In Their Eyes
By Bl1SSFuln3ss
Summary:
His mistake was that he never realized how much he loved her until he began dating someone else. That mistake cost her feelings for him. Can he get her feelings back? Zashley
Story guide:
I don't know about this story but it's a Zashley and yes, about the Zanessa comic, it's true. But if you are really a 'Zanessa' fan, no offense with the first chapter and the other chapters if you are reading this Zashley
Disclaimer:
Why don't I own the HSM cast? Because my daddy won't buy them for me, he said the DVD, CD, and poster are enough.
Chapter 1 Review Replies
stessa: Aww… I love you too. You know that right? Of course you have to. Well here's the story. Hope you'll enjoy the second chappie. ILY. XD
U.S. Princess: I got so mad when I found out too!! But then I got over it! LOL, well here's more to the story. Love ya! XD
xamyxjx: Haha… Here's the update!! Sorry took so long. But hope you'll enjoy this one dear! Love you! XD
R.P.'s hood is Sherwood: Well… now it's not a one shot anymore. I updated!! Thanks anyway! Lovess!
Siggystar: My sweet dearest!! YAY, I', not sure for how long I'll keep the story up. But chapter two is here! So I hope you're going to enjoy this one dear!! I'm hopin' to hear more from you my dear! Love ya! XD
zashleylove16 Well here's the update, hope you'll like it! XD
XBeautifulbabe405X: Pennia the hottest girl alive! LOL, well I wrote the second chapter. Happy? LOL, I'm not sure. You have to tell me first! LOL, now you don't have to bombard me with pm-s. Right? Please don't! I don't want my inbox to be full of emails! LOL, it got me lazy to read all of it! LOL, I hate them too. Never ever Zanessa! Eww, well… love ya dear! XD
Unk: LOL… Yeah, it kinda makes me want to punch Zac too. He's becoming a jerk! Haha, no I don't get tire hearing from you! Thanks anyway Marri!!! LOL, sure I will get back to work with Reminiscing now and I did update Forbidden Love! Haha, yeah I'm fed up with it too. But I don't get to change a bit about Zanessa and I just give a damn about them in stories. Not in real lives because I might get eaten by the Zanessa-s. Even some Troyella are okay. But still Zashleytastic is for me! XD… Loves! XD
Puddleduck. troypayluv: OMG. Thanks. You're so, so, so, nice! LOL… Well I updated now right? Well, I hope you'll like it!! I'm keeping my hopes high here! LOL… I love you so darn much too!! XD
Sunshine: Well here's the update Sunshine. Hope you'll like this one! XD
Katie Loves Zashley: Katie!! LOL, here's more Zashley and I bet you're going to love something down there! XD
Andrea Sumeragi: OMG!? Seriously? Don't cry first!! I updated… see?? Please don't cry! LOL… Loves! XD
Zashleyfan4eva: LOL… I'd love to see the cashier's face. You're so funny! Seriously!! I'll try to use that 'Me don't like Zanessa' next time I bought a mag with the word Zanessa in it. LOL!! Where's that old Zashley days?? Sigh… Well, love ya! Thanks for reviewing! XD
stormburst: I know sweets. I felt bad for her too. I hate Zac! Well not literally because I use him and Ashley as my comp wallpaper. LOL! Yes, I'm so sorry for not replying to my emails. I'm going to reply to you soon!! I'm so sorry sweets! But I hope this second chapter makes it up for you! XD
MelleG: Aww… No problem!! I love that story!! Well thanks for the awesome review. Here's the update, I hope you'll like this one and I'm waiting for your stories to get updated! LOL! Love ya! XD
XxHSMLuver4LifexX: You know I don't know how she really feels right? Well of course you know! You're not a retard like me! LOL… Here's the next chapter. I hope you'll like this chapter too! ILY much! CX
AlwaysxAddicted: You're not dead yet right dear? OMG, please say something!! LOL. I am too… Zanessa is so retarded like me… only… you love me and you don't love Zanessa. Kidding about that! Tell me about this one too dear!! XD
Lovinkk Mitchel Musso: Haha… well I made this one a story!! Tell me what you think after you read this second chapter okay? Because I'm waiting for you now!!! LOL… ILY… XD!
