Strength Of The World

It had been a few days since Peyton got the phone call from Jason, and she had mostly been staying at Zack's house. They had called her parents and told them about what happened, and when they tried to stay they were coming home early Brian made them stay. "Dan, we've got this. And my dad is here too if need be. Enjoy the rest of your trip and we will see you guys on Friday." It was now Friday, which meant Peyton would be staying at home tonight. She decided to clean up Zack's house a bit, even though it wasn't very dirty at all. When Zack got home from the studio that day, he found her in the kitchen, mopping and dancing around to the radio. "You know, I pay someone to do that once a week." He said with a smirk. "Well, I wanted to make myself useful, besides I'm bored. One can only watch so many hours of tv!" She said as she continued to mop, "Well you didn't have to, but I appreciate it." He walked over and kissed her on the head. "Hey! Get your dirty ass shoes off my clean floor Baker!" She shouted, chasing him out of the kitchen.

Once Peyton was finished cleaning she spent some time with Zack. They ordered takeout and were sitting close to one another watching tv when Peyton sighed. "Okay." "Okay what?" Zack asked confused. "Okay, I'm ready to try this. After spending the last week with you I know there's nowhere else I'd rather be." A huge grin broke out on Zack's face. He sat his food down on the coffee table and grabbed her face with both hands and looked into her bright blue eyes. "There's nowhere else I'd rather be either." He whispered as he kissed her, slow and sweet. Once he pulled away she smiled at him and kissed him a few more times. "I missed that." He said with a smile. They finished their dinner and curled up on the couch together to finish the movie they were watching. Once it was over she got her things together to head home. "Sure you don't want to stay another night?" Zack questioned her as he stood in the guest bedroom doorway. "Zee, I'd love to but I need to get home to see my parents. I'm sure they're worried about me." She sighed. "Yeah I know babe, but it was worth a try." Once she was finished packing up all her things he helped her load it into her Jeep and pulled her into a hug. "I love you, Pey." He said as he leaned in for another kiss. "I love you too." She whispered after they broke apart. "Let me know when you get home." She nodded and got into her Jeep. When she got out of his driveway she cranked her music up, which happened to be Aerosmith. She blew him a kiss and he chuckled and waved to her before walking back into his house.

Once she made it to her parents house she ran inside to see them. "Hey baby girl! I honestly didn't expect you home tonight." Her dad said as he grabbed her into a hug. "Are you okay? We worried about you all week, but Brian told us you would be taken care of." "I'm fine dad," she said with a smile, "I had a great boyfriend to take care of me." "Boyfriend?!" Her mother gasped. "Please tell me you and Zachary pgot back together!" "We did, ma. Today actually." She laughed as the older woman squealed and pulled her into a hug. "My dreams are coming true!" "Becks leave her alone" her dad laughed, "You knew it would happen eventually." Peyton rolled her eyes and looked at her father. "Hey Pops, would you mind helping me get my crap out of the Jeep?" "Nope, come on darlin. We probably need to put that top back on too, it's suppose to rain tomorrow." He replied, leading her out of the house. "Always got my back Pops." She said with a grin. The two of them got all of Peyton's bags inside the house and managed to put the top back on her Jeep before it got too dark to do anything, and after she unpacked everything and started a load of laundry she spent the rest of the evening with her parents, catching them up on everything that happened that week.

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