Lily's car was parked in front of my house when I got home while my parents' car was parked at the driveway. I wasn't sure why Lily was here. Maybe she was getting her stuff since her family came back from England. Whatever the reason, it made me nervous. Throughout the whole day, nothing but surprises came upon me. Some were okay while others pissed me off. If this was another surprise that was going to piss me off, I wasn't sure what I was going to do.

I parked my car next to my parents' car and got out. The house seemed tranquil so maybe everything was alright.

When I opened the front door…I didn't know how to react. My parents were having a conversation with Lily and Zack. Yup, Zack was in the living room talking to my parents while Lily watched. By the smiles on my parents' faces, I knew what they were going to say.

"Honey, I didn't know you met a fine looking young boy at the concert," Mom exclaimed. "How come you didn't introduce him to us?" Zack turned around and smiled while I stared blankly at Mom.

"Umm…I just didn't think that you guys will…accept him?" I answered quietly. "I mean, I just met him two days ago."

Dad grinned from ear-to-ear. "When a boy you like loves fishing, I like him right off the bat!"

I looked at Zack. "You like fishing?"

He nodded as I sighed. Every time when a boy comes here to meet my parents, Dad always asked the guy if he liked fishing. If they said 'no,' Dad told me to break it off with the guy. If they said 'yes,' Dad encouraged me to date him. In this case, Dad fully accepted Zack in the family. I wasn't sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing since I still needed to talk to Zack about the phone conversation. I didn't know if he screwed me over or screwed someone over last night. John was in my business about this whole thing. He wasn't the type of person to lie about these kinds of things, but then again, I only knew him last night at the party. Maybe he was doing this so I could be with him instead of Zack. What was up with me and these band dudes? They needed to stay away from my bubble.

Mom interrupted my thoughts. "Sweetheart, are you going to take a seat? You look really tired."

I shook my head as I walked towards the stairs. "I'm just going to take a quick shower first to relax a little bit," I glanced at Zack as he winked at me. "It has been a very bust day for me," I strode up the stairs to my room. This was all happening so quickly. Zack was now meeting my parents. What was next? Him giving me a promise ring? I erased that thought from my head. I wouldn't know how to react if Zack decided to do that. I bet Lily was the one who thought about the idea of him meeting my parents. She knew that Zack's charm was going to easily win over my parents.

I walked in the bathroom to take a shower. I needed some time to escape from this.

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Zack and I hung out at the front porch of my house while my parents went out temporarily to buy food. Since Lily was going to stay at her family's place for the rest of Winter Break, dinner tonight was going to consist of my parents, Zack and me. Before Lily left, however, I let her know how I felt about the whole fiasco that happened earlier in the day and Zack meeting my parents. In her head, she thought that Zack was "the one" for me. I never understood her. She was out of her mind thinking that was going to happen. I liked Zack, but I wasn't sure if this was going to last with all of this mess going around. Plus, he was going back to his hometown on Wednesday, Christmas Eve. I never experienced how it was like to have a long distance relationship with someone. From what I heard, it was complicated. My head was getting a migraine from all of this thinking.

"Who did you talk about with Alex?" I asked, breaking the silence between us. "Did you screw someone over? Did you screw me over?"

He shook his head frantically. "I didn't screw anyone over, especially you. I can never do anything wrong to you."

"Then who was it? Who was the phone conversation about?" I exclaimed. "This whole thing has been eating me up!"

Zack, who looked like he was trying to hold back a laugh, took a deep breath. "I can't tell you."

"Ugh!" I threw myself on the swing. "I hate you."

He chuckled as he kissed my forehead. "You've hated me ever since we first encountered. You never hated me, Jenny. You just covered up your feelings."

"Don't try to change the subject."

He sighed. "I'll tell you tomorrow when I take you out," he sat down beside me on the swing. "Tomorrow's the last full day I'm here so I want to be with you as much as possible."

I rested my head on his shoulder. "Just tell me now," I pleaded quietly. "I don't want any more surprises."

Zack draped his arm around my waist. "Fine, I surrender," I lifted my head up to look at him. "I'll tell you who it is. Just don't hate me when I tell you."

"Is it about a girl at the party?" I asked eagerly, cutting him off without realizing it.

He grinned. "No, it's not a girl."

I gave him a puzzled look. "What? I heard you say 'she' and 'her' a lot when you were talking on the phone," I pulled away from him. "You couldn't be talking about a dude," Zack's silence and very sly smile made me nervous about this whole thing. "You weren't talking about a dude right?" I waited for Zack to give me an answer, but he wouldn't speak up. "It was a guy?" I was baffled. "Are you gay?"

Zack's eyebrows furrowed. "No!" he hollered. "I'm not! What…what made you think that?"

I stood up from the swing. "I heard you say 'she was only a one night hit for only last night' and 'just adding a punch to the crazy night.' It makes me think that if you were talking about a guy…" I trailed off. "Was this before or after the…"

"No!" Zack interjected. "I didn't hook up with a guy! I think my choice of words will give a little hint on who I'm talking about on the phone. 'One night hit,' 'adding a punch,' I used those words by its literal meaning." By those words, I knew who he was talking about. That could explain the additional bruising and the increase of pissy-ness he had with me earlier.

Everything made sense now, oddly enough.

Ugh, I feel like crap! That's why I haven't been doing my whole consistant updating on this story. Anyways, I pretty much told you indirectly who the mystery person was. If everything goes as plan, there will be only three chapters left plus an epilogue. I don't guarantee it, but that's the plan. Keep reading as always and thank you guys for reviewing!