chris tea xx: Blondie!! Eventually… well find out yourself okay? Haha… come on… was the cliffy had such an effect on you like that!? LOL, okay… I'll keep that in mind next time. Haha!!! Well here's the update!! No cliffy I guess… But E N J O Y! Love ya Blondie! XD
heyhello: LOL… yeah I'm hoping for the same thing. Seriously I don't see why they suddenly together. I thought Zac was really close with Ashley before. Now it's like they drifted apart that easily… That jerk! LOL… Eek, I want to kill your friend. Seriously she/he or whoever is retarded!! Haha… I don't mind about you being angry about Zanessa because I am too! And why the heck they kissed!? It's like… well I don't feel like cussing now… LOL, thank you so much!! Well I updated and that mean I didn't just leave it like that anymore! So, here's the update enjoy it dear!! Zashleylicious is so much better than Zanessa! LOL… BTW, tell that to your friend! XD
remedyofpain: LOL… yes, I know it's cruel and evil. But I am evil! LOL. But I learned my lesson and here's the update! Lol… Hope you'll like this chapter! Sorry it took so long… I'm just one of those people these days! LOL… Love ya! XD
0x-Coming-for-You-0x:Here's the update!! Hope you like this chapter. Love ya! XD
lovesymk: Well… I updated Forbidden Love and I'm going to write Reminiscing after this so keep your eyes open even I don't know how long will it take for me to write the chapter. Well… enjoy the story and enjoy your life. LOL… XD
Chapter 2
Melted
He took her by the shoulders, held her
in front of a mirror, and whispered,
"Why can't you see what I see?"
They were still facing the mirror. Taking the image how great they looked together. Even their names showed it, their names sounded so damn good. Slowly, his warm touch making way across the coldness of her. She wanted to erase that image badly now. She wanted him to whisper "Why can't you see what I see?"
But that was just something she read in books.
"Ashley…" he finally spoken after a few moments of silence
"Huh?" she answered while shutting both her eyes
Instead, he broke her heart.
"Vanessa asked me out"
And ruin their perfect moment.
"We're going to Hawaii"
With that, any girls' heart would breaks into a million pieces like hers
"Ashley!"
She was still in her little world. Remembering how it felt being with him 2 weeks ago. She took a deep breath as she swore she could still feel how that felt. That was why she didn't want to get that image inside her head, due to the fact that it was hard for her to erase their 'Zashley' moments. Now that he was with Vanessa, she knew she should never ever thought of him anymore
"Ashley!"
Then she snapped out her daze to found a blonde that was slightly similar with her, just snapped his fingers in front of her to snap her out her little own world. Of course, he was the one that played her twin in the movie. But at this point, his hair had grown back from bald because of that movie he was shooting before.
"Yeah?" she answered quickly, hoping that he didn't caught her day dreaming
"They're here"
Suddenly it clicked. They were at LAX, waiting for the happy couple getting back from Hawaii. She was the one that hadn't been talking since they got here. Everyone was keeping their eyes around to look for them both, eager to see them; while she was just sitting on one of the bench there, dazing about him.
He made way out of her mind into the reality, right in front of her, developing her in a warm hug. It was like he was her life, in her mind or in her world. She relaxed in his hug before someone finally made an 'eherm' sound that made them broke away from each other, already missing each other's touches. She didn't want to let go, but she knew she had to.
He looked flushed right after Corbin made them broke apart while she looked embarrassed. Everyone was just all smiles watching the two best friends. Maybe they did miss each other, they were never together in public, but they were in their real lives. Maybe he had never asked her out to the Kids' Choice Award, but he did want to go shopping with her at Punk'd; but he would probably said no if he knew he was getting Punk'd
As they all walked towards the car, she kept her distance from him. She knew V was there and well, she didn't want to be the third person in their 'relationship'. But the perfect couple didn't show any signs of togetherness. It seemed that he was just enjoying the feeling of LA again; her mind was somewhere else, and everyone else being glad there were no paparazzi allowed in LAX.
"So how was Maui?" said Corbin starting the car
"It was great! It was amazingly beautiful!" squealed V
"Zac?" said Lucas snapping him out of his daze outside the window
"Yeah, it was great…" he said in monotone
What she didn't know was that he was having second thoughts about him and V dating. They hadn't exactly become officially boyfriend and girlfriend, so second thoughts about it was actually pretty okay. He was having those because all he could think about when they were there was not Vanessa. It was far from Vanessa. It was the pretty blonde inside the car there. And she was the only blonde there, not counting Lucas.
"We all sure you had fun" said Monique
"How'd you know?" asked V confused
"Oh, we sure saw that kissing picture, right Zac?" said Ashley not trying to show any of her jealousy
Zac locked eyes with the blonde who was at the other side of the car. He could see that she was jealous. Still, he denied it. Ashley did say that Disney guys are not her type. But she knew Zac before Disney. Maybe that was an exception. He still thought that it wasn't possible that she wasn't jealous due to his beliefs that she only liked him as a friend. That was what she told the magazines.
