Hello, blazingalex, LucarioTheSavage, and ShinyEeveeSan here! Welcome back to this, in the terms of a friend, fire fanfic. Now, before we start, gotta mention a few things. One: I have reached a milestone in my life where I refuse to care. Two: The characters of Zack and Lucas are based on a real couple. Don't ask why. Enjoy!

Chapter 7: Escape

~Lucas' Point of View~

"I'm home!" The voice shouted. Everyone began scrambling to put their clothes back on. "Aw, what the fuck?!"

"Dad!" Connor panicked. "I can explain!" Connor's dad's face was red with anger, but quickly calmed down.

"Connor, get dressed and come to my room. I need to talk to you." I looked back at my friend. His face drained of color and started to grow sick. Shyne bit her lip slightly. She could this wouldn't end well. Connor soon followed his dad down the hall, clearly worried about what was going to happen. I pulled my pants up and sat down.

"Wonder what's gonna happen to him?" I asked.

"Grounded, most likely," Zack replied. "Will only be let out of the house for school."

"His dad never gets mad at him," Shyne added. Suddenly, her eyes grew wide. "Oh, Arceus! What if Connor's dad tells our parents what happened?!"

"Then we're fucked, and not in the good way." Zack looked over at me and winked.

"Not the time, Zack."

"Just trying to lighten the mood. I mean we could just leave, nothing stopping us."

"I don't think we should just leave him here to take all the blame."

"Fuck that, does it look like I want to stick around for the beating? Well, maybe from you, but…" I threw a plastic cup at him.

"Hey!" We all looked up to see Connor walking back to us with his head hung low, his dad behind him. "Okay, here's the deal. I contacted your parents and they're expecting you now. I promise that they won't yell at you, but you also won't go unpunished. Connor here is grounded for the rest of the week so don't even try to hang out with him." He turned and pointed at me. "I don't even know you, and I'm sorry you had to be involved. But you were obviously the loser so we have to do something about that."

"How about ten dollars each?" Zack suggested.

"I'm pretty sure I already answered the questions, as we decided before we started." I said before any more ideas came up.

"Look, the least you could do is help clean up," Connor's dad told me. "Either that or I go and meet your parents."

"Umm…" Connor interrupted.

"What?"

"Parent."

"Fine, parent. Still don't think you'll get off easy, either. So, come on. Chop, chop." I sighed and started picking up the cups that were laying around the table. Connor had grabbed a roll of paper towels and a bottle of Lysol. Shyne folded up the blankets. Zack stood against the wall, his head tipping and swaying side to side. Connor's dad had given him a trash can. "If you're gonna puke, do it in there. If not, become a backboard for the Lucario. Got it?" Zack's head hit the wall. "Good boy."

"Zack, you good?" Connor asked, cleaning the table.

"For now, I am." He replied

"Don't throw up until Lucas is at the back of your throat." Connor joked with a laugh. Shyne smiled in amusement. "In fact, don't even gag." He looked over at Shyne. "Same goes for you, baby."

"Fuck you, Connor," she retorted.

"Oh, you will," I chimed in, shooting a cup into the trash.

"Less talking, more cleaning!" Connor's dad called out from another room. After dealing with all the trash, I looked around and dealt with the last few things that needed dealing with; the cards.

"Shit," I whispered. The cards were thrown all over the place. "Why did I agree to this?"

"Oh come on," Connor said, shooting a wad of paper towel and hitting Zack in the face. "You've never played 52 pickup?"

"Let's just get this done with already. I've got problems to deal with at home now."

"Like what? Shyne's mom hitting on your dad?"

"Don't you think he'll be curious about my mysterious disappearance?"

"Did you forget that school ended, like, ten minutes ago? We left early."

"Unless they don't take attendance, then there's a problem."

"Our school doesn't do attendance," Shyne said.

"That seems like a bad decision on their part."

"Well, what did you expect? It's a public school. Our school district is the worst in the region."

"Good enough reasoning I suppose." Connor tapped me.

"You do realize that you're gonna have to carry your boy-toy home, right?" He asked.

"I'll manage."

"Good, because we're done. Need help with the cards?"

"I've got them all." I said as I picked up the last cards.

"Oh, well shit. Wasn't paying attention."

"Connor, you never pay attention," Shyne scolded.

"Only to you."

"A little too much, I might add."

"Aw, come on. You love me for it." He walked over and gave her a kiss. I placed the deck onto the table and walked over to Zack, who's eyes were glazed over.

"Let's get you home, Zack," I said, draping his arm around my neck.

"My place or yours, baby?" He asked, his words slurring.

"Yours."

"Okay, then." I started walking him down the hall. "Do you think we have time to stop for a burger?"

"Not now, Zack. It's your nap time." He gasped.

"I love nap time! Would you like to join me in nap time?"

"Again, not now."

"But...nap time is fun.." His words slurred heavily as he spoke.

"You'll survive without it." I opened the door and walked him out.

"Wait, we forgot to pay!"

"Pay?"

"Oh, waiter!" He started to turn around, but I held him straight.

"We aren't at a restaurant, let's hurry up."

"Okay, then." I started walking faster, making sure he could keep pace with me.

We reached his house almost half an hour later. The sun had started to set and the trees shook lightly in the wind.

"Okay, Zack," I said, leading him up to the door. "We're home."

"Yay!" He shouted. "Nap time!"

"Yes, yes. Nap time." I rang the doorbell. His head rolled to the side and looked at me.

"Baby, I love you." I set him down carefully and stretched my back. "Gonna take my nap here," he mumbled.

"Sleep tight…" I turned and stumbled my way back to my house. As I walked a crooked line, my dad was waiting for me on the front porch.

"Well, how was your day?" He asked me with a smile.

I started to giggle uncontrollably. "I think I'm in love!" I exclaimed.

"Well that's good. Who is she?" I grabbed his shoulder and leaned into his ear.

"You know Shyne, right?"

"Well, I guess so, yeah."

"Well, it's her brother."

Too many dads, too little time. Remember to review and PM me if you want us to add anything to the story. blazingalex, LucarioTheSavage, and ShinyEeveeSan, out!