(Ohmigoodness yay, I am so glad people are enjoying this as a read! I love Zack, and I wanted to write something for him. This came to me and yeah, I'm gonna go with it as far as it takes me. It's good to be back and writing again I missed you guys! And I am so glad that you guys are enjoying reading. This chapter picks up just as they're getting back to the hotel)

"Zack? You do realize you do not hold a gun that way, right?" Zara asked as he looked at her, pouted and then said "Yeah well, even though you kicked my ass, I had fun tonight."

"Like I said.. The arcades are my escape zones.. It's like no matter how shit a day I've had, I can go into one, focus on gaming for a few hours, and nothing just seems as bad as it did before, ya know.. Wait, that sounded completely..." she'd started to say 'childish' but Zack shook his head and said "It was fun. I can see why you and AJ and Kofi like gaming so much."

"And I thank you again, Zack, for winning me the My Little Pony. I don't know how you even knew about my 'thing' with them, but it.. It really helped a shitty day become not so shitty. Thanks for asking me to go with you."

He was beginning to realize that unlike her man eating older half sister, Zara rambled quite a bit, she wasn't as good with people as Eve, she wasn't out to charm everyone only to rip their heart out later on. He was also beginning to realize that he was right. There had been a reason she'd sort of come onto his radar not so long ago.

And now he wanted to get to know her better, because even though they'd talked a lot tonight, there was a lot about her he still didn't know. He sort of zoned back in from his own thoughts when he heard her mutter, "What the hell does Swagger want?"

Jack walked up and coyly nodded at Zack as he muttered, "Beat it, Zack."

"How about you fuck off? I was talking to Zara. Guess you don't have any manners though." Zack said as he looked at Jack and glared at him. Jack was up to something, and he was starting to wonder if somehow Eve wasn't in on it too, because knowing the real Eve as he did now, he wouldn't put it past her. And realizing this, he'd decided right then and there that he'd do his damndest NOT to fall for anything she might or might not pull in the future.

Jack turned to Zara and pulled something out of his jacket and then said awkwardly, "I, uhh, I saw this earlier, and I thought of you." as he handed her another My Little Pony.

She took it, brow raised and then said quietly, "Thanks, but I was kinda talking to Zack?"

Jack looked at Zack giving him a murderous glare as he said quietly, "You do realize that Eve's trying to win him back... Right?"

"And? Two people can't just talk anymore? God."

Jack looked at her, and then smirked, because he'd figured out her secret, both of them, her fixation on Zack Ryder AND the fact that she was the face behind ZackRydersAnon on twitter.

And if he wanted to, he could tell Zack right now.. But he wasn't quite sure if the odds would be in his favor, so for now, he just winked and then said calmly, "What I meant was I hate how Eve treats you and I know you do too. Just don't want to see you getting hurt again is all."

"No, Jack.. I'm not an idiot. What you really meant was you just needed something to say to remind me.. You know what? Nevermind." Zara said quietly before looking at Zack and managing an apologetic smile before saying quietly, "I really did have a good time tonight... Maybe we could do it again?"

"Definitely." Zack said with a smile, though he was sort of picking up on the fact that apparently Zara was keeping something from him, and somehow, Jack knew what it was. And he felt his anger surging, and even felt a rare streak of jealousy, possessiveness, but not in a bad or creepy or negative way. Just wishing he'd been there to talk to her a few hours ago, not that damn Jack Swagger.

And it made him determined to find out somehow what Jack knew that he didn't know, that apparently Zara was keeping from him.

Zara stood there awkwardly for a few minutes, then Zack surprised her by leaning in, pulling her against the doorframe and himself and giving her a kiss that practically popped both her eyes wide open as she looked up at him. Oh you bet she kissed back, but she was really wondering why he'd done it, because she thought tonight was just two people becoming friends, because she knew her luck and she knew that he'd never fall for her like she had him. Especially now that Eve was back.