Yes, maybe he told some magazines that they were not together too, but that was different. He said he didn't know about the future. He was going to convince himself that she wasn't jealous. But that was something hard to believe since her chocolate brown eyes seemed to fill with envy
"Well let's forget about that now…" Corbin tried to break the awkwardness in the car, "What about we go to this party tonight? We hadn't do that in a while" he said looking at both Zac and Ashley from the mirror
"Sure…" said Monique can't handle the tension between Zac and Ashley, "It sounds great Corb! Maybe you could bring your little girlfriend!" she finished off as she glanced at Zac and Ashley who was still in eye contact
"Yeah, I'll bring Emily too" said Lucas
"I'm not going to tell you all who she is now. You all have to wait" he smirked
"Oh fine" said Monique
She sighed as she broke the eye contact with Zac and then smiled watching her best friends. She knew she just had to enjoy the time and not ruin it; like Zac did to their moment. As she looked at him who's now smiling at the sight too, she pushed off the thoughts of 'Zanessa' kissing and just let him go with his mistake of not explaining again this time.
Loud music was blazing through the speakers around the room; lights were covering every single angle of the room; everyone was dancing to the beat, it was Corbin's habitat.
"Come on, let's dance!" said V right the moment they just got in
Correction… It was V's habitat too.
"Yeah, come on" said Corbin, pulling Monique with him to the dance floor, along with Vanessa behind them
Zac and Ashley just smiled to the sight of their friends. It wasn't really a dance mood for them. Not even to go here. She was seriously pissed with him not explaining a thing about his relationship and he knew he was wrong. All he told her was that V asking him out, they were going to Hawaii, and the next thing she knew was looking at the kissing pictures at Maui
"Hey Ashley, Zac!" a good looking brunette called for them
"Hey Jared!" she replied with a hug
"Hey Jared!" said Zac returning his smile
"Care to dance?" he asked the blonde
She glanced at Zac who awfully seemed uncomfortable about it. She didn't know why she should care if he did, but she turned him down anyway…
"Maybe later, okay?" a smile forming in her glossy lips
"Okay, save me a dance" he yelled as he ran to the dance floor, leaving the two in privacy
"That's the best choice you've made all day" said Zac patting her head
"Oh please, you're ruining my hair" she smiled at his sight
He slowly wrapped his arms around her, resting his chin on her head. Again, she didn't want this. It was wrong, she knew sooner or later what was going on between them would be over and she didn't want this to be in just memories. As much as she wanted this to happen for real; they are not going to work out. Vanessa was the perfect one for him.
"It's too crowded here… I don't want people taking you"
Again, with his words, she always melted and weakened on the knees.
They both stood in silence, watching dozens of people having fun on the dance floor without them; it was awkward because minutes ago, she was still mad at him. Yeah, it was his entire fault for not telling anything to his best friend. Sometimes that just made her wondered if she was really his best friend, because if she was, he was lousy at trying to keep one.
"Why did you kiss her?" she didn't move from his grip
"Kiss who?" don't you play dumb, Efron
"You know who" she tried to stay calm as usual
"It was…I don't know, I just thought that it'll be good for publicity, beside we actually deserved some publicity" he shrugged, tightening his grip around her, taking the coldness of her body
"Pssh, don't even start at publicity Zac! You kissed the girl of your dream in your perfect holiday and now you're talking about publicity? Why don't you just tell me the truth?" she got off from his grip, walking off to a table and crossed her arms
"Well what truth do you want?" he walked to her
"I thought I was your best friend Zac, I don't deserve your lies. I know you're dating" now, she couldn't control the emotion that was pouring out
"Well where did you get that thought from!?" he asked her like she was insane or something for guessing things like that
"Max. Max Theriot, still denying or is he your new best friend?" she challenged him up
"We're not dating! God, she just asked me out! I told you first about that! Max is… I don't know! I never said a thing about me and her to Max!"
