Angel of Light (A Zak Bagans Story)

Chapter 91: Celebrity Crush

"Wait! Thursday, it's 'Vampire Diaries' night!" I said, grabbing the remote from him and hitting the numbered buttons for the station.

"Vampire what?" Zak asked, laughing. He was clearly amused at my reaction.

"'Vampire Diaries' – it's one of my favourite tv shows...well, it used to be, but the writing has gotten kinda ridiculous, but one of my celebrity crushes is in it and-" I rambled, and then immediately stopped at the look on Zak's face.

He was smirking.

"'Celebrity crushes' huh?" Zak teased.

Oh hell.

"Yes," I mumbled, leaning back against the couch with my eyes glued to the television, to avoid looking at him.

"And who is this celebrity crush?" Zak asked, watching me with a smile on his face.

"Ian Somerhalder," I mumbled, again staying focused on the television.

"Never heard of him," Zak replied honestly.

I chuckled slightly.

"Well, you barely watch TV," I replied.

"True," Zak replied, as he leaned back against the couch beside me. "So I guess you must think he's cute, huh?" Zak added, sounding slightly jealous.

I smiled to myself.

"Very cute," I replied, putting emphasis into my voice on purpose.

Zak folded his arms across his chest, and I couldn't help but laugh.

"What?" Zak asked, looking at me.

"You always do that when you're jealous," I replied, motioning to his arms.

Zak huffed slightly.

"Well, I gotta sit here and watch a TV show with some dude you think is 'very cute'," Zak replied.

I laughed quietly and then somewhat shyly leaned over and gently kissed his cheek. That brought a small smile to his face.

"He's a talented actor, he's very sweet to all his fans, and he also started a non-profit organization to raise awareness for helping the environment and animals. That's what I like most about him," I said.

Zak looked at me.

"Helping animals, huh?" He asked.

I nodded.

"Fights against animal abuse, poachers. His foundation gives out medical grants to help injured animals, and he helps with population control with dogs and cats," I replied.

I could tell by the look on Zak's face that he was surprised, but also seemed impressed – I knew Zak did work with the Nevada NSPCA when he had time.

"Well, he sounds okay then," Zak said, unfolding his arms and wrapped one arm around me again.

I smiled and looked at him briefly as the opening of the "Vampire Diaries" began.

"Do you mind if we watch this? I do DVR it at home...we don't have-" I started, but stopped when Zak smiled at me.

"As long as I get to spend time with you, I don't care what we watch," Zak said softly.

I smiled and felt my face flush slightly.

"Plus, I'm kinda curious, considering it's about vampires," Zak said. "Just as long as you don't go nutso over this dude," Zak jokingly added.

I laughed and snuggled in closer to him.

"I won't. I have a real life dude to go 'nutso' over..." I replied, shyly.

I felt Zak's arm tighten around me and I knew he was most likely beaming from ear to ear.

I smiled to myself before I focused on the television as the show began, after showing what happened previously.

~*~*~*~*~*~

As soon as I had pointed out who Ian was – due to Zak's insistence - Zak continued his teasing.

He gave Ian the nickname of "Mr. Blue Eyes", because of Ian's beautiful blue eyes, which made me laugh. But Zak laughed along with me at Ian's funny lines in the show, and generally didn't seem to be too bothered by watching the show.

When we were about twenty minutes into the one hour show, the doorbell rang - our pizza had arrived. Zak jokingly teased me by telling me to "sit and watch your boyfriend" as he went and got the pizza.

I had laughed, somewhat embarrassed, and continued watching the show.

Zak, coincidentally enough, came back into the room when a commercial was on. He had the large pizza box in his hands, with plates and two bottles of water stacked on top of it.

"Jeez, I could of gotten the drinks at least," I said, standing up and picking up the plates and bottles and setting them on the coffee table.

"I was fine. These muscles aren't just for show you know," Zak teased, causing me to laugh.

"Yeah yeah," I teased, as we both sat down and he set the pizza down on the coffee table as well.

Zak laughed.

"So how's 'Mr. Blue Eyes'?" Zak asked, jokingly, causing me to laugh.

"Oh jeez, you're not going to let up are you?" I asked, watching as Zak opened the box and put two slices of pizza on a plate for me. "Thank you," I added, as he held the plate out to me.

"Nope," Zak joked, smirking. "And you're welcome," Zak added, as he got two slices of pizza for himself and sat back on the couch.

I laughed as I leaned back.

"I am currently sitting with you, right now you know. And it was you I kissed earlier," I replied.

Zak smirked and turned his head to look at me and puckered his lips.

"Reassure me?" He pouted through his puckered up lips.

I laughed, but leaned over and gently kissed him, and felt him kiss me back, a slight smile formed on his lips. The kiss ended up not being brief as I figured it would be, because Zak began making it more passionate.

As we kissed, I heard the show come back from commercial, and for nothing other than badness, I pulled back from the kiss.

"Sorry, Ian's back," I joked, trying not to laugh.

Zak laughed, knowing I was joking, and reached over with one hand and tickled my side.

I squealed in laughter as I squirmed away from his hand, nearly dropping my plate on the floor, causing Zak to laugh.

"You're ticklish, good to know," Zak smirked, before looking back at the television and took a bite of his pizza.

I laughed quietly as I straightened myself.

Great, like I needed him to know that.