I decided to edit this Chapter by a few sentences and fix some mishaps in it.

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Vacation passed quickly for the first few days, but after we had done everything we got bored. To save us from boredom was the new vacationers, people who I didn't know. They didn't pay much attention to me and seemingly didn't know who I was.

This made my thoughts fill with devious things I should have outgrown, but I was always just a teenager at heart. I could kill without a problem, move at incredible speeds and had strength possibly twice that of a normal man. My cognitive skills were on par with men and women in their late thirties. Having these skills wasn't always for my job. It was also for my dutiful prank needs.

I woke up one nameless morning in a devious and evil mood. I remained in my bed snuggled into the many sheets and pillows silently as I watched the curtains brighten as the sun rose. Their pale tan, crimson, gold and olive green stripes slowly glowing. I smiled a bit and thought back to my sheets surrounding me. The fuzzy warmth made me smile before sitting up to glance around once. As I stared at my door slowly but surely a smirk made of pure evil crossed my face. I jumped from my bed and sneaked across the carpet to the door before creaking it open and looking for signs of life.

My keen eyes zeroing in on any movement, but there was none. This made me smirk even more. I slipped through my door at stared intently on Zack's bedroom door. I knelt down before rolling over to it until my back hit his wall gently. I stood and slithered along the tan wall until I came to the dent leading to his door. I slowly turned the knob and peeked inside to see his happy ass sprawled ungracefully across his bed. I fell to the floor dramatically. Thanks to the carpet, the fall was dulled out from his ears.

I lifted myself up on my elbow and shook my head. I flopped over to my hands and knees and crawled over to his bedside. Then I sat waiting and wondering how I would go about whatever I was doing. Then it dawned on me… I didn't know any pranks.

"How do you prank somebody?" I asked myself staring at Zack's size12 foot as it hit me in the face. Nothing came to mind. I have a terrible sense of creativity. I remembered silently. So the best I could do was just to wake him up in a very unpleasant way.

With a bucket filled with cold water. "Zackary!" I shouted whilst dumping the load on his face and along his chiseled body. Here is the part where I say he woke up abruptly and glared before chasing me around the house right? Wrong.

His happy ass shivered and turned over still snoring a bit. I stared blankly, very confused… "I guess that only works in movies…" I looked around searching for a way to wake him up.

Here's a list of my many tries:

1. Yelling

2. Jumping on his bed

3. Jumping on his bed AND yelling.

4. Turning his shower on

5. Slamming his door

6. Ringing the doorbell

7. Whispering into his ear

After seven, I ran out of ideas, walked into the kitchen, and started to make something to eat. The place filled with the smell of food and I soon heard Zack yelling. I chuckled and opened some of the windows to let a breeze roll through. He stormed into the kitchen glaring at me. He was wet and groggy.

"You threw water on me?"

"Twenty minutes ago. I figured you might wake up. I was very wrong."

"Give me ONE good reason why I shouldn't try killing you?" I smirked at the word 'try'. Then I lifted a delicious smelling plate to his face.

"Because I made you some breakfast," I smiled sweetly as he looked between the food and my face.

"Fine, you win," he mumbled snatching the plate and sitting. I smiled gently and set up the extra food around him and gave him a cup of orange juice. I myself sat down to eggs, pancakes, hash browns, toast, and some sausage. I grabbed a cup and filled it with water smirking some more as I did so.

"Er thanks," Zack mumbled with a glance out the window. I shrugged.

"I got you something to wear yesterday. I want you to try it on." I nearly choked on my food.

"Zack, you don't know the size of my clothes or anything. You sure that was a good idea?" He shrugged but didn't say no. I shook my head and finished eating. I held back the want to flick some eggs into his hair. When we finished eating he took our plates, dumped them into the sink and ushered me to follow him.

I did silently and a bit questionably. I waited near the doorway as he pulled out a small box and handed it to me. I opened it to find a one-piece bathing suit with a skirt-like piece to wrap around my waist. I smiled. The suit matched his shorts a bit. It was black with flames on it. Its texture reminded my of fish scales.

"Thanks Zack," I mumbled with a smile. He nodded a bit.

