Lauren sighed as she tried to manoeuvre three large cases into her flat, it wasn't easy. She pulled them into her room and left them there, too tired to unpack just yet.

She checked the fridge for something to eat and found the box of Twinkies. One couldn't hurt she thought. She tasted it and was shocked. She thought they sounded horrible but the reality was completely different.

There was a knock at the door and she went to answer it, stood on the other side was a delivery man with a large box. She signed for it and put it on the kitchen table and began to unwrap it eagerly.

She stopped dead when she saw what it was, a gorgeous battered leather Prada handbag. She smiled when she remembered what she'd told Zac.

She was about to pick it up and try it on when there came another knock, this time revealing not only a man but a huge bunch of white roses. She signed and was about to shut the door when the delivery man handed her another box. A really big heavy one. She thanked him and put the flowers on the table.

She bent over and opened the box and gasped in delight at what she saw. Inside was the most adorable little miniature daschund puppy. Mainly black with a tan belly and one tan paw. It was the cutest thing you've ever seen.

The man had handed her a letter with it and it read 'Looks like God didn't see otherwise after all. Call me, Zac xx' she picked the puppy out of the box and played with it. It scampered about, sniffing the floor, occasionally falling over its ears but it kept running back to Lauren, 'seems like someone already knows who his mummy his' she said in a voice you only use when you're around little animals and babies.

Lauren thought back to how badly she'd treated Zac before. Even though he'd made her jealous, he wasn't hers, she just had to live with that. She smiled and picked up the phone, dialling the number she knew off by heart.

'Hello?' said Zac groggily, he'd been asleep for a while, totally exhausted by the journey back.

'Zac?'

He shot up when he heard Lauren's voice.

'I just wanted to say thank you' she said.

Zac smiled, 'what for?'

'The presents'

'what presents, I didn't send you presents, I don't even know where they have Prada bags'

He mentally kicked himself when he said that.

Lauren laughed and said 'yeah, sure'

'Hey, you wanna meet up?' Zac asked her.

'Erm, Zac I dunno'

'Come on, how about I come to yours?'

'Fine, I'm in a mess though'

'No problem'

She reeled off her address and was about to go change when she thought 'no, let him see me for who I really am'

Zac arrived and managed to conceal his shock when he saw Lauren wasn't dressed as he'd usually seen her. This time she was wearing only a tracksuit and barely any make up. He liked it.

'So, what you gonna call him?'

'No idea'

'How about we take a walk with him and I'll help you decide'

'cool, let me just change'

Lauren ran and pulled some ripped jeans on and a plain white long sleeved top. She put her hair in a ponytail and quickly added a little bit of kohl before grabbing the collar and lead that came with the little puppy.

After 5 minutes of trying to get the collar on, they were out of the door. Lauren holding the lead and Zac with his hands in his pockets.

'So' began Zac.

'Look, I'm sorry about the whole shopping thing, I was horrible. Forgiven?' Lauren said.

'Only if you'll forgive me, wanna grab some ice cream?'

'YES!' she cried, laughing. She ran off to the ice cream parlour and sat outside while Zac got the ice cream.

'Hey, Lauren, I was wondering' Zac's voice trailed off.

'What?' Lauren prompted.

'Well, thing is, Corbin's invited me over to his parent's holiday home and seeing as no one else is going, and he took a real shine to you, do you wanna come too?'

'Great! When?'

'Next week.'

Lauren's face fell. Zac noticed and asked if she was ok.

'yeah, its just a few of my friends are coming, they live in England and I've not seen them in ages.'

'bring them too, Corbin said he wouldn't mind as long as you came, I reckon he fancies you'

'Really?' asked Lauren surprised.

'Yeah'

She paused for a moment then shook her head and said 'nah'.

Zac laughed and she smiled.

'I like making you laugh' she told him.

'I like you liking making me laugh'

'Well I like you liking me liking making you laugh'

'Well I like you – oh sod it' he said.

Lauren giggled and Zac said,

'you look pretty when you laugh'

Lauren just smiled and said 'so do you'

Zac cracked up and Lauren giggled.

'There you go again' he said.

This made her giggle more which made him laugh which set the puppy off and they had to leave until they got thrown out.

'So you'll come then?' Zac said as they walked along the beach.

'You bet' Lauren said, kicking up the surf.

They tied the puppy to a post and it started chewing a spade someone had left behind. Lauren rolled her jeans up and paddled, Zac stood watching her. She splashed him with water and he was soaked. He ran to her and picked her up bridal style.

'You're so gonna pay for that'

'No please, don't drop me' she squealed.

Zac grinned at her and threw her in. She screamed and got up drenched. He burst out laughing.

'Zac, it's not funny, my shirts gone see through'

Zac fell to the floor laughing and Lauren jumped on top of him, trying to hit him. He wrestled her off him and pinned her to the floor.

'You're scarily strong, you know that?' Lauren giggled.

'Well if you hadn't have jumped on me you wouldn't have found out'

'Well if you hadn't have dropped me in the sea then I wouldn't of jumped on you making you all wet'

'Well, if I hadn't, wait, if you had, damn it'

Lauren laughed, 'don't even try Mr Efron 'cause I always win'.

Zac got off her and sat, staring at the sunrise. Lauren watched him before joining him, leaning against him. He put his arm around her and she said,

'it's beautiful isn't it?'

Zac looked at her and said 'yeah it is'

Lauren blushed and said 'how cliché' in a sarcastic voice.

Zac was quick and said 'actually I was looking at the dog'

This time it was Lauren's turn to go red. Zac noticed and squeezed her arm.