"I'll see you tomorrow, cutey." Zack muttered as he broke the kiss, ruffled her hair and winked. Okay, so he'd been planning to kiss her, but he hadn't been planning on freaking her out as he had this feeling he'd probably done just then. It was just the things she made him feel, really. He watched her walking down the hallway before he turned to Jack, who stood there, arms crossed, glaring at Zack.

"You need to stop popping up, Swagger. This with you two? It's a gimmick, and I think when you do it, you scare her. You come on too strong and she's skittish you big fucking idiot."

"Oh really? Well you need to leave her alone, because she belongs with me, Ryder, not a loser like you."

"I'm the loser? You're the guy with the fucking Planters Peanut guy as a manager, and I'm the loser? You're the one who's creepy around her and treating her like shit when you're not being creepy and I'm the loser?" Zack asked as he smirked, then laughed a little and added, "Why don't you go hang out with grandpa Zeb? Stop wasting my time.. Unless you know something I don't."

"Oh trust me.. I could write a book on the things I know that you don't, Zack, but I'm not gonna. I will say this. One way or another, no matter what I have to do, Zara is mine." Jack said as he smirked then said "So back the fuck down. I'm the real talent, why the fuck do you even think McMahon gave me a valet?"

Then he walked off and approximately five seconds later, Zack Ryder doubled over in side splitting laughter. So what he just said confirmed at least one of his suspicions about this new 'angle' they'd all been involved in.

Jack Swagger, apparently, was being made the fall guy this time by McMahon. Not Zack.

And knowing the shoe was on the other foot made Zack smirk to himself as he muttered, "Yeah, you go right ahead, keep thinkin that, Jack.. But I think somebody's trying to teach you about getting too big for your own damn pants."

Down the hallway, Zara sat on her side of the double bed she sometimes slept in with AJ in shock as she stared at the hot pink pony in her hand, her mind on the kiss from moments before, in the hallway.

She jumped when Natalya walked in and snapped her fingers in her face as she laughed.

"What?"

"Why so shocked?"

"I,umm..I...I can't explain it?" Zara said quietly, biting down on her lower lip as she added quickly, "But Zack asked me to the arcade as friends and.. Then Jack came up when we got back and Zack kinda, maybe kissed me?"

"Oh really?" Kaitlyn asked as AJ dropped her game controller, turned around to listen with a Twinkie between her lips in mid bite.

"What?"

"You can't seriously still think that it meant nothing."

"Actually, I'm pretty damn sure he only did it to get a rise out of Jack.. Besides.. He looked really, really cozy with Eve earlier."

"Ha.. Yeah, you just didn't hear the fight we three girls heard." AJ said as Kaitlyn nodded and then said with a smirk, "Among hoeski, there were several other names thrown around."

"Why though?"

"Because he found out she insisted on being involved in this angle you guys are all in on." Natalya said as Kaitlyn said "Wow.. Zara's speechless.. C'mon cynic, I know you got something you can say to argue that."

"Just wondering what the hell my sister wants in it for, I mean she'd do better feuding with you over the belt, as planned." Zara muttered as she sighed and said "But then again, she loves to remind me how little I matter, which is true.. so yeah... But she really went to Vince and inserted herself in this?"

"Yeah. And girl, if you don't hurry.. She's gonna tell Zack she's the anon twitter person." AJ exclaimed as Cameron looked up and said "It's true, me and Naomi overheard her telling Rosa and Aksana about it today backstage. She know its you and she's gonna pretend it's her."

"God damn it. How many other people know it's me?"

"Just me, Ziggly puff, Big E, Nattie, Hornswaggle, and Punk."

"How the fuck does Punk know?"

"Because he read over your shoulder once when you were sending Zack a message." AJ explained as she said "Point is, if Eve gets that desperate, there's plenty of people who will set him straight."

"Guys, if he falls for that... That thing I call a sister, then I'm probably better off alone." Zara muttered as she grabbed a hand full of red hot candies and sat chewing them in thought, twisting a strand of light brown hair around her fingers.

There'd been no cameras out in the hallway, so why HAD he kissed her like that?

Probably just to get a rise out of Jack.