"You gonna wear it?" I shrugged and figured I'd give up my need to be a SOLDIER for one day. I walked into my room to put it on. I glanced into my bathroom mirror. I was surprised at how well it fit. It was slimming and very hugging. I tied the skirt around my waist gently and fluffed my hair to give it freedom.

I left to see Zack washing the plates. He smiled at the sight of me and nodded, "You look nice. Wanna go for a walk?" I smiled a little and shrugged. "I'll take that as a yes."

It wasn't as quiet as I expected when we walked along the beach. People were out all of them enjoying the morning on the beach. Many were young people around our age enjoying a good time off. Others were people in their thirties enjoying a good time together. I sighed my hair had grow down to mid shoulder blade now and wasn't stopping. The swim suit caressed each of my curves. From my abs to my large bosom, it was being shown off. I blushed every time I noticed someone smiling at me.

It was very uncharacteristic of me to blush, but plans were still forming inside of my head… or pathetic attempts at plans. We left as the beach got more crowded. We stopped and decided to get something to eat.

"I'll get us some food from there," I pointed to a giant wooden place where a man was selling different foods. Zack nodded.

"I'll get us some drinks from that machine." I smiled a little and walked off to go stand in line. I was unfortunate enough to have a group of men come up behind me. About four of them in their late teens and early twenties, I rolled my eyes as they whistled from behind me. I was nearing the front when they started asking me questions. I turned my head and glanced at them before turning back around.

"We've got ourselves a silent feisty one, gents." I rolled my eyes again with my head in succession. They continued to distract me even as I ordered my food. I left to find Zack again when one followed me. He looked like he was the youngest. He also seemed to be the most handsome.

"Can I help you?" he shook his head.

"I wanted to say sorry about my friends," I looked over his shoulder to see them coming again.

"Too late they're coming back," I said turning to leave before I almost bumped into one of them. I was getting irritated very quickly and they would soon find I was a rather formidable foe. I waited until they decided that maybe it was smarter to just leave.

"Evie!" I heard Zack's voice and saw him running over. The four turned away to open up a way for him. "I've been looking for you, let's go eat." He dragged me away and I glared at him until we sat.

"Another two minutes and I would have kicked all of their butts."

"I know; I pulled you out of there for their sakes. I'm worried about other people more than you, Evie. I know you can take of yourself but that would have been at the cost of our lunch as well. I'm a big boy; I need my five meals a day." he grabbed the bag of food and instantly dug in. I shook my head and stole my half of the food.

It was decently quiet in this area and it made me notice how nice it was here. The distant sounds of birds sounded around us, the murmur of people blending in and the crashing of a wave against the beach. The sky was blue and clear, a beautiful sight anywhere. All my ideas for evil plans evaporated with the adrenaline to kick some major ass. I was close, but not nearly close enough. All my deviousness came to a crashing end with a chance meet with four teens. I sighed gently and rolled my eyes chewing grumpily on a piece of food I found out later was actually Zack's.

The rest of the day was peaceful… I guess. I couldn't walk down the street without someone trying to do something to me. Zack had to make them leave. I messed with a few people here and there for a good laugh, but it was at Zack's expense. By the end of the day I was spent.

"Tomorrow's gonna be fun," I said with a small grin as fireworks went off in the distance. Colors of green and red flashed against my face in the dark as we walked inside the apartment.

"You're like a little kid again huh?" I smiled up at Zack as he closed the door. I didn't bother to turn the lights on. Our genetic enhancements made it easy enough for us to see. He walked up to me and looked down with a familiar smirk on.

"I guess the immaturity has to rub off from somewhere…" I mumbled with an arched eyebrow raising myself up on my toes to get closer to his height. One of his black eyebrows rose in response.

"Are you implying something Evie?" I smirked as I rose higher.

"Yes I am, Zackary." I mumbled poking him in the chest roughly.

"Oh and what might that be, Evelia?" I smiled.

"That you're an immature kid," Zack brushed it off with a small snort.

