekend, then?" He asked.

"I'll see you then cutie." She said with a wink. He left the store with a smile and returned to his friends.

"What was that about?" Zack asked, amused while Tomika was turned around.

"I was just looking when I saw her wave me over. She told me that she found me cute and now we have date."

"Wow, that's really cool dude."

"If you're still having trouble with school, I'll study with you." Tomika said more as an order than an offer.

"Uh, thanks Tomika." Lawrence said confused.

"No problem, we're friends right?"

"Uh, yeah, of course we are."

"Ok, I'm ready to leave now." She said, still annoyed.

"What's with her?" Lawrence asked.

"I may have an idea." Zack said to himself as realization struck him.

"Hey, I'm gonna have a date over, so don't come down to the basement for at least an hour or so." Ashton said, poking his head into Zack's room.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Zack responded.

"That's a shorter list list than you think it is." Ashton said, walking away. Zack laughed and turned back to his phone.

"So, you really think Tomika has a thing for Lawrence?!" Freddy said over the phone.

"Why else would she get mad seeing him talk to a girl. You should've seen it Babe. She got so annoyed when he said he got a date with that girl."

"So...what do we do?" Freddy asked.

"Nothing, it's not our business."

"What?"

"Lawrence finally has a date and if the girl really likes him, why should break them up? We can't force him to go out with Tomika." Zack explained.

"She'd probably kill us if we did." Freddy admitted.

"Just let it be for now, if they want us involved they'll talk to us." Zack told him.

"So, you busy right now?" Freddy said in a flirty voiced.

"Nope, not that it matters, but Ashton's the only one home. And he's liable to be down in the basement for a loooong time." Zack said in the same tone of voice as Freddy.

"I'll be outside in five minutes."

"Come straight to my window, I'll have the ladder propped up." Zack said with a giggle before they both hung up.