'You are as well though'

She smiled at him and said 'and you are the prettiest boy I've ever seen'

Zac pretended to be hurt, 'so I'm not handsome?'

Lauren knew what he was getting at and seeing a he was flirting with her, she'd do it back.

'Aww, you are in my eyes sweet cheeks'

He smiled at her and said,

'Have you ever met someone that makes you laugh and even when you're not with them you laugh at what they've said so hard it hurts and you can't stop thinking about them?'

'Yep'

'Who?'

'Jacob'

'Oh' said Zac surprised.

Lauren quickly added,

'because he does such stupid things that he thinks are cool and it makes me laugh when I'm not with him 'cause some girl's probably being chatted up by him now and he'll be using all those corny lines and I can't stop thinking about him because everywhere I go it seems like there's big posters of his ugly mug.'

Zac burst out laughing and fell backwards onto the sand and just stayed there. Lauren lay down next to him and shut her eyes. The next thing she knew was the puppy was licking her face and she screamed thinking it was a monster. Zac laughed and picked it up saying,

'No need to worry candy face, it's only your little doggy'

'Shut up, I still don't know what to call him'

'What about Zac after amazing, wonderful me?'

'Don't forget to add modest will you?'

Zac grinned and said 'yeah, that too'

'What about Rocky?'

'Nah, too common, Troy?'

'You're determined to name it after you aren't you?'

'Ok then, Tucker?'

Lauren thought for a moment,

'yeah, I like that, little Tucker'

They smiled at each other and Zac walked Lauren home, she gave him a hug before she shut the door. Waving at him down the drive.

She helped Tucker up the stairs and laughed when he yapped at the door.

'In you little one'

She smiled, remembering her and Zac at the beach. She knew he liked her and he probably knew she liked him. Her phone bleeped loudly and when she read the text she laughed. It said,

'Hope Tucker's not rapped u round his litl finga, or shud I say paw, already. I had a gr8 time, hope u did 2. Will I c u at Corbin's or not? Tb Zac xx'

She text back quickly and put it on the coffee table.

Zac pressed the keys on his phone eagerly and read Lauren's text.

'Not yet lol. I had a gud time 2, we shud do it again, yeah u'll c me at Corbins, an my m8's. Wil ring u l8r bout directions and stuff, g2g, tuckers demandin his dinner lol, Lo xxx'

He laughed and text back,

'reminds me of sum1, oh yeah, me! Lol. Kk, dnt 4get, I'll be waiting love zac xx'

He decided to live dangerously and put 'love' at the end. He wasn't expecting a reply so when one came he didn't check it straight away, in fact, he left it until 12:30. He read it,

'Lol wil do, wudn't want 2 keep my little cutie pie waitin now would i? he might cry and it wud ruin his pretty handsome face lol, luv and kisses, lo, xxx'

He text back saying,

'I know I'm gorgeous but u don't hav 2 go on bout it lol. Wuu2 xx?'

'WELL I WAS SLEEPING!!!'

'oops, soz candy face, go back 2 sleep xx'

'u shud be 2, u need ur beauty sleep lol xx'

'?!?!?!?! Xx'

'Yeah, u no what I mean. I love u really, nite nite xx'

'sleep tight cutie xxx'

'zzzzzzzzzz lol xxx'

'go 2 sleep now xxx'

'zzzzzz xx'

'Lo, sleepy time xx'

'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz lol xxx'

'LAUREN!!! SLEEP XX'

'okey dokies calm down I'm going, speak l8r, mwah xx'

'sure thing doll face, now sleep xx'

'dnt call me doll face xxx'

'soz, ur only 16, u need ur sleep now GO!!! Xx'

'kk, beddy bye bye's sweet cheeks xx'

'BED-GO-NOW!!! Xx'

'u no if this got into the wrong hands, that txt cud sound really wrong lol xx'

'well we'll just have 2 make sure it dusnt! ok I'm going 2 bed now, sleep tight gorgeous xxxx'

'until the morning oh noble one xx'

'Lo? Xx'

'Yes? Xx'

'shut up xx'

'ur wish is my command, Cinderella, u shall go 2 sleep! Lol xx'

'zzzzzz lol xx'

'zac? xx'

'zzzzzzz xx'

'Zac? Xx'

'Zzzzzzzz xx'

'o piss off lol xx'

'will do xxx'

'gud gud xxx'

Lauren smiled to herself and settled down to sleep, she wriggled under the covers until she was comfy. I'll tell you one thing, she thought to herself, flirting with Zac Efron isn't half bad.

Zac put his hands behind his head on the pillow and smiled to himself. Lauren was really funny in a young, hyper sort of way. The people he usually hung around with were either trying to be mature or were naturally. The only person he knew that was similar to Lo was Ashley when she'd had coffee, but even she could be boring. Zac just couldn't seem to get enough of Lauren. He loved the way they were blatantly flirting. He doubted she liked him though, but for now, flirting was good enough for him. Who knows where it might lead?

A/N

Fairly long chapter. I got some gossip that I have 2 spread even though u prob wont care. This girl at my school, she's a bit of an outcast, brought a knife in, a proper carving one and said she was going to stab this other girl. Well she screamed and ran to tell our head and then the girl with the knife said seeing as she couldn't stab the girl that ran off she'd stab this other girl. Bit confusing I know but anyways, she missed and it went into the door frame and it was so funny 'cause she couldn't get it out again. Anyway she wasn't at school for the rest of the day so I'm not sure if she's been expelled or not. U can prob tell i'm a bit of a gossiper but anyhow. Lol review xxxx