"Yeah I missed that about you too Evie." I shook my head with a chuckle. Flashes of Gold and white flashed against the side of our faces. I stared into his blue green eyes and for a long time I got lost in them, like I used to back before we were 1st Class SOLDIERs and before Angeal had died and left us; before all of it. His eyes were locked with mine and I slowly brought my hand up to lock into Zack's soft and perfect hair. My hand caressed through it lightly remembering all the times before that it had ran through the tresses.

As the flashing of fireworks went off, with my eyes locked to his and my hand fingering through his hair something happened. I don't know what it was, how it happened, or when it really happened, but it did. Something clicked; I didn't know what it was. A flash of yellow and green succeeded by red and pink went off as his face neared me leaning down closer and closer. I didn't pull away because in my head nothing was registering, none of my bonds, my missions, my authority, nothing, just Zack and me in bathing suits standing next to our doorway with fireworks going off in the background. It was slow and like a dream as his lips came crashing down.

It was like a dream come true, and he, like me didn't really realize what was happening until after it had happened. Our arms wrapped around each other, his lips moved tenderly across my own. We took a few short quick kisses only to come back together even more tightly, his tongue twining with mine quickly.

I wasn't sure how much time had passed before my thoughts caught up with our actions. My brain had a tendency to shut down within a certain time frame of things I enjoyed. The same seemed to be for Zack, but a bit longer, he took an extra moment to pull away, moving slowly as if he didn't want to. His eyes were wide as a loud blue flash crashed through the place. We were silent and waiting for the others reaction.

"I… I'm sorry; I don't know what happened…" Zack mumbled pathetically taking his eyes off me and looking at the ground.

"It's…uh, fine. I don't know what happened either…so let's just say it never happened?" Zack nodded a little, a gold flash erupting along his handsome features.

"I guess I forgot…" I didn't understand what he meant fully but he walked away at that point. I stood there silently as the booming of the fireworks also sunk in as I watched them. Then whether I realized my hand moved or not I was touching my lips almost as if checking to see if this had all been real. It hadn't lasted for very long and my mind was in such a daze. I swallowed lightly and walked to my room.

The next morning there was nothing but a thick overture of awkward between us as we sat silently. Zack said nothing, and I wasn't getting much else from my end. I glanced at him once in a while. Ever since last night everything about his features was a lot more noticeable. His hair texture, the way his eyes shined lightly and the smooth skin along his Jaw. He like me had hair on one place and one place alone. The top of our heads; SOLDIERs didn't have hair anywhere else. Except Angeal… he was different. But even then his facial hair was very well kept.

The silence between us was out of place. We always had something to say to each other. There was always something to remember, always something funny we could say, but neither of us could think of anything. I didn't know about Zack but I was racking my brain for anything that could lift the tension. We finished Breakfast without a lock of our eyes or a word. He left as I was washing the dishes. Usually he would wait for me, but I guess he had his reason for leaving like I had my reason for taking so long.

When I finished I walked to my balcony to think, although it didn't seem to do me any good. He was everywhere and I missed his voice and his warmth… and just about everything else about him. I left to go buy some food, anything he liked to eat really. Which wasn't hard, Zack wasn't a picky eater; if it was eatable he'd eat it. I smiled at this thought and closed the door behind me.

Walking through Costa del Sol proved peaceful. I wasn't disturbed and I managed to buy a lot of food I'd need for the rest of our stay. I was thanking a man for the food when I saw him and Cissnei walking together. My teeth gritted in aggravation for her existence… I stopped when I heard whispering. The counter I was leaning on was half destroyed. I apologized saying Shinra would handle the cost. He nodded and I left.

I had accidently taken longer than I thought and found that I had come home after Zack. When I opened the door and walked through the doorway Zack stood from his seat to look at me and sigh.

"You're alright… that's good." I smiled a bit.

"Oh course I'm okay, I'm SOLDIER 1st Class Evelia Reinhardt." He smiled and nodded, "But I did bring dinner!" He grinned, the tension completely gone between us. I watched him carefully as he ate. He didn't seem to notice until I smiled gently before eating slowly.

