Name: After the cut
Rating: M
Disclaimer: I don't own Zac

"you know I think that food is for the actors" Zac said with a smile as he snuck up behind Amanda. Startled she popped the green grape out of her mouth dropping it on the ground.

She smiled shyly as she looked up at him. He kind of felt stupid that he had walked up to her because now he had no idea what to say. "listen I shouldn't of said what I said..." he trailed off as she looked down at the ground trying her hardest not to make eye contact. Even though what Zac said was totally true about how she was acting doesn't mean it didn't hurt and she was still altogether pissed at him.

She looked up at him squinting from the sun that was brightly shining over his shoulders. His mouth was moving but Amanda was blocking it all out "you never came back..." she said quietly, cutting him off.

Zac left his mouth hanging open with the word he was about to say still rolling off his tongue "I know..." he said now shoving his hands in his pockets

"I waited for you to come but you didn't" was all she said as she stepped back from the table.
Zac felt awful he had planned on visiting her at the hospital but he couldn't and for that reason he didn't know the answer to yet.

Amanda twisted her hair and let it fall down across her shoulders. The awkward silence was killing her and she took a sigh of relief when her boss was yelling at her. For once she was glad she had a needy boss.

"got to get back to work" she said frowning her face muscles were too tired to do anything else.

Zac nodded "I'll just talk to you later" and with that Amanda swiftly made her way across the lot towards her impatient boss. The funny thing was that; that conversation couldn't have gone any smoother. He ruined it, their friendship was now filled with awkward pauses and throat clearings.

It was finally over, they had wrapped the movie that afternoon and now the cast was celebrating by going out to a local club. Of course Amanda was invited by Jesse and she was reluctant to come she needed a night out even if Zac would be there.

As they walked in hand in hand Amanda felt brave, this was it. Their relationship was now being broadcast to a building filled with people...people with cameras.

Jesse led her to a back table where a few cast mates had already showed up and who of course were already drunk but it's all good because they were of age anyways.

Amanda sat down next to John, the "killer" in the movie and she wasn't going to lie to herself he was hot for a thirty year old.

Zac walked in breathing in the musky smoggy club air. He was so used to this type of smell that it didn't phase him anymore. He showed up alone which seemed pathetic but he was fine with it he didn't need a girl by his side to make an appearence even when the only girl he thought about was already there.

Amanda's face turned red and she felt like she all of a sudden had hot flashes. Why her body was reacting in this way at the site of Zac she had no idea but it was making her uncomfortable. She watched every move he made as he walked over and sat down (of course) right across from her making Amanda jump as she felt his leg brush againts hers.

Zac noticed her quick jolt of movement and looked up straight in to her eyes as he scooted in his chair.
Jesse laughed at a joke John was telling but looked over at Amanda when he felt how clammy her hand was "you okay?" he asked whispering in to her ear so she could hear him better over the music. Amanda nodded and smiled as he kissed her on the side of her forehead.

She looked over at John trying her hardest not to make any contact with Zac because what happened with that conversation a few days ago was awkward enough.

She admited she was torn. I mean she knew she really liked Jesse because he was caring and cute and funny and charming but she would think about it more and she found that Zac was equally the same and to make it all the more harder to choose. She had the equal amount of feelings for both guys. Wow how she hated even numbers.