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Previously: "Sorry." Maddie says looking down at him. She freezes and her eye widen. Zack is wearing nothing but a pair of thin boxes and she is, quite intimately, pressed up against every square inch of him. "Oh dear."

Chapter 6

Zack groans underneath Maddie, his hands tightening at her waist. He closes his eyes and takes a few deep breaths. Maddie tries to move but Zack refuses to let go. She hears another groan, almost a growl.

"Are you okay?" Maddie looks down at him in concern. "Zack, did I hurt you?" He doesn't answer so she starts running her hand over him trying to find any place that might be hurt. Zack releases her waist only to grab hold of her hands and hold them away from his body. This pulls her more closely against his bare chest. Zack literally growls at this point. He manages to stand up, bringing her up with him, and sets her away from him.

Maddie looks into his stormy eyes to see the passion burning there. Her nerves still on fire from being so close to him, Maddie stops thinking and pushes him back onto the bed where he sits, surprised by her actions. Giving him a seductive half smile, she sits on his lap, wrapping her legs around his waist. Grabbing handfuls of his hair, she pulls him down for a searing kiss. Zack, lost to everything but the woman in front of him, caresses Maddie's back before settling his hands on her bottom. Maddie turns her head, inviting a deeper kiss and their tongues clash in an intimate dance. Zack's hands tighten their hold, pushing her against him. Through the thin boxer material, she can feel him throbbing and her body jerks in response causing them both to moan.

Zack lays back and rolls over so he is on top, never breaking their hold. He nibbles on her lips and works his way down her throat, one of his hand rubbing tantalizing circles on her stomach. Just as he was pulling the shirt up to get to her naked skin, they hear on a knock on the door.

"Cody's on the phone. He wants to know if the three of us want to meet them for lunch." Cole grins to himself, wondering what he may have interrupted. The silence in the bedroom was deafening as Zack rolls away from Maddie. They close their eyes trying to calm down their racing hearts. Zack sighs and sits up, glaring at the door, which makes Maddie giggle.

"Sure. Find out where he wants to meet. We'll be out in a minute." Zack replies, his voice gruff with frustration. Cole's footsteps can be heard walking back down the hall and Zack looks over at Maddie. "So, you think this is funny?" He pretends to glare at her. Her eyes widen, innocently.

"Me? Why would I think this is funny?" She yelps when Zack grabs her, pulling her onto his lap. He places small, soft kisses at the base of her neck trailing up to her moist, red lips. He hovers above her mouth, a butterfly touch making her whimper for more.

"Still think it's funny?" Zack whispers as he claims her lips once more. Before he can lose himself again, he breaks away and sets her back down on the bed. "Much as I really want to continue, we should get dressed. Cole's waiting for us." Maddie pouts but gets up and grabs her clothes from last night, heading out the door to the bathroom. Coming back a while later, she sits down on the bed and watches as Zack puts on a shirt, entranced by the play of muscles across his chest and abdomen.

"Could you give me a ride home? I really need to change into some clean clothes." Maddie asks.

"Sure. We can go take care of that then come back and pick up Cole on our way to meet for lunch." Zack leans over and gives her a quick kiss. "You ready to go?"

"Yep." Maddie answers, grabbing her stuff from beside the door. Zack picks up his wallet and keys and follows her out to the living room.

"Cole, we'll be back later to pick you up. I'm going to take Maddie home so she can get changed." Zack says to his cousin. "What time are we meeting Cody?"

"12:30." Cole looks up from the television program he's watching. "So, what is going on with you guys? You never did say."

"We'll explain later." Zack tells him, ushering Maddie out the door. "See ya."

A short while later, they walk through Maddie's front door. She has a single room in graduate housing on campus. Looking around, Zack smiles at the décor that just screams Maddie's personality. Everything is colorful with tons of frames showing pictures of her family and friends.

"This is so you." Zack laughs.

"I'm going to go change. Make yourself comfortable." Maddie motions to the small sofa set in front of the TV. "Feel free to raid the fridge if you get thirsty." With that, she walk through a doorway to the right of the living room and shuts the door.

Zack wonders around looking at the various pictures. Most of them seem to be of her family with a few scattered around that he didn't recognize. Chuckling to himself, he sees the one taken of Maddie and London at the almost failed prom. Picking it up, he notices a small picture in a silver frame sitting behind it. It had tiny engraved hearts circling it and the year of the prom written in one corner. Lifting it up, his eyes widen as he sees a much younger Zack and Maddie dancing together wrapped in each others arms. They are looking into each other's eyes smiling. "I didn't know anyone had taken our picture." He mumbles to himself, staring at the photo.

"You know, that has always been one of my favorite photos." Maddie says quietly from beside him.

"Where did you even get it? I don't remember anyone taking our picture." Zack asks.

"London took it. I didn't know either until she handed me this copy." Maddie takes the picture out of Zack's hands and brushes her fingertips across the images. "You made that night perfect." She looks up at him, her brow crinkled in thought. "I'm sorry I didn't keep my promise."

"What promise?" Zack asks though he knows exactly which one she's talking about. He has never forgotten anything Maddie says, even though he really tried for a while. Maddie raises her eyebrows at him expectantly then looks back down at the picture. "You mean the promise to dance with me at my prom?" She nods her head. "Don't worry about. I didn't even go to my prom so I wouldn't have been there for you to dance with anyway." Zack chuckles trying to make light of it.

"Why didn't you go to your prom?" Maddie questions.

"I didn't feel like it." Zack answers moving away from her, ending their conversation. "Are you ready to go?"

"Yep." Maddie picks up her purse and keys, still puzzling over Zack not going to his prom. "Let's grab a coffee at the Octane Café on our way back. I could really use a latte."

"Sounds good." Zack leads her out the door and waits while she locks up. They drive over to the popular coffee house and order drinks for themselves and one for Cole before heading back to Zack's apartment. Cole gratefully takes the cup from them when they come inside. He sits down in the recliner next to the couch while Zack and Maddie sit on the couch.

"So tell me what's going on?" Cole looks at them curiously. "When I left, Zack was single, concentrating only on his school work and music. I come back a couple days later and find the two of you running around half dressed making breakfast. What did I miss?" He grins wickedly. "And don't leave out any of the steamy details."

"Cole!" Maddie yells, embarrassed, while Zack laughs at his cousin. They proceed to tell him the whole story, taking turns to explain their parts in it, leading up to the sleep over last night and this morning's breakfast. Cole remains quiet the whole time, not wanting to interrupt. After they finish, he blows out a breath and runs his fingers through is dark gold hair, his sky blue eyes wide.

"That's quite a story." He leans back in his seat and takes a sip of his coffee, mulling over the events. "This Greg guy sounds like a real ass. Let me know if you need any help getting him off your back, I'd be happy to help."

"Thanks, but I'm hoping my fake dating Zack will do the trick." Maddie says with a smile.

"Speaking of that, you have me confused." Cole looks from Maddie to Zack. "Are you really 'fake' dating? Because it looks very convincingly real to me after this morning."

Zack looks at Maddie, unsure of what to say. Maddie looks back at Zack, equally confused by the situation. Cole looks at both of them and rolls his eyes, sighing. He gets up and throws his paper cup away. Deciding to give them some space, he walks into his room and closes the door.

I know this is a little cliffhanger but I'm sure you can handle it. Let me know what you thought of this chapter. Love it? Hate it? Just so-so? Please Review! How many of you are frustrated that I didn't explain about Zack's prom? *evil grin*