"You alright?" I nodded smiling at him with a fork in my mouth. He looked down and to his plate. "I'm sorry… you know… for before. I-"

"Its fine Zack, forget about it. I don't want something like that to tear neither us, nor you and Aerith apart. It was a spur of the moment thing. It's happened to me before." My thoughts ran back to the encounters with Tseng and Sephiroth those two times. I shook my head a bit and stood with my half empty plate. The thought of what happened then made me lose my appetite. He looked at my plate and looked down again. My shoulders sagged.

I walked over to him my feet padding against the floor. I stopped next to him and he slowly raised his eyes to mine. I smiled and bent down holding his face in my right hand; I pushed it away from me and kissed his cheek. "We're best friends. Don't forget that." I grabbed his plate and took it to the sink with mine. After a few minutes I nodded to my plate and he walked over finishing it for me. I smiled to him gently before he watched as I cleaned the dishes.

"Do you ever forget how young we really are?" I looked at him, his face was very thoughtful. We had known each other since I was 12. I found out when I became a 1st Class that my entrance exam was him. I fought a simulation of him when I first tried to enter SOLDIER. I lost after seven minutes. I could just faintly remember the smug look it had on its face, a similar version to the real one of course. I first saw him taking his helmet off. He tried looking for me and things developed after his initial flirting… even at a young age, he was cocky. Lately he hadn't been like that I noticed.

We spent some time together in front of the T.V. laughing and joking like we always would when we were still 2nds. It was nice for me, nothing felt better than being with Zack. Talking and laughing with him like the old days helped me forget the world outside of our little home.

I forgot everything and thought about his laugh, his smile, the way his eyes twinkled, and the sometimes serious look in his face and eyes, the amused grin I got when I countered something he said comically, anything that made me see he was truly happy I noticed. Nothing was worse than seeing Zack sad. It tore me apart those days that he was down over Angeal being dead. But we were sad together for a few of them. It took him a bit longer to get it over it than me. I was close with Angeal like a good friend, but Zack was his friend, his student, his little puppy.

I grinned some more as Zack talked animatedly and I brought my knees to my chin as I thought about how important he really was to me.

"You ever think like that?"

"Like what?" He gave me a skeptical look.

"Were you listening to half of what I said?" He didn't stay quiet long enough to let me respond. "Do you ever remember all of your past and forget how young you are because of them?" I nodded.

"I almost always forget I'm a teenager. I usually think I'm in my twenties like Sephiroth." I looked down to my legs. Which we relatively unmarked, surprising for anyone. "But when I stop and think about it, I know that I'm younger than I think I am. I figure its cause of the fights I've been in. The war included… you know?" He nodded.

"I forgot a lot, that I'm only a year older than you. I'm 17 too." I nodded. I had yet to turn 16 though. I heaved a big yawn as some commercials came on. He looked at me, "Tired?" I nodded and he beamed before shutting the T.V. off and giving me a hand up. I wasn't expecting this as I flung up into his chest. I was tired and my reflexes weren't at their best so I squeaked as I landed into his chest his arms wrapped firmly around me. I took a deep breath and his scent surrounded me making me smile with comfort.

"Whoa… you alright there?" I nodded as he helped me stand a bit.

"Just tired, sorry Zack." He smiled.

"I knew you'd need a big, strong, smart, devilishly handsome, charming and-"

"I get it already,'" I mumbled as he grinned.

"You can't just let me bask in the glory of you needing me just once?" I smiled and shook my head. "Well at least it puts me at ease because you can take care of yourself. I'm always worried about Aerith, I think it be getting a bit unhealthy." I frowned as he escorted me to my room.

"She can handle herself; don't get too worked up okay?" He nodded with a grin and I smiled a bit myself. I couldn't help but smile at him when he was happy around me. It was contagious. "Don't worry we'll see her again soon. You should try calling the office tomorrow to see what's up and then call her and say hi." He grinned brighter.

"I will, night Evie." I waved lightly before closing my door and plopping on my bed. The thrashing feeling in my heart. Was it from him? I took long and dead breaths to calm my heartbeat, which was normal until his departure. I turned in my bed to face the balcony and stared at the moon thinking.

The question that kept coming back to me was about the kiss. There were so many questions about it but I was worried about two things. One, if I actually hoped that he would try to do it again, and the other being, would I really be able to let our relationship stay as best friends after feeling his lips against mine?