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Chapter 3

Location: Zack's parents' house.

"I think I'm too old for this!" Jessie yells from the tree outside, as she climbs her way through what used to be Zack's window.

Zack's old room is now a guest bedroom, and all traces of Zack's childhood have been pretty much replaced. It isn't recognizable with the new paint, curtains, bedding, and decor. It now has pictures of his parents' life and his life after high school - mainly his kids, family vacations, and his wedding photos, scattered throughout. A large family canvas from Zack and Kelly's wedding hangs over the bed, and a recent Christmas Eve photo of everyone, including Kelly's parents, in Florida is on the nightstand.

"Time to use the front door, mama." Slater says as he rolls over from being woken-up. "And you're lucky it was me and not Kelly in here." Slater laughs. "Though, after all these years, I can't imagine there's much to interrupt." he teases Zack.

Jessie gasps, "Oh, right. I didn't think about that. Sorry Zack, I'll have to remember that. I still think of this as just your room. "

She continued on, quickly changing the topic, "You guys look rough." expressed Jessie. "Late night?"

She looks around, and before either could answer, she asked, "Speaking of Kelly, where is she?"

"Well, first off, things are just fine with Kelly and I, thank you." Zack let out a small chuckle, and continued on. "Slater and I stayed out and had a few drinks…played some pool. We needed to catch-up." He paused and thought to himself it was more than a few drinks. He felt like crap, and had a splitting headache, but it was so worth the hangover he thought. It's been a long time since he's been able to really talk to a friend. He has his co-workers, and over the years they've become close, but it just isn't the same.

Zack continued on "...And Kelly will be here in a couple days. She doesn't have the extra vacation days, and has a few surgeries that she needs to be there for. She sends her apologies - she knows you wanted her help with setting things up. ...But, hey, you've got me?" Zack looked over with a cheesy smile. "This reunion will be epic." Slater agrees, "Oh yeah!" and Zack gives him a high five.

Just then there's a knock on the door and Zack's mom, Melanie, enters. "I made you boys some breakfast …Oh, hello, Jessie. It's so nice to see you! You're welcome to join us too."

"You make our favorite Mrs. M?" Slater chimed in, knowing him and Zack shared a love for her cinnamon French toast.

"Of course, Slater. I miss having you both in the house. Sure brings back memories. Now look at you guys with your families. Jessie – are you and your boyfriend planning on having a family?"

"Oh, no, I don't think kids are for us. I'm too focused on my career, and we can't even agree on if we want to get married or not." Jessie said as she looked down at her fingers. You could tell the conversation made her uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry, I'm sure you get that question a lot. Whatever makes you happy, that's all I want for you." Melanie comforted her. "Shall we head downstairs?"

They make their way down to the kitchen, and the phone rings. Zack's dad, Derek, is watching the morning news as he drinks his coffee, and he yells for someone to pick up the phone as he sees the caller id pop-up on the tv. "It's Lisa on the phone!"

"I've got it", yelled Slater.

Zack was taking everything all in. He loved that his friends still felt like at home in his parents' house. And with Slater's dad in Utah, he needed a place in Palisades to call home.

"Hey Lisa, it's Slater, what's up?"

"Slater! I didn't expect you. Are you guys going to be there much longer?" Lisa asked, trying to figure out her plans for the day.

"Oh yeah, head on over, we're having breakfast. Then I think we're going to go over some final plans for the reunion."

"Perfect! I'll be right over," Lisa responded, and she hung up her cell phone.


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