"Oh, so you're kissing and going on holiday, but you both aren't together? You're such a lousy liar, Zac!" she got up from her seat and turned back, still crossing her arms
"I'm not lying. We're not dating and you are my best friend" he caught her shoulder in both of his hands, hoping that he could convinced her
"Well you're not my best friend anymore" she moved his grip and walked out the room
She just had a really strong vibe that he was lying. Max said that they were dating on and off since High School Musical 1. They did, she knew that, but he went on a couple of dates with her too. But what she didn't like was that he wouldn't admit it to her. She knew that she was jealous, but that was totally not for the reason she was upset with him. She was furious with him because she knew the truth and he was still trying to deny it to her. She thought that she was his best friend, but eventually she was wrong. Best friends don't keep secrets from each other
"Dude, keep going!" yelled someone
He took another drink and finished it in one gulp. It was almost midnight and he was taking alcoholic drinks as if it could erase all his problems. Way to keep his Disney image.
"Zac, you have to stop now" said V rubbing his back
"You're getting yourself drunk" said Monique
He wiped his mouth, feeling as dizzy as ever, but that didn't stop him from wanting to have more
"What did Max really tell Ashley?"
V looked really confused; she didn't get what he was talking about. Monique and the gang flashed each other a look, recalling the night they found out about the article in J-14. Ashley was really pissed about Zac not telling them all about dating V. They all had tried to make Ashley understood that maybe they wanted more privacy but she wouldn't listen. She had the right to be mad, she was his best friend
"Well… Max, told the whole world probably" said Lucas
"We… saw the article at J-14 when you both were in Hawaii" said Corbin
"It said you and V had been dating on and off since HSM" said Monique finishing off
"Well then what's wrong? It did say on and off. We went on a couple of dates. We went to a holiday. But Zac did too with Ashley I mean she is his your best friend, right Zac?" said V not really caring about what the public had said about them dating
"No, she's not anymore" he took another glass
"That's enough Zac, you're not going to take more" said Monique
"You have to stop now Dude. We're taking you home" said Corbin
"Let's go" said Lucas taking out his keys
"I have to say sorry" he mumbled
"You're drunk and you still want to say sorry?" said Monique trying to make her point simple
"Let him say sorry" said Lucas
"So we're taking him to Ashley's?" said Corbin
"I guess…" said Lucas glancing back at the drunk Zac that just fallen asleep
"I still don't get what Max said had anything to do with him and her fighting? They seemed okay this morning" said V
"Well, Ashley thought that you both are now official dating. But Zac denied that and Ashley's mad at him from keeping secrets from her" said Corbin glancing back with the mirror every now and then
"We're not officially dating. On and off is a possibility but not official I guess" said Vanessa emphasizing the word
"So you're kissing but not dating?" said Lucas not getting the point
Now, V stayed silence. She didn't know how to answer that and eventually Zac didn't know too. It said that it was all for publicity, but no one believed them. It was for publicity. It was planned. There was obvious there were paparazzi in front of them and they just decided to earn themselves publicity. It was just a kiss.
It was all had been for paparazzi, every single event they went together, were for publicity. High School Musical 2 was coming out soon, it was for publicity.
"Why are you guys sending him here? Especially when he's drunk… Can't you just take him to V's?" she raised her eyebrows on them who was laying him on the couch
"I think you two needed to figure some things together" said V smiling at her
"Where's Emily, Luc?" she turned to Lucas, not really wanting to talk what happened
"She didn't feel well… She got home first" he replied
She nodded and bit her lip at the sight of Zac. Her parents, Jennifer and probably Blondie would flip tomorrow morning to see Zac in this kind of condition. She never really pictured him getting drunk; especially that he was a Disney star.
She closed the door and smiled at her friends before walking back to the room to see Zac already up and scratching his head.
"You should get some sleep" she said coldly, then turned for the stairs
"Ashley…"
She hesitantly walked to him, knowing that maybe he needed something.
"What?"
"You are my best friend" he stroked her cheek carefully
"You're drunk" she removed his hand away from her then took a deep breath
He smiled at her and put his cold palm on her rosy cheek, "I love you so much"
He has his arm around your waist and
he's whispering in your ear.
"This is how it should be."
Zac Efron
&
Ashley Tisdale
This is how it should be
OMG. This one took me so long right people? I was confused about the second chapter because it really meant as a one shot. But I don't want to let you all down. So tell me about this one! GAWD, I think that just sucked so much! I was debating on putting him drunk too. I was confused if that was possible, but then I convinced myself that this is fiction. So don't sue me for making a Disney star drunk. LOL. Tell me about the chapter please, because I worked so hard thinking on it! I think that last quote doesn't make any sense LOL, don't you think?
Do you think Zashley will be together at the end? I'm not planning them to be together because it's highly impossible in real lives but I could figure something in fiction. LOL! Well, I have another Zashley song fic called Forget You, that's dedicated for Pennia; please check it at my profile! XD
xxoo
ILY all
Yeshi