'So, what do you think?'

No one answered so Lauren said jokingly,

'I also use this place as a strippers club after hours'.

Everyone spun around to face her and she laughed out loud at their faces.

'Joke! It got your attention though didn't it?'

The guys ran over to the middle section and started making popcorn and playing pinball while Lauren and the girls admired the logos and Lauren's outfits.

After 20 minutes, Lauren decided to show them their rooms and led them out. They came to Corbin' first and Lauren showed him in. When the others had had a quick peek they left him to unpack, the same with Lauren, then Vanessa and finally Ashley.

'Come on' Lauren said to Zac, 'your rooms next to mine'.

When they walked in Zac beamed once more. His was definitely the better room. It had a bigger space to move around in and also had a bigger en suite bathroom. What Zac couldn't see was the TV. He had a state of the art stereo system and a shelf of books but no TV.

Lauren could see him looking and said 'here, it's behind this'.

She picked up a remote and clicked a button. Suddenly, the shelves of books began to move and revealed a huge 72 inch TV.

Zac was lost for words. He just looked at Lauren and she smiled sweetly.

'Because I'm the best Z.' she told him.

Zac laughed at the way she'd known exactly what he was thinking. They hugged for a few moments longer than friends should and both pulled away at the same time, blushing.

'Shall we go see what the others are up to?' Zac offered.

'Sure thing honey bunch'.

When everyone was together back in Lauren's room, a man barged in and flung Lauren around while she squealed.

When he put her down, she introduced him as her brother Rowan.

Everyone noticed Rowan look Vanessa up and down and he even kissed her cheek. Vanessa giggled and followed Lauren and Ashley to the kitchen to get some snacks.

'Wow, she is like the fittest girl I've ever seen'. Rowan told them.

Corbin just said 'uh dude, have you seen your sister?'

Rowan laughed and said 'yeah, she gets a lot of interest from guys but seriously, how do work with that cutie all day?'

The guys just mumbled and Rowan sussed them out in a second.

'Oh I get it, you're all into my little sis, well let me tell you, whichever one of you gets her, you dare mess her up and I'll kill you.'

He allowed it a few moments to sink in and then laughed and the guys realised it was a joke.

'So, which one do you reckon she likes?' Corbin asked hopefully.

'I've no idea but, when she comes back, I'll watch her and tell you later. I've got a pretty good idea but I'm not saying 'til I'm sure. Ok?'

The guys nodded and waited for the girls to come back. When they did, Rowan motioned for Vanessa to sit next to him and kept flirting with her, most of the time he kept an eye on his sister though.

He watched as she kept leaning into Zac when someone teased her. He also notice that whenever she did this Zac also leant into her and when they looked at each other he saw something he'd only ever seen once. He'd been with enough girls, only some he really liked, and those few, he behaved the same way Zac was doing now. He saw Corbin's nostrils flare when Lauren kept going to Zac instead of him.

Could be trouble he thought.

It slowly began to dawn on him that not only had Lauren fallen for this guy, quite badly by the looks of it, she was also maintaining herself from being to close to him for too long. He'd have to have a word with her later.

The rest of the day was spent laughing and joking. Rowan left them to it, winking at Vanessa as he left and letting his hand slightly brush against her shoulder, causing a load of teasing as soon as he was gone.

Harry would occasionally pop in and show off but generally left them to themselves.

At about 10:00, the group decided to head to their rooms, it had been a long day after all. They said goodnight and went to bed.

At about half 11, Zac heard shouting. He cracked his door open a little bit and recognised the voices. It was Lauren's parents and by the sound of it, it was pretty deep. Seeing as he and Lauren's rooms were the only ones this side of the house, he guessed that no one else could hear them. He tip toed softly to Lauren's room and poked his head around the door.

The sight made his heart sink. Lauren was sat on her bed crying her eyes out. He shut the door quickly and ran over to her. He put his arms around her and they laid there in silence for 5 minutes until Lauren spoke in a quiet voice.

'What if they divorce? What if I have to move? I might never see you or anyone else again, I hate them arguing.'

Zac just stroked her hair and said,

'Hey, I'll always be here, I'll follow you anywhere, don't worry'.

He moved down the bed until they were at the same height and wiped her tears away.

They looked at each other and Lauren slowly moved in. They closed their eyes and just let their lips do the work. Eventually, Zac sat up and straddled Lauren. He grabbed her hands and slowly pulled them around his neck and slowly ran his hands back up her arms towards her face, never letting their faces leave each other.

Lauren let one arm run down Zac's back and left her other one around his neck and her finger played with the hair on the nape of his neck. Shivers ran up Zac's spine and he gently let his arms move downwards slowly, towards her waist.

Suddenly they both pulled apart at the same time and said in unison,

'we can't do this!' and

'what are we doing?'

They both smiled at each other and just cuddled as friends for an hour. Occasionally giggling.

'Why do you always kiss me Mr Efron?' Lauren asked him.

'Excuse me, you leaned in'.

'Yeah but you took it further, lets call it a friends kiss.'

'Sounds good to me' Zac said.

'Me too'

Of course, inside, they were both thinking 'no, I don't want it to just be friends'

But that was the way it must be….